J&hab diness Ct rl I V NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUM1 NEWSPAPER V WSF3 Definitely rucru VOL. XXXIII, No. V lit. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. SATURDAY, MARCH 1944 .1- ,.f City Council 18, PRICE FIVE CENTS ,-f ths dLtrlct war- ok F-- lasi evc- h,f i;-' r.: Cap.ain uvicn jt clVii defence , -w:i iu detail. ' rralled thai . RL:Tt A.RP or- he past been r-a for other Reasons , prcient In-.r..Jfd, n r. As the -.7 a mayor and -r-iibillty was ... "I the should- t bciy ad the mayor r f,:; committee. ; w ; uccstcd, the . 7 ,.i the local or- ( to pending a (,:: t . m as to renewed ln-p tei'tion. Cap-:,rd that the ,:mcn' acting; ti advice of the ; r nvinced that ' .lie danger of '"ie Pacific and Bl, would be a ! if i ' think that i f the Pacific i it r.. icteiy con- - C!wa authorities j area ra ana irV ) i v 1 etery sup j-ment to the - : - In reply to about the de- - an Instruc- ' " 7 ught If thU u,' j: n and hop- TjnendaUon I -r present at t- J. E. Doddl. T J Boulter. A. 0 W S I Dour- i 3 C W War- a. w. ua', secretary. ' . f warden, was OK Msr h 1ft. . A -T .; returning bed what he '("J t r ritmnn. O; Tnan capital. ' ;d seen Oer-; :5 the milling ' 1 ' know how H"j k..ied or in- WRENS EEDED ' in a I)oen New Strtlni Women's " Naval Service "J rt-rults In a I categories wards and laun- -3 tut ; ow comes f Naval Scr- iantrj oday that J - " . i categories r.-alh. L'.inff vrv t H.Mr n" Or -1 their pre- '..io backlog .'-3 atksted In C Vn sie months ! waiting for -i be dlmln 1(1 cpporunlilf.1 fn- ' - w..i be opening. ; communication wlreles, teic. : -ll :nallers. rnrt. urn now , ii Wa.V..7 J. 'WavcUand laun . I'M K i , ! numbers c I?" Postal categories 1. Troi-.. ui "uranani Vmmedlattiv "ea tr.i.. ' Uqr course s are dr7 ?' Wllcn kil 10 their ervin. Z r"aQ'an fifV . . vunnno r isn -; Post-War Air r . i commercial Lines lo Be Separate and Free Of Railway Ownership Ottawa .Makes Plans Which Would Mkc for Free Travel Both Within and Without Country. OTTAWA, March 18 (CP)-Hon. C. D. Howe, minister of munitions and supply, told the House of Commons yesterday that ownership of Canadian Air Lines after the war will be ship and operation by the railways. An air transport board will be set up to supervise rates, equipment and . allocate ,,- route. n,.M MJr. ttM.m Howe out wn HIT AGAIN LONDON, March 18 OQtx--: man raider dropped bombi aga,n Uu n,ght on London. uburban hospitals were hlt casualties and damage re-- uj Committees For Year Appointed .Members nf Hoard of DitertoM of Prince lUipert General IIrpita1 Asticned to Speelal nutle. - President O. P. Tinker hai appointed standing committees of the Prince Rupert Oeneral Hospital for the year as follows: Finance Arnold Flaten, W. M. Watts and Norman A. 'Wat?. House Robert Oordon. T. B. mack. Aid. Oeorge HUU and Mrs, 8. A. Klelbacic. Executive W. O. Fulton, Dr R. O. Large. Robert Gordon, Arnold Flaten, W M. Watts and T. II. Black. Orounds T. D. Dlack and Jocorge Hills. Ambulance w. m. waits and Dr. R. O. Large. W.Ds Double On Jeepettes Playing off a game which had been scheduled for decision on Wednesday at the Oroup Four arena, the W. D. Gremlins doubled up on their service sisters, the C.W.AC. Jeepettes to a score of 24-12 at Oroup Four lat night. Some pretty sleek plays were exhibited during the tourney with the W. D.s being more accurate when it came to laying them In the hoop. There was an appreciative turnout of fans. Greenville Has Annual Election Samuel flail Is Chown Oilef Councillor of 'aas River Village for Year Samuel Talt has been elected chief councillor of the Naas River native village of Greenville with Fred McKay as deputy chief and Albert Moore, William Lecson, George Martin, Albert Stevens and Herbert Robinson other councillors. Chief Constable for the year Is Gordon McKay with other constables In the persons of William Bright. Rufus McNeil, Raymond Calder, Kelly Stevens, Peter McKay and Jeffrey Martin. Local Temperature Maximum Minimum 48 40 men's Reserve Disbanded i. i. separated from owner- lined a postwar air transport policy for the Dominion from both the domestic and international angles. Canada proposed an interna tional air transport authority to regulate air transport between countries along free-mov ing lines. sssras? 3 and the United States whereby Pan-American plane flew over Canadian territory and waters! berween SeatUe and Alaska and Canadian planes flew over Alas ka territory from point to point In Canada. Mr. Howe forecast manufacture of four-engined transport plane for the air lines of Canada after the war. Less Beer For This Province VANCOUVER. March 18-Brit-ish Columbia, in spite of the federal relaxation of distribution, may have even less .beer because of malt shortage. GIRL GUIDES ANNUAL MEET Accept Resignation of .Mrs, C. V. Kvltt Who Is Leaving Elect New Officers The annual meeting of the Girl Guide Association was held at the home of Mrs. O. R. S. Blackaby. when the members accepted with regret the resignation of Mrs. 0. V. Evitt as president owing to her Intended departure from the city. Mrs. R. L. Macintosh, on behalf of the association, ssoclation, tendered tendered a sin- cere v rote of thanks to the presl - dent for her work with the Ouldes and hoped for her continued Interest In the work of the association. Tentative plans were made for the visit of Miss Illlngworth the piovlnclal commissioner, and Miss Hannah, the provin cial head of training, who will be visiting Rupert In April. Arrangements were also made for a delegate to attend the annual convention In Vancouver In April. The following officers wers elected for the coming year. Honorary President, Mrs, R. L. Macintosh. Piesldent, Mrs. J. B, Gibson. Vice-President, Mrs. J. R. Morrison. Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. G. R. Blackaby. Examining committee Mrs. Arnold Flaten, Mrs. D. O. Borland, Mrs. O. A. Hunter and Mrs. L. Holtby. The death occurred in the Prince Rupert General Hospital this morning of Pearl Jones, of Mr. one-year old -daughter nnd Mis. Tetcr Jones of Massett. I The child had oeen tasen to j hospital last night. Transport Plants Near tfiAnninniv Finns and : Reds Mass STOCKHOLM, KRirr.h IB O) Heavy Russian troop movements In tne vicinity of Kandalaksha behind the northern Finnish front are reported in a Derlin dls- patch to the SwedUh press. The paper added that truck load of Finnish troops and material have been head- lng for the Russian front in recent weeks. ' Nazi Resistance Is Being Reduced NAPLES. Kirch 18 O Fifth Army forces are rrdurlng en emy resistance in the southwest ; corner of Ca&Mno and in hills to the west . . ,s fflade Ueacon At C ' TJ il uCrVILC licit; John HayhurM Admitted Into Anglican Church Clergy With Impressive Rites Led by ftihop. John Hayhurst, for several LINES ARE BEING w CUT . INDIA BURMA FRONTIER. March 18 f British infantry and American engineers, after landing by glider and transport, anred out an air strip and land base behind Japanese lines In north -central Burma and placed a strong force across supply lines linking the enemy's nor thern and southern armies. purses Want More Money Thr general duty nurse or rUir Prince Ru-iert General Hos- mW, pred direct before the fjooita: boa:d at last night's r'-ftr? a reoust for a $20 per month Increase in salaries from tyw p:eent $35 and $95 per Shonth but will be advised by Qie board that they should make their representations in (the proper way through the rnefl um or tne lady su penmen Jin their letter to the boa:d st night, the members of the general duty stall expressed the (ttalon thai their salaries were I ryn in proper proportion to what jwtas received by married nurse :. undergraduate and nursing de6 The nurses also took oc- 0ne member of the board re ,erred to fact genfrai duty nurSM had been IncreaseJ tait year from $55 $35 per ) month and suggested that nur- here were now being paid as ; nj- as nurse8 jn any other hos ,,1 in e pro-lnce. Aged Terrace ii r WOlTian DlCS i - " j Mrs Mary rricfj Mothtr ot .Mrs. yater Willlscroft Dies. Mra. Mary A. Price, mother of Mrs. Walter Willlscroft. formerly of Port Essington and icw of Ten ace. passed away at Terrace on Monday morning of -his week after a brief illness. She had reached the ripe age of over eighty years. A widow, Mrs. Price had come to this district a few years ago from Calgary to take up residence with her daughter. The funeral took place on Tuesday from St. Matthew's Anglican Anglican Church cnurcn at at Terrace Terrace with Rev. E. W. Scott ofllclat- 1"5- Interment was made in. hp cemetery on Kalum Hill. NEWS years a y reacer oi me ngn- nn suggest that the medl can Church In this district, first Jal jujf might he "more eo-t'OTrgTrrUlretmTrrcteteTrtlr jrVyalrVe1 itl?hmiMr at Kiiwanga. was mane a aea- en Dy nu Kev. u. a. kjx, u.u, Bishop of Caledonia, in a spec- la! service ywterday morning al St. Andrews Cathedral. Oanon W. F. Rushbrook open- id the service with prayer and tile sermon was aeuverea oy Rev. E. w. scou 01 seal uove. Rev. E. W. Slater of Terrace took the Litnay and presented the candidate to the Bishop for ordination, very Kev. James a. Gibson, dean of the Cathedral. officiated at Holy Communion, Peter Lien was organist and hymns used were "Breathe Ori Me Breath of Ood," "Come Holy Spirit, Our Souls inspire ana "Fight the Oood Fight." The rites were carried out with ritualistic impresslveness. Indian Faces Murder Charge F1NLAY FORKS. March 18 T -Alex Prince. 22, Fort St. Jamc Indian, was charged with murder Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting two weeks ago of Eugene Bessmer 1 33. and Hans Pfeuffcr. 43. Hnlay i Forks trappers. Pilncc will be flown to Prince George WAR jJAP SUPPLY ADMIRALTY ISLAND CONTROL Ali.ll.l HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC-Cap-ture of lrengau nlrdrome on Manus Island in the Admiralty group and complete breakdown of Japanese counter-offensive at Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville Island in the Solomons were announced In an Allied communique Saturday. Subjugation of Manus will give the Americans virtual control of the whole Admiralty group at the northern approach to Bismarck Sea. RUMANIANS IN PANIC LONDON Rr ports from the continent are to the effect that Rumanian civilians are In panic at the approach of the great Red Armirs and are endeavouring frantically to get out of the border country." Even the Bucharest press suggested yesterday what might be expected from the Allied air forces, pointing out to what had happened in great German and Italian cities. H.C. REGIMENT IN ITALY OTTAWA H Is announced that a Westminister Regiment has been in action In Italy since January. VIENNA BEING BLASTED LONDON Allied plane!) blasted Vienna, the capital of Austria, for the second straight night. Vienna had been practically free of bombing before this. p6SS3r3DI3 RUSSIAN'S SURGE ON Soviet Offensive Towards Rumania Continues Unchecked. MOSCOW, March 18 (CD-Russian, cavalry, infantry and tanks are within sight of Bessarabia today after the Red Army smashed forward to within 11 miles of the Dniester River pre-war boundary of Rumania and the offen-site is still unchecked. A late report said they had reached the Dniester at one point. One Red Army unit is within 12 miles' of a highway which leads northeast to Rumania and Czechoslovakia. With the overrunning of towns only 11 miles from the pre-war Rumanian frontier, the Russians have drawn tlrrKtA 3," the semi-circle around Nlkolaev t Black Sea port. Meanwhile in Poland the Rus- sians yesterday captured Dubno.j German strong point in pre-war Poland. Lwow, strategic Polish rail city. Is only 70 miles west of Soviet spearheads now and It Is reported that the Germans have commenced moving Indus tries from there to Cracow. CLINGING TO PEACE HOPES HELSINKI, J'arch J8 J-Fln nishr"pollUcaIifluarters are still clinging to hope of rescuing Perie1gtiiati6hs'- witrf ftusi sla. Goyette Trial Is Adjourned lasting throughout the day in County Court before Judge W. E. Fisher on Friday, the trial of Leo Goyette, charged with robbery with violence, ended In an adjournment unUl Monday. Goyette Is charged with striking John Isjaskl, a construction company worker. In a Third Avenue cafe on the evening of February 19 arid taking a sum of money from him. The amount of the money, seemingly subject to conflicting valuations, was said to be between $1000 and $1500. At Friday's session witnesses for the prosecution were heard, and on Monday the defence will present its witnesses. W. O. Fulton is appearing for !.he prosecution and T. W. Brown is acting for the defence. Graduate Nurses ... . . WOUlCl DelOnSf 1 0 o Hospital Board The local branch of the Oraduate Nurses' Association of British Columbia had a com- munlcation before the board of j Dnillrlinlinrc Oil directors of the Prince Rupert L'UUIVllUUUl O Vll General Hospital Association i 4 1 Tf 1 last night asking that it be ac- AnOtHer lYlarCn -orded lepresentatlon on the oard. The letter was signed by he present of the Association.! BRILLIANT. March 16 O! -ilss Ruth Corbould R JJ.. and some 80 radical Doukhobors he secretary. Mrs. Mary Forbes marched Friday to the home of R.N. Appended was a list of John Veregln, spiritual leader ither nurse signatories to trie of orthodox Doukhobors, but request. marched away without causing The hospital board took the any violence after they were re- lcw that the request was one a be given serious consideration befoie any decision was made. To meet the request, the hospital association bylaws would have to be changed. Board members did not seem to be entirely convinced of the necessity ot having the Nurses' Association represented on the board. The upstart of the matter was to refer the question to the executive committee for consideration and report. Thirty Boats Being Retained For Naval Work on This Coast Danger of Japanese Presence Here Has Disappeared And Naval Forces Arc Stronger Here Anyway. . 1TAWA, March 18 (CP) Hon. Angus Mac-Donald, minister of the navy, announced Friday night m the House of Commons that the west coast Fishermen's Reserve force is being disbanded. Members will have the opportunity of joining either the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve or Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve or re-1 ' turning to fishing operations. iV south PACIFIC- ptnnr Mr. MacDonald said that the fishermen had discharged their! duties very satisfactorily uouncung up of about 1.000 Ta m n ocn flctilnev fii v. j m -fv awasui Itaocu HAU a major task. The position now was that the danger of Japanese boats h! 1 1 d i " tuiu iiaij iuivca mcic stronger. Some 30 boats from the Re serve would be retained In the Navy service, Mr. MacDonald said. Bulletins HONORS SOLDIERS LONDON Speakinjr at the opening of Salute the.. Soldier" week. Prime Minister Churchill said that British Jljoop! ;re now figMing on all the main baitlefronts of the world, and that on them would fall a large part of the burden of -winning ,the decisive battles of the war, which would probably come this year. ROME HIT AGAIN LONDON A Swivs radio broadcast said that Rome had been bombed again last night. The report gave no further details. RUSSIANS AT DNEISTER LONDON A despatch from Moscow at noon today said that the Russians had now reached the banks of the Dneister River, and were now on the Rumanian border. Terrace Village Is Wanting Light TERRACE. March 18-Efforts are being made to Induce some competent firm to establish a lighting plant In Terrace. Conditions are not saUsfactory In the dark evenings of fall and winter and It Is hoped, through the joint efforts of the Board of Trade and the village muni cipality, that something may materialize that will light up the streets. , fused permission to enter the Veregln home. At Victoria Attorney Oeneral R. L. Maltland warned thaP prosecution will follow acts of violence to persons or property. Local Tides Sunday, March 19 High 8:40 18.2 feet 22:04 16.9 feet Low 2:05 9.7 feet 15:19 5.9 feet Action Is Widespread ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH PACIFIC, March 18 ffl American forces, which landed Wednesday on Manus, largest of the Admiralty Islands, have captured the Japanese air field at Uorengau. General Douglas MacArthur announced last night An attack by the Japanese on the American forces at Em press Augusta Bay on Bougain ville In the Solomons was smashed, Furthet large bombing.. raids have been made by Allied nlancs on -.Wsiftek. New Guinea., and ... Rabaul. little enemy resistance. Yesterday American bombers made a 2-40O-mlleiifllght to drop bombs on Surebaya, Japanese-occupied former Dutch naval base on Java. Twenty-eight tons of bomb3 were dropped on Surebaya. RAID ON LONDON, March 18 O) Strong Allied bomber formations headed over Dover frr a daylight offensive today after mosquitoes returned from a night blow at an unspecified target in western Germany. The mosquitoes returned without loss from the night raid. Red Cross Donations Prcv'ly acknowledged $16,096.18 Mr. and Mrs. James Hogg 5.00 J. W. Nlcholls 100.00 Mr. and Mrs, J. P. Hutchinson ' 10.00 Wartime Housing Tenant Council 10.00 1 Mr. and Mrs. P. Le Ross 5.00 A. King 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Spencer 5.00 Miss E. A. Mercer 5.00 Miss May Hartln 5.00 Mrs. J. R. Morln 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. C. , O'Neill 5.00 Dorothy O'Neill 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Glassey 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. Simpson 5.00 David Douglas 5.00 L. M Shannon 5.00 J. Morrison 5 00 Friend 5.00 Rev. and Mrs. Magnus Anderson 5.00 Mrs. P. Leland . 5 Ad Mrs. O. Selvlg 10.00 Mr. and Mrs, O. A. Johnson 5.00 Mrs. B. Hallberg 5.00 Canadian National Railways: Car Dept. P3.00 Canadian Army Team No. 75 262.00 H.M.C.S. Chatham ILM.C. "Ship" 69.00 Civilians ' 1 17.0C Ship's Company (additional) 5.3'. Total to date $18,687.51.