town
Store
Scene
of
c
Following
Blowing
GIVE
GENEROUSLY
CAKADIANiRED
CROSS
A
GREAT
CAUSE
f
Runner
Inst
Mailt
rcracker
invaded
the
premises
of
McKae
gtationerv
store
on
Third
Avenue
last
U
iliur
llff
trW
KItfn
lt
Mm
fn'ii
f
.lowing
"77
"-
vr...
.
.
IdinC,
anfI
,naK,"K
"""j
"K"
contents
01
w
Kntrv
was
...
made
by
smashinir
..
a
win-
mv
-
-
.mitCUl
Ot
UlP
.
.t
fur
inp
nonr
'
.
;f,
una
wie
.
s
iaKe
I
Toll
Enemy
,
M.
H
v
Big
r
t.
,3m
attack-
fuci.
mt
later
Am-
1
1
r
i;
tnirk
western
:h;
at
well
a
roast
of
I
i,
ttui;
on
Oer-
Limned
dur-
r.
mosquitoes.
,
i
al
:n?
on
"iv
for
pin-
",t
:
ive
arc
'd
by
the
a
',
M.t
of
more
'
n.:ic.i
from
BLi
k
Boa
of
Miners
I
1
1
1
1
mi
Y
U
M
Nearly
have
re-
t
k
i
Bi.'.iaIj
eol-
...
no
Indlca-
to
work.
TOWNS
uf
rn
n
omund
(rant
In
lUmllrd
lo
rstrolllnr
It:
'
'
t
Ilrlt-sA
towns
on
'
?;
Dalma-wi
reported
.
'
by
large
Meantime
I'i
i:-
ground
;:'at:..llln(.
t
be
.struck
r
F
:
:;-:e
Ullrll
IIIIIS
UMWi
50.09
5
00
SOI
500
10.00
500
10.00
10.00
i
Ma;
50.00
R
C
Ban;
r
ird
15
00
5.00
.00
C
L'
50.00
20.00
100.00
15.00
)
10.00
7
Ltd.
30.00
10.00
5.00
Bro:
10.00
50.00
re
Lid
5o
no
P!:'
F.nulitng
20.00
"'CM
1000
Ear,
10
0J
Eikm
,
lo.oo
"Hi
l.Vil
25.00
:"
i
cam
No.
50
0.00
Kfer
100.00
10.00
5.00
Senile
5.00
ir
5.00
5.00
rlca
nbury
100.00
5.00
;.-tt,n
No.
37
87.00
83.30
,00
fsen
5.00
5.00
$9,010.51
ruined
completely.
Plainly,
there
was
art
extremely
heavy
charge
of
the
explosion
was
heard
dur-
nf
nltrn.olvrriinr
hn(
ing
the
night.
The
safecracking
was
dlcov-
I
ercd
this
morning
by
William
I
Noble.
Hjbf
Mcltae
Brothers
jemploA.iitcr
the
store
at
!thftfiftf
the
day
A
seel
erected
him
as
he
(i
aSL
v
-k
room
where
the
V.
ted.
Scatter-,
ed
In
q
.
v
nashed
safe
were
tl.
a,c
had
contalne.
Vv"w
shatter
ed
bv
the
vprp
numb
IHhono-
v
t,
grapn
rccort.
Commentln,
.e
damag
B'
C.
McRae.
vprletor
of
the
torc.
said
"they
certainly
did
a
wiorougn
joo.
rue
saie
was
au
'tniashed
to
piece."
,,e
added
that
Uie
loss
In
en
not
vry
heavy
A
few
articles
of
stationery
such
as
pencils
were
taken.
T1e
tiileves
made
entry
Into
the
store
by
smashing
an
un
barred
window
high
at
the
rear
V'
the
store
and
using
an
old
wtuWni
machine
standing
near
a
an
aid
to
climbing
In
Nearby
tower
'.window
were
nil
barred
La
night's
burglary
was
the
smmd
such
occurrence
at
the
same
business
place
In
two
months
Thieves
who
entered
the
store
about
two
months
ago
rifled
the
cash
register
of
Its
contents
of
$10.
City
police
are
investigating
last
night
s
robbery
IMPORTANCE
OF
FARMING
Wheat
l"ffnl
In
.More
Than
One
Rotary
Club
is
Told
WINNIPEG.
Mar
10
Wheat
no
longer
means
simply
bread,
It
is
a
raw
material
for
industrial
alcohol
and
can
be
transformed
'
into
synthetic
tubber.
fuel
for,
automobiles
and
other
vital
prof
duels,
aecordlnz
to
Dr.
Paul'
KoUchov.
technical
counsellor,
i
Joseph
E.
Seagram
At
Sons.
Inc
.
'
IMilsvllle.
Kentucky.
In
Canada
:
lo
exchange
information
with
,
the
National
Research
Council
i
Ottawa,
and
to
address
the
chemical
Industry
Society.
Mont
real.
In
Winnipeg
yesterday.
h
addressed
the
Industrial
Development
Board's
annual
meeting
1
and
left
for
the
east
by
Canada
,
Air
Lines
plane.
i
With
Europe
less
dependent
on
North
Amerloa
for
bread
than
,
formerly.
Dr.
Kolachov
forecast
a
revolution
in
uanaaian
agriculture.
In
rye.
sugar
beets
and
potatoes,
as
well
as
wheat,
the
standard
of
value
should
not
continue
to
be
limited
to
terms
of
food,
he
said.
)
"Canadians
can
produce
an
inexhaustible
supply
of
raiv
material!
for
Industry
."
said
Dr
'
Kolachov.
ehov.
"The
"The
need
need
for
for
smoke
smoke-
1
powder,
rubber.
medlclnaU
and
other
other
vital
vital
products
products
is
greflt."
He
went
on
to
speak
of
experiments
In
the
use
of
alco-
NAPLES.
March
11
Canadian
hoi
for
automobiles
Instead
of
doctors
and
nurses
have
estab-(tasollne
and
of
the
development
llshed
a
station
In
an
old
fac-of
synthetic
rubber.
If
agrlcul-,tory
only
a
few
miles
back
of
turc
was
to
serve
the
fcrmenta-1
the
front
in
Italy,
tlon
Industries,
he
said,
farm;
;
yields
would
have
to
be
greatly
,
multiplied
and
much
woik
would
have
to
be
done
in
increasing
starch
content.
"If
we
can
produce
farm
crops
In
such
great
abundance
that
they
will
be
cheap
cnousli
to
compare
with
other
such
industrial
raw
materials,
wc
shall
have
come
a
long
way
Agriculture
and
Industry
must
co-operate.
Each
must
strive
to
Improve
Its
economic
position
In
icgard
to
production
and
manu
factoring
raw
materials
In
such
a
way
that
the
resultant
economy
of
both
and
the
nation
-will
be
greatly
benefitted."
One
of
the
great
advantages
of
a
closer
alliance
between
agriculture
and
Industry,
he
said,
was
that
everything
was
restored
to
the
farm
after
distillation
but
the
starch,
There
has
been
so
much
mining
of
the
soil.
Dr.
Kolachov.
a
Don
Cossack,
escaped
to
Constantinople
during
the
Russian
revolution,
was
captured
by
the
Greeks
later,
lived
In
Bulgaria
and
studied
In
Crccho-Slovakla
before
going
to
the
United
8tates
In
1029.
He
is
accompanied
on
his
Canadian
trip
by
J.
It.
Stuetz.
director
of
technical
Information
for
VOL.
XXXIII.
No.
00
Eire
iiiV
tiiVBi9lBBB1rV'V9B"Blc3BSCsVHBiBEnBfsrsrstat
ST
..
-
-
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
pying
M'UNINO
OCT
JAPS
DIKING
KWAJAI.F.IN
iNVASIO.V
Muune
jrp.
Eimer
R,
Burkhaiter.
of
Buhl.
Idaho
destroy
a
Jap
building
on
Navr
Ivand
im
the
Marshal)
group,
with
a
flame
thrower
Naiiiur
u
part
of
Kwajalnn
atoll.
n'w
almost
et
:
m
Allied
hands.
(iOOl)
nO.MltINO
Assault
On
Reich
UN!M,.-Mir,-4
U
(4;?)
-
Moxow
announrrd
today
that
the
ltulani
have
opened
ja
third
great
offenUve
in
the
Tkralne
and
sent
twenty-four
Nail
dithion
Into
heaillont;
retreat.
The
Germans
abandoned
all
rqulpmenl
inrludins
I
ItK)
tanks
and
bit
tuns
am)
I'm
I
tuenty
thousand
men
killed.
The
new
offensive,
headinc
outh
on
the
mld-outhrrn
front,
broke
throuth
on
a
100-mile
front
overran
three
hundrrd
localities,
Including
th
pivotal
tron(hold
of
tlnan,
and
resulted
in
the
capture
of
2500
Uerman.
Doctors-Nurses
From
Canada
In
rri
i
T7
1.
1
HICK
Ot
rlgllt
i
iVork
"n
I
r
mver
ioau
i
o
I
Begin
Soon
VICTORIA.
March
10
-Premier
John
Hart
said
.
-
Friday-
that-
work-U
expect-
ed
to
start
sooif
on
survey-
tag
the
proposed
pine
Fs
road
from
Prinee
George
lo
Dawson
Creek.
The
$6,-
000.000
highway
will
give
the
Peace
River
area
an
outlet
to
the
coast.
CONDEMNED
TO
DEATH
I'orrnfr
.MlnMrr
of
Interior
In
Virhy
Government
Makes
Passionate
Appeal
ALGIERS.
Mar.
11
Pierre
Pitches,
former
minister
of
the
Interior
of
the
Vichy
French
government,
was
convicted
of
treason
and
condemned
to
death
today
by
a
special
military
tribunal.
The
defendant.
In
a
final
passionate
declaration,
cried:
"Triii
is
Rot
a
court
of
Justice.
It
is
political
coup
"
In
Sweden
the
law
of
freedom
ot
the
press
is
part
of
the
oonstl-
'
Hi
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
'
NEW
RATION
BOOKS
SOON
prince
Ituprrt
to
Receive
Them
t
At
End
ot
Month
j
Prince
Rupert
will
d
UUlbute
wUen
book
No.
4
on
Mai
larch
U,
30amL31.
...
.
.
Volunteer
workers
organized
by
the
local
ration
board,
will
man
the
distribution
centres.
To
get
Book
4
it
will
be
neees-ary
to
bring
book
No.
3
with
the
ted
card
RB-OT
propeily
filled
in.
People
who
are
unable
to
get
to
the
stations
may
have
their
books
picked
up
for
them
by
friends
providing
the
red
card
is
completed
correctly
'
HICPI
ICCCH
However,
this
year
It
should
be,ljLUjjCl
remembered
that
there
will
be
i
no
cairylng
on
of
distribution
after
the
announced
dates.
Per
-
mhis
nu
iau
vo
get
incir
new
book
on
those
days
will
have
to
walilm-o
weeks
as
the
volunteers
will
not
be
asked
to
give
up
more
f
thtir
tine
iW
No.
3
should
be
retained
m
Vt
contains
canning
sugar
tiupeos
and
also
meat
coupons
which
will
be
required
when
rationing
is
resumed.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
March
13
High
2:41
20.8
feet
14:55
20.0
feet
'
Low
.........
8:55
4.9
feet
-s.
21:06
45
feet
Kr.INFOKCEMK.NTS
FOR
FIFTH
ARMY
FRONT
I.N
ITALY
British
infantrymen
move
up
to
the
front
im
to
boLsier
the
Fifth
Army
Xrout
in
Italy
agaln.
t
heavy
Nazi
attacks.
SATURDAY,
MARCH
11,
In
Limelight
i
Eire
Accused
:'De
Valera
Refuses
To
i
Of
Espionage
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Mar.
10
O.
The
United
States
4
publicly
accused
Eire
last
night
of
affording
a
base
for
Allied
spies
endanger-
ing
the
approaching
Allied
Invasion
of
Europe
but
Eire
rplled
it
was
taking
effect-
lve
anti-espionage
nicas-
ures
and
refused
the
appeal
to
expel
German
and
Jap-
anese
diplomats
from
Eire.
.
DIED
ON
HIS
WAY
TO
CITY
Workman
from
Road
Construction
Camp
Suflered
Seizure
Suffering
what
was
believed
to
be
a
hiart
selzuie.
Joseph
Os
-
wald.
age
44,
bJ
cjok
and
truck
driver
at
Rayner
Construction
Company
gravel
camp
at
Salvus,
;
died
last
night
while
on
a
train
!
bringing
him
toward
medical
attention
in
Prince
Rupert.
Oswald
was
overcome
while
'
working
In
the
camp
kitchen
last
i
night
about
6
o'clock
and
was
placed
In
the
care
ot
the
camp
first
aid
attendant
who
had
him
put
aboard
the
tialn
at
nearby
passed
away
before
the
train
arrived
in
the
city.
The
deceased,
who
came
to
th
district
some
months
ago
from
Toronto,
was
born
in
Yugoslavia.
It
is
not
known
if
he
had
any
relatives
in
this
country.
NEW
BANK
r,M
Uncj
Brokfn
,
Ta,k
at
,
01U
0r
K-w
nnanclal
Institution.
OTTAWA,
March
11
A
New
Democracy
amendment
oppos-
l11
mld
Mmtzlzl
ii
nanclng
bank
for
Canada
was
defeated
by
a
wide
margin
last
night.
Gordon
Oraydon,
Conservative
Progress
leader,
favors
the
nertunate,
tne
cl?ic
author?
ba"k
Jn
Princlple:.
-
AM
ftes
at
Prince
Prince
Rupert
Rupert
had
had
ha
had
O.
O.
MfcOeer,
Vancouver
Lib
eral,
opposes
the
proposed
bank
and
would
Instead
have
something
like
the
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation
of
United
States.
Angus
Mclnnls.
C.C.F.,
Vancouver,
sees
window
dressing
rather
than
usefulness
in
the
present
proposal.
To
Ask
Belter
Taxi
Service
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
an-
nounced
this
morning
that
It
is
his
Intention
to
ask
the
city
council
at
the
next
meeting
to
request
local
taxi
drivers
to
provide
more
adequate
service
to
the
public
than
they
have
been
doing
in
the
past.
SIXTEEN
DEAD
IN
HOTELFIRE
Fashionable
Resort
in
Richmond,
Virginia,
Is
Swept
by
Flames.
RICHMOND,
Virginia,
March
11
Sixteen
persons
were
killed
and
25
others
injured
when
fire
dstroved
the
toD
floor
of
the
fashionable
Jefferson
Hotel
here
'after
midnight
last
night.
One
woman
was
killed
in
Jumping
'from
the
sixth
floor.
1944
fnea
k-
Offices
Request
to
do
so
Made
by
United
States
Which
Complained
of
Spying
London
Press
Critical.
LONDON,
March
11
(CP)
Eire
occupies
the
limelight
in
international
affairs
today.
The
Irish
in
Dublin
arc
reported
to
be
enthusiastically
approv-ing'
Premier
iJamonn
de
Valera's
rejection
of
the
United
States
request"
for
the
closing
of
Japanese
diplomatic
offices
in
Eire
but
the
British
nress
strongly
deplores
de
Valera'i
action.
The
London
Mirror
says
there
is
every
reason
to
believe
that
America
does
not
Intend
to
regard
the
matter
as
closed
and
hints
of
further
steps.
The
Dally
Mail
declares
that
enemy
agents
In
Dublin
"have
far
too
long
been
able
to
spy
on
us
almost
on
our
doorsteD."
V.
D.
rKQBLKM
Conditions
Poor
Here
IrTTiogff
SnTpe
Sp?a
tsTon'si
cial
Disras
Must
Save
and
rrotrct
Youth
With
133
cases
reported
in
th
city
last
year,
venereal
disease
I
is
a
major
problem
in
Prince
Rupert,
it
was
asserted
by
Dr.
R.
Q.
Knlpe.
medical
healUi
of
fi-1
cer,
in
an
addieas
before
the
:
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
j
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
dinner
Thursday
night.
It
I
was
a
civic
disgrace
that
the
i
averaze
ass
nf
natif
nts
shnnM
I
be
twenty
years,
said
Dr.
Knipe
who
stressed
the
Importance
of
making
every
effort
to
save
and
strengthen
the
youth.
Free
clinics
such
as
that
operated
at
the
local
health
unit
were
a
valuable
measure.
Suppression
of
prostitution
had
proven
a
most
efficacious
Pleasure
In
the
camaalan
aeainst
lji)e
sp.ea'd
of
venereal
disease,.
the
courage
to
close
the
"hump"
which
had
been
a
disgrace
and
black
eye
to
the
city
for
so
many
years.
There
had
been
fifty
percent
less
venereal
disease
in
Vancouver
after
the
restricted
district
there
had
been
closed.
i.Ylnety-five
percent
of
prostitutes
were
affected
with
venereal
disease,
dclared
Dr.
Knipe.
It
was
a
farce
to
talk
of
the
inspection
of
prostitutes.
If
there
was
enforcement
by
proclamation
ot
the
clause
in
the
Marriage
Act
which
called
for
every
one
who
contemplated
marriage
in
British
Columbia
to
take
a
blood
test
for
syphilis
before
manlage,
hereditary
syphi
lis
might
be
to
large
extent
eliminated.
There
should
also
be
pre
-
natal
examination
of
mothers.
Dr.
Knlpe
warned
that
only
one
person
could
with
measure
of
success
treat
venereal
disease
and
that
was
a
competent,
quali
fied
physician.
The
speaker,
who
stressed
the
importance
of
public
health
edu
cation,
said
that
venereal
disease
and
Juvenile
delinquency
went
hand
In
hand.
Homes
In
which
no
Interest
was
taken,
failure
of
making
a
home-
a
centre
of
interest
to
children,
sub-standard
entertainment,
lack
of
whole-
some
recreational
facilities,
lack
(Contlnufd
on
page
4)
Local
Temnerature
I
Maximum
39
Minimum
30
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
in
So.
Ireland
:
EXEMPTING
OF
SEAMEN
Tax
Moratorium
of
Province
Ex-
tendfd
to
Another
Branch
of
War
Service
VICTORIA,
Mar.
11
ff-ITe-
mier
John
Hart
Introduced
Id
the
Legislature
on
Friday
a
bill
extending
to
merchant
seamen
tax
exemption
rights
previously
given
to
soldiers,
sailors
and
airmen.
The
measure
grants
exemption
to
seamen
who
serve
in
war
zones.
The
exemption
is
on
mineral
claims
and
land,
(
-rrTeTtlnre
cession
duties
to
close
relative)
in
the
event
of
death
while
la
the
war
zone.
SOUTH
PACIMC
NEW
DRIVE
BY
YANKS
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
'SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC.
Mar.
11
T
The
Americans
captured
Talasea
airdrome
Wednesday
and
then
wheeled
north
on
Thursday
to
cut
in
two
Wllkiu-mez
Peninsula
on
north
New
Britain
which
they
invaded
Monday,
headquarters
announced
today.
The
victories
placed
the
Americans
within
770
miles
ot
Rabaul.
key
Japanese
base.
Rabaul
has
been
given
another
heavy
air
raid
by
Allied
plane
which
dropped
138
tons
of
bombs.
Two
Islands
on
the
way
to
Truk
have
also
been
bombed.
AH
Ready
For
Social
Hygiene
Week
in
Rupert
Organization
has
been
effectively
perfected
for
the
observance
of
National
Social
Hygiene
Week
In
Prince
Rupert
with
a
general
committee
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
In
charge
of
arrangements
consisting
of
C.
F.
McCarthy.
L.
C.
Griffiths
and
Hugo
Kraupncr.
The
advertising
committee,
which
has
done
an
Important
Job.
consists
of
R.
O.
Birch,
L.
C.
Griffith,
Hugo
Kraupner,
Lloyd
Morris,
C.
F.
McCarthy
and
L.
M.
FelsenthaL
An
ushering
committee
In
connection
with
the
meetings
to
be
held
next
week
consists
of
Hawthorne
Graham.
Smerlgo
Domlnato
and
Charles
Linton.
LONDON.
U
Cmdr.
Edward
Qlbbs
of
the
Royal
Navy,
cantaln
of
the
destroyer
Pathfinder,
re
ceived
a
second
and
third
bar
In
the
DJS.O.
at
a
recent
investiture
thus
becoming
the
first
officer
in
this
war
to
win
the
award
four
times.