m - - Vt. Da-yy-Edltion .THE DAILY NEWS Prince Rupert "Tuesday, May 1, 1945 -ubllshed every afternoon except Son-iy"by Prince- Rupert Dally News .lmlted. Third Avenue, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a! 'A'. HUNTER, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: y.'Clty Carrier, per week 15 r Month 65- Per--Year $7.00 Jy Mall, per month 40 -Pef "Year . . . $4.00 ( RCIGRY BONDS FRA5ER & PAYNE MEMBER A.B.C. TJie Vanderhoof Meetings . . ., ' To revive the co-ordination of uriitbd effort in the end of advancing the! . mutually common interests of centi'al and northern British Columbia! which the imminent post-war era. should see assuming1 a prominent part, mine inevitable development! of western Canada, the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia go into session this week at Vanderhoofs. Including no less than ten f rom Prince-Rupert, there will be delegates from points all the way from Prince Rupert to the Cariboo country south of Prince George to discuss and make representations upon problems having- to: do with the development of the district. Many of the matters to be taken i up have long- been in need! of co-ordina-ed action. This meeting at Vander-hoof is fitting and welUtimed It? has been long enough deferred. We look for it to rebound in benofits for a sphere of communities which, Have many problems in common. Literally.. Advertising Pays . . ; A Vancouver hardwaijeman who violates all the ordinary principles of good business, talks politics with. all his customers, tells jokes in his advertising and is anything but serious, is described by A. J. Dalrymple in the May issue of Canadian Business. The hardware man is W; G. Stearman and he says that he has a lot of fun writing "crazy advertisements" tliaft bring him botiii financial rewards and! friends. Some people; Hide, their eccentricities, Mv Stearman puts his to work. In his daily newspaper advertisements oni the classified page of a Vancouver newspaper;, Mr. Stearman tells a few jokes, mention, in. passing; the high quality of his rat traps and then giVes his opinion of the federal government. When; Miv Dalr,ymple asked him about his business" policies,, tlie hardware merchant replied quickly: "You mean my crazy advertising. It's so crazy, it keeps my store filled' with customers. Come back aften business hours. I. can!tj stopi now." Mr. Stearman comes from Owen Sound, Ontario, and is 71. He went to Vancouver in 1898. He is probably the only hardware mans who consistently advertises rat traps. Why? "Beoause no. one else advertises them," lie says. "People actually believe mv. rat trans are betten than others. L soli thousands and thousands, of rat traps. An old-mm walked, five miles from Burnaby the other day to buy. two-five-cent mouse traps. Hb. passed a dozen hardware stores on the way." "Am Investment' In Good, Appearance" You'll agree when you see our range of:' Spring; Topcoats. And there's a real! ' choice in fine fabrics, this season including GABARDINES RJANX TWEEDS ' " ' ' FLEECES HOMESPUNS POLO CLOTHS Priced fromt $27.50: to. $52.50. "THE MEN'S SHOR" Here to serve the public YORK CONSTRUCTION Building, Materials, Estimates General Building Nothing too big or too small PHONE BLACK 884 Quality Repairs at Economy Prices PRINCE RUPERT SHOE REPAIR 3rdiStt (Near the Post Offfce) FISHERMEN! Call and see the Sfc Lawrence 100" ILP. Mercury V-8 Marine Engine now displayed in our stockroom. S, E. Ford and Mercury. Dealers 170 E. 3rd Avenue PHONE 821' COAL and WOOD HYDE TRANSFER , PHONE, 580 Fresh Local' Raw and Pasteurized, MILK VALENTIN DAIRY PHONE, C57 Delmort' Frozen' Frulta- and Vegetables Raspberries, Strawberries, Silted Peaches. Enterprise Fruit Co. PHONE343 ONCE PROUD-LION v (Continued from. Page 1) filtration into Italy, of ' the dreaded German Gestapo, exerted their influence morn and more, causing suspicion and apprehension. There were many observers who said that Hitler and1 not Mussolini, dominatedthe Italian scene. There were whispers that some Italians feared their country might become. a German vassal: state, ' Be that as it may, Mussolini, for some reason, kept out of the public eye. Reoorts seeoed through to .neutral countries that lie', was seriously ill; that there were nlot.s nnrt mitttorirnr agalnlt htyLwQensoretolp made cu-Hirnianon auiicuji, ir not Breaks Long Silence out tne former appearances of II Duce became, conspicuous by their ab sence. Finally, after WlnJStnn Churchill, the British Prime Minister, in a worldi-wldo radio address in late November, 1942, had placed the blame of the war oh .Mussolini and not' the Italian people, he emerged from his semi-retirement. Addressing the fascist Chamber of Corporations in Rome on December 2, 1942, he gave vent to some of' his old-time defiance int bombastic phraser, tot which the world i Had lone since been accustomed. "After elgnteem months of silence," he began, meekly, "I have a vague impression that the Italian people wanti to hear me." He admitted the. heavy damage caused-by British bombing raids. "All who. can must, leave our cities," he -.couaseled, to avoid dangers from, further systematic attacks promised by ChurchllL Surprisingly he acknowledged in effect that, he had "stabbed Prance in; the back" a phrase ilrst: uttered by President Franklin D. Rooseveltt ofi the United States but- saidi there- was Justification' because France had stabbed Italy similarly many times. He called! Mr. Rooseveltt a hyena and; a war monger, not neglecting to pay his respects to Churchill In uncomplimentary terms Roar Becomes Bleat- . , The whole tenor of his speech snowed that: The roar of? the lion had! be come something like the bleat oi a sneep. Future historians. Derusinc and analyzing the records after i.U .,. . wie war, win nave tne task of assessing Mussolini's rule in cool, perspective. There, is. no doubt..that In his early, days as dictator he held the swaying nation, tot-ether. There is no question but. that. ne brought) order out of; chaos after the first, world' war or that, he ati one time appealed to the Imagination ol his people and held, their- affection And he brought, a measure of. prosperity, where .there had been starvation; andl eoonomlc parat-lyds before, But his unnatural alliance was ultimately to bring utter ruin to Italy and death In the deepest of ignominy and revllement to himself. P 1 W7 THIS AND THAT I NOTED FLIER KILLED LONDON, ih Wine Cmdr. Walter Drlng, D.S.O., D.F.C., re nowned rocket Typhoon uiloi whose precision attacks on en emy armor In the FalaLse ,&. helped to break up a stiff German attack against . Canadian positions, has. been killed on Uv western front. Dnng, 27, trained In Canada and was a navigator In i Pathfinder squadron. Si if net 15 CUT GOLDEN T SHRT CANlT 0lifm I "WuO UP BE COHCtSL mH: 'George Is always bringing home little sayings from the officr SUPERSTITIOUS IDEAS In Mexico, a ipstt.eiu w.il lii-r uirr whether menlcins is to be ken with the right or left hand. 1 i former. Hie liver te beloved to be bencfHtf-d. If Ih fetter, the kidneys. ANCIENT REMEDY . In ancient Egypt, a mixture of animal fat was considered a cuiv for baldness. War Bridals Shower Honoree. 't KITWANGA, May lMrs. Ray Morgan, English war bride of a Kl twang a soldier now at Shaughnessy Military Hospital, Vancouver, was guest of honor at a shower at the home of Rev and Mrs. J. Hayhurst recently. Hostesses were Mrs. Hayhurst and i Mrs. J. Gregg. auesU,were Mrs. Tom Moore, Mrs. W. . 11, Morgan, Miss Yvonne Washburn, Mr W. Brackenberry, Mrs, J. NolUn, Mrs. Babe Dutton. Mr.-j. Htibenshleld, Mrs. Fred Doll, Mrs. Petra Iyerson, and Ml Margaret Doll. WROTE ON YORKSHIRE HARROGATE, Eng., OS- Miss Ella l'ontefract. 48, -who wrote with Mls Marie Hartley a1 series in tMrs on the Yorkshire, t'hlM. has died, LETTERBOX inti:kn.vhonai UAHOU HAY Editor. Dally News: for over 40 years I have In humble and Insignificant manner 1 observed Ih reverence the fidelity df International' labor day. Today lit has become- significant and T celebrate in humility with our great ally the Union; of Soviet Socialist Republic. OEORGE 13. CASEY. TEA J. M. S. LOUBSER D.C.. U.A CHIROPRACTOR Wallace lllock Phone B40 Hesner Work, .'n! Street Val Sri Dibb Printing ComJ CARDS I