r
re
ace
ot
c
br-r
tr'
in
and
conceded
one
of
IU
-c!
-
had
been
sunk
and
a
hirriaft
carrier
damaged.
:-.(dquartera
said
that
tne
F'K'.s
loue
In
the
first
c.
of
battle
starting
8un-:drd
damage
to
two
alr-
rn'T.s
ana
a
Daiuearup
t
uims
lacked
confirmation
Washington
Indicated
-Member
'
Japanese
had
attempted
.
r
urc
Botomon
baea
but
so
rAS
LOST
rvDfi
n
tir
-
For
Skeena
Service
Organization
ten
of
Interest
saying
that
"our
force
i,8
their
potkm
In
the
An
informal
but
InteresUnc
talk
nng
enemy
throat
and
niimKr
nt
matter
i
arising
I
Hon
have
inflicted
heavy
o
tnc
wr
and
lne
rewnt
,,.1
on
auacKing
pnw
tfon
of
Parliament
at
Ottawa
more
particularly
with
rcfercrie.
;
idred
mk
to
the
weal
Pl1nce
nupert
and
district,
was
ops
and
ptanet
battled
g,ven
by
olof
nanaon,
MP.
for
,?..paneae
landing
at
Port
RkeMul
bjfore
Uie
Prince
nupert
i
he
southeast
Up
of
New
0yro
c,ub
at
the
rfKUiar
weekly
e
tioylnt
an
enemy
trana-
uuchn
yesterday.
six
landing
barge
as
outstanding
Items
In
the
-bably
sinking
a
cruiser.
(km
of
parliament,
whkh
Mr.
Japanese
thrust
.ln
lluw
described
as
one
of
the
a-c..t
effort
to
get
base
for
moct
important
In
the
btatyry
of
ante
attack
on
AuUaJta
Caid4:
re
lne
'Hebalc
on
the
five
hundred
mile
away,
,UWrtkn
0f
compulsory
overseas
.
the
manpower
plebiscite
as
against
neremDtorv
acUon
by
Parliament
rt
rrnn
f
i
nn
h,rn
cou,d
on,y
have
w111"
(iVrKKllAKI)
unlty.
referred
to
a
v
Y
LilDJ
rkiis
rhangf
of
aUltudc
ln
rP(tard
to
mat
I
Arm
am
tmnlld
bv
thf
needy
Befalls
George
Moody
Ot
Mf
M
th
m,n.
i
on
simpv)n
um
.-
f
Wfr
0,
nnance
had
prewntea
r
Uie
financing
of
a
$2,000.-
-r
....
.h-T
overboard
of
P
hart
not
been
t
ebroeuy.a
denting
J"1
.
,
minrt
Wed-
few
years
ago
there
had
been
uuk
-
.
to
the
extent
of
$?00.000,uoo.
refe
to
the
deleft
Oetly.
with
Joe
Sankey
as-
Mr.
Hanson
rrjd
Prince
Rupert
Tues-
veJonment
of
h
U
district
par
Uc
afternoon
for
Massett.
Early
ularly
."'""ay
of
optimism
today
feeling
dav
morning
while
It
was
general
.
k
EU
had
occasion
to
that
the
district
was
on
deck.
There
was
quite
In
permanenUy
Into
1U
o-n.
avy
sea
and
"
he
was
swept;
Speaking
generally.
Mr.
Ilan-2...
-
.or
that
the
nrlmary
con-
j;
1:0.
inis
w
i....v-
sv...
-
,
,
it
CnM
MnnHv
.Moratlnn
was
to
Win
the
WHr
JCl
-IIIHC
Ull
IMIK
Mfli"
'
.
..rl
(r.
.'''u
lor
a
wiie
on
uie
iuiiu"
'
use
of
a
searcniiini
oui
nr
prai-n
uw.-,
uauv
dlsaoDeared.Tnesiormy
xne
mcmu
for
Skcena
era-
it
Hiri...i
Hn
nnv-
nhiiiM
the
Importance
of
local
'.orrtinatlon
with
the
miUUry
Tup
Getty
turned
back
to
Prince
authorities
nuuiuuvivo
ln
...
regard
to
deIcn
...
P
:;:rr
to
report
the
tragedy.
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
projects
and
plans
which
affect
civilian
Interests,
ue
nssurancc
at
Ottawa
that
It
was
,the
desire
to
cause
as
little
d
i-
turbance
In
the
local
commun
ty
..
i
u
,.-nc
Hip
desire
as
DOSSIDIC
aim
j
.
American
-138000
pounds,
15.6c
0,
tnc
departments
concerned
to
H:1
13i
to
17.6c
and
13c.
r.ivi.
local
advice.
C
anadian
--None.
i
Mr
Hanson
lauded
the
zeal
ot
American
'r,
n
n
i.ircc
and
other
local
Eas:le
75.000
wounds.
15.Gc
and
i'
i
pninir
ahead
with
the
ling
in
Lake
s
,
Ilt-IMJIU
Sit
v
.
.
.
rj
I3r
StnrniTP
i
nrnlivt
In
IhC
faCC
Hoover,
31,000
lwunds,
17.Cc
andif
niffipultles
and
I3(
Atlln.
tr
ii'Di
nersonally
Quest,
32.000
pounds,
17.1c
and
.,,
',,.
favor
0f
the
project
and
ite,
Wlilz.
L
in.,
the
Kovcrnmcnt
wouW
:
iat
an
early
date
be
able
to
give
HUMP.
CATFISH
his
approval
to
going
ahead
ac-
WAU8AW.
Ind.
O)
Leonard
tlvcly
with
the
unaeriawnb.
f
nrnxldrnt
W.
F.
Stone
ind
fisherman
on
the
side,
figures
I
U
the
cliair
at
yesterdays
luncn-
Be
Kot
a
fair
return
ln
his
ane-.rnti
In
the
absence
oi
mw"-
lii.'sko
County.
Kelly
baited
lo-lnch
hook
and
sash
cord
vlth
four
pounds
of
raw
beef
and
Bulled
in
a
68
pound
channel
cat-Bt'ih,
one
of
the
largest
caught
pereabouts
ln
recent
years.
I
NAKED
SCARECROWS
lNDON,
August
27:
O)
British
Icnrccrows
have
gone
nudist.
They
re
out
of
fashion
now
because
here
no
old
clothes
can
be
spared
or
them.
his
!
at
the
luncheon.
line
DENTISTS'
NOTE
JOHANNESBURG,
August
27:
h
believed
to
O)
be
500,000
years
old,
was
found
embedded
ln
rock
at
Stcrkfontcln
Caves.
The
enamel
was
well
Miss
E.
Johnson
Is
leaving
tonight
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Five
Recruits
Joining
Up
In
Canadian
Army
Flve
new
recruits
fop
the
Canadian
Army
have
been
enlisted
during
the
past
week
and
dispatched
to
district
depot
ln
Vancouver.
They
arc
D.E
MacLnrcn,
carpenter
.
.
a-...
L
l"
TY
H
nnrl
rdsrnurnce-.rnncc
uupcri;
j.
u.
ivcjiuiu
un
very
A.
P.
Reynolds.
Fort
Si.
jamcs,
ana
A.
J.
ralmer
and
R.
J.
Crowe,
Ocean
Falls.
LONGEST
SERIAL
The
publication
of
the
Holy
Bible
In
weekly
Instalments
by
the
Mrur
Era.
weekly
newspaper
of
Wawasce
ln
Kos-
L.
Rorlc.
W.
D.
Lamble
was
a
guir-arkcr.
South
Dakota,
over
a
PROVlNblAL
VICTOR,
Local
Temperature
mm
Stow
Tomorrow
(Standard
Time)
sT
ides
:'
High
2:27
am
22.0
feet
14:57
pjn.
21.7
feet
Low
8:49
ajn.
2.0
feet
Mln.
LUVr
8
'
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
21:10
pjn.
22
feet
BfOL
XXXI
No
109
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
27,
1942.
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Big
Russian?
Counter
Offc
nsive
Damage
To
Fleet
In
Solomon
Islands
Is
Admitted
By
Japs
Vashington
Claims
Thirteen
Japanese
Ships
Hit
Japs
Essay
New
Landing
On
New
Guinea
TOKYO,
Aug.
27
(CP)
Tokyo
headquarters
ack-lowledged
for
the
first
time
today
that
the
Japanese
leet
had
suffered
damage
in
battle
with
"reinforcements
if
the
United
States
Navy
off
the
bolomon
Islands.
'
Tjrt.cen
hours
after
Washington
announced
damaging
)lcnv.i
to
at
least
thirteen
Japanese
warships,
the
Japan-
HANSON
AT
General
McNaughton
Has
No
Intention
Of
Sitting
Back
Of
Channel
Ditch,
He
Says
SOMEWHERE
IN
ENGLAND,
Aug.
27
(CP)
General
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton',
Canadian
commander-in-chief,
told
a
group
of
newsmen
today
that
"if
anyone
thinks
we
are
going
to
sit
back
of
the
ditch
which
is
the
Channel
hejhas
another
think
coining."
General
McNaughton
was
welcoming
a
group
of
visiting
Canadian
editors
and
said
that
the
I
Qraon
s
of
Dieppe
were
still
leing
studied.
He
said
that
the
raid
had
proved
the
alertness
and
cool
ness
under
fire
and
absolute
devotion
to
duty
of
Canada
s
young
officers
and
the
confidence
the
men
have
in
them.
UUU
U
J
Canada:
Three
Years
at
War
r-;:,
'"!PRAIRIES
DIG
IN
FOR
BIGGER
CROP;
IN
WAR
INDUSTRY
IN
BIG
WAY
Golden
West
Has
Made
Contribution
to
Industrial
Well
as
Agrarian
Front
in
Thrte
Years'
War
(This
is
one
of
a
Canadian
Press
Dally
Three
Years
at
War)
By
DENT
HODGSON
(Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer)
WINNIPEG.
Auir.
27
(CP)
P
COMMISSION
W.
O.
Fulton,
chairman.
John
Dybhavn
and
J.
A.
Lindsay,
representing
employers.
Thomas
Elliott
and
O.
Henderson,
representing
labor.
All
of
these
will
be
notified
officially
from
Ottawa
next
week.
noriod
of
22
years
ana
cignt
months
Is
believed
the"
world's
longest
serial.
UNBRANDED
MAVERICKS
The
namo
"maverick"
applied
to
stray,
unbranded
cattle
comes
frnm
R.imuel
Maverick,
a
Texas
(Series
on
Canada:
as
A
large
steel
plant
Is
working
on
a
secret
device
"for
which
no
details
can
be
given."
Variety
of
Manufacture
Large
tiuantltles
of
military
clothing
and
service
equipment
are
produced.
Typical
Western
in
genuity
Is
displayed
by
one
firm
which,
reconditioning
old
woollens
and
mixing
the
fibres
with
new
wool,
has
made
thousands
of
blankets
for
the
army
and
air
force.
Despite
this
expansion.
Western
total
war
contracts
at
more
than
five
per
cent,
and
the
West
has
called
repeatedly
for
more.
Some
observers
say
Uie
West's
best
bet
Is
to
develop
Industries
subsidiary
to
agriculture,
which
would
fit
into
post-war
plans
bet
Germans
Have
Been
Hurled
Back
On
Moscow
Front
and
Drive
On
Stalingrad
Eased
'
-
mil
i
i-Tiiio
BAN
IS
LIFTED
LONDON
Home
Secretary
Herbeit
Morrison
yesterday
raised
the
ban
on
the
Daily
Worker
newspaper.
LAfIIIO
IS
BOMBED
NEW
DELHI
Lashio,
important
Japanese
base
in
Burma,
has
been
heavily
raided
by
Allied
planes,
large
fires
being;
set
and
heavy
damage
done.
CANADIANS
HOME
MONTREAL
Sixty-nine
Canadians
diplomatic
and
trade
representatives
and
missionaries
arrived
heie
yesterday
from
New
York,
returning
home
from
Japan
after
a
long
trip
by
way
of
Portuguese
East
Africa.
They
crossed
the
Atlantic
on
the
Swedish
ship
Gripsholm.
pdudrtgarrjnjgnd.
,
anpther
jsuaJaTXiist.
equipment
for
the
armed
forces
is
not
the
mam
war
"job
assigned
the
Canadian
West,
but
during
the
first
three
service
and
the
iisley
budget.
The
years
of
war
the
prairies
have
manned
ail
ever-widening
memDcr
juswnra
u.c
nun....
.
SPP
nr
nr
Cnn.if
a
s
ru
nstnn
front.
Agriculture
remains
the
chief
industry
but
the
West
1
is
determined
to
win
dlstincUon
VfTljni
7lfr,lrI1
0,ner
than
as
me
"bread-basket
H
IV!
r
I
I
lY
VI
r
IN
I
'f
the
Allies."
Consequent
adapta-
tion
to
war
work
of
a
number
of
civilian
plants
and
birth
of
new
Industries
is
a
factor
of
the
prairies'
three
years
at
war.
One
Manitoba
sheet
metal
pro-
Fulton,
Dybhavn,
Lindsay,
Elliott
(ucer
i3
turning
out
ammunlUon
And
Henderson
Named
trays,
depth
charge
casings
and
aircraft
refuelling
tenders.
Former
lln.A..
I
A
IKavI
a
n
we
'""""J
J
uc114
"uw
a"
Annnlntm-nU
haVP
been
COn-
confirmed
of
the
following
mem-
vlsory
commission
vice:
!
a
large
source
of
guns,
gun
mount-
and
munitions
A
one-time
bcrs
of
the
local
employment
ad-'f
Selective
jer-
aawniuij
jj.imw
m
oar
'katchewan
Is
manufacturing
gun-
carriages.
Large
prairie
chemical
firms
w.hlch
in
1941
turned
out
more
than
$10,000,000
worth
of
'explosives
nearly
double
the
West's
1940
output
are
expanding
further.
Airplane
parts
are
being
made
In
quantity
ln
plants
which
also
assemble
training
craft
for
schools
of
the
British
Commonwealth
Air
Training
Plan,
and
service
the
U
I
it
r
l
i
planes
of
the
air
schools.
Here
LQSt
Weekl
ne
Manitoba
firm,
providing
water-works
materials
for
air
fields
and
military
camps,
has
worked
Further
Local
and
and
Disttirt
Disttirt
.Men
on
CVery
military
project
from
the
Pacific
coast
to
the
Great
Lakes.
NEW
GAS
REGULATIONS
OTTAWA
New
rationing
reg
ulations
to
curtail
the
use
of
'
gasoline
for
pleasure
driving
are
ex'pected.
uuitiTA
ic
iwriiiii
Canadian
casualty
list
since
Dieppe
has
been
Issued.
It
contains
32
names,
making
the
total
to
date
639
97
dead,
131
missing
and
the
remainder
wounded.
smr
LOSSES
NEW
YORK
Two
more
Allied
ships
have
been
lost
by
enemy
action
a
small
Dutch
merchantman
and
a
medium-sized
American
freighter.
HONOR
FOR
TRINCE
LONDON
Full
military
hon-crs
will
be
accorded
in
death
to
the
Duke
or
Kent,
killed
in
an
airplane
crash
In
Scotland.
There
will
be
interment
at
Windsor
Castle.
A
flight
sergeant,
sole
survivor
of
the
death
plane,
was
found
In
a
dazed
condition
wandering
not
far
trom
the
wreck.
He
had
suffered
burns.
KILLED
IN
INDIA
BOMBAY
Six
more
persons
were
killed
when
troops
fired
on
mobs
attempting
to
set
fire
to
pioperty
in
anti-British
IN
MIDDLE
EAST
CAIRO
New
Zealanders
have
made
a
vigorous
assault'
upon
the
Axis
forces
In
the
El
Alamcin
sector.
Heavy
German
and
Italian
movements
arc
going
on.
United
States
planes
have
bombed
Axis
shipping
in
Suda
Bay,
Crete.
Appointed
To
High
School
Mrs.
V.
McDuffee
Named
To
Staff,
It
Is
Announced
Today
Mrs.
V.
McDuffee,
whose
hus-
MnH
u
in
thp
Y.M.C.A.
war
ser-
crs
are
not
resting
on
mcir
laureis.
v,ces
hpie
has
been
appointed
to
None
of
tnc
prairie
provinces
can
tne
teachinK
stalf
of
Booth
Mesv
place
Its
proportion
of
Canada's
orlal
1Ilgh
sooi.
CANADIANS
AT
WHITEHALL
Eight
Canadians
are
members
of
the
British
Parliament.
ter
V.
L
than
WWII
munitions
plants.
Take,
and
uttu
loses
none
of
-
the
food
value
i.
1
A
1
I
.
4
...
LI.
U
.ni,Aal
trs
Infn
(V
I
flnlnn
CtclrotnAM
Trend
of
Events
is
Brighter
for
Red
Army
Today
Nazis
Admit
Growing
Kesistance
in
Southern
Section
Of
Long
Front
MOSCOW,
Aug.
27
(CP)
Russia's
smashing
coun
ter-offensive
on
the
Moscow
front
which
already
has
hurled
the
Germans
back
25
to
30
miles,
liberating
some
GOO
communities
and
causing
heavy
Nazi
losses,
is
re
flected
in
a
brighter
trend
for
the
Red
Army
today.
Moreover;
Adolf
Hitler's
furious
drive
against
Stalingrad
appears
to
be
at
least
temporarily
checked
as
Red
Army
headquart-
riy
yi
UTfXTl
ers
announce
"we
are
holding
the
I
I
r
IX
IM
I
IM
I
enemy
onslaught
and
wearing
down
his
manpower."
German
field
headquarters
ad
mit
that
Marshal
Simeon
Timo-
aerial
attack.
The
Germans
acknowledge
heavy
Russian
saults
on
the
central
front.
RANGE
HAS
also
as-
I
BIG
BLASTS
ast
coast.
England
Bombed
SALES
OF
BUSINESS
PROPERTY
Announcement
was
made
at
the
City
Hall
today
of
the
sale
to
I
Douglas
Frlzzell
for
$5090
of
the
property
on
Third
Avenue
occupied
by
Long
Motors.
Sale
Is
also
announced
of
one
of
the
lots,
of
the
old
Westholm
BLOMFONETTN,
August
27:
0)
The
Orange
Free
State
has
Its
financial
year
with
a
sur
UP
CAFES
shenko's
armies
have
launched
a
bitter
counter-offensive
against
New
Bylaw
Is
Exhaustive
Docu-Nazi
position
west
of
Stalingrad
ment
Deals
Even
With
Status
but
assert
they
have
been
driven
Of
Restaurant
Cat
off
with
great
losses
under
German
All
restaurants
of
Prince
Rup-
,ert
are
to
come
under
the
close
Russian
bombers
raided
east
and
....
hn
hp
nrTT,Pf,
.th
northeast
Germany
last
night
and
autnorlty
to
enforce
tnelr
baaf
reached
far
the
outsklrU
of
as
as
tcd
under
fuU
con:
DC.uu.
vuuMUtriao.c
uaxxiasc
duj
safeguarding
tne
pub.
done
despite
Berlin
claims
to
theilic
nealth
under
a
new
byiaW
contrary.
r
which
was
given
.
introductory
'readings
this
morning
by
City
Commissioner
IX,
J.
latheson
In.
lhls
capacity
as
a
cHy
'
The
bylaw
Is
a
lengthy
one
and
pertains
to
all
details
of
premises,
culinary
methods,
storage
and
pre-
para
tion
of
foods,
washroom
and
arge
Force
of
British
Planes
Over
lavatory
convenk;necs
type
and
Channel
Today
Southeast
tanir,
nt
,,t.r,ciic
Rvctm,n..'
sterilization
of
dishes
becomes
'compulsory.
Restaurants
shall
bs
LONDON.
August
27:
T
Heavy
free
at
all
times
from
flies.
Insects
explosions
from
the
French
chan-
and
vermin.
Food
served
to
any
ael
coast
shook
the
English
Chan-
person
ln
a
restaurant
and
not
lei
southeast
coast
early
this
af--
consumed
by
him
shall
not
there-ternoon
after
a
large
force
of
after
be
served
in
any
form
as
lanes
had
crossed
the
Channel
human
food.
Towels,
glasses
and
German
raiders
again
scattered
cups
for
common
use
are
banned,
ncendlary
bombs
over
parts
of
xhe
physical
condition
of
restaur-he
East
Anglian
countryside
in
an
ant
employees
will
also
come
un-ipparent
effort
to
destroy
crops,
der
supervision.
High
explosive
bombs
were
drop-j
Even
the
restaurant
cat
is
not
fedln
one
town
and
killed
three
overlooked
In
the
regulations
for
persons.
one
clause
says
that
no
live
poultry
An
air
battle
was
in
progress
to-
or
animals,
except
one
cat.
proper-lay
high
over
the
English
south-
iy
cared
for.
shall
be
kept
ln
a
restaurant
and
no
animal,
with
the
exception
of
the
aforesaid
cat,
shall
be
fed
ln
a
restaurant
Where
a
condition
exists
which
is
considered
ln
the
opinion
of
a
food
inspector
to
be
a
menace
to
public
health
such
Inspector
may
order
the
closing
of
such
restaurant
until
such
condition
has
been
remedied.
Pole
Drive
On
Skeena
River
Theatre
site
on
Second
Avenue
to
0of
Hanson,
M.I,
to
Watch
Move-
the
Grand
Cafe
Interests.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
SURPLUS
ment
of
Company
Timber
Assembly
Yards
to
Olof
Hanson,
MP.,
who
has
been
ln
the
city
for
the
past
few
days
(Will
be
leaving
tomorrow
for
the
Interior
to
watch
the
annual
drive
plus
the
first
time
In
four
years.
of
dQWn
the
skeena
River
During
the
past
year
revenue
rosej
the
company's
main
booming
more
than
$357,600.
ground
and
assembly
yard
at
Nash.
'
'
(The
timber
Is
driven
down
from
FOR
SOLDIER
VOTERS
I
the
Klsplox
Into
the
Skeena
and
j
represents
the
cut
of
several
STOCKHOLM,
August
27:
'montrts
ln
mat
area,
me
output
Swedish
military
authorities
have
this
year
will
be
as
large
as
ever,
prepared
a
handbook
for
dlstribu-
and
Is
in
demand
principally
for
tion
ln
the
armed
forces
contain-
use
ln
connection
with
the
war.
Ing
technical
information
regard-
Poles
are
also
being
trupked
out
Ing
county
and
city
elections.
of
the
woods
to
such
assembly
'points
as
New
Hazelton
and
Ter
Percy
Tinker
Jr.,
spending
the
.
.
'for
example,
the
egg-drying
Indus-1
Such
plants
are
in
operation
at
summer
at
Naramata
on
OKanagan
race
on
the
railway
line?
and
Wlnnl-
Lake,
fell
tiff
a
horse
recently
and
Mrs.
Nash
and
children
and
Mrs.
rancner
wnu
.
'
..
,
,h
m
rollarbone.
He
is
Leland
are
leaving
tonight
for
a
ViU
nnttlp
DCCause
ills
lancil
who
jnjviuer
uwt
u
""iiicii
nu
.
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W"1
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,
,
'
lnlrlncr
'making
frrwl
good
rpPOVerV.
recovery.
on
an
Island.
one-seventh
the
shipping
space
open
at
Edmonton.
trip
to
Vancouver.