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XXXI
No.
217
N
azi
!
advsnc
on
Port
lias
been
halted.
WILLKII-;
IN
KtlSSIA
MOSCOW
Wendell
Wlllklc
'fired
In
KuU
today
from
Teheran.
He
was
met
by
United
Slates
Ambassador
W.
H.
Standby
and
tilth
Soviet
officiate
far':,
arc
r:
t.tjI
RADIO
IS
!
APPROVED
Heavy
Casualties
Of
Dieppe
Explained;
Encounter
With
Tanker
Upset
Arrangements
OTTAWA,
Sept.
18
(CP)
A
chance
encounter
v.ith
an
escorted
German
oil
tanker
during
the
Lnjxlish
Channel
crossing
was
blamed
today
by
the
Department
of
National
Defence
as
having
been
partly
responsible
for
heavy
casualties
suffered
by
fhe
Canadian
forcos
which
raided
Dieppe
on
August
W.
In
the
first
comprehensive
official
statement
on
the
battle,
the
Defence
Department
disclosed
that
five
thousand
Canadian
Army
troops
participated,
of
which
some
3,350
were
casualties
killed,
wounded
or
missing
or
sixty-seven
percent.
The
encounter
with
the
tanker
was
described
ia
the
one
mishap
marring
"complete
achievement
of
surprise."
The
incident
had
two
result.;
First,
the
British
commando
force
which
had
the
task
of
attacking
and
destroying
a
battery
at
Removal,
six
miles
east
of
Dieppe,
was
unable
to
complete
the
assignment.
Second,
the
Royal
Regiment
of
Canada
from
Ioronto
was
twenty
minutes
late
in
reaching
Puits
Reach
and
had
to
land
in
broad
daylight
instead
of
mi-darkness.
PRINC
E
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY.
SEPTEMBER
18.
1042
Hurled
Alaska
Highway
Construction
A;
n.
.
BATTLE
OF
Rapidity
Of
Construction
Of
NEW
GUINEA
Allies
Pound
Heavily
From
Air
While
Jap
Advance
on
Tori
Moresby
Haiti
All
T
!
1
117
1
rri
1
i
done
on
a
mau
scale
by
huge
and
modern
machinery
which
dig
through
at
such
a
pace
and
on
In
aplte
of
added
responsibilities
dye
to
the
war,
reports
of
the
Missionary
Society
were
never
more
encouraging.
TOP
TO
BOTTOM
From
the
tallest
peak
to
the
lowest
ocean
depth
on
earth
is
a
vertical
distance
of
12
miles.
Out
k
j
reirvcd
the
.:e
me.-
rreaung
heavy
:iuTr.-
:..
v.
.divert
the
nioblrm
nidin
ft
It
:i
the
A,u,ska
in
an
interview
published
today.
FOUR
MORE
Aiasna
nignvay
worK--lftrougft
j
Jpg
SUNK!
iiurunanu
amazes
Disnop
iix
Un
Home
after
a
trip
into
the
Peace
River
district
nn
ilted
ecclesiastical
inspection,
Rt.
Rev.
G.
A.
Rix.
D.D..
Bishon'
wabhinotok.
dc.
sept,
is.-
!
VliSZ,
Sept
IS:
to-
In.
of
Caledonia,
expresses
amazempnt
at
thn
mnirlirv
nf'p,ur
Japanese
ships
two
large
r-
thetre
of
war
Allied
,
nrnirrnKS
that
ic
linr
aA
tU
t
.,.:
e
it
I
inters.
one
medium-sized
'"th
in
Australia
that
flk-hter
planes
Ki
rxuwls
of
cannon
;iim
f
if,
rrashln
Into
I
mui
m-
supply
base
at
Buna.
1.:
.-a.
while
United
Nations
nres
visible
for
thirty
an
assault
on
lUtbaul.
:'.i:n
and
four
others
a
Jarge
tanker,
a
large
freighter,
a
transport
and
medium-sized
cargo
ship
have
such
a
scale
that
one
has
to
see
to
been
damaged,
it
is
announced
by
believe.
The
country
Is
seething
1
1"
Department
of
the
Navy.
The
with
activity
with
thousands
of
tanker
was
set
afire.
men
on
hand
for
the
road
con-'
These
vessels
had
nothing
to
do
lllth.
Power
Short
Wave
Station
strucUon
U1k-
.
with
Solomon
Islands
operaUons
In
New
Brunswick
Is
C.iven
O.K.
'
1
Tne
Bishop
himself
had
the
ex-
and
bring
the
total
of
362
the
perlence
of
driving
a
distance
of
number
of
Japanese
vessels
sunk
some
eighty
or
ninety
miles
fromir
damaged
since
December
7.
107
OTTAWA.
Sept.
18:
O
The
sv-
port
St.
John
to
Fort
Nelson
be-ernment
has
approved
the
Im-
tweefa
-which
uoinU
there
had
Dre-
!
mediate
eatoblWiment
of
a
high
viouslyibew
no
road
connection.
I
P"
short
wave
broadcasting
Through
the-
Peace
River
coun-statlon
at
Sackvllle,
New
Bran-
tr
north
of
Dawson
Creek
the
road
of
these
having
been
by
submar
ines.
The
American
submarines,
by
sinking
the
Japanese
vessels,
are
preventing
the
enemy
from
cash
ing
in
on
conquests
In
the
Philip-
wick.
It
was
announced
today.
conatructlan
work
It
actually
five
pines
and
East
Indies.
weeks
ahead
of
schedule,
having1
been
favored
by
exceptionally
fine,
dry
weather.
The
work
is
now
being
pushed
forward
from
Fort
Nelson
towards
Watson
Lake
to
which
point
i
construction
is
proceeding
from
the
direction
of
Whltehorsc.
By
fall
.It
Is
expected
to
be
through
MUf
Aircraft
Have
Been
Strik-to
Whltehorse.
MeanUme
the
con-i
,ne
,,ard
A
Enemy
Off
Coast
struction
work
is
proceeding
be-
UI
rway
yond
Whltehorse
In
the
Yukon
and
Alaska.
:MANY
NAZI
SHIPS
SUNK
STOCKHOLM,
Sept.
18
Allied
In
addition
to
his
trln
throuch
airplanes
have
sunk
twenty-four
the
Peace
River.
Bishop
Rix,
while
0man
vpssels
off
the
coasts
of
away,
attended
execuUve
meetings
Norway
recently,
the
majority
of
of
the.Qeneral
Synod
of
the
Angll-
inem
navmg
oeen
on
osio
ana
can
Church
in
Canada
at
Fort
Stavanger.
William
and
Pbrt
Arthur.
There
According
to
an
announcement
wre
about
120
delegates
in
attend-
yesterday
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
ance
at
the
church
sessions,
all
coastal
command
In
London
enemy
but
two
of
Canada's
Bishops
being
snipping
was
attacked
by
British
present.
planes
and
two
German
ships
were
Discussion
of
social
service
work
torpedoed.
was
the
important
feature
of
the.
gathering,
this
pertaining
both
to1
s'-lVS
REINFORCED
civilian
and
army
life.
The
chap-1
'
LONDON
Urge
reinforce-lalncv
service
and
its
effect
upon
mcnts
arc
reported'
to
have
been
the
phurch
came
Infor
o1sc"(isslon.:r
delivered
by
air
to
the
Yugoslav
"
...
it
i
.......
patriot
forces
by
air
from
the
Middle
East.
Fierce
fighting
goes
on
in
Bosnia.
Five
thousand
Yugoslav
patriots
have
been
killed
and
12,000
taken
prisoner
by
the
Nails
this
month,
-
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
II.
Sherman
sr.
left
last
nlsht
for
Victoria
where
they
will
take
up
future
residence.
Of
I
Madagascar
Miss
Q.
Lewis
and
Miss
Fraser
left
last
night
for
Vancouver.
Stal
nounced
today
by
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
Navy
Minister.
When
sunk
the
Charlottetown
was
fishtinjt
0ff
an
enemy
submarine
attack
in
heavy
fog.
Surrtvor4eie.
rescjoedJiynA
other
naval
vessel
and
brought
to
an
east
coast
Canadian
port.
Among
those
seriously
injured
are
Lieut.
George
F.
T.
Gregory
of
Victoria
and
Stoker
John
Albert
Brown
of
Vancouver.
Armistice
Proposals
Rejected
.
.
.
LONDON
Armistice
proposals
rejected
by
Vichy
French
authorities
in
Madagascar
were
purely
military
terms
of
surrender,
a
British
military
commentator
announced
today.
Russians
Driving
Nazis
Back
.
.
.
More
Americans
In
Britain
.
.
.
LONDON
Thousands
of
United
States
troops
arrived
In
Britain
recently
to
swell
the
ranks
of
the
rapidly-expanding
United
States
Army
In
this
country.
Europe
Has
Air
Jitters
.
.
.
LONDON
Southeastern
Europe
was
kept
In
a
high
state
of
jitters
last
night
by
an
air
raid
scare
in
Sofia
and
by
reports
that
a
mysterious
balloon
laden
with
explosives
was
drifting
over
Hungary.
Hungarians
were
warned
of
the
presence
of
balloons
by
the
Budapest
radio,
but
the
broadcast
gave
no
hint
as
to
where
they
had
come
from
or
whether
they
were
causing
any
damage.
The
air
raid
scare
was
announced
ln
Sofia
when
the
radio
there
shut
down
in
the
midst
of
a
broadcast
after
an
announcer
shouted
excited
warnings
to
"keep
calm."
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
ingrad
Russians
Seize
Initiative
In
Dramatic
Eleventh
Hour
Rally;
Bloody
Street
Battle
Battle
On
Thousands
Of
Fresh
Siberian
Troops
Arc
Moving
Into
Defence
Of
Great
Soviet
Industrial
City
MOSCOW,
Sept.
18
(CP)
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
sietre
armips.
HviVp
hnrWl
tionL-
in
ItinnA,,
.
"vm
uwi
.11
UlUUUJf
OlICCl.
llUUIIg,
were
reported
to
be
hastily
erectintr
defences
in
tho
"".
uvwk.
in
v
it
.
.
i
.
.
...
,z
.
.
"
:
-
:
s.S5
:
CORVETTE
rarM
a
British
Africa
command
'
communique
announced
to-
day.
AIR
BLOWS
j
EXCHANGED
Royal
Air
Force
Hits
at
Bordeaux
And
Luftuiffe
at
Southwest
Port
LONDON.
Sept.
18:
0.
While
weather
shielded
Germany
proper
from
attack
last
night.
Royal
Air
1
Force
bpmbers
struck
at
Bordeaux.
Considerable
damage
and
oasu-altic&
vwere-vreporiUbn.
r
BrltAUVc
own
coast
when
at
least
four
Nazi
planes
strafed
a
southwest
point.
"
-vn.
owv.
1:1,1
C...U
1
..
ouum-ruies
nave
ovpr
-
rilstrirt.
nf
Past
Ano.
Been
Active
In
Pacific
Ocean
11a
during
the
night.
Bombs
were
dropped
and
a
little
damage
was
done
with
one
person
Injured.
One
enemy
ship
was
shot
down.
TORPEDOED
the
commander,
Acting:
Lieuten
ant
Commander
John
Willard
Bonner
of
Halifax,
killed,
five
of
steel
city
and
forced
the
Invaders
to
retreat.
Significantly.
Hitler's
field
head-
Loss
Of
Another
Canadian
Naval
"
?
l?
f
"l
CraI
Nazl
Vessel
Lieut.
Commander
?lalm
J1
trooPs
?ad-
Jchn
Bonner
Among
Dead
,
'"i,
'""SL
in
the
battle
for
Stalingrad.
There
was
no
rePetltin
tt
Berlin
claim
ottav
OTTAWA,
Sept
tni
18
ib
rp
CP)-Loss
t
that
German
3
'
tl
:lha'
!
!1W"
,
J
ing
deeper
into
city'street,
dUiuii
iiiv
aitivil
Willi
AHrloAP
In
Hr.,
..ij
.
i
Russian
tanks
and
infantry
were
on
the
offensive
in
two
neighbor-
f
"
Tass
Ne
A8cy
reported
thous-ratine,
in
dead
of
injuries
c.,v'
was
an-
,nrt
,
,ru
.
ing
into'
battle.
Russian
headquarters
said
that,
1
lowing
the
breaking
down
of
"oruroesi
ouisKirxs
or
Stalingrad
today
as
the
Russians
armistice
negotiations,
a
seized
the
initiative
in
a'
dramatic
eleventh
hour
rally
strong
new
British
force
has
Dispatches
said
that
Red
Army
defenders
were
backed
1
landed
on
the
east
coast
of
'
f
down
tree-lined
avenues
to
cliffs
5A
as
darkness
fell
last
night,
"all
detachments
which
had
penetrated
our
positions
were
repulsed."
t
GAS
BEING
CUT
LOWER
BUT
WAR
CHANGES
I
r,easure
Motorists
To
Have
Ration
Prior
to
the
war.
India
raised
.
Cut
ln
,,a,f
New
J001"
To
Be
the
most
cattle;
China,
the
mosti
Issued
To
Many
People
hogs;
Australia,
the
most
sheep.
I
i
uiiAWA,
oept.
io;
v
treasure
.
.
.
A
;o,ok,,motorlsts
throughout
Dojuin.
w
w
v
m
w
ion
tightened
-
their
belts
today
JL
T
w
T
j
and
sat
down
to
figure-
out
how
to
ff
SI
If
I
l
AT
ATf
make
the
al
the
remainder
of
ff
CLX
JL
1
3
W
d
their
shortened
gasoline
rations
as
t
announced
.
by
Hon.
Clarence
D.
ft.
1
I
-A
IA
Battling
'O
"
In
New
'
w
Guinea
vm
.
.
.
i
ait.
nowe
sa
atnai
aooui
zzo.vw
Canadians
will
have
their
category
'A
gasoune
ration
dooks
withdrawn
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
AUSTRALIA
.While
Australian
j
after
October
1
and
replaced
with
troops
battled
Japanese
forces
in
New
Guinea
Jungles
only
32
air
line
'a
smaller
ration
ln
a
new
category
miles
from
Port
."Moresby,
Allied
fighter
planes
struck
a
smashing'
blow
.
known
as
AA
which
will
provide
jesterday
at
the
enemy
supply
base
of
Buna,
Allied
headquarters
an-
sixteen
units
(a
unit
consists
of
nounced
today.
four
gallons)
for
six
months
tb
,
.the
owner
of
a
small
car.
This-is
Quiet
In
Battle
Egyptian
.
.
.
CAIRO
Sand
storms
restricted
aerial
activity
yesterday
on
the
Egyptian
battle
front
as
the
lull
in
land
fighting
remained
unbroken
by
any
major
operations,
a
communique
said
today.
j
about
half
the
amount
available
'at
present
to
holders
of
Category
A
books.
,
In
an
address
over
the
.Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
network
the
minister
announced
the
new
AA
category
which
will
include
all
persons
using
cars
for
personal
transportation
and
not
for
business.
Housewives,
students,
owners
of
two
or
more
cars
and
thosr
using
cars
chiefly
for
driving
to
land
from
non-essential
work
are
among
those
affected.
Oil
controller
Cottrelle
said
that
all
category
A
applications
are
be-
MOSCOW
Soviet
troops
have
wiped
out
two
threatening
wedges
i
lng
examined
anl
letters
prepared
within
Stalingrad
in
hand-to-hand
fighting
and
the
Germans
now
j
for
those
who
may
have
(o
accept
are
trying
to
fortify
themselves
In
the
northwestern
outskirts
of
the
a
lwer
category
after
October
1.
city
against
fierce,
tank-led
counter-attacks,
the
Russians
said
to-
.
day.
I
LATIN
METROPOLIS
.Buenos
Aires
Is
the
largest
city
of
Latin
America
with
a
population
of
2,300,000.
Victory
Loan
October
19
OTTAWA,
Sept.
18
Vh
Can-
ada's
Third
Victory
Loan
will
be
opened
October
19
with
the
objective
set
at
$750,000,000,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
minister
of
finance,
announced
today.
'
if
I
i
I