Leal
Temperature
48
37
I
XX1.
N
SO
WAR
NEWS
WI!IN(I
OUT
iS'AZIS
Lpo.V
.Premier
Joseph
Stalin
announced
Thursday
night
L
(ifrmau
divisions,
probably
between
120,000
and
150,.
,i
have
"PP1'
tw,n
ltu'n
offensive
In
the
L
.ml
at
lean
ten
tnousana
nave
already
been
slain
i.j.nitinl
evacuation
of
the
stronghold
of
llovno
I
tui
ir-
irn-alloiial
50-mlle
Axis
retreat
deep
Inside
Iln
Mcmoh
dUpatrhcs
said
that
the
Lenlnjrad
Ari
ftj
irrM
Die
uionun
ironucr
ana
capiurra
lour
viij
m
hjlonU.
KKKP
UP
HOMMNG
(IKRMANY
KDOV
'
Stiong
farmallon
of
heavy
American
bombers.
i
Allied
flthtcrs,
bombed
Germany
for
the
second
Lt
dij
today,
hitting
at
targets
In
the
Western
Itelch,
SuIm
Army
headquarters
announced.
The
attacks
fol.
Ij
iliht
durinf
which
Koyal
Air
force
.Matquito
bombers
jutted
western
Oermany
targets.
Koyal
Air
Force
and
finidian
Air
Force
intruders
ranted
over
northern
1
Ut
night
and
laid
mines
In
enemy
waters.
KOMMKh
IN
ITALY
AGAIN
II
I)
lU
AIKJFAKTI.KS
IN
ITALY
.Marshal
Erwln
rrpcrtrd
to
be
back
In
Italy
directing
.Nail
strategy
to-
U
Ihr
Allies
dlwlose
that
the
Germans
have
launched
an
i
ffrnUe
agaliut
the
Amio
landing
head
below
Home.
L-nerkaii
are
lighting
fiercely
on
the
main
Fifth
Army
L
the
outskirts
of
Castlno.
German
High
Command
dis
claim
that
Allied
forces
have
been
encircled
In
the
i
j
s
t
ftriacmria,
HITLER
WARNS
POPE
IlfAN
CITV
The
Germans
have
notified
the
Pope-
that
Lie
of
ltme
will
be
decided
by
military
necessity."
This
in
ta
indicate
that
the
Narls
may
resort
to
destruction
of
kr.il
t
It.r
The
I'ope.
It
li
understood,
has
flatly
refused
It
Rome
no
matter
what
may
happen.
KV
ACUATE
HA
LTIC
STATES
SDOV
Iracuatlon
of
Talinln,
capital
of
lUtonla,
and
lalra,
ha-,
been
ordered.
This
Is
belnt
done
In
the
face
j
Rar-Ian
drlte
which
Is
now
well
Into
Kstonla.
I.ONDON
RAIDED
LAST
NIGHT
fcWJV
London
was
raided
acain
last
niiht
and
!jfir.-,
Some
dama(e
was
done
and
there
were
.
At
Iratt
four
German
planes
were
shot
down.
Id
Protect
ire
Finances
lk
tn
OnUder
Kkatlnf
Mr
Ssimmlni
Pool
In
IH!
t
v
-
(
r
t
ilfpCCU
d"r:aklng
aj
duly
afe-
;mijectuch
ukattng
a
kfd
upon
ion
of
the
oter
the
r
building
would
no
i
table
sum
.v.ce
Rupert
r
-iay
def
a
swimming
tua.
The
up
by
Dr.
R.
I
'
rndofaatlon
C
vie
Centre
e
In
the
3
over
the
ard
making
:
pool
In
!
The
club
lie
proposal
u.ar
75
foot
pool.
The
on
priority
pool
over
the
1
f;if
club
were
i
at
Wcdnes-ftif!
pictures
to
book
to
b?
k
Dlbb,
Skinner
was
3
'here
was
a
of
members
'i
'c
person
of
ttck)y
War
Sav--
H!e
was
L.
M.
rraser
Mnn
'M4i
of
Wounds
-nr-rw,
Mi
iam
Warln.
son
aret
eiimk.ii.
V.
r
JJt'
has
rtlrrt
.f
1
CallimMi
.
i
usually
list
r
.M
rnnce
i
II
hup)
"-
Warner
rn
of
r
Til0I"a
Willow
ltlver.
NEW
CARS
FOR
RAILWAY
LINES
there
a
few
first
of
Order
of
2.50
Has
Reen
Delivered
to
C-V.lt,
MONTREAL,
Feb.
4.
-The
first
car
of
an
order
for
2.060
all
steei
40-ton
box
cars
waa
delivered
ti
the
Canadian
National
Railway
today
by
the
Hamilton
plant
of
Ihe
NaUonal
Steel
Car
Corporation.
U
was
announced
by
D
McK.
Ford,
tlce-prealdent
of
purchases
and
stores
for
the
National
system.
This
sample
car.
built
to
specifications
of
the
ON.lt.
mcchank
cat
department.
Is
of
the
latest
design
and
Includes
all
of
the
recently
developed
Improve
ments.
When
full
production
Is
attained
by
the
builders,
twenty
cats
will
be
delivered
each
day
"80
far.
there
arc
approximately
700
Canadian
National
box
cars
In
service,
which
carry
the
white
maple
leaf
and
slogan.
1
"ON
it.
serves
all
Canada.
The
1
new
cars
will
carry
this
attrac-
j
,
live
monogram,
said
Mr.
Ford,
:
These
new
cars
will
be
painted
In
standard
box
car
ted
with
white
lettering.
They
are
ur?
gently
required
to
handle
the
cver-lncreaslng
war
shipments
which
make
up
Uie
bulk
of
freight
traffic
during
present
conditions.
Did
NotReport
Truck
Accident
Three
Charges
Follow
Driving
MUhap
jt
November,
Oeorge
L.
Duchak
appeared
be
foie
Maelstrate
W
D.
Vanre
In
city
police
court
yesterday
on
three
charges
resulting
from
an
accident
which
occurred
while
he
was
driving
a
truck
last
November.
For
falling
to
report
an
accident
he
was
fined
$15
with
additional
fines
of
$5
each
for
not
possessing
a
driver's
license,
and
not
having
a
chauffeur's
licence
I
Also
appearing
before
Magis
trate
Vance
were
Alexander
mc-
Lellan,
and
Verne
Delaney
who.
charged
with
public
intoxication,
were
'fined
$25
or
seven
days
each.
,
Hockey
Scores
National
league
DctrpU
12,
New
York
2.
pas-'
r.
vincial
V
;ul;i
monthly
meeting
Rupert
branch
u.
ia
Teache:V
FH
WilhUon
next
Easter.
One
of
thr-se
stressed
the
need
for
smaller
srhcnl
ci;t
..-1
.,
m
-jiti
that
teachers
wcu
rt
oe
ble
t:
meet
the
equlr-mrr.t-;
i,.
ih.
jnew
rurrlculuni
more
adoquat..
ly.
Another
tirgfld
th
dement
to
increase
ttbrkry
grantv
A
letter
from
D.
Thomteinison
school
Inspector,
was
read
I
n;
.
letter
proposed
a
community
t
survey
a
the
first
tep
in
an
-n
!
telltgent
attack
upon
the
&or:a
problems
of
IMnce
Rupert
TV
Federation
appointed
a
delegaU
to
attend
the
meeting.
Three
of
the
teachers
from
the
prairie.
MIm
U.
Kovarh.
J.
Henry
and
Mr.
E.
Henry
gave
InformaUve
addresses
on
con-
dltlons
prevailing
in
and
fa-
!
tureg
of
the
schools
of
Saskatchewan
and
Arbcrta
Corvettes
Kill
Subs
.
HKiriSII
I'OltT.
Feb.
4.
C.r.JIept
rharcc
dropped
by
the
Koyal
Nary
frigate
Nrne
and
Hose
ranje
(unfire
by
the
Canadian
rnrvrttes
Snowberry
and
Calgary
blasted
to
the
bottom
an
enemy
submarine
stalking
a
(arte
Atlantic
ronroy
whlrh
rearhrd
port
with
only
two
ships
damaged.
Lieut.
J.
A.
Dunn
of
VlelorU
playeti
an
Important
part
in
the
engagement.
One
day
later
II-M.S.
Crane
and
1
1.
.M.S.
Foley
were
credited
with
the
probable
kill
of
another
U-boat,
4
ypfiyz
4
'KMKkSLJr
jEP(jEM
'"'
mammL
if
LkRfesW
iHB
ykitMfessssi?
sisBBffTlsisisisisi
?8ilwT
CANADIANS
IN
ITALY
DltlDfll.NG
THE
SAXtiRO-
Floods
that
followed
heavy
rains
in
Italy
teamed
up
he
Oercn..
j;1
Ue
:
the
rai
ro
Rive:
bridges.
Here
British
and
Canadian
rnr.nec:
:
are
orkiog
to
bu.ld
w;
the
Sangro.
Tie
piers
are
still
Intact.
The
men
foreground
a.c
Canadix-
vt
,
a
.
ructing
a
pontoon
bridge
along
the
side
of
ih-
,id
i'fl
to
senre
U-mpomi.y
mm.:
:he
r
u
x;
,
mxo
service.
The
man
with
the
boat-hook
u
Lanct
Corporal
Condyt
01
Bnush
Columbu.
British
Gov't
Wins
Election
LONDON.
Feb.
4
O
-The
government
today
won
a
by-elec-tlon
for
the
House
of
Commons
seat
of
Brighton
vacated
by
the
retirement
of
Sir
Cooper
Raw-son
by
a
narrow
margin
in
a
light
vote.
LONDON
O
The
King
has
sent
a
subscription
of
1,090
$i0i
to
the
King
Edward1
Hospital
Fund.
'
'
IjV&KArNrtHrn
'RRoaeata.
9).
When
Sergeant
Cowham.
a
Northern
Rhodesian
air-gunner
lost
his
eye.
he
remarked
"At
nny
rate.
I
won't
have
to
quin
j
my
rye
wh
n
I
c
lion
shooUrv;
"
.-Sain
!
j
jar
Nf
-V-
.w
AIMED
IMOI1T
TIIIlOirc.il
CLOUDS
Taken
from
a
yS.
8th
Air
Force
Flying
Fortress,
during
a
raid
on
Emden,
this
striking
photo
shows
Fortresses
dropping
their
bombs
through
a
solid
cloud
bank
on
targets
below
This
type
of
bombing
is
made
possible
through
the
development
.of
a
new
bombardment
technique
and
secret
device.
Mt'NICH'AL
GIIAPIER
!
BUSY
YEAR
FOR
I
I.O.D.E.
IN
RUPERT
We
are
all
needed
in
the
1
f
lent
for
freedom
and
demoe
racy.
There
must
be
no
shirking
our
duties,
no
raying
I
am
too
ibuy.'
ThU
is
no
time
to
fall
'our
Empire
when
victory
Is
In
&t$i
Lee
us
make
1944
a
year
of
victory
In
every
sense
of
the
wrd
by
giving
the
beat
we
have
A
4
us"
were
the
cloning
remarks
C1
the
reboot
oi
Queen
Mary
Chapter
iIODE)
Imperial
Or
der
Daughters
of
the
Empire,
.rr.
D
C.
Stuart,
at
the
regular
annual
meeting
of
the
chapter
held
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
O.
R.
S.
Blackaby
last
night.
The
meeting
was
largely
attended
and
very
encouraging
reports
were
read
by
all
the
of
ficers
Every
branch
of
the.
work
showTd
substantial
ln-i
nrease
and
there
were
a
nnmber
of
members
added
to
the
chapter
during
the
year.
One-minute
silence
was
observed
in
honor
of
the
late
Mrs.
J
a.
Steen.
a
long
time
member
if
the
chapver
and
former
re-nent.
OFFICERS
FOR
1914
ELECTED.
The
regent.
Mrs.
D
C.
Stuart,
was
re-elected
for
the
coming
year
and
other
elections
resulted
as
follows:
Honorary
Regent
Mrs.
J.
A.
Tcng.
First
Vice-regent
Mrs.
J.
N.
Taylor.
Second
Vtee-rtent
Mrs.
Jas.
Laurie.
Secretary
Mrs.
O.
R.
S.
Blackaby.
Assistant
Secretary
Mrs.
H.
M..
Foote.
Treasurer
Mrs.
K.
Kempton.
Fdncatlonal
Secretary
Mrs.
Q.
Mead.
Echoes
Secretary
Mrs.
E.
Whiting.
Standard
Bearer
Mrs.
W.
Brass.
LONDON.
(
A
two
werk
"amnatan
again!
rats
In
the
3.-000
miles
of
London
sewers
has
esulted
in
the
killing
of
about
1.
000.000
Slxtv
tons
of
sausage
5k
batted
with
two
tons
of
zinc
I
;b
.
vphlde
wore
used.
Nazi
Blockade
Runners
Sunk
WASHINGTON.
Feb.
4
'
Three
German
block
ade
runners
laden
with
war
materials
fiom
Javanese
held
Pacific
ports
have
been
sunk
by
American
destroy-
,crs
in
the
south
Atlantic.
'
I
CO.M.MUNITV
COUNCIU
Survey
Of
Conditions
And
Needs
Deck
Various
rions
Avenues
Avenues
to
to
be
be
Ex
plored
If
Strictest
I
Neutrality
MADRID,
Feb.
4
1
The
Spanish
cabinet
Thursday
night
gave
notice
of
a
policy
of
strict
neutral
and
an-
nounced
it
would
demand
the
strictest
conformity
not
only
by
the
Spanish
nation-
als
but
by
foreign
subjects.
A
communique
said
that
the
government
was
taking
all
Drecautionarv
measures
thL
Ex-
:r.
T
With
View
to
Improving
!
LHY
I
SISS6S
'
Living
of
of
feopl
Teople.
Local
Tides
Saturday,
Feb.
5
High
10:55
195
feet
23:50
17.6
feet
Low
4:46
9.9
feet
17:44
4.8
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRALr
BRlTISlL'COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
4,
1914
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Extermination
Is
Systematic
SMALLER
SCHOOL
CLASSES
SOUGHT
Situation
for
Germans
n
Upper
Dneiper
Bend
s
Same
As
Stalingrad
jTen
Divisions
Face
Danger
of
Being
Wiped
Out
1U.0U0
Already
Killed
in
Red
Army
Offensive.
MOSCOW,
Feb.
4
(CP)
The
systematic
exter-minaUon
by
the
Red
Army
of
ten
encircled
German
divisions
in
the
upper
Dnieper
bend
was
well
under
way
today,
the
Army
newspaper
Red
Star
said,
while
the
main
Soviet
forces
continued
to
drive
westward
from
the
Ukraine
to
the
Baltic.
Nearly
10,000
;
trapped
Germans
already
have
been
killed,
the
midnight
com-
4
may
be
necessary
to
see
that
Spanish
neutrality
is
res-
pected.
4
Old
Timer
Of
munique,
said
The
situation
west
of
Cher
'kasy
where
nine
Infantry
dlvi
slons
and
one
tank
division
are
trapped
by
the
Russian
offensive,
presents
"the
same
picture
as
Stalingrad,"
Major
Pavel
Or-nder
said
In
the
Red
Star
dispatch.
ON
MARS
HALLS
Americans
due
Over
Air
Fields
Navy
is
in
Complete
Control
of
Waters
Around
Impoitant
Atoll
Group.
epresented
by
delegates,
the
!JacarK,
age
10,
tuea
yesterday
glTing
mes
me
opportunity
Prince
Rupert
Community
Council
Association
came
into
being
under
favorable
atrepices
at
a
meeting
last
night
In
the
city
;
coouncll
chamber.
Its
immediate
:
object
will
be
to
institute
a
survey
of
social
conditions
and
needs
of
the
community
under
general
heading
of
recreation,
vocation,
health,
youth,
industry-culture
and
safety
with
a
view
to
making
improvements
in
conditions
and
encouraging
people
to
take
an
interest
in
progressive
attitudes.
Membership
in
the
Association
will
be
open
and
free
to
all.
'
;
The
executive
of
the
association
was
elected
as
follows
Chairman
B.
Thoisteinsson.
Vice-Chairman
Miss
Alma
Snyder.
Secretary
Rev.
E.
W,
Scott.
"Directors
Dr.
R.
O.
Knipe.
Douglas
Bishop.
AM.
Nora
Arnold
and
T.
N.
Youngs..
Sub-committees
to
institute
surveys
of
the
various
areas
which
lt
Is
proposed
to
give
attention
will
be
formed
by
the
executive
to
which
was
also
left
the
making
of
financial
arrangements.
On
each
of
Uie
sub-committees
there
should
be
a
representation
of
a
High
School
students.
It
was
specifically
decided
by
motion
01
the
geneial
meeting.
The
meeting
suggested
a
number
of
names
of
citizens
which
the
executive
might
consider
in
forming
the
sub-committee.
Mn
Thorstelnsson
preslder
over
the
meeting,
Uie
purpose
of
which
he
outlined
at
the
opening
Frank
Skinner
acted
as
secretary
pro-trm.
After
Mr.
Thorstelnsson's
opening
address,
there
was
a
general
dlscussloon
which
turned
to
considerable
extent
on
juvenile
delinquency
and
conditions
more
especially
affecting
the
youth
of
the
city.
The
necessity
of
provision
of
healthy
recreational
facilities
were
dwelt
upon,
George
Stanton,
talking
of
the
desirability
of
developing
physical
and
mental
discipline,
emphasizing
the
need
of
quarters
and
facilities
while
Rev.
E.
W.
Scott
stressed
the
Importance
of
leadership.
Others
takltig
part
In
the
discussion
Included
O.
R.
?.
n'pkiv.
Doualas
Bishop.
tn
iuc
rnuce
nuperi,
uenerat
to
repaU
and
use
three
alf
Hospital
after
an
illness
in
strlp3
on
Island
whlch
hospital
of
two
days.
Mr.
Mac-
bee,,
ptured
earlier,
naval
Har$
was
a
veteran
of
the
First
headquarters
announced
Thurs-
Great
War.
a
pensioner
and
was
unmarried.
Bom
in
Steeple
Bumpstead,
Essex,
England,
in
1865,
Mr.
MarHarg
came
directly
to
this
city
from
England
in
1912
and
lived
here
continuously
since
then.
For
a
number
of
years
he
worked
for
the
Canadian
NaUonal
Railways
as
a
checker
at
the
wharf.
He
served
overseas
during
the
last
war.
In
1928
he
took
employment
with
the
Department
of
Fisheries,
working
as
a
fish
guardian
until
1937
when
he
retired.
He
had
been
a
pensioner
since
that
time.
No
relatives
survive
Mr.
Mac-Harg
In
Canada.
A
sister
who
lived
in
Sweden
a
few
years
ago
is
his
only
known
relative.
McNaughton
Now-Enjoying
Visit
With
His
Folks
SEIGNIORY
CLUB,
Quebec.
Feb.
4.
O)
1
Lieut.
Oeneral
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton.
former
commander
of
the
Canadian
army
overseas,
has
arrived
here,
saying
that
his
first
objective
will
be
to
enjoy
being
with
his
family
again
and.
f
ui
ther
than
that,
he
has
no
plans.
As
already
reported,
he
said
In
an
Interview
yesterday,
following
his
landing
from
Britain:
"I
am
feeling
absolutely
fit.
There
Is
nothing
wrong
with
me.
SHEFFIELD.
England,
0
More
than
50
delegates
representing
all
the
universities
of
Great
Britain
attended
the
universities'
ninth
industrial
conference
here.
Industry's
port
In
the
post-war
world
was
the
main
subject
of
discussion.
Dean
Oibson.
S.
A.
Cheeseman.
Financing
will
have
In
mind,
among
other
things,
the
development
of
a
library
and
provision
of
clerical
assistance
in
connection
with
compilation
of
survey
results.
PEARL
HARBOR,
Feb.
4
American
Ltarines
iha,eantar.
Sponsored
by
some
twenty-five
A
rewdejlt
of
prince
Rupert
,
Namur
IslalrKl
and
thTee
city
organizations
which
were
or
ine
P'
2
years'
Lawrence
nearby
islands
in
the
Marshalis,
day.
Rol
air
field
formed
the
most
formidable
base
the
Japanese
had
constructed
on
the
Marshals
in
more
than
two
decades
of
occupation.
There
is
stiff
Japanese
resistance
on
the
southern
end
of
Kwajaleln
Island
but
American
casualties
are
less
than
1000
to
date.
The
United
States
Navy
is
now
in
control
of
all
the
waters
around
the
Marshall.
It
has
entered
the
largest
lagoon
in
the
world
there.
BULLETINS
TOULON
IS
BOMBED
VICHY
The
Naii-controll-ed
French
naval
base
of
Toulon
on
the
Mediterranean
was
reported
to
have
been
bombed
today
by
Allied
raiders.
EARTHQUAKE
IN
YUKON
WHITEIIORSE
An
earthquake
shock
of
about
two
minutes'
duration
was
experienced
here
and
elsewhere
In
the
Yukon
yesterday.
ETHIOPIA
AT
MOSCOW
MOSCOW
Emperor
Haile
Selassie
of
Ethiopia
now
has
a
diplomatic
representative
to
Moscow,
credentials
having
been
presented
yesterday.
NO
DEAL
WITH
SLAVS
MOSCOW
Soviet
Russia
has
refused
to
sign
a
treaty
with
Yugoslavia
owing
to
"internal
confusion"
In
that
country.
King
Peter
had
asked
for
such
a'
treaty
since
December.
rj
it
EJECT
SOLDIERS'
BALLOT
WASHINGTON
By
a
vote
of
221
to
168.
the
Rouse
of
Representatives
yesterday
rejected
the
administration's
uniform
ballot
plan
for
men
and
women
of
the
armed
fortes.