t
".THORAOE.
Sept.
M
0-
One
.
-nr.st
storms
In
recent
hU-
f
Alaska
battered
various
t
ht
the
territory
yester'day,
.:
extensive
damage
from
v.
a
d
waves
but
resulting
in
c
deaths.
TRIAL
NOW
I:
K
1
T
1.
h
ti
r
RIf,
STORM
i:
I5'
pi
bf
!
11;-
IN
ALASKA
Damage
Done
Hut
No
Uvea
lAPti
When
Territory
If
Battered
By
Tempest
TRAVERSED!
Mental
Condition
Causes
Atlin
Murder
Case
to
be
Deferred
from
Tlii
.slie
of
William
Scott:
vinh
the
mvtder
of
John.
Spruce
Creek
near
AUln
i
5.
waa
finally
traversed
s
ijircme
Court
Assises
here
:-t
having
bad
a
number
.it
geeting
started.
It
v
r
until
the
next
Assise
.TP
in
new
of
the
mental
if
accused.
r-
rase
was
called
again
,ui
ioi
lowing
sn
a)oum-mttiitttki,i,ti,ti,tt
unwl.
asked
for
the
ad-
until
this
morning
as'
ix-f-i
unable
as
yet
to
In-l
important
defence
wit-
had
Just
arrived
from
Inside
Drop
Letter
Box
4
At
last
an
inside
letter
drop
fc
x
1
to
be
installed
'
at
the
al
Post
Office,
It
was
an-
"--unced
today
by
Postmaster
J
R
Morixnn.
It
will
he
lo.
-itcd
in
the
box
section
at
east
end.
:
EXTENDING
Premier's
Visit
cue
RADIO
HERE
Here
Shortened;,
Considering
Coming
Prince
Rupert
Into
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
M:
The
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
Is
considering
taking
its
programs
by
land-line
to
Prince
Rupert
for
relay
broadcasting
from
there,
says
Dr.
Augustin
Frigon.
Hon.
John
Halt
Will
Arrive
Thurs-
day
Night
and
Leave
Friday
Morning
'
J
1
Owing
to
un
unavoidable
change
In
transportation
arrangements.
Premier
John
Hart
will
be
unable
to
attend
a
luncheon
which
had
been
planned
for
Friday1
by
the!
HO
clftL
CTOHIfV
Local
Temperature
fill
Tomorrow
sT
ides
si
(Standard
Time)
High
4:49
ajn.
17.1
feet
Maximum
53
18:43
pjn.
18.0
feet
Minimum
54
Low
10:45
ajn.
8.7
feet
L
-
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
'"fffc'
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
23:34
pjn.
6
feet
XXXI
N
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
29,
1942
'
"
PRICE'
FIVE
CENTS
Two
Japanese
Submarines
AreHit
PLANS
TROUBLE
FOR
ROMMEL
IN
EGVIT
-
,
i.
OT..,1.KI,iP,y.
rommanaer
oi
tru
Brit.-r.
8th
Armv
chiwM
.
-ifh
h-
a
of
Egypt,
is
.shown
bareheaded
he
JSi
2
Men
as
discusses
a
lacUcal
t
uatf
Brigade
l,
the
western
desert.
Under
Montgomery's
brill
lanlleri?
an,.?'
"d
Armred
ped
the
Nazi
General
Rommel
drive
towa
i.'
and
Cairo
S
n?
back
beyond
beyond
the
the
si
starting
point
of
their
last
attack
7
"'cu,
Montgomery
i.s
Rt,,rtm
v.u.J
.
Lieut
-Gen
Horrocks
6
J
1
"cuina
ana
10
lhe
IeIt
of
...
.
,
I
iniee
Deaths,
Transportation
Tie
W
Brown,
was
unable
J
V
n
n
n
.
I
n
.....-
.
...
"
-
brtrig
tnOUpuied
with
2
';rk
of
fnfteenia.
.in
the
adjournment.
Harold
Robertson
said
I
i
ays
mere
both
unfortu-i
.
Itironvenlent
but
every
munt
be
given
to
en-
;r
trial
for
the
defence,
that
all
steps
would
ixpedite
the
trial.
:
onvenlng
of
the
court
Mr.
Brown
Inform-in
that,
as
a
result
of
from
Dr.
J.
O.
Mm:-uver
psychiatrist,
he
D
was
of
the
opinion,
m
which
defence
coun-i'6
that
accused
was
.
y
well
enough
to
stand
'
time.
Dr.
Mac
Kay
had
'i
d
ajs
to
accused's
In-
lud
found
accused
so
mind
that
it
would
i-vible
for
him
to
stand
f
He
therefore,
artcfd
'nai
be
traa
versed
until
x
..seizes.
This
woukT
give
'
in
the
meantime
for
rr.'ntal
examinations
of
F.i
on
agreed
to
the
appli-
the
crown
for
a
traverse.
L
rdstup
remarked
that
it
i
tunate
that
the
clrcum-wcrc
.such
Uiat
the
trial
'
be
proceeded
with.
The
'.3
to
the
government
in
witnesses
had
been
con-":"
However,
in
a
British
I
)u.sturc
the
animating
rc-
was
that
a
prisoner
-ive
a
fair
trial
and.
In
view
he
could
see
no
other
han
to
traverse
the
case
(
i'i"xi
Assize.
were
excused
from
fur-?
"vice
at
this
session
of
the
War
News
FLOODS
IN
:
MARITIMES
un
iussouerman
rront
...
"T
rir"
.MOSCOtV
The
Italian
offrntive
t
northwest
of
Kihev
was
reported
today
to
have
cleared
the
Grrmans
from
the
banks
of
the
upper
Volea
while
Sovjet
troops
expanded
their
flanking
attack
from
the
lower
Volea
to
the
Don
bend
In
an
effort
to
relieve
the
embattled
tarrlson
of
Stalintrad.
A
fresh
German
penetration
from
'the
northwest,
however,
added
to
the
sravity
of
Stalingrad
s
position.
Churchill
Disapproves
.
.
.
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
today
voiced
emphatic
disapproval
of
speculation
on
the
time
or
place
of
a
second
front
as
the
subject
cropped
up
in
the
House
of
Commons.
A
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
broadcast
to
France
that
an
Allied
offensive
"is
In
the
nuking."
Claims
Quite
Untrue
.
.
.
LONDON
The
Ministry
of
Information'
declared
today
that
a
German
claim
to
having
sunk
American
troop
transports
in
the
At-latic
is
"quite
untrue."
Allies
On
Offensive
...
MILIlOURNi:
Allied
forces
have
taken
the
offensive
In
the
land
fighting
on
the
southern
slopes
of
Owen
Stanley
.Mountains
In
New
Guinea,
infiltrating
Into
and
outflanking
enemy
positions.
Lac,
Buna,
Kokoda
all
have
been
bombed
from
the
air.
Ran
Into
Bad
Weather
.
.
.
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
fighters,
in
an
offensive
sweep
over
northwrst
1'ranrr.
ran
Into
bid
weather
and
abandoned
the
expedition.
Their
wings
iced
up.
LIcven
planes
failed
to
return.
HALIFAX.
Sept.
29
O-Raeine
Malta
Stepp
In
Service
Overseas!
Former
Local
Boy,
Now
of
Ketchi-kan,
With
Eagle
Squadron
Attached
to
R.
A.
F.
There
had
been
reports
here
concerning
Malta
Junior
Stepp.
formerly
of
this
city
and
now
of
I
Ketchikan,
who
is
on
service
over-
sPiled
seas
with
the
United
States
EaeleiBhts.
Last
Port
Of
Madagascar
Is
Taken
Over
LONDON,
Sept.
29
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
re-
of
CBC.'Prlnce
Rurt
Chamber
of
Com-.
ported
to
the
House
of
Com-
assistant
Eeneral
manager
S?ll
J
SLr
to
Si.
coast.
I"Stead
hC
.
on
the
British
oc-
A
rn.nUr
trommliUr
U
Is
I
riff
svvt-
"J
in
regard
to
local
mat-lf
set
up
at
Prince
George
and
later.
ptanbw
theirs.
He
will
also
vlsl
government
conditions
are
favorable,
line
will
be
extended
Rupert,
says
Dr.
Frigon
UNSlNKABLi:
SWIMM
ING
to
Prince
departments
ana
oiiiciais
nere.
Snfm
trmvitv
nf
the
Grsal
Salt
Lake
Is
so
great
a
swimmer
j
cannot
sink
In
It.
a
committee
of
the
,
cupatlon
of
Madagascar,
an-
Tne
premier
win
arrive
irom
tne
nouncing
that
he
had
been
In-
formed
of
the
fall
of
Tuleay,
the
last
port
remaining
In
French
hands.
Resistance.
Interior
on
Thursday
night's
train
Churchill
said,
had
been
slight
as
originally
planned
but,
Instead
in
the
whole
campaign
and
pi
remaining
over
until
Saturday
j
casualties
on
both
sides
were
night
to
proceed
to
Victoria,
he
very
small.
will
leave
train.
on
Friday
morning's
HOLIDAYS
i
UMITED
Only
Six
To
Be
Observed
During
War
Under
New
Federal
BLACKOUT
ON
COAST
Prince
Rupert
Like
Rest
of
Countryj-Darkens
When
Unidentified
Aircraft
Appear
'
OFFICIAL
STATEMENT
VICTORIA,
Sept.
29
.(CP)
Western
Air
Command
said
today
that
the
coastal
'
blackout
order
for
three
hours
last
night
was
because
of
the
presence
of
an
unidentified
aircraft
w
hich
was
later
found
to
be
friendly.
iwoa
waters
ror
six
hours
caused
t'Ommand.
tnere
was
a
precau-a
deluge
which
lashed
large
areas
tionary
blackout
at
Prince
Rupert,
of
Nova
Scotia
hut
Monday
and
as
elsewhere
along
the
coast.
last
Tuesday.
Try-re
were
three
deaths
n'hjht
from
9:55
until
11:05
pjn.
f
a
result'
The
worst
transporta-
I
later
announced
that
the
,
Uon
disruption
In
twenty-five
years
alarm
had
been
caused
by
the
.was
brought
about
and
thousands
presence
of
an
aircraft
which
was
)
of
dollars
damage
was
done
to
at
flr8t
unidentified
but
which
roads,
railways,
buildings
and
kr
turned
out
to
be
friendly.
The
'
crops.
blackout
covered
the
entire
main-
.
Public
announcement
of
tho
land
and
Vancouver
Island.
It
last-storm
was
deferred
to
week
In
ed
for
three
hours
at
some
places.
('compliance
with
censorship
At
the
instance
of
Western
Air
Shipyards
at
Vancouver
and
toria
were
excepted.
Radio
stations
were
on
tne
air
lor
a
wnue.
On
the
sounding
of
the
air
raid
sirens
local
Air
Raid
Protection
wardens
proceeded
to
their
beats,
i
later
reporting
that
householders
and
others
In
control
of
lights
had
co-operated
well
and
there
were
comparatively
few
that
had
to
be
checked.
For
the
most
of
the
time
of
the
blackout
the
city
was
in
complete
darkness.
Dry
Dock
and
street
lights
all
went
out
Once
again,
however,
the
effecUveness
of
the
blackout
was
somewhat
by
glaring
automobile
Squadron
attached
to
the
Royal
Tne
alarm
was
taken
In
good
Air
Force.
According
to
word
re-
'spirits
by
the
people
and
there
was.
celved
from
Ketchikan,
Junior
last
week
cabled
his
father.
M.
L.
Stepp.
one
time
Un'ted
States
customs
officer
here,
saying
that
he
was
alive
and
happy
somewhere
In
England.
generally
speaking,
little
excite
ment
or
undue
anxiety.
The
effect
of
the
alarm
has
'been
to
give
a
fillp
to
blackout
preparations
which
is
some
cases
had
undoubtedly
been
slackened
up
on.
-
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
71,500
pounds,
17c
and
13c
to
13c
and
13c.
Canadian
None.
American
Coolldge,
35,000,
17c
and
.13c,
Booth.
Tatoosh,
21,000,
18c
.
and
13c,
Royal.
Oceanic,
15,500,
18c
and
13c,
Storage.
TOLL
OF
FIRES
BOSTON,
Sept.
29:
O)
The
National
Fire
Protective
Association
says
10,000
persons
in
the
United
States
lost
thejr
lives
In
1941
as
a
result
.of
fires.
Property
loss
was
nearly
306,000,000.
Enemy
Undersea
Craft
Caught
On
Surface
By
Air
Attack
On
Kiska
OTTAWA,
Sept.
29
(CP)-
By
7T,
i
..
.
i
t
i
i
r
order-in-councii
yesterday,
the
"elans
Kcvcalctl
Of
How
Submersiblcs
and
Planes
Were
federal
government
declared
that
Hit
By
American
and
Canadian
Fliers
In
Aleutians
only
six
statutory
holidays
should
oe
ooserved
by
employers
and
employees
In
Canada
for
the
I
ANCHORAGE.
Sent.
29
(CP)
Th
Alaska,,
rw
duration
of
the
war
apart
from
,lence
Command
said
today
that
two
enemy
submarines
Sunday,
r
eevtr
days
of
rest
in
Japanese-held
Kiska
Harbor
were
believed
daman-prl
;
apart
from
Sunday.
Th
rovernment
order
set
forth
the
following
days
as
statutory
holidays:
New
Year's
Day.
Good
Friday.
rirrst
.Monday
in
July
in
lieu
of
Jul
1.
Labor
Day.
Thanksgivinr
Day.
Christmas
Day.
Victoria
Day.
May
21,
has
been
dropned
s
a
public
holiday
for
the
duration.
by
United
States
and
Canadian
fliers
who
caught
them
4
on
or
near
the
surface.
Air
Force
officers
said
that
one
submarine
came
up
underneath
a
squadron
headed
bv
Lieut.
Col.
jack
Chennault
who
1
strafed
it
himself.
A
second
squad
roc
headed
by
Major
Wilbur
Miller,
used
the
same
tactics
after
sighting
another
isubmarinei
Chennault
also
got
one
of
the
Japanese
float
plane
fighters
wiich
rose
to
greet
the
raiders.
Lieut.
Gerald
R
Johnson
nf
rnnpna
Orannn
I
.
mmv...,
vrtgvii.
&Ub
'a
second
and
Wing
Commander
5oPrr4w-w
t
.,.
,
Kenneth
Boomer
of
Ottawa,
leader
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
in
the
action,
got
a
third.
It
is
estimated
that
150
Japanese
were
killed
or
wounded
In
i
the
raid,
I
No
American
or
Canadian
planes
.were
lost
Bulletins
CLAIM
ALSACE-LORRAINE
VICIIV
rwo
provincial
papers
in
Vichy
France
say
that
Marshal
Petain
still
regards
Alsace-Lorraine
as
French
territory.
TAYLOR
COMING
HOME
ROME
After
three
conferences
with
Pope
Pius,
.Myron
C.
Tay-
j
lor.
United
States
ambassador
to
Battle
the
Vat'an,
has
left
for
Barce-
lona
enroute
to
the
United
States.
It
has
been
denied
that
he
carries
peace
proposals.
CLOSING
GOLD
MINES
WASHINGTON
Ten
thousand
men
will
be
made
available
for
copper
mines
in
the
United
States
as
a
result
of
action
in
closing
gold
mines.
GAS
PLANTS
TO
RUSSIA
WASHINGTON
Two
gasoline-crarliing
plants
in
Texas
are
to
be
dismantled
and
sent
to
Russia
under
the
lease-lend
plan.
They
will
be
used
by
the
Soviet
ANTI-WAR
SENTIMENT
LONDON
There
is
an
increasing
anti-war
sentiment
in
the
Balkans
where
conditions
are
said
now
to
be
similar
to
1918.
Lengthening
death
lists,
decreased
food
supplies
and
increasing
Axis
pressure
for
collaboration
are
factors
bringing
this
attitude
about.
WII.LKIE
IN
CHUNGKING
CHUNGKING
Wendell
Willkie
arrived
today
in
thb
provisional
capital
city
of
Chungking.
He
will
confer
with
Generalissimo
and
Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek
and
other
Chinese
leaders
and
will
see
Chinese
factories
and
defences
in
and
around
ATTACKING
IN
AFRICA
Forty-Two
Japs
Down
t
FIGHTING
WASHmrvmv
nn
cf
x.
craft
have
been
shot
dowri
over
the
Solomon
Islands
dux-
ing
the
last
four
days
since
Friday
without
loss
of
a
single
United
States
plane.
In
addi-
tion
three
other
enemy
planes
were
damaged.
Announcement
was
made
yesterday
of
the
ac-
tion
by
United
States
Army
and
Navy
planes.
Direct
hits
were
scored
on
two
enemy
cruisers
and
an
aircraft
ten-
der
and
a
transport
or
large
cargo
vessel
was
set
afire.
BY
YARDS
Goes
Back
and
Forth
Stalingrad
Reds
Capture
Some
Heights
In
MOSCOW.
Sept
29
V
Throughout
the
city
of
Stalingrad
victory
and
defeat
were
measured
at
times
In
yards
today.
Nazi
tanks
pivoted
and
charged
within
the
workers'
settlement
in
an
effort
to
hold
gains
from
the
assault
yesterday.
While
Russian
street
fighters
struggle
to
hold
their
own,
Soviet
forces
northwest
of
Stalingrad
advanced
somewhat
and
captured
several
heights
in
swift
night
assaults,
the
noon
communique
said,
declaring
that
more
than
three
for
the
production
.
of
aviation
companies
of
Germans
had
been
,:
.
'wined
out
gasoline.
V.
I-
"J
ill-
!
Field
dispatches
Indicated
that
fighting
flamed
along
a
front
of
'.more
than
forty
miles
as
Soviet
shock
troops
struck
against
the
I
Axis
flank
across
the
Don-Volga
corridor.
A
Nazi-occupied
stronghold
and
two
villages
were
declared
recaptured.
Culverts
Ordered
Northern
Road
Northern
Wood
Preservers
Limited,
2nd
Avenue.
Port
Arthur,
OnU
.have
started
work
on
a
contract
to
supply
all
creosoted
timber
culverts
to
be
used
In
the
construction
of
the
highway
to
Alaska.
The
(culverts
will
be
fabricated
and
treated
In
Port
Arthur
and
shipped
knocked
-down
to
Alaska
where
1
they
will
be
assembled
and
Installed
under
N.W.P.
supervision.
The
contract
Is
expected
to
be
completed
by
December.
Bengasi
and
Tobruk
Are
Again
The
culverts
will
be
mostly
three
Targets
for
Allied
Planes
f
feet
In
diameter.
Owner
Is
the
United
States
Public
Roads
Admln-
CAIRO.
Sept.
29
Bengasi
and
istratlon,
Washington,
D.
C;
'
Tobruk
were
again
attacked
by
Thomas
II,
'
M&cDonald.
Comrois-Amerlcan
and
British
bombers
yes-
sloner,
Western
Region
Office,
terday,
damage
being
done
to'phelan
Building,
San
Francisco,
shipping
and
port
Installations.
I
Calif.
The
Royal
African
Air
Force
at-
tacked
German
supply
lines
and
ONE
JOB
FOR
SHEEP
communications
back
of
the
Ell
Alamein
line.
Oround
fighting
is
still
confined
to
patrol
activity.
The
sheep
supplies
the
bulk
of
raw
material
used
In
glove