APS AC SET KVCE Bent. 26: Fire des- .4!" i lump ni m r -i stucirr w m vMiwi a e outh of Terrace, !Hernoon. The cause was 'iff. iiKcu w. lives nione. - w. Mic nine iiiaMiiii jam. .:pout,ion Is that, while out house for a short time, 1 : boiled over. When she re- 11 1 VJ the house It was full nf HARDER LEATHER 111' HP : f r, .1 . 1 , ..t i I nu musk M'lVlCl'UOiC uiuvca irom duiis cui full i iimpv BANJO'S START She RIDICULOUS I SITUATION5 . 4 . lift.. I- . . .t .. . ritrn irom iuiu un .rn "irr oi .Mines jsays This Of Stanley .Mountains im:a j uruuciion of copper Production I'lanes Active In Southern Pacific VICTORIA, Sept. 26: -Lew cop- Per is being produced In British r. 1 It NK IVDl. 2U: UOlUmDla tvlav than Ir. nuutlm. O.. Stanley. Mountains in ridiculous situation. C. 'i frwrn which they had .v.iutinjc to advance on r: (by Allied commando been utrK twenty-ins There was fierce . id fighting. New Britain and V w Guinea hare again CHILDREN'S ! DISEASES . from at least one of live so-called who are buyinc J su- J( . j rung purposes mate their require a severe penalties ' to those who arc pr.ly enforced. commended r or Victoria Cross Canadians and One Briton To 50N Sept 26: -Two Cana-a: 1 nne Briton hive been i for the Victoria cuf tandlng bravery in s ra.d on Dieppe. ER HOME IS BURNED -"c gru .urs. icvsirr At '"race Destroyed by Fire 'at least one. Physical defects Including ab- , normal tonsils, enlarged glands, 1 X. , malnutrition, nervous disorders, which u they do not and Aetect pm, disease , . I the like were more closely re- "f hT0. PreMrve'.lated to the child's stature than u,a;vnerBU' 'disease. "Children wKh any defect were shorter and lighter for their height, that is. thinner; than the children of the survey as a whole." said the report. Three Main Classes The various defects seem to fall Into three main classes In rai pect of their effect on height andi I weight. Children with enlarged I glands, eye and ear defects ana cardiac diseases are, on the average, shorter but of approximately the same build as other children. Those with nervous disorders. Dostural and speech defects and enlarged thyroid are taller than! the average but somewhat underweight. Those with pulmonary dls- J ease and defective mentality are. both shorter and thinner man others with defects." J The report said, however, that, the numbers in most of the crouD.i were too small for signifi cant conclusions to be drawn. , "Naturally Jhose stated by the doc-1 tor to be anaemic or suffering! from malnutrition are -very much under normal height and under-' weight for the height and age. the report said. British Bombers Are On Attack Points ' on Dutch and French Coasts Were Singled Out During 1 Last Night LONDON. Sctot. 26: - British bombers during the night attacked 1 tl it,. Tvitli ami ' u t i .1 np pvn inA Mhtn tirni . 1 .. n cmn PrOV lAu LldK, . VICTORIA, B.C HOME WAS NEVER LIKE THIS Ital.an so;rf:r.v take pi.-mer .:. Eypt during a recent skirmish on tin L. A4un. ii. fi nt sample one of the four freedoms-freedom from want They are shown opening cans of American corned bully i beef shortly after their arrival In camp behind the line. Meat, biscuits and water arc issued to prisoners Immediately on arrival. ' AIRRAID CHINESE FOR OSLO. ADVANCE weglan puppet. Vtdkin Quisling. , gains of. sixty and forty miles, yesterday with the first air raid , Chinese troops In Chekiang Pro-on Oslo In more than a year, vine have driven to the gates of Stockholm said, but big bombers Chukl and laid siege to Cheng-were jtpparenlly grounded last skai, a communication centre benight by bad weather. The Oslo low Sangchow. front line dls-radio- said that Quisling would patches said today, make another speech today but significantly failed to give the time of the scheduled appearance. DAMAGE IS ADMITTED ATTACKED ENGLAND ! Kelrli is Being Badly Hurt by Bri-, LONDON. Sept. 26: A small tlsh Bombing of Increased number of Oerman planes attack- Violence, Berlin Concedes National league Philadelphia 3-9. New York 6-1. Boston 5, Brooklyn 6. American League Chicago 8, Cleveland 1. (only games). I ' SACCHARINE FOR SURAH' Drug store sales Indicate more people are using saccharine tablets as a sugar substitute. TOO, TOO, MUCH The Axis - overran 1,060,377 UVIIV, UJt. UiU1JO was.i-rencn coasts, a cargo 'p . .-. 5 ed by the Arabs, who In-'around' hrtw-en Calais and Cap Kiuare miles of territory in v,,w,ri Europe iiiiAn J I a i ... i it s?ianrvn rna ipi rn 1 1 i i i 1 1 u. ii r u h mj West Ainca. Qrl2 Nez was attacked. "8 ed a southwest coast town early .. today. High explosives were drop- Pl and there was some damage BERLIN. )tTM. Sept. o. on. .( I.-Ber Twtin in tunif ItsolC wtth f cagualtleJ5. 0ne of tne ' admits that r flc destruction , raWcr. bf0 down. has been caused In the Reich by recent British bombing attacks which by night have become in creasingly violent. HALIBUT SALES I. , DESERT MERCURY RENO. Sept. 26 9 A large Oall- Ifornla gold-mining company has gone far into the Nevada desert to 'produce' the quicksilver needed for shells and bombs. American . Llndy. 37,000. 14c and lJc. Atlln. NINE TO A .MILE Eldorado. 50,000, cleared for Arabia has an area of 1,000.000 Seattle. square miles: a population of 9,- Ranler. 46.000. cleared for Seattle. 000.000. Signe, 32,000, cleared for Seattle. BASEBALL SCORES i Aboard the boat Greenville Beauty Mr. and Mrs. John O. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Nelson and Miss Helen Nelson will leave tomorrow afternoon for their home at .Greenville on the Naas River. They are returning north after having been in the city for the jmost of the week from Claxton where they spent the summer. GIVING TO RED CROSS Local Temperature Tomorrow sT ides (Standard Time) High 2:47 am 21.0 feet Maximum 53 14:56 pjn. 21.4 feet Minimum 43 Low 8:55 am. 4.9 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 21:24 pjn. 3.3 feet XXXI No. 224 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.", SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1912 PRICE- FIVE CENTS ftscow Is More "Optimistic Today : ! from the air wtth u tnancei are There'll lie No; ..ad enemy held vil- Serious After Effects, Survey ! Solomons were bomb-1 Shows I ports and ships. On . rt two enemy Zero OTTAWA. Sept. 26: O-Ordin-! dswn and all Allied ary diseases of children furrow '('. safely from a raid, the brows of their parent but ap-'wo atr raids by the pear to have little permanent ef-! . t Port Darwin dur- Ift In retarding the growth or' mentality of the youngsters who! go through their attack, accord-; TTCT DTTV ing 10 a report by the Dominion jU I 'Bureau of Statistic on a survey uUllAK NOW. n olhr 1,8 nd. atrangely .c a -a a . IU1 VtitlUiCll WIHJ JUU1 IIMVUII1- iraur i r Jiimain ni iirinnp I'aaalnr Requirement, to be ' .p.n meiun- iherWr.i ,u 10 06 "WW taller and heavier than other children but Ul number of these cases avall- ? r? Rt ia- rl . " abl for study was small. ? fouful between the average child .R.vud ,k that regula- tth HaH .ff., man meaIP. scarlet fever or hJ " mumP comparison wtth chlld- v. f" Ircn who had not. The only diseases .r me k ooarcis k. a- en- wnk;n mj affect stature ' n are 'mpo!eii!and these only slllhUy-werc dlp-on any housewife .... j a . . ' a IK. 4 DESTROY Possibility Now Seen U-BOATS; r m. . u i .j5 Royal Canadian lr Force Credited With Sinking Three and Possibly Four I OTTAWA, Sept. 26 Canadian I fliers have destroyed three and j possibly four enemy U-boats In the north western Atlantic, Hon. C. O. Power, minister of national defence for air, announced in a statement last night. Pilot Officer W. Graham of Vancouver Is credited with one of the success ron Leader ether and Pilot Officer A. M Smith with a third. In one case a Canso flying boat was on patrol when a submarine was sighted. It dive bombed and dropped depth charges. The U-boat submerged and oil appeared on the water almost immediately. The oil continued to well up until an area about an acre in extent was showing. "Definite damage, ably a kill," was the statement. GAS RATION flecting Being Held by Traitor Score Further Succev.es Against ceived news they had been ex-((uhling in Norwegian Capital j Japanese in Chekiang (. '' j petting for some time that na- Broken Up , tion-wide raUonlng Is to go into I CIIUNOrONO. Sept. 26: Engln- effect on the coupon plan. The LONDON, Sept. 26: Royal eertng a smashing two - column I Idea 15 as much to conserve rub- and nuke certain i f M ,mtt, Attrinm 'Air Porce bombers broke up a sweep which by-passed strongly-i er as gas. i.ng or Improper ul " "Zl Tw 27.W2 had suffered ih3lPw, Axis Nor-, forUfled Japanese position for OTIV WS V a STUDENT COUNCIL! Pupils of Booth .Memorial School Becoming Organized For Year representatives are as follows: Grade 7B, Lois Thompson. 7M, Norton Skog. 7H, Bessie Lee. 8B. Harry Menzies. 8M, Georgia Rudderham. 8H, Kaye Nlckerson. 9U, June Berg. 9G. Asle Arntsen. . 9C, Emmy Schlld. 10, Janet Rochester. 11, John Brecn. 12, Sidney Alexander and May Skinner. The Council met later to dlscus3 activities for the coming year and to elect officers. The executive Is as follows: President. May Skinner,. Vice-President, Sidney Alexander. Secretary. Janet Rochester. Treasurer, John Breen. Legless Ace In Solitary But Repulsing Enemy Meantime Further Strategic Positions At Stalingrad Are Recaptured and Germans Halted Everywhere Else On Front MOSCOW, Sept. 26-fcP)The Russians announced recapture of strategic positions both within besiefrpH cssful attacks, Squad- Stalingrad and upon the German left flank today and the Moiiy smaii with an-( toll of invasion dead was reported increased by about i three thousand. Although Red Star, the Army news paper, pointedly pictured the enemy as still able to inch ' Mediterranean t Nazi Bag Taken X LONDON. Sept. 26: W Brl- tlsh submarines have sunk at 1 least five and probably seven , Axis supply ships recently In . the Mediterranean and have ' seriously damaged another, the Admiralty announced to- day. FOR STATES t Am-ricans Receive News Which They Had Expected for Some Time American motorists last night re LABORITES . IN SESSION Postal Service, Soldiers' Dependents Allowances, Housing Shortage Discussed THsft rO'TIlla T mooflnrr V, a i a. ass iv fan g Ui WiC I- Prince Rupert Trades and Labor Council on Thursday night was I another heavy business session for the delegates who are showing a decided Interest In affairs of labor in general. A good attendance of delegates under the chairmanship ,of T. Elliott discussed many Im portant matters. iiih! correspondence received from I 1 nt -wii-.-t . me rrnne -Ministers oince m acK-nowledgement of the council's resolution asking cost of living bonus for the dependents of service This week elections were held men indicated mat the govern-throughout Booth Memorial High ment is contemplaUng such an al- Southwest Coast Town Is Visited 'School to form the Students' lowance. This matter was also re-Today by German Bombers I Council for lhV.year 1942-43. Class iferred to thfe Congress convention raus 10 uscapc irom uerman Such condition Is the cause of '"P unrest among the workers "who LONDON. Sept. 26: Advices have been received that Wing Commander Douclas Bader. noted Midland Band Concert $214.05 legless Royal Air Force fighting Native Boys and Qlrls, !Diiot. u n0w confined to a small Port Simpson 30.00 Natives of Massett 46.25 solitary cell in a German prison camp following his .second attempt Sundry receipts, Massett 32.75. to escape. and adopted as was a resolution Ire post-war rehabilitation. A communication from the Junior Chamber of Commerce regarding the local post office situation was endorsed as the council has for years been trying to obtain a more satisfactory method of mall delivery. In this connection, It was pointed out. that some of the dry dock employees have to wait several days In order to receive their mail because of the congestion at the wickets. Several proposals were advanced, one being the employ ment of women as mall carriers. These suggestions will be embodied in the council's resolution to the Postmaster General. The housing shortage was brought up by the dry dock local which objected to the method employed by the different contractors who are bringing workers into Prince Rupert on the assurance that dwellings are available, only to find that such is not the case. While it is true houses are being built as rapidly as possible, It will be several months before a person Is able to move In a nd then only If ho li In u'ar Inrtnstrv and has Wing Commander Douglas BadeHn'ad fti name jn the waiting list. have to keep two homes. It should be discouraged, the delegates felt. It was learned from the City Hall that the voter's list will be opened during the month of October for the purpose of registering for the municipal election and several delegates emphasized the importance of everyone seeing to it that he or she Is on the list. forward over mounds of their own dead, It sounded an optimistic edl torlal note with the message to Stalingrad fighters that "there now exists the possibility to hol3 the Fascists and repulse them." m For the moment, at least, field dispatches indicated the Germans, had been brought to a halt on every front In the battle of Russia Repeated German counter-attacks against the Red Army stiikT ing northwest of Stalingrad for. the relief of the battle-worn gar rison were declared repulsed with heavy losses. Hitler's field headquarters. Ion?" accustomed to proclaiming the swift fall of cities, now focusses attention on the capture of single buildings, declaring that "In the fight for Stalingrad buildings belonging to the Communist party, situated near the bank of the Volga", -were torn Irom the Sovleti in embittered fighting." African Front Fairly Quiet Nothing Much Doing These Days In Conflict of Egypt and Libya CAIRO. Sept. 25: Land fighting on the North African front con sists of little more than patrol- activity. The Royal Air Force con-, tlnues active against enemy troopi and supply concentrations. War Savings Of Schools City and District Points Making Good Showing Lt, September war savings sales in the schools of this district as re ported by the principals- and teachers were as follows: Sales 1941 Massett 42.75 Osland Port Clements 76.25 Port Esslngton Pr. Rupert High and Junior High 2,375.75 Borden Street .... 935.48 King Edward 1,70750 Seal Cove 29.75 Sunnyside I Secretary Of War Calls Off Sales 1942 9750 22.25 .24J6 i,ioo?oo 737.25 1,433.00 6550 78.00 Heavy Battle t WASHINGTON. D.C., Sept. 26: The' heavyweight boxing bout scheduled for October 12 between Joe Louis and Billy Conn has been called off by Secretary of War Stlmson who was not satisfied with the financial arrangements which would have provided from the proceeds $135,000 for Louis and Conn to pay off personal debts. The two fighters, have, now offered to fight for noth-. ing. 4