h r r 0 Prices and Trade : (iff tee In Vancou- ard before Olianu. Donald Mac-rl for the Board in -- .ft L.HI'IU a M a rr amount of sugar! .t. hniuahnU ron..gage Vfc )( was under a half-hour air raid alert. Executes Six Nazi Saboteurs . . . . w Rkklell added, "but ' i. itd each person In i the following were 40 and costs or In de-M jail: Bgtsto Dccem,- r land Ave.. Trail; 1100 Second Ave. m Klrkpatrtck. 2190 Tsail, W. Farmer. M0 Trail; Alfonso D'An- u Road, Trail. VYooir, 1581 Fourth tv.is fined $7.50. ing and accumulating .v sugar, beyond an ;i is reasonably re- 'jc use of consumption w houseliold." houseliold," the the fol Hrudry Street, Trail; 919 Byers Lane, Trail; ci Bucchla, 695 itosaiana ; Antonio "Tony" Fcr- Ie Leaf Tourist Camp, A Ouldonl. 251 Railway atl and Joseph Jankola, Street, Trail. Daughter Passes Away CROSSING, August 8: users snnlc Milton, 11 moarfh, Inter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton passed away at , August 3. The funeral held on Thursday at United Church, Rev. )onald of Hazclton 6HN lllymns were "When lie and "Jesus Lover of ), ft.Ua, ft.fttbft,ft.0 ..V...VJ fWti the organ. cts were W. D. MUton. Mrs. J. Brown and (Jones. is survived toy her par- a sister and brother. hi Threatens Gene; trike . . . i i'DO.V .Mohandas K. Ciandhl, demand Immediate free 1 India under the threat of a central strike, appealed to the llates for help today at the All-India Congress Tarty moved krie the mau civil disobedience tampaitn agalnt IlrltUh id lii asserted repetition of the disasters at Malaya and Sin tail,! not be averted In India "unless Britain trusts the people Mo use their liberty in favor of the Allied cause." The Nation In made his appeal In a letter to Americans ursine them to ttr there is yet time." As crisis ncartd a climax threatening Kcirruit the Allied war effort from China to the Middle East, 's Army Minister I'rancis I'orde warned Japan would at invade Australia. lvasion Base Bombed Llt:i UilAWjrAUTr.KS, Australia Allied warplanes struck tlitlest blow at the Japanese held Itabaul, dropping fifteen bombs on New Ilrltain Invasion base north of Australia, and nearby enemy base at Lac, New Guinea, with 2,000 pound n bombs. . v i n Bombed tin DaylightRaid w. l)ON Enemy aircraft bombed nearby home counties and tflrc from London suburbs in a daylight raid today while the IsillNOTON The White 'House announced today that U of ill taboteurs had been executed today in the electric chair. HJ. were Ernest I. Burger, who was given life sentence, and lohn Dawn, sentenced to thirty years' "because of their as- Ito the Government of the United States In the- apprehension friction of the others." The six who paid the death penalty i; to the United States in Nail U-boats to destroy vital war otts were executed exactly one month after the Military tlon began trying them on espionage and sabotage charges. Tit t r i re rouna lilty Hoarding star lloararrt i inra And Costs $10 Aug 8 Twelve Official Advises "Travel Light" MONTREAL. August 8 "When you travel, travel Hfht." The ad-ejfton of tnta'sJbfcan by the rrablfc would be a real assistance to the 1111(1 RUIIiy OI SURarj rauwy ill uicw; unjm i: on August 3. and ton railroad equipment and ba- i ed $40 and coaU. ae checking lacuiuea accorainu wfro InsUtuted by 'to C P. Rkldell. chairman of the Passenaer Ataoctation bagage as poaatble we are giving them a real opportunity to assist the railways in solving the space problem." "A certain amount of hand bg- is necessary of course. Mr. Saucepans the railways would look upon it as a great help If all unnecessary baggage were left home " For Britain LONDON. August 8: O- Good news for British housewives comes from Board of Trade President Hugh Dalton. He announced plans for Increased saucepan production. They've been hard to get. M-irv it. ri each fined $40 and I IpHflline T0r days In jail: Vlttorio Beer Urders - The Pacific Brewers' Agency announced today that In order to conform to war-time necessity de-llvery'orders for beer would be ac- t -1 (Via fur fit Carpenters' Union Protests Treatment The following statement has been received from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiner. Local 1735. Prince Rupert: em pky merit offices, with the pro- muse of ekht months work, wages 1 60c per hour, board at $1.20 per I day. fare paid one way after two months' work, both ways after four months work. Five of these fine boys (employed by the El J. Trie only assistance rendered the company was In moving these tine boys out of their bunkhouse Into the wide, wide world in no-eent youngsters far from home, no work, no money, no friends, no ticket back home (where many of them quit good jobs), their only recounlc being to seek aid and sympathy among strangers. In a strange land. cepiea oniy dwwh '..' X :" ith. war work, without provld proviaing ,0:W! a;tA"CfnVd J I security of Jobs, food, shelter. no urutrs uc livery that day or the next. Baseball Scores National Leacue New York 6, Philadelphia 4. St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 13. Boston 2, Brooklyn 1. Chicago at Cincinnati postponed. American Lcasuc bctrolt 2, St. Louis 3. Cleveland at Chicago and Boston at Washington postponed. itATH TO TI1K UNK LONDON, Aug. 8 t ' Britons have been advised to mark a "Pllmsnll line" In their baths, keep water at this five Inch level and save 1,000,000 tons of coal n year. Official States Treatment Fair 1 1 - - 4 Youths Are Now All Employed On Other Projects CUKo. TV. (In - m - wiiii reierence to the aliened j "A tragic situation ha devet- unfair treatment of pertain young oped in connection with Hifh workmen who were Sired In Sas- ) School 'kida" shipped here to a- katoon for Ryan Construction Co. 1st In war work from the prathe Ltd. J cities. The boys have been grlev- The Unemploymeitt Insurance jously and shamefully abused. Commission, Envployrnen t lz CUims 1 These "kids" were sent here by the office, is interested & the extent ..... I i a i i that these youths were engaged uh rough our office at Saskatoon. I had made an investigation of. this case previous t5 publication of Mr. Black's letter.! H has been ascertained that scores of these! young mei varying .Jn age from. sRyan Construction Co.) worked M seventeen to twenty- years, have hours and were discharged. Their been engaied for this work, and pay Touchers (witnessed by many with very few exceptions, they union members) showed total have been satisfied, Jmd are still earnings of $6.08. Total amount of t work. The terms? upon which pay eneque wjou : oivtoeo they were engagediare by no rviw at tA 1A tWr hniir TftMU hnVK 4 44vi orvrl If tKav r t-'- - wwv laic auiai mv cu(u a mi.j were repeatedly imormea mere, was no work for them to do, and Instructed to "act" like they were busy If the 'trig shot" showed up. When discharged the boys pleaded main upon the Job for sixty days they are not charged with it. If they work four months, they are given a free return ticket back to their homes. They are paid at the In faeL" h said "in asking all wry were oroe maa in iny uitjt raie oi wxiy cpiii an. nour, uiey of train tn take as little'"" wiu n wm wic iu worn luvy-nRiiv iiuuis in inc wcrn. by .and are paid for stxty-flve hours. Fbr young inexperienced youths. this would appear to be fair and just treatment. In the present crisis, in which our very existence Is Involved It Is up to everyone, young or old, male land female, to do their utmost to make whatever contribution they can towards our war effort. This project Is a most Important piece No crime could possibly be worse of work. As far as tne boys are lor greater than the deliberate dc-'concerned, at the present time. Istructlon of Canada's finest boys, i they are all employed, and do not Disregarding the "kids" entirely: appear to have been subjected to Is Canada sending "kids" a thous- any hardehlp whatsoever. They and miles from their home for ; have been re-engaged on a project war work to go hungry? To sleep 0f a similar kind, and have shaken In the alleys? or travel through jdown to work satisfactorily, bhe Rockies on foot to get home? The Ryan Construction Co. Ltd. Public opinion here (in a high stands a considerable financial temperature) declares: "Thc.ioss In this transaction, and It Is kids' must have food they must!not reasonable to suppose that have a place to sleep they must considering the present scarcity of be paid their wages, and theyiabor, that they would dispense must be returned home again." ) with satisfactory employees. Fully attested by the following rc-1 e. VICTOR WlinTNO, solution, adopted witnout one absenting vote, by a capacity audience- in the Brotherhood Hall: "WHEREAS: Employment are operating injuriously by snipp'iis iimn itwiuui 'w ... for E. J. Ryan Construction Co. Ifrom far away points to assist in or return fares, and "WHEREAS: The flower of Canadian youth Is being left destitute, far away from home and friends, to be infected with Uie germs ot crime toeing rendered susccptiDie to temptation from hunger ana privation through criminal negli gence, and "WHEREAS: compieic documen tary evidence fully supporting the foregoing conditions ouuincu, uiv lit the possession of organized THEREFOR BEITKiiUL,VJj: That we, The uniico. uroinomuuu of Carpenters and Joiners oi Am erica Indignantuy protest tne glaring Injustice and brutality of these operations as being Immeasurably worse than treatment accorded to prksoners or war. And further, we Manager. Employment & Claims Office Perform Surgery During Bombing CAIRO. August 8: 0-A delicate operation was carried out at an R. A.F. field hospital in Libya while fighting went on around the air drome. An Inch-long bomb splinter was successfully removed from the heart of an aircraftman wounded during an air raid. SIINDINT. THEM EARLY LONDON, August 8: CBc-Ctirist-mas carols formed part of a large consignment of music sent by the Red Cross to prisoner of war camps In Germany and Italy. arc of unanimous opinion that Immediate retraction Is vital to the cause of freedom." J. S. BLACK, Secretary. a! Temperature "2 WTomorrowsTides (Standard Time) High 12:13 p.m. 17.1 feet imum Low 6:01' ajn. 4.8 feet llmum 55 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 18:00 p.m. 8.4 feet CI No 183 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1942 PRICE- FIVE CENTS i day bx'&smmarv Canaa.'VVV HltlTISH AIRJIEN SAY THIS NEW! PLANE IS I'RETTY GOOD Daily News Hire is a liead-o;i view of the P51 Mustang fighter p.une which has won the lavish praise oi wjc uriusn jwjai Air rurce ior speca. manoe :vianiiiry ana endurance. An all-metal, low li'i mi mnlinnl'inii t n tlncfqtif V, . n 1l...f4 . , 1m,,,, . . , . ...u..v,t"...v.. v.. iuiuwhd .,.- a. ii4M-.w.i.i. a wuiKapan oi aooui &t ieei ana a length of 32 feet. The ihip was put Into opcrat oral wrvice in Britain recently and assigned to inc army co-operation commana. Little Nervousness on Coast, Defences Stronger But TORONTO. August 8: OQ. A, Hunter, of the Prince Rupert Dallv only News, enroute home aftr attpfid- iMalkoa b; the first Canadian section experiencing enemy attack, there was little nervousness among the Teople. "The West Coast realizes it Is nrobably the hot spot of all Cana-1 da as far as the Immediate possU i oimy 01 acuiai wanare is concerned but people along the coast know that their defences are rap idly becoming strong," he said. "While there Is little nervousness, that Is not to say they are unprepared for any eventuality and SupreheJ ARMY JOBS LONDON. Aug. 8 A new Women's Auxiliary Air Force trade of mess steward has been created so that girls may replace men in a proportion of such posts In RA.F. officers' and sergeants' messes. Are To Meet At Berlin LONDON. August 8: 0h A pledge between British and Russian airmen In men to meet In Germany was Tevealed In an exchange of letters between Capt. Grlgorl Kat-seba, ace pilot ot the Russian Air Force, and Sqdn. Ldr. O. L. Cheslre of the "RAF. when the Russian congratulated the RJV.F. on their raids over Germany. TODAY'S STOCKS (OaurtPgy 8. D. Johnston CX.) Vancouver Grandvlew - 10 Bralorne 5.95 ' .90 .20 85 1.25 . 45 . Nil .05 .72 Cariboo Quartz Hedley Mascot Tend Oreille .. Pioneer Premier Privateer Reno .( Sheep Creek oils Calmont , I C. & E. Home Royal Canadian .11 .86 2.20 .02 Toronto Beattlc - -60 Central Pat - .74 Cons. Smelters 32.75 Hardrock - .32 Kerr Addison 350 Little Long Lac - - .77 McLeod Cockshutt 1.00 Madsen Red Lake . .37 McKenzle Red Lake - .51 Moncta - .23 Pickle Crow - - 151 Preston East Domo - 1.51 , San Antonio - 1.40 Sherrltt Gordon , .63 Germans Throw Four New Armies Into Final Drive Situation Tense Soviets Report as Germans Make Final Drive For Caucasus MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (CP) Hitler's drive for the Caucasus oil neared its first major goal today as the Germans smashed at approaches of Maikop oil fields 170 miles south of Rostov while in the north the invaders edged closer to the great steel city of Stalingrad. "The situation is very tense" Soviet dispatches said referring to the Caucasus. For the first time the Russians acknowledged that the Germans had lunged far down the west side of the Caucasus land bridge after a major break through of Red defences. Dispatches to the newspaper Red Star said that Marshal Timoshenko's armies had marl n hornl hut iintiiAarvfiil rnifnr fliinfnfT attempt t0 5tem the Nazi on-L.UUUr VUOieU siaught in the loop of the Kuban' River abore Maikop, In the Arma-1 vir sector. 160 miles south of Rns-1 Survey Reveals General Co-opera tlon Hoover Lists Rules To Avoid Trouble tempted-to -dodzo thedraft-com-t - pared with more than four percent In the first World War, according to a survey by The American Magazine, based on official business r'rvn limnir&T of the Federal Bureau of InvestI- rui YYumnn'Eation The magazine states that to Party Supports Gandhi Resolution Civil Disobedience Campaign Is Backed by All-India Congress Party -Britain Must Quit India" Says Gandhi BOMBAY, August 8 O) Almost tor. and east of Krasnador. Ger- soUd,y backed by the All-Iridia man headquarters asserted Nazi I Congress .Party Gandhi won auth-troops had captured Kureannava ' orizatlon today, to lead a wartime thirty miles northwest of clTU tusooeaience campaign ior British military sources national independence, with only 'ng the manpower conference at said the Germans were throwing wurteen dissidents, trie convention Ottawa, said in an Interview today I two panzer armies and two Infan- ot 380 committeemen voted to that althowh the British Colum.ltry armies of ten divisions each adopt Gandhi's "Britain must quit bla coastal area would probably into the drive. India" resolutions after he appeal- 1 tn iha TTnttaH Rfotoa t r net a-nA align the Indian people on the Al- rinff Dnr1fTOTC lied side- l endments to the Ulail iVUUgCId Gandhi resolution were rejected ' ri rpi iit Including one declaring that mass 1 CWCI 11115 lldr clvl disobedience campaign now j was untimely and Impracticable. ; Second Cup Now Illegal NEW YORK, August 8: Only a' fraction of one percent of Selec-j tive Service registrants have at- Restaurants Can Serve Only One Cop ef Tea" or Coffee at One Meal VANCOUVER, Aug. 8 The position of hotels and restaurants under the new tea and coffee rationing orders is now clarified, ac cording to Mr. W. R. Dowrey, date 100,000 cases of attempted D-.-. anA cnni or.,Mn.Jn evasion have been handled by the for BriUsh Columbla FBI and new cases are being re- T. . ,.,, . leL ' J ot restaurant to serve more than month. More w than half the would- one te Qr co(fee to be evaders have settled their dif- ficulties by Jotatas up, 1 have Under volunU raUo been sent to federal prison and , . . . . , . . mi system some hotels have been .nnnn about 40,000 cases are still Pend- aR extra cup of Qr wf ""bmlnous fee and charging for it as these figures ap- jbile otJJerg se"ed the extra beverage without pear." the magazine states, "they charge This prac Ice Is now defln-resnt kre really heartening for they rep. only about three tenths of lt 5tPPfd; ,Patronfs of restur-one ants and hotels must now under-registration. draft percent of the total In the last war, four stand that they are only entitled and one-half- percent of the elig- 4" - citizens will not ask for Ibles were delinquent" Federal policy In handling of more," comments Mr. Dowrey. J. "Reasons for the shortage of tea draft dodgers is explained toy Edgar Hoover, chief of the FBI, and coffee are now widely under- who Is quoted as saying "our first stood. The pre-Pearl Harbor sources goal Is to get men Into the army of tea supply are cut off by enemy rather than Into Jalli" action, while Ceylon and India. Anv man." he nromlses. "who the major sources of supply, are has made a simple mistake and Is In a theatre of war more than conscientiously willing to rectify 8,000 miles from Canada." it, will first get a chance to make himself available for military service." Pointing out that many cases are based on ignorance of the law or misunderstanding and are not "The Wartime Prices and Trade Board appeals to citizens to help the situation by not asking for more than one cup of tea or coffee. The operators of dining rooms are not allowed to serve more, deliberate attempts at evasion, the and the cheerful general accept- FBI chief lists eight simple rules ance of this fact by the public which he says '"constitute eacn will help everybody to snouiaer tins registrant's obligations under the. new burden caused by the war." Selective Service Act." They are: 1. Always carry your registration card. 2. Promptly fill out and return your questionnaire. 3. When ordered to report for l examination, Induction, or confer ence, do so promptly. 4 Alwavs keen vur board In formed of your mall address. 5. Notify your board or -any change In family status or occupation that might affect your classification. 6. Promptly carry out instructions your board may give you. 7. Don't advise anyone to try to avoid the draft. 8. If you have made an honest mistake In Judgment or principle, talk It oyer frankly with your draft board or your local FBI officials. - j,,, , Is Rescued From Jungles LONDON. August 8: Vh Sgt. Pilot R. K. Thompson, a 21-year old Rhodesian, is serving with an R.A.F. fighter squadron in this country after having been posted as dead. He was lost In the Jungles of Rhodesia for three weks and when natives found him they effected his rescue. MOBILIZES H'OMEN STOCKHOLM, August 8: 0 Finland has ordered a compulsory labor scheme to raise 10,000 women heeded for agrlcuUral. work. ,1