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have
been
faced
with
ii
tt
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"iivtiwuniu
n
tho
war
was
over
and
'nous
services
had
re.
council
conceived
of
nf
amalenmnii
Plans
with
those
of
Mrtmcnl
of
National
iruea
on
Pai
twi
a
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trnm
olof
Hansen,
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snnl
111
tllC
City
property
would
have!
council
In
which
the
federal
member
for
Skeena
acknowledges
receipt
of
the
council's
renuest
thnt
he
make
further
rcDresentatlons
to
the
Domln
Ion
government
for
old
In
the
renalr
and
extension
of
the
city's
Otir
lTllH.t
T.,
II,-
ellu
fnoimlna
iv
f,
HU
D.lll
b.1
Willi
,,.v...vM.
"'a
cwricult
situation,!
The
letter
stated
that
Mr.
Hanson
wns
leavlmr
soon
for
Ottawa
and
that
he
wouud
make
every
effort
to
contact
the
.government
.
In
the
Inter
ests
of
the
city.
'
CIVIC
CENTRE
APPRECIATION
Norton
Youngs
and
Ills
Assistants
Thanked
by
Annual
Meeting
Without
Norton
Youngs
and
his
civic
centre
carnival
committee,
not
for
net
7
ng
the
ladles,
there
might
never
hive
been
any
chance
to
have
a
civic
centre
In
Prince
Runert.
it
was
acknowledged
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Association
last
night
with
the
irasslng
of
an
enthusiastic
vote
of
thanks
to
Mr.
Youns
and
the
committee.
Replying
to
the
vote
of
thanks.
M'
Youngs
said
that
the
work-had
been
In
charge
and
$28,000
able
pleasure
and
gratification.
He
told
how
$2000
had
been
raised
at
the
first
carnival,
$4500
at
the
second,
$10,000
at
the
third
of
which
AV.
K.
Stoe)
had
been
In
charge
and
28.000
at
the
fourth.
Of
course,
the
support
of
the
public
had
been
the
factor
contributing
to
succ
ess.
Mr.
Youngs
also
acknowledged
the
assistance
that
had
been
given,
particularly
during
the
days
or
tnc
carnival
iiseu.
Mr.
Youngs
also
had
a
special
word
of
appreciation
for
the
ladles
whose
work
had
been
most
Important.
Corp.
Betty
Barber,
R.CA.F.,
Women's
Division.
Prince
Rupert,
became
the
bride
of
Sergeant
W.
J.
Bryant
of
Toronto
nt
a
quiet
marriage
ceremony
in
the
parsonage
of
First
United
Church.
CHINAMAN
DIES
An
elderly
chinaman
died
of
natural
causes
last
evening
In
an
Oriental
lodging
house
on
Second
Avenue,
-.'
announces
change
in
the
labo!
priority
of
gold
mines
has
been
made
to
permit
of
the
mines
engasine
tome
men
who
may
be
available
and
who
are
not
Immediately
required
for
other
higher
priority
jobs
for
which
they
may
be
fitted
NaUonal
Selective
Service
has
made
a
survey
of
the
gold
mines
and
has
drawn
up
a
schedule
for
their
minimum
labor
require
ments
that
Is
to
say,
of
the
minimum
numbers
of
men
necessa-y
J
to
keep
the
individual
mines
op-J
eratlng.
What
is
now
being
done
is
to
temporarily
allow
a
"B"
prl-i
orlty
to
certain
gold
mines
until
they
reach
minimum
labor
quotas
after
which
the
priority
will
again
be
reduced.
The
Minister
of
labor
empha-
islied
that
all
coal
mines
and
virtually
all
base
metal
mines
essential
to
the
war
effort
arc
In
"A"
p:torlty
so'
that
the
gold
mines
arc
not
being
placed
on
an
equality
krsls
with
those
other
mines.
The
present
change
Is
made
by
Selective
Service
because
some
of
the
gold
mines
faced
a
suspension
of
operations
unless
they
secured
some
workers
while
at
the
same
time
demands
for
labor
from
high
prlorlty
industries
have
eased
to
some'
extent.
Regular
Selective
Service
regulations
are
not
being
changed
for
gold
mining
that
Is
workers
will
still
require
work
permits
and
men
will
only
be
allowed
to
po
to
the
gold
mines
where
higher
priority
Jobs
are
not
available.
SHIPBUILDING
REORGANIZED
OTTAWA,
Jan
21
The
mu
Thursday
the
merging
of
cargo
and
naval
shipbuilding
programs
under
a
new
shipbuilding
branch
which
replaces
the
former
naval
shipbuilding
branch
of
the
department.
D.
W.
Ambrldge.
director
general
of
naval
shipbuilding,
'becomes
director
general
of
the
new
branch.
The
department
said
that,
although
shipbuilding
contracts
had
been
red;iced,
a
program
still
prevailed
for
a
Local
Tides
We
Saturday,
Jan.
22
V-'
High
10:38
20.4
feet
23:4
417.9
feet
Low
4:10
9.0
feet
J
17:28
4.5
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAP.fi
xm
nc
it
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
21,"
1944
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FIVE
CENTS
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Youngs,
Chairman
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Centre
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gymnasium
nnu
assemuiv
purposes
I
immediately
after
the
war,
the
Prince
Ru-'
ir
Centre
Association
will
now
concentrate)
ir
and
resources
on
the
project
of
an
ut-to-
irfj
pool,
huch
was
the
decision
m
effect
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x
t
C'.tJc
ccn-1
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annual
I
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Idea
of
r,3
plans
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fonnard
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Larcc.
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uitlon.
rc-
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which
:,g
the
yrar
;
mmaUon
of
ert
and
out-
fUuatlon
In
ft..
nv:
jco.ooo
CIVIC
CENTRE
FUND
MOUNTS
(ratifying
I'lnmcUl
Stalrmrnt
Trrntrd
at
Annual
.Mrtlinc
of
Aiwlatlon
Iat
Mtht.
There
U
now
over
$60,000
of
iW
M.C
U..-
juld
on
han(j
f0f
,0
'
'ns
.
"f
a
:
oal
clte
centre
project.
It
waj
uded
whereby
dlfck)wd
t
amul
fftmg
-
zrt-T.tnl
of
Na
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-
YM.CA.
War
i
be
made
avail-1
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after
tr:
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;od,
Vancou-s
now
In
the
a
t.-w
t
drawing
""wing
pool,
or
1ST
rrpr.-t
which,
after
wi
adopted
by
'
w
as
follows:
marks,
as
you
t:
treasurer's
re-"
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;
t
gain
that
we
'
ic
Our
carnival,
In
J'.ic.
was
a
huge
i
3
arc
In
the
cn-'
r.aw
of
havlns
'
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aLx
marked
a
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with
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know,
our
first
ok
office
the
first
end
I
would
like
pacing
Uiat
your
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Ihn
num.
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co-opcratlve
and
a
pleasure
to
work
'
he
committed
the
::-.af.lon
of
four
lots
-
w
of
Third
Avenue
Hi
:
Jo
r.iroxi
(n.
u.
...
-Jr
civic
Centre
bulld-tiew
city
council
had
thb
committal
and
lacod
with
rrquests
department
of
Na-lencc
the
Wartime
nnd
the
u.S.
Oovrrn
(
r
hi.
.
a
.
.
-i
via
ui
iana
lo
oe
'
construction
of
"i
facilities,
if
the
1
I
had
acceded
to
nil
.nc
li-!,
t
would
hnvn
last
nluht
of
the
Prince
Rupert
!
Civic
Centre
Association,
The
fund
was
almost
doubled
during
the
put
year
as
a
result
of
the
highly
successful
carntval
last
AuffuiL
which
resulted
in
the.
al
bonds
and
$
1.69053
on
deposit
In
the
Bank
of
Montreal.
Over
and
above
this
are
two
funds
earmarked
for
civic
centre
purposes
$1,000
from
an
estate
and
$500
under
control
of
the
Prince
Rupcit
Rotary
Club.
The
clvk
centre
carnival
committee
also
has
assets
consisting
of
$750
In
the
bank
and
$1100
of
merchandise.
Expectations
are
that
the
fund
will
be
further
enhanced
this
year
by
another
carnival.
The
financial
statement
was
i
presented
to
the
annual
meettnp
by
the
treasurer.
D.
C.
Stevenson.
It
had
been
audited
by
D,
C.
etuart.
A
vote
of
thanks
was
tendered
to
Mr.
Stuait
for
his
services
as
auditor
and
he
was
re-elected
as
such.
Vote
of
Thanks
For
Dr.
Large
On
tnklni:
over
the
chair
at
the
meeting
of
the
executive
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Association
last
night.
T.
N,
Youngs
expressed
appreciation
of
the
many
years
of
preliminary
work
which
had
been
done
by
the
retiring
chairman,
Dr.
R
O.
Urge,
to
whom
a
hearty
vote
of
thanks
was
accorded.
To
Urge
Govt.
Aid
For
City
ment
37
Port
Edward
54.
Atr
Force
36.
DID
GOOD
JOB
'
-
LOCAL
I'Aimi;
COMMITS
COMRADE
IN
ITA'
V
Ma
:r
Roy
C
H.
DuniT
,rd,
of
Prince
Rupert
B.C
a
w;i
i.r
t
conducting
a
fcimple
t;:T.at
5cnr.!ie
of
a
Car.adia.
killed
in
acUon
on
:he
lUiian
front
Comrades
of
the
man
ar
;een
grouped
about
the
frcshiy
filled-m
grave.
Results
Of
Basketball
actual
amount
of
the
fund
on
Coast
Battery
36.
High
hand
Is
$58,690.33
consisting
of
School
27.
$55,000
in
Victory
Bonds.
$2,000
j
Yank
51.
Ontario
Regl-
in
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospit
Navy
43,
Reserve
55.
:
PRIORITY
OF
:
GOLD
MINES
OTTAWA,
Jan
21-Hoj
Hum-.,
pmrj
mm.iif
,
i
.
uiiiiijki
vi
ia
wvi
.
Jap
Cruiser
Sunk
By.Su.b
that
a
temporary
amen
Commander
Score
Again
in
Pacific.
LONDON,
Jan.
21
(CP)
A
Rtitish
submarine
commander,
famed
for
his
exploits
in
the
Mediterranean,
was
credited
by
the
Admiralty
today
with
sinking
a
Japanese
cruiser
in
the
Indian
Ocean
at
the
northern
approaches
to
narrow
Melacca
Strait
which
threads
between
Malaya
and
the
Dutch
East
Indies
island
of
Sumatra.
The
submarine,
skippered
by
Lieut.
Commander
U
W.
A.
Bennington,
approached
within
one
mile
to
score.
PIONI
ER
KILLED
LOSES
LIFE
ON
ISLANDS
Ed
Higgint,
Victim
of
Cumshews
lagging
Accident.
Helped
Clear
Vancouver
Townsite.
Edmund
Edward
Ed
Hlggtns.
rolerful
pioneer
figure
of
this
coast,
who
helped
to
clear
the
tumps
from
th?
Granville
Street
area
of
the
city
of
Vancouver.
Is
dead,
the
victim
of
an
accident
In
a
logging
camp
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
remains
arc
now
on
the
way
to
Vancouver
where
the
funeral
will
take
place.
He
had
been
located
for
the
past
'!n
years
or
so
on
the
Islands
where
he
was
a
picturesque
and
oputar
character
In
the
camps.
Details
erf
the
tragedy
which
auscd
Hlgglns'
instant
death
have
Just
been
received
in
Prince
Rupert.
He
was
working
as
a
craneman
on
the
logging
railway
of
the
Aero
T.mber
Pro-duets
at
Cumshewa
Inlet.
Squared
timbers
were
toeing
hauled.
A
boom
was
down
when
the
crane
started
to
fall
over.
Hlgglns
nitlons
department
announced
,
jumped
but
failed
to
clear
and
the
crane
fell
on
hl.m
The
accl
dent
occurred
alomst
In
front
of
the
house
where
Hlgglns
lived
und
his
wife
actually
witnessed
the
tragedy.
An
Inquest
wns
held
by
Coroner
Dr.
D.
R.
T.
McColl
of
Queen
Charlotte
City
and
a
verdict
of
i.ccidcntal
death
was
returned.
Hlgglns
had
been
In
the
cm-
ploy
of
the
K
P.
Allison
Logging
Co.
before.
Joining
Aero.
He
was
71
yeais
of
age
but
was
a
strong
BULLETINS
CONFERRED
WITH
POLES
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
For-eitn
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
conferred
with
the
Polish
president
and
foreign
minister
yesterday
with
a
view
to
smoothing
out
Kumo-Polish
differences
over
the
border
question.
RUSSIANS
SURPRISED
MOSCOW
The
Russian
(orernment
had
nothing
to
do
with
the
Pravda
report
of
negotiations
between
British
officials
and
Germany
for
a
separate
peace,
it
was
an-nounced
yesterday
by
Soviet
officials
who
said
that
the
publication
came
as
a
complete
surprise
to
them.
EVACUATING
HELIGOLAND
LONDON
Heligoland,
island
outpost
of
the
Kiel
Canal,
Germany,
Is
being
evacuated
of
all
civilians.
WIDESPREAD
AIR
ATTACKS
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
S6UTII
PACIFIC
There
have
been
further
widespread
Allied
air
attacks
of
Wewak
on
New
Guinea
and
Rabaul
in
New
Britain.
Three
enemy
supply
ships
have
been
sunk
and
33
planes
shot
down,
the
Allies,
losing;
1Z
planes.
3.000
CREMATIONS
BUENOS
AIRES
There
have
been
3,004
-
cremations
"so
far
Tbllowing
'Ihe
San
Juan"!
earthquake
disaster.
TALKS
OF
CANOL
PROJECT
EDMONTON
Brigadier
W.
W.
Foster,
here
from
the
north,
says
the
Canol
pipe
line
project
from
Fort
Norman
to
Whitehorse
will
be
completed
and
In
operation
on
schedule.
It
will
greatly
re-lieve
fuel
shipping.
IN
FEDERAL
HANDS
VICTORIA
The
regulation
of
fuel
prices
now
rests
in
the
hands
of
the
Dominion
government,
says
Dr.
W.
A.
Carrothers,
chairman
of
the
provincial
fuel
and
petroleum
board.
ALL
NOT
HARMONY
WASHINGTON
A
pamphlet,
left
behind
by
the
Japs
at
Klska,
contained
an
attack
on
the
Japanese
militarist
ground
control,
accusing
it
of
traitorous
and
blundering
actions.
JUDGE
ARBITRATOR
VANCOUVER
Mr.
Justice
Gordon
Sloan
has
been
named
arbitrator
of
disputes
between
shipyards
and
union
workers.
Hockey
Scores
Chicago
3.
Detroit
4.
Threat
To
Hun
Line
Outflanking
of
"Gustave
Line-likely
British
Advance
on
Koine,
AIOIERS.
Jan.
20
ff
French
troops,
crossing
the
Rapldo
river
in
difficult
fighting,
have
captured
the
foot
of
Mount
Illago,
north,
and
slightly
west
of
Cas-slno,
and
are
threatening
to
outflank
the
Germans'
"Gustave
Line"
of
defence
in
Italy.
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
British
forces
smashed
forward
along
the
Applan
way,
capturing
Mlnturno,.76
miles
from
Rome,
and
taking
300
prisoners.
More
Than
Two
Thousand
Tons
Of
Explosives
Are
Dumped
on
Nazi
Capital
LC.
DON,
Jan.
21
(CP)
Heavy
forces
of
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
probably
numbering
about
seven
hundred
thundered
six
hundred
miles
to
central
Germany
at
dusk
last
night
and
renewed
the
Battle
of
Berlin
with
the
eleventh
great
blow
at
the
battered
city.
First
indications
were
that
the
Nazi
capital
was
drubbed
by
bomb
loads
approaching
or
surpassing
the
record
of
2,300
tons
of
November
22.
Twin-engined
mosquitoes
at
the
same
time
laid
down
a
feint
bombardment
of
targets'
In
northwestern
Germany
andi
fleets
of
aerial
mine
layers
again
visited
German
waters.
In
the
joint
operations
35
bombers
were
lost
including
five
from
nine
participating
Canadian
squadrons.
Gov't
Asked
To
Be
Responsible
For
Libraries
VICTt
.
The
Brit
ish
Columbia
Liuta.,
Commission,
in
an
interview
yesterday
with
Hon.
H.
G.
T.
Perry,
minister
of
education,
requested
that
the
provincial
government
accept
responsibility
for
all
library
services
in
the
province.
RECORD
TO
BE
PROUD
OF
Germans
In
Russ
Trap
Thousands
are
Annihilated
and
Many
More
are
Doomed.
LONDON.
Jan.
21
01
An
undetermined
number
of
German
troops
were
sealed
off
for
annihilation
today
in
the
Strelna
corridor,
southwest
of
Leningrad,
after
other
Red
forces
in
the
northern
drive
captured
Novo-gorod.
'Red
troops
attacking
southwest
of
Leningrad
and
southeast
of
Oranienbaum
of
the
Gulf
of
Finland,
were
said
by
Moscow
to
have
Joined
forces
20
rnile3
southwest
of
Leningrad,
to
trap
the
Germans.
The
Germans
are
in
wild
and
headlong
retreat.
Forty
thous-
i
and
have
been
lost
In
six
days.
UUIl
HKIILI
,
MM
1
1
f
L
JUIlr
IllI'IL
ON
LEAVE;
TOOK
PART
IN
ITALY
INVASION
WHILE
SERVING
NAVY
Prince
Rupert
has
every
reason
to
be
proud
of
her
native
son,
Leading
Seaman
Donald
Henry
Arney
of
the
Royal
Caadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve.
Arney
is
now
spending
a
long
and
hard-earned
period
of
leave
with
his
parents,
City
Fireman
and
Mrs.
Harry
Arriey,
241
Eleventh
Street.
Born
28
years
ago
In
Prince
Rupert.
Don
attended
the
Borden
Street
School,
later
talking
to
them
personally.
going
on
to
King
Edward
High
On
July
2
came
the
great
day
School.
Like
most
of
the
boys
They
left
Alexandria
with
tha
brought
up
In
Prince
Rupert
he
impression
they
were
going
to
spent
a
lot
of
his
time
in
boats.
make
a
raid
on
Crete.
Seven
There
wasn't
any
hesitation
in
days
later
this
turned
out
to
his
mind
when
war
broke
out.
;
be
the
invasion
of
Sicily
I
Don
Arney
loved
the
sea
ana
the
Navy
was
his
first
love,
He
was
one
of
the
first
rer
emits
In
HAI.CJS.
Chatham
In
those
early
days
of
the
war
and
he
received
his
basic
training
here.
Later
In
June.
1940.
he:
was
drafted
to
HAI.CJS.
Naden.
His
first
experience
as
a
sailor
at
sea
was
gained
In
IIAI.C.S.
Prince
Robert.
Arney
wanted
to
lend
a
real
punch
In
the
war
effort
so
shortly
after
his
arrival
overseas
he
volunteered
for
commando
training.
Here
was
a
real
opportunity
for
him
and
he
made
the
best
of
every
minute
of
the
long
and
arduous
train
ing
elven
this
special
branch
of
the
service.
He
was
dUaoDolnted
when
lw
was
not
chosen
to
take
part
in
what
later
turned
out
to
be
the
Dlepne
mid.
However,
fate
had
somethln-T
even
hleger
and
better
In
store
for
him.
After
months
of
combined
operations
tratnlnc
for
In
November
1943
he
took
nart
In
the
v.-on
of
North
Africa.
That
was
onlv
the
beelnnine
fnr.
after
returning
to
Fw?lnd.
he
re-embarked
for
an
unknown
destination.
After
nine
days
at
sea
It
was
found
out
they
were
flllmr
for
FjtvpL
via
the
Cape
of
Good
Hone.
Arrlvlne
in
Ewnt
e
o"k
nart
In
manoeuvre
with
the
TjHUsh
Mffhth
Armv.
General
Mnnt"omerv
wis
a
familiar
Mp-
nre
dnrlno-
those
days
as
he
moved
about
the
eamo
irlvin
sutPstlons
to
the
boys
and
On
July
10,
they
landed,
not
without
mishaps
Just
south
of
Syracuse.
Excitement
ran
high
as
Arney
shuttled
back
and
forth
between
the
convoy
and
the
beachhead
in
his
landing
craft,
carrying
munitions
and
supplies.
Overhead
the
Oerman
and
Italian
planes
were
dive
bombing
and
machine
gunning.
Several
of
the
ships
went
down
prior
to
the
establishment
of
bases
in
Sicily
by
the
EAT.
One
incident
will
long
be
remembered
by
Arney.
He
had
Just
delivered
15
wounded
men
aboard
the
hospital
ship
Talambra
and
was
heading
back
to
land
when
he
turned
to
see
the
well
marked
ship
become
the
target
of
the
Indiscriminate
bombers.
Operations
were
considerably
easier
during
the
next
23
days
as
he
ferried
back
and
forth.
The
warm
southern
Italian
sun
which
beamed
from
the
blue
Mediterranean
sky
made
up
for
the
meagre
rations
and
the
long
heavy
hours
of
work.
Completely
worn
out
after
their
strenuous
seven
weeks
the
men
were
given
two
weeks
leave
on
the
nearby
Island
of
Malta.
Leave
over.
Arney
took,
part
in
moving
hundreds
of
craft
up
the
coast
to
Teresa
for
renewed
assaults.
Most
of
the
troop3
In
this
part
of
the
campaign
were
from
the
Carleton
and
York
regiments
from
Ontario.
(Continued
on
page
two)