5
4
a
J
V;.
O
W
.irome
fiom
a
rases
U
t
:.iri
ihai
mart
acs
involved
r
during
tht
month.
n
the
year
,,t
when
$213
fine
and
the
bcr.
when
th
al
was
sttsht-
ks
thfn-t9
take
added
up
rollier
of
Mrs.
ipps
Is
Dead
Evans,
brother
,
i
i!
away
,n
Vancouvei
i
V.
dnrxlav
of
imn
week
and
a,
took
place
on
Frl-TUo
ale
Mr
Evans,
who
(
..
f
aito.
had
lived
av'
:
!
r
frtly
years
p:ominmi
in
musical
c
a
department
man-T
t
o
Evans
Music
House
i
:i
connection
with
.
;nu..ral
festival
He
:
the
KnlhU
ot
.'
r
Besides
his
sister
(I
is
survived
by
!.':
&
-Herbert
and
i
Eam
f
Vancouver
I
"
Evans
of
CentraMa.
funeral
nephews
ot
iudlng
Len
Crlpps.
:
this
city,
acted
at
Named
by
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett
at
Inaugural
Meetlnc
Last
Mlht.
Standing
committee
for
1941
were
announced
as
follows
by
Mayor
If.
M.
Daggett
at
the
int
tlal
meeting
of
the
new
city
council
last
night:
finance
Aid.
Brett.
Aid.
1II1U.
Aid.
Sinclair.
Hoard
of
Works-Ald.
Black.
Aid.
Rudderham.
Aid.
Sorensen
Utilities
Aid.
Elliott,
Aid.
Brett.
Aid.
Rudderham.
T.
u.
uiacK.
Mrs.
a.
ruuen.
a.
MrInloh.
Rev
E.
W.
Scott.
Rehabilitation
-
AW.
Rudderham.
Aid.
Black.
Aid.
Brett.
Aid.
Hills.
Aid.
Arnold.
Transportation
and
Housing-Aid.
Hills.
Aid.
Black.
Aid.
Brett.
Port
Facilities
Aid,
Sorensen.
IUr
Sll
liuuuilinuti.
Elliott.
O.
W.
Kcarns.
llopltal-Ald.
Hills.
All
Properly
Is
Offered
The
city
council
planning
offering
for
saie
ail
city-owned.
Improved,
a
recommendation
to
this
affect
from
the
finance
committee
having
been
adopted
by
council
last
nlht.
Upset
prices
would
be
set
for
each
parcel.
An
offer
from
William
Pawchuk
of
$235
for
lot
4.
block
40.
section
5
an
Improved
property
was
rejected.
Two
Unidentified
Men
Killed
in
Construction
Blast.
A
coroner's
jury,
under
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens,
left
this
afternoon
for
a
camp
of
the
Northern
Construction
Company
at
I'rudhomme
Lake
to
Investigate
the
circumstances
of
Uie
deaths
of
two
unidentified
men
who
were
believed
to
be
the
victims
of
a
blasting
accident
near
the
camp
yesterday.
No
more
information
on
the
matter
was
available
at
press
time.
Two
other
men
were
injured.
Jap
Ships
Heavy
Hit
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NEW
GUINEA,
Jan.
4
O
Two
Japanese
heavy
cruisers
and
two
destroyers
In
Kavleng.
New
Ire
land
harbor,
were
hit
by
Amerl-
jean
bombers
and
fighters
from
i
a
carrier
forre.
hpftrinuarters
IJcense,
Polk
and
Health
!
announced
today.
Both
cruisers
Aid.
mils.
Aid.
Soreiucn.
Ald.1tTttrwt
m
Ut
Dne
dMlroycr
Arnold.
nlt
a
bomb
and
torpc-
Uhrary-AM,
Arnold.
F.
Dlbb.
A
,our
VMwU
were
heaT.
try
strafed
with
machine
gun
fire
Weather
conditions
made
it
Impossible
to
ascertain
whether
or
not
they
had
been
sunk.
Civic
Offices
Building
Plan
Asks
Accomodation.
Dr.
Roger
G.
Knlpe.
director
of
the
public
health
unit,
had
a
iettter
before
the
city
council
last
night
suggesting
that.
In
a
brief
which
is
was
p:oposcd
should
be
sent
by
the
city
to
the
rotwr
Rehabilitation
council
and
which
Is
expected
to
contain
a
recommendation
for
a
clvtc
office
building
that
provision
be
made
for
accomodation
for
the
public
health
unit.
The
matter
was
referred
to
the
rehabilitation
committee
of
the
council.
lilllKRTY
SHIP
BREAKS
IN
TWO,
70
RKSCUEI)
Thk
I:,
thC
stcm
end
of
the
American
Llbtrty
ship
John
P.
Gaines,
shown
after
she
broke
"
two
25.
Seventy
men
remained
on
boaid
this
November
m
a
storm
off
the
Alaskan
coast,
'lon
of
the
stricken
vessel
for
33
hours
awaiting
rescue
ships.
Local
Temperature
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
Jan.
5
High
9:32
20.1
feet
Mailmum
22:23
172
feet
yiiumum
.28
PROVINCIAL
Low
2:51
83
feet
16:09
5.9
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
ftlA'BitVfiWSPAPER
XXXIH
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
4,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
DEATH"
SLOGAN
OF
ITALIANS
I
0MB
OR
Red
Army
Crosses
Into
Poland
n
Relentless
German
Pursuit
:,.
rcflullt
Italian
army
which
has
now
gone
into
:c
dc
of
the
AliJcs
are
shown
headed
for
the
front.
w
V'
hide
is
that
slogan
"Rome
to
Mbrte"
Rome
T
ic
i.atrcd
of
the
Italian
soldier
for
his
former
Axis
h
I
i
tS
of
Nazi
cruelty
to
Italian
civilians.
lice
Fines
Lring
1943
$;
wa
taken
tn
-
'
:i
rjues
which
v
police
court
A
the
year
H
i
In
November
(COMMITTEES
OF
COUNCIL
investiaate
'Two
Deaths
BOMBING
IS
KEEPING
UP
i
Allies
Continue
Nocturnal
and
Daylight
Raids
on
Enemy
Europe.
LONDON,
Jan.
4
0
United
States
medium
bombers,
escorted
by
Royal
Air
Force
and
Rayol
Canadian
Air
Force
fighters,
heavily
attacked
military
objectives
In
Pas
de
Calais
area
of
France
today
In
the
wake
of
Royal
Air
Force
mosquito
forays
Into
western
Germany
last
night.
Eighteen
American
bombers
were
lost
today.
Former
Local
Soldier
Loses
Life
In
Italy
Pte
w
r
Dempster.
39.
son
of
Mr.
and
Mts.
William
Demp
ster.
Vancouver
and
formerly
with
the
Irish
Fusiliers
m
j
Prince
Rupert,
has
been
killed
;
In
action
In
Italy.
I
tmerican
Carrier-Based
Bombs,
He
fluted
with
the
Irish
i
Hit
Ships
In
Kavicng,
New
,
pujmers
at
outbreak
of
war.
ireiana.
:
rwnt
imu
month
in
Prine
Rupert
and
went
overseas
with
the
Seaforths
two
years
ago.
He
attended
Seymour
school
In
Vancouver
and
was
a
former
employee
of
McLennan.
McFee-
ly
and
Prior
Mrs.
E.
F.
Crosby
of
Vancouver
Is
his
sister.
Steel
Mill
-Is
Approved
The
city
council,
at
last
night's
meeting,
reiterated
Its
endorsa-tlon
of
a
resolution
from
the
Boilermakers'
and
Iron
Shipbuilders'
Union
urulng
the
establishment
of
a
steel
mill
on
this
coast
Such
a
mill,
the
resolution
held,
would
result
in
the
opening
up
of
Iron
and
coal
ore
-
deposits
as
well
as
leading
to
heipful
In
postwar
Hon
In
British
Columbia,
REPORT
ON
AMBULANCE
Work
oft
the
new
municipal
Tstroom
and
Dubllc
convenience
In
the
old
reading
room
building
has
been
completed
and.
as
soon
as
arrangements
are
made
for
caretaker,
the
establishment
will
be
ready
for
use,
It
was
revealed
at
last
night's
meeting
ot
the
city
council.
BULLETINS
PARAMISHIKU
BOMBED
WASHINGTON
raramlshl-ru
and
Shimsu,
on
the
noith
end
of
the
Japanese
'Kurile
Islands,
were
bombed,
again
at
midnight
recently
by
four
United
States
planes,
it
Is
announced
here.
ALLIES
TAKE
OVER?
STOCKHOLM
An
unconfirmed
report
here
says
that
a
pro-Allied
government
has
taken
over
in
Bulgaria
and
will
sue
for
peace.
PROHIBITION
IN
STATES
WASHINGTON
A
House
committee
will
consider
a
bill
which
would
ban
all
liquor
in
the
United
Slates
over
one-and-a-half
per
cent
for
the
duration
of
the
war.
i
NO
TAX
REDUCTION
VANCOUVER
J.
G.
Tur-gein,
Liberal
member
for
Cariboo,
says
no
tax
reduction
I
may
be
looked
for
in
Canada
for
a
long
time.
MORr.
PORTUGUESE
BASES
LONDON
It
h
reported
that
more
bases
will
be
granted
'to
tbe
Allies
by
the
Portuguese
government,
this
time
in
'he
Madeiras.
Already
the
Allies
have
been
granted
bases
In
the
Azores.
CONFER
ON
INVASION
LONDON
Allied
war
chiefs
are
expected
to
confer
here
.soXn.Dn
.tlie
invasion
ofEji?-rope.
General
Montgomery
says
the
end
of
the
war
Is
in
sight.
The
city
council
last
night
seconsldered
and
adopted
a
bylaw
providing
for
the
sale
of
several
parcels
of
reverted
property,
the
list
of
which
has
LalreAdy
been
published,
an
also
another
bylaw
authorizing
menrf-nents
to
the
Trades
Lic
ence
bylaw.
Earl
Becker
appeared
before
Undertaking
-
Health
Unit
dustriCS.
all
of
which
would
be
cl
?cll$l
J"
seniority
In
the
fire
department
entitled
him
to
the
post
of
assistant
chief
In
spite
of
the
fact
that
he
had
been
called
for
a
time
to
the
dry
dock
as
a
rlvet-
iter.
Mr.
Becker
produced
one
letter
which
promised
him
his
INDIANS
TAKE
ITALIAN
HILL
ALGIERS,
Jan.
4
O)
Indian
forces
of
the
British
Eighth
(Army
have
captured
a
hill
overlooking
enemy
lines
and
one-
and-a-half
miles
from
San
To-
maso
which
was
captured
by
Canadian
forces
late
last
week,
an
Allied
communique
announ
ced
today.
While
the
communique
did
not
mention
the
western
flank
of
the
Eighth
Army
front
where
Canadians
are
edging
up
the
coast,
Cairo
radio
heard
here
said
the
Canadian
troops
continuing
their
advance.
Cold
Weather
Would
Empty
Water
Supply
City
Engineer
G.
S.
Hanes
Informed
the
city
council
last
night
that
the
level
of
the
Acropolis
H1U
reservoir
had
dropped
to
four
foot
eight
inches
at
noon
yesterday
and
said
that
two
or
three
days
of
severely
frosty
i
weather
would
result
in
Its
be
ing
emptied
altogether.
Mr.
Hanes
made
this
state
ment
In
the
course
of
a
discus
sion
on
the
water
situation
fol
lowing
a
report
of
the
engineer
which,
among
other
things,
fcnlorlty
and
superannuation
metnod
Qf
loadlng
aIfected
the
rlffhts
and
another
which
had
Sum
of
$1,753
Has
Been
Raised
as"ked
hlm
to
turn
to
duty
at
Operator
Being
Sought.
tnr
ptre
nan.
The
matter
was
Aid.
Brett
Inquired
at
last
night's
meeting
Of
the
city
council
regarding
the
measure
of
wood
being
delivered
in
the
city
under
the
municipally-sponsor
ed
arrangement.
He
wondered
If
the
leneth
of
the
cut
or
the
i
referred
to
the
utilities
commit-
corrvmittee-
Thc
ambulance
committee
re-
,ee
I0r
report.
ported
to
the
city
council
last
night
that
total
collections
to
date
for
the
Ambulance
Fund
amounted
lo
$1,753.
The
ultimate
cost
of
the
ambulance
Is
expected
to
be
about
$5,000.
A
group
of
ladies,
under
the
chairmanship
of
Mrs.
Alexander
MrKenzle.
has
volunteered
to)
stage
a
tag
day
for
the
fund
and
Saturday.
February
5,
has
been
set
aside
for
this
purpose.
The
council
adopted
a
recommendation
that
the
city
advertise
for
a
man
to
assume
responsibility
for
the
operation
of
an
ambulance
on
a
twenty-'four
hour
basis
and
that
the
(successful
applicant
be
given
living
quarters
In
the
public
rest
'room
building,
.Including
heat.
Slight
and
water
In
return
for
supervision
and
adequate
care
o(
the
rest
room.
Applicants
arc
!to
state
salary
required
and
to
,
assume
duties
on
February
1.
supply
of
full
cords
or
otherwise
to
purchasers.
The
matter
will
be
gone
Into
by
the
fuel
man,
recently
located
at
Prince
.
1
1
1
Rupert,
had
made
a
"definite
threat"
to
Hawken's
life.
Police
said
that
Boland
was
carrying
an
unloaded
gun
when
shot
by
Hawken
In
a
downtown
house.
Hawken
said
he
thought
he
Cooper
Case
Is
Adjourned
recognized
Boland
as
one
of
two
Appearing
before
Judge
W.
E.
men
who
had
robbed
him
of
$40
Fisher
in
County
Court
yester
a
couple
of
hours
earlier.
day
morning
on
a
charge
ot
un
imrortant
Border
Town
Is
Latest
Centre
To
Be
Recaptured
By
Russians
MOSCOW,
Jan.
4
(CP)
Red
Army
forces
were
rolling
over
the
flat
terrain
of
Poland
on
a
fifty-mile
front
today
after
capturing
the
former
frontier
town
of
Olevsk
and
smashing
their
way
across
the
prewar
Russian-Polish
border,
300
miles
from
Warsaw.
The
fall
of
Olevsk
and
Novogradvolynaki,
42
miles
to
the
south,
was
announced
last
I
-
l.L.t
1
T"
.
I
(
I
night
in
a
Russian
communique
were
whlcn
declared
that
170
villages
had
been
recaptured
In
a
swift
Soviet
advance.
Front
line
dispatches
disclosed
that
the
Russian
vanguard
was
pushing
rapidly
from
Olevsk
along
the
Kiev-Warsaw
railway,
crossing
the
frontier
a
short
time
later.
Indemnity
Bylaw
Before
Council
An
indemnity
bylaw
was
given
Introductory
readings
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
authorizing
the
pay
ment,
subject
to
council
resolu
tion,
of
a
maximum
salary
for
the
mayor
of
$2,000
and
$500
to
each
alderman.
It
was
stated
that
decision
had
not
yet
been
finally
made
as
to
what
would
be
paid
this
year,
last
year
the
mayor
received
a
salary
ot
$1,200
said
that
the
present
wrater
mainland.
ecjvald-e-rrQil.?00.
couiaTiot
Denver
aaequaie
supply
of
water
to
keep
the
elevator
full.
Aid
Rudderham,
although
admitting
that
there
were
difficulties
in
the
way
of
expense
and
obtaining
materials,
felt
It
was
essential
that
something
be
done
to
relieve
the
water
situation.
The
council
concurred
with
a
recommendation
from
Mr.
IS
ACCUSED
OF
MURDER
Hanes
that
no
payment
be
made
depitte,
to
Keyes
Construction
Co.
until
It
had
finished
a
contract
to
re-line
the
reservour
with
con
crete.
.
died
on
Christmas
Eve
of
wounds
Goetz.
hotel
employee,
a
coron
er's
jury
decided.
Goetz
has
been
charged
with
murder.
Ex-Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
was
among
those
in
attendance
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
Invasion
Of
t
YugoSlavia?
STOCKHOLM.
Jan.
4
03
A
Budapest
dispatch
to
the
Stockholm
Tidnlngen
said
Monday
that
rumors
circu-
latlng
in
Belgrade
said
the
Allies
were
setting
the
stage
for
an
invasion
of
Yugo-
4-
Slavia
by
making
landings
and
establishing
brldze-
heads
on
small
islands
off
the
Dalmatlon
coast
in
the
Adriatic,
New
Record
FoLRevenue
Customs
and
Excise
Collections
At
rrince
Rupert
for
1913
TotaUed
$723,533.21.
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
Coroner's
Jury
Brings
Verdict
calendar
year
o(
m3
Against
Employee
in
Oliver
taljed
$723,535.21
which
appears
Case.
OLIVER.
Jan.
4
r
Emii
Van-
Oliver
Hotel
proprietor.
to
have
been
a
new
record
by
a
wlde
margin.
The
previous
high
year
was
1942
with
an
aggregate
of
$583,637.94.
The
month
of
August,
when
from
a
knife
held
by
William
collections
amounted
to
$107.-
308.64,
was
the
highest
of
last
year
and,
Indeed,
the
heaviest
month
for
customs
and
exclae
revenue
In
the
history
of
the
port
council,
the
Inaugural
session
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
Lindbergh,
of
the
1944
council.
He
was
who
have
lived
In
Prince
Rupert
present
as
a
spectator
and
took
.
for
the
past
year
while
Mr.
Llnd-
a
keen
interest
in
the
proceed-
bergh
was
connected
with
the
lngs
which
he
himself
directed
dry
dock
as
a
shipwright,
left
,Once
he
was
called
upon
by
on
Saturday
night
to
return
to
the
mayor
to
give
a
matter
of
Winnipeg
where
they
will
re-
lnformatlon.
sume
their
residence.
MURDER
CHARGED
AGAINST
KILLER
New
Development
In
Case
Where
Former
Local
Officer
Shot
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
A
(CP)
Charles
Hawken,
milk
salesman,
who
admitted
firing
four
shots
which
killed
Francis
Andrew
Boland
on
December
13,
was
charged
with
murder
yesterday
on
instructions
of
Attorney
General
R.
L.
Maitland.
A
coroner's
jury
had
found
that
Boland,
a
former
provincial
police
IMayor
Speaks
at
Inaugural
Meet
At
the
orenlne
of
the
first
meeting
of
the
new
1944
city
council
last
night.
Mayo'
it.
M.
Daeeett
congratulated
Aid.
El
liott
and
Aid..
Sorenson
on
their
re-election
and
Rid.
Rudderham
and
Aid.
Sinclair
on
their
election.
The
mayor
asked
for
cooperation
of
all
alderman
during
the
year.
As
for
the
press,
the
mayor
hoped
that
credit
would
be
given
where
credit
was
due
and
that
such
criticism
as
was
offered
would
bo
of
a
constructive
nature.
lawfully
wounding
Paddy
Kcogh
In
the
Knox
Hotel
on
November
20,
William
Samuel
Cooper
received
an
adjournment
until
January
27.
The
case
was
adjourned
until
additional
wlt-nesnesses
could
be
summoned.
Federal
Aid
Being
Sought
City
Council
to
Keep
up
Fight
For
Rehabilitation
of
Streets
And
Utilities.
At
the
lnstlsation
of
Aid.
G.
W.
Rudderham,
the
new
city
council
will
lose
no
time
In
pressing
again
upon
the
federal
authorities
to
assume
the
responsibility
of
rehabilitating
city
streets
and
utilities
which
have
become
run
down
and
Inadequate
owing
to
heavy
use
in
con
nectlon
with
national
defend
projects.
The
first
step
will
be
a
conference
with
Olof
Hanson,
MP.
I
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Patrick
Carr
will
return
to
the
city
on
Wednesday
evening's
train
after
spending
the
Christmas
holidays
In
Smlthcri.