P
:
i
I;
trv
tin:
m:
WN.
Nov.
2
-
The
;
uhlic
of
South
Africa
.
ird
on
by
Prime
MJn-miiuU
to
economize
on
mallett
item.
In
a
itdrPM
he
appealed
to
nimerce
and
labor
to
and
distribute
nccd-
i
u
the
country's
um.
he
said
the
gov-Mt
arrange
matters
to
.in
pair
public
health.:
-
ary
unemployment
.
well-established
In
'!
commercial
concern
national
economy'
nr
machinery
lor
con
m
(button
already
ex
National
Council
of
be
established
soon
all
questions
of
pol
i
major
pfublems
rein
Prime
Minister
be
chairman
of
the
Railways
Minister
P
'
icputy
-chair
maa
Dl-
i
if
War
Supplies
11
Ho)
was
appointed
dl-1
.
of
supplies
with
an
it
ion
on
the
council,
:
-
came
dlrector-gen-!
both
war
and
elv-will
prevent
compe-
i.
war
and
civilian
deft
111
ensure
proper
co-:
these
two
principal
ur
requirement."
said
i.inlitar.
"We
are
head-j-vere
test
in
the
next
Drtuin
and
America'
mi
vr
what
they
can
..'
liver
AmhJm4
JffcMM
mre
away
Other
.Members
ntcll
members
include
,
ul
the
Department
of
,.nd
Industry,
director
du-sinal
Development
mil
the
nrlce
control-
i
f
prices,
petrol
nd
industrial
man-inunur
to
work
Inde-i.it
In
close
col
la
bora
-if
rouncll.
..'irta
and
Exports
Con-will
come
under
Juristic
director
-feneral
of
anil
nne
of
Mr.
van
principal
tasks
will
bej
tor
manufacture
in
of
any
commodities
Mit
be
imported
owing
difficulties.
The
dtrec-has
been
Riven
plcn-t
instruct
any
pcr-
mnanv
to
undertake
the
j
re
of
any
commodity,
to
them
airalnst
loss,
ana
purchase
and
distribute
bulk
ti.
the
United
Party
!
uum
at
Cruddock.
Prime
KmnLx
wid.
"The
policy
ovprnment
Is
to
defend
,
stilntlnnal
means
the
south
Africa.
We
bc-
.:ui
freely
accept
the
par
i
v
Kv.Hcm
as
an
cxpre
'Hi'
neople's
will
not
the
in.
or
that
section,
group
dlrtator
or
fuehrer,
but
wopir
as
a
whole."
HiilUlinr
.Expansion
Union's
building
program
U
uing
to
expand
and
during
sent
year
the
cost
will
ap
utr-
11.000.000
($49,170,000)
uator
C.
F.
Clarkson,
build
..trollcr
and
minister
of
pub-ks
in
nn
nddress
to
the
advisory
council
at
Pre
Two-thirds
of
this
amount
be
spent
at
coastal
centres
'..
last
ycur
the
same
pro
was
spent
Inland.
Mr.
;
n
explained
the
Union
now
oduclng
materials
to
substl-
iose
previously
Imported
and
onsldcrauly
ease
the
posl-of
economic
and
E
i.
stmcnt
of
Alan
Spencer
Bur-ba:
::
and
Jarvis
Hugh
McLeod,
well
kl;
local
boys
In
the
Rojal
r
.idlun
Air
Force,
Is
announced.
special
arrangements,
such
as
keeping
the
registry
open
In
the
evening,
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
do
so.
.l.tlr.n
VntprS'
llSl
IS
me
civic
""..u..
-
I
now
being
tabulated
and
the
to
tal
number
of
voters
win
do
Known
when
the
count
has
been
made
of
iv
owners
who
will
probably
number
ft
couple
of
thousand.
United
State3
troop:
are
;hown
dr
-e:
tf,l:
..
bv
.
o;
rope
ladder
into
their
landing
boats
during
the
ocnupation
of
the
Andixannf
gmup
if
A.f
uiian
Iiandj.
recently
The
surprise
move
brought
U8
f
irce.s
within
125
cuini
ol
in
3ap
occupation
force
on
Kiska
which
now
are
taxing
a
migmy
oeaung
irom
me
air.
RUSSIANS
iOVER
SIX
HOLDONi
HUNDRED
Merlin
and
Rome
Roth
Admit
Heavy
Counter-stack
on
Part
of
Soviet
.
MOSCOWNovaCT
TheJ
lira
Array
lousm
nritnj
throuchout
tbe
nieht
to
defend
the
approaches
to
a
vital
highway
across
the
Caucasus
Mount
ains
after
a
retreat
in
the
Nalchik
area
yesterday
but
a
midday
communique
said
the
Oer-
j
mans
had
been
thrown
bark
in
vaiious
parts
of
Stalingrad.
MOSCOW.
Nov.
2
The
Russians
still
maintain
the
Initiative
against
the
enemy
within
Stalingrad
as
well
as
to
the
northwest
and
on
the
Btaek
Sea.
Germany
admits
a
crossing
of
the
lowtt
Volga
River
by
the
Russians.
Thi
Soviet
forces
continue
to
hurl
back
the
attacks
of
the
Nasta
In
Stalingrad
with
heavy
losses
to
,
the
enemy.
In
several
sectors
the
,
Russian
position
Is
Improved.
North
.
.
.
T.
..
.
iit
f
the
city
mere
nas
own
Tioa-ut.
bayonet
and
grenade
IlghUng.
Both
Berlin
and
Rome
admit
heavy
counter-attacks
by
tne
tusslans.
The
Russians
are
still
holding
the
Nazis
fast
In
the
new
front
around
Nalchik.
Reserves
beiiy
ent
up
to
the
front
were
bomoea.
There
Is
stubborn
ngmnui
iround
Mosdok
as
weJl
a
east
of
Novorostssk.
tn
thr
Lenlnnrad
section
Rus
sian
snipers
slew
800
Nails
inside
of
three
days.
MURDER
IN
VANCOUVER
Hallowe'en
In
Night
Altercation
on
Club
Proves
Fatal
Charged
With
Killing
trAMPntrvpn.
Nov.
2
f
Lcland
Kenneth
Jones,
aged
44.
Vancou
.
v
i.
rh.inred
with
mur
knife
slaying
of
John
dcr
In
the
...mi
nfniiiAnhorir.
35.
in
a
night
club.
Police
said
that
Jones
pulled
a
knife
when
Wahlenberg
-i
u
intorrpde
in
an
ni-
tcrcatlon.
Jones
was
-v
throwing
fire
crackers
fire
crackers
under
a
table
occupied
oy
-
WnLinhorir
tvirtv.
wanienuci
below
the
heart
was
stabbed
Just
Wahlenberg
came
here
recently
Irom
Fltn
Flon
and
was
employed
In
a
shipyard,
MILLION!,
Dominion
Subscriptions
For
Vlc-
tory
on
Saturday
Totalled
511,118,000
STARVATION
i
INEUR0PE
Even
Oermanv
iRecomlng
Short
of
DTTAWA,
nov.
z-suDswiptions
presWent
Hcrbert
Hoover
says
to
Canada's
Third
Victory
Loan
reached
almost
$010,000,000
by
Saturday
night
The
subscriptions
for
Saturday
wre
$44,418,000.
REORGANIZE
JAP
GOV'T
Sweeping
Changes
Made.
Giving
Military
Flemcnt
Even
Greater
Control
TOKYO.
Nov.
2
There
has
been
a
further
sweeping
reorganizaUon
of
the
Japanese
government,
glv
Food
Britain
"Sufficient
But
Monotonous"
Former
that
Germany
Is
becoming
short
of
food
even
after
draining
the
"ccupled
countries
which
are
starving
and
the
condition
of
a-hnse
neonle
will
be
even
more
nnDalllnR
tills
winter
to
say
no-
thina
nf
-what
It
mav
be
bv
the
time
the
war
is
over.
The
Japan
-se.
on
the
other
hand,
are
living
hetter
than
before
Pearl
Harbor,
Hoover
says.
The
scarcity
of
meats
and
fats
has
reached
a
more
dangerous
point
than
at
any
time
In
the
last
war.
The
meat
raUon
In
France
has
been
reduced
seventy-five
percent.
Forty
percent
of
the
children
of
i
i
..rra..t..f
frnm
ftlrptc
tng
the
military
element
even
;
.
tuberculosis.
greater
control.
A
supermlnlster
I
The
food
suppiy
0f
England,
the
for
greater
East
Asiatic
affairs
has
,
former
president
said,
was
"suf-
been
appointed
and.
In
addition
Iiclcnt
although
monotonous."
to
the
new
department,
numerous:
more
bureaux
are
being
credited.
:
Events
now
transpiring
will
mould
;
rklfU
I'llLW
the
future
of
East
Asia
for
a
J.U
MM
ViVJLlU
thousand
years,
it
Is
declare.
FEW
GET
ON
LIST
Registrations
f
Householders
and
Licence
Holders
Totalled
Only
1C1
vrv
frw
of
those
who
paid
their
nii
taxes
realstcred
as
voters
for
the
forthcoming
civic
election,
It
was
revealed.
Saturday
aiternoon
M.hon
the
voters'
list
closed
with
only
101
householders
and
licence-
holders
having
registered
to
vuiv
as
such.
Those
who
paid
poll
taxes
totalled
well
over
one
thousand
but
a
small
proportion
of
these
realstered
despite
the
fact
uuu
UP
NICELY
Everything
Points
to
Lxnectea
Substantial
Over-subscription
Here
wih
tan
weeks
of
the
three
ttwks'
camDalgn
now
completed.
Prince
Rupert
appears
to
be
well
on
the
way
towards
a
suDstan-Hnl
nver-subscrlptlon
of
the
$530,-
000
Third
Victory
Loan
quota
such
as
had
been
hoped
for.
On
Satur
day
subscriptions
amounted
to
$32,300,
bringing
the
total
for
the
two
weeks
up
to
$486,650.
Latest
subscribers
Include
the
following:
Fannie
Gosnell
White
:..
$200
Major
R.
Lanm
Richard
II.
Rcidal
100
Martha
G.
GMls
50
Janet
L.
Aotken
50
Bessie
Snider
50
S.
J.
Doty
-
50
j
HOCKEY
SCORES
Satuiday
Boston
2,
Canadlens
3.
Toronto
7,
Rangers
2.
Sunday
Boston
0,
Detroit
3.
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
(Standard
Time)
sT
ides
.
High
9:39
ajn.
17.7
feet
21:51
p.m.
17.0
feet
um
43
Low
2:53
am.
7.7
feet
35
15:37
pjn.
92
leet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
N
254
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER
2,
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Thot
Si:
inds
Of
Germans
Trapped
TEST
FOR
S.
AFRICA
BriUln
and
America
Will
Give
Aid,
Hut
They
Arr
a
Long
Way
Off
j.f.
ft'
:nd:i
S"
C
V
?ir
Y
X!
t
r
ah:
MAKING
A
LANDING
ON
ALEUTIAN
ISLANDS
Australians,
in
Daring
Thrust
Pocket
Concentration
of
Axis
Forces,
Capturing
Big
Number
,
-
Desert-wise
Aussies
Pull
Off
CoupWipe
Out
Enemy
Bit
U
I
I
Gil
M
S
Nests
and
Overcome
Huns
With
Bayonets
rTHIKS
IN
FRANCE
VICHY
There
is
a
new
series
strikes
in
Vichy
France
ar-'inU
Laval
pro-ram
of
forced
labor
for
Nazi
war
plants.
Women
arc
picketing
town
halls
where
men
have
been
called
to
take
examinations.
A-r-if
mns
MEI-P
RUSSIA
CANRRRRA
Australia
has
rn
!-.
md
pilots
to
assist
in
patrolling
the
Russian
supply
route
to
."NJurmanjk.
"i"?KF.Y
IN
DANGER
ANKARA
Premier
Inonu
told
fh
Turkish
I!Wature
at
a
snUI
session
that
daneer
of
at--V
on
Turke
was
closer
today
th?n
at
any
time
since
the
war
started.
PIO
OVERSEAS
ARMY
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
Army
now
has
800,000
men
overseas,
General
George
Marshal,
Army
commander-in-chief,
revealed
in
a
letter
to
Admiral
Frnest
J.
King,
command
er-in-chief
of
the
Navy.
FRF.F.
FRENCH
IN
NORWAY
tnarine
skipped
into
a
Piprwegian
harbor
and
sank
one
Naxl
vessel,
damaging
a
second.
HONG
KONG
ATTACK
WASHINGTON
Further
details
have
been
revealed
of
the
American
aerial
bombing
attack
on
Hong
Kong
last
Wednesday.
Curtis
P40
fighters
were
used
as
dive
bombers.
One
enemy
ship
burst
into
flames
and
two
others
were
damaged.
The
Kowloon
waterfront
was
set
afire
from
end
to
end.
A.R.P.
SERIOUS
OTTAWA
Col.
R.
J.
Manion,
director
of
civilian
defence,
deplores
the
difficulty
in
getting
Canadians
to
realize
the
local
and
personal
responsibility
in
civil
protection
activity.
Even
the
best
air
forces
cannot
save
cities
from
attack,
he
said
in
addressing
2,000
civilian
protection
workeis
here.
He
appealed
for
more
A.R.P.
workers.
EARTHQUAKE
IN
BCa
NELSON
Nelson
and
Creston
felt
distinct
earth
tremors
yesterday
morning.
Residents
rdn
into
the
streets.
American
Football
Penn
19.
Army
0.
Boston
College
47,
Georgetown
0.
Columbia
14.
Cornell
13.
William
and
Mary
35,
Dartmouth
14.
Fordham
7.
Saint
Marys
0.
Harvard
19.
Princeton
14.
Pittsburgh
19.
Carnegie
Tech.
6.
Yale
27,
Brown
0.
Notre
Dame
9.
Navy
0.
Michigan
28,
Illinois
14.
Minnesota
19,
Northwestern
7.
Wisconsin
17,
Ohio
State
1.
Georgia
21,
Alabama
10.
Maryland
13,
Florida
0.
Georgia
Tech.
26,
Duke
7.
Tennessee
26.
L.S.U.
0.
Baylor
10,
Texas
Christian
7.
Texas
21,
S.M.U.
7.
'
Oregon
7,
California
20,
Idaho
21,
Montant
0.-
,
..
Washington
13,
Oregon.j!Etate
9;
U.CIkA.
20,
Stamfordv7i',
'
PATRO
-Knv
9.
(C.V
Cnnrpntratinn
nf
Axis
fnrpps
on
Marshal
Erwin'
Rommel's
left
flank
was
pocketed
in
i
.
i
lit
i
i
V
i
1
A
i.
1
A.
T
a
Doici
weeK-ena
mrust
ai
nignt
Dy
Australian
troops
wno
smashed
across
coastal
sand
dunes.
Up
to
last
night,
.
i
i
i
ii
I,
1
the
enemy
nau
matie
no
real
move
10
DreaK
inrougn
aj-though
one
appeared
imminent.
Cairo
reports
to
London
lewspapers
saia
uw
irappca
uu
troops
numbered
several
thousand,
most
of
them
Germans.
The
Axis
force
was
caught
Fri
day
night
by
desert-wise
Austra
lians
who
crossed
a
railroad
running
near
the
coast
In
the
face
of
:onslderable
enemy
opposition.
The
Aussies
wiped
out
Axis
nests
and
took
prisoners
as
they
surged
forward,
often
relying
on
bayon
ets
to
overcome
opposition.
The
enemy
concentration
was
not
wholly
encircled
but
an
iron
ring
was
forged
around
it
with
sufficient
completeness
to
make
the
position
untenable.
Allied
planes
continue
wide
spread
bombing
activity,
eight
nlanes
being
brought
down
yes-
iterday
with
low
of
but
one
Brit
ish.
Eight
ships
were
sunk
at
To-
Ibruk.
IS
MISSING
.
LONDON
A
FretiFrrnch
subo--
OVERSEAS
YANKS
TAKE
SOUTH
SEAS
INITIATIVE
Sinking
of
Another
Aircraft
Car
rier
But
Japs
Also
Have
Serious
Losses
Jao
Naval
Losses
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Nov.
2
(CPP)
Sinking
of
seven
enemy
ships
and
damaging
of
three
others,
including
a
converted
aircraft
carrier
set
afire
by
American
submarines
during
recent
operations
in
the
Pacific,
was
announced
by
the
United
States
Navy.
United
States
naval
forces
appear
now
to
have
the
jun
ol.
waters.
arouncL
GuadaU
canal.
I
WASHINGTON.
Nov.
2
Announcement
is
made
of
the
loss
Son
of
Major
W.
H.
Crocker
Lost
of
another
American
aircraft
car-
11-l.ll-
Cnl..
IVith
It
A
F
..
U,
.rnn
1
,uiiic
ownuj,
.......
I
nex
presumaQiy
u&.
xiotucir
In
the
vicinity
of
the
Santa
Cniz
'islands
In
the
South
Pacific.
This
'
Sorcrant
Alr-Ounnef
MUrraV
ic
V.o
fourth
aircraft
carrier
tn
-
.
w
fciv.
wu.a
.
-
Rowe
Crocker,
son
of
.Major
W.
H.
j
Dy
the
United
States,
other$
1
.
I
J
SearchliEht
PAAMltllnkl
Tlif
Bat
I.
.
...
n4..
n...lU
nH-lt
ino
thp
RtMind
tery
here
and
nephew
of
Mrs.
H.
G.
Kennedy,
formerly
of
this
city,
s
missing
In
air
operations
overseas,
according
to
word
received
at
his
home
in
Prince
George.
He
had
been
on
numerous
raids
on
imnortant
German
centres
with
a
Lancaster
bomber
squadron.
Sergeant
Cocker
was
born
in
Prince
George
twenty
years
ago
and
enlisted
In
Jury.
1941,
after
matriculating
from
High
School.
He
went
overseas
in
February.
CANTERBURY
IS
BOMBED
Luftwaffe
Makes
Heaviest
Daylight
Attack
Since
Battle
of
Britain
LONDON,
Nov.
2
Fifty
Nail
bombers
attacked
Canterbury
Saturday
In
the
heaviest
daylight
raid
on
this
country
since
the
Rattle
of
Britain.
Bombs
were
dropped
and
streets,
ciowd-ed
with
people,
machine-gunned.
The
attack
occurred
21
hours
after
Mrs.
Roosevelt
had
visited
the
Cathedral
city.
Nine
Nasi
planes
were
shot
down
and
two
Royal
Air
Force
fighters
were
lost.
Four
enemy
planes
were
bi
ought
down
Saturday
night
in
attacks
over
southeast
England.
COSTLY
RABBIT
HUNT
SOtTTHWICK,
Sussex,
Eng.,
Nov.
2
Oj
Roger
Seare
A.K.F.,
rescue
party
worker
was
fined
about
$250
for
being
absent
from
duty
while
attending
a
rabbit
hunt.
He
said
he
was
serving
his
country
better
by
helping
produce
more
rabbit
meat
but
the
magistrate
described
his
letter
as
"impertinent."
town
and
Wasp.
The
South
Pacific
Is
now
being
scoured
for
a
reap
pearance
of
the
big
Japanese
liee.t
which
has
withdrawn
from
tke
Solomon
Islands.
There
is
speculation
as
to
whether
It
will
re
turn
to
the
attack
on
Guadalcanal
or
bob
up
elsewhere.
Meanwhlls
some
land
fighting
continues
-ion
Guadalcanal.
Allied
planes
nirve
again
bombed
Rabaul
on
New
Britain,
damaging
shipping
and
shore
installations
of
the
enemy.
Twenty-
me
tons
of
bombs
were
dropped
on
Rabaul
and
direct
hits
wera
scored
on
two
Japanese
shlp3.
Yesterday
the
Americans
iook
he
initiative
and
struck
by
land,
sea
and
air
at
the
enemy
in
the
Solomons.
Heavy
bombers
sans,
a
heavy
enemy
cruiser
and
damaged
anotherJHrect
hits
were
scored
on
three
enemy
cargo
ships
and
an
aircraft
carrier
Is
also
believed
hit.
United
States
aircraft
bombed
Japanese
positions
on
Guadalcanal,,
plains
also
attacking
the
enemy
elsewhere.
":
On
New
Guinea
Island
Allied
ground
forces
pushed
forward
with
airlal
co-operation
In
the
bombing
and
starting
of
ships.
BUSINESSES
ARE
FROZEN
Another
Drastic
Order
Is
Issued
rby.
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
OTTAWA,
Nov.
2
Effective
today
no
new
businesses
may
-,b
started
in
Canada
except
by
special
permit
from
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
which
will
determine
their
essentiality.
Neither
may
businesses
be
extended
or
ownerships
transferred.
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