attracted
the
attention
of
the
Vancouver
a
few
days
ago
as
a
potential
housebreaker
wimch,
according
to
the
stories
brought
home
the
r.onth,
ended
up
in
a
practical
demonstra-
'hard
Ma'
l:jf.:c;ild
local
Mm'
?
a
a
fine
unc
northern
normern
niVENisii
AS'ii
mvi'vs-
'
be
Ui
-
obtained
r;arcd
for
the
cpl-
ifcat
Joe
had
been
i
t
lus
old
duds
on
:
(jae
.
n
und
return-t:
me
of
Dr
II.
L
v,hrre
he
Is
visiting,
place
locked
up.
So
".:
!
in
make
entry
by
!
open
a
basement
,
..tie
to
get
Into
the
?
I
use
he
then
began
t-
n!urklng
a
goose
!
:d
taken
south.
neighbors
had
:?r
the
entry
and
?
Ira
burglar.
Boon
i
;
urruunded
by
a
::
and
a
plain
rame
to
the
base-
-
Jcx
had
some
dlfft-
t-J
it
innocence
of
was
not
long
r
rcr
the
ofli-
c.t
nc
pleasure
LLETINS
t
li
ii
in'
iimr
im
iK
1,1
'
lllt'll'lf.
I.
IL.
Ill
-
.
,
.
o
at
the
hands
of
Allied
lt
Si
teasel
of
a
ron-
-
'
'j
..A
or
9
have
relieved
Indian
huh
were
encircled
by
pane
in
llurma.
vno
sistaim:d
-
'
a
isi.
iiav
nr
trn
lauvpt
nas
aiist.
l'rs.lflnl
tit
w
l
a
I'
a
1
1
the
anti-subtidy
bill
n
ilia
rhii
a
i...
-
-
miiii
t
siiuuir
u
ii
w
n
'inflation
measure."
may
trJtn
o
tlut
an
rtKIr
im-j
ur;
lurnirci,
Kl
SSI
A
AND
IINUND
IWU
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air
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i
cm
p
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in
r
rv
SB
r
flw
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appeared
be-'
W
D.
Vance
In
ur
yriicrday
morn-3
v.
l
)i
stealing
a
bot-u"
wxs
given
a
six
-
prnded
.sentence
by
'"Jt
The
lad
l
jIImkH
V!!
1
led
to
sell
the
bottli.
nf
P:i:r!
'-Durt
Jack
OllchrUt.
t-adrd
n
it
eulllv
n
n
mand.;d
until
thi.
n,f.
JJap
wa:
rfwrved
by
the
.n
xiw
case
of
Louis
-Ui;rt
ru;1(y
vnrn0
'uiivii
-manaca
until
this
a
wa;
t.hr
ca.se
of
Ma'ini
franca
not
miliiv
o
Nolan
nppearcd
be
I
site
vv
u.
vancc
In
Tilled
may
nna
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3
Or
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ri..
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lnlnvt.n
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L
"""VIlLiUll.
we
maRlstrate
was
.
"I.JIrUL
AllHrn.w
common
LONG
IN
RAILWAY
SERVICE
WINNIPEG.
Feb.
18.
William
Rtbe
U
DrveiiUh.
promoted
to
be
vlee-prcaident,
western
region
Canadian
National
Hallways,
rs
a
native
of
Cahlr.
Ireland,
and
a
civil
engineer
by
profession,
having
been
educated
at
St.
Colombo's
College
and
Trinity
College.
Dublin
lie
has
been
forty
years
in
Canada
during
wjich
he
acquired,
an
extensive
railway
experience,
having
served
in
Important
capacities
in
the
marl
s':
e
(abltAhing
his'
Um
provinces,
centtal
and
west
ern
Canada.
Ills
first
service
was
In
western
Canada
alter
which
he
joined
the
engineering
stall
during
the
construction
of
the
7
nc
Queen
noi-i
unns-conunenuii
rau-A
d
thus
ih-1
w
wn-ch
later
was
incorpora-i
td
in
the
Canadian
National
ty-stem.
In
1813.
Mr
Oevenlsh
tiaiutirrred
to
the
Inteicolonlal
railway.
Ilri
as
division
engineer
a
i
Moncton
and
subsequently
as
ujm
rinlendent
at
Campbelltou
nut
Moncton.
In
1M0,
he
became
general
superintendent
for
the
Canadian
National
Itailnays
at
Toronto.
Uier
serving
at
North
Bay.
Kd
monion
and
Winn!ieg.
Mr.
Devenlsh
was
appointed
to
the
postUon
of
general
suefin
pendent
of
transpot
tattoo
for
the
usieni
fgn
in
lt8
and
time
0tV
year
a
later
was
appointed
gen
eral
manager
of
the
region.
He
was
promoted
as
Vice-president
and
general
manager
in
June,
1913.
with
Jurisdiction
over
the
Canadian
(National
rail
activities
(rom
the
Oreat
Lakes
to
and
Including
the
Pacific
coast
wheie
Uie
company
Is
engaged
in
important
wartime
shipbuilding
In
its
own
yards.
Waller
Clark
Owen,
who
has
been
appointed
general
manager,
western
region.
Canadian
National
Railways,
with
headquarters
at
Winnipeg,
has
had
forty
years
experience
In
railway
work.
He
was
born
at
Manltou,
Man.,
and
started
as
a
cleik
In
May.
1904.
Later
he
progressed
through
various
positions
In
the
operating
department
being
brakeman,
conductor
and
trainmaster
with
the
former
Canadian
Northern
Hallway
at
a
number
of
points
in
western
Canada.
After
the
establishment
of
the
Canadian
National
system,
Mr.
Owen's
progressed
and
In
1927
was
appointed
superintendent
at
Kamloops.
His
next
move
was
to
Winnipeg
as
terminal
superintendent,
and
in
1930
he
moved
to
Montreal
as
juperlntendent
of
freight
train
services
He
returned
to
the
west
as
general
superintendent
for
the
Saskatchewan
district,
then
to
Edmonton
In
a
similar
capacity
for
the
Alberta
district.
In
1939.
Mr.
Owens
was
appointed
general
superintendent
of
transportation
for
the
western
region,
with
office
at
Winnipeg,
and
in
May.
19,
he
became
assistant
general
manager
to
aid
W.
R.
Devenlsh.
then
regional
general
manager.
W.A.
Holds
Wartime
Tea
Wartime
refreshments
of
tea
and
sandwlchc
featured
the
afternoon
tea
held
by
the
Women's
Auxiliary
of
St.
Andrew's
cathedral
held
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
W.
M.
WatU
yesterday
afternoon.
Receiving
the
guests
were
tne
hostess
Mrs.
W.
M.
Watts,
and
R.
E.
....
ii..
Miss
N.
L.
Bird,
president
oi
im
auxiliary.
Pourcrs
were
Mrs.
R.
L.
Mcintosh,
Mrs.
W.
J.
Greer.
Mrs.
L.
B.
Lambly
and
Mrs.
J.
Old
Age
Pension
Increase
VICTORIA,
Feb.
18
(CI'J-llon.
(irorge
I'rar&on,
provincial
ecretar.v
and
minister
of
lalHir,
the
final
tpraker
before
the
LegUlalun
adopted
the
Speech
from
the
Thione
yesterday,
announced
that
the
Dominion
government
was
considering
Increasing
old
age
pensions
to
$1U
annually
When
the
provincial
cost
of
living
was
added,
Ilrilish
Columbia
pensioners
would
get
$185.
Mr.
I'earson
Introduced
three
bills
two
amending
the
male
and
female
minimum
wage
acts
to
make
It
rompulsory
for
employers
to
give
detailed
acrountin'g
of
pay
thrque
deductions'
along
with
details
of
hours
of
work
and
overtime
and
a
third
a
new
act
providing
for
the
regulation
of
employment
of
children
under
18
years
of
ago.
TALKS
OF
POSTWAR
ATTITUDES
If
we
are
to
have
a
world
free
from
wars
and
in
which
the
Pour
Freedom
will
be
available
to
all
we
must
remove
some
of
our
prejudices
and
do
some
thinking
along
Christian
lines."
declared
W
T.
Aovrtansui.
OnHs
8tat"s
army
chaplain
here
and
In
civilian
life
a
pastor
In
New
Hampshire,
in
speaking
before
the
Pdnce
Rupert
Rotary
Club
at
luncheon
yesterday
There
would
have
to
be
an
enlarged
and
more
expansive
viewpoint
in
regard
to
International
affairs.
surface
of
International
brotherhood'
He
had
hoped
that
Rotary
and
these
organisations
would
sow
seeds
of
International
trust
and
understanding,
feeling
It
was
the
right
thing
and
not
with
expectation
of
reward
or
even
appreciation.
A
serious
international
situa
tion
faced
the
world
today
and.
Instead
of
facing
it
realistically.
too
many
people
were
going
on
following
only
thelt
own
Inclina
tions.
They
should
be
themselves
about
to
remove
pre
judices,
fears
and
distrusts.
Man.
dwelling
first
In
a
cave
with
his
family,
had
made
a
great
dls-
ery
when
he
had
found
that
he
and
his
family
could
trust
another
cave
man
and
his
family.
Then
had
been
formed
the'
clans
and.
as
trust
extended
In
scope,
there
had
been
formed
the
tribes
and
In
time
the
nations.
Now
there
was
a
new
phase
due
the
phase
of
international
understanding.
The
Four
Fiee-doms
as
laid
down
In
the
Atlantic
Charter
wers
meant
to
be
international
in
their
application.
After
the
war
It
would
be
definitely
necessary
to
remove
prejudices
and
mistrusts
in
doinir
the
right
thing
Internationally
And
the
right
thing
must
be
done
not
with
the
Idea
of
reward
o
credit
being
given
but
merely
because
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do.
R.
C.
St.
Clair
acted
as
chairman
of
yesterday's
luncheon
In
the
absence
from
the
city
of
President
A.
S.
Nlckcrson.
The
luncheon
raffle
was
won
by
P.
II.
Llnaey.
Oucsts
were
W.
P.
Armour
and
George
Ortengrcn
of
Nanalmo.
A.
Hlnton.
Servltturs
were
Mrs.
Holtby.
Mrs.
G.
convener.
P.
Tinker
was
general
IN
ITALY
'J.
'
4,
New
Code
Effective
ration
Under
I-abor.
is
Now
Compulsory
New
Edit
Affecting
OTTAWA.
Feb.
18-The
government
last
night
brought
into
force
the
new
labor
code,
announced
yesterday
In
the
Houe
of
Commons
by
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
providing
for
compulsory
collective
bargaining
and
arbitration
far
workers
In
war
Industries
and
in
employment
previously
covered
i
r.
4
I
Jr?
iSBPsi
si'
-
''',,
i
j
Plane
Missing
tfe
Hit
Such
organisation
as
Rotary
nrofeased
the
international
view-
Collective
llargaining
and
Arblt
point
but
had
they
done
any
more
than
merely
scratch
the
SEATTLE.
Feb.
18
-
An
Amer.can
Navy
trans-
port
plane
has
been
missing
since
Thursday
morning
on
an
Alaskan
military
night.
The
plane
carried
a
crew
of
five
men
and
nine
passen-
gets.
It
Is
not
stated
whether
she
was
northbound
or
southbound.
s
.
ALMU1
FIFTH
.WHY
TAN
Its
ADVANCE
Two
days
after
the
gurnriv
Allied
amphibious
landing
south
of
Rome.
Allied
Fifth
army
tar.k-
.
-a
itonl.
Infaatrymeu
are
resting
at
the
side
or
tne
read
as
linesmen
string
up
wire
on
pole
in
background.
This
is
where
hard
fighting
in
a
critical
battle
is
now
going
on.
:
Nazis
Hard
NAl'LLS,
Feb.
18
(CD
Hundreds
of
'Allied
guns,
thundering
in
unison,
shook
the
Germans
in
Cassino
with
a
six-hour
shelling
today
in
one
one
oi
of
the
me
war's
wars
most
most
intense
announced
that
further
heavy
enemy
attacks
aglainst
the
Anrio-Nettuno
bridgehead
had
been
repulsed.
Hundreds
of
Allied
planes
fences
In
Italy.
The
great
frontal
assault
of
the
Germans
on
the
beachhead
Is
in
its
third
day
without
success.
There
is
no
Nazi
reply
to
the
gicat
Alied
shelling
of
Cassino.
Germans
Fear
Two
Way
Blow
BERLIN.
Feb.
18
r
There
are
Indications
that
the
Ger-
by
the
Industrial
Disputes
Act
man
military
setting
!
Officials
estimate
that
the
code
Allied
second
authoritles
fear
front
operations
will
apply
Immediately
to
2M0.-
both
from
the
Bay
of
Biscay
000
of
3,500,000
industrial
work-
and
southern
France
on
the
ers
in
Canada.
(Mediterranean.
Troopship
Sunk
With
1000
Yanks
cal
Temperature
Saturday,
Feb.
19
x.nium
High
9:07
18.9
feet
22:28
16.3
feet
nimum
'rf
'JVINUAL
Low
2:20
9.7
feet
'r
15:54
6.0
feet,
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPrVflftlfcY
'Oi.invutiA
Ml',
tf
PRINCE
..
RUPERT.
B.C..
FRIDAY.
T
FEBRUARY
.
18.
'
1944
.
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PRICE
FIVE
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On
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Trul
11LIH1I
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IlllUiir
.
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I
1
M
mm
n
V
m
a
m
m
m
mm
m
m
m.
w
li,:.
Scott,
well
known
local
youti
business
man
P.
)N
Sl'FAKS
4
I
WASHINGTON.
Feb.
18
C-a
thousand
Ameri-
,
ran
soldiers
arc
missing
r
an
Allied
troop
ship
,
was
sunk
by
enemy
action
u
European
waters.
Another
1
one
thousand
soldiers
were
'
rescued
after
a
night
at-
j
i
tack
probably
by
a
submar-
!
Ine.
j
i
4-
f-(4a.
4i
Interest
In
Y'.
Assault
Casp
statement
in
Due
Course
Is
Promised
by
United
State
Army.
Public
interest
Is
still
htch
jovrr
the
disposal
by
the
Ameri
can
authorities
of
the
three
mer
held
by
them
on
charges
of
as
I
saulting
Aldermen
J.
S.
Black;
and
O.
W.
Rudderham
and
a
j
third
man
Tony
Peterzyson
on
'
Fulton
Street
on
the
night
of
February
7.
From
American
army
headquarters
it
is
learned
thatthe
matter
Is
still
under
investigation
and
a
statemeni
will
be
forthcoming
when
it
is
duly
disposed
of.
The
assault,
claimed
by
the
aldeiman
and
Petersyson
to
have
been
entirely
unprovoked,
re-reived
wide
publicity
in
Can
adian
and
America
newspapers
and
on
the
radio
last
week.
Cost
1
1
acted
Thursday
jaorning,
a
spokesman
at
AasJUna
,artP,
mU
that
tSL
t
1
puo
Peterzyson.
the
first
man
L.
be
assaulted,
said
he
was
struck
,
in
the
face
by
a
man
whom
I
later
identified
as
being
among
two
other
American
soldiers
who
are
bombaiding
German
de-
WTre
nested
following
the
as-
I
sault
en
the
two
Aldermen.
Alderman
Black
said
he
followed
his,
two
assailants
up
Fulton
Street
until
they
were
arrested
by
city
police
and
an
American
military
policeman.
It
was
understood
that
a
military
court
martial
was
to
have
followed
the
affair
but.
so
far
no
word
of
such
action
has
come
out.
The
men
were
said
to
be
still
in
custody
and
appropriate
action
pending.
Under
international
agreement
American
authorities
have
the
right
to
try
their
own
nationals
for
offenses
committed
on
Canadian
soil.
Inspector
Ernest
Gammon,
provincial
police,
left
last
night
for
a
trip
to
Ocean
Falls
on
official
duties.
-w'-.
&Kr-
-I
'0'i.'
THIS
YEAR'S
VERSION
GERMAN
ARMY
IN
RETREAT
This
photo
received
In
New
York
from
London
via
neutral
channels
shows
the
llght
of
n
German
army
In
Russia.
Picked
German
troops
the
Grenadiers
are
sitting
mserably
on
a
vehicle
bogged
In
the
quagmire.
Mechanized
Units
On
Land
as
Well
as
Air
A
-
1
1.
D.
.
A
:
Japanese
force
was
"biding
its
time
until
the
very
end,
looking
Inr
a
widen
opportunity
to
destroy
the
enemy
at
one
stroke."
It
was
announced
Thursday
from
Pearl
Harbor
that
powerful
American
Navy
task
forces,
accompanied
by
hundreds
of
carrier
planes,
launched
the
first
assault
of
the
War
on
Truk,
mighty
Japanese
air
and
naval
base
in
the
Caroline
Winds.
Wednesday.
Radio
silence
delayed
details.
CIVIC
CENTRE
GYROS
FAVOR
RESERVE
FUND
Propose
$25,000
Be
Kept
Intact
If
At
a
business
luncheon
Wednes
day-
arranged
for
the
especial
purpose
of
cpiuidetlng
the
civic
entre
project
in
the
light
of
the
new
IUSMtJI
IhY
w
k
From
Any
Other
Project
to
Purchase
Building.
sit
controversy
between
wlmirilrigwt
"andskatlng
arena.
.tePrinccj'
Rupert
.fiyro
Club,
after
considerable
dlscus-itfoii.
passed
a
resolution
propos-
mg
that
a
sum
of
$25,000
be
reserved
from
existing
civic
centre
STARAYA
RUSSA
FALLS
Nazis
Lose
GreatBase
Hitler's
Latest
Disaster
at
Kor-
sun
is
Now
Complete.
LONDON,
Feb.
18
(CD-Germans
today
announced
the
evacuation
of
Staraya
Russa,
the
strongest
base
between
.
'
Leningrad
and
Smolensk,
as
Nazi
defences
cracked
up
In
what
looks
like
an
abandonment
of
northern
Russia.
The
liquidation
of
ten
Nazi
I
divisions
at
Korsnn
in
Ukraine,
the
worst
disaster
for
Hitler
since
Stalingrad,
has
been
completed
with
52,-000
killed
and
11,000
captured.
CROSS
BORDER
Slavs
W
Italy
Now
funds
to
be
applied
against
the
I
purchase
of
the
YA1.C-A.
war
LONDON,
Feb.
18
W
YUgo-servlces
building
after
the
war
slav
ParuZans
stabbed
across
as
agreed
upon,
that
the
action
the
Slovene
border
Into
north-of
the
civic
centre
executive
in;em
Itaiy
and
are
now
battlIng
making
a
contract
with
the
fed
-
ithe
0ermans
Just
50uth
of
the
eral
government
for
the
acquisl-;
mt
Grat
War
battlefield
of
mm
ui
uie
ouuuiiib
oe
approved
Caporetto,
Marshal
Tito
"iuv
wit.
if
uv.
JVivjiA
ui
on
mi
ming
pool
or
skating
arena
be
left
to
the
discretion
of
the
centtal
executive.
The
motion
along
these
lines
was
offered
by
W.
M.
Watts
and
seconded
by
Frank
Dibb.
Mr
V
atts
was
of
the
opinion
that,
since
a
contract
was
being
entered
Into
with
the
government
which
would
involve
a
sum
of
money
as
yet
undetermined,
there
should
be
no
complete
depletion
of
funds
to
finance
another
project,
especially
since
the
civic
centre
Itself
was
In
any
case
the
prime
objective.
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
told
of
plans
and
estimates
which
had
been
obtained
in
connection
with
the
swimming
pool
project.
A
mini
mum
standard
competitive
pool,
75
by
35
feet.
It
was
already
evident
would
be
a
costly
project,
,
especially
when
it
was
considered
that
tile
alone
would
cost
$15.-
i
000
and
the
heating
plant
$8,000.
i
H"
was
in
accord
with
the
Idea
I
nt
on
ortummtn
slnlfintr
flinH
tn
purchase
the
Y.M.OA.
building.
W
F.
Stone
felt
that
the
swimming
pool
had
always
been
as-
ctated
with
the
civic
centre
In
he
minds
of
the
public
who
had
subscribed
funds.
The
skating
rena
was
merely
a
recent
idea.
Others
taking
part
In
the
dis-usiv'n
were
William
Crulck-ahank
and
William
Lamble.
The
former
was
In
favor
of
a
swimming
pool
as
opposed
to
a
skating
arena.
The
latter
would
not
embaik
on
any
other
undertaking
until
after
the
civic
centre
building
had
been
once
and
for
all
acquired.
In
the
course
of
discussion.
It
was
mentioned
that
It
might
not
be
possible
to
have
another
civic
entre
carnival
In
the
city.
President
Frank
Skinner
was
in
the
chair
at
the
Oyro
luncheon.
He
named
a
committee
consisting
of
W.
F.
Stone,
W.
M.
Watts,
Amerigo
Domlnato,
L,
C.
Griffiths
and
O.
D.
Bryant
to
an
nounced.
There
is
continued
heavy
fighting
between
German
and
partizan
forces
in
Zagorje
province
of
Croatia.
Former
Local
Attduu
Dy
Americans
c
t
V
I
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
18
(CP)
The
Tokyo
radio'
V
C
said
today
that
"powerful
mechanized
units
as
well.
1
as
air
power
were
being
used
in
an
American
attack
on
Truk
and
that
"fighting
without
troops
is
now
going
on,"
Domei
(Japanese)
News
Agency
referred
to
the
Truk
attack
as
a
"strong
reconnaissance"
and
said
that
the
main,
1
Boy
In
Action
j
Sub.-Lieut.
George
Greenwood
1
1
With
Navy
paign.
in
Italian.
Cam-
Sub-Lieutenant
George
Greenwood,
son
of
a
former
chief
of
police
here,
is
now
acting
as
navigator
for
a
Royal
Navy
ferry
service
at
Anzie,
the
scene
of
the
latest
Allied
landing
in
Italy,
where
heavy
fighting
is
now
going
on.
The
craft
which
he
operates
has
the
job
of
landing
tanks
from
the
base
and
the
fighting
zone
close
to
Rome.
He
has
been
In
the
Italian
war
zone
since
last
September.
Sub.-Lieut.
Greenwood,
now
only
21
years
of
age,
attended
school
at
Prince
Rupett
and
was
a
Sea
Cadet
here.
He
is
the
subject
of
a
front
page
feature
in
Monday's
Vancouver
Province.
Ambulance
Fund
Loyal
Orange
Association,
Lodge
2310
Mrs.
V.
D.
Casley
devise
ways
and
means
talnlng
revenue
for
club
munlty
activities.
n
The
raffle
of
a
war
saving
tlflcate
was
won
by
W11.J
Crulckshank.
B
Luncheon
guests
were
W;
Armour
and
W.
O.
Fulton
'
I
$25.01
m
c5.ri
m
In
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