a'-
Nj.rhtk
area
that
m
strength
seems
..
altering
since
the
-k
.i.
situation
In
the
,
communique
says
our
troops
fought
engagement."
.'
at
BUMngrad
kindled
to
small
s,
altered
sectors
..ve
moved
aggres-jfrman
positions
in
and
report
recap-.
j;:
dings.
lNDING
of
JAPANESE
fft
.Vhore
on
Guadalcanal
ft
Amirs'
an
Nine
Miles
Brvond
Kokoda
.IN
i
.
DC
Not.
4
-:iave
succeeded
In
a
torres
on
Ouadal--
..').-nona
to
Increase
tt
the
American
de-Hmderson
air
flW
as
well
as
the
weat.
I
'd
forces
haw
ad-milcs
beyond
Kokoda
SHiSS
OF
VICTORY
N
iv
4
8tflvpoU
wn
when
war
start;
;l
ar
In
some
towns
teu-r
consultation
authorities
U
has
h,it
some
can
be
rc-m
it
inn
certain
limits
err
tain
conditions."
"UK
SHIPYARD
TARGETS
WCAan.E,
Eng.,
Nov.
4
O
ftp
I
I'
British
ahlnvardl
!tf
'
.
!
.
'.rlviM
Viiuo
Wn
hrnlt-
It'
t.
'
iftillv
Av.ru
tHI?varH
r
ay
Ocbble
In
his
t;ddrcs
to
the
Institution
and
shipbuilders.
rtorey
building
of
the
Samla
Hydro-Electric
Co.
here
wa;
wrecked
by
a
violent
explosion
last
night.
t
Vichv
Hands
Over
Ships
LCNDON
Nov
4
O,
The
4
Ministry
of
Economic
War-
v
fare
said
today
that
the
Vichy
government
la
handing
over
thirty-five
former
Allied
mer-
chantmcn
In
French
Medlter-
4
ranean
port
to
the
Axis.
4-
ROAD
IS
THROUGH
Final
Link
In
Highway
to
Alaska
Completed
Near
International
Border
WHITEHOItSE.
Nov.
4
(CD-Final
link
in
the
Alaska
Highway
was
completed
yesterday
In
a
spruce
forest
of
the
Yukon
when
Corporal
Refines
Sims
Jr
Philadelphia
negro,
driving
south
with
a
bulldozer,
saw
trees
starling
tm
fall,
toward
him
and
sacked
away
a
another
bulldoier,
driven
by
Private
Alfred
Jalufka
of
Kennedy,
Texas.
broke
through
the
underbrush.
The
meeting
occurred
twenty
miles
east
of
the
Alaska-Yukon
boundary
at
Beaver
Creek,
not
lar
from
the
point
where
an
International
ceremony
will
mark
the
formal
highway
opening
on
November
20.
Building
Light
i
Now
Altho'
Year
LOk&l
VaiUC
Ui
UUIUJlfc
i
svv
-
n-
rH
u-ith
i
21
.725
in
the
same
month
last
year.
The
total
for
tne
year
to
date,
however,
totals
$494,-010
compared
with
$156,188
during
the
first
ten
months
of
1941.
GRATITL'L
CHAFFINCH
LONDON,
Nov.
4
O
A
chaffinch
couldn't
do
enough
to
show
Its
ap
preciation
to
Kathleen
arunnan
who
treated
a
chest
wound
It
had
received.
Ribbon,
lace,
a
threepenny
bit
were
quickly
followed
by
two
rings
and
two
used
postage
stamps-nobody
knew
where
they
came
from.
CHURCH
RAILINGS
SCRAP
.
.
.n
ifn.i
i
n.
Pnlllnes
Thursday,
6:10
CIT'R
II.
T.
Lock.
Friday,
6:15
CFPR
J.
J.
Little.
Saturday,
C:15
CITR
W.
It.
McAfee.
Buv
VictoYV
Bonds
'oooooaooaoooooooooooooooooaaoodooaoooociooooooaoo
local
autonomy
wltn
mayor
ana
council
The
feeling
In
favor
ol
the
city
managership
Idea
unde:
the
city,
council
appeared
to
be
unanimous.
There
was
some
division
as
to
whether
or
not
mayor.
oMprmpn
and
school
trustees
.should
serve
without
remuneration
but
'
the
vote
In
"favor
of
tht
ino
remuneration
plan
was
about
two
to
one.
A
communication
from
Hon.
A.
Wells
Oray.
minister
of
municipal
alfalrs,
which
was
read
at
the
opening
of
the
meeting,
advlseo
that
It
was
within
the
power
ol
the
city
council
to
appoint
a
city
manager.
President
Robert
McKay,
in
opening
remarks,
expressed
the
hope
nope
that
inav
the
wic
i"""i
meeting
womu
"
u
LUNuvn.
no.
i
'
i
i
from
3,563
churches,
chapels
and
,
lUcU
dlscussi0n
of
useful
ideas
graveyards
In
Britain
have
yielded
9,493
tons
of
scrap
mewi.
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3rd
VICTORY
LOAN
I
COMING
EVENTS
tnr
fnrmulaton
ol
consirucu
nnilcv.
It
was
time
to
forget
the
rM
twrsanalltlcs
and
differences
i
nnrtprtftklne
the
big
tasks
that
were
due
for
attention.
There
were
thlnes
that
Prince
uupen
in
virw
of
new
and
extra
ordinary
growth.
Some
of
the
re
quirements
inciuaea
new
v
....nm
tipw
sewers,
jicw
new
schools.
There
would
also
be
the
matter
of
agreement
wmi
u
nmvpr
company
to
be
gone
into
in
view
of
greatly
mcrtwu
pvrv.
demands.
Draw
Up
Slate
....
Mnrah
Arnold,
the
sccre-
rv.
felt
the
Association
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4,
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LI
1
anuvcr
Court
House
Explosio
RMANS
L
.0SI0N
WEAKENED
j
IN
SARNIA
DV
OI7rC
jTwo-Storry
Building
of
Hydro-Dl
IYJLiLiJ
Electric
Company
U
Wrecked
ii.rfin
ii
Difficult
(o
Mount
iUril
Offrnive
in
Caucaus
Area
urn
rosmo.v
Mrrrr.n
IOSCOW
Soviet
forces
hold
irotfd
positions
agalmt
Ger-t
attacks
In
the
Battle
of
fcmtrid
and
hate
(Iltlodgcd
invaders
from
everal
heights
Ihr
v-rslem
Caucasus.
4
The
Red
Red
Star
says
i.
ins.
weakened
by
.
.
,tt
Stalingrad,
are
u:'
s
general
offen-t
.turwat
and
are
.
r
full
available
a
comparatively
N
:w
Nalchik,
tne
;,,
u.irrntly
alined
at
i'
vime
sixty
miles
:
a
military
road
tun
Pau
through
mountains
Instead
-he
previously
fa-.ffenslve
tactics.
:
the
Germans
are
bt.-athlng
spell
aftr
;.
rder
to
bring
up
SARNIA.
Nov.
4
The
two-
Substantial
Gains
Are
Made
By
Republicans
in
American
Elections;
New
York
Switch
NEW
YORK,
Nov.
A
(CP)
Tremendous
rebirth
of
Republican
strength,
reflecting
public
impatience
with
the
manapement
of
ihe
war
by
President
Roosevelt's
administration,
featured
results
of
the
wartime
elections
held
in
the
United
Spates
yesterday.
Republicans
were
swept
into
individual
offices
or
cut
down
Democratic
majorities
all
over
the
land
but
they
definitely
fell
short
of
controlling
the
Senate
and,
apparently,
are
headed
for
another
term
as
the
mmoritv
party
in
the
House
of
Representatives
although
with
a
substantially
increased
bloc
of
seats.
In
the
stveen
the
Republicans
placed
Thomas
E.
Dev
ov
in
the
Now
Yo-k
State
trovornor's
hons
it
beimr
the
first,
time
a
Republican
has
been
there
in
thirtv
vears.
A
number
of
New
Dealers,
including
the
veteran
from
Nebraska.
Oeorpe
W.
Norns,
tonplod
from
high
places.
Farl
Warren,
Republican,
is
the
new
governor
of
California
replacing
Floyd
Olsen.
Ratepayers'
Association
Enters
Civic
Election
Camnaign;
Favors
City
Manager;
No
Pay
For
Council
I
The
Prince
Runert
Ratepayers'
Association
will
I
enter
a
slate
of
candidates
in
the
civic
election
contest
next
month.
Mayor
and
aldermen
will
be
pledged
to
serve
without
remuneration.
Theyvill
also
be-cfjnimittedt
he
undertaking"
of
establishing
a
city
manager
form
of
administration.
The
council
will
exercise
only
legislative
functions.
The
city
manager
will
be
the
execuUve
head.
The
Rate-
slate
of
suitable
candidates.
Al-
.
..
.....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
i
rrt
nayers
Association
win
also
piace
;
reaay
solicitations
ior
uic
uii.
candidate
In
the
field
for
the
board
of
school
trustees.
At
a
well
attended
meeting
of
.he
Ratepayers'
Association
last
hlght
with
President
Robert
McKay
in
the
chair
a
committee
consisting
of
J.
E.
Jack.
R.
A.
Mc-beod,
R.
E.
Mortimer.
J.
H.
MacLeod
and
Theo
Collart,
with
the
president
as
chairman,
was
delegated
to
secuie
a
list
of
names
.
...1
V.
.nnftlatAl
if
tVlP
IIU.I1
M
llLTill
WIC
vu..4vv.
v.
-
Te
Sf
ill
A
VlPQf
Association
will
be
selected
at
an-i
15
Ullll
rVIlCdU
,
olher
general
meeting
to
be
held
,
on
Tuesday
evening
of
next
week.
'
The
meeting
last
night
was
in
Due
in
measure
no
doubt
to
the
;
contraction
of
materials
and
la-
progress
'
.
-inun
hniMin.f
in
Prince!
There
was
a
healthy
discussion
of
Rupert
continues
to
diminish.
The
'various
aspects
of
the
nJ1
I
."T
.
.
w...ui
i
trin.
!
situation
In
the
light
of
the
forth-
of
mayor
around.
were
Deing
nawnea
Theo
Collart
agreed
that
a
slate
should
be
drawn
uo
and
proposed
...
.
-
a
.
I
that
a
committee
be
rormea
ioj
canvass
candidates.
He
also
leu
that
the
ratepayers'
slate
should
be
committed
to
the
policy
of
city
managership
with
a
competent,
experienced
man
in
charge
of
city
affairs.
As
for
civic
policy,
there
should
be
a
long
range
program
Instead
of
the
piecemeal
system
that
had
prevailed
In
the
past
It
should
take
years
to
reorganize
the
city
services.
He
strongly
urged
that
the
city
should
be
administered
along
straight
business
rather
than
political
lines.
Mr.
Collarts
motion
tnat
a
committee
be
aDtwlnted
to
draw
up
a
list
of
candidates
was
seconded
bv
Victor
Basso-Bert
and
carried,
the
committee
then
being
appointed.
Discussion
then
centred
on
me
question
of
a
city
managership
and
culminated
in
a
mouon
by
Rltphle
and
Jarvls
MacLeod
'.hat
the
Association
go
on
record
is
favorlnc
a
city
managership
lor
administration
under
a
mayor
and
ouncll
the
powers
of
which
wouia
be
legislative.
This
was
cameo.
inanimously.
The
next
motion
by
Alex
Mac
kenzie
and
Theo
Collart
that
the
avnr
nnd
council
serve
without
remuneration
led
to
some
differ
.nee
of
oDlnion.
R.
A.
McLcod
DC
ing
among
those
who
favored
some
sort
of
remuneration.
Tne
mouon
was
carried
20
to
10
The
principle
of
having
the
city
manager
in
charge
or
scnoois
was
nlxn
anrjroved.
Others
taking
part
m
me
eve
ning's
discussion
Included
J.
J.
Judge,
Bert
Morgan
and
Oeorge
Hill.
Mrs.
Robert
McCarthy
suggested
that
Mrs.
Arnold
should
head
the
ratepayers
ticket
as
candidate
for
mayor.
NEEDED
A
SIREN
SOUTHAMPTON,
Eng.,
Nov.
4
O'
A
man
who
said
he
kept
two
alarm
clocks
hut
couldn't
wake
M
In
n
month
In
UJ
TV
VM.vh.MivH
7
should
tall
for
being
persistently
late
for
proceed
with
the
drawing
up
of
a
essential
work.
BIG
TANK
FIGHT
IS
GOING
ON
British
Armored
Forces
Now
In
Contact
With
Rommel's
Much-vaunted
Afrikan
Korps
ADVANCE
CONTINUES
CAIRO
The
British
Eighth
Army
has
followed
up
its
first
victory
over
Axis
tanks
by
smashing
on
beyond
Sid
Abd
El
Rahman,
18
miles
west
of
El
Alamein
on
the
coastal
railroad,
hurling
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
forces
back
almost
half
way
to
EI
Daba
from
his
deepest
gain
into
Africa.
Men
are
being
poured
through
a
sixteen
mile
gap
in
the
Axis
line.
CAIRO.
Nov.
3
O
British
tank-in
force
clashed
yesterday
with
Marshal
Frwtn
7t?ra:ners
much-
vaunted
Afrikan
Korea
In
the
biz-
pest
tank
battle
of
the
Allied
drive
In
Egypt
with
the
fighting
swirling
around
Tel
el
Akikir
where
the
British
Infantry
assault
knifed
sixteen
miles
deep
in
the
Axis
defence
zone.
The
scene
is
one
of
the
highest
points
along
the
centre
of
the
present
tight-hemmed
battle
zone
between
the
Mediterranean
and
Quattara
salt
marshes.
Reuters
reported
a
Berlin
broadcast,
attributed
to
DNB,
German
news
agency,
saving
that
the
British
command
had
thrown
some
fire
hundred
tanks
into
the
"greatest
tank
battle
of
the
whole
African
campaign."
CONVICTED
OF
FRAUD
Walsh
and
Simmons
Found
Guilty
At
Assize
Court
Trial
In
Victoria
VICTORIA.
Nov.
4
(CP)-n
Assiie
Court
jury
last
night
convicted
J.
A.
Walsh,
Victoria
shoe
me.
chant,
and
Leonard
J.
Simmons,
former
provincial
police
quartermaster,
of
conspiracy
to
defraud
the
government.
They
will
be
sentenced
at
the
end
of
the
Assizes.
The
verdict
ended
a
nine-day
trial
which
followed
a
departmental
inquiry
last
March
into
alleged
Irregularities
in
quartermaster's
stores
disclosing
short
ages
of
$27,000.
Police
Court
Fines
Higher
Increase
of
Nearly
Fifty
Percent
Over
Last
Year
is
Recorded
nitv
nollcp.
court
fines
In
Prince
Rupert
for
the
first
ten
months
of
1942
have
totalled
$11,847.75
as
compared
with
8,575
in
the
corresponding
period
last
year.
Fines
this
October
totalling
$975
compared
with
$915
in
October
1941.
CANTERBURY
TO
MOSCOW
LONDON.
Nov.
4
(J
Greetings
have
been
exchanged
between
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
(Dr.
Tpmnlei
and
the
Metropolitan
Serglos
of
Moscow
expressing
the
hone
that
"mutual
esteem
and
brotherly
goodwill
may
develop
hptween
ourselves
and
between
our
churches."
NAZIS
STOCK-UP
MAPS
LONDON,
Nov.
4
A
large
printing
firm
near
Antwerp,
les
Papeterles
Industrlelles
de
Merx-
om.
has
nroduced
Quantities
of
mane
nt
Trplnnrt
nnd
!i
larce
num
ber
of
Britain
have
been
printed
Mmnrlmlerle
de
la
Cambrle"
in
"-"f-
Brussels.
Mysterious
Blast
Last
Night
In
City
Centre;
Damage
Is
Considerable
Three
Police
Forces
Pressing
Investigation
Into
What
i.
;t.
n
r
c
ta
n
nf
tt
i
L.OOKS
lakc
iase
oi
aaDoiage
nam
ue
as
usea
j-,,
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
4
(CP)
Police
today
pressed
investigation
into
two
heavy
blasts
which
about
9
o'clock
!of
nirrVit
VionvJltr
rlamQfrorl
nno
nf
fVo
lrrro
orrnnira
linns
at
the
main
entrance
of
the
Vancouver
Court
House,
,
..ii...;
i
-j
sj
snauenng
uozens
oi
winuows
in
surrounding
ounuings
t
il.
it
n
?
..
i-
1
i
u
including
tne
Vancouver,
ueorgia,
uevonsnire
and
oid
--
i
l.
..
1
1
i
.
LOAN
NOW
OVER
TOP
Objective
on
General
Canvass
Has
However,
Yet
to
be
Reached
Third
Victoiy
Loan
subscription'
in
Prince
Rupert
up
to
last
nigh,
totalled
$535,150,
the
objective
o!
$530,000
having
been
passed.
Thr
day's
subscriptions
yesterday
totalled.
$31,700.
While
the
local
total
is
now
ovei
the
top,
general
canvass
has
no'
vet
reached
the
Quota
of
$453,008
the
cumulative
aggregate
to
date
.being
SiS-UM.
i
A
fine
shoTrtm
n
announced
s'
far
for
the
Internal
canvass
at
the
dry
dock,
850
applications
having
-
n
made
'
VI4.250
of
bonds.
This
is
considered
Quite
satisfac
It
v
for
a
payroll
totalling-1409
men.
SALVAGE
QUESTION
:
Unless
National
Organization
Cooperates,
Local
Red
Cross
May
Drop
It
At
the
regular
monthly
execu-
j
tlve
meeting
of
the
local
Red
Cross
j
Society
last
evening
with
President
W.
R.
McAfee
in
the
chair,
it
was
decided
to
communicate
with
the
Wartime
Salvage
Com-mlfrep
at
Ottawa
rezaidbiK
th-
salvage
situation
here
and.
unless
satisfactory
arrangements
can
be
made
for
the
handling,
storing
and
shipping
of
this
material,
the
bianch
will
be
forced
to
drop
the
matter
entirely.
Considerable
correinondence
re
garding
prisoner-of-war
parcels.
enquiries
and
cables
was
received
at
last
night's
meeting
and
thi
information
is
available
from
the
secretary.
The
president
reported
that
a
visit
was
expected
at
the
end
of
the
we;k
from
the
provincial
com
missioner
and
the
assistant
na
tional
commissioner
and
that
vari
ous
meetings
and
addresses
would
te
arranged
when
they
arrived.
The
secretary
stated
that
a
heme
nursing
.class
had
been
or
ganlzed
in
Westview
under
the
eadershlp
of
Mrs.
L.
B.
Lamtoiy
Chairman
of
the
workroom
committee
reported
satisfactory
pro.-
rress
with
excellent
co-operation
Vancouver
from
outside
points.
Workers
are
badly
needed
in
the
local
work
room
for
the
making
up
of
surgical
dressings.
Arrangements
are
being
made
throuah
the
War
Services
Auxili
ary
officer
to
see
that
Red
Cross
somforts
are
supplied
to
the
local
units
and
military
hospitals.
The
treasurer
reported
monthly
receipts
of
$481.02
which
included
thp
raffle
of
the
model
engine
kindly
donated
by
H.
J.
Rees.
The
thanks
of
the
society
were
expressed
to
those
who
contribute
to
the
"penny
box"
at
the
Capitol
Theatre.
INDLVN
FLATS
Mexican
Indians
built
adobe
structures
of
six
or
seven
storeys
in
ancient
times.
hotel
buildings
and
endangering
several
persons
near
the
scene.
Police
found
a
length
of
burned
fuse
near
the
scene
and
said
they
believed
the
damage
was
done
by
two
fairly
heavy
charges
of
dyna
mite
discharged
on
either
side
of
the
ornamental
lion.
Witnesses
told
the
police
that
a
man
wearing
a
dark
suit
ran
down
the
Court
House
steps
a
moment
before
the
first
explosion.
'
Roval
Canadian
Mounted
and
British
Columbia
police
are
co-op
erating
with
Vancouver
city
police
in
making
an
investigation.
t
B.C.
Makes
Objective
I
OTTAWA,
Nov.
4
O
Tues-
clay's
Victory
"Bond
sales
,
rals-
ed
the
cumulative
total
drive
to
$715,205,800.
less
than
$35,-
000,000
from
the
objective,
it
was
announced
today.
British
Columbia
passed
lta
$75,000.-
000
objective
yesterday
and
set
a
new
goal
of
$100,000,-
000.
Manitoba
was
the
first
province
to
go
over
the
top.
New
Brunswick
has
also
achieved
its
quota.
LOG
SCALE
HOLDING
ON
Volume
of
Sawlog
Production
ThU
Year
b
About
Same
as
Year
Ago
Log
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
year
1942
to
date
totals
193,611,754
board
feet
as
compared
with
198,765,296
board
feet
at
the
corresponding
date
last
year.
The
scale
for
this
October
amounting
to
22337,127
board
feet
compared
with
15,338,-643
board
feet
in
October
1941.
The
scale
of
poles
and
piling
for
this
year
to
date
Is
1,518,404
lineal
feet
in
comparison
with
3.21327
lineal
feet
last
year
In
the
corresponding
period.
The
scale
this
October
was
heavy
at
636,778
llnsal
feet
compared
with
169,563
lineal
feet
In
the
same
month
of
1941.
The
tie
count
this
October
compared
with
1,193
pieces
compared
iwith
265
pieces
in
1941.
The
cord
wood
count
this
October
was
quite
high
at
U35
cords
as
against
253
cords
In
October
1941.
PORK
LOAF
FOR
BRITAIN
LONDON.
Nov.
4
tt
Two
new
meat
produote
now
reaching
Britain,
Canadian
pork
loaf
and
Canadian
ham
loaf,
have
been
placed
on
the
market
under
the
"points'
rationing
scheme.
WONDERS
NEVER
CEASE
LONDON.
Nov.
4
Heard
at
Clerkenwell
court:
Husbands
I
offered
money
to
my
wife
and
she
declined
It.
Magistrate:
That
is
the
most
amazing
statement
I
have
heard
in
this
court
in
15
years.