I0IN WITH ft o: AIR LINES if Duties With TransCanada IPE'.'J, fipt 22: After In-j .mn.it In the Trans- ft Lme school here thlr-have Just graduated their way to poU in ::i' C! and at alrporta p irt.s of Canada. Ten hr three men are not military service. ivtce employee wtio 'mn ceremony in the Hi W. J. Dalby. at- raffle manager, pre- V.' F Encltah. assistant and other oepart-addressed the stud-dtion was made to RMY ASKS w MK-t O Wllllarrai Ttont-L Hall. OtUwk. going , Mim II. Lewis. Leth-M SUde. Vancouver, go-1 'n I i artment employees ;y ticket offices are , ih and V7. A. Burk-... A N. Boyle. Ot-: Montreal! Mvle M (a Janet 8wUnan MarKeniie. Toronto. Rxldlek-Robem. Ot- Toronto. fourth class con-ir TransCanada toe The instructor va :t who will now a-i.sory work In the FOR BOYS f iai Course Will lie (ilsen At lr.::ersitr of Toronto To Senior Matriculants AFFICIN AIR HIGHER re Passengers, Mall and Express tarried by TransCanada TTLEOF V' viPF. Sent. 22: In all! American League Che .xALINGRAD RAGING ON Germans Unable to Make Further Headway In Spite Of Tremendous Assault With Frightful Carnage HA'ITLE WITHIN CITY The Ked flat still flew over Stalingrad today and at mid-day the Russian High Command announced ' thai KnviM aeed at airport aret counterattacking-'In some dis- Vancouver; MiM S trirts of 'the'' Volga' 'metronolls. had forred''thei'Gcrrnans to re- treat. It was the" twenty-ninth day of the epic defence. German field headquarters asserted briefly that Nail shock troops had raptured additional strongly fortified block of houses and the Soviet newspaper Pravda said: The attacks do not halt. Hand-to-hand clashes are going on In the square, on street crossings and In houses." Reference to the square perhaps indicated that the Hermans siere now battling near that part of the city although the Soviet command said: "Our units repulsed several enemy attacks and advanced In some quarters." Dispatches lo the German newspaper frankfurter Zeitunr claimed "the all of Stalingrad and therewith the final breaking up of Ihe Russian front has been delayed" but asserted "it has not been put off until winter." ' MOSCOW. Sept. 21 O The twenty-ninth day of the siege o 8taHrtxradaw no further- - German gains tn spite of even more Intense assault and battle. At several points In the north an improvement In the Russian position was teen, the Nazis being driven back by gun and bayonet wielding citizens At one point twelve Nasi tank and forty-eight trucks were destroyed and two enemy batter ies were wiped out. Six other arUI lery and seven motor batteries , were silenced. ...oeen grvto where-! The Nails, despite frightful carefully selected, to continue to hurl new mass-33 education accept- ed forces of men and machines University of Toronto over thousands of their own dead, nrm of National Dc- pounding the already devastated u be enlisted into the ac- city with huge air and artlllejy u d detailed to attend attacks. The city Is a quaking and nc vrar course In fun- flaming Inferno with the thunder : mathematics, physics of cannonading all but drowning nr. at the University out the clatter of machine guns, i ommencmg October rifles and mortars manned by the opposing forces. In northwestern will dc permitted suburbs, the locale of heaviest ,f 17 v.,- tin Writ, fiohtine Russians and Germans f naretiU ta mes- are flahUnii it house by house. will be boys' .rate of a Stalingrad dispatch says that 13 auA thereafter stand-, all women and children have now v, be paid. . tl btep qacuajei lpnthe city. The w il be accomodated Ujltrrtly remaining' women are army fi iHonro anH u-til .be .... Fvrr'v man Is engaged In " -y MiDcrvislon. artiv defence. f i Mty of Toronto will xhe famous armored trains of ie l alrtnic credit towards it, rted Armv are being usefl. 'a those completing nn fiehttne does on in the Moiduk area of the Groany oil fields in the mia-uaucasus n m the central Voroneth and swtors. Defence actions have been fought south of fallen NnvnraslHk. The Reds are reported w ue hnidinir the offensive in the Len ingrad area. BASEBALL SCORES ie rv.-cs. jnaiKencer air mall1 Umlon 3. New York 2. (eleven rxprrss TransCanada Air Innings), -iowed increase In August.; Chicago 4, Detroit 6. 1 o figures released yes-;" The number of passengers i 'l Called 9.534. an Increase fH4 over the previous month "23 over August 1941. 1 c amounted to 208,017 v winch was 15,646 pounds U han .Tiilv nnrt 170 1011 lime of August last year. ftc":.jnir hv 5512 rtniinHs over : xpress totalled 38.835 oounds Mn: L!rovement nf lRQfVt nnunri ie corresponding month tn National League Philadelphia 1. Brooklyn 3. PltWburg 1, St. Louis 2. (Only games). ' HALIBUT SALES Yukon, Booth. Frcdella 15c, Atlln. American 37,000, 10.3c Canadian III, 33,000, and 14c. 20.8c and mmln CHINESE GAINS AIW CHUNGKING Practically everything that the Japanese gained in Fukien Province has now been taken back by the Chinese. TIRPITZ CHASED IN LONDON It is reported that the great German battleship Tirpitz, which has been on the loose off the Norwegian coast, has been chased back Into Trondhelm. SWEDEN ON SPOT LONDON The Nazi propaganda machine is lashing out against Sweden following elections in which Communists made important gains although there Is no change In government. The Swedish army j is being increased to 000,000 men. PARISIANS ARRESTED PARIS Five hundred Parisians have been arrested since the week-end. Sabotage is spreading. One hundred and sixteen more Frenchmen have been executed by the Nazis. LABOR CONFERENCE TORONTO The C.C.F. is working towards having a British Commonwealth Labor conference In Vancouver or Ottawa next July or August. Conduct of the war and post-war problems would be MITCHELL HEPBURN TORONTO Speaking before 18,000 persons at a total war rally at Maple Leaf Gardens last night, Premier .Mitchell Hepburn said national unity was essential but it could not be obtained with a narrow-minded political body at Ottawa. AFRICAN HEALTH SERVICE CAPE TOWN, Sept. 22: CP) A commission has been appointed by the government of the Union of South Africa to Inquire Into the provlslon'of a national health service for all sections of the Union's CARE FOR NATIVES PRETORIA, Sept. 22: )-Aged and Infirm South African natives have been found victim of rising living costs, and to alleviate their Local Temperahre Tbmorrow'sT ides' (Standard Time) High 0:01 a.m. 21.4 feet- 12:38 pjn. 215 feet 63 Maximum Low 6:24 ajn. 3.0 feet ,! Mtnum 44 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 18:46 pm. 3.9 feet if :V pC' XXXT No 220 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1942 PRICE- FIVE CENTS Laui h Sinks; Twenty -Five Drown - -r- t-0 o CRASHED "FORTRESS," LOADED WITH BOMBS, GETS DOUSED c COASTAL VESSEL TORPEDOED MELBOURNE Announcement Is made of the recent torpedoe-lng of a small Australian coastal vessel off" Cape Yorfc The -vessel was successfully towed into port and there were no casualties. CALL IN TYPEWRITERS OTTAWA Typewriters not being actively used In Canada will be called In. A price ceiling Is to be placed on used electric stoves. WILLK1E AND MOLOTOV MOSCOW Wendell Wtllkie conferred at the Krenlin yesterday with Foreign Commissar Molotov. Wlllkie has gone on record as favoring a second front to aid Russia. NEW BATTLESHIPS OUT LONDON Two new battleships, the Anson and Howe, sister ships of the Prince of Wales and Duke of York, are now in H4V nt'CTDfiV lfIPir "-J Fort Mumford BRIDGE IS BOMBED ' 1 MLLIIOL'KNE General Douglas MacArthur's Allied headquar- j ters announces the destruction of a bridge on the mountain trail along , which the Japanese are trying to advance on Port Moresby, the j stronghold ol New Guinea. The bridge was destroyed by aircraft I which also bombed Japanese supply lines. . This Amenran Flyu.n Fortresa was taking off for a raid upon Jap-held positions in the Southwest Panfic when it crashed with-its full bomb load The crew scrambled to safety all of them unhurt while ground-crew members rushed to the scene with flre-flghtlng equipment and extinguished the blazes which started In two of the motors. The bombs, luckily, did not explode. ABOVE shows the fire-fighters In actijn. The craft can most likely be salvaged. Sutlet'toA FREIGHTER LAUNCHED Vii wnoiisw agement gift to Mrs. Burke chief of the United States bomber command LONDON - The ,s Late Later suitably engraved engraved tray. tray. says that the Allied air lorces are preparing ior a larger air oucu-sive than ever against Germany In the belief that "the Reich can be destroyrd from the air.. The launching of another 10.000-iton freighter, the Fort Mumford. took place at 1245 noon today. The launching ceremony was of a slm-!ple and quiet character and was carried out as general work of the plant proceeded undisturbed. The fine" b"fg "vessel slid' smoothly down the ways and took to the water without a hitch, being lmm'edl ately towed to a pier, for comple tion. The Fort Mumford was sponsored by Mrs. Albert Burke, wife of a sheet metal worker In the yard. A trl-color berlbboned bottle of British Columbia wine was broken against the bow as the vessel started to slide down the ways. T3heship was blessed by Rev! J. A. Donnell, pastor of First United Church. The presentation of a souvenir suitable to the occasion was made to the sponsor by B. Allen, super Intendent of the yard. The man- was a the Sheet Metal Union presented Mrs. i Burke with a handsome tea ser vice, this presentation being made The. time between laying of keel and launching of the Fort Mumford was ninety days. It being the noon hour, a crowd of workers assembled to witness the launching of the nag-bedecked ship. ;V.A.Ds Are Called For Canadian Red Cross Society Em- I powered to Nominate The Canadian Red Cross Society has been empowered to nominate j IV. A. D.'s lor service in military 'hospitals. It Is expected that a large group of women will be i needed for this service as time goes on. To be eligible for this service a volunteer must be a British subject between the ages of 21 and 40, medically fit and have no dependent children. Volunteers must be trained. In first ald'and home nursing. If there are any women In Frince Rupert willing to serve they may .contact Mrs. S. D. John- jston, chairman of the Red Cross Corps committee. ACCIDENTS DOWN condlUon ' a settlement is being accldent fatalities In Great Britain established near Wltbank In the wfre 405 compared with 648 last Picnic Party Meets With Disaster Near . Georgian Bay Tovyp Bert Corbcau, Famous Hockey Star, Lost His Life In Boat Of Which He Was Owner MIDLAND, Ont, Sept. 22 (CP) Twenty-five mfn, employees of the Midland Foundry and Machine Co., were drowned and. sixteen were rescued wrhen a;, launch on which they were returning from a picnic swamped and sank off Beausoliel Island in Georgian Bay last night Bert Corbeau of Midland, once one of the National " Hockey League's greatest defence TT"f TT Al fjkl I men with the Montreal Canadiens, I J K I V I IM I "I IfM ! Ottawa Senators and Toronto St. Allied fight. PASSES IN A 1 I 'Pats, Dot. WW AXIS Forces Assuming Active Offensive In Libya CAIRO, Sept. 23: (CP)-On the North African front the Italian High Command discloses that mechanized columns of the Allies, striking from the south, hav L n i f H 1sr tnfft Avts.tiM trrrltorr in Libra, rparhinr 250 Ways With quiet Ceremony miles southeast of Bengasi but Today asserted the attackers were fin ally driven off after a five-day WINNIPEG; Assistant Taxation Commissioner For Canadian National Was Well Known Here WINNIPEG. Sept. 22: Ralph tijy Nichol, assistant tax commissioner, Canadian National Railways, western region, died, suddenly in his office yesterday afternoon. He was. 57 years of age. Born in Waterloo, Ontario, in 1885. Mr. Nichol commenced rail- :t'o xr wrvr in W? rs v- Vr-vi rr i c? o jtl a rlr was reported among the dead. He was the owner ol .the launch which is reported to have gone down near Honey Harbor, about ten miles across the bay from Midland. ! Rumania Sends Entire Army To Aid Nazis 4 ANKARA, Sept. 22:A Reut- ers dispatch says that Premier Ion. Antonescu has agreed to send all remaining troops of Rumania, except five dlvl- sions, to the Russian front to 4 assist the Germans In their drive to knock the Soviet out of ffirwarr'" COURSE FOR NURSING ON here during this w-eek for local re- in the tax department in 1908. In May 1914 he was promoted to be assistant commissioner of the tax Lectures and Demonstrations In I Progress Here All This Week - The refresher course to be held tired nurses on behalf of the Brit ish Columbia Registered Nurses' Association Miss Julia Walters. by department and held this position until his death. RJL, of Vancouver, got under way hp is survtvM hv his u-irinw and yesterday afternoon and eventos: Upwards of twenty local nurses are iwo sons, one of whom was to re-; port this morning to the manning 'taking the course which consists oool. Canadian Air Force. Brandon, of lectures In the afternoons at i the Fire Hall and demonstrations by Percy Ashton on behalf of the. Mr. Nichol was well known In In the evening at the Prince JRu- union. nert General Hospital. nual visits here in connection with! opening lecture yesteraay -ity taxation of company property, was on new drugs while the eve- i nine demonstration was on res ORGANIZE Victory Loan Drive in Prince Rup ert Will Be Directed by Geoffrey Wootten and Richmond Mortimer Geoffrey Wootten, who arrived, in the city over the week-end from Vancouver, will again be divisional organizer for Northern British Columbia In the forthcoming Vic tory Loan campaign. R. E. Mortimer will be organizer for Prince Rupert district. Loan headquarters have been already set. up in the office on Third Avenue used as a military recruiting quarters. . . Advisory and working committees are now being formed. , Prince Ruperfs objective In the last loan was $600,000 but the subscriptions totalled $800,000. - The objective for this loan will probably be around $800,000. WAR MUSEUM ON RAND , CAPE TOWN, Sept. 22 0) The nucleus of a South African War Museum Is being formed In Johan nesburg. Already a relies and documents population. Transvaal. 'year. collected for the archive. pirator (Iron lung) and Intrave-jnous and blood transfusion Tif TV f f 4 IT This afternoon (he subject Is ob rilK I 1 Vmi I A IN stetrics and care of newborn while the evenmg demonstration will be of hospital delivery and Incubator use. J The program for the rest o'f the week follows: ' Wednesday Afternoon: new an aesthesia and new aspects of sur gery: evening: oxygen and carbon dioxide therapy, blood pressure and apex beat. Thursday Afternoon: medicine. diabetes, peptic ulcer and pneumo nia; evening: lumbar puncture, gastric suction. Friday Morning: pediatrics and nutrition; afternoon: general discussion; evening: dinner. BACK AT OLD JOBS LONDON. Sept. 22: Mrs. Molly Brush, Mrs. Susy Rlpon, Mr$. Polly Brindle and Mrs. Frances Parry are back at the old stand again. In 1916 the quartet worked as cleaners at a railway shed In the northeast. When peace came they bade farewell to their engines, parted, married and set up homes. It didn't take them long after this war started to get to- number of gether again, climb Into overalls have been and arm themselves with oily ' waste. 1 "4-'.