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Prime
Minister
Jerred
with
Pre-Mackenzie
King
and
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the
Canadian
Mil
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on
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to
Bryansk,
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Kharkov
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Fall
IXW,
Aug.
18
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the
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of
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were
also
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which
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re
rushing
up
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in
stopping
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German
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being
broken
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fighting
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streets
of
1
r.i
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complete
fall
Ru..ans
is
expected
at
ae,
drive
towards
RmnVnsIr
further
headway.
W
Army
now
threatens
ILie.
Smolensk-Qrvansk
ted
States
slips
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RiHiian
Waters
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wited
states
Department
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yesterday
announced
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n.Q.
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tax
off
Areas
No.
3
and
4
Will
Have
Yielded
Quota
by
September
8
Halibut
fishing;
areas
No.
3
and
4
will
be
closed
at
midnight
September
8
by
which
time
the
quota
for
the
1943
season
will
have
been
reached,
according
to
advice
received
today
by
the
local
fisheries
office
liom
the
International
Fisheries
Commission.
This
will
mark
the
conclusion
of
halibut
fishing
on
this
coast
for
the
year.
The
closer
in
areas'
No.
1
and
2
closed
some
time
ago.
Hanged
Self
At
Seal
Cove
The
body
of
Waso
Rak,
63,
a
retired
C.N.R.
section
man,
was
found
early
last
evening
hang
lng
from
a
ratter
of
the
shack
which
he
occupied
near
the
Mlllerd
Cannery
at
Seal
Cove.
Death,
which
had'
been
self-Inflicted,
occurred
earlier
In'
the
day.
The.
scene
of
the
death
Indi
cated
that,
standing
on
a
wood
en
box
In
his
tidy
well-kept
dwelling,
Rak
had
placed
a
noose
about
his
neck
and
tied
the
other
end
to
a
rafter.
He
then
kicked
the
box
out
from
under
him.
An
Investigation
by
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
launder
way.
Move
Out
Of
Sicily
In
Hurry
Frantic
Scramble
Across
Straits
Of
.Messina
Allies
Advance
TAOKMINA
TAKEN
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Aug.
16
(CP)
The
British
Eighth
Army
captured
Taormina
on
Sicily's
east
oast,
28
miles
from
Messina
today,
after
having
overrun
Kaggi
and
Kastigleon.
Kastlgleon
is
inland
from
Taormlna.
In
the
north
the
Americans
arc
near
Milaczo.
The
Ameracan
Seventh
Army
pressed
forward
In
the
central
sector
east
of
Ran-dazzo.
N
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SICILY,
August
16
Abandoning
big
guns
and
tanks,
the
Nazis
are
hastening'
to
evacu
ate
Sicily
by
all
means
of
trans
port
available
across
Messina
Straits.
Some
of
them,
unable
to
escape,
are'
being
trapped.
With
end
of
the
campaign
now
at
hand
and
the
Allies
converging
on
Messina,
United
States
forces
have
advanced
another
fourteen
and
a
half
miles
across
north
em
Sicily,
capturing
several
towns,
and
are
only
five
miles
fro
mthe
last
road
to
Messina
remaining
open
for
the
Axis
retreat.
The
American
distance
f
room
Messina
is
about
27
miles;
The
British
Eighth
Army,
advancing
thirty
miles
In
forty-eight
hours,
Is
closing
In
on
Taormlna.
about
twenty-eight
miles
from
Messina
on
the
east.
The
British
and
Canadians
are
also
advancing
on
the
centre.
Under
constant
attack,
evacuation
ports
on
the
coast
of
Sicily
and
landing
points
on
southern
Italy
are
toeing
heavily
bombed
ifrom
the
air
as
are
also
the
evacuation
craft.
Allied
naval
vessels
arc
also,
operating
in
Messina
Straits.
WITH
A
STOP
WATCH?
The
mooiV
completes
a
circuit
around
the
earth"
in
2"!
days,
7
hours
and
43.2
minutes.
She
Lcal
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
65
(Halt
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Ljaxiff.ua
50
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
9:41
p.m.
to
5:50
tun.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
IA'S
NEWSPAPER
NO.
191
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
.AUGUST
16,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
battered
ty
Is
Crying
For
Peace
urci
Jljjj
jFISHING
F
CHUKCHIM.
FAMILY
GUESTSOF
CANADA
CONVOY
IS
P0me
Rome
Not
Not
LLUMINU
The
Churchill
family,
faces
wreathed
in
broad
smiles,
are
greeted
on
their
arrival
In
Canada
on
Tuesday
by
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King.
Left
to
right:
Mrs.
Winston
Churchill,
Prime
Minister
Churchill,
Mr.
King
and
Subaltern
Mary
Churchill
In
ARE
HIT
BY
RAID
Three
South
English
Coast
Towns
Are
Hit
Sunday
-Night
by
Nazi
LONDON.
Aug.
16
Three
south
English
towns
were
at
tacked
last
night
In
the
heaviest
Nazi
air
raid
on
Britain
in
months.
Casualties
were,
how
ever,
comparatively
light.
Prince
George
Boy
Presumed
Dead
in
Action
Sergeant
Murray
Rowe
Crock
er.
19-year-old
son
of
Major
W.
H.
Crocker
of
Prince
George,
who
up
to
a
few
months
ago
was
stationed
here
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Artillery,
has
been
officially
presumed
dead
according
.to
a
recent
Royal
Canadian
Air
1
....
lint
nmn
I
I
Force
casualty
noi.
ouiuc
ago
he
had
been
listed
as
missing.
HOARDING
BOTTLES
16
CB
Mrs.
Phyllis
Ellen
Fry
H
if)
Mrs.
Phyllis
Ellen
Fry
jailed
for
a
month
for
retaining
128
milk
bottles
for
an
unreasonable
time.
Her
action
worked
hardship
on
the
local
dairy
and
interfered
with
delivery
of
rationed
milk.
HUT
SO
FAR
AWAY
,
Extends
Call-Up
Eighteen
Year
Olds
and
Married
.Men
up
to
Thirty
Are
Now
Liable
OTTAWA,.
August
16
(CD-Men
reaching
eighteen
years
of
age
this
year
and
married
men
up
to
thirty
are
now
subject
to
call
for
compulsory
military
service
under
an
extension
of
the
callable
classes
announced
by
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor.
The
new
order
drops
the
minimum
callable
age
from
nineteen
to
eighteen
years
of
age
but
provides
that
men
shall
not
be
served
with
notice
to
report
for
military
service
until
they
have
reached
the
age
of
eighteen
years
and
six
months.
The
extension
makes
married
men
between
twenty-seven
and
thirty
years
of
age
subject
to
call
for
the
first
time.
Previously
married
men
to
twenty-five
years
of
age
were
callable.
Death
Sentence
For
Doubters
Is
New
Nazi
Decree
BERLIN!,
August
16
CP)
Labor
Minister
Robert
Ley
announced
yesterday
that
'death
sentence
would
be
'imposed
upon
persons
The
diameter
of
the
moon
is
who
express
doubt
'of
Germany's
2,160
miles.
.
.
chances
of
winning
the
war.
the
uniform
of
Britain's
A.T.S.
The
official
announcement
of
Mr.
Churchill's
arrival
stated
that
he
would
confer
later
with
President
Roosevelt
and
the
combined
Chiefs
of
Staff
of
the
United
States
and
the
United
Kingdom.
Second
Search
Party
Leaves
Another
Effort
Being
Made
Reach
Scene
of
Wreckage
Of
Plane
to
CiniXIWACK,
Aug.
16
W
A
second
party
left
here'
at
noon
yesterday
In
the
attempt
to
reach
the
scene
of
the
wreck
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
airliner
which
crashed
high
In
the
Cheam
Mountains,
south
of
here,
last
December.
W.
C.
Mac-Connachle,
general
western
manager
of
Canadian.
Pacific
Air
Lines,
Is
with
the
party
which
Is
taking
two-way
radio
equip
ment
with
It
In
order
to
keep'
constantly
in
touch
with
Chilli
wack.
Messages
From
Enemy
Occupied
Lands
Received
An
example
of
the
ramifications
of
the
Red
Cross
Society
was-
the
receipt
last
week
by
Prince
Rupert
residents
of
messages
from
China,
Norway,
France,
Germany,
Italy
and
Finland.
These
messages
were
received
through
the
International
Red
Cross
In
Geneva
which
is
the
only
channel
of
communication
open
between
Canada
and
enemy
or
enemy
occupied
countries.
SOUTHERN
ICE
CAP
There
is
enough
ice.
in
Antarctica
to
encase
the
entire
world
In
a
layer
120
feet
thick.
SPINNEY
RESIGNS
Relinquishes
Duties
as
Chairman
Of
National
War
Finance
Committee
OTTAWA,
Aug.
16
W
Finance
Minister
J.
L.
Ilsley
today
announced
the
resignation'
of
George
W.
Spinney
of
Montreal
as
chairman
"
of
the
National
War
Finance
Committee
because
of
"pressure
of
other
responsibilities."
CONTEST
STANDING
May
McElwain,
Dry
Dock
42,300
Olga
Sather,.
Sons
of
Norway
40,000
Thelda
McEwen,
Gyro
'
Club
27,000
Lillian
Wallace,
Retail
Merchants
18,000
Margaret
Davidson,
Moose
11,000
Many
Subs
Are
Sunk
Ninety
Enemy
Submerslblas
Are
Sent
Down
This
Month
LONDON,
August
16
Ninety
Axis
submarines
have(
been
sunk
by
the
Allies
In
the'
last
three
months,
It
is
announced.
CHINA'S
DOLLARS
-
Paper
currency
was
used
in
China
in
the
13th
century.
ATTACKED
Berlin
Claims
to
Have
Sank
Two
Allied
Destroyers
and
Four
Merchant
Ships
BERLIN,
Aug.
16
Nazi
tor
pedo
planes
attacked
an
Allied
convoy
near
the
entrance
of
the
Mediterranean
and,
according
to
claims
here,
sank
two
de
stroyers
and
four
merchant
ships.
Milan
Is
Hard
Hit
Further
Saturation
Raids
on
Northern
Italian
City
Berlin
Attacked
Again
CITY
DESTROYED
CHIASSO,
Switzerland,
Aug,
16
(CP)
Milan
workers
marched
through
the
burning
itiins
of
that
once
great
industrial
city
in
new
demonstrations
for
peace
today.
Dispatches
report
that
demonstrations
began
early
this
morning
above
five
hours
after
the
latest
Royal
Air
force
raid
on
the
city.
Disregarding
armed
guards
thrown
about
the
burning
and
smoking
areas;
'.demonstrators
picked
their
way
through
street
rubble,
raised
cries
that
the
war
should
be
ended
and
shouted
against
those
who
caused
it.
Debris
in
the
city
streets
is
reported
to
be
30
feet
high.
Milan
has
about
ceased
to
ex
ist
as
a
clty
persons
arriving
here
said.
.
,
LONDON,
Aug.
16
Milan
and
Berlin
were
subjected
again
to
Roval
Air
Force
bombing
.at
tacks
at
the
week-end.
Milan
had
saturation
raids
both
Saturday
and
Sunday
night
by
British
Lancasters.
On
Saturday
night
two
fleets
of
Lancasters
dropped
further
I
explosives
Into
already
stricken
!
Milan,
during
a
raid
which
lasted
for
22
minutes.
One
British
bomber
was
lost.
B.C.
Packers
Making
Less
Decrease
in
Profits
for
Past
Fiscal
Year
as
Compared
With
Previous
'Announced
TORONTO,
August
16
CT)
The
British
Columbia
Packers
Limuea
ana
subsidiary
companies
reported
a
net
profit
of
$308,000
for
the
fiscal
year
ended
last
April
"30
compared
with
Open
City
Needs
More
Than
Mere
Declar
ation
by
Italy
to
Make
it
so
LONDON,
August
16
Neither
Great
Britain
or
United
States
have
accepted
Rome;'
as
an
open
city
nor
has
any
acknowledgment
been
made
either
at
London
or
Washington
of
any
communication
from
the
Italian
government
declaring
it
as
such.
However,
it
is
stated
there
would
be
no
recognition
of
an
open
city
declaration
as
long
as
troops
were
permitted
to
move
through
it
or
as
long
as
it
was
being
used
ior
military
purposes.
It
has
been
announced
at
Rome
that
a
communication
was
sent
to
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
on
July
,31
declaring
Rome
an
open
city.
Even
were
this
the
case
it
Is
stated
by
Allied
officials
that
a
mere
declaration
by
Italy
would
not
make
of
Rome
an
open
city;
Lord
Beaverbrook's
Dally
Ex
press
demanded
today
that
bombing
of
Rome
be
continued
until
Italy
gets
out
Of
the
war.
Yanks
Out
For
Nazis
Six
Airdromes
in
Northern
France
and
Netherlands
Hit
By
Flying
Fortresses
IN
SOUTH
The
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
T
A
""lUf
travelling
In
moonlight
over
the
f
lV-
Alps,
last
nignt's
raid
on
Miiam
LONDON,
Aug.
16
United
States
Flying
Fortresses
struck
late
yesterday
at.:
si.NazU
airdromes
In
northern
France
and
the
Netherlands
with
good
effect
returning
to
their
bases
late
in
the
evening
after
dark.
St.
Omer
was
one
of
the
targets.
A
great
fleet
of
Allied
bombers
headed
out
dVer
Western
Europe
again
today.
was
the
third
major
attack
on.AUies
Are
Keeping
Up
Often-1
that
great
Italian
city
since
Thursday.
For
nearly
an
hour,
the
attack
lasted,
creating
further
'destruction.
The
great
explosions
could
be
heard
and
the
fires
seen
as
far
away
asSwlt-zerland.
Practically
all
Milan
Industries
have
been
closed
and
services
seriously
disrupted
by
the
raids.
The
Berlin
raid
by
Mosquitoes
on
Saturday
night
was
of
light
scale.
$423,000
In
the
previous,
year.
-
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
189,000
pounds,
17:5
and
16.
Canadian
44,000
pounds,
18.2
and
17
and
16.
American
.
Northern,
60,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage.
Polaris,
60,000,
17.5
and
16,
Booth
and
Pacific.
Mermaid,
27,000,
17.5
and
16,
Atlln.
Celtic,
42,000,
17.5
and
16,
Royal
and
Whiz.
Canadian
Oldficld,
17,000,
18.20
and
17
and
16,
Atlln.
-t
Finclla,
27.000,
18.20
and
17
and
16,
Storage.
sive
by
Land
and
Air
Extending
Operations.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
THE
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
August
16
0)
American
ground
troops,
In
pincers
movement,
are
closing
In
on
Balro
on
Ne
Georgia'
Island,
a
communique
said
today.
Forty-eight
Japanese
planes
were
downed
In
the
entire
South
Pacific
battle
area.
Twenty-three
of
these
were
bombers
and
the
most
of
them
were
off
New
Guinea.
Five
American
planes
were
lost.
Nineteen
Japanese
b
a
r
ge
s
were
destroyed
or
damaged
by
the
Allies
off
the
New
Oulnea
coast.
Bombing
offensive
by
the
Allies
on
a
grand
scale
is
developing
In
the
southwest
Pacific.
Heavy
loads
of
explosives
were
dropped
during
the
week-end
on
Salamaua
and
Tahill.
United
States
bombers
extended
the
scope
of
their
operations
to
the
Andaman
Islands
In
the
Bay
of
Bengal.
Much
damage
was
done
and
fires
were
visible
for
fifty
miles.
Girl
Winner
Of
Kinsmen's
House
Fortune
Kind
to
Winnipeg
Family
Which
Had
Been
Looking
For
Home
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
16
Fourteen-year-old
Deanna
Wolf,
whose
family
came
here
from
Winnipeg
a
short
time
ago
and
has
been
looking
desperately
for
a
house,
was
the
winner
of
the
home
raffle
of
the
Kinsmen's',
Club
which
took
place
here
at
the
week-end.
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