EF
PRICE
IS
DROPPED
Welcome
News
For
Housewives
I
From
Wartime
Friers
And
'
Trade
Hoard
a
t
.1
n
nuic
oi
cneer
ior
nousewivcsf
lis
sounded
by
the
Wartime
Price
1
land
.
Trad
.
Board
-
-
,
in
announcing
I
,
1
,.
,
wwk
a
tuivuer
rraucuon
in
in"
price
of
beef
is
effective
from
to-
j
day.
j
This
will
be
the
third
successive
j
drop
In
prices
since
the
board
j
put
into
effect
Its
new
policy
gov-
1
emlng
the
domestic
supply
of
i
beef.
j
First
reduction
came
on
July
13,
the
second
nn
Am
suit
3
board.
Vancouver,
states
that
a
1
cut
of
one
cent
a
pound
comes
:n-
!
to
effect
within
the
next
few
day-
This
will
apply
on
all
carcass
-:
and
quarters
of
beef
of
highest
;
quality
under
the
Dominion
gov.
eminent
beef
grading
standards
:
Retailers
are
allowed
one
week
,
from
August
34
in
which
to
ad-'
Just
their
figures
to
the
new
wholesale
prices.
This
new
reduction
brings
best
quality
beef
to
the
average
ceiling
prices
of
the
packing
houses
for
the
basic
period
of
September
15
to
October
11.
1941
and
is
a
total
reduction
of
three,
cents
a
pouJ
on
wholesale
prices
since
Jury
IS.
In
view
of
the
tact
that
the
194
rent
price
of
June
and
July
caused
best
steaks
and
roasts
to
soar
be-1
yond
the
limits
of
the
average
I
purse,
the
new
price
range
should
bring
welcome
relief
to
many
householders
now
that
they
are
able
to
buy
the
best
steaks
and
roasts
at
the
level
of
last
Septem-
and
QQUr
As
an
(Kampte
ef
the
efisatXH
,
JW...
,
'in
Vancouver
from
41c
to
33c
a
1
pound
and
at
another
typical
shop
j
trom
45c
to
36c
a
pound.
Those
are
CH
UNO
KING
August
34-
The
the
ceiling
prices
and
not
ll!chlnMe
have
made
further
gains
gate
pits.
r
19
m
fts4KsM
rssw
duction
ln
beef
will
come
into
effect.
Board
officers
are
keeping
a
check
on
wholesalers
and
retailers
to
see
that
the
-reductions
are
passed
on
to
the
consumer.
MORE
GUNS
MADE
HERE
Production
of
nrens
Bcinr.
Doubled
And
That
of
Others
quadrupled
OTTAWA.
Aug.
24
0
Hon.
rhariM
n.
Howe,
minister
of
mu-
and
supply,
announced
to-
dav
that
facilities
are
now
being
nrovided
to
double
the
production
of
Bren
guns
in
Canada
indWij
production
of
other
guns
is
being
quadrupled.
Bylaw
Covers
Restaurants
Hegulallons
Regarding
Intoction
And
Sanitation
Are
To
Be
l'.nacted
Tomorrow-
A
bvlaw
providing
for
the
tlght-
lenlng
up
of
Inspection
and
sanitation
of
restaurants
and
eating
places
in
the
city
U
to
be
Intro-
duccd
at
a
special
meeting
of
the
Cty
council
to
be
held
tomorrow
morning.
The
bylaw
has
been
'
drafted
by
the
newly
constituted
hroUh
authorities
here.
1
Mrs.
George
L.
Rorle
sauca
tai-nrrtnv
nioht
for
a
trip
to
Van
rouver
couver
and
ana
Victoria,
vicmji
accompanied
-
bv
by
her
her
little
lliue
niece.
nira,
Sharon
Dunn,
who
Is
returning
to
her
home
In
Vancouver
after
a
vUlt
here.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Rorle
will
be
returning
to
city
ln
a
couple
of
weeks.
.JfS$.
ANOTHER
BISHOP
A
i.-r.
m
.wi.-
.:.
-lie
;fe
of
Air
Mir
.
w
A.
Billy
Bi.sh.
wcurred
wh-n
he
pinned
the
wun
vi
a
fighting
RC.
AJ"
piiot
on
hi.s
son
Leading
Aircraftsman
Ai'hur
Bishop.
Canada's
greatest
ace
of
the
great
war
is
shown
m
the
photograph
as
he
pinned
tlu;
wings
to
L.A.C.
Biihopb
tuiuc.
BUly
Bishop
is
credited
in
official
war
records
with
destruction
of
72
enemy
aircraft.
35
of
which
he
shot
down
within
10
days
in
1918-
-Official
R.CJLF.
Photo.
CHINESE
GAINING
.
.
'
""ner
romis
on
iiaiiway
Taken
trom
Japanese
in
repossessing
themselves
of
greater
control
of
an
important
railway
line.
Yushang
and
Yln-tung
have
been,
retaken
by
the
Chinese.
)Puchov)
n
centra,
IKlangsl.
the
second
most
Import
ant
base
in
the
province,
the
Chinese
High
Command
announced
tonight.
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
210,000
pounds.
16c
and
13c
to
162c
and
13.
Canadian
38,000
pounds,
16.7c
and
13c.
American
Constitution.
56,000,
162c
and
13c,
Booth.
North.
5300,
16.1c
and
13c,
Pa
cific
&m.,
43.000.
16c
and
13c.
Royal
Northern.
SejDOO,
16.1c
and
13c,
AUln.
Canadian
Sea
Maid.
33,000.
16.7c
and
13c,
Storage.
DISORDER
IN
INDIA
Further
Outbreaks
Reported
In
Two
Districts
of
Madras
Area
NEW
DELHI,
Aug.
24
F
New
disorders
have
broken
out
ln
two
districts
of
the
Madras
area.
All
India
Congress
demonstrations
have
occurred.
FOR
QUICK
SIGHTING
JOHANNNESBURG.
August
24
Oi
A
new
method
to
enable
antl
aircraft
and
flold
guns
to
range
.
,,
,
,
.
...
targets
Immediately
on
sighting
hv
n
wntwatersranri
SB
J4VM
"
J
-
"
-
-
Inventor,
J.
D.
Van
Der
Berg
and
the
South
African
defence
Depart
ment
U
investigating.
TAKES
T0
THE
SKIES
PT.
DARWIN
IS
RAIDED
But
Japanese
Bombers
Did
Little
Damage
and
Four
Were
t
Brought
Down
MELBOURNE,
August
24
:-'
Fortv-seven
JaDanes
bombers
and
fShter?
Thttw
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
High
0:14
am.
21.9
feet
Maximum
60.5
12:59
pjn.
20.8
feet
Minimum
52
Low
6:46
ajn.
1.5
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRALjBRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
19:00
pjn.
4.5
feet
VOL
XXXI.
No.
196
"
pRINCE
RUpERT
MQNDAYt
AUGUST
i
mi
-jTd
p--
trail
it
FIVE
CENT
Slim.
f
CUS
s
s
Move
On
With
Heavy
Toll
DIEPPE
IS
HIT
AGAIN
Surprising?.
Utile
Resistance
from
Air
Is
Met
Ity
Canad-lan
Bombers
LONDON
August
24
Canadian
r.
mri
returnerl
In
th
atiarV
mi
V...
j
urVlK
o.u.u.
o.iu
met
wiwi
,
,.?tB
opposition
inrfu-fltiru,
iho
""!,.
ar
power
of
the
Axis
U
becoming
drplptfd.
MORE
NAZI
RAIDS
DUE
Air
Secretary
Thinks
Temp
Over
Ilrltain
Will
lie
Increased
Heich
To
Oct
It
to
IOVDON
August
4
4Br
Areh-,ba)d
Sinclair,
secretary
for
air
(xprrta
much
more
activity
by
'he
enemy
this
winter
in
the
way
r
air
attack
upon
Britain
but
I
"
promises
that
thousand
of
Ornish
planes
wtl)
keep
up
the
c
lack
upon
the
Retch,
continuing
irh
devastation
as
that
wrought
..port
Cologne
and
other
area
German
cities.
Egypt
Front
Still
Quiet
Only
ratrol
Activity
on
Und
ltd
tlh
I'lanrs
Range
Over
Axis
Supply
lines
CAIRO.
August
34:
There
is
patrol
activity
as
far
astand
iiitut
is
concerned
on
the
Efeyp-
desert
British
bombing
ptaneal
nur
w
im,twc
y
"steak
should
drop
at
one
big
store
ims
and
bases.
Schools
Open
Next
Tuesday
i
Local
durational
Authorities
Have
No
Instructions
Itecardinc
Delay
In
Date
lal
school
.authorities
stated
'
day
that,
so
far
at
least,
no
ln
!
I'tiorm
had
been
received
;
:
'uglng
the
date
of
September
x
Tuesday,
for
the
reopening
oi
:
I
b
and
High
schools.
Arrange-'
are
proceeding
with
a
vlewi
'hn
reopening
of
Khools
at
that!
t.rcr
Howard
Hughes
Help:
IS
i.aiSeriniuons
T
vm.j
...
..i......
n,..,.r
flares
Ills
Resources
at
Disposal
Of
Aerial
Freighter
Maker
HOLLYWOOD.
August
34
How-Hughes,
moving
picture
pro-
:rr
and
airplane
manufacturer.
.
ofrered
to
place
his
resources
r
r
thp
manufacture
of
aircraft
at
if
disposal
of
Henry
J.
Kaiser.
F
'i
i
land
shipbuilder,
ln
connec-
'
.i
n
with
his
plan
for
the
making
(
f
aerial
freighters
as
a
means
of
meeting
the
submarine
menace
to
rurface
craft.
Situation
Of
Portugal
Now
Jnv.
J
lOnSldered
LISBON.
August
24:-An
extra
-
ordinary
meeting
of
the
cabinet
of
Portugal
has
been
held
to
con
-
cider
the
position
of
this
country
following
the
declaration
of
war
between
Brazil
and
the
Axis,.
TIIF.UFS
A
I)IFFi:itF.NCi:
The
equatorial
circumference
of
he
earth
Is
24,002
miles,
the
mer-idlanal
circumference.
24.8GO
miles.
n"
.
T.
.
,
.
.
.
.
,,
..
in
tne
country,
as
a
result
oi
the
."LiHvoy.
American
air
strength
r'JZZ'XZ?!'
uussv.
iuiu-(uit..atv
uriciitca
fi.nrtinH
ttHiv,
rA
rf
n.ivi,
(r
lng
the
enemy
at
a
distance
and.
bringing
four
of
the
raiding
aircraft
down.
AIRRAIDS
i
EXCHANGED
Three
Germans
Shot
Down
Over
Britain
Wellington
Bombers
Hit
Emilcn
LONDON,
Aug.
24
O
Three
Ger
man
bombers
of
a
small
number
of
enemy
aircraft
were
destroyed
over
Britain
during
the
night.
The
raiders
came
In
over
East
Anglla
and
spread
widely
over
the
Mid
lands
and
as
far
as
northwest
Eng
land.
During
the
day
yesterday
two
Wellington
bombers
broke
through
the
clouds
over
the
German
naval
base
at
Emden
and
hits
were
scored
among
buildings
in
the
dock
area.
30,000
INQUESTS
LONDON,
August
21
W
Sir
Walter
Schroeder,
Central
London
Coroner
who
held
more
than
30,000
Inquests,
Is
dead
at
87.
He
held
the
Inquest
Into
the
death
of
Belle
Elmore,
music-hall
artist!
murdered
by
.
her
husband.
Dr
Crlppen.
arrested
fleeing
to
Canada
in.
1910.
CURATE:iILOT
KILLED
LEIGH-ON-SEA,
Eng.
Aueustition
24:
t?
PO.
Gordon
Harris,
former
Anglican
curate
here,
who
Joined
the
Royal
Air
Force
as
a
combat
ant,
rather
than
a
chaplain,
is
pre
sumed
killed.
He
was
a
Blenheim
pilot.
FOUR
MORE
i
a
dc
oitwC
Shipbuilding
Jrtroouim:
Speed
Record
:
Another
Vessel
Disposed
of
By
-
American
Submarine,
It
is
iarnea
W
ASHINQTON
August
24
;Four
more
Japanese
ships
have
,bem
sunk
by
American
submar-
ines
in
th;
acillc-
one
,n
ine
Aleutians.
MAY
START
NEW
FRONT:
:
Separate
Command
is
Being
Formed
for
Iraq
and
Iran
LONDON.
August
24:
Following
he
v
s
t
of
Prime
Minister
Win-,
i
f
on
rhurrhill
to
Russia
and
the1'
Near
East,
the
formation
of
a
sep-
j
ara-.e
military
command
for
Iraq
,,
and
Iran
under
General
Sir
Henry,
Maitland-Wilson
U
announced.
It
suggested
that
this
has
been
done
with
the
expectation
of
an-)
other
front
being
opened
lh
con-
.
nection
with
the
German
drivel
through
the
Caucasus.
There
are
also
separate
com-
a
imanas
in
Egypt
and
India.
CONVOY
IS
w
I
nir
iTr
mentswhich
took
part
In
the
raids
lAKlihllNr
ParticiPati
in
the
rites.
The
sol-ilAVVJlj
VfllJLj
diers
burled
Included
some
whose
bodies
were
brought
back
from
the
Largest
Single
Movement
of
War
raid
and
others
who
died
of
Materials
and
Fighting
Men
juries
following
their
return.
Across
Atlantic
,
The
filth
Canadian
casualty
list
'
f
LCATDON.
August
24
The
great-
est
wnvoyevei.Jtorax!jytiJt-
"antic
nas
reacnea
uniain.
it
brou8ht
vast
quantities
of
war
materials
and
thousands
of
fight
-
mS
men
irom
tne
unitea
states,
So
numerous
were
the
ships
that
?
Z
had
to,
toaded
at
many
lvo-
i,JC
CIC
?utekly
to
W
wny
huge
United
5?
i
a
.
,
ua
111
lIU3
country
is
greauy
m
creased
TODAY'b
5TOCKS
(OourWy
s.
D.
Johnston
Do.)
Vancouver
Grandview
.10
Bralorne
5.75
Cariboo
Quartz
.85
Hedley
Mascot
.19
Pend
Oreille
,
WI,
.80
Pioneer
1:10
Premier
.
.43
'
Privateer
.24
V
2
Reno
....
.04
Sheep
Creek
.77
Oils
Calmont
.11...
C.
&
E.
.
.80
Home
2.30
Royal
Canadian
...
'
.03...
Toronto
Beattie
-
.60
Central
Pat
55
.Cons.
Smelters
32.75
Hardrock
.32
Kerr
Addison
,
3.60
'
Little
Long
Lac
.72
McLcod
Cockshutt
1.00
Madson.
Red
Lake
25
McKenzle
Red
Lake
.
.53
Moneta
.23
Pickle
Crow
1.40
Preston
East
Dome,
1.45
San
Antonio
.
1.40
Sherrltt
Gordon
...
.60
I
nanlvcoriVinor
I
lAV
1
"UUV9glVllIg
UdJ
V
Clnl
19
Srtf
CI
TOr
UCl.
iL
Thanksgiving
Day
will
be
observed
ln
Canada
on
Monday,
October
12,
according
to
a
proclama-
issued
at
Ottawa,
SWEDISH
CADETS
KILLED
Six
cadets
of
a
Swedish
Infantry
regiment
were
killed
by
the
accl-
dental
explosion
of
a
land
mine
during
manoeuvres
at
Karlsberg.
.
.t
PORTLAND.
Ore..
August.
n:
me
Henry
J.
Kaiser
it
snipyard
here
has
made
an-
fithpr
chirfoiilMIno
J
cord'
vSl
terday
of
another
freighter
thirty-five
days
after
the
lay-
lng
of
the
keel.
The
manager
of
the
yard
says
that
it
will
soon
be
turning
out
ships
thirty
days
after
their
com-
mencement
CANADIANS
ARE
BURIED
,.
,
TV'3
o(
Fottyn
Canadian
Soldltrs
Interred-Further
Casu-
altr
LisU
Issned
LONDON.
August
24
:-3rty-one
i
ft
S
1
MOSCOW
August
24
The
Rus-l
'
sians
are
falling
back
further
;
'
towards
the
Gronzy
oil
fields
of
the
Caucasus
and
the
Black
Sea.
!
The
enemy
have
reached
a
rmini
'
;
'Canadians
who
lost
their
lives
asstaUngrad-
Tem&
01
the
Dieppe
commando'
4M
WCCB'
crc
ounea
in
un-.
iam
yesterday.
Two
of
them
were
unidentified,
the
first
unknown
soldiers
of
the
present
war.
Bands
and
guards
of
honor
of
seven
regl-
following
Dieppe
was
Issued
yes-
terday
following
the
fourth
list
on
..yv
same.
day.
Seventy-nine,
baye
now
been
listed
as
killed,
313
wounded
and
36
missing.
,
Brigadier
Sherwood
Lett
of
Van-
couver
has
been
listed
as
severely
wounded.
Brigadier
W.
W.
Southam.
who
was
at
iirsi
announcea
as
missing;
now
listed
as
a
prisoner
of
war.
India's
Tea
Needs
Canada's
Plywoods
Dominion's
.Agent
Reporting
on
.namci
:ays
trices
nave
Been
Obstacle
OTTAWA,
Aug.
24
0)
Paul
Sykes,
Canadian
Trade
Commissioner
ln
India,
reported
to
the
Department
of
Trade
and
Commerce
that
there
is
a
substantial
market'
for
plywood
In
India,
and
said
the
Canadian
plywood
Indus'-1
'try
would
be
justltfled
in
trying
i
to
meet
the
Indian
demand.
So
far
Canada
has
supplied
only
a
small
'part
of
the
Indian
requirement
I
One
big
market
for
plywood
Is
the
tea
trade,
for
use
in
the
chests.
Mr.
Sykes
said
leading
rep
resentatives
of
the
trade
had
assured
him
of
their
Interest
ln
of
fers
from
Canadian
suppliers
and
j
their
readiness
to
purchase
Canadian
stocks
whenever
they
are
reasonably
comparable
ln
quality
and
price
with
those
from
other
sources.
"The
greatest
obstacle
to
the
development
of
the
business
ha3
been
orlce.
Mr.
Svks
said.
"Bal-
l&l-
t
!
V-
1
.
1
t
I
n
in.
.chests
has
been
cheaper
than
Can-
jadlan
stocks
and
Is
regarded
by
i
the
trade
as
of
superior
quality.
"In
the
case
of
other
plywood
for
use
as
building
or
manufac
-
Ituring
material,
Scandinavian
and
JaPanese
Prices
en
Tar1'
y
more
favorable
than
Cana
-
Idlan
offers."
STOVES
JUST
LN
CASE
LONDON
August
24
An
emergency
stove
ln
every
street
ln
the
country
Is
the
object
of
a
plan
prepared
by
the
Food
Ministry.
The
stoves
would
be
used
If
gas
and
electricity
services
are
REDS
STILL
FALLBACK
Germans
Still
Advancing
Into
Caucasus
Are
Forty
Miles
"
From
Staligrad
forty
miles
from
Stalingrad.
V-
4sW
The
Russians
battled
on
reso-
mieiy
toaay
in
the
narrow,
flat
corridor
between
the
Don
and
Volga
Rivers
in
the
endeavour
to
halt
German
forces
which
finally
I
consolidated
their
river
crossing
ana
sirucs:
out
for
Stalingrad,
only
forty
miles
away.
Another
thrust
at
the
great
Industrial
city
moved
slowly
ahead
at
terrific
cost
on
the.
Kbtelnikovskl
sector,
southwesfof
Stalingrad
along
the
railway
leading
from
the
Black
Sea.
A
mid-day
communique
reported
a
violent
struggle
southeast
of
Kletskaya
where
the
Germans
had
reached
the
east
bank
of
the
Don.
Tanks
ferried
across
the
river
con
stituted
the
greatest
threat
to
URUGUAY
FOR
WAR
Another
South
American
Nation
Is
Expected
To
Follow
Example
Of
Brazil
MONTEVIDEO.
August
24:
Uruguay
may
soon.tpUpw
Brazil
.in
declaring
war
upon
the
Axis.
"We
are
absolutely
accompanying
Brazil."
declared
the
Uruguyan
for
eign
minister.
Brazil
did
not
declare
war
upon
Japan
but
only
so
far
on
Germany,
Italy
and
Junior
Axis
powers.
Neither
Argentina
or
Chili
have
shown
any
indication
of
changing
their
relations
with
the
Axis.
Norma
Shearer
Married
Again
Famous
Canadian
-
Born
Screen
Actress
is
Wedded
to
Ski
Instructor
HOLLYWOOD.
August
24!
Norma
Shearer,
famous
Canadian-born
moving
picture
actjess,
was
married
yesterday
to
a
ski
instructor..
The
same
ring
was
used
ln
the
ceremony
with
w'hlch
Miss
Shearer
was
wedded
to
her
former
husband,
the
late
Irving
Thalberg.
Miss
Shearer,
appears
as
the
star
In
"Her
Cardboard
Lover,"
current
offering
at'
the
Capitol
Theatre
here.
MAKE
RAID
0NRABAUL
Japanese
-
Held
Base
On
New
Britain
Given
Attention
By
Allied
Planes
MELBOURNE
August
24
American
and
Australian
bombing
planes
raided
the
Japanese
held
nort
nf
Tlahaiit
nn
Npw
Rrt.iln
nnH
.
dropped
e,
M
tonj
0,
b(mba
m
.,.
nnH
h.nMr,
nf
.h.
...
base
there,
unquestionably
doing
ia
great
dea,
of
damage.
l
OLOF
HANSON
HERE
Paying
his
first
visit
to
the
city
since
the
recent
prorogation
of
Parliament
at
Ottawa,
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
Skeena,
arrived
at
noon
today
from
Terrace,
having
worked
his
way
down
the
line
from
Smlthers
where
he
arrived
a
few
days
ago.
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