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Local
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ides
ma
(Standard
Time)
High
....
2:09
am.
213
feet
Maximum
64
14:24
pjn.
22.1
feet
Minimum
43.5
Low
....
8:21
ajn.
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feet
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XXXI.
No.
27
ft.
v
THEFlt;
PROCLM
Trial
ui
lump
iuna
peeled
to
be
Before
Jur
Consideration
mis
Aiiei
CROWN
EVIDENCE
IN
,
Taking
of
crown
evidence
In
the
Gun-a-Noot
raw;
was
completed
early
thU
afternoon
when
luncheon
adjournment
was
taken.
There
Is
to
be
one
witness
for
the
defence.
Hit!
ase
of
Philip
Gun-a-Noot.
11
.n
Indian,
charged
with
the
r
iff
$78
from
the
home
of
Indians.
Mr.
and
Mri.
George
M
r
at.
Kitwanga,
U
proceeding
l
-:;p
Supreme
Court
Assize
here
tr'
ro
Mr
Justice
Harold
Rob-
n
Taking
of
evidence
got
un-i'.
wj.v
yeterday
afternoon
and,
j-.
ttje
testimony
of
Mr.
and
Moore
had
been
heard,
ad-
,
umcnt
was
made
until
this
r
.
:
.tig
By
thla
afternoon
It
was
tx,r-
'I'd
the
Jury
would
be
out
to
if
r
its
verdict
0
.:.
a-Noot
Is
alleged
to
have
u
purse
containing
the
$78
M
'
f
which
belonged
to
James
F
,
and
$10
each
to
Mr.
end
Mr
Mwe
from
a
trunk
In
the
!
",
ftf
the
Moore.
The
theft
oc-:'
i
n
a
night
when
a
big
i
wai
being
held
by
the
Frog
f
Oun-a-Noot
disappearing
"
.x?
day.
Meantime
the
theft
ji
"jrrn
discovered.
Gun-a-Noot
?.u1
br
"ii
staying
in
the
Moore
T
W
Drown
U
acting
aa
crown
(
v
'
:
while
W.
O.
Pulton
k
ap-r.
i
.
for
the
defence.
T
:
ury
consist
of
Ernest
Love.
n
A,
H.
Armstrong.
Alex
O
R
J
Oreen.
J.
E.
Munro.
II.
A
0
-4ridRf.
Duncan
Matheson.
A
Broofcrbank.
Fred
Jackson.
!!
W
Ma
ry.
O
L
Itorle
and
Wll-
.
Pxv'f
IS
VISITOR
TO
OTTAWA
Onlr
Woman
General
In
HrltUh
Commonwealth
In
Dominion
Capital
W'KNIPEO.
Sept.
25
-
Major
,
Jean
Knox,
director
and
n
general
of
the
auxiliary
'i.al
service
In
Great
Britain,
f
:
y
woman
general
In
the
"immon
wealth,
who
was
n;ri
to
Winnipeg
Wednesday.
"
f
r
Ottawa
thl
afternoon
by
Tar
Canada
Air
Line.
She
was
'
panied
by
Lieut
E.
M.
J.
0
i.
:-
rhicf
accountant
of
the
AT"
Major
Margaret
Eaton,
I
Cx.rUn
Wom-
Armv
Corns'.
'
and,
Major
R.
H.
Dayton,
;
'atlvc
of
the
adjutant
gen-'
onal
defence
hcadauar-
OtUwa.
Beer
As
Usual;
Ale
Is
Weaker
Workmen
In
Britain
Still
Getting.
Dally
Pint
LONDON.
Sept.
25
0
Lord
W
'Iton.
Food
Minister,
doesn't
invnd
to
deprive
the
worklngman
f
his
dally
pint.
He
told
Mon-t
Jthshlrc
Baptists
that
supplies
f
grain
and
sugar
for
beer
would
r
tnue
and
added
that
nowa-f-ij
i
ale
is
much
weaker
because
of
.ho
quantity
of
water
used.
Local
Merchants
Curtail
Deliveries
"'lalls
of
New
Arrangements
Are
To
Be
Made
Public
In
Announcement
Tomorrow
Local
retail
merchants,
at
the
Instance
of
the
Wartime
Prices
nd
Trade
Board
and
ln
the
interests
of
manpower,
tire
and
gas
conservation,
have
come
to
an
arrangement
ror
the
curtailing
or
delivery
services
on
a
thrlce-a-e
ek
basis,
details
or
the
plan
are
be
made
public
officially
SHIP
LOSS
ANNOUNCED
,nlted
Stale'
ReVeafs
That
De-
tructlon
Of
Two
Vessels
Cost
250
LItcs
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Sept.
25-The
Department
of
the
Navy,an-nounces
the
loss
of
250
live
In
the
sinking
by
enemy
action
of
two
ships
In
the
Solomon
Islands
area
of
southern
Pacific.
One
was
the
destroyer
Jarvls
which
vanished
after
being
hit
and
Is
believed
to
have
been
the
victim
of
Japanese
submarine
or
aircraft.
One
hundred
and
seventy
men
arc
believed
lost
with
her.
An
official
statement
Is
to
the
effect
that
she
must
be
considered
lost
at
sea.
The
other
vessel
was
a
small
auxiliary
transport,
VSS.
Little,
with
loss
of
eighty
live.
The
United
State
has
had
five
ship
sunk
In
this
year
and
five
damaged
-while
the
Japanese
have
had
twenty-two
sunk
or
damaged.
AIR
FORCE
COMMUNIQUE
R.C.A.F.
Officially
Announces
What
Was
Done
Overseas
During
Week
OTTAWA,
Sept.
25:
-The
weekly
communique
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
on
activities
overseas
tells
or
bombing
attack
on
objectives
In
enemy
territory
Including
the
Saar
Valley
as
well
a
upon
convoys
DELIVER
BOMBERS
Great
lighting
Planes
Are
Being
Flown
6000
.Miles
Acrovi
Pacific
MELBOURNE,
Sept.
25
-
Heavy
f
bombers
arc
now
being
flown
a
distance
of
6000
miles
across
the;
Pacific
Ocean
from
the
United
outlc
the
",c
,
dC,,,c
J"r
cwn'
mand
ior
u
lniuthc
r
agalMt
ln
tnc
wutt,cra
Paclf,c-
RABAUL
IS
HEAVY
HIT
ElM
Thousand
-
ton
Japanese
Freighter
Believed
To
Have
Been
Sunk
There
MELBOURNE.
Sept.
25
Allied
bombing
planes
hit
heavily
at
shipping
in
Rabaul,
New
Britain,
and
scored
a
direct
hit
on
an
8.000-ton
Japanese
freighter
which'
was
probably
sunk.
An
air
field
and
aircraft
at'
t
Buka
ln
the
Solomon
Islands
were
hit
and
In
New
Oulnea
the
Kokoda
area
was
again
attacked.
I
There
Is
no
change
ln
the
general
situation
on
land
around
the
Owen
Stanley
Mountains
where
Japanese
forces
are
trying
to
ad
vance
on
Port
Moresby.
ins
holiness
iiflps
PRETORIA,
Sept.
25.:
O-
The
Apostolic
Delegate
In
South
Africa
has
announced
that
the
Holy
See,
by
arrangement
with
the
Italian
High
Command,
will
accept
and
forward
collective
food
parcels
to
South
African
war
prisoners
In
Italy.
T
!
Build
Shin
In
1
en
Days
PORTLAND.
Oregon,
Sept.
9
irinrv
Knlscr.
west
coast
shipbuilder,
has
launched
a
fpn.Hinnsnnri
inn
shlD
111
the
"unbelievable"
time
of
ten
ri....
f,
loirtiiir
nf
the
keel.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
Celmc.
Heleiie
and
Roberte
Perry
CLEANING
UP
MADAGASCAR
Little
Difficulty
Expected
In
Taking
Rest
Or
Great
Island
LONDON.
Sept.
25
British
force
have
about
completed
the
occupation
of
the
northern
half
or
Madagascar
and
arc
now
about
to
start
pu
the
jHtitt&jru
part.
wbJctUcx-
peeled
to
jrreM
with
a
mhrimum
of
opposition.
The
British
are
now
in
complete
control
of
the
coastline.
TELLS
ABOUT
PEACE
RIVER
AND
HIGHWAY
The
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club,
at
its
regular
weekly
luncheon
yesterday,
heard
an
Interesting
talk
by
Rt.
Rev.
O.
A.
Rlx
D.
D..
Bishop
of
Caledonia,
descriptive
of
a
recent
visit
to
the
Peace
River
section
of
his
diocese.
The
Bishop
dealt
to
a
large
extent
with
the
spectacular
development
or
Alaska
Highway
construction
and
surprised
his
listeners
with
some
or
the
Information
he
had
to
convey.
President
Oeorge
C.
Mitchell
was
ln
the
chair
and
there
was
a
stood
attendance
or
members
with
a
few
guests.
Woman's
Job
at
70
Is
Paper-Hanging
She's
Been
at
it
30
Years
And
I'inils
it
as
Easy
as
She
Ever
Did
SHELBURNE.
Ont..
Sept.
25:
The
wartime
girl
has
proven
herseir
capable
or
handling
many
Jobs
supposed
to
be
ror
men
only.;
but
10-year
old
Mrs.
Edward
New
ton
or
nearby
Homing's
Alllls
has
been
hanging
paper
and
painting
houses
Tor
the
past
30
years
and
Is
proud
or
her
trade.
Says
Mrs.
Newton.
"I
rind
the
work
Just
as
easy
now
as
I
ever
did
and
expect
to
carry
on
Indefinitely."
Mrs.
Newton
started
as
a
pro-
resslonad
papcrhanger
and
paint-'
er
30
years
ago
when
she
married
f
and
unui
me
awun
oi
ner
nus-
band
three
years
ago.
she
was
his
,
Ancicrw.n
t.eis
Mx
Monms
assltsant.
'
After
Mr.
Newton's
Imprisonment
In
City
Police
death
she
continued
with
the
busl-
J
'
Court
ness
and
almost
any
day
can
bei
seen
atop
a
ladder
painting
or
Emll
Anderson,
who
cashed
deftly
hanging
paper.
i
worthless
checks
to
the
value
of
$130,
was
sentenced
to
six
month's
CALL
DAD.
CALL
SON
(Imprisonment
by
Magistrate
Mc-
LONDON,
Sept.
25:
O)
Fred
M
41
t.4
Vila
crtn
T1rtMnl
in
both
were
called
up
by
the
army
at
the
same
time.
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
25.
1942
THREE
SISTERS
IN
.WAR
inters
of
Oaspe
now
on
war
work
CHAIRMAN
OF
BOARD
It.
C.
Vaughan
Succceeds
S.
J.
Hungerrrd
in
C.N.It
New
Ilirrrinrx
N'amrH
OTTAWA,
Sept.
25:
9
R.
C.
vaugnan,
president
of
the
Cana-
LaJJML,RaUw?r'
!n
ppointcn
chairman
Of
tlfe
board
or
directors
succeedine
S.
J.
Hun-
:rford
whose
term
as
director
ex-
New
Chairman
R,
C
Vaughan
who
heads
boa-d
sf
dlrec;trs
or
Canadian
Natonai
Railways.
plrrs
Srptembcr
30,
It
was
announced
today.
The
appointment
of
James
A.
Northey
of
Toronto
and
Wilfrid
J.
T.
Gagnon
or
Montreal
as
mem
bers
or
the
board
ror
three
year,
terms
is
also
announced.
When
Mr.
Vaughan
became
Canadian
National
Railways
president
in
July,
1941;
Mr.
Hungcrford,
con
tinued
as
chairman
of
the
board.
The
latter
reached
the
age
of
seventy
last
July
and,
with
his
Impending
retirement
Irom
the
board,
Mr.
Vaughan
.Mat
becomes
wuiww
a
a
member
or
the
board
and
chair-
man.
Check
Artist
Is
Sentenced
Clymont
in
city
police
court
yes-
fprrtiv
AnrtprRrm
na
n
TAnnrtl
nf
seven
previous
convictions
on
slm
-
i
liar
charges.
WORK
In
Quebec
are
carefree
and
gay.
HUNTING
FATALITY
Donald
Peebles
Was
Shot
at
Tche-sinkut
Lake,
South
of
Burns
I
Lake
The
Provincial
Police
office
re-
celved
a
radiogram
this
morning
from
CorjFred,
Bjyjr.
SjnUbexa
L
teporting
from
Burns
Lake
IrTatF
-
Donald
PppMpk
while
hunting
with
Dan
SchaefferL
,
,
..,
at
Tcheslnkut
Lake,
about
14
miles
Irom
Burns
Lake
at
5
nvwir
o'clock
vl'
Wed
nesday
night.
i
Schaetter
Immediately
reported
i
in
imp
,
nollpp
nnn
nh
on
rl
n
'
j.
and
nartv
,
,
rrarhtvt
fho
in
..,v
o-.-l
yesterday
morning,.
Peebles
was
shll
alive.
He
was
taken
to
Burns
r.-.tP
iTncnifm
h,,f
hiph
of
i.
night.
WILLKIE
ON
.
I
FRONT
TRIP
i
Special
Envoy
Of
President
Roosevelt
Greatly
Impressed
With
Russian
Troops
MOSCOW.
Sept.-
25
Wendell
Willkie
Is
back
ln
Moscow
alter
a
two-day
visit
to
the
Reshev
rront,
having
been
to
within
rive
miles
or
the
front
lines.
He
witnessed
an
"intense
battle"
and
was
greatly
Impressed
with
Russian
courage.
He
interviewed
"tnlnly
clad
and
shivering"
German
prisoners
who
looked
little
like
crack
soldiers.
BOMBING
ENGLAND
--
amau
,uacK
y
tnemy
Last
Mgm
On
Southwest
Coast
LONDON.
Sept.
25
There
were
-
W
alra"
over
south
-
west
England
last
nignt.
A
rew.ing
iwo
Douies
oi
varnisn.
ciu
i
t-
.
i
i
.
.
.
J
I
i
V.
1
i
r
ni
t
"iron
rirftn"
nf
Vflf.
was
slight
and
there
were
no
cas-
ualtles.
One
enemy
bomber
was
destroyed.
"EE
STING
FATAL
WHITTLE.
Eng.,
Sept.
25
0
Stung
on
the
arm
by
a
wasp,
Mxs
A.
M.
Rouse
died
a
few
hours
later
ln
this
Essex
village.
ERRORLESS
FINGERPRINTS
LONDON,
Sept.
25
0)
London
Hngerprlnt
experts
say
57,000
ldentiricatlons
have
been
made
jwlthout
error
since
the
system
'was
started
here
40
years
ago.
GAINS
FOR
RED
ARMY
ARE
MADE
German
invaders
Ousted
From
Severa'l
Points
in
Stalingrad
As
Fierce
Battle
Rages
On
MOSCOW,
Sept.
25:
0)
Red
Army
divisions
held
newly
recaptured
ground
northwest
of
Stalingrad
against
German
assault
and
erased
a
threat
to
the
flank
of
the
smoking
city's
defences
by
ousting
the
Invaders
from
several
streets
and
house,
the
Russians
said
today.
A
savage
battle
was
In
dicated
northwest
of
the
city
where
Russian
planes,
taaks,
heavy
artillery
and
troops
have
struck
repeatedly
Into
the
German's
left
wing.
A
noon
communique
said:
"German
attacks
were
repulsed.
Soviet
tank
crews
destroyed
two
German
(tanks
and
wiped
out
about
two
in-'fantry
companies.
In
fighting
for
I
a
populated
place
our
troops
wiped
out
about
five
hundred
Germans
and
catured
war
material."
Re-formed
defences
within
Stal-
ingrad
were
menaced
for
a
time
soviet
government
that
Russian
by
Nazi
attack
which
overran
a.planes
nad
bombed
Rumanian
.group
of
houses
but
"Soviet
troops
charges
along
this
line
had
I
counter-attacked
ana
restored
the
emanated
from
Germany.
'
,
,
.
RussIa
and
Bulgaria
are
not
at
Jt
v
I
fadl
hedged
agB,n
war
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
la
on
the
claim
by
German
military
iknown
to
deslre
that
Bulgaria
headquarters
of
September
15
that
should
declare
war
on
the
Soviet.:
the
battle
was
in
"final
phase."
It
A
bombing
plane
which
was
shot
""""'f"'
waicn
saw
that
the
High
Command
preferred
a
Biauuai
osbcuiauc
advance
ull
order
to
save
men
and
"the
fall
of
the
city
may
thus
be
delayed
for
some
time."
WAPCUIDC
-ARE
LOSTi
:"'nwreper,10Una
a
o.ou
mis
morning
lyin-
rc
c"is
ui
.azi
u-ooais
In
Attack
Upon
Convoy
r
nxrruxr
r
.
o
r
m
t
iAnuuii,
ocjju
ri
ilie
KOjai
t,..
i
.
u
r.
j
:
ucsirujrcr
ouinau
ana
the
minesweeper
Leda
in
a
convoy
hompwnrri
nomewara
b)und
inH
'
irom
frnm
Pticcfa
Russia
af-
of.
.
Z
.
TT
.
JC
S1W
'"-Jit,
t.ijponce.
having
been
informed,
went
umu'
"uuub"
ouviet
iiuruicrn
ports,
me
Aumur-alty
disclosed
today.
At
least
forty
Nazi
aircraft
were
,ng
He
dld
not
remember
falling.
blasted
from
the
sky,
the
Admlr-'g
said,
'
alty
reported,
while
two
U-boats'
were
-almost
certainly
destroyed'
and
four
others
probably
damaged.
(seriously.
TIM
BUCK
GIVES
UP
Twelve
Other
Communists
Also
Suirender
To
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
TORONTO,
Sept.
25
0
Tim
Buck,
general
secretary
of
the
Communist
Party
of
Canada,
sur
rendered
to
the
Royal
Canadian
j
which,
It
was
learned
from
offl-Mounted
Police
today
along
wlthicial
sources
today,
has
already
twelve
others
who
with
Buck
had
been
rramed.
been
sought
by
police
since
the
i
Based
primarily
on
Immediate
Communist
party
was
declared
,
illegal
ln
Canada.
.
VARNISH
AS
BF.VERAfiE
LnNDON.
SpnL
25
("We'll
tak
-
..
.
a
cup
o'
varnisn
yet,
ior
tne
sane:
or
Auld
Lang
syne,"
remaricea
ine
sherirr
when
he
Hned
Donald
Cameron
Re
d
4
($18)
or
steal-
,
nlsh
now
and
then.
SMOKES
FOR
DUTCH
LONDON,
Sept
25
Oi
Marking
the
62nd
birthday
ol
Queen
Wtl-j
helmlna
the
RJVfl.,
scattered
over
liouana
mousanaa-
ui
putn-asa
ui
clgaretU?sseaiM
wun
laoeis
Dear-
.
ing
the
message
"the
Netherlands
!
shall
arise,"
and
one
or
each
package
Inscribed
"Be
courageous."
BANANAS
AT
A
GUINEA
LONDON,
Sept.
25
Q)
A
dozen
bananas
brought
Irom
Gibraltar
by
an
airman
sold
ror
the
equivalent
or
$5
each
at
a
Red
Cross
auction.
PRICE-
FIVE
CENT
8
New
Destroyer
I
Named
Haida
I
:
LONDON,
Sept.
25
Another
destroyer
of
the
Tribal
class
was
launched
yesterday
from
a
British
shipbuilding
yard
for
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy,
being
named
Halda
after
the
Queen
Charlotte
Island
tribe.
The
sponsor
was
Lady
Lawrie,
wife
of
the
Lord
Mayor
of
London
and
herself
bora
In
;
Canada
at
Montreal.
Lady
4
Lawrie
spoke
highly-
In
praise
of
the
men
of
the
Canadian
Navy.
I
'PLANES
ARE
NOT
SOVIET
Official
Denial
."Made
of
German
Propaganda
Concerning
Raiders
Over
Bulgaria
I
MOSCOW,
Sept.
25:
It
was
of,-
:
fieiallv
deniprf
vp.stprrfav
hv
th
down
in
Bulgarian
territory
has
been
definitely
Identified
as
being
Rumanian.
Fell
Off
High
Embankment;
Is
Not
Injured
L
Thomas
Squarle.
fisherman,
was
tin
me
ousnes
on
tne
norm
siae
or
j
Third
Avenue
between
First
and
'Second
Streets
after
having
ap-
parentlv
fallen
some
thirty-five
lck
frnm
fK
JC
sidewalk
above.
H,
pvrfpnMv
mt
i
i
i
i
IZly.n
.
.....
mg
revival
snortiy
arter
tha
to
pick
him
up.
up.
The
The
mans
cap
was
found
on
the
railing
above
thp
noint
irhprp
hp
nt
fminH
1w-
CURTAILING
INDUSTRIES
Federal
Government
To
Tako
Drastic
Steps
to
Conserve
Use
Of
Manpower
OTTAWA,
Sept.
25:
O)
Drastic
curtailment
of
less
essential
In-'
dustries
Is
expected
to
result
shortly
Irom
a
government
order
manpower
needs,
action
sharply
reducing
or
entirely
stopping
the
production
oi
a
wide
range
of
goods
will
make
available
mach-
lnerr
and
plant
accommodation
fnr
rflrrrt
urn
r
nnnvtvQ
K
re
P
I
UU,
ijiiuuKU
MUCal
.
.
For
20
Years
OTTAWA,
Sept.
25:
The
harvest
or
this
year
estimated
at
650,000,000
bushels
together
with
the
carryover
ol
400,-
000.000"
bushels
will
irlve
a
total
store
or
wheat
on
hand
in
Canada
suHlclent
to
meet
the
country's
normal
require-
ments
ror
twenty
years.
The
Department
ol
Agriculture
la
encouraging
rarmers
to
turn
to
livestock
production
as
a
t
means
or
usefully
utilizing
some
or
the
grain.
-
Mi'
i.r-