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An I,d�pSnd�nt Weekly N�w.p*pCT Devoted to ,h. |nt.r..t. of Qn.ral'., J Northern Briti.h Columbia
No. 17
Tunisian Forces \ain Important Positions \sAxis Check First Army
{' UNITED PRESS � THURSDAY, APRIL 29.
(Special to The Citizen) i LIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA � American infantry ^important ground-In savage fighting against prepared German in north Tunisia, a communique disclosed today, but two fierce mDS ter-attacks checked the British First Army's drive into the final f hills guarding the Tunis plain. Bitterest fighting is centred [ Boa Aoukax, northeast of Medjez-el-Bab and approximately from Tunis, as (he First Army beat off one Nazi tank and infan-l nter-attack Wednesday afternoon but were forced to give ground 1 during a second enemy onslaught.
tt-lERS_Rcliable sources said General Honore Giraud and General ^le expect to hold a "victory conference" somewhere in Algeria *w hours after the Allies have crushed Axis resistance in Tunisia. JrONDON�R.A.F. heavy bombers roared across Axis Europe last night I ttark the naval base of Wilhelmshaven in northwestern Germany. r�id was the 77th R.A.F. attack of the war on Wilhelmshaven. Other i of the Bomber Command engaged in large-scale mine laying oper-
Twenty-three British planes were lost in all operations. VICTORIA�British Columbia liquor stores were closed today to get Lkri op for the new rationing plan. W. F. Kennery, Liquor Control �rd chairman, said stores would remain closed until Monday when the f system comes into effect. The stores will be restocked from liquor nlicsin government wholesale houses, and Kennedy indicated the new kminr system will be announced today. Under it, stores will open eight js a day in order to do away with lineups. ,
VANCOUVER�The British Columbia Teachers' Federation has voted liffUiat* with a labor organization. The teachers passed a motion cm-rtringthc evecutive to negotiate with one or two major labor groups for liation before June 30, 1944. The two labor groups to be approached j the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress
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OTTAWAr-The emulative total of the first three days of the Victory i stands at $175,502,450. This compares with $139,084,250 at the end of ilhlrd day last year. Yesterday's total was $57,257,200. LONDON�United States and British ambassadors to Moscow are in-with the Soviets in an attempt to restore diplomaic relations en Russia and the Polish government in exile, reliable Polish sources (today. These informants reiterated yesterday's report the Poles have a request for International Red Cross investigation of German i that the Russians murdered 10,000 Polish war prisoners. LONDON�Pierre Vienot Vienot, former French undersecretary for affairs, predicted today a French uprising when an Allied army the Continent, and said the people were ready to throw out the r government Marshal Henri Philippe retain is "finished," said Vie-, who escaped recently from France.
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, April 29, 1943
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FIRST BOND PURCHASERS
HG Perry Points ay for a Brighter Day
While British Columbia and the entire Dominion will face ficultand intricate problems in the post-war period, Hon. H. Perry, minister of education and chairman ot the B.C. Post-Var Rehabilitation- Council, is confident these can be overcome ^intelligent application by the people and their gbvernments. Speaking to Prince George Board of Trade at dinner last! j hursday night, Mr. Perry dwelt on the findings and recom- j wdations of the Perry Report made by the B.C. Council and| ^dieted great development and progress for Prince George and teal British Columbia after the peace had been signed. (For Pull Account S#e Page Three)
Central Interior British Columbians know the value and importance of buying bonds during the Fourth Victory Loan campaign which got under way here Monday. First two local subscribers were Karl Anderson (left), pioneer businessman, and Neale Patterson (right), son of Mayor and Mrs. A.; M. Patterson. Mr. Anderson is shown handing his cheque for $5000 to A. R. Hager, organizer for Unit 31, National War Finance Committee, while Mrs. Ralph Floyd, unit secretary, is counting out $50 in pennies, nickels and dimes which Ncale had saved from selling The Prince George Citizen and Vancouver Sun newspapers.
Colorful Parade is Thrill For Citizens
The rhythmic tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp of 1200 first-class fighting men sounded through the city's business district Monday as soldiers from the district paraded here to launch the Fourth Victory Loan campaign.
Rounds of applause greeted the khaki-clad lads as they swung along carrying rifles and full web equipment. Preceded by motor lorries towing field guns and business-like Breri gun carriers, the soldiers stepped smartly to the strains of a large bugle and drum band. *
Yomise Increase of lerchandise Quotas
. Assurance that merchandise quotas for Prince George and strict will be increased in keeping with the large increase in opulation in the last year has been received by Prince George
d of Trade
Major-Oeneral H. N. Ganong, Hon. H. G. Perry, B.C.' minister of education, and Mayor A. M. Patterson took the salute opposite the Fire Hall on George street.
With the troops lined up on the City Hall grounds, General Ganong, Mr. Perry and Mayor Patterson challenged Prince George and district residents to over-tQp the $240,-000 quota in the Fourth Victory Loan campaign. NEW SLOGAN
General Ganong suggested a new slogan for the current loan campaign to take its place alongside of �Back the Attack." It was "Don't Let Canada Down."
Saying his job was not
with all the essentials of war.
Mr. Perry complimented the-officers and other ranks on their splendid showing on parade andJ on the City Hall grounds.
Thanking the soldiers for their contribution to the 'day's ceremonies, Mayor Patterson said, "Your parade has done more to create enthusiasm in the Fourth Victory Loan than you probably realize."
- Everybody likes a parade, he added, "because there's something about a soldier that is fine." He thanked all present for the
Hjalmar Sjokvist is Instantly Killed by Flying Plank in Mill
Struck on the forehead by a plank thrown from the head) saw in his sawmill, 16 miles east of Prince George, Hjalmaxi Sjokvist, 44 years, died almost instantly Monday at 4 p.m.
Police investigation revealed that the end of the plank, after it had been cut, had apparently dropped down an opening between the saw platform and the roller carriage. As Sjokvist at the saw control drew the saw back for the next cut the plank followed it, was caught up by the saw and hurled forward with
f great force.
Hon. H. G. Perry Honored By City Board of Trade
As a token of respect and appreciation for his years of service to this district, Prince George Board of Trade Thursday night conferred on Hon. H. G-. Perry, minister of education, an honorary life membership.
Just 30 years ago Mr. Perry was president of the organization which he helped found a year previous.
"This was the first organization of which I was president, and I deeply appreciate this honor you have bestowed on me," said Mr. Perry.
Fire Damage Set at '200
Damage estimated at $200 was done to building and contents Saturday afternoon when a spark from a stove sent flames racing through the kitchen of the Ed Ruggles dwelling on Ninth avenue.
A coroner's jury Wednesday in returning an open verdict attributed the fatality to the man's "own carelessness and the poor set up in the mill." Victor J. Carlson, canter for the saw operation; Bernar Englund, operator of the cut-off saw, and Hubert Mathias, tail sawyer, were in Ihe mill at the time of the accident but did not see the plank strike Mr. Sjokvist. WAS NERVOUS
Mr. Carlson told the jury the deceased was not an experienced sawyer, but was learning quickly. On Monday afternoon the man was nervous and anxious to get his logs-cut and was "unconsciously taking risks" in operating the saw.
It was this anxiety for haste that had apparently cuased Mr. Sjokvist to draw back the saw while the ta& sawyer was away getting a drink of water. Had Mr. Mathias been present he could have removed the plank as it dropped into the opening between the ; saw platfrom and the conveyor rollers.
Mr. Englund attributed the fatality directly to the faulty, placement
The kitchen was badly burned, but I of the machinery. He said that after hitting Mr. Sjokvist the plank struck an upright iron bar and bent it over. The plank then veered off
firemen saved the remainder of the small house.
Slight damage was done to a garage at the home of Ambrose Trick Friday when a grass fire spread.
Firemen responded to the home of Clarence Waldof, Eleventh avenue, to extinguish a chimney fire Saturday.
Officials to Ease B.C. Building Ban
VANCOUVER�Hon. C. D. Howe. minister of munitions and supply. In a letter to the Mortgage arid
part "they were playing to put over j Trust Companies' Association and the Victory loan and help Canada, i Vancouver Board of Trade, announc-Speaking of the good weather, May- ! ecj that restrictions on private coh-
. f or Patterson remarked that if it j struction in British Columbia are speaking but ot welding men into | could
fighting troops, the general declared,'
"These boys_here are examples of the fine lads with which I have to work." .
To support the fighting men at home and on the war fronts took great sums of money. It was the duty of civilians to see that the-required money was forthcoming. The
is an omen George and district citizens
being relaxed as of May 15. 'British Columbia will have re-
would once, again surpass the quota I covered somewhat by that time from and take their places alongside of other loyal citizens of Canada.
In concluding the ceremonies, the mayor spoke on the good spirit and
dominion is 'calling for a staggering >* way the later were f itttng mto
figure in the present loan campaign.
General Ganong admitted, but said ,pl<*�ire and entertainment in social
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the close-down of logging camps during the winter months due to severe storms,"Vsaid Mr. Howe. , �
"It is true that other communi-
co-operatioi\ existing between the j ties were able to get lumber for pri-citizens and soldiers, and remarked vate construction sooner than the
Coast; because.the military requirements for it had been met in the East. The reverse was true at the Coast. We were behind on orders for military purposes."
this community's life and giving
-wuiiiu, rtuiiunisvraior or wncuesaic uauc iui . me t me Prices and Trade Board; E. G. Burton, Toronto, ad-! trator of retail trade, and W. R. Dowrey, Vancouver, prices supply repreetti f BC dii tht th matter
main much ionger .n Prince Oeorge. At the-^conclusion the soldiers
de, and W. R. Dowrey, a, p representative for B.C., advising that the matter � ^�ng given serious consideration.
P-Smart admitted Prince George
^district had a "very justifiable could expect substantial i quotas. Mr. Burton ex-ifa aisurvey was being made of *s and when this was corn-here would be increas-ry indicated the appli-by the looal Board of ,was receiving favorable con-
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Robert Hager, unit organizer for the Fourth Victory Loan campaign. expressed confidence Prince George and district would maintain the splendid record for bond subscriptions that it established in the past.
Hon. Harry G. Perry, minister of education, also spo^e in support of the Victory Loan. Today the mass of the people have more bonds than during the last war, he said. This was one of the finest things for the country. Bonds purchased today would serve as a buffer to ease rehabilitation problems after the war.
George Stevens, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, ex-plained to the meeting that although j his organization, ln common with Junior Chambers throughout Canada, had raised the age limit for members, the organization was in no way competing with the Board of Trade. Each had its separate field of service. The Junior Chamber had lost 25 men to the armed services and the remaining members were endeavoring to carry on. He said Hon. H. G. Perry, in speaking to the J.C.C. last week, had declared the organization had justified its existence.
one way of,
buying up the future of Canada, he 1
pointed out. Should the United Na- � marched west on Seventh avenue. tions lose the war for want of materials that money can buy,, then,,/ Canada's future would be like that seen today in the conquered countries.
Mr. Perry told the soldiers and the several hundred men, women and children who formed a semicircle outside that "no act of legislation will be so helpful to the people after the war as their own bank accounts and their
and one end went through the roof. Witness emphasized that Mr. Sjokvist had been wrong in moving back the saw while the tail sawyer was absent.
It. was pointed out in evidence that Mr. Mathias was not acting out of line in going for a drink, as it was time for the saw operator to turn the log on which he was sawing: PREVIOUS TROUBLES
Replying to questions, witnesses said the opening between the two pieces of machinery had caused planks to upend on a number of occasions, but they were always removed before the saw carriage was drawn back. The defect In the machinery placement can be easily remedied, they said.
Dr. C. Ewert, who performed the autopsy, said death was due to compound fractures of the skull and severe lacerations of the brain. The blow was so severe that death would be instantaneous.
Members of the jury were Gordon Gould, foreman; I. TB. Guest, Joseph Marcell, Leonard Proppe, Dougal MacDonald and Otto Erickson.
own Victory bonds."
Drumhead Service to Be Held on Sunday
a $100 .victory Bond will buy 3,300 j Parade to Open
Softball League
bullets for a .303 rifle.
In observance of Victory Sunday,? a military, drumhead service will be held Sunday.at 10 ajn. on the City Hall grounds.
A large number of troops will take part in this impressive service. The
Support of the loan helps the war I public is invited to attend and join effort and those who buy the bonds. J in the singing of hymns. Arrange-
PREMIER'S MESSAGE
A message of goodwill and encouragement for the Fourth Victory Loan campaign in Prince George district was brought by Mr. Perry from Premier John-Hart. On his own behalf he expressed confidence
merits have been made, to have a piano accompany the singing.
Following the service the troops and a bugle band will march through the downtown streets.
In outlining these plans to the local Victory Loan campaign com-
example it had set in the past by going over its objective each time.
Cost of the war to Canada this year would be $5,500,000,000, half of which would be collected by direct revenue, the speaker said. The remainder was to be raised by loans.
"We all know what we are fighting for," Mr. Perry asserted. "We are fighting against being defeated." All other high ideals for wartime must be secondary to the main project of sustaining the fighting men
going over among the soldiers.
Frank Clark of the C.N.R. reported substantial subscriptions from railwaymen, but Robert Hager, unit organizer, and H. "Joe" Hewlett, agent, reported sales slorc in the business district although amumber of persons had promised to purchase bonds later.
A $100 Victory Bond will buy 42 steel helmets for Canadian soldiers.
Couple Charged With Slaying of Barkerville Man
Maurice Sellars and Wife Held Following Gruesome Murder of Joseph Michaud
QUESNEL�Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sellars of Williams Lake face a charge of murder in connection with the death of Joseph Michaud, 54, j whose hacked body was found last week near Barkerville.
The man and women appeared Saturday before Magistrate Holt at Quesnel and were remanded.
Michaud disappeared from his cabin last Thursday. The two-room dwelling was spattered with blood, and blood-stained .rags were found stuffed in the stove.
Some distance from the cabin the trunk of Mlchaud's body was found. Severed parts were found elsewhere.
The Military Softball League will get under way Sunday with a parade of athletes and bands from the Princess Theatre to Athletic Park.
The parade will start at 1 pjn. and the first game will commence at 1:30, after senior officers participate in opening ceremonies on the ball diamond.
Eight teams are entered in the league which boasts a number of star plnyers from Eastern Canada."
The baseball league will open later in the season.
Two Teams Tie In Golf Tourney
Mrs. Frank Smith and Harry Pet-tis tied with Mrs. W. H. James and Bruce Parker for first place in a two-ball mixed foursome. Their scores were 188. Play over two extra holes failed to break the tie.
Mrs. Harry Pettis and Harold Brown were second with a card of 189; Mrs. Harold Brown and "Jimmy" James were third with 194, and Miss Ruth Douglas and James Quayle were fourth with a combined score of 195.,
The course is now rounding into shape and keen competition is expected this season.