I... In IHlliriPW jilt ii.ln Pmvli ..nr. fcTm '111 a D) iU VLlli w S, Brown, 62, provincial Co and Polish consul cii today as ji result of burr:., and injuries sus- when his automobile tire after colliding with car at an Intersection driver of the other car, U-av of Vancouver, sus- i . t i minor injuries. I ... , I T 1K- ill 1 -1 1 in Senate WA Vnv 5(1 f) Tho il , U' ClIU Ul bill; nttr. ntor nii" :inhnrp Tnrffpon Brunswick brings the . -i:ies in th Can 's 14 and Jeaves : andlng of the R,ed : of which Is In C 'r na. will, no jdoirbt. I il ... IIL'IU. ti fix i ir iiikit n is rrrliii!' nf fiomr I)fle -Compromise Proposal All 1 NrtU in .fDi AM- ik: oriore a worKaoic fur international civil dele '.!-, and observers to fame to this conclusion as wntaUvcs of the United Unit-id Kingdom and h p aced finishing touches Join: proposal to the con-te whirli h expected to rc-k widely divergent views. I ftn . V . 1 1 k tun: immu'fi rrrrrtC! i ic i n iiiw-u. xui. feua jii but; i ITU tirn ct fHj.ntrninrl 1 fl cannot do her full part in the war on the "slippery basis of voluntary enlist ment, William Irvine, C.C.F. candidate for Cari boo told 200 people at a public meeting In the Oddfellows' hall last night that, if an issue develops, he would stand for "conscription of everything and every man." Mr. Irvine, who is on a C.C.P. organizing tour of the province, shared the platform with Vincent Scgur, M.L.A. for Revelstoke, and LAC Harry Archibald, federal C.C.F. candidate for Skeena. He said that fears that the conscription issue might dis warranted. "Canada has already disrupted because of the gov-! ernment's failure to conscript men long ago," he charged. "This country's objective so far in the war has been purely negative the prevention of Nazi domination," he asserted. "So far as the government Is concerned our soldiers are fighting for the same things they i left when they enlisted." After outlining the C.C.F. program of "public ownership of public property" and programs of national health and education, the speaker described a session of parliament he attend ed The session, he said, pass ed an order-ln-councll which revoked a law limiting the profit of companies producing war goods to 5 percent. "That was the session of Parliament which described a state of war on Germany, and the Munitions minister told the house that he was unable to persuade or cajole one manufacturer to (Continued on Page Two) MAY HAVE BEEN FIGHTER VICTIM ONCE MORE LONDON, Nov. 20 There is still no trace of the plane carry ing Air Clilef Marshall Sir Traf-ford Lcigh-Mallory, Lady Mal-lory and party, which has been unreported since the week-end on a flight from the Mediterranean to India. It Is possible the plane may have been the victim of an enemy long range fighter. TWs Is now being specu lated. ONLY I I mil M0RE M 3 1 SHOPPING I DAYS TILL Include . . THE VARIETY STORE IN YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TOUR Honolulu Has Air Alert; A. A. Barks HONOLULU, Nov. 20 The longest blackout alert In two-and-a-halt years was called here Friday night and anti-air craft guns went Into action. Planes, which failed to Identify themselves at first, were later found to be friendly. MURDER AND SUICIDE CASE Two Dead As Result of Domestic Tragedy In Fraser Valley VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 0 Arthur Otto Schultz, 37, of Ver non and George McGunigle, 38, of Mallardvillc, are dead and Schultz's sister, Mrs. Grace Var-ney, 32, is in hospital with Injuries suffered in what police describe as a murder-suicide at Mrflnnlplp's hnme. leave him with her brother when McGunigle allegedly shot Schultz and then himself after knocking Schultz unconscious and attempting to choke Mrs. Varney. ALLIES PINCHED BY MUNITIONS SHORTAGES . NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20 0) Following a sUkmjcnt made by. General "Elslfnnower at the week-end that Allied soldiers fighting on the western front had been hampered in the capture of Aachen by a shortage of artillery shells, Lt. Gen. Brehon T. Somcrvlllc, Army Service Forces commander, said today that production of arms and equipment was lagging on 40 percent of the munitions program! Two-thirds of the lag Is in critical Items desperately needed on the fighting fronts. Elsenhower said Saturday that J... II.. A.-,ctA nnmnxlnn TORIES FAVOR CONSCRIPTION B.C. Association Goes on Record Dr. Alward President VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 The British Columbia Progressive-Conservative Association, at lt3 annual meeting here, went on record by resolution as being un anlmously In favor of adoption of a policy of immediate con scrlutlon for overseas service. Hon. R. L. Maltland, speaking at the meeting, said that the plea to "give McNaughton chance" means glvb Mackenzie King a chance which gives our boys overseas no chance. The irovemment was rambling with the lives of men overseas. Con scrlptlon was the most vital Issue that was ever faced by the Dominion, declared Maltland Dr. R. W. Alward of Prince George was elected president of the association. d. L. Rorle was Prince Rupert's delegate to the meeting. Local Temperature Minimum 48 Maximum CIVILIAN AIR Mrs. Varney, Port Coqultlam to11" rupt Canada's unity were un--Uchool teacher, who lived with I McGunigle and his eignt-year been old daughter, was preparing to WAR ASSETS TO BE SOLD 52 UNIFORMS MEAN A LOT MAIDSTONE. Eng. b Kent Is the only county in Britain where the police force has all the women recruits lt neeas. And lt is the onlv county which dresses Its women police in smart uniforms. Mrs. C. H. Sawle arrived in the city Saturday night from New Hazelton and is the guest of Mrs. D. McD Hunter, Besner Apartments. Trucks, Airplanes and Harbor Craft to be Disposed of by Government the Seneral the Allies are now firing shell. which ordinarily would have not been used until March or April. READY FOR TOURISTS HAMILTON, Bermuda. tP A recent survey has revealed that more than 75 percent of Bermu da's hotels and guests houses, will Will be C ready i I. W.J to. vj , accommodate . Weathei NORTHERN AND CENT gHgdLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Tides (Pacific Standard Tim) ni TOAil iuua., u U - . i i Tuesday, November 21, 1944 - w "e- decreasing a Iter 5:05 17.7 feet overcast, muu, im hbju High rain, Tuesday: light 16:35 19.1 feet j ,inris. cloudy, mild with low 10:45 9.5 feet ,-ional IIU( " rain snowers. 2330 4.9 feet kTn 971 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS rinrr Speaker rv a. i OIPTION ISSUE NO IHREAi NITY OF CANADA IN WAR f " . inm irvine in ravor or unn . . . T? il.: 1 17 lT rN LiKUVVN iirrv Tn rr ri i NtU U UCAin . rmy Reaches Rhine Sjfflt ! Allmrl Armies Anmmo Uittinf Ufifh With Dntimr Power Otlfl and Cffnnt Effect Declaring that Canada Allied Hitting At Sagging. German Anti - Invasion Defences DETECTION IS NOW GIVEN UP OTTAWA, Nov. 20 Oi Air Force headquarters announced last night that the Civilian Air Detection Corps In Canada and Newfoundland has been disbanded. The Air. Force said the possibility of enemy air attack on Canada has been minimized to an extent which safely permits the dislbandment of the corps. The organization provided reports on all aircraft movements In eastern Canada, Newfoundland, Labrador, British Colum bla and the Northwest Tcrri- Iklford By-Passed and Four Passes Through Vosgcs Are Entered Mctz Crushed Germans Show Signs of Cracking Up LONDON, Nov. 20 (CP)-French First Army troops broke through historic Burgundy Gap and reached the Rhine River, it was announced today as live other Allied armies hit the satnnnt; German de fences along, all other historic routes of invasion into Germanv. The trench unhinged the entire Uer w . i it. 1 " I Bulletins i NAZIS MAY CALL QUITS 5 NEW YORK A United 'Clnl.. ntililnnr nliCvn, korlr from the front, says that iOermany may not be able to stand up to the weight of the Allied land and air offensive past Christmas. The Reich Is now being laid waste and it may be that German , leaders will call quits soon. GOVERNMENT TO BLAME : VANCOUVER Brigadier R. G. Beattie, officer commanding at Nanaimo, says that Jhe Dominion govern-1s to blame for men in the i Tlnf Armv tint I t i llntviA aiiia ve'seaS' tween 80 and 90 trucks, 32 air-K,ne planes an dan umber of harbor craft, along with a large quantity of logging equipment, will he included in material to be sold In British Columbia by the War Assets Corporation and the Federal Aircraft Corporation. Major Martin Montgomery. Wat Assets ' British -'Cofumbla manager, announces that sales under army auspices have been held or will b'e held In Vancouver, Victoria, Vernon and Prince George. t Bidding -on automotive .equipment will be confined to Ford and General Motors dealers, original manufacturers of the equipment. Sales will be on a cash, basis and dealers are required to recondition the trucks for resale unde.r a 30-day guarantee. War Assets does not deal with MAY BE FIRE BUG CHICAGO A fire bug Is iblamed for a conflagration Avhiich destroyed a three-storey apartment house on the south side, seven persons burning to death. t,. , . B3 ii v v. nv ru i vii mi i PARIS The French radio says French First Army forces reached the Rhine River at dusk yesterday. Hard Labor For Mission Leader STOCKHOLM, Nov. 20 W Dean K. O. Komellus, chairman of the Norwegian Mission Society, has been .sentenced to six years at hard labor by a special j Nazi court in norway. iie was charged with distributing Soviet propaganda. The society was recently seized by the Germans and placed In charge of Quislings. , COMES FROM COAL TAR Benzine is made by distilling guests within three months after coal tar and can also be derived the cessation of hostilities. irom peuuicum. WAR NEWS On Western Front Four Allied armies arc continuing llie new curve xowa.u Germany on the western front. The British Second Army, aided by United Slates tanks, is penetrating the Reich norm of Aachen and is. now less than 2j mnos iroiu i While the main United States Third Army is advancing into the Saar Basin 30 miles north of Metz, other Third Army units arc engaged in housc-lo-housc fighting with the Nazis within the fortress city. The French First Army, at the southern end or the front, has thrust to within one mile of Bel-foit as they head into the Important gap leading into southeastern Germany. Just to the north the French-American Seventh Army has picked up to three miles along a thirty-mile front in an offensive pointed at Strasbourg. The American First and Ninth Armies continue advancing in the Aachen area of Germany. Battering Into Hungary The Red Army Is battering on into Hungary along an 80-milc front with the capital city of Budapest still the principal objective and, apparently, close to fall. Bombers Attack Germany Allied bombers attacked western and southern Germany Satutday. Bad weather had grounded Britain-based bombers Friday and Friday night but bombers based in France flew more than 500 sorties against fortified German cities. Japs Get Reinforcements General MacArthur's headquarters in the Philippines report that Japanese tanks have broken through American road blocks to reinforce enemy troops stubbornbly resisting the advance of Americans against the important Ormoc road village of Limon. American patrols, penetrating the outskirts of Limon near the northern terminus of Ormoc Highway, believe the Japanese have withdrawn from the village after a terrific artillery barrage. North, east and south of Ormoc the Americans have broken up desperate Japanese counter-attacks without losing a foot of ground. In some spots the Americans advanced slowly. man soumern nans at wc Swiss border and surged into the outskirts of the by-passed city of BelforL The Rhine was reached by nightfall Sunday, The Americans and French seiz ed the entrance to four of six main passes' through the Vos ees Mountains to the Rhine They were battling 37 miles from Strasbourg and ten miles from Mulhousc, Important cities on the. French side of the Rhine. The American Third Army, crushing Metz In a grip that seized one-third of the city, drew up to the Saar border on a 7U-muc iront ana capiurea a five-mile block of German territory east of Luxembourg border. This Ihirust has as sumed the proportions of a drive through the famous Moselle gate toward Trier and Bablenz on the Rhine. On Cologne plain three Al- lied armies Ijfave gained five miles northeast of Aachen. wnicn mignr oreaK inrougn to Cologne on the Rhine. Dussel-dorf and the Rhur Valley. In Holland British units are PROSECUTIONS FOR BOGUS GAS COUPONS START VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 0) Eight service station operators are' to be charged with possession of counterfeit gasoline coupons following the seizure of hundreds of bogus coupons In Royal Cana dian Mounted Police raids. Two operators Ewart S. Arlss and Yip Home were remanded for one week when they appear ed. Bail was set at $1500 each. A third, Clark Bennett, was also remanded when he pleaded guilty. The fake coupons were printed and were difficult to distinguish from legitimate TOLERANCE FOR QUEBEC Minister of JWines for Province Booed at Metallurgy Banquet In Vancouver VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 Plea for tolerance on the part of English-lpcaklng Canadians toward French Canadian neighbors In tho matter of conscription- for universal service was voiced by Hon. Jonathon Robinson, minister of mines for Que bec, In addressing the western meeting of the Canadian Insti tute of Mining, and Metallurgy. One of the few English-speak, lng members of the Quebec cab lnet, Robinson was Interrupted frequently toy booes and catcalls as he addressed a banquet. "Do not disturb me for this Is a question which has to toe faced," said Robinson. "If you are big enough to love your country, you are aiso Dig euougu to see the. other mans point o view." SECRETS OF PREFABRICATED HARBORS IN FRANCE ARE REVEALED Shown in use here by ambulances is one of the pier roadways of the British prefabricated harbor on the Normandy coast. This steel roadway, hundreds of feet long, Is a series of small' bridges with flexible Joints and supported on floats so that lt can rise and fall with the 20-foot tides. Civic Elections MAYOR DAGGETT, FOUR ALDERMEN NOMINATED BY LABOR FEDERATION RUHR BOMBED The German stand at last wa3 ff ft A f C Uf AV showing signs of cracking up in j III r lif JVfVl spots as tne British second ana the American Ninth and First Armies threw armored artillery, Mayor H. M. Daggett received the Civic. Labor Federation's endorsement as mayoralty candidate by unanimous vote at a meeting of the Federation m the Carpenters' hall Sunday afternoon. Hre.rUnrVti mates will be Alderman Black, Brett, Sinclair, and Hillsr whose terms of office expire along with the . h tmaWs this vpar. FOR ARMIES than 850 American planes bombed and strafed the Rhur valley of Germany, now Imminently stabbing to the Meuse and are j threatened by four advancing feeling out German defences ! Allied armies. neat the German border, The Paris radio said tonight that French troops have reached the city of Mulhouse in Berlin said tnat other Ameri can planes were striking southern Germany lor the third successive day. Swarms of fighters, buzzed back and forth across the channel coast, where the skies provided the first break after a week-end of adverse flying weather. At the same time, American bombers from bases in Italy blasted oil refineries at Blech tinmmor Ut nnnpi- Kilpeia nnfl IWeek. The five names were approved lng which was attended by rep- resentatives of every labor .union in the city. 4 Alderman Black, Hllla and, Brett . have each, served two Alder- ,iv,f thor cimthpHn fnpi ninnt.q Nominated to run as tsustees uj V , . " -,,,. J, Jl- weie in jktic, uw,. In Germany. PREPARING FOR SESSION AT OTTAWA year to replace Mr. Daggett when he became mayor. No other names were put fnrpwnprt as candidates at Sun day's meeting, and the five ap- fcuL' nroved at the Hrst vote. JF v The meeting nominated only two candidates Sunday to compete for the position of school board trustees. However, with the expiration of the terms of , Chairman J. T. Langridge, and two trustees, Mrs. George Hllla and Mrs. J. A. Teng. three positions' will be open, and the, , campaign committee will seek to s Interest a third canldajie this 4 woriier, anil r. fin man, manager of the Kalen Consumers' Co-operative store. Mr. Lang ridge based his refusal to ac cept re - nomination on the. grounds that his work did not; permit him to give as much time to the school board as the job required, John Mulroney, Federation secretary said. OTTAWA, Nov. 20 Parliament "However, the campaign corn- meets on Wednesday and already mutee is going to try and get political leaders are reacning him t0 reconsider." Mr. Mul- Ottawa to plan their activities. r0ney said. over the weeic-ena, tne govern- No announcement has yet been ment leader in the Senate Dr made by the Non- Partisan J. H. King and C.C.F. leader M lpacue as to what candidate.? J. Coldwell arrived in the capital, they will endorse.' It is expect- Senator King said that tne up- ed that candidates will .be per house will prcbably discuss chosen at a meeting of tho the government's stand on the league scheduled for December It'iniuiCflUf ill, nut'owuii iuuia-14. day. Mr. Coldwell said he has no comment at present on the gov ernment's stand for continuance of the voluntary system of re inforcements for overseas ser vice. He added that he will wait NAVY WEEK IN CANADA OTTAWA, Nov. 20 CB This 13 until he has obtained all of the Navy Week in Canada and trl- facts before he makes a state- bute Is being paid the men of ment. , the silent service who guard our The C.C.F. and the Progressive sea lanes. Over the week-end, Conservatives will hold-caususes Navy Week was opened by Navy tomorrow but no steps have been Minister MacDonald. in Ottawa. taken so far to hold a caucus of Mr. MacDonald declared that the the LVeral party. It is thought men of the Merchant Marine aro, likely the government supporters no longer forgotten men of the, will await the first day's House sea. proceedings before acting. Mr. MacDonald went oh to say Prime Minister W. L. MacK-1 that credit is divided between enzie King wlllmeet with lead- those who fight and those who ers of Opposition groups in tne carry. He mentioned that for a House tomorrow to discuss pro- long time Canadian ships alone cedure at the new session. carried on the protection of vital convoys to Europe, played their part in the invasion of France SUPPLIED ROME'S RICHES and made life on the seas perll- The mines and quarries of ous for the enemy. He praised ancient Transvylanla supplied the work of the Navy League Rome with gold and marble. and of the Sea Cadet movement. m