1 II mi Id guns psident's Wife ' FOR NEW !: Aug 18 Captured K of the last war -p. kept as souvenirs Is tGiven Warning II by Censors Not to Mention Veather In Iter Itrn.-iilriitt Ahif Writings HHINQTON, D.C., Aug. 18- I Franklin D, Roosevelt, wife President, has been warned ii::or ihlp authorities to refrain I 'fference to the Weather la jr.ungs and radio bfoadcast SHIPS STRATEGY SENT DOWN PLANNED t Bia aim Are t United' States Vessels Important Decisions for Counter-boat Victim I F'ows Against Axis Believed rjT ""N DC. August 18: Uoid Nation vea-ink by Oerman u-r ;ifnantan vessel was v. i ios of seven live ,.i states merchant if eleven. Theae likings to be re-: Wednesday. iFECTIVE AIR RAIDS- Stites Pound at Haiphontr Indo China as Well a Tat-lit In Japanese-Occupied China : N D.C.. Aug. 18 ' . ur air raid by ; ,une on the French :' of Haiphong has Enormous fires among Japanese ln- .,, other effective (.staged on Japan-.rit., in central and , urge quantities being destroyed. .iaue ai .movcow MOSCOW, August 18: As a result of the recent conference in Moscow between Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Mrl-laln and Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia on the proceeding of whi:h President Franklin I). Roosevelt of the United States and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek were kept closely Informed, agreements were reached for important counterblows against the Axli by the Uhlted Nations In Europe 'and the Far East mili tary observers' bellfTe:' Within the next two months there is reason to believe that a culmin-atinc Issue In the scar way be reached. The British and United Stales delegate to the conference flew to Moscow In liberator bombers to play their part In making the blue print for world strategy, it has been revealed. One of the first signs of a new offensive against Germany is the initial attack of United. States flying fortresses, in cooperation with the Koyal Air A spokesman here nays that the Allies are now ready to unleash against the enemy the greatest air offensive the world has ever seen. "We will do the most bombing where it Is most effective with the objective of ending the war as speedily as possible." the i!. of Last War- lr United rspkesmansldr lej ta be Broken up and - tsea add 14c to 16.2c and 14c. Canadian 4i.-vu puunus, and 14c to 168c and 14c. American nruif. is.000. 16.2c and I Force, on German targets in I northern France. All the fort- I EE """ " """ iAIR RAIDS Enlistments On Increase aio to be broken up( , ::c manufacture of I umltion for the pres- Attestations During Tast Ten Days to be dooe in the; Here Announced J rap metal anve. i t is exftd, wUl i I the ret of the 1 RnllUmcnU for acUve service Mhday Of Manuel Quezon arv of Philippine Presl- To Be Observed Tomorrow jT'N. DC. Auguat 18: !'urth birthday of i exiled president of .o Lt'.ands, will be ob- mcirrow. There will ; and muslral program. Ely Vallee In Navy Now I Orcliestra Uader Will Con pet Hand in Canaritv of Chief Petty Officer OI$lfACir, Aug. 18 Rudy F d crooner and dance sK- ni.ff itAtn lnltsAi4 tits HUULWl, liUO UltlVU Ufl J ' petty officer with the mr r -. - . . . it, ' u mrs ixavy. lie win tarry W duties of a bandmaster. In the Canadian Army arc increasing at Prince Rupert. The following attestations are announced since August 8: Lee M. Gordon. A. W. Rlvell (Prince Rupert delence. m. u. Speer. A. R Leake. J. G. Noitea. J. N. Crowdcr. Frank netcner, uazei- nn .vtj.raru.' auarai. auss c- Flnan. Smlthera (C.WJV.O. M. L. Bird, Prince Rupert AC.) HALIBUT SALES Summary American 76.000 pounds, 15.6c 15c 14c, Spray, 31,000. 15.6c and 14c, Canadian Joan W. I., 40,000, 16.8c and 14c, Storage. Atll. U00, 15c and nc. auhi. Appointed lo High School Miss Freda lUndford Coming Here From Ksynioops as insiruciur In Mathematics and Science Appointment of Miss Freda Hand- t.A t a nf Vancouver and OH UV.HJI , .ttl, or Timili Memorial HIS" School Is announced at tM w tr,i uric imnHford Is a teacher or ten years' experience and has bccn recently icacnim. Joopa, LONDO.VT A. Force bombers attacked the Indus trial Ruhr Valley of Germany last nlaht. There were a few Nazi alders over Britain. PASSING UP LABOR DAY : SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18 Feeling that even one day's production of vital war materials should not be lost. San Francisco labor unions have unanimously Miss adoDted a plan to give up the tra- (C.W. dlUonal babor Day holiday this year. The day will be given only pasting notice this year In factories and shipyards here. Workert In other war Industrie 'throughout the country arc ex-i peeled to follow suit. TODAYS (Oourteny 8. D. STOCKS Johnston Co.) . Vancouver Grandvlew - 12 i Bralortte - - 5-30 Cariboo Quarts ...-i - -90 Hdly Maeot .18 Pend Orettle - Nil Pioneer 1,23 Premier -12 Privateer - 2G Reno -04V4 Sheep Creek -76 Oils Calmont ..HVi n R. A. - -86 Home 2.26 STAR SELLS STAMPS , MOSCOW. Aug. 18 Russian , defence have shown a defln- i No Time Out Will be Taken by Vital War Industries in San I Francisco '. ite stiffening tendency In one Fred K. Jones Fred K Jones, prominent Spokane real estate and insurance man, will be in Prince Rupert tomorrow to pay an official cislt to the local Rotary Club in hla capacity as district governor. He will arrive In the morning from the south and, after attending a special dinner of the club, will proceed later In the evening to Ketchikan. Mr. Jones, for vonrs a leader in mc commu- Royal Canadian 02& nity life of the "Inland Empire Toronto Beattle -J2 Central Pat RmpHrrs 32.50 Hardrock Kerr Addison Little Long Lac McLcod Cockshutt 4 tdscn Red Lake .... McKenzlc Red Lake . Moneta - Tickle Crow : - Preston East Dome . San Antonio . - Sherrltt Gordon .33 3.70 .72 1.05 .36 .53 .25 Va 1.45 1.48 1.42 .61 City," Is among other things a past president of Spokane Chamber of Commerce. ENEMY DEBTS NEW DELHI, Aug? 10 CB Debts duo creditors In Java need not be reported or paid to tho Custodian of Enemy Property In India except when the creditors are subjects Of a state at war with the British Empire. I Tomorrow sT ides nm Terf c mure MOVING AiP L 111 it (Standard Time) V w 7 A UBRAR High 6:25 am. 16.2 feet 18:44 pjn. 18.8 feet 61 Low 0:15 ajn. 5.9 feet 54 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 12:24 pm. 12 feet PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1942 PRICE" FIVE CENTS urnir.9 Point In War n Pacific Oloru Swanson. motion picture star of another day wiiij.se screen allure was the talk of the- continent, took time off from her stage appearance at Toronto to boost the sale of War Savings SUmps. Great crowds gathered at the Btamps Booth of a department store when she Joined with Miss Canada to get more "fighting money" for Canada's armed forces. EXCHANGED : llrltish Bombers Over Ruhr Valley; Few Enemy Planes Over Britain : 1 V 7 ' : MORESBY ueience is Stiffening , ATTACKED W A tnt st f 1a ' area where several miles of four Japanese bombing planes at- ground haa been retaken and tacked Port Moresby on New Gul- the Nail advance has been at nea yesterday but no serious dam- is- lean temporarily awyeo. mere age or casualties resulted. t 4' with enormous losses to the enemv. Elsewhere 'In the ex- treme south, however, there have been .further Nasi ad- vances and the threat to Stal- lngrad from the northwest Is undiminished. Rotary Governor PREMIER SPEAKING Following their arrest at Terrace and after being committed for trial by Stipendiary Magistrate 1 Will Robinson. William Harvey Orr. Ralph Collett and James Sim of Winnipeg were sentenced yesterday to two years in the penitenti ary bv Judce W. E. Fisher, for robbery with violence In Terrace on July 27. They came up before Judge Fisher on August 7 and, after a speedy trial at which they pleaded guilty, they were held until yesterday for sentence. California Harvesting SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 The California fruit and nut harvest will reach Its peak within the next three weeks. There IS a serious shortage of harvest labor, t Brazil May Declare War RIO DE JANEIRO. August 18: Brazil Is said to be on the verge of declaring war on . Germany and other Axis pow- BIG EFFORT OF C.N.R. Chief Hints of What Railways' Are Doing In War TORONTO. Aug. 18 The tremendous unknown contribution that Canada's railways are making b not be publicly disclosed at the present moment Touching upon certain activities of the Canadian National Rall- ,ways Mr. Vaughan pointed out the National system was engaged in .building ships and In making naval 'guns. Other shops, he Intimated, were also producing munitions. "It must be remembered," he added "that the railways of )f Can ada operate many more than do other American systems, evstpms Prime Minister Mackenzie King to y,'e have fleets of merchantmen Be on Air Tomorrow Evening on the Atlantic and Pacific, hotel . 'systems, telegraphs and express, and we even have our own coal OTTAWA, Aug. 18 Prime Mln- mines. ister Mackenzie King win speaK ai ..h. n-nadlan rallwavs came to 6 o'clock Wednesday night (Pacific conciusion, back before the war Time) over a nauonai raaio,,lfKrMV. n, thn trouble was network on the manpower ques- lnevitable, and we put our houses tion, announcing measures for the L order m that ve wouid be ready better use of the services of menlt0 uke care of whatever difflcul- ana women ior wie winning oi uie Ues mlght arise." war. TWO YEARS IN PRISON Three Winnipeg Men Sentenced For Robbery With Violence at Terrace Mr. Vaughan pointed out tnai 'the volume of traffic had, increased .more than' 100 per cent 'since the i outbreak of war and that today It was 80 to 70 per' teht"more than! that at the peak traffic of the last war. He Intimated that this huge volume of traffic was being handled with proportionately fewer men than during the war years of 1914-18 and with proportionately fewer locomotives, due to the lar-, ger motive power and their capac ity to carry longer, and neavier Obscurity Lifted : LIGHT ON FIGHT OF SOLOMONS ers following the sinking of , five more Brazilian vessels .United States Marines Well Estab- by Axis submarines off the lished Japs Were Surprised coast of Brazil Only One Naval Clash WASHINGTON, DjC. August 18: J A United States Navy communique has lifted some of the db-lacurltv on the twelve-dav old CANADA 'fA'lM 'A T A battle oI the So101" Islands. Ex- i tending Deacnneaas aireaay an nounced captured. United States Marines have become well established In the shore positions which lthey 'took In their surprise attack. J That the action was a complete surprise to the Japanese la indi cated by the fact that the enemy lost eighteen planes and all their opposition was speedily overcome amphibious squadrons, only to the United Nations' War effort. ,nrt. K.iniT rim th was touched briefly upon by R. C.IUnlted states forces In aU at Vaughan. president of the Can- j ieast thirty-six enemy planes have ' adlan National Railways, at the'been destroyed, conclusion of his Inspection trip I A f0rce Df Japanese naval ves-of the National system's facilities sets cruisers and destroyers was for handling the great volume of) driven 0ff. war traffic In the London and There has been only one action Niagara districts. between naval surface vessels, this ! "If the people of Canada could being by night when both sides be told of the various war efforts 'sustained damage, of their railways systems," Mr.l while the operation In the Solo- Vaughan said, "they would feellm0n Islands continues, Allied that they had every right to be. bombers have harrassed Japanese proud of their railways. Not only I bases and supply lines In the are they handling the largest vol- southwest Pacific iwcniy-iour Japanese I lanes sisu mK n, Vrnvrr. t. thi hls- Port of New Guinea tofy of the steam roads but they are engaging " ? In various other war- at T rpn TrrjinoiTiUTrna tm ... o . aKXr nJ.t'l!r f hrfW1 ITilWlrnifTffllt . r--r-r. . a . . A . . .. -.... ' " - iniisi An f "- .4v- . nuol Kyviuv, August 10: i weni y The outcome of the Battle of the Solomon Islands Is taken by military observers to Indicate that a- turning polnUhas bcerr Teached in the comparative strength of the Allied and Japanese forces In the Pacific. Between the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island, the Japanese had fifty-five naval vessels sunk or damaged and it Is estimated that some twenty more have been put out of action around the Aleutians. Can-1 a rp servkesi Allowances 10 ' freight trains. Mr. Vaughan stated that he was proud of the work done by the officers and men of the railways and of the splendid co-operative effort which they have put forth. "It is a pity that the people of Canada and of the United States, do not know more of what Canadian industry Is doing In Canada's great war effort," Mr. Vaughan said. "During this trip of Inspection I visited some of our key industries and I know from observation the magnificent work that Is being done, both in Ontario and elsewhere. It would make a mag nificent chapter of Industrial achievement could it be told." BREAD FROM FLOUR U. S. Army bakers average 147.1T Dounds of bread to every 100 pounds of flour. ' Dependents To Come At Once WASHINGTON. D.C.. August I Congress yesterday voted In fav or of Immediate payment of de pendency allowances to men in the armed forces instead of waiting until November as had been originally planned. TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT On a charge of Indecent assault to which he pleaded guilty, Charles Haines was sentenced to two years Imprisonment by Magistrate W. D. Vance in city police court yesterday afternoon. nnri m ? 1:1 r TMiizamiMiB S i CARNIVALl August 31-Septcmber 1 $75 Cash Prizes Bathing Beauty Venus Contest 1 GIRLS: register Secretary. Closing date for i It Is urgent that you " now with Carnival jjj entries, Friday, Aug. 28. jl ftB lUIU IXKlllXiliElHIKn f.8 In' . 15 Mr? 1