'
i.
.
nr
fc
iilird
Iroop
nave
improvcu
nirir
positions
1
NAZI
LOSSES
IN
BLACK
SEA
on
It
y,thhfd
alter
an
aiiwery
barrage.
Two
minor
.
itUtb
In
the
Canadian-held
Adriatic
sector
of
the
JAPANESE
ADVANCING
wilNG-A
Chinese
rommunique
latt
night
Indicated
.
j4vinl
In
III
rilrprflnn
nf
T.nrf.nH
-jllfinm
uu
-
-
-
-
-
-
jjn
ot
of
t'hengshlcn
J"
bitter
north
Honan
HIT
AT
KURILKS
AGAIN
HARBOR
.
American
planes
on
the
Aleutian
Islands
A
the
JtpancMr
far
northern
Kurlle
Island.
Pa
ram.
iinctha
and
.Matsua,
Monday
for
the
crond
md
deliTerrd
a
30-ton
bombing
attack
o
the
tncmy's
IvUod
fortress
of
Truk.
...ir
i
i
,
.
.
i
nT..,7hF
jiDjnnr
Buurrru
uraTY
Hnum
in
iinrif
IHird
rhIndiU
petitions
in
Burma
while
British
troop
it
"ipinc
back
In
the
Imphal-Kohlma
sector.
VU
aiiiiuiNii
uisiiuini.
traiiiru
mill
nilltlll
onvrDornf
punn
twoopra
aown
on
a
werman
con
.iiumh
uaiMiaiMi
ivui
miy
lit
mil
ml
wv
The
Ktmunt
sank
life
German
and
Rumanian
nsd
damacrd
two
others
off
Stbastapol.
It
U
pre-
u
mp
crr
living
10
evacuate
trapped
Hermans.
"in
rrpori
a
new
iiusvan
iana
oiicmive
in
lws-rthue
of
Rumania
but
Ihlt
It
not
confirmed
by
ABYIVG
TOR
INVASION
mHW
br
the
Germans
Jhemelye.
to
Ju.Ufy.thl
Regulating
n.
i
oteveciores
VANCOUVEIt,
April
27
Under
a
new
Selective
Service
regulation
waterfront
workers
are
required
to
have
special
permits
to
do
longshoring
and
other
waterfront
Jobs
The
regulation
is
said
to
be
designed
to
give
a
more
even
break
to
this
import
ant
branch
of
work.
Ladies'
Music
Club
Meeting
The
Udlcs'
Music
Club
fourth
-
meeting
of
the
year
was
held
new
J
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
J.
C.
Gil-
ker
Wednesday
aiiernoon
un
Mrs,
E.
J.
8mtth
In
the
cnair.
The
following
progiim
was
rendered:
Piano
solo.
Mrs.
W.
M.
Watts,
Sonata
Pathctlquc"
(Beethoven.
Vocal
solo.
Mrs.
W.
Martin,
"Bless
This
House"
(Brake).
Piano
solo.
Mrs,
J.
C.
atlkcr,
"Disappointed
Scrcnadcr"
(Brahms).
Vocal
solo,
Mrs.
R.
0.
Large.
"The
Lake
Isle
of
mtmircc
(Yeats).
Vocal
duct.
Mrs.
Smith
ana
Mrs.
-Martin,
"The
uuic
viu
Garden-
(Hewitt).,
Plnnn
solo.
Mrs.
E.
J.
Smllll.
"Sonata
Opus
10
No.
3"
(Beethoven).
,
The
meeting
closed
wltn
uoa
Save
the
King.
Delicious
refreshments
were
served
by
Uie
hostess.
GERMANY'S
OIL
WELLS
German's
principal
oil
welU
are
at
Nlcnhagcn,
18
miles
irom
Hanover.
ANIMAL
SHORTAGE
No
quadrupeds
arc
natlvo
to
the
Mlcroncslan
Islands.
-34
PUT
VICTORY
FIRST
or
Country
-
-
For
Yourself
j
'Vw'"-
Temperature
Local
Tides
latin
Great
Bombing
Tea
and
Coffee
Rations
In
Canada
Are
Being
Increased
OTTAWA,
April
27,
(Canadian
Press)
Tea
and
coffee
rations
will
be
increased
approximately
forty
percent
on
May
1,
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Hoard
announces.
Coupon
values
will
be
raised
to
four
ounces
for
tea
and
sixteen
ounces
for
coffee
with
two
coupons
valid
each
montluon
second
and
fourth
Thursdays.
Pre
Jen
t
5
j
coupon
value
for
tea
are
two
ounce,
and
for
coffee
eight
inumca.
improvement
in
ine
supply
and
shipping
jsltuatlon
has
made
possible
the
increase
In
the
ration.
Civilian
Defence
Chemical
Course
VANCOUVER.
Apiil
27
-
Ai
part
of
the
general
program
of
clrll
defence
on
the
Pacific
Coast
a
chemical
course
on
the
lden-
Ufteation
of
the
war
eases
was
held
at
the
University
of
Drl
tish
Columbia
recently.
This
course
was
conducted
under
the
I
Joint
authority
of
the
Directo
of
Civil
Defence
for
Canada
and
the
Provincial
Civil
Defence
Committee
of
British
Columbia
and
brought
together
a
repres
entative
group
of
twenty-five
of
vfijeeV
In'addUTon
to
repres-
nuin.inni
HK
V
,7
"
pod
because
of
refusal
by
the
couyer
districts
of
Vancouvei
.llBrttteh
aulnorlties
to
Issue
North
Vancouver.
.
Burnaby
ndlnavlwts
f
IrUh
ve8seU
New
Westminster,
chemists
from
'
,
Victoria.
Trail,
Prince
Rupert
and
Nanalmo
were
present
Personnel
of
the
course
wa-restricted
to
chemists
of
professional
standing
and
all
attending
were
required
to
take
an
oath
of
secrecy
regarding
the
nature
of
the
tests
for
war
gases.
New
Ship
Contracts
VANCOUVER,
April
27.
-The
Vancouver
Province
reported
in
a
news
page
shortly
that
If
min
ntirf
matjrln1
n
ro
nvnll
ablc
contracU
for
new
type
sup-
ply
snlpSf
twt.nty-one
in
number
and
posslbiy
totalling
ttl.OOO,-
m
ln
vaiuc
wllj
awaracd
Vancouver
yards
following
a
sur
vey
now
being
carried
out
by
the
government
departments.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Cincinnati
1,
St.
Louis
0.
Pittsburgh
6,
Chicago
1.
Brooklyn
at
Boston,
postponed.
American
Ira
Rue
'
St.
Louis
5,
Cleveland
2.
Washington
2,
Boston
1.
New
York
6,
Philadelphia
2.
Detroit
at
Chicago,
postponed.
International
League
Buffalo
9,
Newark
3.
Rochester
1,
Jersey
City
0,
Montreal
11,
Baltimore
8.
Torrnto
at
Syracuse,
postponed,
'
American
Association
Milwaukee
1,
St.
Paul
0.
Kansas
City
1.
Minneapolis
0.
Louisville
3,
Columbus
4.
Coast
League
Los
Angeles
at
Oakland,
postponed.
San
Diego
5,
Portland
3.
Sacramento
0,
Seattle
8.
San
Franclscd
at
Hollywood,
postponed.
reached
00.8
oan
cam-
in
third
incC
Ru-
Army
Reaches
Sixty
Percent
t
.
ii
i
,v.si5fnvr
urea
has
i
Tince
nuufii
-,
...
.
T
..
.
tho
Sixth
Victory
L
percent,
oi
tpuH"
nmi
,'a
.
...
'
...w.n,i
tins
morn
nir.
aim
is
paign,
ii
was
a""-"
V
"
Pr
place
ol
ail
areas
m
-"'.
,
pert
is
led
only
by
Chilli
wnck
andlcuaco.
n
i
n
l
AlaSKa
JtUlTlOn
Labor
Dispute
lis
Now
Ended
SEATTLE,
April
27
O
Six
labor
unions
and
the
Alaska
Salmon
Industry
Inc.,
representing
nearly
all
the
far
north
canneries,
have
signed
an
agree
ment
ending
the
labor
dispute
which
threatened
to
hamper
1944
salmon
production.
EIRE
IS
CUT
OFF
Shipping
Connection
With
Por
tugal
Ifaa
Keen
Stopped.
DUBLIN.
April
27
The
newspaper
Irish
Press
said
to-
UUII
WKU
UMUUU
IMU
4ATI1
OIAf
Sentence
Suspended
Six
months
suspended
sentence
was
given
to
Sldo
Iwanchuk
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
ln
police
court
Wednesday
afternoon
when
he
found
Iwanchuk
guilty
of
the
theft
of
a
number
of
steel
files
from
the
dry
dock.
Iwanchuk,
a
dry
dock
worker,
was
alleged
to
have
taken
the
files
from
company
property
when
he
left
work
on
the
night
of
April
15.
He
pleaded
not
guilty.
W.
O.
Fulton
acted
for
the
defence.
Victory
Loan
Subscribers
Subscriptions
totalling
$48,650
were
bought
by
Prince
Rupert
citizens
ln
the
Sixth
Victory
Loan
;
drive
on
Wednesday.
This
brings
I
to
$129,450
tne
three-day
aggre-
.
-
.
.
:
tU
'lll
gate,
Aionaay
s
ujuu
was
jo,jjw
and
Tuesday's
$24,450.
On
the
corresponding
day
ol
the
Fifth
loan
last
October
the
three-day
total
was
$218,750.
and
the
day's
sales
were
$39,850.
Hawkinson
Laundry
Ltd.
$2500
Robert
Oordon
Sutherland
1350
Geoffrey
Ellis
Wootten
500!
Mrs.
Eleanor
Hill
500
M:s.
Beryl
Oliver
50
Mrs.
Wllma
F.
Denluck
1000
Miss
Dorothy
Ballinger
500
A,
E.
Dickens
100
Mrs.
Margaret
Andrew
100
Mrs.
Erma
Wanamakcr
100
Miss
Ada
Maud
Terpsma
50
Charles
Robert
Facey
150
Gordon
Douglas
Bryant
1000
Mrs.
Mary
and
Mr.
Leo
Charles
Oyer
100
Mrs.
Mary
and
Mr.
Leo
Cha-.les
Oyer
100
Mrs.
Mary
and
Mr.
Leo
Cha:les
Oyer
100
Alexander
Edward
Wclxl
200
N.
A.
8.
Pelt
1000
13TH
CENTURY
DISCOVERED
New
Zealand
was
discovered
by
the
Maoris
ln
the
13th
t
HAROLD
BROWN,
of
Victoria;
who
is
the
newly
elected
President
and
Chairman
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
British
Columbia
Federation
of
Trade
and
Industry.
Mr.
Brown
is
well
known
In
business
circles
ln
the
province
and
throughout
Canada
and
'was
for
many
years
President
of
Union
Steamships
Limited,
of
which
company
he
is
stOl
a
director.
He
has
also
served
as
President
of
the
Vanoouver
Board
of
Trade
and
teen
prominently
identified
with
welfare
and
patriotic
work
ln
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
dom
in
Europe.
INDIANS
VOLUNTEER
The
Indian
army
is
the
Larcest
volunteer
army
ln
the
world.
TO
STAY
TIED
LP
SEATTLE
An
officer
of
the
Ieep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
today
reaffirmed
the
Pacific
halibut
tie-up
by
saying
that
the
fleet
would
remain
in
port
until
the
Office
of
Price
Administration
had
made
a
settlement
by
readjusting
the
price
of
halibut.
GOVT.
SEIZES
STORE
CHICAGO
President
Roosevelt
ordered
yesterday
the
seizure
of
the
mail
order
firm
of
.Montgomery
Ward
and
Company
by
the
Department
of
Commerce
following
the
refusal
of
the
company
to
accept
a
ruling
of
the
National
War
labor
Board
authorizing
the
union
to
be
the
employees
official
bargaining
agency
with
the
company.
The
stores
are
open
for
business
as
usual.
LINDBERGH
IN
HAWAII
P
E
A
R
L
II
A
It
II
O
It
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
has
arrived
here
as
technical
representative
of
an
aircraft
manufacturing
concern.
R.
C.
A.
F.
PUNF.
CRASHES
VANCOUVER
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
crashed
in
the
State
of
Washington
less
than
100
miles
from
Vancouver.
The
fate
of
its
five
crew
members
was
not
revealed.
The
plane
was
overdue
from
its
base
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
where
it
was
expected
at
11
o'clock
last
night.
CHRYSLER
PLANT
CLOSES
WINDSOR
The
plant
of
the
Chrysler
Corporation
here
remained
closed
this
morning
as
thousands
of
workers
failed
to
turn
up
for
their
jobs.
Union
officials
said
that
It
was
hot
a
strike,
but
that
employees
had
taken
half
a
J
day
off
to
consider
the
prob-I
lems
of
a
labor
dispute.
Raid
Premier
King
:
Is
In
Britain
OTTAWA
April
27,
Mi
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
ar-
rived
ln
Britain
Thursday
for
a
conference
of
Empire
Prime
Ministers.
Mr.
King
will
attend
a
conference
of
Dominion
Prime
Ministers
and
will
address
members
of
both
Houses
of
British
Parliament,
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Clement
Atlee
told
the
House
of
Commons
Thursday.
i
Australians
Take
Madang
Friday,
April
28
High
4:45
183
feet
18:09
16.8
feet
Low
11:34
4.9
feet
23:40
9.9
feet
53
J31-3
39
NOllTHEItN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
APRIL
27,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
m.
fc.
m
mam
k
ar
UJ.IKI)
POSITION
BETTER
b.nt
tre
repulsed
eaneaay.
Ulnt
Central
tnina.
HEAVY
JAPANESE
LOSSES
NAVAL
ENGAGEMENTS
ON
w
uunpf
afiinii
an
invasion.
I-
I
If
I
M
mm
u
mill
in
ii
1
1
&
j
...
.
r
H
I
I
IU
ftb
I
I
II
.
Lhlv
Ui..
i
Ap
.
27
'r
-The
r
?.
report-
It
-i'
j
;s
a
load
:k
alter
col-E
.
a
heavy
-
-i".
icamship
'
'
ten
lives
i.
have
been
XWSmSml
i)tli
Loan
Record
$900,150
QUOTA
750,000
Total
to
Date
129,150
British
and
Canadian
Air
Forces
Out
Again
In
Strength
Last
Night
LONDON,
April
27,
(Canadian
Press)
Well
oyer
one
thousand
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
slammed
block-busters
on
the
Nazi
industrial
cities
of
Essen
and
Schweinfurt
and
railway
yards
near
Paris
early
Thursday
and
fresh
fleets
of.
British
and
American
daylight
bombers
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
,
lost
in
raids
on
Hamburg.
NEW
GUINEA,
April
27,
O)
Carrier-based
British
aircraft
Australian
troops
captured
the
I
pounced
on
a
German
convoy
important
Japanese
supply
base
loff
the
northern
coast
of
Nor-ot
Madang
in
New
Guinea.
I
way
Wednesday
and
damaged
Meanwhile
ln
Holland
two
air
,
fields
have
been
captured
from
t
the
Japanese
and
ground
forces;
of
the
Allies
are
approaching
a
third.
TRIALS
OF
ARMY
GIANT
LONDON
-At20.Bcrt
Rfd5
ford,
a
Lancashire
gunner.
Is
the
tallest
soldier
ln
the
British
Army.
He
stands
six
feet,
10
Inches
and
his
equipment
causes
difficulties.
He
dons
size
14
boots
and
his
bed
has
a
two-foot
extension.
CANADA'S
LOAN
TOTAL
OTTAWA
Wednesday's
Sixth
Victory
Loan
purchases
totalled
$65,138,600,
bringing
the
total
at
the
end
of
the
three-week
drive
to
$196,111,-600.
REFUSE
TO
RIDE
SHIPS
SEATTLE
Fishermen
assigned
to
Alaska
for
the
annual
salmon
season
refused
transportation
north
aboard
Liberty
ships,
citing
the
crack-up
of
these
vessels
in
recent
months
as
reason
for
their
refusal
GENERALS
DISPOSED
OF
LONDON
A
BBC
Spanish
languarge
broadcast
said
that
two
German
generals
had
been
captured
and
one
killed
by
the
French
underground.
Normal
passenger
and
freight
train
schedules
have
been
suspended
in
France.
CONFERS
WITH
KLNG
LONDON
The
King
received
yesterday
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
for
their
second
conference
of
the
past
21
hours.
The
purpose
of
the
conference
is
not
known.
MUNCHING
AT
HALIFAX
HALIFAX
IIJM.C.S.
Nootka,
another
big
destroyer
of
the
Tribal
Class,
was
launched
here
yesterday,
the
sponsor
being
Rita
Gallant.
21-year-old
.shipyard
worker.
EJECT
STORE
PRESIDENT
CHICAGO
Thomas
Avery,
president
of
Montgomery
Ward
and
Company,
was
forcibly
carried
from
the
company
premises
this
morning
by
troopers
of
the
United
States
Army
when
he
refused
to
give
up
his
office
following
the
seizure
of
the
store
by
the
government.
Troops
were
called
in
this
morning
to
assist
police
in
the
seizure.
On
Essen
struck
across
the
Channel
in
the
i
thirteenth
day
of
relentless
pre-lnvasion
bombing.
The
night
feeta
dropped
possibly
4500
tons
of
explosives
and
incendiaries.
Twenty-nine
bombers
were
lost
In
the
night
assault.
Two
mosquito
bombers
were
four
ships
and
an
escort
vessel.
the
Admiralty
announced
today.
No
details
of
the
engagement
were
given.
Labor
Delegate
1
o
talgary
1
ee
1
I
Nicholas
Bird
to
Represent
Trades
and
Labor
Council
At
a
special
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Trades
and
Labor
Council
held
last
evening
ln
the
Carpenters
Hall,
Nicholas
Bird
was
elected
delegate
to
the
con
vention
of
the
building
trades
de
partment
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
to
be
convened
ln
the
near
future
ln
either
Calgary
or
Edmonton
for
the
purpose
of
immediate
and
post
-
war
planning
and
rehabilitation,
hav
ing
especially
to
do
with
the
crafts
engaged
ln
the
construc
tion
Industry.
It
Is
the
intention
of
the
local
Carpenters'
Union
to
also
send
a
delegate
to
the
proposed
convention
and,
in
conjunction
with
Mr.
Bird,
they
will
harmonize
their
efforts
on
behalf
of
the
A.F.
of
L.
Unions
of
Prince
Ru
pert.
ALL
CORAL
ISLANDS
The
Bermuda
Islands
are
practically,
all
coral.
POLAND
GAVE
FREEDOM
Poland
was
granted
religious
freedom
ln
1573.
THOUSAND
TRIBUTARIES
There
are
about
1.100
known
tributaries
of
the
Amazon
River.
"
Shelter
Was
Hit
Many
Casualties,
Presumably
at
Portsmouth,
As
Result
of
aii
Bombs
LONDON,
April
27,
German
bombers
struck
at
England
three
times
during
the
night,
aiming
at
coastal
areas
principally.
There
was
a
direct
bit
on
an
air
raid
shelter
In
a
south
..jit
JwzjjWdrhanseAraanTv
casualties.
The
Nail'
radio
claimed
that
Portsmouth
was
raided.
I
Chenghsien
Has
Fallen
CHUNGKING,
April
27
The
Japanese
offensive
ln
North
Honan
Province
is
believed
to
have
overrun
Chenghsien,
rail
Junction
ln
the
campaign,
which
ap-
pears
to
be
aimed
at
the
heart
of
China.
New
American
Band
Is
Heard
The
newly
organized
local
United
States
Army
band
has
been
making
Its
first
public
appearance
ln
stre'et
parades
downtown
on
r
afternoons
this
week.
The
band
has
been
formed
at
the
Instance
of
the
local
commandant,
Col.
F.
T.
Weed,
and
has
made
splendid
progress
with
comparatively
few
practices.
It
has
now
reached
a
point
of
quality
where
Col.
Weed
is
hoping
to
have
it
present
a
recital
at
an
'early
date
when
local
citizens
'will
be
Invited
guests.
Mass
Meeting
ALL
MEMBERS
OF
MACHINISTS
UNION,
LOCAL
NO.
1,
AND
BOILERMAKERS
UNION,
LOCAL
NO.
1,
PRINCE
RUPERT
Malcolm
McLcod
PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER
President
of
Shipyard
General
Workers,
.
Federation
of
B.C.
All
members
are
requested
to
attend
this
meeting
to
meet
your
President
and
to
get
Information
of
Importance
to
your
welfare.
Time:
Sunday,
April
30th,
11
a.m.
Place:
Oddfellows'
Hall
Meeting
to
be
over
not
later
than
12:30
p.m.
,
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