MFD i Trsndlrri .Now in l ull -frrmtnent OKIccrs. i i hi. I V ma . he Dn C :k was held yes- ; reading :j tt a": n nan f , TT.!!t. re- i dent. Olb :.".- if.: W It. r . ircr. MlM IL a: 1 Kenny u ' pc.man-: a.vsocta- t t: i ;, as th" t . C , tk?:X Em-ks. j A: it-.at. 'in The :t ::rt leagues tt C T.iC: of this .C.v r f . MAI . UlCCTkilllC Ltasae -Prcl-ccretary. It. n ii . , Bulletin ot ri i liny. ' 1 1 iiiir iii n v a a C: w Less out illlllllSIf m M I - M Hallett. Ltaue i seireUry. O Wood. 'Urrtt for was post- '.;i:e u: now In that the );iuouil7 P'Miavn and a t .... editor, the ? Ptmcc nmrree Is .... ouucun for the , ":! t mailing to - ..v -mice Wllll 'i Canada and " 1 sue has Just CPtiran and met l of the Cham "l a m a vote of t- VI at th In! The Kniuti.. ar.tlvitie, of the ' :!nc mterest-fm, i- si j. about a num. iurrr ts - -. iiii-ri nivniir lth.tre rn gaid in h,, ... "Un thir. "no, l jwted tote Jl.r.1 'S IS ambcr of crcheaM ltn," ?fd t Its rccuLir Havcrn T'eck from . ..i. . ' uni One nt nf lu. lu. 1 1. mc mem Mr o 8 Vlrt... . 1T. 'Pport of V, , roy bPoke it Sebastapol Is About to Fall: I Pounded by Air t LONDON. April 17 O Hussian planes arc attacking Bebaalapol's d o c ka where thousands of Oer-mana and Rumanians are trying to escape by sea. The fall of Sebastapol Is beller-ed to be only a matter of hours. Many of the enemy, in trying to escape, arc meeting a watery grave. Service Women Want Discharge Civvy Clothes iSeek Clothes Allowances More I In IJne With ProrMon for ' Tommies. LONDON. April 17 - With the announcement of new, smart civvies for men discharged from the armed forces In Ilrilaln. members of the women's services arc campaigning for better treatment. Men will get a complete out-fit, hat, suit, shirt, tie. socks, shoes, raincoat and may keep service underwear and shirts. At preent. discharged Wrens are allowed to Keep ineir uniform and are given $4.50 and some coupons, but not as many as a civilian receives In a year. Olrls of the ATS. and WAA.P. can keep one pair of shoos, their underwear and they receive a grant of $17.50, wlUi an extra $17.50 for an overcoat If they arc discharged In the winter. The coupon allocation varies from year to year but service London Bus Men Back at Work LONDON, April 17 0 - Approximately two thousand London bus drivers and conductors who struck Saturday In protest against new summer time tables returned to work ns planned today and all lines were reported operating normally. Italian Front Fairly Quiet NAPLES. Anrll 17 O "Patrol nnH iirHIWw nrtivltv" Is the ' in . ,uor Chamber nni fmm the Italian ni. uaii . ... . ,,;' ana Pr..M ?5S1D1e front put ft United Slates pi hjl conr,..7lclcnt 1 M. on MItUIUWJ Saturday HM ndvanecd I ,.. two-and- j. n the ap. n.hif miles throunh a German position east of Anzlo. to 0 Basketball Game. The Booth Mwnonal High School squad defeated v.sitin-Ocean Falls hoopsters 49 19 , in an exhibition game at th" Acropolis Hill Oytnnasium Sat nrday night. The play In th li' -t three quatters was lo". I bir peiked up in the flna j quirter. The High 8chool squari . rnable to score for the first fcv mlnulrs bill finally purhrd thei , ray through the Kalis euar. line to garner 12 point hefor ' the half-time whistle wen. Tht , Falls quintet put up a valiant fWlu and held the locals down ; as low as possible getting them- j selves a neat 20 points to vie with the locals 22. Gllcrlit of . Ocean Falls was probably the i outstanding player of the night : During the second half both team turned on the speed and the ball was ripping around the hall from one hand to the other NEW GOV'T FOR ITALY NAPLES. April 17 0 Marshal Pietro Dadoglio today tendered his cabinet's resignation to King women say it is Insufficient to cssentlal i . i. nnir thii;i ouy one cvuiynrn. u". point out that since mast of them have changed weight In the services, their pre-cnim-mcnt clothes no longer fit them. Earliest possible action In the fulfilment of Important projects to the full develop ment of the resources of the vast and rich hinterland of Nor them British Columbia not only from the standpoint of opening tip of national assets but for the benefit of the port of Prince Rupert and the district generally was advocated by E. T. Kenney, M.L.A. for Skccna, who was in tho city at the end of last week on his way back to his home at Terrace after a trip to Vancouver and Victoria, The first project which Mr Kenney mentioned was a railway from the Peace River through the aroundnog valley nnd the headwaters of the Naas River coming out to the line of the Canadian National possibly at Hazclton and thence to the developed port of Prince Rupert with Its rail and water connections. Tire Groundhog coal field of 1,100,000,000 tons of anthracite coal, equally as good In quality as that of Pennsylvania and six times the quantity, nlone Justified tills railway, to say nothing of the 500,000 acres of fine agricultural land nnd the five billion feet of valuable timber In the headwaters of the Naas River, declared Mr. Kenney. and Inlo the hoop. The Falls TH f C C team, lacking thefr guards put lu vivsl up a good fight without their j most valuable players Charle- Tarty, However, son snd Powers who had to te- maln in Ocean Falls. High Schools' Ciceone came through for 10 points In the final half to lend to High Schools' lead The score being so low possibly was due to the size of the hall in which they played. The individual scoring Is as follows: Ocean Falls-Ollcrist. 12: Ortf-tis. 3: Askew. 4: Santurbane. IS: Adams. Sweeney, total 40. Prince Rupert Ourvlch. 18: Clccone. 14; Murray, 6; Dell. 6; Crulkshank. 2; lloltby, 1; Pet- cnuuo, 2r 6tphenr-Joy,' total 49. Following the game the teams proceeded to the Chow Mcln House where they hsd a royal feed and thenceforth to the boat whne the Falls quintet was bid au revolt" by the local youths. VANCOUVER. April 17 In spite of a warning by Sam Guthrie, member for Cowichan- Neweaatle, that the party would be putting "its head on the block" by supporting the farn- ehlse tor the Japanese and that. quite a few C.C.F. members would be defeated at the next election if they persisted in the stand, the C.CJ. provincial conference here yesterday rejected a tesolutJonfrom-'LadysmltH which would have changed the party's policy on the matter. Xlr. Guthrie suggested that some of. the mainland members might go to Vancouver Island and hear what the workers there had to say. New Guinea Is (About to Fall; Pounded by Air ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN Victor Emmanuel. It was learn- SOUTH PACIFIC. April 17 T cd on good authority. It Is un- A record load of 284 tons of dcrstood the King Instructed bombs was dropped on the Jap- Badogllo to form a new gov- anesc base at Aitapc on the ernment and that members of north coast of New Guinea six parties arc ready to Join while other bombers hit Tnik with him In a new war cabinet, to the north. I E. T KENNEY Discussing further proven natural resources which in his opinion justified early opening tip, Mr. Kenney spoke of the 500,000 known tons of Iron ore and a potential further 500,000 tons just through the capping In the Copper Itlver country to the southeast of Terrace. This, Mr. Kenney felt, constituted full justification for the establishment of a steel mill on the Temperature Local Tides 0 Tuesday, April 18 47 High 9:34 18.8 feet 22 31 19.0 feet 44 r Low 3. 16 8.3 feet 15:56 4.9 feet NORTHERN AND .CENTRAL BRITISH -COLUMBI l'S fflVfiftPER L i T PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. MONDAY, APRIL, 17,1 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS AK NEW a IIEAIMH'AI'TKIIS MOV" ntlU Headquarters of Lord U . it. Mir In the southeast "mxti to ln. No explanation I Bl). '" " In 'hf .Manipur i luyinrc mm I I I II.. . ...K.I I,, tilt Ottn llliririii mi; iaiiiai ;rpy base Impahl, Die British m m Important portion from the enem, there Is no change In the gent 1 x W itten, area, hat V' In cr- COirXTKU ATTACK IN ITAlW -g a; . hum in a rnnnirr.iiiirK ill m -f . (Uliaa front, too usiyonr urrmin prisoners. tiener Mi ftgbtlng continues quiet. VKAIUXC SKHASTAI'OL ... .iln..ln II. atlvanr In lh f II.. tl.J iimwb - - - - - v via ,( but three miles from habaslapol and fall of the tlack Sea port Is belleed only a matter of a day ...l l. .IaH ullh urrrkril Natl thin, at II.. II. J (ntinues its pounding. Capture of Yalta, seven miles (rtitUpol. I announced. YANKS KSCAPH TO SWEDEN ( CI.I..M ll... ... I . 1. 1 1 imuu'i "'"' iiimiinii allium, una wrre inoi lOrminjr snd escaped from a prison camp In the t fcnmirk, have now reached Sweden. They crossed . .L I. Cam 1n In kn I Ti ..III ft. l i .a Allies Control Manipur Plain LOCALS WIN BOOTH SCHOOL-OCEAN FALLS Pilnce Itiipert On Long End of &LgttZKBBEKiBIEL rSBBBBBBBTH.1 ' bBBBBBBBBbTBBBBBT BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbTbTB T-HBHH&fliik" 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbSbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI - MelBBSrBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBiBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBBBVBBBBBbI .'.'Uiti . ..: 7W--W-rWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSB I DKSr.MIl PACKS THE NAZI IN EAST This German soldiers slogging through the mud ar Nazis before the onrushing Soviet hordes. A bl ireadii. hauls a "Volkswagen,1 WARNING Change Stand Vole Issue. Declines to on Japanese vure received from a neutral source shows ind Zhitomir during the general retreat of transport truck, mounted on caterpillar o Nazi-edition .'f the jeep. 1 Fifth Avenue House Is Sold , M-. and -Mrs. Jack Durran have sold their residence, the farmer Eggcrty froperty on ryth Avenue Just west of Mc-Brtde Street, to Gunnar Selvlg. Mrs. Durran and family will be leaving in a couple of weeks l tale up future icsidence. Mr Hun on will be remaining here the time being at least. Germany Made Peace Offer LONDON. April 17 Oi The Daily Mall today published a report from Istanbul telling of a peace offer purported to have been made through a neutral source in December to United States and Great Britain but not to Russia. Germany Is reported to have offered to eventually evacuate all occupied territory in Europe and renounce her claims for colonies. Six Perish In R.C.A.F. Crash HAL TAX. April 17 W A P ival Canadian Air Force plane, parrying six men. plunged Into coast In the prosimity of Prince Rupert. Mr. Kenney went on to advo cate active consideration of rural electrification of central interior valleys such as the Bulk-!oy and Skeena by development f auch hydro-electric sources as the Bulkley Canyon with its 150,000 horse power or closer to Terrace the Kltsumkalum River md Skeena River Canyon heads. Mr. Kenny drew attention to the fact that hydro-electric lower could now be carried by ransm'-ssion lines as far as 'hrcc hundred miles In cither Mrertlon from the source. The Skeena River member also mentioned that there was a grow-ag tendency for power to command Industry as well, as Industry demanding power. HIGHWAY CONNECTION rOlt WEST ADVOCATED Regarding the Peace River highway connection. Mr. Ken ney said the campaign for a far western connection with the Alaska Highway should be continued so that the district might be adequately served with par ticular regard to the Alaska Panhandle. Such a highway was especially needed In connection with the develotiment of the resources of the coast bathollth district, he declared. NEWSPAPERS ARE SEIZED rolice Step In When Censorship Orders Are Defied and Story Published. MELBOURNE, April 17 O Monday's editions of the Sydney Herald and Dally Telegraph wete seized by the police for defying censorship orders not to publish a news story. More Workers Less Hours PHILADELPHIA. April 17 Percy Bcngough. president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, said in address here that in the postwar world Jobs would have to be rationed on a basis of fewer working hours. Mlnas Basin, taking all on board jduction In wage scales, o their deaths. The cause of I be accident Is unknown. The I next of kin have been noUfled Peace River Rail and Road Outlets, Steel Mill, Rural Power Are Advocated by Kenney Mussolini Now Awaiting Death BERNE Switzerland, April 17 Long standing rumors of the serious Illness of Benito Musso lini are confirmed in Italian newspapers. One paper says the former Duce Is now gravely ill and "detached from the world waiting for death to strike." Charged With Bootlegging In raids on three establish ments suspected of selling liquor city police yesterday afternoon arrested three men and charged them wtlh keeping liquor for sale. The men were: Charles Plrle. De Luxe Apartments, Third Avenue. William Roy Lake. Room 9. York Hotel. ' Adolph Szeluk, 1208 Second Avenue West The raids were carried out by Constables Moore. Ferguson, Thornton and Walker, of the city police. Plric. Lake and Szeluk appeared before Magistrate W. D. Vance In city police court this morning, all pleading not guilty. Plrle and Szeluk were remanded until this afternoon and Lake until Tuesday afternoon. Ball In all three cases was set at $500. T. W. Brown acted as counsel for Lake. Tide In India Turns In Favor Of Allies; Japs Suffer Heavy Losses Japanese-held Mandalay Being Menaced by Glider-borne Troops From North Mountbatten Moves 1 headquarters to be Nearer Action. K ANDY, Ceylon, April 17 (CP) "Very heavy casualties have been inflicted on the Japanese and important positions captured north of Impahl in counter-operations," it was announced today. Allied glider-borne forces have been set down sixty miles north of Mandalay in a deep southward penetration of Japanese-held territory In Burma. It was stated last night that the Allies had assumed the of fensive In northeast India and had driven the Japanese from, Manipur Plain. The glider-borne Allied troops operating only seventy miles northwest of Mandalay were creating a serious situation for the Japanese In the India-Burma offensive, it was stated last night. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Allied commander-in-chief . yesterday transferred his base to Kandy Ceylon, to be closer to the scene of future campaigns. The plain of Impahl was sahl to be firmly in Allied hands. Five war correspondents, rep resenting the British press, announced they would file no more news from the Burma theatre until censorship has been re laxed. Brownsburgln f Guefreewepin By Big Fire OTTAWA, April 17 W Fire t Brownsburg. east of Ottawa. because of the greater number , swept the business section, of workers available. He said causing damage estimated at that the number of workers $300,000. now In industry are capable of supplying the needs of the world when peace comes so that, when men return from the army, the number of working hours for each man must be reduced to make work for everyone. Mr. Bcngough added that In order for such a plan to be effective there could be no re- Bulletins BIO FIRE IN BOMBAY BOMBAY Hundreds are dead and thousands are injured as a result of a fire which started in a ship and spread to ammunition stores. Heavy damage has been done. MONTREAL CONFLAGRATION MONTREAL An estimated half million dollars damage was done early Sunday morning when fire destroyed a bowling alley, restaurants and several shops in two buildings on St. Catherine's Street. It was Montreal's biggest fire of the year. The cause Is TORNADO IN SOUTH ATLANTA, deorgla At least forty are dead and there has been widespread and heavy damage in Georgia and South Carolina as a result of a tornado. ALLAN CUP TLAY POUT ARTHUR Port Arthur Shipbuilders won the Western Canada Allan Cup finals by defeating New Westminster Lodestars 5 to I Saturday night. Port Arthur now meets Quebec Aces In the final for the Allan Cup. 05IIAWA WINS FIRST OSIIAWA Oshawa defeated Trail 9 to 2 Saturday night to take the opening game lead in the best of seven series for the Memorial Cup. emblematic of junior hockey FUEL FORBIUDEN LONDON As an emergency fuel conservation measure, use of coal, oil or electricity for heating ot stores and offices during the next six months has been forbidden. DROP BOMBS ON BELGRADE NAPLES, April 17 American heavy bombers hit at Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, and Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia, today. ' United States bombers raided Belgrade for the first time Sunday, the Germans reported and hit other southeastern European cities Including Erasov In Rumania. Vancouver Girl Winner of Chest VANCOUVER, April 17 A Vancouver girl Edith Martin, won the $15,000 treasure chest in the Navy League raffle draw ing Saturday night. . .-' YEAR SENTENCE Former R.C-.F. Aircraftsman Gets Up to Lire For Murder of Wife. NEW YORK, April 17 0 Wayne Lonergan was sentenced today to thirty-five years to life Imprisonment for the bludgeon-strangulation slaying in October of his heiress wife. Loner-ean. 26 years of age. is a former Royal Canadian Air Force aircraftsman. He was convicted of second degree murder. Invasion Maps Of Sweden Are Being Probed STOCKHOLM, April 17 vestlgation is being made RECRUITING IS RESUMED In- fol- lowing the finding of 25,000 German maps of territory lit central Sweden which tt Is believed were designed for use by troops in a possible Nazi OTTAWA. April 17 W Enlistment of air crew, which has been largely suspended in recent months. Is being resumed on a reduced scale lrt line with reduction ot the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Royal Canadian Air Force head-quastars announced today. Baseball Scores Pacific Coast League Saturday Seattle 4, Hollywood 3. Port land 2-11, San Francisco 14-5. Oakland 3, San Diego 8. Los Angeles 5, Sacramento 2. Sunday San Diego 5-3. Oakland 0-6. Portland 2-1, San Francisco 4-5. Seattle 1, Hollywood 3. Los Angeles 1-1, Sacramento 2-2. Seattle 6, Hollywood 5.