j
C.
Premier
Here
ALL
OUT
FOR
WAR
FIRST
CONSIDERATION
OF
GOV'T
SAYS
PREJOHN
HART
Question
of
I'.fi.E.
Impoi
m
at
Victoria-Central
and
Northern
irnhh
Seen
At
First
i
'
-
duration
of
the
war.
The
work.'
machinery
had
been
.
-
,-rr
and,
at
the
suggestion
f
'
?
Dominion,
provincial
expen-
"
,ere
being
held
to
a
mln-
,
ampallble
with
the
mini-
-
'.-T.
inds
of
maintenance.
r
k
-tof
public
work.
Mr.
l
f
aw
the
day
after
the
c
vcr
when
Miere
would
be
'
?
...
;
problem
of
rchabllita-t.
It
wa
lo
be
expected
wDvd
be
a
large
program
of
works
such
a
road
and
At
that
time
the
co-op-f
the
Dominion
would
be
'
'
and
he
had
no
doubt
;
would
be
forthcoming
V.
V.
a
admitted
that
a
prob-
M
1
was
uppermost
In
hi
;
tune
was
the
solution
ifir
Oreat
Eastern
Rail-1
un
He
aw
where
ic
medium
of
the
Pacl-r.uttem
Railway
a
a
m-w
railway
line
great
f
Northern
BrltUh
d
the
Yukon
might
be
vitary
to
British
Colum-v.s
.
rnot
anxious
that
IhU
o
In
m
area
war
was
imirh
activity.
After
the
-
would
be
great
dcvelop-atural
resources
ThU
:v!tnment
which
he
was
f
the
Pacific
Oreat
No
Offer
Yet
let
It
be
known
that
-Mitnent
ha
ft
yet
re-offer
for.
the
Pacific
E
..istrrn
Railway
but
he
'.c1
the
government's
pol-tsc
:
n
gr
prepared
to
have
an
n
and
valuation
made
"
by
expert,
thl
to
be
-f
negotiation.
When
he
:V-d
that
the
Pacific
Great
wis
booked
a
owing
the
c
f
BrltUh
Columbia
close
"00
000.
Including
compound
or:d
dividend'
In
addition
p
original
Investment.
Mr.
i
n
it
suggest
that!
the
gov-
-
'
had
any
expectation
of
'.hi
out
of
the
line
In
any
2
deal
which
might
event-
f
'
r
Hart
spoke
of
the
policy
"d
to
oil
In
the
Peace
River.
IE
rprated
that
expert
had
ad-
'hff
government
It
was
no
;nulng
drilling
for
oil
at
c
.mat
ion
Creek
simply
because
U
J
it
would
not
be
found
'e
The
cost
of
thedcvclopment
a
had
been
over
$600,000.
The
policy
of
the
provincial
,imcnt
was
to
offer
the
poten-'
resource
to
the
Dominion
ment
free
of
taxes
and
roy-
-v
Tills
offer
had
been
conveyed
Dominion
and
It
was
ex
r'Vd
to
hear
from
that
quar
aon,
At
the
end
of
the
war
i
re
manent
future
policy
could
:eUled
upon
between
the
two
Z
'-rnments.
wr
uart
explained
mat
his
-rely
trip
through
the
central
'''le
i3r
was
slmtilv
for
the
nur-
P:
-3
of
familiarizing
himself
at
'if
t
hand
with
a
section
of
the
t'nvince
which
he
had
not
seen
lUlCP
1
(!))
anA
ti.hlVi
lid
rrilvCI.
-
m
w
mi
m
1.
1
IV.
T.
1
1
.v..
I
.
.
V-
,w..uui
rr'd
it
his
duty
as
Premier
to
know
wore
about.
The
Trip
North
After
making
n
trip
up
the
Pa-
Oreat
Eastern
Railway
with
'he
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
he
d
come
north
to
Prince
Qeorgc
"jd
thence
west
through
Omlncca
find
Skeena
ridings,
accompanied
(Continued
un
Page
Four)
"The
major
objective
of
the
ni
vv.'c
of
Brtish
Col
umbia
today
is
to
co-operate
with
the
federal
government
fr
the
prosecution
of
the
war,"
declared
Premier
John
Har
in
an
Interview
Thursday
afternoon
following
his
arrival
in
Prince
Rupert
after
a
tour
of
the
central
in-
tenor
'The
government
of
Uritish
Columbia
is
prepared
f
r
a.V.
Its
resource
to
Canada
f
-
purpose."
TV.
iiver-halred
and
Irish-
-jrd
provincial
Premier
made
'ament
when
asked
In
the
:f
the
Interview
what
he
;
;r
!
the
major
talk
of
the
.
ui
government
today.
There
;
i
be
the
one
common
6b-
-.
';djy.
he
declared
the
win-
j
:
f
tfir
war.
BrltUh
Columbia
t
.
-cad.v
surrendered
1U
pre-
r,t
inrnmc
tar
m1lMtlnn
Yanks
Sink
More
Japs
In
Aleutians
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Oct.
2
O
-The
Department
of
the
Navy
announced
today
that
two
Japanese
ahlps
had
prob-
ably
been
unk.
two
others
damaged
and
tlx
zero
fighters
hot
down
In
a
recent
series
of
United
State
army
air
attack
against
the
Japanese
In
the
Aleutians.
Earlier
the
Navy
had
announced
that
i
United
States
submarine
In
!
In
So
far
thU
year
the
building
value
in
Prince
Rupert
is
$t90.G85
as
compared
with
$128,483
In
the
first
nine
month
of
1841.
The
building
list
for
September
l
as
follow:
W.
J.
McCutcheon.
Third
Avenue
West,
frame
building.
$450.
Erllng
Parkvold.
Ninth
Avenue
West,
frame
building.
$400.
S.
Tolelson.
Eighth
Avenue
East,
frame
building,
jhuu.
jv
W
M.
Doyle,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
addition.
1250.
1
Nicholas
Bird.
Seal
Cove
Circle,
Cove,
cannery.
ie,wJ.
DKir.O
MDT
BOOST
MELBOURNE.
Oct.
1:
0
De
hydrated
meat
from
Australia
was
well
received
in
ixnauu
-Commonwealth
government
is
to
establish
planU
all
over
Ausirm.
Above
are
mm
VOL
XXXI.
No.
229
four
hour
alerts
and
nightly
dlm-
iouU
wWn
d'renc
establishments
lut
aggregate
sianuiiiK
rrauy
jot
any
cnici
gcuvjr.
Industries
were
going
well
In
the
opinion
of
the
President
who
expressed
the
opinion
that
the
people
themselves
were
far
ahead
of
their
leader
In
war
spirit.
subluxation
of
living
costs
Mr.
Roosevelt
found
to
be
generally
favored.
500
Houses
Bern
Built
frame
building.
$600.
More
and
more
houses
are
V.
Basso-Bert.
Blggar
Place,
re-l
under
construction
tn
me
I
.
.
I
-IS..
.,
-a
nnrt
tfVi
t
Sfcuons
oi
wie
cny
nut
iai
'
.
,
1
.
,
.
1
J
-1
1.
..v,
Jam
n
.
P
.
A
J
Eyouson.
Secona
Avenue
irom
me
uty
um.iv
uhuci
frame
building.
$1,500.
pices
of
Wartime
Housm?
t
noiprann
seventh
Avenue
East,.
Limited.
The
entire
project
,.i,ir,oHnrr
tiso.
has
now
w
i
Francis
Mlllerd
&
Co.
Ltd..
Seal,
reached
an
aggregate
of
500
houses.
The
most
of,
the
new
ones
at
present
un-;
der
construction
are
In
Sec'
tlon
6
between
McBrlde
Street
and
Hays
Cove
Circle
whfch,
part
of
the
city
Is
rapidly
flit-
ine
un.
,
PROVINCIAL
111
Dritiih
Forces
Drive
Into
Axis
at
LI
Alamein
in
Order
to
Strengthen
Line
LONDON,
Oct.
2:
0)
British
C,A'
;,
2
BritUhIIpsi
-
continued
consolidation
bomber
rdfv
pounded
Nazi
submarine
of
the
central
sector
yard,
at
Flensburg
and
other
ob-
positton,
on
of
the
E1
Alamein
front
which
they
Jectlve
on
the
German
Baltic
coat
lat
night
In
resumption
of
nad
won
,n,
ft
1,mlted
adance
the
the
aerial
offensive
against
Ger-
Previous
day,
it
wa
announced
to-
manv
afir
a
cAvon.ntohf
inii
i
day.
There
wa
no
Indication
of
,wa
announced
today.
Seventeen
further
offensive
action
and
ln-
'
British
planes
were
reported
lost
formed
quarters
said
the
British
tin
the
operation
which
Included
advance
wa
apparently
merely
a
...
.
.
...
....
I
I
.4..
..I
n
j.
aiiarK
nr.
aik
n
nmnp
nir
tun
uui-kuuu
ucbikucu
h
-
Netherlands
Coast.
::MADE
TRIP
IN
SECRET
President
Roosevelt
Is
Impressed
With
War
Work
of
Nation,
(
Particularly
West
Coast
I
strengthen
lines.
SHORTAGE
tOF
COAL
Orrat
Britain
to
he
Short
nut
Not
Nearlr
as
Bad
as
in
Germany
And
European
Countries
WABHRiOTON.
D.C..
Oct.
2:
'
LONDON,
Oct.
2
Great
Britain
the
Western
Pacific
had
sunk
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
faceK
a
shortage
of
coal
this
winter
five
more
Japanese
ships,
,
returned
to
Washington
yesterday
but
It
Is
Insignificant
compared
probably
sank
two
other
and
'
after
a
two
weeks'
coast
to
coast
with
what
Germany
and
the
oc-
damaged
one.
BUILDING
CANNERY
Industrial
Establishment
at
Seal
Cove
Principal
Item
in
Building
List
Here
this
September
A
fish
cannery
at
Seal
Cove
fot
FrancU
Mlllerd
Co.
Ltd.
UUic
prta-
Mnltt-ltr-m
lit
th
Kpntm1vr
btltld
r
ted
In
keeping
In
Brit-,
$20,850
compared
with
$28,685
b:
and
It
was
from
thls.the
same
monm
iasi
year
.
.
.
i
i
at..
nai
rw
conwacrra
uic
tour
of
military
and
naval
estab-
ciiDlcd
countries
will
have
to
suf-
4Uhments
and
war
industries.
The
fer.
Furthermore,
a
rationing
'trip
had
ben
kept
a
closely
scheme
Is
being
considered
which
.guarded
secret
and
few
knew
any-
Is
expected
to
eliminate
any
un-(thing
about
it
until
the
return
of!
due
hardship.
This
rationing
IK
JHifef
avmhiMva
'mrioma
hit
hoori
Hvl
Cvl
VSv
f
a
fT
MSV
tlUVI
-
AVU
C
V-X.
i
uvWM
J
-hjv
Mr.
Roosevelt
visited
twenty-
Owtlym
Lloyd-George.
MP.
There
four
states
a
he
swung
across
the
is
an
eleven
million
ton
deficit
In
al
stations,
eight
army
camps
and
many
Industrial
plants.
He
wa
impressed
with
preparations
being
made
on
the
West
Onut
for
possible
attck
at
any
tmrnsenxtvfirv&r
wmt
it
dm
InVlUt
at
Prince
Rupert
The
value
Settle'
to
San
Diego
under
twenty-
of
the
cannery
Is
placed
at
$16,900,
and
the
building
vate
consumption.
UAll.MJ
-Utl
A
I
r.K
LONDON.
Oct.
1:
O
The
met
ropolis
vvsw
water-saving
sw
.
(
target
has
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Royal
Air
Force
Back
Over
Fiens-burj
and
Other
German
Targets
After
Lull
of
Week
PRINCE
RUPERT,
BTC,
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER
2,
1942
I,
OFFENSIVE
'ACTIVITY
'WEST
ROAD
RESUMED'
IN
EGYPT;
RULENOUT
Only
One
Highway
to
Alaska
Is
To
Be
Constructed,
Federal
Works
Agency
U.S.
Rules
WASHINGTON,
D.O,
Oct.
2:
(CP)
A
second
highway
to
Alaska
along
Route
"A"
from
Seattle
north
should
not
be
undertaken
at
this
time
in
the
opinion
of
the
federal
works
agency.
This
route
would
be
much
closer
to
the
coast
than
the
road
now
under
construction
through
the
Teace
River
area
of
Northern
British
Columbia
and
the
southern
Yukon.
The
position
of
the
federal
works
agency
was
made
known
today
by
Delegate
Anthony
J.
Dimond
of
Alaska
who
had
introduced
legislation
to
authorize
construction
of
the
western
highway.
Alan
Johnston,
general
counsel
for
the
federal
works
agency,
said
in
a
letter
to
the
congressional
roads
committee
that,
since
the
Army
was
constructing
the
prairie
highway
project,
construction
of
"A
route
would
Interfere
with
the
war
effort.
BUILDING
OF
SHIPS
north
to
the
northwest,
down
the
British
coal
production
this
year.
Pacific
Coast
to
the
southwest
and
The
coal
allowance
per
person
fjan,,.
Turning
Out
inence
nome
inrougn
me
oeep
m
Germany
inis
winier
wui
oc
south.
.400
Instead
of
the
usual
1.300
I
The
President
visited
seven
nav-
nounds.
Transportation
difficulties
and
British
air
raids
are
France
will
have
no
coal
for
pri
r
OTTAWA.
Oct.
2
Canada
Is
now
building
ships
at
the
rate
of
one
every
three
days,
it
Is
stated
s
i
been
set
at
60,000.000,mllllon
gal-
word
that
that
country
built
ships'
Ions
daily,
which
would
save
32,-
at
the
rate
of
three
per
day
000
tons
of
coal
yearly.
September.
War
News
Battle
of
Stalingrad
.
.
.
British
On
Offensive
.
.
.
iii
navv
ohotographs
of
U.S.S.
Wakefield
awaiting
rescue.
Notice
the
rope
nets
down
which
they
later
Mn.wH.
i
knttsnl
nittani
which
took
fire
at
sea.
LEFT,
pas-
climbed
to
the
deck
of
the
rescue
ship.
RIGHT,
the
Wakefield
.
(formerly
tne
i0mmed
on
the
rear
decks,
on
fire,
as
she
appeared
from
another
vessel
In
the
convoy,
sengers
and
crewmen
are
pm.unu
.MOSCOW
The
great
battle
for
Stalingrad
rages
on
within
the
ruined
city,
further
gains
for
the
Nazis
being
admitted
by
virtue
of
the
sheer
weight
of
their
assault.
On
other
parts
of
the
long
front
Soviet
forces
claim
further
gains.
Soviet
warships
in
the
Baltic
Sea
have
sunk
two
German
transports
totalling
18,000
men.
Japs
Still
Retreating.
.
MELBOURNE
Australian
forces
continue
to
drive
the
Japanese
further
back
into
the
Owen
Stanley
Mountain
range
on
New
Guinea.
Another
village
sixty-four
miles
from
Port
Moresby
has
been
taken.
Four
damaging
aerial
sweeps
have
been
made
by
Allied
planes
on
enemy
supply
and
ammunition
dumps
and
communication
lines.
CAIRO
The
British
Eighth
Army
has
taken
the
offensive
and
broken
through
the
main
Axis
line
in
the
El
Alamein
sector
at
the
centre
of
the
desert
front.
-PASSENGER'S
AWAITRESCUE
ON
MANHATTAN,
AFIRE
te
-
.
Lieut.
Col.
Cecil
Merritt
of
Vancouver
Gets
Victoria
Cross
178
Awards
in
All
OTTAWA,
Oct.
2:
tt
Bravery
of
Canada's
troops
In
August's
bloody
battle
of
Dieppe
today
received
official
recognition
from
the
King
with
178
awards
Including
the
Victoria
Cross.
Lieut.
Col.
Cecil
Mer-rlt
of
Vancouver,
who
led
Jthe
South
Saskatchewan
Regiment
in
;the
attack
and
now
is
wounded
and
a
prisoner
of,
war,
was
singled
out
for
the
Empire's
highest
recognition
of
valor.
His
is
the
first
Victoria
Cross
won
by
a
Canadian
since
the
present
hostilities
began.
Major
General
J.
H.
Roberts
of
Vancouver,
commander
of
thp
Canadian
force
which
stormed
uv
to
the
French
port,
and
Brigadier
.Churchill
Mann
of
Toronto,
hfs
'second-in-command,
were
two
of
twelve
Canadian
officers
awarded
the
Distinguished
Service
Order.
Twelve
Distinguished
Conduct
Medals
also
were
included
in
the
list
of
awards,
one
going
to
Lance
Corporal
George
A.
Hlckson
of
Kitchener,
Ontario,
whose
namej
had
been
previously
coupled
with
Col.
Merritt's
by
Hon.
J.
L.
Ral-i
ston.
minister
of
national
defence,
I
in
citing
two
outstanding
cases
of
bravery
typical
of
all
Canadians
who
participated.
TVio
Vfllifurv
Hmsc
wrpnt
tn
lv.
One
Every
.
fi-r.
or,H
th.
Mllltarv
Three
Days
and
United
States
edal
tQ
forty.fiTe
non.commls
Three
Per
Day
tsioned
.officers
and
men
while
twenty-four
officers
and
slxty-
eight
other
ranks
were
mentioned
in
dispatches.
hKSu
TwyaJojxardAl
flnffJnCT
AllPTlS
If
-5-nrds
and
eight
smaller
ones
are'VJUimiK
r-UClio
busy.
From
the
United
States
comes
Naturalization,
Recruiting
and
Mobilization
Regulations
Being
Changed
OTTAWA,
Oct.
2
Naturalization,
recruiting
and
mobilization
regulations
are
being
amended
so
as
to
permit
of
the
calling
up
for
service
of
at
present
unnaturalized
aliens.
Merchants
Attention
!
Maximum
Minimum
52
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
High
8:34
ajn
15.7
feet
20:25
pjn.
16.2
feet
Low
1:38
ajn.
7.9
feet
13:51
pjn.
10.9
feet
i
4
During
these
dark
evenings
and
dim-out
times
when
win-
dow
display
Is
virtually
ruled
out
and
even
In
the
daytime
f
people
are
too
busy
to
wan-
der
around
the
streets
e
searching
for
values,
we
would
recommend
to
Prince
Rupert
merchants
the
greater
importance
than
ever
of
ad-
vertislng
In
the
newspapers
which
are
so
much
in
demand
on
account
of
the
war
news.
The
medium
of
the
news-
paper
Is
more
.effective
than
ever
In
drawing
attention
to
stocks,
particularly
between
now
and
Christmas.
Get
In
touch
with
the
Dally
News
now.
Local
Temperature
PRICE'
FIVE
CENTS
CANADIANS
BATTLE
OF
REWARDED
STALINGRAD
1?
An
ir
k
i
nn
i
ruiv
YALUIV
Guard
Routing
Nazis
House
To
House
Within
City
But
Enemy.
Is
Inching
in
From
Northwest
MOSCOW.
Oct.
2:
CR
The
Red
Army
guard
division
of
Stalingrad's
siege-worn
garrison
was
reported
routing
the
Germans
house
to
house
today
In
a
counter-attack
coupled
with
Soviet
offensives
outside
the
city
while
Invasion
forces
Inched
deeper
Into
nor)h;
western
suburbs.
The
Germans
oressed
their
own
offensive
from
the
northwest
even
as
the
Russians
struck
back
along
fortified
streets
of
the
city.
A
noon
communique
stressed
the
defensive
action
with
Stalingrad
stating
that
Russian
detachments
had
accounted
for
ten
tanks
of
a
large
attacking
force
with
shellflre,
killing
two
hundred
men
and
driving
the
survivors
back
to
original
positions.
SIGHTSFOR
U.S.F0RCES
Canadian
Government
Owned
Plant
Built
in
Wartime
Delivers
Big
Order
OTTAWA,
Oct.
2
Ol
Canada,
which
made
no
optical
glass
for
fine
instruments
before
the
war,:
was
recently
In
a
position
to
de-;
liver
quickly
30.000
pounds
of
urgently
needed
optical
glass
for
thT
United
States
navy
department.
The
glass
was
required
for
sights
for
the
United
States
service.
The
latest
edition
of
a
monthly
booklet,
"Canada
at
War,"
Issued
by
the
public
information
branch,
cited
the
effectiveness
of
co-op-eratfon
between
the
United
States
and
Canada
In
exchange
of
war
Tnf
NnfTri0supplIes
and
knowledge.
The
book-in
ID
UClVlCcfiet
mentioned
the
provision
of
the
optical
glass
for
the
United
States
navy
as
an
Instance
of
the
assistance
Canada
Is
able
to
give
the
United
States.
Revelation
that
It
was
possible
to
provide
the
United
States
with
30,000
pounds
of
op-i
tlcal
glass
Indicated
that
Research
Enterprises,
Ltd-
a
government
company,
had
attained
large-scale
production.
Research
Enterprises
was
In,
corporated
on
July
20,
1940,
to
pro-;
vide
facilities
for
the
manufacture,
of
war
equipment
of
a
secret
nature,
and
for
the
production
of.
optical
and
electrical,
and
electri-
cal
devices
required
by
the
navy,
army
and
air
force.
The
first
melt
of
optical
glas3
was
made
In
the
company's
On
tario
plant
on
June
6,
1941.
"The
design
of
the
plant
was
based
on
a
maximum
mommy
proauewpn
of
5,000
pounds
of
usable
optical
glass,
but
production
Is
already
far
In
excess
of
this
figure,
munitions
and
supply
officials
said.
The
company
now
has
orders
totalling
ten
of
millions
of
dollars
for
optical
equipment,"
Instruments
and
electrical
devices.
Customs-Excise
Revenue
Higher
Considerable
Increase
Being
Shown
This
year
Over
Last
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
present
calendar
year
to
date
totals
$518386.41
as
compared
with
$392,894.92
In
the
corresponding
period
of
last
year.
The
revenue
for
this
September
of
$60.-016.90
compares
with
$74,11558
In
September
1941.
A.
R.
P.
MOTOR
VEHICLE
PERMITS
From
thl
date
all
former
A.R.P.
permits
on
WHITE
sticker
must
be
removed
from
car
windshields.
They
are
not
legal
and
-will
no
longer
be
recognized
by
Provincial
or
Civil
authorities.
The
ONLY
officially
recognized
Permit
Is
the
small
YELLOW
sticker
issued
by
the
B.C.
Police
Motor
Vehicle
Department.
J.
J.
LITTLE,
Controller
N.PD.
Oct.
2,
1942.
Civilian
Protection
Committee
A.R.P.
!
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