i SultetiU REFUSES ELECTION LONDON I'rimf Minister Winston Churchill, speaking In liamrnl today, rejected a demand for a general election. Helen Ormlston of the Can-NaUonal Telegraphs staff. 1.x been holidaying In the returned this morning. NOTICE I'ioneer-Canadian Laundries 116 V U further notice we can gj v accept flat work. We arc whort of equipment but S we are short of labor. If J0tf K rrnot do your laundry at home come to our plant and tb it. b Che I'ar- JAPS OVER CHUNGKING CM MiKING A Japanese scout plane flew close to Chungking iodar It Mas thought that a raid might be planned for the .benefit Cf Wendell Wilikle. CALL YOUNC.ER MEN OTTAWA Eighteen and nineteen year old men and married turn will likely be railed for compulsory military training, Llliott Little director of selective service, states. This would make an estl-mated 100.000 rrien available. MURRAY RESIGNS OTTAWA The Ottawa dliien reported today that .Major Glad- . - i ..i Jtle riu. r..ii1. l Mone Murray had resigned as general manag Broadcasting Corporation. REORGANIZING CABINET OTTAWA Prime Minister Mackentie King is reported to be re-c:(tniring his cabinet whereby Quebec will get equal representation with Ontario, the former province now having but two seats while the latter has ais- Hon. J. T. Thorsen is eipected to go to the Lx-chrqurr Court bench. BREAK WITH AXIS MTSOS AIMS The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has voted C to CI In favor of breaking with the Axis but it is not espected the Conservative Senate will assent. LESS GASOLINE OTTAWA Motorists of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba ill get one-fifth less gasoline. The unit Is being 'cut from five to (our gallons. NO RUBBER RATION OTTAWA There Is no immediate sign of a retail ration on robber footwear although rubber supplies of manufacturers are limited. NO CIILORINATION VANCOrvr.lt The Greater Vancouver Water Itosrd has polite. It told the frdrral government that It will not voluntarily comply with the crilcr of the Department of National Health to chlorinate Vancouver water. RUMANIAN ATROCITIES MOSCOW It Is claimed here that SS.000 Russians were placed r- the Rumanians in a barracks at Odessa and put to death by expiation and fire. TURKS AND NAZIS ANKARA Turkey has signed an agreement with Germany for the rupply of armaments. SEPTEMBER LOG SCALE I'Htlrt Production Was M,107IJ Heard leet Spruce and Hemlock Predominating NEW POLICE ' AGREEMENT Provincial Force LoMng Money Here and Asks City for I New Deal notice of termination of i ing iniErlnce Rupert Olvtng fiKirirf foMK monLh of the existing contract as at Deeem- b( ihts yW totalled .-,ber 31 of UiU year, the British; bo . id feet coruustlrtg of ' Columbia Police, in a letter fromi ' hr ff Mr S.41B.G89 Commissioner T. W. S. Parsons to l 483.893 spruce. 7.488.499 1 City Commissioner D. J. Matheaon, k 1,591346 balsam ana Its lormauy prwpowim kDini- and 50.0R8 mlacel-1 of agreement. .'id piling production for n t totalled 91217 lineal wiu. h 71.058 lineal feet wa : d 3,000 irnsceUaneout. ' r count was 17315. all t und 271 cords of wood t orded The commurucauuu SlGeorge Constable Dies In Hospital George Constable, who lived across the harbor ln a boat, men last night at the Prince Rupert General Hospital. He wns a fisherman and was quite well known. tPtinorai nrrnnprments are In the utivtm " o - ':;i-.l;ii:i,ln;i;i;:WIlj;iBJilhands of the B.C. Undertakers. UTH1K, &ep, W-Tbe ROADS AT TERRACE Hoard of Trade Asks For Improvements Toward Station TERRACE. SeDt. 30: The Board form Qi iyj neid its regular monthly' J day evening. After some discus- ( from In- . . resolution was' passed which apector Parsons states that there i railway authorities to do ; was an operating loas on policing something towards improving the' of the city during the year 1940-: leading to the depot and to 41 of $3,987.41 and the present j tnc frejght car5 -hteh have to be trend Indicated tnai ujr io unloaded. With the great increase would beconje greater. The suua-1 ln business here and the conse-tlon. said the Commissioner's let- Quent (requent traMlc tangles it ter. called for a reaajusinicjiw u. . relt tnat w1der roaa approacnes terms and quite shortly n was wouW be ln ordpr hoped to submit financial data on . IndeMi the railway facilities are which to base a new agrremcui.. not oniy ones w Ieei ine The city Is at present paying which has come with the the provincial police $13,000 per tremend0Us growth of local actl-year for the policing of the city. vlty The post office, restaurants. hotels, not to mention the churches, are all too small lor the Terrace of today. Harry King was ln tho chair and Duncan Kerr acted as secretary. FISH LV MANY GUISES Fish from Canadian' canneries are usee, lor nsn mem, mm uu, fish glue and various other pro ducts as well as for food. GIRL COSSACKS im . jfit of the farmers who are rvab-tng their threshing and fall pkw-jtng while the weather holds good. Wtek after week without a break, the fine weather and bright sunshine have put many extra dollars Into their pockets. Since early spring the weather could hardly have been more suited to the needs of the farmers. Good crops have been grown and are now being harvested and stored in first class condition. I The fine weather for hunting Iducks. grouse, and larger game is 'also being taken full advantage of by the local hunters who appear to be bringing in good bags. Cooper for Cardinal. Yanks last inning. SPEECH BY CHANCELLOR Says Reich Will Go On Winning Until Final Victory Achieved BERLIN, Sept. 30 (CP Chancellor Adolf Hitler, speaking today at the opening, of the winter relief drive, declared that the Reich would go on winning until final victory was achieved. He predicted the fall of Stalingrad as a matter of course. It is noted that this is the same meeting as that of a year ar,o when Hitler gave assurance that Russia was piactically out of the war. General Rommel, commander-in-chief of Axis forces in North Africa, was in attendance when Hitler made his speech. Hitler said: "We are determined to hold this year what we have and attack where we believe necessary." He also declared: "The hour will come when we will answer England's bombing of German cities." Service Stations Will Open at 1 At 6 p.m. :30 in a.m. and Close Vancouver VANCOUVER. Sept. 30: The originator of the idea being Bud Corley, formerly of Prince Rupert, who has been for some time in the service station business in Vancouver, a number of Vancouver operators have decided to cut their hours whereby they will open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. It may not be long before the open- Many Russian girl Cossacks have j Ing hours will have to be even been In aetlon. 'Shorter than that, says Corley. Local Temperature Tomorrow (8tan3ard Time) sT ides High 5:47 ajn. 16.1 feet 17:35 p.m. 16.9 feet Maximum 61 Low 11:34 a.m. 9.9 feet Minimum 52 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S 'NEWSPAPER 1 t v,,j XX N. 227 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1942 PRICE- FIVE CENTS Is3 Still Holding Out MANY CANADIANS IN R.A.F. SQUADRONS I:. atfN " ':;e Bi.:i-h Corr.xo:-wealth Air Trunin a Plai, Hern ... a typical group with jn RAF fighter squadron They are. from LEFT TO RIGHT: P.O. R. A. Dunn of Lyons Brook and Ptetou. US.; Fit. Sergt. F. S. Marah of Montreal; Fit. Sergt. Bill Sanders of Headlngtey, Man.; Fit. Sergt. Bill Han of Charlowi US.; Fit. Sergt. A. E. Ingram of St. John. N.B., and Squadron Leader Thornton Brown of the RA F. Alio with this squadron, but on leave when the picture was taken, la Fit Sergt Ridley of Winnipeg. INTERIOR lor ;; PASSING OF U ADVECT !anKS "in riAKVLbl;: First Game Weather Is Highly Auspicious Getting in Crop i j ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30-New i York Yankees defeated St. JOHN GRAY Pioneer of Both Prince Rupert And Smithers Is Dead I Louis ,tfato 7. to J to tht . "7, flrtt gameor the World Series TaMITHERS, Sept : .""rrr" today. Red Ruffing pitched Wends of John S. 1 'rT' the Yankee and . w- k t i """xv ' condition. Since first this attack on Sunday had been made on several occa sions. Mr. Gray was one of the oldest residents of Smithers, having come from Prince Rupert ln 1913 with Weary Garrison Beats Nazi Tanks and Motor Infantry On 37 th Day (While Soviet Soldiers Fall Within Ruined City, Two Nazi I 30 The many , Gray, the well 1111 learn with rwret led all the way and Had the that he passed away at his home I Cards shut out two to nothing ' here at ? o'clock last evening. Late at the end of the eighth. St. J Sunday night he had suffered a Louis scored all its runs in the heart attack and was in a serious Divisions Are Routed By Relief Attack Against Invasion Flank ! MOSCOW, Sept. 30 (CP)-Stalingrad's weary gam-on battled off German tanks and motorized infantrjfeiir the thirty-seventh day of siege today arid mile fresh hundreds fell within the ruined-citvf It1 va'SPaii-! rounced that twro Nazi divisions had" been routed tblrlf j ' lief attacks against the invasion flankHardened defence and counter-attacks took toll of - Artolf Hitler's forces from Lenin- j erad tfr Mestdok. one newspaper declared "the Initiative remains In our hands, m the battle northwest J of Stalingrad although the Germans were concentrating tremendous forces to replace defeated divisions. Field reports declared that ,the Red Army's revived Kalinin front offensive, bolstered by bomb-'Ing several German air bases, had smashed through defences north of Rxehv which the invaders call- ed "The Line of the Fuehrer." In 'addition, the Russians said that a third army division had been battered back by Red marines In the :Novorosissk area of the Black Sea coast and noted repulse of enemy attacks in the Mozdok area. OPPOSED TO his family and established himself , inside information. here in the Jewelry stare and; Mr. Churchill's remarks yeais. In 1913 he came to Smithers where he has been ln business for the past 29 years. He was watch inspector for the Canadian National Railways. He was a talented musician and the leader of both band and orchestras. On December 6 of last year Ml and Mrs. Gray celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, the wedding having taken place ln Aberdeen on December 4. 1891. Deceased leaves his wife, one son Alex, Vancouver, four daugh ters. Mrs. R, Kuhn. Portsmouth.! Ohio. Mrs. J. Williams. Mrs. J.I Buchan and Mrs. Frank Parker. I all of Smithers, ten grandchildren-and two great-grandchildren. I Cutting On Hours i: Blow Dealt Upon Japst MELBOURNE. Sept. 30: M lied troops have dealt a smarting blow to the Japan- ese at the south of the Owen Stanley Mountains on the ap- i proaches to Port Moresby, 1 New Guinea. The enemy are on the run. They have lost a bridce and abandoned quan- ility of public statements or specu lation as to the time and place Ancus McDonald Loses His Salmp in this district. By-Election SPECULATIONf. Talk About Second Front Not Appreciated by Prime Min ister Churchill Suggests Impracticability LONDON. Sept. 30: 0 Prime suffering . Minister Winston Churchill, speak-nlght his inv in parliament yesterday, said condition had not Improved and I he welcomed the opportunity of rush calls for the doctor's help.aratn pmnhssinn? the undpsirab- u-j of' future Allied offensive operations even though such statements were based on speculation and not on There had been found unexpected barriers to landing, one hundred enemy planes had. however, been brought down in the raid. At the ame time a high British officer broadcast in French today ( Life titles of supplies and equip- mon Arm to elect a successor to ment. .the late Hon. R. W. Bruhn is ex- pected to be announced shortly. It t Salmon Arm Premier Hart Here Tomorrow- Richards' message says. c-'CITYTAX Premier John Hart will ar- rive in Prince Rupert at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning from Terrace by the diesel electric train, according to word received today from his secretary, Percy Richards. It had been stated yesterday that Mr. Hart would arrive by the evening train. He will leave Friday morning by train on his return to Victoria by 1 way of the interior. The 1 change in arrangements will ! give the Premier a full day here to meet delegations, Mr. SALE ON . Two Properties Chance Hands At Opening Season Adjourned Until Tomorrow Two lots were sold at the an nual city tax sale this morning, the sale being adjourned until tomorrow. The purchasers were as follows: Brown St Harvey, lot 44, block 7, were section 1, $157.59, upset price. watchmaking business. He was well provoked by a question which was David Owens, lot 15, block 3, sec-known all along the line through-1 prefaced by an assumption that tion 8, $2326, upset price, out the North. j -the period of offensive operations About fifty lots are on the list Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Mr. 'by the United Nations was now. for sale. Some were redeemed Jusi Gray came to Montreal 44 years approaching " . .before the sale. ago. moving In 1910 to Prince . Mr. cjiHfchlU today told the City Collector Frank Vickers is Rupert where he owned and opHijouse $iatl the super-commando conducting the sale, erated a Jewelry store for three 'raid on DieDDe had cost nearly half of all Allied troops involved. that "more man ever uie pussi- WeU Known Vancouver Bencher blUties of British and Allied landing on French soil must be Kootenay Forest MR. JUSTICE ELLIS DIES Passes Away at Age of Sixty-Seven Years VANCOUVER. Sept. 30: Mr. Justice Joseph N. Ellis, the only County Court Judge to be elevated II r l Ti J , to the Supreme Court ln British WOrker UrOWneClj Columbia, died last night at the age oi sixiy-seven years, tie had been ill since August. At Salmo Near Nelson ... . . 'noneer Woman Donald, forestry worker, has been J drowned ln Champion Lake near. Of City Dies Mrs. A. R. Gordon, well known pioneer woman of this city, who had been in falling health for 'many years, passed away ln Vancouver yesterday, according to . wnrrt reaching hrp tnHnv Mr In Tloroni nPI Gordon made her home on Second 111 1Ct.ClllUCI Avenue. Her husband was for years ln the service of the Cana- VICTORIA, Sept. 30: Date of dlan National Railways. Lee M. Tvr,vinpial bv-electlon In Sal-. Gordon and Roth Gordon were her sons. Many old friends from pioneer days will regret to learn of Mrs. will probably be held In December. Gordon's demise. i r. i '1 i