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Nov.
5
a
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lit'--
!
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the
most
beloved
American
show
buii-v
today
at
the
age
,:kt
a
lone
ltlneaa.
aptly
described
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utioner,"
was
dan-:
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ixtemicd
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Murray
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liujo'a
dictum
that
va.
for
the
crowd.
w
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and
comedy
for
i
nre
aatd
that
Co-.ittre
and
fun-pro-.
Ml
anttos
had
helped
a
"men
to
become
modern
American
ran
the
gamut
:
.
boy
prodigy
violinist
i
i
to
recognition
in
wars
ai
America',
nterpi
rrter
of
con-'
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aren"'
ho
really
know
the
mmfiitalot
wrote
more
than
$.000
in
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7
k
he
wa
"the
man
x
Broadway."
To
the
(
a
fnrtkm
ago
h-
una
the
embodl-v.tnke
Doodle
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To
i
generally
he
was
of
the
world
war
T'.ore.-
wrote
aome
forty
t"-d
in
th
framing
turned
out
more
.
close
to
300
vaudf
-and
about
a
score
Hhode
Islander
born
In
Providence,
iin?
of
firecracker
k
of
flag
on
July
U.
irrnta
were
troupera
variety
shows,
Jerry
'
Helen
Oottlgan.
A
lane,
wvs
alao
born
-
!
'he
family
later
be-for
1U
"act"
as
The
that
stage
was
reach-'
il
blowomed
out
a
a
t
billed
aa
"Mastet
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quit
IhU
within
a
few
(tme
a
child
actor,
st
regular
lines
at
J
9
In
a
play
about
Dan-'
i
years
later
he
tour-!"
role
of
"Peck's
Had
mrdy
based
upon
the
writing
of
a
former
W:s?onaln.
and
parents
mean-
1
U
wtth
various
roar!
'
it
the
family
came
to
IBM
and
for
ten
years
k
and
forth
across
the
variety
theatres
from
in
Nrw
York
to
the
v"
in
Pin
Francisco
10
v'tnuvd
on
Vtvjo
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"IOW
TIII1M
AWAY
otv
the
Polynesian
Isl
"ually
take
shelter
from
Bulletins
CALLING
MOKE
CANUCKS
OTTAWA
Between
now
and
the
end
of
the
year
31,000
more
young
Canadians
will
be
called
to
the
rotors.
CI!
It
HI
NT.
BREAD
I)
KM
V
Kit
IKS
OTTAWA
After
November
30
there
will
be
no
further
deliveries
by
bakeries
which
sell
leu
than
$173
of
bread
a
week.
PRINCETON
STKIKK
ENDS
ritlNCETON
Princeton
coal
miners,
who
have
been
on
,
a
strike,
are
reluming
to
work
pending
the
taking
of
a
new
ballot.
SHIPS
AT
GIBRALTAR
LONDON
A
large
number
of
British
warships
are
,
reported
concentrated
near
Gibraltar.
Burns
Lake
Is
Going
Strong
t
The
Interior
town
of
Burns
Lake,
having
gone
twenty
percent
over
quota,
has
no
won
Its
second
Victory
Loan
pennant.
Subscriptions
there
4
have
now
reached
$31.'!50.
exceeding
the
original
objec-
4
Uve
by
$1750,
4
4
4
LOAN
IS
GROWING
Total
for
Prince
Rupert
Is
Now
More
Than
$100,000
Over
Original
Objective
Victory
Loan
subscriptions
In
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
totalled
$82,800
Including
$500
In
special
name
and
$12300
In
general
canvass.
The
cumulative
total
to
date
Is
$648,950
or
more
than
$100,000
over
the
original
objective
of
$530,000.
The
following
further
subscrip
tions
have
been
authorized
lor
acknowledgment:
Ling
Oam
100
Mrs.
Jean
Hlvett
100
T.
O.
Jones
u
Eric
It.
Love
50
Dr.
O.
W.
J.
FIddes
250
Gerard
McDonald
50
A.
B.
Norton
100
Mrs.
May
Uttle
100
Mrs.
Annette
Woods
500
Mex
Sinclair
100
Angelo
Astoria
so
nton
Iverson
2m
Samuel
llouric
0
Denis
Oaron
100
Deep
Sea
Fishermcns
union
wu
j.
4
t
Big
Fire
In
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
5
0
-
A
three-alarm
fire
early
today
caused
damage
of
$100,000
In
the
destruction
of
the
Gran-
of
Overseas
4
-vllle
Island
plant
4
Wood
Products
Limited
and
4
badlv
badly
damaged
the
Tyec
4
Machinery
Co,
plant.
COMING
EVENTS
4
4
4
Thursday,
li:IO
CFPIt
II.
T.
Lock.
Friday,
(i:15
CI'PR
J.
J.
Little.
Saturday,
6:15
CFPR
W.
It.
McAfee.
Buy
Victory
Bonds
AXIS
WANTS
MORE
SHIPS
Oermany,
Having
Suffered
Heavy
Lowes,
Expected
to
Increase
Its
Demands
LONDON.
Nov.
5
Having
lout
an
estimated
six
million
tons
of
shipping
since
the
war
began,
the
Axis
Is
expected
to
make
further
demands
for
ships
from
Vichy
France
In
addition
to
the
thirty-five
former
Allied
merchant
vessels
totalling
some
120,000
tons
which
are
now
being
turned
over.
These
vessels
have
been
Interned
in
French
jwrts
since
the
Fall
of
France
In
1940.
RUSSIANS
ARE
FIRM
Not
Only
Holding
Hun
Invaders
Hut
Driving
Them
Out
in
Some
Quarters
4
4
wooooooooooooooooooooooeaoaoooaoooooooooooooooooo
3rd
VICTORY
LOAN
MOSCOW.
Nov.
51
he
German-.
with
at
least
thirty
thousand
men
and
artillery
and
tank
equipment.
are
continuing
their
assault
upon
Stalingrad
on
a
reduced
basis
ou
nave
failed
to
gain
a
single
yard
The
Russian-
ate
ao
hoidiuj
firm
today
in
the
Caucasus
and
on
a
other
fronts.
Heavy
losses
are
st:'.
jcin
Inflicted
upon
the
memy
Along
the
Black
Sea.
the
Russians
are
increasing
the
pressure
upon
the.
enemy
as.,
well
.a
north-:
cast
of
Stalingrad
Sh"d
athec"
jreS
erday
the
Oermaru
have
with
drawn
from
some
positions
in
biHli
ireas.
In
the
Mozdok
area
the
enemy
te
being
broken
up.
Today's
Dispatches
Today's
dispatches
said
that
thf
ilufslani
have
broken
up
all
the
latest
Nazi
efforts
to
expand
th
invasion
salient
in
northern
Stal
ingrad
and
In
some
places
have
'oiocd
the
Germans
to
abandon
several
basic
points.
While
bitter
attacks
and
counter-attacks
developed
about
the
ruined
city.
Red
uo9M
were
credited
with
local
lalns
northwest
of
Staling
i
ad,
on
the
Black
Sea
front
and
In
the
Mozdok
sector
of
the
central
Caucasus.
A
successful
Soviet
holding
action
was
Indicated
before
the
Caucasian
slopes
and
passes
south-
ast
of
Nalchik.
HONOR
NAVY
MEN
PRETORIA,
Nov.
5
t
Citlrens
turned
out
In
large
numbers
here
when
aovcrnor-Oeneral
Sir
Patrick
Duncan,
South
Africa-born,
entertained
a
Royal
Navy
contingent
at
Government
House.
the
cnemJ
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ocal
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(Standard
Time)
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
5,
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
RILLIANT
BRITISH
MOPPING
t
UP
ot
in
Canada
Slightly
Lowet
Now
Than
Three
Months
Ago
OTTAWA,
Nov.
5
W
The
cost-of-living
index
at
October
1
was
117.8,
a
decrease
of
one-tenth
point
from
the
July
1
index.
As
n
result
the
cost
of
living
bonus
oaid
employees
In
Canada
will
remain
at
the
present
level
for
the
next
three
months.
MAKESHIFT
BEARDS
LONDON.
Nov.
r
O
A
shortage
of
false
hair
has
resulted
from
war
conditions
according
to
Brit
Ish
National
Films
make-up
ex
perts.
Much
of
the
hair
was
lm
norted
and
now
false
beards
will
be
makeshift
affairs.
AFTER
NAZIS
EVACUATE
This
photograph
from
the
Russian
battlcfront
was
made
In
the
village
of
"N"
as
Red
Army
men
rushed
in
to
mop-up
remnants,
of
the
German
garrison
which
tried
unsuccessfully
to
hnM
thp
town
In
face
of
fierce
Red
attack.
Infantrymen
with
bayoneted
rifles
charge
against
At
the
LOWER
UiUin
is
me
two-man
crew
oi
one
oi
we
miwwu
nu
VICTORY
Marshal
Rommel's
Axis
Army
In
Desert
Largely
Destroyed;
Unrelenting
Advance
Kept
Up
Proud
Nazi
Force
Routed;
Is
Driven
Back
70
Miles
Weakened
by
loss
of
thousands
of
men
captured,
killed,
wounded
or
isolated
in
their
desert
strong
points,
the
once
proud
Axis
army
was
in
full
flight
today
across
western
Egypt
in
the
hunt
for
a
position
to
avert
destruction.
Only
a
rearward
moving
screen
of
nnli-tank
gu"s
w
tnnV-
sMMr(l
fltp
hulk
of
Marshal
Rommel's
African
Cnrps
from
the
pressing
advance,
of
the
British
Eight
Army
while
a
comparatively
impotent
air
force
sought
to
parrv
combined
blows
of
Allied
air
forces.
Whi'e
nine
thousand
prisoners
by
count
in
nine
lours
kI
reamed
n
the
British
rear,
Allied
aircraft
kept
hitting
nt
tc
foe
and
the
mnin
coastal
lino
of
rfro?it
u-qs
described
as
a
graveyard
of
smoking
twisted
tanks,
armored
enrs
and
trucks.
vis
commnnimie
sulmit
the
withdrawing
to
new
lines
and
Rome
indicated
the
depth
of
the
British
drivfwhen
it
told
of
fierce
fighting
tatween
El
Alamcin
and
Fuka.
Fuka
is
a
bou'f
seventy
miles
west
of
El
Alamcin.
CANADA
IS
OVERTOP
"All
We
Can
Gel"
h
New
Objective
Of
Canada's
Third
Victory
Loan
OTTAWA.
Nov.
5
(CP)
The
Third
Victory
Loan,
by
the
close
of
business
Wednesday,
exceeded
the
minimum!
objective
of
$750,000,000
by
$2231,300.
Wednesday's
subscriptions
of
$57,-075,000
brought
the
cumulative
total
to
date
up
to
$772,281,300.
Alberta
was
the
sixth
province
to
go
over
the
top
yesterday,
others
being
Manitoba,
British
Columbia,
New
Brunswick,
Quebec
and
Nova
Scotia.
Loan
headquarters
said
today
that
all
provinces
are
now
working
for
a
new
objective
"all
we
can
get."
LIVING
HAS
GONE
DOWN
SECOND
IN
COMMAND
OF
ENEMY
IS
KILLED
AND
OTHER
GENERALS
SURRENDER
ITALIAN
ARMISTICE
PROPOSAL
REFUSED
ENORMOUS
CASUALTIES
AND
MATERIAL
LOSSES.
LONDON,
Nov.
5
The
British
Army
has
scored
brilliant
victory
in
the
North
African
Desert.
One
of
the
greatest
Allied
advances,
for
the
Axis
it
has
been
one
of
the
worst
defeats
of
the
Second
World
War.
Eighty
ner
cent
of
Adolf
Hitler's
air
strength
in
the
area
has
been
destroyed
and
more
than
half
of
his
tank
and
gun
strength
has
been
lost.
The
enemy
is
estimated
to
have
lad
nine
thousand
men
taken
prisoner
and
has
suffered
large
casualties
including
the
second
in
command
to
Mar
shal
Erwin
Rommel
killed.
At
least
one
and
probably
ither
German
and
Italian
generals
have
been
captured.
Six
hundred
enemy
planes
have
pen
destroyed,
fifty
thousand
tons
of
shipping
has
been
sunk
.
i
fifty
thousand
tons
damaged.
I
.
milTC
SllfTfTacTC
Two
hnHr.H
mt
of
tViotr
I
UUKfiVOLO
tanks
have
been
destroyed
or
captured
and
280
pieces
of
field
ar-
UUerj.
Ammunition
dumps
and
uppiy
oases
nave
Deen
wipea
out
from
the
air.
"
The
Italians
are,
reported
to
have
asked
for
an
armlsUce
so
hey
may
bury
their
.dead
but
the
llied
forces,
not
to
be
led
Into
ny
trick,
are
pushing
forward
through
the
shattered
Axis
lines.
The
broken
enemy
army
Is
In
full
and
disorderly
retreat,
straggling
westward
In
rout.
Ankara
reports
that
German
wounded
are
passing
through
Bul
garia
at
the
rate
of
two
thousand
oer
day.
HiUer
Is
said
to
be
endeavoring
to
rush
reinforcements
from
Rus
sia
through
Greece
to
the
North
Africa
front.
A
British
communique
indicates
'hat
the
offensive
of
the
Army
of
the
Nile
has
gone
into
high
gear
ilone
the
whole
front.
It
declares
that,
in
addition
to
the
swift
advance
In
the
north
on
the
coastal
Lieut.
General
Bernard
L.
Montgomery
had
brought
into
action
the
greatest
striking
force
of
armored
and
air
power
yet
engaged
in
the
fight
In
North
Africa.
There
seemed
to
be
little
doubt
that
Rommel's
army
was
largely
destroyed.
Today
It
was
indicated
that
the
Fighth
Army,
continuing
to
push
the
enemy
steadily
westward
on
'he
north,
was
meeting
a
measure
M
resistance
in
the
south
although
the
entire
army
was
moving
ahead.
Allied
airmen,
on
a
wide
spread
ffenslve,
were
having
little
opposition.
Air
blows
In
continuous
bombing
attacks
are
telling
equally
to
the
land
offensive.
Yesterday
thirteen
more
Oerman
planes
were
brought
down
while
fourteen
Allied
Dlanes
were
missing
In
the
Mediter
ranean
theatre.
Enemy
shipping
was
again
heavily
hit.
Canadian
fitnrs
tn
bombers,
fighters
and
torpedo
planes
are
out
with
British
and
American.
King
George
sent
a
message
yesterday
to
General
Montgomery,
acknowledging
the
heavy
blow
that
the
Eighth
Army
had
dealt
to
the
enemy
and
offering
Con
4
turning
foint
4
CONDON.
Nov.
5
f
Field
Marshal
Jan
Smuts.
South
Af-
4
rlcan
Prime
Minister,
declared
4
4
in
London
today
that
the
de-
4
veloplng
rout
of
Adolf
Hitler's
4
4
African
forces
might
provide
4
"the
turning
point
In
thi3
4
war."
4
4
4
f
4
MINISTERS
ARE
NAMED
Important
Diplomatic
Appointments
Are
Announced
at
Ottawa
OTTAWA.
Nov.
5
Four
Canadian
diplomatic
appoint
ments
ministers
to
Russia.
China
El
Alamein
sector,
the
British
have
i
and
chm
and
a
hlgn
commission-hurled
back
the
Germans
and
the
er
Australia
were
announced
Italians
at
the
southern
flank
of
last
nlght
by
Prlrne
Minister
Wil-Ihe
desert
battle
zone,
capturing
llam
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
strong
points
of
Delr
El
Angar.i
L
D
wess,
deputy
minister
Munasslbl
and
Hlmelmat
Enemy
In
Full
Retreat
In
London
one
British
source
declared
that
"the
enemy
seems
to
hp
In
full
retreat"
and
It
appeared
or
trade
and
commerce.
Is
named
minister
to
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics.
Lieut.
General
Victor
W.
Odium,
former
commander
of
the
Second
Division
in
Britain
and
more
recently
High
Commissioner
to
Australia,
is
appointed
minister
to
China.
Warwick
Chlpman.
Montreal
barrister.
Is
the
minister
to
Chill.
Mr.
Justice
T.
C.
Da
via
of
Saskatchewan
becomes
Canadian
High
Commissioner
to
Australia.
Miss
Juanlta
Falconer,
R.N.,
of
New
Westminster,
who
has
been
visiting
here
for
the
pat
few
weeks
wlth'her
parents.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
W.
Falconer,
Summit
Apartments,
will
leave
on
tomorrow
morning's
train
for
Fort
McM,array.
Alberta,
to
ray
a
visit
with
her
brother,
Selkirk
Falconer,
prior
to
joining
the
Royal
Canadian
Army
Medical
Corps
In
which
she
has
enlisted.
gratulatlons
on
the
brilliant
victory.
Mrs.
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
who
is
visiting
Britain,
sent
a
message
i
of
congratulations
to
the
King.
Americans
Arrive
Meanwhile
the
safe
landing
la
Alexandria
of
an
expeditionary
force
of
seven
thousand
American
soldiers,
the
contingent
including
also
airmen
and
nurses.
Is
announced.
A
number
of
American
troops
have
also
been
landed
In
Palestine,
It
Is
now
disclosed,
vs:.
1.
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