QUEEN
IS
PRESENTED
.Miss
PhUomena
Murray
Wins
Contest
In
Connection
With
1912
Carnival
Announcement
and
presenta-t.'u,
of
Miss
PhUomena
Murray,
candidate
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
as
Queen
of
the
5
942
Civic
Cerv-.-e
Carnival
featured
the
-.
.,1,(1
night
of
the
carnival
I'i-gram
at
the
Exhibition
Hn
last
night.
W.
F
8tone
pre-rented
Miss
Murray
and
mond
and
Ills
'Sip.
u
-1
rh.Wmmi
Sltri
''hitt
Miss
Ethel
Knutsen.
Sons
of
Norway,
and
Miss
Margaret
Oreig.
United
Services
Organltaztion.
would
be
matds-of-hooor.
they
luMne
come
second.
and
third
re-
Hawallans
were
again
popular.
The
carnival
features
were
widely
patronized
and
the
big
crowd
again
enjoyed
the
dancing
to
the
strains
of
Midlands
Orchestra.
The
big
entertainment
goes
on
again
tonight.
Local
Officers
Reach
Overseas
I
stays
undone.
Three
year
of
war
have,
in
fact.
strained
the
old
lady
to
the
utmost.
Thousand!
of
ships
have
dodged
about
her
feet
down
in
the
harbor,
bringing
with
them
a
doubling
of
the
population,
a
tripling
of
crime
figures,
an
increase
In
disease
and
a
serious
housing
shortage
wartime
Housing
umuea
ana
cuy
authorities
reached
an
agreement
She
m
for
constructing
200
prefabricated
dwellings
here
this
fall,
in
addl-'
Uon
to
1.100
already
built,
city
or-.
Delate
announced
they
had
on,
hand
"more
than
200
applications."!
Parks
Crowded
Defore
to
the
city.
But.
me
uitaaei
insures
the
prosperity
may
disappear
with
the
war.
Asitie
from
the
business
of
sending,
mending,
loading,
feeding,
fuelling
and
berthing
war
Industry
Is
lo-
shins,
only
one
s
shipbuilding,
and
,
with
Russia.
Prime
Minister
Tojo
takes
over
the
Japanese
tren,vnjnlsUy.
and,,
lb
war
lords
are
ihfuller
command
4
;)ruvrly
in
the
contest.
Prepara-
Simple
things
that
were
once
'inns
are
now
befng
made
for
the
taken
for
granted
now
are
Inor-
commandant
of
Local
Defences
raborate
coronation
ceremonies
dinately
complicated.
In
some
r.olng
to
Victoria
Col.
Mar-
whlch
will
feature
the
program
on
areas,
me
city
water
supply
u
so
tyn
coming
tiie
closing
night
Friday.
-ovcrsiraineo.
taps
woni
now
lor
The
final
count
in
the
Carnival
hours
at
time.
Most
old-line
cltl-Qiioen
Contest
was
as
follows:
,iens
spend
their
evenings
at
home
PhUomena
Murray,
Air
Force,
or
with
their
frienas
Decause
me
103.400.
Ethpi
ttmiUen.
Son
of
Norway,
are
so
overcrowded
they
are
un
80.400.
'comfortable.
The
Dingle,
for
ln-
Mnronrxi
nroit
United
Services
stance,
is
a
popular
park
area
Organization.
76iKW.
across
,
me
Normwesi
Arm
JOHNSTON
IS
MOVED
Announcement
is
made
of
im-
nnrtant
nrnmntlnns
and
transfers
u.li.
t
j
.1..U.
...
aires,
aairec-iiaus.
paiiwa
au
v.uU
involving
well
known
military
oil!
cers
of
Prince
Rupert
area.
They
Include
the
following:
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston,
M.C.,
VX).,
officer
commanding
Prince
Rupert
Eileen
Hamblln.
Army,
72.000.
iUie,.war.
some
200
or
300
might
jjcienees.
.
appoliUed
to
Pacific
Tnnmiu
innw
nhamlyr
iinond
the
afternoon
there
on
a
:f
Commerce,
58.200.
vbusy
Sunday.
One
Sunday
a
feu-j
Opal
Olsen.
Navy.
8.900.
weeks
ago"
attendants
said
they
Last
night's
program
went
off
handled
25.000.
nieudtdlv
and
there
was
another
Police
Ciller
J.
J.
uonraa
suys
Command
at
Victoria
Lieut.
CoL
D.-B.
Martyn,
D5.0.,
M.C..
V.D.,
now
on
Pacific
Command
staff,
appointed
to
com
mand
Prince
Rupert
Defences
with
bumncr
crowd
n
attendance.
The
netty
crimes
Increased
333
percent!
rant
of
rnlnnel.
vaudeville
numbers
were
excellently
during
the
first
four
months
of,
.,,.
n
v
Evitf
n
be
Lleuten-
received,
their
quality
and
presen-
this
year,
compared
with
the
same
:
antwCoionei
-tth
command
of
a
fahnn
showtniE
an
improvement
period
In
1939.
Tne
ponce
wrce:
t
ortillorv
raiment
f
rom
nnpnina
nlfllit
Miss
Kave
Con-
has
been
increased
by
15
men
from1
rant
T
McWaters.
to
be
;::or
who
ws
suffering
from
a
the
pre-war
total
of
79.
The
chief
major
and
appointed
staff
captain,
j
jlght
cold
on
Monday
night,
was
w-ants
13
more,
but
the
city
can't
c
t
p
F
p
Blrd
to
be
major
nulte
recovered
and
her
vocal
and
find
the
funds
or
the
men
w
iiu
m
command
of
battery.
violin
numbers
went
over
well.
The
hli
request.
jjeutenants
George
Maddlll,
magician,
Edward
Ackery.
was
as-
Yei
tne
0id
jady
of
Citadel
HIU
whiter
Cross.
W.
II.
M.
Colllson.
isted
by
two
local
boys
David
u
hn'vine
her
troubles
and
not
F,ri
Morris.
James
Hadden
and
Smith
-and
George
West.
Dick
mlndlng
who
hears
her
complaints.
q,
Johnson
to
be
"captains.
Den
xylophonlst,
and
Duck
Ray-
don.
know
where
It's
all
going
some
0f
these
officers
have
al
tn
end."
she
says.
"I
cant
cope
readv
ieft
prince
Rupert
and
:
with
it
myself
much
longer."
few
0f
them
are
overseas.
National
Defence
Department
ai
rrospeni),
.
Ottawa
announces
these
appolnt-
I
Of
course,
the
war
has
brought
mcnts
and
promotions
within
the
a
tremendous
wave
of
prosperity
pacific
command.
GIVING
TO
RED
CROSS
Capl.
James
Hadden
and
IVSM.
!
there,
very
little
of
that
for
most,
gt
pel
.
junlor
Red
Cross
410
WIHlam
Brown
in
England
'of
the
facilities
are
taken
up
wlthjst.
Peter's
Church
Boys
League
10
'repair
work.
Word
has
been
received
In
the
th.
Canadian
navy
is
kept
up
city
of
the
safe
arrival
in
England
aIter
lhe
war,
however,
as
Navy
of
capt.
James
Hadden
and
Regt-
minister
Macao
Macdonald
says
It
will
be.
mental
Sergeant
Ma
or
W.
M.
is
shipbuilding
program
Brown
of
the
102nd
Heavy
Bat-
tery
who
left
a
few
weeks
ago
for
continued,
Halifax's
outlook
may
overseas.
be
better
than
before.
Ladles
of
North
Pacific
cannery
25
CALLING
UP
CANADIANS
OTTAWA
Between
20,000
and
25,000
more
Canadians
will
b'e
called
up
for
military
service
in
September,
BULLETINS
GERMAN'S
IN
DAKAR
VICHY
The
French
commissioner
to
West
Africa
is
in
Vichy
t
consult
with
Marshal
Petain.
('eiman
forces
are
reported
to
have
entered
Dakar
and
to
be
spreading
elsewhere
in
West
Africa
including
Algeria
and
Morocco.
This
misht
be
recard-.ed
-as.-aiihrcat
to.
South
Africa.
PRISONERS
AT
IIONG
KONG
OTTAWA
The
government
has
issued
a
list
showing
S00
Canadians
being
held
as
pris-eis
of
war
at
Hong
Kong.
CONFERENCE
PROCEEDING
OTTAWA
The
conference
in
regard
to
the
threatened
steel
strike
at
Sydney
and
Sault
Ste.
.Marie
is
proceeding
today
after
being
adjourned
from
yesterday.
MAJOR
POWER
BACK
OTTAWA
Major
C.
G.
Power,
minister
of
national
defence
for
air,
is
back
from
Britain.
He
returned
today
from
Quebec
where
he
had
arrived
yesterday
from
New
York.
He
crossed
the
Atlantic
by
clipper
plane.
TEA
PRICES
OTTAWA
Prices
for
small
two-ounce
packages
of
tea
have
been
set.
Tea
regularly
selling
at
85c
will
sell
in
the
small
packages
for
12c
Dollar
pound
tea
will
sell
for
14c.
HARVEST
INTERRUPTED
WINNIPEG
Untimely
rains
are
interfering
with
the
harvest
of
praiiie
grain
but,
despite
that,
there
will
be
a
bumper
crop.
BENNETT
IN
CANADA
TORONTO
Lord
Bennett
is
visiting
Canada.
He
is
at
present
in
New
Brunswick
but
will
make
a
trip
to
Calgary
and
Edmonton
before
returning
to
Britain.
ALEUTIAN
OFFENSIVE
SEATTLE
Congressman
Warren
G.
Magnuson
says
there
will
be
an
Allied
offensive
against
the
Japanese
in
the
Aleutians
within
the
next
few
weeks.
There
will
be
action
similar
to
that
in
the
Solomon
Islands.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Brooklyn
4-
Pittsburg
2.
Philadelphia
3,
Cincinnati
New
York
5,
Chicago
10.
Boston
3,
St.
Louis
4.
American
Iacue
Cleveland
3,
WasKuigton
4.
(Only
games).
.
The
giajit
fiyin?
boat
Marv
bui.t
by
tl-.r
Gien:
L
Marun
Co
n
shown
taking
off
on
her
maiden
(light.
Taking
uff
beside
the
great
70-t
-a
craft
is
a
Urumman
amphibian,
which
dwarfed
by
the
"Mars
"
Flying
boats
of
this
t
ype
may
soon
be
in
production
in
converted
shipyards
throughout
the
US.
as
the
answer
to
th
U-boat
problem.
Oeared
to
support
a
population
Jap
Attack
of
about
70j000.
the
Halifax-Dart
mouth
area
now
houses
some
124,-000
persons,
plus
a"
floating
population"
of
about
5.000
and
10,000
suburban
dwellers.
In
most
cat,
wartime
restrictions
have
prevented
the
area
from
adjusting
various
and
evidences
of
the
resulting
squeeze"
are
verywhere.
Strangers
have
spent
as
much
a
six
months
looking
for
apartments
or
-houses,
meanwhile
Hying
4
ri
n
o
On
un
missia:
Russia?
as
nomlblv
foreshadowinc
a
public
services
to
meet
the
influx
Japame
attack
on-
Siberia.
'Mini
riiiriirpi
in
ins
rMii
mnir
-
...
Togo
rut
a
cnamptonea
peace
in
fwiimiK
nuusrs.
iwu
unym
aucr
.
yjj
ever
LONDON,
Sept.
2
The
res-
f"
ignation
of
Foreign
Minister
Togo
of
Japan
Is
taken
here
Big
Battle
In
Egypt
Desert
I
CAIRO,
Sept.
2:
J
British
forces
were
locked
in
battle
with
Axis
armored'
forces
in
the
southern
sector
of
the
Egyptian
desert
battlefield
all
day
yesterday,
British
head-
quarters
announced
today
in
a
communique
which
said
United
States
planes
partlcl-
4teeMw
extensive-operations''
over
the
entire
area.
.
SAAR
CITY
'C0L0GNED'
Hundreds
of
British
Planes
Bomb
Important
Nazi
Industrial
City
LONDON,
Sept.
2
(CP)
Saar
bruecken,
centre
of
western
Germany's
railway
system
and
hub
of
a
great
coal
and
steel-produc
ing
area,
was
"Cologned"
during
the
night
by
a
strong
force
of
British
and
Canadian
bombers.
The
Air
Ministry
described
the
attacking
squadrons
as
a
strong
force,
inducating
that
hundred
of
planes
participated
although
only
three
bombers
were
lost.
Weather
was
good
and
the
Air
Ministry
said
"targets
were
clearly
seen
an
dthe
attack
was
an
outstanding
success."
British
and
American
bombers
ranged
also
over
Boulogne
and
Dieppe
along
the
French
invasion
coast.
A
few
enemy
planes
came
over
Britain
but
damage
was
small
and
casualties
light.
BUILDING
MOUNTING
Nearing
Hair
Million
Dollar
.Mark
Russians
Fight
Hard
t
uu
k
Dl.
I
IO
!
IUIU
MciZIS
uaci
From
Important
City
Enemy
Makes
Some
Dents
But
No
Major
Break-through
As
Yet
Waves
of
Tanks
and
Planes
Keep
Up
DISORDERS
Ceaseless
Assault
MOSCOW,
Sept.
2.
(CP)
The
Russians
fought
hard
today
for
Stalingrad,
against
hordes
of
German
.anks
that
struck
deep
into
the
defence
system.
Nowhere
was
there,
pign
of
a
Soviet
weakening
which
might
lead
,to
a
major
German
break-through.
On
this,
the
seventh
day
of
the
battle
for
the
city,
the
Nazis
threw
waye
of
tanks,
against
the
outer
fortification?
.while,
w.huft
planes
planes
contin
ued
almost
contin-
rfni
mAT'l
TTVir
srjssn
BIG
CONVOY
The
crucial
sector
Is
southwest
of
the
city
with
the
situation
in
thej
northwest
said
to
be
well
in
hand.
IN
BELFAST
American
Soldiers
Set
Upon
Following
Execution
of
Young
I.
R.
A.
Man
BELFAST.
Sept.
2:
O
Appear
ance
of
two
United
States
soldiers
on
Belfast
streets
touched
off
first
disorders
today
soon
after
Thomas
J.
Williams.
18-year
old
member
of
the
outlawed
Irish
Re-
disperse
a
crowd
which
stoned
the
;oldiers.
yelling:
"Why
don't
you
itay
home?"
The
police
charged
with
drawn
batons,
scattering
the
crowd.
HALIBUT
SALES
Shirley
A.
Storage.
Finella,
Royal.
American
,
36,000,
17.9c
and
13c,
;
Canadian
20,000,
21c
b-
Award
Skipper
and
17c-
Of
Netherlands
Brave
Captain
Recognized
by
Cross
Of
Merit
From
Queen
Wtlhelmina
LONDON',
Sept.
2:
O)
The
captain
of
a
Netherlands
motor
vessel,
hts
face
burned
beyond
recognition
by
the
explosion
of
three
bombs,
and
his
hands,
arms
and
legs
deeply
scarred,
remained
at
his
post
and
brought
his
ship
and
a
valuable
war
cargo
through
air
attack
to
safety.
Heroism
of
this
captain
was
revealed
with
the
announcement
that
Queen
Wilhelmlna
has
awarded
him
the
Cross
of
Merit
with
clasp
"for
excellent
conduct
under
difficulty
and
dangerous
circumstances
and
for
great
devotion
to
duty
shown
by
complete
selflessness."
I
This
Is
the
second
time
this
"
.
1
t
M
1
Recorded
Value
So
Far
This
Year
sKipper
nas
oeen
awaraea
lor
gai
lantry.
He
previously
received
the
Bronze
Cross
with
honorable
Hon
for
his
"brave
and
skilled
con-
duct"
when
his
ship
twice
ram-tor
Building
value
at
Prince
Rupert
the
year
1942
up
to
the
end
of
and
eventually
sank
a
u-boat
August
is
nearing
the
half
million
which
was
attacking
the
convoy
In
dollar
mark.
The
total
for
the
wnic
"e
was
first
eight
months
of
this
year,
In-
nooooooooCH0awooooo
eluding
Wartime
Housing
projects
ft
j
but
not
a
good
deal
of
other
gov-
g
j
eminent
building,
is
$469,735
as
g
I
compared
with
$99,778
during
he
5
'corresponding
period
last
year,
g
Permits
for
4.hls
August
amount-
S
lng
to
$11,630
compared
with
$9,-025
In
the
same
month
last
year.
W1LLKIE
IN
CAIRO
CAIRO
Wendell
Wlllkie
of
the
United
States
has
arrived
In
Cairo
In
the
course
of
hU
tour
of
the
Middle
East,
OF
CANUCKS
IN
BRITAIN
General
Worthington's
Armored
Division
Delivered
Safely
With
Uneventful
Voyage
AT
A
BRITISH
PORT,
Sept
2:
tt
Jtegimental
formation
for
Ma-
jor
vicnerai
r.
r.
wonningion
s
armored
division
has
arrived
in
Britain
to
take
Its
place
in
the
Canadian
overseas
army.
General
Worthlngton
preceded
his
men
nere
xy
air.
omcers
and
men
publican
Army,
was
hanged
lor
lRlirr,
Superior,
British
.H.,
killing
a
policeman
last
Easter.
Columbia,
South
ern
Alberta
and
Manitoba
armored
?4
1
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
yt
'-
(Standard
Time)
High
7:55
ajn.
14.8
feet
IV
V
Maximum
69
19:59
pjn.
16.4
feet
Low
1:20
ajn.
7.4
feet
'
'
Minimum
SO
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
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XXXI.
No.
20
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RUPERT,
B.C
WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER
2.
1942.
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTf
,
Staliiw
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-h
v
-,
ad
Battle
Is
Keeping
Up
Canada:
Three
Years
at
War-
CITADEL
SURVEYS'
K
HALIFAX
IN
LIGHT
UF
WARTIME
CONDITIONS
'Tlu.i
is
one
of
a
Canadun
Press
Daily
Series
on
Canada:
Three
Year
,
at
War
By
ARTHUR
MERKEL
i
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
Three
Years
the
date
to
War-Splashed
Atlantic,,
Coast
Port
Finds
Itself
a
Bit
Perturbed1
'
East
HALIFAX,
Sept.
2
(CP)
Gnarled
old
lady;pf
Can-'
ada's
eastern
gate,
upon
whose
skirts
the
building
and
streets
of
Halifax
have
clustered
fop
centuries,
the
Citadel
is
getting
a
bit
crocheiy.
So
many
people
are
climbing
over
her
that
her
dress
has
been-torn
and
some
of
her
MARS
OFF
ON
MAIDEN
FLIGHT
r,
1
-X
4
of
the
convoy
which
also
Included
a
party
of
the
Royal
Canadian
J
'
Women's
Air
Force.
The
voyage
was
made
under
splendid
weather
S
conamons
ana
was
entirely
Customs-Excise
Revenue
Up
Tho'
August
Is
Down
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
1942
to
date
totals
$358,569.51
as
compared
with
$261,90121
In
the
cor
Halibut
Season
Closing
Is
Set
X
September
25
at
midnight
has
been
set
as
the
date
for
CARNIVAL
PROGRAM
TONIGHT
8
p.m.-r-Vaiuleville,
complete
change
of
program.
D
p.m.
Carnival
Attractions.
11
p.m.
Dancing,
Midlands
Orchestra.
the
closing
of
halibut
fishing
.
.
In
Areas
No.
3
and
4
with
Oc-
.
tober"
15
at
midnight
the
last
:
date
for
the
validity
of
permits
for
incidental
halibut
fish-
lng.
Official
announcement'
to
this
effect
was
received
from
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
yesterday
after-
noon.
J0aHMHKHOHor0CHaoi
j
responding
period
of
last
year.
,
j'
The
collections
this
August
amounting
to
$47,932.67
showed
a
u,
decrease
from
$56,878.43
In
the
first
eight
months
of
1941.
STEEL
OF
INDIA
:3
1V
Next
to
cotton,
Iron
and
steel
rank
highest
among'
India's
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