L Record for Speed of Ship- building al nioiuic-. - ilONTREAL, Aug. 20 ft) -S a, the United Ship- m broke tnc uiwuwu .v.-bmldint' a ten-thousand ton -hUr in 39 days. The pre-1 iv dav kcel-to-launchlng on! was. hold by a Vancouver ftUnU'tf Shipyards launch- i vm ten nnu.'.ana ion jicib-i- Threc of - them U x llcrrick of the IT ! Cross, who halls L An ".elc;., was both .ertalner for the E'jpcrt Rotary Club at , kly luncheon yes-He ;tr .sentcd a clever r. '"oto"ue and then a sor-,-.; after which he t n interesting remarks n.it limit the functions oi i A' . . '.ar. Red,rQS5.M-tlmeJ He told how, like the Red Cross, It was an :r ill iivery of medicines to prisoners of r.'.r.m: countries. He jci another Red Cross i :: .. often taking (o American sol l ,:vc service. llcrrick was warmly f Pre tdent A. C. It" x- president requcst-r-rr members of the -c Ibln to volunteer :r..ivui next week. iisOAu; w hes were extend- o R c St Clair and Dr. R. Binlord s C Thomson was i r.ed bank after an absence "Ycni wciks in the course .1) hr visited Vancouver. 'it'.!s and Tacoma clubs. W..ir.o oi the weeklv raffle Wai Savings Certificate for Qc::n Fund was Fred Qi" CI (hp rfav In nrtrii- r ttif' ipeaker, included Upx't. P, D. Banncr f Vam-nuver; Lieut. Jock n.CNV.R.. from the '-" Norman Howard of wc riminstcr; William f-"-gv.o oi Moose Jaw, and w s Ker-in, a. A. Hunter, S Dlackaby, Max Hell- j v Scrivener and uc-i) Mcltae. baseball Scores Nat i mint f A'i mi. A ,.Ha m(l(lHC wiclnnat' r uoston 5. wuoklyn 9 Chicago 2. PUladelpiua 6, St. Louis 5. American League York 2, Cleveland 1. Loub 3. Philadelphia 0." TO) 4-0. Detroit 3-10. Washington 4, Chicago 3. Coast Lcaenn 3-4, Sacramento 1-1. Inland 9. San Francisco 5. r" Dif 2-6, Portland 0-8. ... " 'lsscauon Z is ? Columbus 2- ;acusc 5, Montreal 2 lait!ni., . . 1 " IUTVlllUILIlVO CW.I'l4... Utllliab J V 1 bill. .alii 1C" rrnvflmrr tVio vunr Viniilf1 mnrn nrnnoflir Vin livonfnrl l i i i . iir.L! l . i.i ii xi . towaru iuuults in vviisiungtun rainur man me people of the country. Despite the rapid success of Allied c::i.. iu a : . i..n.. anus in oit-uy, uiu riiiiuiiLuu ptuine ait; actually iatv ' rrr rr mnro rintlni tctl n trt ............... nig no more opumisuc a view Rochester 0-4, Thousands Of Italian Desertions BERNE, Switzerland, Aug. 20 0 The Italian armies. according to travellers ar- riving here, are breaking up with witn thousands tnuusauus ui of deserters. acseriers. ,u...,. i t t . uu . - i pcace demonstrations ana ...... mo first, f.rlnlfi ..... .. nr IT WU. " 1 to take place In Can- ED CROSS IAN HEARD Ut. Robert llcrrick is Enter- Uiiitr and Speaker at llotary Club disorders are spreading rap- Idly throughout the icoun- I try. Open hostility .against the Oermans Is becoming more apparent. ' I Halibut Sales American Atlas, 40,000, Cold Storage and Pacific. 17.5 and 16. Balder. 17.000, Pacific, 175 and 16. Lltuya, 23,000, Royal and At- lln, 175 and 16. Stoical Woman Sticks to Job CHATANOOOA, Ten., Aug. 20 V War breed."" fortitude at homeas..weli as o the bittle- fleld. Mrs. Ruth drantland, employee of a hosiery mill, was at her machine when the Navy Department notified her that her sailor husband had been wounded in action. She declined to leave her post, declaring she could do more for her husband by sticking to her Job. . Liquor Was Unstamped . in connection wlthi Domestic Problem Aired at 1 ol- , hn rvp Ton- ! ice Court Hearing Anncarlng In city police court charged with possessing liquor which did not have a government stamp. Louis Kocsls said that he had brought the liquor urith him on his return from a recent trip to Winnipeg. The li quor produced as evidence included several bottles of grain alcohol and rye whiskey. He had not brought tnc li quor for 'himself, he said, but for his wife whom he revcaica as a woman of constant Infidel ity and many aliases. In rcturn-irnr tn Prince Runert It had been his intention to try and reconstruct his life with her hut tpcpx. harmenlngs had con vinced him of Its Impossibility. Before sentencing Kocsis 10 what under the act was a minimum sentence of $50 fine or one month in Jail, Magistrate Vance suggested that an investigation by the police Into the activities of the Woman mentioned would be in order. .DEFEND MERCHANT SHIPS LONDON. Au?. 20 CP) The Norwegian merchant fleet now has Its own Merchant Marine Defence, staffed with gunners trained by the Norwegian Navy. E. II. Charleson of Ottawa, a member of the board of governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Cnrnoratlon. left by last evening's train for the East on his return to the Canadian capital after spending a couple of days here to look into the local radio situation following a meeting of the board of governors In Vancouver last week. Mr. Charleson had no statement to make In regard to policy In connection with the local station, aVwuit. tHn InnfrtVi nf tVin war . than they did before Mussolini fell and Italy began to crack ! Up. Before the invasion of Sicllv. the average guess of the American people was that the war In Europe would not be over until the middle of 1944. Todav. even in vlow of the rapid improvement of the military situation. the average guess remains the same that Europe will not see peace until sometime next sum mer. While it is reported that some civilian officials in Washington V o twseiK1 1 1f it rf riftrimnnv in nart to oDtlmlsm over the i " military situation. The survey was conducted on the following question: "How much longer do you think the- war with Germany will last?" The same question was asked with reference to Japan. The results follow: Public's Guesses LciieUi of War with Germany Will end this year 8 First half of 1944 31 Last half of 1944 34 First half of 1945 6 Last half of 1945 12 During 1946 ' 3 Later than 1946 2 Unwilling to guess 4 LciiBth bf War with Japan Will end this year 1 First half of 1944 6 Last half of 1944 17 First half of 1945 9 Last half of 1945 27 During 1946 19 Later than 1946 . 18 Unwilling to guess 5 Mayor Watts Home, Sunday Is Expected Back Then From tawa and Toronto Mayor W. M. Watts is expected home Sunday night after an absence of the past few weeks on a trip to Ottawa. Montreal, Toronto and elsewhere in the East. He went on private business and also took up matters on behalf of the Mt.v at Ottawa. His Worship will open the Civic Centre carnival w De held here next week. mtil War Aims of Church Announced British Clerical Leaders Issue Statement nf Principles Tor a "Just and Durable Peace" By FOSTER BARCLAY Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON. Auc. 20 KB Inter national control of armed power mobilization of the world's re sources to achieve freedom from want and immediate clarification' of the United, Nations' post-war aims beyond defeat of tne axis. are suggested by the Churches Vpapp Alms flronn ot Britain. I The suggestions were contained.' in a statement airing the ofP5 views on a capitulating by Christmas this year, only eight percent of ! durable peace. and .nc American people are tnal "c optimisUc. Three times as many ;maln principles which the group think it will take until 1945 ai iU ""'J 1U1 least to smash Ocrmany. Itory" and for a Christian basis Those are the highlights from I for post-war reconstruction. It a nation-wide survey started by ! was drawn up as a reply to slm- the institute slightly more than a week after Mussolini toppled from power. As for the war against Japan, there has likewise been no In crease In optimism In recent I weeks, even though naval ex- j i pcrts point out that an Italian I capitulation will release Allied naval forces for use against Japan In the Pacific. The public still thinks the Pacific war will last well Intq the second half of 1945, wtiicn was also, their -estimate- before the "good news from Sicily. ' Public's Guesses No one. not even the most astute and well-informed military official, can do more than guess when It comes to the sub ject of the war's end. The importance of this guessing came is that millions of Amerl can families may be planning their lives In relation to their estimates of the probable length of the war. Also, it Is believed in Washington that absenteeism 41ar vloure nvnrPKSpri hv the Fed work for a continuing collaboration of the United Nations and in due course of neutral and enemy nations. We hold also that the achievement of such a world political organization will only be possible if It is tne expression of a unity of action wrought out in facing the complex problems of world reconstruction. We shall be confronted with certain immediate and urgent needs, supreme among which will be the feeding of hungry people and the restoration of order. Moreover, we attach great Importance to a vigorous dealing with the question of secur ity, assuring to all peoples, freedom from fear. . . . The acceptance of responsibility by the United Nations should be pre paratory to the Inclusion of the neutral and vanquished nations In this corporate system of world order as soon as political and psychological considera tions permit. Develop Earth's Resources "2. We . . . consider that a permanent aim of the nations of the world should be to de-veloD and mobilize the resources of the earth with a view to achieving for all peoples free dom from want. "3. We doubt the feasibility of establishing a special mech anism for the revision or treaties, but we hope that a contin uing co-operation in economic tasks and in the maintenance of world order may create a readiness to negotiate together such as would enable the world structure to be responsive to the need for change. "4. We agree that not only good 'government, but self-government should be the goal for VA .I...V..W OIIUUIU n " " " Nazi Doom Is Sealed Tonight's Dim-out Local Temperature mm. (Half an hour after sunset to 58 V half an hour before sunrise). I Maximum 4g Minimui" 9:32 pm. to 5:57 am. NORTHEllft AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER CXUNi- 195 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1943 PRICE FIVE CENTS Allies Are Moving Toward Mainland aim v M Thrt essels Americans Don't Think Near End, Suivey Shows PRTMr.F,.TfM N.J. Ann- 90 Thr. Nnifnrl Statou r :mortimmit o nnmnmnm nrrmncf nvnv.ntiTimii' vn WRECKED TRAIN MUTE EVIDENCE OF ALLIED DESTRUCTION Mute evidence of the exactness and the fu y with which the Allies pushed Into the Italian island of Sicily is this wrecked Italian armored naval train shown after air nttack by Allied airmen near Syracuse, Sicily. Photo was radioed from Algiers. EXPLOSION IN FACTORY eral Council of Churches of Three Known Dead at Kearney, America. I Aew Jcisey Missing Esti- It is signed by the Archbishop; mated at Forty-nine of Canterbury and York, the' Moderator of the Church qfi KEARNEY. New Jersey. Aug. Scotland, the Moderator of the 2o Explosion and fire de- . . . . 4Ua n ll ...in.r i ,i i...llJl- Free unurcn uouncu, acticianw istroyea uiree duuuius ui mc 1 Only One Avenue of Escape From Kharkov Now LONDON, Aug. 20 ft) The Russians, sealing off Kharkov fnr annihilation, gained from three to seven miles Thursday on three sides of the city, klll- Int? 2.400 Germans who were hurled against the Soviet forces in vain counter-attacks, mos-announced. Only one rail way escape now remains open to the Nazis' Kharkov garrison. Thirty villages fell Thursday to the Russians on the west, nnrthwst. and southwest Of Kharkov. In the drive against Bryansk to the north more than 20 vn lages were seized by the Rus slans. School Boys Not Subject Will Not be Affected by New Isnrv Service Order t OTTAWA, Aug. 20 Boys who are attending school will not be subject to the new compulsory service order. is a proper subject of Interna tional concern. "5. There must be an adequate International control of armed power and we hope that the present association of tne United Nations may develop into a world political organization in which would be vested armed power sufficient to prevent renewed aggression, and the preparation for future wars fi Wp whnllv fltrrec UDOn w. ,,w . . . - . all men and that the progress securing to individuals every-of backward or subject people where the right to religious and towards complete responsibility j Intellectual liberty. ..." ,: Will Not Be t Parted Long of congregational ana --hign congoieum-r.aim continued unions and Rev. W. J. Nome, j DOratlon plant on Tnursaay - rnrmer nresldent of the Metho-lnloht leaving a toll of three r "- " dlst conference. Other slgnator- known dead and 15 injured les Include Very Rev. J. Hutchln- eight critically. A company son Cockburn, Master of Balllol .lolleee. Sir Richard Livingstone! were missing U -. . . S ' I r. l t T T Clmncnn I nj lUi.r ana oil v. iiuc. uiniw Conflict of Faiths "The present war is more than a conflict of nations It is a conflict of Faiths." the statement said. "Real victory depends on the clarity of our alms beyond the military defeat of the enemy and on the completeness and sincerity of our dedication to those alms." F It then listed the following principles for "real victory": 1. We agree that tne -peace in war plants may be traceable must provide the political frame explosion said that eight others Fire Chief Charles Burnett of Newark estimates that the mlss-lnir will total 49. He said that, apparently an explosion of cork and linoleum dust, which created the blast, was "more terrific than dynamite." U LONDON, Aug. 20 King Victor Emmanuel told the Sicilians in a broadcast bv the Rome radio that the present isolation of Sicily from the rest of Italy" will not last for long. He made Hospitality Is. Badly Rewarded That Wine is a Mocker Even in The French Language is Made Clear in Police Court The fact "that Herbert Ouille mette could talk French was responsible for him getting an 4nltinf inn Intn n rlt.v hnmft on ACTION AND NOT WORDS British Minister of Information Says Plans Being Made to Extetminate Those Responsible for War 4 OVER WEEK-END QUEBECj Aus. 20 (CD The war conference here between Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other British and American leaders is expected to continue at least .over, the ..week-end.. QUEBEC, Aug. 20 The Bri tish Minister of Information Brenden Bracken, made a state ment last night in regard to the deliberations of the Quebec war conference at which Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President 'Franklin T). Roosevelt of the United States are the central figures. Military Dlans being prepared, he said, are designed to "burn, bomb uvil.u L. and . . ruthlessly uv...ww. destroy J in ... v id V, vaa J Wednesday night. The fact that CTery way available to us the he lacked the usual Gallic abll- ; German and Japanese war lty to master quantities of wine got him a summons into city police court yesterday morning. Invited into their home Dy the two ladies so that he could speak French to their children, he thought to return their' hos pitality by bringing with him 8 quantity of wine. But somehow he got tangled up In his own efforts at hospitality and, un der the influence of the logan berry, juice, became rowdy and wanted to fight. Whether he selected the wincn or the chil dren as his sparring partners was not made clear but one oi the ladies phoned in a complaint to the police. With the arrival oi a constable, Gulllcmettc found a handy and capable opponent and, following a short scuffle, he was lodged in the civic bastille. Yesterday morning in police court Magistrate Vance fined him $25 with an option of seven days In Jail. Another Warning Of Invasion Is Given By Allies Capture Italian Islands Allies in Control of Aeorian ' Gi'oup strong resistance on ' Southern mainland ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. Aug. 20 CP) LiDari and Stromboll islands on the Tyrrhenian Sea northwest of Messina have surrendered to 5 a United States naval expedi tion. Llpari and Stromboll are the main islands of the Aeorian group. Their capture places the entire group at the disposal pi the Allies. Cairo reported Royal Air Force and American bombers were out in force Wednesday night and Thursday, bombing Port Crotone on the arch of the Italian boot, Crete and Foggia, near the east- ern coast of Italy, northeast of NaDlcs. Concentrated anti-aircraft fire" encountered by attacking Allied bombers Indicates that the Axis still strongly entrenched' . around Regglo Calabria i"-southern Italy. Thirty-four enemy fighters were shot down in the Foggia action which was one of the greatest raid3 of the Mediter ranean wari Five more Axl planes were destroyed over southern Italy. Seventeen Allied planes were lost. CHILDREN IMMUNIZED Large Number of Cannery Youngsters Treated Against Catching Diseases r A total of six hundred and sixty children have been treat- ; ed for Immunization for dip-therla, whooping cough and small-pox at six canneries along the Skeena River in the past few weeks, according to Dr. R G. Knlnc. director of the Prince machines and the people res- i Rupert Health Unit, ponslble for this war." The nat-! Many of the children were ' nri nf the Dlans being drafted , treated against more than one at the conference would be dls- j of the aliments and the total closed to the enemy only on the ' number of treatments given battlefield and In the action oi were 906. generals, admirals and air mar- A total of 660 children were shals. immunized from diphtheria an- The war was going well but it 94 for whooping cough. Thei wouVdi. be "long and hard, Mr. were 554 successful vacelnatlot. Bracken safi.' against smallpox. After" Hitler and Germany had This work is done free by th been rounded up and beaten health unit which operates ur-the whole might of the British der the Provincial &arcT ot Empire would be concentrated , Health, Dr. Knlpe tevealed, and on beating the Japanese wno in terms oi cost to tne were a cruel and ruthless rcn's parents, had the work enemy. ! neen none Dy private pracu- Bracken announced military decisions of vital importance are being made. Berlin Is Hit Again Air Fields and Railways on Con- 1 tinent Are Other Targets i Fifty Enemy Planes I Downed LONDON. Aug. 20 ft) Royal Tr.Mr.nw Ana (. CT)Anothcr Air Force Mosquito bombers at- radlo broadcast in the name of tacked Berlin last night. Flght- the Allied High Command nas,crs strucK at air neias una iu.-told patriots in occupied Europe : way targets on the continent, to prepare for an invasion of 1 The night raids followed blows u. ,v,it mirht. belbv Allied Dlanes. including a UIC CUUvlaaCaaa, .V. O - near KOyai uanaaiau ur ruivc fighter wing, at iour oi uer- IIEALTH IN A PILL I many's most Important air bases . 'in Holland and France Thurs- T.ONDON. Aug. 20 0) Supplies iday. of orange Juice and also of cod- i Fifty enemy aircraft were liver oil compound ana vitamins snot uuwn yi-arciuay. A and D tablets for expectant I mothers are to be made avail- HUGE SUN SPOTS abel in about 50 war factories 1 Sun spots range from 500 to as an experiment. 50,000 miles In diameter. tioners, It would have exceeded $700. Dr. Knlpe emphasizes that the prevention of -communl- cable diseases by immunizatlor is the only sure method of assuring a healthy childhood anc that the old adage that ar ounce of prevention is worth t pound of cure is more true thar ever In these days of stress anc shifting population. SOUVENIRS OF WAR MOSCOW, Aug. 20 W An. ex hibit of. war trophies capturec frorri the Germans In the pres ent war, opened in Moscow re cently. An average of 800,001 visitors have viewed the tro phles each month. CONTEST STANDING May McElwain, Dry Dock 4S,60( Olga Sather, Sons of ! Norway 45JUi Thelda McEwan, Gyro Club 30,00' Lillian Wallace, Retail Merchants 20,f0 Margaret Davidson, Moose 16,00