i
pimmfnapa
u
i;ons
D.
P
Kevelt
in
hU
annual
f
National
Service
Act
fa
..
.
....
.
t-1
-
.
jtt
:y
apie-Doaiea
man
in
wiu
11'
vjt
points
of
the
message
wercN'
:
iJistir
tax
law.
'
Mu.iUon
of
the
law
permitting
re-negotiation
of
war
rontracu.
If'
v.
.
it
,'t
t.mment'
of
the
economic
stabilization
act
!.
expires
next
June
30.
a
d
to
tne
national
service
measure,
the
President
nlv
by
complete
mobilization
of
manpower
and
ources
could
art
early
victory
In
the
war
be
ex
Mr
Roosevelt
also
enunciated
a
new
"Bill
of
Rights"
FIFTH
ARMY
ADVANCING
ALGIERS
The
fifth
Army
in
Hal
nas
eapiurea
inrtr
moir
Us
In
the
fate
of
the
stlffest
Nail
resistance
ana
is
now
oi
ire
miles
from
Casslno.
Extremely
unfavorable
.
winier
.
.
.t
l.il.
thtr
conditions
has
brouthl
the
operations
oi
me
ngnm
iny
on
tlie
Adriatic
side
of
Italy
almost
to
a
halt.
IRON
RULE
IN
BALKANS
!
CAIRO
The
report
was
heard
here
last
night
that
Germany
is
about
to
set
up
Nail
mllitaty
rule
In
Hungary,
Rumania
ad
Itulgaria
In
order
to
maintain
control
of
those
countries
whlrli
threaten
to
set
out
of
hand
owing
to
the
Russian
threat
'the
Balkans.
ADMISSION
HY
TOKYO
p
OK
YO
Tokyo
admitted
today
that
the
United
States
was
luting
trn
tanks,
ships
and
planes
for
every
one
Japanese
was
now
using
overwhelming
fortes
against
Japan.
WIDK
ItANGK
A
I
It
ASSAULT
fAiuin
hi:ai)()1'akti:ks
in
sotmi
pacific
from
the
lies
to
the
Solomons
Cnlled
States
bombing
alirraft
ron
nurd
to
range
tcsrtrrriay,
dropping
158
tons
of
bombs
on
Ma-
lug
and
also
subjettlng
Itahaul
to
another
heavy
auatK.
HKULIN
HO.MHKD
AGAIN
LONDON-
Uoyal
Air
forte
moMiulto
bombers
were
out
again
t
night
over
Germany
for
the
ninth
night
so
far
(his
year.
filln
was
the
chief
larget
although
other
ohjrtllves
in
western
rrmany
wrre
alio
hit.
All
planes
returned
safely.
There
wTre
lparatlvrl)
light
Allied
air
attarks
on
enemy-occupied
wesl-
)i
Lurope
yesttrday
but
four
planes
were.
lost.
CLEARING
KRKNCII
COAST
PARIS-
.Plans
nre
under
way
for
the
complete
evacuation
of
le
french
Channrl
roast
area
in
view
of
the
probability
of
an
llifd
Invasion
thrust.
PUSHING
TOWARDS
AKYAH
NEW
I)i;i
III
lltillsh
land
fortes,
led
by
Lord
Louis
Mount-
lUen
and
with
air
and
naval
support,
have
captured
Mungow
i
Hurnta
and
are
advancing
towards
Akyah.
ite
Cartwright
ir
Instructor
P
L,
Cartwright,
formerly
Jocal
police
officer
and
son-
flaw
of
Mrs.
and
Mrs.
Robert
nicron,
Ruslrbrook
Heights
graduated
ns
a
pilot
offl-flying
instructor
from
In
ductor's
school
of
the
Royal
Jiadlan
Air
Force
at
Pearce.
erta,
according
to
a
Royal
iiadlan
Air
Force-
anouncc-
int
nTii
rati:
ww
he
lowest
recorded,
death
for
any
country,
was
that
New
Zealand
In
1932
and
I,
with
8
per
1,000
popu-
aon.
Farmers
Meet
In
Convention
LOCAL
OIRL
PIRATES
-Six
pre
vy
local
girls
dressed
as
plrates
to
make
charming
setting
for
a
recent
Treasure
Chest
display
on
the
stage
at
the
Capitol
Theatre
when
Commander
C
M.
C'ree
cava;
officer
m
charge
here,
and
R.
M.
Wlnslow.
president
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Navy
League
of
Canada,
spoke
in
support
of
the
current
Navy
League
membership
campaign
Surrounding
the
Treasure
Chest,
which
contains
S15XX)
of
valuables,
and
Is
the
principal
prue
m
a
fciand
drawing,
are
wen:
Front,
left
to
right,
Dorothy
Kergin,
Joyce
Watts,
Eleanor
Barber
and
Ruth
Walton.
Back.
Elspcth
MacKcnzle
and
Leona
Blaln.
Plans
Will
Be
Altered
New
V.
M.
C.
A.
to
be
Available
for
Civic
Centre
Six
Months
After
War.
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett
an-nounted
this
morning
that
the
Department
of
National
Drfente
had
agreed
to
make
thangrs
In
the
plans
of
the
proposed
Young
Men's
Christian
AsvK-Ution
war
servltes
building
here
as
recommended
by
the
Prlnre
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Association
and
to
turn
over
the
building
six
man
ths
aftrr
the
war
at
a
1
prlte
to
be
subject
to
arbl-1
tration.
Asked
for
a
statement
this
morning
in
regard
to
this
an-nountrment.
Dr.
It.
G.
Large,
chairman
of
the
Prince
Ru-prrt
Civic
Centre
Association,
said
that
civic
centre
funds
were
not
being
jcopardiicd
in
any
war
and
promised
a
full
statement
on
the
whole
nutter
In
the
near
future.
The
site
of
Hie
Y.
M.
C.
A.
building,
which
may
some
tlmr
be
part
of
the
local
civic
centre,
is
on
the
west
side
of
Mtltrlde
Street
through
from
first
to
Second
Avenues
with
a
depth
of
133
feet.
SCOTT
IS
PRESIDENT
George
Mllrhrll
to
be
Vice-president
of
Prince
Rupert
Cham
her
of
Commerce..
W.
J.
Scott
will
be
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
1944
with
G.
C.
Mitchell
as
vice-president
and
Arthur
Hrooksbank
again
secretary-treasurer.
These
arc
the
virrmruA.
Jnn
11
Renr-
oniy
nominations
ior
inc
unices
enttlves
of
farming
districts
,
which
will
come
before
the
an-ln
arc
nual
meeting
to
be
held
this
all
parla
of
the
province
athered
here
for
the
Fat
mer's
week.
Institute
convention.
The
dele-1
For
fifteen
places
cn
the
ex-gates,
who
are
considering
a
ecutlve
the
following
have
been
variety
of
farming
problems,
nominated:
O.
It.
S.
Dlackaby,
were
welcomed
by
the
Hon.
J.
E.
Boddie,
D.
O.
norland,
II.
Dr.
K.
C.
MaoDonald,
Minister
A.
Urccn,
S.
A.
Checseman,
Theo
of
Agriculture.
Collart,
Arnold
Flaten,
O.
A.
Hunter.
W.
O.
Fulton,
Tetcr
PRODUCTION
DOlIHIXD
Lakle,
Dr.
R.
0.
Large.
J.
J.
British
vegetable
production
Little,
W.
R.
McAfee.
Alex
Mac-nearly
doubled
In
the
first
Kcnzle.
D.
C.
McRae.
C.
C.
three
years
of
war.
In
compar-
Mills,
C.
CI.
Ivflnns.
J.
W.
Nlch-Ison
to
the
1038
crop
of
2,500-
olls.
'Q.
W.
Nlckerson,
S.
E.
Par-000
tons,
the
1041
crop
reached
ker.
Frank
Skinner,
W.
F.
Stone
nearly
4,000,000
tons.
,
and
W.
M.
Watts.
Local
Temperature
Local
Tides
mml
Wednesday,
..
Jan.
12
53
High
2:44
19.9
feet
Maximum
14:28
21
ffttet
?A
ti
Minimum
Low
8:37
IX
feet
21:04
2J3
reet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXIII
No.
8
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
llt
IVti-i
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
I
rruVINCIAL
apanese
Fleet
Is
Seriously
Crippled
urstwNT
roosevelts
message
Asks
National
fe
Act
VAr
H'NOTON,
DC.
Jan
11,
V
V
-idrd
by
the
cnactm
-jlnt
legislative
?
tK
rcsiorni
t
strike
and.
with
some
v
makr
war
nroduetlon
or
for
aV
J!-24sentlal
i;i
t
,4
i
re
um:
1
icu
111c
mw-t
u.
tmj
i"-1"
-
r
-..unerative
Job,
a
decent
home,'
medical
care,
gooa
.
a
.
-
11..
nnn(n.t
nlrl
ma
lllnca
anil
HtH..
i
...t
una
iKtuiiiy
..
-..
-
I
...ill,.!
.
A
.ilMll.t.
mIIIM
me
larmer
waa
auu
cuwcu
m
u
un(
.u.u
11
r
x
h
...
produce.
WAR
NEWS
KII-TKKN
THOUSAND
NAZIS
KILLED
LONDON
-Berlin
reports
were
authority
last
night
for
the
.
.
..
.t
i
In
VnXmnA.
hid
Irmrnl
Inai
samy,
anowirr
imii
.
1
.
.
.
L
-
Ik.
.
I
tf,.ftlstt
fif
in
abandonra
ny
me
.rrmns
ikivik
-.
.ve
which
continue
without
let-up.
fifty
mile
to
the
soum-
it
Ko-,no
is
also
threatened
by
Uie
uea
Army.
Aanncr
aon
iolt
are
reported
lo
have
already
reached
the
Hue
lUver
on
way
to
Uumanla,
fifteen
thousand
Germans
were
reponea
rd
In
joWrday'a
fighting.
Soviet
Is
To
Retain
West
Ukraine
and
White
Russia
Formerly
Part
of
Poland
LONDON,
Jan.
11
(CPfThe
Soviet
government,
Poles
Join
the
Soviet-Czecho-Slovakia
mutual
assistance
pact
The
statement
said
that
the
Western
Ukraine
and
Western
White
Russia
Joined
the
Soviet
Union
by
plebiscite
In
1939
which
"corrected
an
Injustice
permitted
by
the
Riga
agreement
In
1921"
which
gave
the
Canadian
Butter
Situation
Worse
LONDON
O'
The
King
.
has
approved
the
awaid
of
the
Roy-
nl
rinlH
Mprinl
fnr
Arphlterturp
DART
BASEBALL
HERE
NEW
TYPE
OF
SPORT
1
territories
to
Poland.
They
would
'again
become
part
of
Russia,
j
Dart
baseball,
a
novelty
In
i
The
establishment
of
the
Cur-
i
the
way
of
games,
is
the
new-'zon
Line
as
the
Polish-Russian
est
thing
to
appear
on
Prince
border
as
suggested
by
Moscow
Rupert's
social
entertainment
(would
leave
the
Soviet
Republic
horfoon,
and
It
hoWs
the
prom-ln
possession
of
all
but
3,800
ise
of
taking
the
place,
for
a
square
miles
of
Polish
territory
season
at
leosi,
of
bowling,
a
'which
the
Red
Army
occupied
tort
which
active
civilians
are
undo
Uie
1939
partition.
,
missing.
I
Th?
game
Is
the
Inspired
lm
TRAINED
IN
ARMY
Basic
training
of
an
army
dog
takes
about
two
months!
U-BOAT
IS
.
OVERCOME
Allies
Lost
60
Percent
Lets
Merchant
Ships
Last
Year.
LONDON,
Jan.
11
Allied
Merchant
shipping
losses
in
1943
at
the
hands
of
German
U'boats
were
60
peicent
less
than
1942.
At
the
same
time
hip
construction
was
more
han
doubled.
Fighting
Of
Fires
Interesting
and
Valuable
Dis
play
at
Acropolis
Hill
Yesterday
Afternoon.
Yesterday
afternoon
the
'
Acropolis
Hill
was
the
scene
of,
a
very
Interesting
display
of;
various
methods
of
fire
fighting
sponsored
by
the
fire
depart
ing.
The
building
was
tnen
set
on
fire
and
proper
methods
of
using
hose
streams
for
Its
ex
tinguishment
were
put
lto
action
with
a
running
commentary
given
by
Mr.
Buerllng.
safety
engineer.
This
war-followed-
by
dem
onstratlon
cf
the
power
of
pene
in
an
official
statement,
broadcast
by
the
Moscow
tratlon
0(
the
thermite
bomb,
radio
today,
indicated
the
Russian
intention
of
re-
also
the
control
and
extinguish-taining
the
bulk
of
territory
the
Union
of
Soviet
ment
of
incendiary
bombs,
both
Socialist
Republics
obtained
in
the
Lurzon
partition
of
Poland
but
offered
Poland
German
territory
in
the
west.
suggcsUng
that
the
thermite
and
magnesium.
This
interesting
section
of
the
display
was
In
charge
of
Lt.
Tobey.
chemical
warfare
Instructor.-
Chief
Shlnn
demonstrated
methods
of
controlling
oil
fires,
in
specially
prepared
pits,
showing
first,
the
uselessness
of
ordinary
hand
pumps
and
soda
acid
extinguishers
with
this
kind
of
fire,
as
against
the
effectiveness
of
foam,
tearachlor-lde
and
carbon
dioxide.
The
City
Fire
Chief
told
the
class
of
the
rhange
which
has
recently
taken
place
In
methods
of
using
water
In
fire
fighting.
For
years,
hydraulic
engineers
had
worked
to
give
riremen
a
nozzle
that
would
provide
a
clean,
solid,
unbroken
stream
under
pressure.
Now
they
had
gone
to
the
other
extreme
for
even
higher
pressume
pumps
are
I
portatlon
of
Norton
Youngs,
u......
uscd
t0
Droduce
foe
mi
who
had
it
fent
from
the
i
nute
particles
of
water
Instead
I
eastern
Unnlted
States
where
lof
5tream;
lt
has
been
highly
popular.
Mr.
;
effectiveness
of
fog
was
Youngs
and
Sam
Currle
along
demonstrated
by
use
of
the
'with
other
associates
have
or-.clty
flre
truck.
purnplng
at
200
OTTAWA,
Jan.
11
The
Can-
Sanized
a
group
called
the
pnds
and
snuffing
out
a
very
adlan
butter
situation
is
worse.
P"
Rupert
Fun
Club
whose
hot
oU
lire
ln
a
20-foot
trench
Production
for
December
1943
purpose
Is
to
Interest
young
ln
a
malter
of
seconds,
using
Ppie,
particularly
couples,
In
ntue
water.
was
fifteen
percent
less
than
.very
December
1942.
.it.
Re-Ignltlng
the
oil
fire.
Chief
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
The
first
evening
of
play
of'shmn
just
effectively
con-Doard
officials
have
no
com-;
the
game,
which
is
a
combin-
trolled
and
extinguished
the
ment
to
make
in
regard
to
th;!ftton
of
the
old
English
gameblazp
by
uslng
a
.gallon
foam
possibility
of
cutting
down
the;oi
aaris
ana
me
jnciiudu
ic-
extinguisher.
nation.
IF.ARN
INDIAN
LOUR
Native
Indians
taught
the
white
man
,to
catch
oysters
with
a
forked
stick.
73,000
GALLONS
A
DAY
A
destroyer
burns
3.000
gallons
of
oil
an
hour.
.MORE
f
ARMS
NEEDED
It
takes
-43,000
acres
of
food
to
supiply
workers
who
build
enc
battleship.
nzion
oi
Dascoaii.
Degiin
last
:
night
ln
the
Eagles'
Hall.
The
small
crowd
attending
soon
built
up
an
enthusiasm
for
the
game
which
attested
to
its
LEND-LEASE
IN
ACTION
A
n-imber
of
American
warships
damaged
in
action
have
been
repaired
at
British
naval
bases.
Ship's
stores,
fuel
oil,
water,
harbor,
and
stevedore
expenses
are
lend-lease
to
Hockey
Scores
Nanaimo
Army
8.
New
Westminster
2.
Esquimau
Navy
6,
Vancouver
St.
Regis
2.
HOME
FIRES
LOW
During
the
winter
1942-43
British
domestic
and
industrial
consumers
of
coal
dffected
an
economy
of
11.000.000
tons
ln
response
to
the
Government's
American
waishlps
and
mcrch-,
request.
This
was
3.000.000
tons
antmcn.
SHOE
LEATHER
NED
ED
Under
field
conditions',
25,000
American
soldiers
wear
out
800
for
1943
to
Edward
Maufe.
de-.Pairs
of
shoes
every
day.
signer
of
Guildford
Cathedral.
Maufe,
60,
also
designed
the
Joseph
Chamberlain
memorial
ln
Westminster
Abbey.
more
man
me
aavancc
caw
mate
of
savings.
CONSUMPTION
GOODS
CUT
Production
of
consumption
(
goods
other
than
food
In
Britain
Is
less
than
half
pre-war.
I
consumption
Is
only
maintained
by
drawing
on
rapidly
dwindling
stocks.
I
Admiral
Halsey
Says
Enemy
Will
Be
Fought
Until
Tokyo
Occupied
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
11
(CP)
Admiral
William
F.
Halsey,
Jr.,
commander
of
United
States
naval
fores
in
the
South
Pacific,
told
a
press
conference
today
that
the
Japanese
fleet
is
seriously
crippled
and
added
that
"we
will
keep
on
pressing
and
hitting
him
continuously"
until
Tokyo
is
occupied.
Quick
Execution
Of
Count
Ciano
LONnO.V,
Jan.
11
Count
Galeazzo
Ciano
was
shot
to
death
today,
Germany
News
Agency
O.N.B.
announced
after
his
conviction
on
charges
of
treason
brought
against
him
for
voting
to
oust
his
father-in-law,
Benito
Musso-
ment
there
before
a
large
class
,inI
aj
IUfa'n
OI
omcers
ana
mcu.
djt
wuikjj
of
Major
Sears,
port
fire
marshal,
and
Fire
Chief
Shlnn,
the
jcity
fire
department
was
In
vited
to
participate
wun
repre
sentatives
of
th
Canadian
navy
and
army
In
attendance.
The
display
was
comprehen
sive.
Using
smoke
bombs
Chief
Shlnn
and
his
men
first
demonstrated
the
proper
method
of
entry
into
a
smoke-filled
build
War
In
Russia
Soviets
Are
(hi:
On
Nazis
Conflict
Brought
Closer
To
Rumania
Reds
Near
Vital
Rail
Line.
MOSCOW,
Jan.
11
tA
Rus.
sian
spearhead,
steadily
.bringing
the
wa:
nearer
to
Rumania,
drove
toward
the
vital
Odessa-Warsaw
railway
today
and
an
advance
to
the
south
felt
out
the
eastern
bank
of
the
southern
Bug
River,
capturing
a
long
stretch
of
land
southeast
of
Zhmerinka,
a
Junction
on
the
main
railway
line.
To
the
rear
a
second
Russian
army
fought
within
fifteen
miles
of
the
Dnieper
end
rail
town
of
Smeia
after
wiping
out
eight
thousand
Nazis
encircled
no:th
of
Kivorograd.
The
German
Hifth
Command
declared
that
the
Soviets
had
launched
a
new
attack
from
a
bridgehead
north
of
Kerch
in
Crimea
with
fighting
still
continuing.
There
was
no
Soviet
confirmation
of
this.
BULLETINS
I
GENERAL
IN
CI
VIES
LONDON
General
fritz
von
Mannstein,
Adolf
Hitler's
former
military
right
hand
man,
is
reported
to
have
been
seen
in
civies
in
Vienna,
indicating
accuracy
of
reports
that
be
has
been
removed
by
the
DLMIGRATION
OR
INVASION
TORONTO
Speaking
here,
the
editor
of
Le
Jour,
Quebec
French
language
newspaper,
said
Canada
would
be
conquered
by
immigration
or
in-
4
VG
HOUSE
FIRE
.
.
tER
Several
suites
were
gutted
last
night
when
fire
visited
the
Canada
rooms
on
Main
Street.
DATOE
FUNERAL
WINNIPEG
The
funeral
of
John
W.
L.
Dafoe,
who
died
Sw.daxjii6hJ.wUl.JbeJijJd
on
Wednesday.
AIR,
LAND,
SEA
FIGHT
War
flares
Over
Italian
and
Balkan
fronts
Sofia
is
Pounded
Again.
ALGIERS,
Jan.
11
O)
Air
land
and
sea
activity
flared
all
over
the
Italian
and
Balkan
fronts
as
night
bombers
returned
to
Sofia
last
night
to
pound
the
Bulgarian
capital
ln
surift
follow-up
to
yesterday's
daylight
raid.
British
destroyers
sank
three
German
schooners
and
damaged
four
others
trying
to
run
the
blockade.
ANSWER
TO
THE
AXIS-
-Just
released
for
publication
is
this
aerial
view
or
HALS.
Indomitable
which
Is
Britain's
newest
and
largest
aircraft
carrier.
Shown
here
travelling
at
high
speed,
Albacorc
torpedo
bombers
are
ranged
on
its
flight
deck.
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