Local Temperature Maximum M Minimum - 47 PROVINCIAL I - 1 ISUKTIIEKN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXXI K 23fl : : JR1NCE" RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1042 JAPS LOSEc DESTROYED! Ba Enemy Are Successful In Re inforcing Their Troops In Guadal Canal HINOTON. D.O, Oct. 10 Qi United States Navy an-i today that a Japahete r had been Mink and a r and cruiser damaged ! p bombers and torpedo a t tacked ' ervemy warships . up landing operation at ( anal In the Solomon Is-The enemy ueIed la re- .x troops on Ouadal Canal. ' of an American air base - ilomona, despite resistance .ted States air forces. REPORT ON BLACKOUT An official precautionary black eut for the Trlnce II u pert Area m- railed early on the morning ef October 9 at 3:il a.m. and the all clear" wag given by radio at one minute to seven the same day over the local rid to and by turning on the Etrert llchtt in the city. Some confusion resulted In the da;? and eiening due to the local radio joins off the air suddenly, caused by a bulldoier working in the rear of the radio station knocking down the pole of the ar.ltr.na. which were replaced during the afternoon. Thu n further Increased by an unautborlied statement in Ih? total press that the all clear tij mm shortly after 1 ajn. To rectify thlt unauthorited atnauncement by the press, ri-.io annouucemeaU were made- -(Trr the radio that the blackout sod continue until further rot It was a relief to all ' cennrned when the "all Clear" : as oundrd at p.m. ; 11; tausc of this condition was dae to j 1 Inauthorirrd publication of t!it all clear." j The accident to the radio elation. ! J The carele altitude of the public In not atudjtng the rials. Ta try to clarify the Utter, a rte autloriary Signal of one continuous blast of the sirens ' r a Period of five minutes is iHrn. This necessitates a black-cut Ten of all premises and of cars and bicycles, unless properly 'quipped, when all civilian traffic can proceed at a speed not "reeding fifteen miles per hour. Thb precautionary blackout ii t!cn as above and no other slg-are of given, even if this condition may last for several days. This signal Is cancelled by an and all clear liven by an authorlted notice In the pre and by radio. The Imminent Dancer signal KJ"rs an oscillating or undulating ith1 rising and falling note 'or fire minutes. This signal is of cleared by a Keiurn to Precautionary, a by giving a blast on the !ren of a continued steady note rr three minutes. When this is i"n, it means that raiders of hve left the vicinity but the Blackout must still continue. Tills likewise majr continue for vera days. , The "all clear" is sounded as uual by the authorized notice in the press and over the radio. if the people would discuss by these signals with their wardens, iitre should not be any further confusion and. Incidentally, they will save themselves and their t families an unnecessary amount of worry. J. J. LITTLE, vumrunrr, vj.r.O. I.U.II i North Pacific District T Mcllrath, claims agent of V'nion Steamships Limited. Is pay- tnar a oner business visit to the i Before returning south hc " ,.VT will make a trip to Stewart and, ater piana a ujp io uie Queen Charlotte Islands. A. h. ,SSSSk'SSSSSS.r ' 1 ' XT'. Zd6 JT. rWXVWAaMI ROADB! ILll' ' I'JTT: The r Columbia's hiiiwaj - ' krieg. At intervals -j'- : hichwav to ramnletkm. unIn 1(tr picturB a rteam d1 & seen Parched on while above is seen a action of the new roadbed runng background. Route of the new highway is outline ATTACKS IN EGYPT Ails Planes Broucht Down By Allied Aircraft Yesterday CAIRO. Oct. 10' O Allied planea made large acai attack n Axtt landing flelda In the forward area the Egyptian front yesterday shooting down ten Arts lighten damaging ten others in air battle, a communique aaW today. I NOW Til lilt I7S A TRLE QUINCY. OallL, Oct. 10 One the great Ues of the world Is Douglas fir, 947 feet high, more than nine feet In diameter at six fret about the ground, and estimated to contain 40,140 board feet lumber. P. C. Miller was moving residence today from his quarters in the basement of the Port Office to the flat in the Parker Mock on Second Avenue recently occupied John Moser. Abandoning Of Rights ; OTTAWA. Oct. 10 0-Prime Minister William Lyon Mac- kenzle King announced today that rnnada is prepared to .negotiate a treaty with China relinquishing extra-terruoruii - ana reiaiea nguw - Canada v;anaaa under unaer existing wi treaties - between China and Britain. Skeena River Highway rules of rock cliffs and swamplands that separate Prince Rupert from British :b?icd by eight Canadian contracting firms in an all-Canadian road of the Skeena men and road-building equipment are rushing the 20-foot rilti: AT HALIFAX HALIFAX Two sailors lost their lives when fire swept quarters aboard a ship here today. Seven others escaped but were sent to hospital. Two are in a critical condition. QUISLING MAY QUIT STOCKHOLM Unless the Gestapo tones down on its measures of reprisal against the Norwegians, Quisling threatens to resign as Premier, lie has appealed to Adolf Hitler to intervene personally. The stale of emergency has been extended around Trondhrim where there have been 31 executions. The en tire male population of one Norwegian village is reported to have been executed. . IN SOUTH PACIFIC M E L It O U R N E Australian forces have made their first contact with the main Japanese army retreating in the' Owen Stanley Mountains. There was a heavy air attack on Itabaul, New Britain", United Nations planes dumping sixty tons of bombs. Lac on New Guinea was also attackrd. IN ALEUTIANS WASHINGTON, One of" two Japanese cargo ships was left sinking at Klska when fifteen tons of bombs were dropped by United States planes. There was little enemy resistance. One enemy seaplane was destroyed on thewater. the edge of the river digging alongside the railroad tracks, i WILLKIt; LEAVES CHINA CHUNGKING After having had some close brushes with death through enemy action, Wendell Willkie has left Chungking, the provisional capital of China. WATER TO TORONTO NEW WESTMINSTER Mayor Fred Hume has shipped a barrel i of fresh water to Toronto for ! members of the New Westminster , Salmonbellis lacrosse team who I he says have been made ill by I chlorinated water there. I OR APPLE SAUCE OTTAWA Extra sugar may be allowed canners and housewives for the canning of apples. Canadian Women Send Kitchen jWlves of Railroad Workers Send Aid-on Wheels to Old Country LONDON. Oct. 10 0i On behalf Jof the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of Canada, Rt Hon. Vincent Massey. Canadian High Commissioner, presented a mobile kitchen unit to the London Railway-men's Canteens Association. The association's 40 canteens cater for ,25,000 British railway workers at the large termini and freight yards in the country. f into a pyramid of rock with the Skeena in the Vancouver Province. IS BURIED IN SURREY Mike Hudema Interred in England Official Announcement of Casualty OTTAWA. Oct. 10 r Sergeant Michael Hudema of Prince Rupert was listed as killed on active service overseas in an official Royal Canadian Air Force casualty list released today. The family of Mike Hudema today received word that he had been buried on Thursday afternoon of this week In Surrey, England. Assistant To Co-ordinator j W.' It. McAfee to Collaborate With City Commissioner D. J. Mathe-son in Dealing with Military Interests W. R. McAfee has been appolnt-ed to act as associate oo-ordlnator with City Commissioner D. J. Matheson In connection with questions which may arise between the 'military authorities and local civilian Interests. A message to this effect has been received by Arthur Brooksbank, secretary of the Prince Rupert Board of Trade. NO PAPER MONDAY Monday, being Thanksgiving Day and a public holiday, there will be no Issue of the Dally News. The next regular edition! will be Tuesday afternoon. ; ' CANADA IS IN CUFFING Retaliatory Action Ordered in This Country Similar to That" in Britain OTTAWA, Oct. 10 (CP) Instructions to start manacling German praisoners of war in Canada went forward at noon Eastern Daylight Time (9 ajn. Pacific Standard Time) today to the Department of Nation?) Defence as Canada retaliated for the chaining of Canadian prisoners captured by the Nads at Dieppe. Instructions were transmitted from the Department of External Affairs which yesterday sent to Germany through the Swiss consul-general notification that such action would be taken unless Germany freed the Dieppe Canadians. Presumably many, perhaps most, of those sharkleri in C.rr. many were Canadians captured , at Dieppe. The issue between Germany and Canada on the one hand arid Germany on the other is based on the Nazi contention, denied by British authorities that British soldiers handcuffed Germans during the Dieppe battle and the commando raid on Sarlc NO HANDS TIED The British government said in a statement today that, although unauthorized orders bad been issued before the Dieppe raid directing that the hands of , German prisoners be tied to pre- them from destroying papers," !ven no prisoners were so treated and the order was later countermanded. Berlin admits that 1367 British I prisoners have been manacled. QUOTAS ARE SET i Northern British Columbia Asked To Raise SM25.000 in Third Victory Loan British Columbia and the Yukon have been again divided Into nine divisions for the Third Victory Loan campaign which will com mence on October 19. The divisions, with the amounts' to be raised In each area, are: j I Vancouver City $2840.000: Vancouver Suburban .... 2,650.000 Coast 3,100,000 Votr U'oXTmlnefA TV- Valley 3,245,000 Okanagan-Kamloorjs I Revelstoke 2.565,000 ! jThe Kootenays 4,950,000, i Northern B.C. 1,425,000; Yukon-Atlln 375,000' Vancouver Island 12.750 non These divisional allotments total $60,000,000. 'Another $15,000,000 is expected to come from the B.C.- lYufcons share of national sub-eluded in the latest-Canadian Ex-,scriptions. making a grand total peditlonary Force which has ar- . . nf 7i ffn ffn " . HELP TO i m in illll'lllVi The National War Finance Committee, public relations' section, has provided the Dally News with a number of attractive illustrations for use In connection with sponsored newspaper advertising for the Third Victory Loan campaign. The co-operation of all business people in supporting the Victory Loan campaign y using newspaper space for sponsored advertisements' is being enlisted. The Dally News is also in possession of suitable texts for such advertising In case business people desirous of taking part have no particular ideas of their own. We are ready tb assist In suggesting both illustrations and messages ;but would suggest quick action. Already we have Hadseveral orders ' for space during the campaign. - Telephone or call at the Dally News Office! Tomorrow sT ides (Standard Time) High 1:48 ajn. 21.5 feet 13:55 pjn. 22.5 feet Low 7:54 ajn. 4.3 feet 20:20 p".m. 2.6 feet- PRICE' FIVE CENTS Final Bid NAZIS ALL OUT AGAIN IN RUSSIA MOSCOW, Oct 10 OU-Tank and Infantry attacks so ferocious that observers believed them the German High Command's suDreme hid for a quick decision In the Battle of Stalingrad were reported today as Red Army troops entrenched themselves for positional warfare against the Nazi flank northwest of the city. A front line correspondent of Izvestia said there was every reason to believe that Adolf Hitler's field officers expected finally to master the battered city but "this expectation was not fulfilled." A tank division and motorized infantry were amone several fresh German units leading the latest offensive. The four day action was concentrated on a workers settle ment northwest of Stalingrad and was aimed at cutting throueh the city's heart to the Volga. Izvestia said that as many as eighty assaults were launched in this phase of the battle with the most of them failing utterly and others gaining only a few dozen yards. AIR WIN AT LILLE Exceptionally Good Showing Made By Allied Forces in Big Daylight Attack LONDON, Oct 10 (CP)-ileavy damage with numerous casualties in the important occupied-French railway centre of Lille which wasjattacked .yesterday by a force" oMOfl United States fortress bombers and hundreds of British escorting fighters which roared out to what was described as the largest daylight operation of its kind in the war. It is understood that fighter squadrone of the Royal Canadian Air Force formed part of the escort. Allied losses were remarkably light. Five fortresses failed to return but the British lost no planes. Forty-one German planes were shot down. Naval Men and Fire Fighters These Are Abo Included in Latest Canadian Contingent to Reach Britain AT A BRITISH PORT Oct 10 Oi-A draft of the Royal Canadian Navy and fire fighters were in- rived fa Britain, BOOST i ii J Ik!