. - Vi KISKA HIT BY YANKS FROM AIR One Pf'troyrr Probably Sunk, Set Afire C - UIN'OTON. Oct 19 0 In a , K on the Japanec-held K. ka. in the Aleutian t inted State Army B26 ored a direct hit on a ; which was aet afire and ALICE ARM two aewroyera wc (1 it is believed probable nuv have been sunk. The rWlnltely da ma Red In K which occurred at and ,f KMca. according to ii cement of the Dcpart-hp Nary. The mdhtm ber flew- at aft. tt- r''0 fet nod drew nttle i lire. On failed to re-. base. trMr oeefcPmtton rao--vraM that the Japan -ctd buUdlnga and In-, OTtrude Cow on tit" of KJMw I stand. Thew h-n bombed and mu- ri The rlnforenn'ji In Kk are b-vc rome from AU w 1 i were recent? abfc- GESTAPO CITIZENS a I aval JUHfS .aii i one t;'..;tns of Unoccupied France , K t. 10 As registration .men between 18 and pied France for forced , today. Premier Laval i French clttoenahlp to red member of the ucstapo who have arrived .t-d France to apeed up r.riit of French worker : an Industrie. ParU cornea word that ,or may end a German , France unlets there la (sooo of the non jinlat activities which reaching serious propor- ..is returned from a week-( Paris where he gave an . as to why more French tire not being sent to nduiitrles. MAN DEAD Hubert W. Ituller, Oovernment Tctcgraph Asent Passes ll b"rt W. Dutler. Government WAR NEWS uatti.R (W STALINGRAD MOSCOW In spite of reverses at the hands of numerically superior enemy forces, the Russians keep up stubbornly the defence of Stalinjrad allhoujh the isrim defenders were forced to fall back a new block of buildinKs. The siege acain today as the Natl occupied U now in Its fifty-seventh day. Pi lor to day, all enemy attacks has been driven off for two days. Klsewhere alonff the Sreat Kusso-Ger-man .front, the Ke d Army holds Us own. ASSAULTON SOLOMONS WXSIIINGTON Land, sea and air forces of the Uniled States are mcfllnr'the serious assault In the Solomon Islands, the outcome of n,cclln5 : ffi-wi mmunioue of the United States Vaiy ncja.iment which indicates that a naval battle is proceeding SUtreu Japanese planes were brought down In an enemy air ' assault on fiaudalcanal yesterday. . , , YANKS TO MBKRIA ; . VlCIIV-Unlted States troops have been landd in Llbria on Mhe west coast of Africa not so far from Dakar, it is reported here. ' MANY AXIS PLANKS DOWN rmoVo less than 11C Axis planes have been brought down over Malta during the past week with loss of 2G Spitfires. at Alice Arm, : - uphs agent - - - Saturday morning at the Port . i 1 n Ocneral Hospital where miUUICl Annfhpr liUW LOCal ( iA hr-n tnkn earlier last s after having been seized with n Illness. The remains were i t in to the cltv today by t,I Rtenhrns nbnard the boat . (-..., James Allan S. Frye which had gone to - Arm to take Mr. Dutler to Simpson. The widow and fam-;.re expected from Alice Arm oft'.i In -France during the ureat War. Besides his widow Mr. Duller h . lirvlvAl Ki, thrAa nVilMrpn n 5uchter, Jean, aged. 10, and twin1, Lcighlon Getting Along m Royal Canadian Air Force DRAFT BILL Boy Wins Wings QQES THRU Measure Passes U. S. House N Goes io Senate And ."r.Drrow mornlne and tne luner- . t.mps Allan ,.,.atiTvror rvt. 19: Bv a i u.mAani 1 1 it i 1 1 iv . Hnoiiinu.v.i, will take place on Thursday af-i Q. Mr and Mrs. Ar- u f 345 to 16 the United States )rn. npifttlvp are also comlnir, " ' . . .... ritv who r T.rvr.antMvMi nassed thur Leigntoii o nouse v i...- - ' m Saskatchewan. Lnl"Uted In' the Royal Canadian Air me m CRning for the drafting of tarn in Prince Edward Island ;iJf ' "bout a year ago, was re- men of i8 and 19 years of -3 flfty-slx years of age. Mr. I5 suecessfui m winning his e bm now goes to the Scn- Butinr had. been located at MccZ TZ training centre at . Arm for unwardsof UxntV iTkrfe.1 Z . The well r c was an extscrvlceman; having . . b oI the Seal Cove n0Mi:.MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA first . .. ,., nineteen years . area, wuu juo. - : of age, Is iow on active service. CAPE TOWN. uct. iv w tmuorw imuorts ui of overseas-muue helped with Job. HIS DEATH reaved. Local Temperature TomorrowsTid.es (Standard Time) High 10:44 ajn 195 feet 22:59 pjn. 19.7 feet Maximum SI Low 4:17 ajn. 5.4 feet Minimum 43 158:52 pui. 6.3 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER vTwUtt No 242 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1942 PRICE- FIVE CENTS Stall rad Is Holding Out EAT CROP REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH WITH YIELD OF G15 MILLION BUSHELS S :i:cs -.r:. ...,! to uus "Ci .-..p.:cted oil .rfryis 'die Wrst-rrn prairie-, ..h - -..id as Canadian larmerv working shorthand-ed pltrhrd in to the taanae Job of harvesting the greatest crop in history The tWfibcM of the stodks In Ihls photo give some Idea "f the weM. aterafmu m DUneis per acre. ..iv,.,rf nrmic ian ficht on the aencuuurai ironi. D:aw.. by uat or .ree combines roa over a wheatfleld. Meet- ,., ,.n Khnrip of manrxwer. farmers loot - iuu aa- IS SUDDEN F. S.. Walton, Koadmaster for Canadian National, Drops Dead While at Work Mr. Walton, who was fifty-four years of age and a native of York shire,, England, was one of the best known and most highly es- Apmed railway officials both here and In the interior. He started his railroading career with the Grand Trunk Pacific engineering depart ment In Saskatchewan in April 1911 and was there until. August 1914 when he enlisted at the out-1 break of the Great War. He be came a prisoner of war and, after several unsuccessful attempts, flnallv escaped before the war was over. In May 1920 he resumed ser-.vtee with the railway as an instrument man on the Smlthers di vision. In 1925 he was promoted to bp roadmaster at Smlthers and in October 1926 was transferred into Prince Rupert, hating been here In that capacity since. Mr. Walton was a prominent Mason, having been a past master of Tyee Lodge. He was also active in the Canadian National Recreation Association and was president of thp Lawn Bowline CluO. Deceased is survived by his wife. the former Miss Doodson of 5ml thers. and one daughter, Ruth. Funeral arrangements are in the hands of the B. C. Undertakers. BUDDIES FOR OFFICERS Bulletins DUCE ON CARPET BERNE It is reported that Premier Benito Mussolini is being called to Brenner Pass by IJ.I, In vnli In nh, lhf Frederick S. Walton, roadmaster morale of Italr has dropped so for the Canadian National Rail-1 iow, waya, dropped dead last night near I Kaien station, about seven miles j LONDON Most of France's out of Prince Rupert, while dir-: modern warships have been dis- ecting operations on the clearing I patched to Dakar, it is said, of an obstrucUon on the line, j They include the battleship News of his sudden passing came Richelieu, three cruisers, many as a great shock to numerous friends and there are general ex- pzeastons of sympathy for the be destroyers and submarines as well as minesweepers and FURTHER AUSSHf ADVANCE MELBOURNE The Aussies have made a further one mile advance against the Japs in the Kokoda section of New Guinea. TOLL OF FLOODS HONG KONG CASUALTIES OTTAWA A further list of prisoners of war at Hong Kong has been Issued. All but one are members of the First Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers. AS. STRONG AS EVER LONDON The Royal Navy Is as strong as It was at the start of the war, the financial secretary to the Admiralty declared yesterday. MORE PLUM AND APPLEl . . Tr.MnnM lq , rhp Tmited LONDON. Oct. 19 Ol-Plums In mwnnM rvt. 19 Replacing and children s . Pm.'RtntP nrmv in Britain has started abundance, apples Increasing In and and rubber rubber In In dental dental mechanics mecnamcs Pu- ptaa- we vv f " eniarged enlargtd clotWng clothing officers' officers' training training courses courses for for merl- merl- numbers numbers and ana quality quaiwy better; www, pears v Bravely Germans Inch Ahead At Great Cost; Reds Enter Fresh Troops Fury of German Onslaught Appears to be Diminishing Somewhat Still Trying for Final Break-Through ; MOSCOW, Oct. 19 (CP) German troops, advancing : over the bodies of hundreds of dead, added a new block J of Stalingrad's crumbling buildings to their holding's ' within the city today as the Russian defenders moved in fresh troops in a desperate effort to blunt and defeat the latest Nazi assault now in its sixth day. Nevertheless, the AIR RAIDS AREBEING I INCREASED New Technique by British Bombers In Big Attack on French Plant Low Fliers To England Prlmr Minister Warns People Britain to be Ready For Attack 19 O) Allied lug uu rti-uic w. LONDON. LONDON. Oct OCt. . vantage of jhaodern machinery this year .fedWJffiaSSHlt "ahdTielpSng each other in a variety of ways. Townspeople also Nazi Nazj transportati0I transportation of disorganize' the system in Hoi land by smashing at railroad yards and canal shipping, the Netherlands government warned the home population last night as a lightning-like Royal Air Force raid on the Schneider armament works In occupied France emphasized anew the tremendaus power and possibilities of the Allied air arm. Saturday's flight of ninety-four heavily loaded Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers to the Schneider works at Le Creusot in occupied France and the precise and devas tating seven-minute attack was discussed enthusiastically here today as a new advance in Allied bombing technique. The bombers were unescorted by fighters and nnlv one failed to return. German daylight raiders, taking advantage of low clouds, attacked several points on the east coast of Britain today, causing considerable damage and casualties. London was given three alerts. Prime Minister Winston Chur chill warned Britons yesterday that they might expect greater air raid ing from the Nazis. WASHINGTON, D.C. Eighteen WllKlP S dead lead and and property property damage damage in " u 5 the millions comprise the estimated tolls of floods which are now receding. 1 BAD WEATHER IN EGYPT CAIRO Sandstorms and bad weather are keepiny the fighting on the Egyptiah Desert to a minimum. Pen Is Sweet Against Cairo INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 19 Wen- f ;ened from the force of ''attacks earlier In the siege and some' ob server here questioned "whether . this was aue to exhaustion - oi forces or a shift of German strength to the west to face a possible second front. Dancer to Stalingrad still re mains acute with the German attack concentrated Into narrow sal ients In a desperate effort to achive a final break-through. Earlier reports had placed the fiercest flghtlne In the besieged city in the northern factory area and it was assumed tne new uer- man gain was registered there. At least three thousand Nazis were slain in Sunday's fighting. The general situation elsewhere on the long front is unchanged. Yanks Take OverWhite Pass Route WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 19 (CP) The War Department announced today that the .United States Army had leased for the duration of the war the White Pass and Yukon Railway linking the new Alaska Highway with the coast. Mother Of Capt. - Harry Kennedy Mrs. Emma D. Kennedy Dies in Prince George at Age of Eighty-two Years Mrs. Emma D. Kennedy, mother of Capt. Harry G. Kennedy, formerly of this city and now stationed at Victoria, passed away re cently in Prince George alter a brief illness. The funeral took place from Knox United Church in Prince George, Rev. r. uun-nalls officiating. Mrs. Kennedy was eighty-two years of age. WHAT TOO MUCH CHEESE? LONDON. Oct. 19 CP) Reporting . i - idt th nrreased cheese ration In noc aeu Winnie is now pajiug ... fh ito his farm in Indiana. Standing being taken ip-by the public the of Food says the sur-Iby I Ministry Interviewed In -a pig pen he was reporters. They mentioned the plus will probably be who want ' as much extra caterers smell to which Wlllkle replied: "You just ought to smell Cairo." cheese as possible, j ooHooooooo&ooooooooaoooooooooooeooooooooooo0io 3rd VICTORY LOAN COMING EVENTS Monday-6:15 pjn.- T. W. Brown, CFPR Tuesday, 6:15 p.m. Q. R. S. Blackaby, CFPR. Wednesday, 6:15 pm. O. A. Hunter, CFPR. awi if ar 1 iiiiiiii. if -on and daughter-Herbert UUr f n-i,vr j g Jf ie -aged five. S ilea made of acrylic retina are be- JJJ" satisfying the'torlous enlisted men from lnfan- In limited supply-thus runs the g . oftoooWWOOOOOOOOWM The late. Mr. Dutler was a mem-llng used for denture Utrouglwut toaurtyfn requlr(yiieat. try regiments here. ' tdally "Food Guide." .v, tor of the Masonic craft. . England. , . ' '. 1 ' - , V".