rrcognled the Japanese ipel government oi uie ipplnes. -ATKOI. lAT SINKS y VOItK The patrol it 51, .lUgus"" i un lolli-ion with freighter 60 n oil iin tnj rivors and the bodies of 30 itims hare been landed. iu:ss.(ii: to congress IVASIIIM.TON President Ucvell's message will be de- irrd to Congress tomorrow rlerks, llle President, who still suffering from a cold. jl be unable to present It roomily was not announced Uj ai Congress opened. owichan pioneer dies IH'Nl'ASJohn Adams, resent of the Cow khan district ire 1873, It dead. He was a mer reeve of .North Cowl- i . in and was a memnrr m legislature In 198. I't'ltN HACK 1NHUSTHIES lllRLIN - Chanrellor Hitler tnrnlnc the Industrie of trmanr bark to prlrate own Krupps, great munition Irks, being one of them. NI'AV TAHTV WINS lONDON Hie new Dm- Inwealth partr has won Its It seal In the Home of liimnnt, Ueul, lawon de- tint the internment can- Jate In Tipton by a nar- Iw majority. another coNrrnrscr. ir-AHIS- It Is reported here iat President Roosevelt U Iklnc the InltlatWe to ar- nte another meeting with rime Minister Winston Chnr- bill and Premier Joseph Stal- SKIIKTON FOUND irOHT .MOODY The skele- ton of a man who U believed lo;have hantrd himself sli or even years ago n found br woodcutter on the Harnet il at the eterljr boundary irort Moody. C1ANO CONDEMNED I.OMOVCnUnt Clano and other member of the for- rr lavhl ('.rami Council reported to have been idemned to death at Verona treason In connection Hi thr overthrow of Benito jssollnl. AACHEN IS UOMIlll) LONDON Aachen. Indus- la I town In Germany near llutrli bonier, was the inclpal objective for Royal force mosquito bombers cn (hey were out again Iturday night for the elthth hlghl nUht since the first, line year, mere weir other lied attacks iliirinc the 'k end but, evidently, not large wale. The hlg bomb have hern staying nt home lug the past few nights. tV,lt IN ITALY Hupei, TOKYO, 'pment Warns 4ircl Th em-Been Lost. Hi. iv me jan anese government yesterday warned the people of the nation "n hv muat accept enemy air attacks as an absolute cert ainty. Accordingly three new defence ordinances have been deciceclf. he Jaranefe radio admlta that air superiority has been lost to the United Nations In the southern Pacific due to the loss of bases which had once been considered as strictly and permanently Japanese. Young Officer Of Rangers Is Killed In Italian Action with the Canadian Women's Army Corns at Nanalmo. The young officer was a member of the Kamloops Board of Trade. Oyro Club and Fish and Oame Association. Widespread Air Action In Pacific ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Jan. 10 Widespread attacks were made by United States bomb ing aircraft on enemy shipping and Installations In the southwest Pacific during the week end. The action covered a range of 3500 miles, In a battle off New Ireland across from Raboul. New Brit aln. ten enemy planes were shot down. Mrs. Hoover Died In Act of Saying Husband Farewell NEW YORK, Jan. 10 The sudden death of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the former President of the United States, from a heart attack took place Just as her husband was bidding her goodbye preparatory to leaving for a dinner. Jlies Win in Fierce Fighting ALGIERS, Jan. 10 fl)Flfth Army forces bit deeper today into the tough defence belt of Casslno In western wlf.h British troops crossing the Peccla River and we (Italy American: advancing two miles northeast of Casslno. Despite Intense artillery fire, the British Tommies cluns Ito a hrlduehead they had forged across the Peccla wesi iof Mount Mauciore near the western end of the tcn-miie iffen.'iivo front of the Fifth Army which has been reln- llorccd by British troops. Fighting of the fiercest kind Is going on all along tne front across Italy from coast to coast. Casualties are heavy. There Is now as deep as ten feet at some points, VANCOUVER. Jan 10- -Howard Oreen. Conservative regressive member for Vancouver South, charged the Co -ope rat! vr Commonwealth Federation. In a . . . . Uit-1 speech Saturday night, with Rangers will regret to learn I ... . ' mui that Lieut. A. Lesll"? Robinson of 1 iCl."' "c ' Kamloops waaa killed In action urccn; In Italy on December 20. He was . ,.. , a promising young barrister at Sfill (JuestlOnS u 1111 V"""" KamlooDs was killed In action ment. He went overseas In Jan- O CLUlU uary. 1943. and Joined the Bea- OUIlUd) UdUUalll forth Ulchlanders In Sicily. i Born In AlberU In 1912. he attended school In Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, also training for the law In Vancouver. Lieut Robinson Is survived by his wife and two small children. All who worship Ood in spirit and In truth will not act or I speak contrary to the teaching (of the apostles. propheU and 'Jesus Christ, declared Evan? I- 7. father I at 11 Rlr ' U,t tVentnB thM dealt with the Challenge Protestantism to produce the sacred scroll evidence for the National day of rest and worshipSunday. He quoted excerpts from the wtitinas and utterances of Catholic and Protestant Minis ter and from pcftodscals to the affect that the, present day of rcat was man-made and ma not have Devlnc Sanction. The speaker received ten ref- ereTKca to the first day of the week In the bible. In not one. he said, could there be found a text, a command or an example for the custom and practice of many today. Local Temperature Local Tides She Tuesday, .. Jan. 11 Maximum 43 High 2:10 193 feet 13:51 215 feet .. Minimum 37 Low 8:01 7.9 feet 20:32 2.4 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BR L XXXIII, No. 7 RCONbXfclfeli AryTo7i944 " PRINCE RUPERT, PRICE FIVE CENTS German Ukraine Armies In Retreat ULLETINSkvlP lAI'ANI SK ULCOGMZLDT DKYO A govenime kkfjman says we aucan CANADIANS INVADE ITALY FROM GIANT HARGES former well known Stewart boy Is a member of a class of student officers and aviation cadets to be graduated soon from the United- States Army Air Forces Pilot School as Stockton Field, California. His mother will be In attendance at the graduation, having left for the south a few days ago. The well known northern boy will be made a full-fledged pilot and will be given the coveted silver wings. He will then be placed on active duty In his - n.. mIaVIh Va fin from" Rains Every Day Says Armitage 1 TORONTO. Jan. 10 Capt Frank Ouy Armitage Is back In Toronto after an absence of five months touring west coast army camps to put on his Dickenslan shows. It rained about every day he was on the coast, Armitage says. He used all manner ofj transport Including aircraft, invasion barges and even a hearse NAZI PLIGHT MOKE SERIOUS MOSCOW The German plight In the Ukraine becomes hourly mote serious, lour powerful Russian armies may effect a Juncture at any time. REFUGEES OFF ROADS lU'CIIAIU'.ST Premier Antonesrne of Rumania has ordered all refugees off the roads of Bessarabia to make way for military movements. INVASION DATES SET WASHINGTON The Under Secretary of the Navy stated today that Invasion dates for both Kurope and the Pacific had been set. CASSINO ITNDF.K FIWF, LC.IKKS The key German-held Italian town of Casslno on the road to Home Is now under artillery fire of the Anglo-American Fifth Army. Itrslstance is fierce with the enemy fight-lug for every rock, every house and every building. The Eighth Army continues to advance slowly northward fivm captured Ortona toward Pescara on the Adriatic coast. FINLAND WANTS PEACE STOCKHOLM A Stockholm newspaper says that Finland wants peace and Is ready to negotiate as soon as Russia will state terms. TITO SIWKKRS REVERSES LONDON Marshal Tito's Yugoslav patriot foites have lost two towns to the Germans. fJHHMAVY IS WARNED I.ONIMiN The Royal Air Force has dropped leaflets on Germany saying that 4he world Is mobilized against the Reich. "The time Is now 11:45" say the leaflets in referring to a statement once mnde by Adolf Hitler that" Germany will fight until five minutes after twelve." Anti-Nazi pamphlets are being distributed by the underground In Germany. Wsf NAZIS ARE " j dUttf. 2yki , NUMER New-type barges like the.se called right In on the beaches of Italy, bringing their cargoes of men and supplies, without serious opposition. Invasion-trained Canadians landed with lightning speed, capturing shore gun positions before the enemy could open fire. Here. Canadian troops leave the barges for shore on rafts and small craft some even wading C.C.F. Trying To Local Boy Pilot American Foes Split Community In U.S. Air Force- Inspired Revolt WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 0 Aviation Cadet Walter MAQccteUry of State Cordell Hull ir.m.M mn rf If r. f If Y 11 . . .... . 1 I . I . uaiu;ii. bum u ... 1 ajinouncea ai me wees-ena uia-. i cUtrom of Prince Rupert and information here "increasingly ; strengthens the belief forces outside Bolivia and un tion," Hanson Ready To Help City After hearing an outline from 7" y the council of the city's prob- ran, -nil Hie iiiij .... , , . rtr.t 1 1CUU III UIC IHfc-o v r Ultra. iciuic cuciinp. wic uu- . mi- aland advanced course t Th tK,,nS l" 1"- Ptockton Field, Cadet Hansen LZ?etl ..K4 ,..v. f has urged federal government . , . , , . . . assistance. Olof Hanson, Mr., primary and basic training at . . , , Hni tL. expressed his Intention of doing and v... rviifi, California. Dos Palos Taft. everything In his power to bring 4tarm to Jhe. attention of Uicjau.-. (OiortUes at Ottawa. He asked that the council put Its repre sentations In the form of for mal written petitions so that he could present them as such. Mrs. J. O. James and family. who were formerly here, have returned to the city from Vancouver to Join Captain James and take up residence. Captain James Is with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals here. SMETONA DIES CLEVELAND An tanas Smetona, former President of Lithuania, died here WAR NEWS Canol Is Denounced United States Senate Committee However, does not Recommend Abandonment. WASHIKOTON D. C. Jan. 10 The Senate committee headed by Senator Harry Truman of 1 Missouri as chairman, investi gating the Canol oil project. j issued its report Saturday night, imaing uiai uie ucitiuuuauuu of the United States Army to friendly to the defence of the . romplete tte aftCT ex American republics inspired and aided the Bolivian revolu certs had pronounced it un sound was "inexcusable Criticism was expressed of the manner in which contracts had been drawn up with the Can adian government and the Im peiial Oil Co. of Canada. The committee did not reco mmend that the project be abandoned, expressing doubt if it should be scrapped now that so much had been expended project should, be completed be left with War. the Department of MANY NEW CARRIERS No Less Than Sixty-Five Have Been Added to United States Navy During Fast Year. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 10 Admiral DeWltt, stating that sixty-five new aircraft carriers had been built during 1943 for the United "States Navy, said that carrier-based aircraft constituted the keystone of the new offensive against the Japanese In' the Pacific. MORE JAR SHIPS SUNK WASHINGTON The Department of the Navy announces that eight more Japanese freighters, a large transport and tanker have been sunk by United States submarines. led the United States Marines at Guadalcanal and Tarawa, says that it may take three or four years to bring the war against Japan to a successfu! conclusion. So far there has been only a scratching of Japanese-occupied areas. EVACUATING LITHUANIA STOCKHOLM Evacuation of civilian populations from eastern Esthonla and Latvia has been ordered by the Nail authorities In view of the approach of the Russian offensive. GOERING'S SOUR GRAPES BERLIN Vlce-Chancellor Herman Goerlng tells the German people In an rdltorial In his newspaper that the loss of territory in the Ukraine was planned. Anyway, the No 2 Nail says, the centre of giavity of agriculture is and always has been in Germany. FLYING FORTS IN ITALY LONDON It has been revealed for the first time that the Allies are operating Flying Fortresses and heavy bombers from bases in Italy against objectives in Italy, the Balkans and southern Germany. imiTISH IN GERMANY BASLE British secret agents are reported to have landed by parachute in south Baden and the niack Forest of Germany. Shots are reported to have been heard after they landed. ROME RAIDED AGAIN BERLIN A German News Agency says that Rome has been raided again and that residential areas were hit. Flume Is also leported to have been bombed. CAUGHT IN OUS OFFENSIVES RED AilMY SPEARHEADS PLUNGING DEEP ER INTO POLAND NEARING BUG RIVER NAZIS SHORT OF PLANES AND FUEL. MOSCOW, Jan. 10 (CP) Red Army spearheads plunged to within fifteen miles of the Bug River to day and neared Vinnitsa, rail city on the Bug serving as the main control point for German communica tions to the Dnieper Bend. Other Russian units, slashing southward, set deeper one jaw of a possible trap for thousands of Nazis In the Smela Gap, Oerman-held I r D C 1 zone In the rear extending ,1 iPn K ilSS NflPalfe Der River. River. I a eastward to the Dnieper This southward drive was push ing toward Junction with a second Russian army advancing westward through Alexandrovka which was captured Saturday. Farther north the Soviets were within five miles of Sarny which Is thirty-five miles within old Poland. , Berlin correspondents to Stockholm newspapers said Sunday that the German Army's flight across the Ukraine could almost be described as chaotic because the High Command's plans for a methodical retreat went very awry when the Rus and the work was so far ad- um-vance(j jous offensives. German commu- became tangled. The It was recommended that de- location clslon as to whether or not the n c h nsu"1 cient air support and shortage of fuel olL A German spokesman sajd . URldwthat "one of. the decisive battles on which the outcome of the whole war may depend Its in progress In Russia. The Red Army is striking again and again with undimin; lshed power in practically all sectors. Masses of tanks are being used by the Russians. Production Of Timber Higher Log Scale Slightly Greater Than 1912 Poles and Piling Up Considerably. Timber scaling in Prince Rupert forestry district for the year 1943 totalled 2U.774.Z30 board feet as compared with 234, 239,800 board feet in 1942. As in the year previous, spruce was 'the principal variety of timber I produced In this district, this 'being Sitka spruce mostly on the Queen Charlotte Islands for use fn war airplane manufacture. Pole and piling production in ..,, this district during 1943 MAY TAKE THREE. EARS amounted to 1.776.700 lineal feet WASHINGTON. D.C. Brigadier General KJwin Merrick, who compared with 945,492 lineal feet in 1912. Cedar was the principal variety of production. NOT EVEN ROOMS VANCOUVER Officials of the National Housing Committee report that there are not even rooms, much less houses, for rent in Vancouver. f 1 To City Council The course of war had made it expedient to disband about 100,000 Civilian Protection AJtP.) workers In various parts of Canada during the past several months, Brigadier General Alex Ross told an in formal meeting of the city Council on Saturday night, but he added, the British Columbia coast was one part of Canada where there ought not to bi any relaxation of precautions. The Civilian Protection director Urged his listeners to maintain vigilance not only against possibilities but also against what might seem improbabilities in the way of enemy damage in this area. Oeneral Rom fortified his appeal with an offer of assistance, both financial and In the way of equipment to the extent that local authorities thought that it would be needed. Inspector S. F. M. Moodie, Civilian Protection director for British Columbia, also spoke at the meeting, dwelling on the central co-ordination of all local A. R. P. organizations throughout the province, He reminded his listeners that as provincial director, he was not only the titular head but the actual head of AJtP. organizations. The meeting, which was p:e-slded over by Mayor H. M. Daggett, began at 7o'clock and wa3 attended by all council members. ' Following tiV meeting, General Ross addressed the public through radio station C.F.P.R., and. with Inspector S. F. M. Moodie, left a short time later for Vancouver to continue his tour. Thomas P. Scully, one time miner and prospector of this district and now in the Veterans' Hone Guard, wishes it to be known that he was in Vancouver at the time another man named Scully ws arrested for robbery and that the arrested man Is no relative of his, INVASION JITTERS Tense Germany Hears Rumors NEW YORK, Jan. 10 Allied preparations to invade Europe from the west were reflected in continued Oerman tenseness Sunday as it was reported both In broadcasts from the German controlled continent and In dispatches from neutral correspondents. A Berlin broadcast said that a strongly escorted convoy of eighty Allied tankers and merchant ships had arrived at Gibraltar from the west. On Saturday a German broadcast from Brussels claimed that the Allies have mapped out an intensive five weeks' aerial bombardment to precede an Invasion and that the Germans In Belgium are especially on .the alert A Netherlands News Agency reported Nazi concern over a possible Invasion of the Netherlands had resulted In additional former members of the Netherlands forces being Interned as prisoners of war.