''s released, he E.:::cv he had 'w-i totncilatelv. 1 3 vou would " ame thine MtKtia to nav a I53-! seven davi nn thp a;i ."-arse and in .io 7 - a e:i the permit :t sentence tn nm Atrial oints Hit 'Wmany I r he it- f V rtiileMos- l -x-i , (aret, ln D:!,, 1 1"hr VaUey. " Iwd of them At" 10 O) "f ItOVnl Air 4. ;;' Ludwlg. "MC Bit i during OPCrathnn- r. . tadurrlal nomt, Irnm uie "nine "Bill Olio r, .1.. . e were B, " . , 1 hs ; 1- 'Top left' Canadian nursing sisters who accompanied Dominion troops into the North African war zone share the same discomforts of camp life in a war area as do their fighting brothers. This group having breakfast In the open, are left to right, Lleuts. Harriette Pangman, Toronto; Jessie Sangster, 1 Llstowel, Ont.; and May Mitchell, Hamilton, Ont 2 (Top righti. These Canadian nursing sisters now In North Africa appear to enjoy the life of a soldier in the field. Shown washing up the dishes after a meal in the open are Nursing Sisters Gwen Hichens-Smlth, Victoria. B.C.; Madge Mc- , Killop, Moose Jaw, Sask.; and Betty Bellls, Woodstock, N.B. 3 ULower right). Roughing It-like- their soldier brothers Churchill In Canada WASHINGTON, D C, Aug. 10 President Koosevclt announced this afternoon that Prime Minister Churchill had arrived in Canada and would be coming to the United States for Important conferences in regard to war matters. Baseball Scores International League Rochester 4, Syracuse 1. Buffalo 3, Newark 2. American Association Columbus 3, Milwaukee 2. (No major league games yes terday.) KILLED IN COLLISION Three Women Killed When Truck Strikes Bus on Trail-Nelson Highway NELSON. August 10 R Three women w ere killed and lour other persons slightly injured when a truck struck a passenger bus on the Trail-Nelson highway. The dead are: Mrs. Mary Evans, Trail. Miss Mary Oain, Nanalmo. Mrs. Natasha Gritchln, Brilliant. The truck driver, Alex Kon-kln, Is charged with manslaughter. KUGGLD SICILY Sicilian terrain Is so rugged that It Is 20 miles from Ragusa to Comiso by rail, but only 10 by airplane. CANADA'S CHIEF OF STAFF IN ENGLAND Ch of th Gen al Llcutcnant-Goneral Kenneth Stuar at a B after Staff, is pictured (right, as he arrived Stuart Brig. flying from Canada by bomber Greeting Gen. P. gue Hon. the (left, and MaJ.-Gen R. B. Gibson (centre). The fact that Gen. Stuart has been m nJ"J has visited the Mediterranean war -og, nounced. vu these Canadian nutting sisters in North Africa line up for tea Just like the men. Left to right are Pte. A. Barrs of Winnipeg (dishing out the brew), and Lleuts. Margaret Curruthers, To- 5 ronto; Jean McCormack, Dundalkd Ont; and Ann Foster, Ber wick, as. 1 4 (Lower right). Sleeping In tents and eating in the open from camp dishes and on rough fables, Canadian nurses with the troops In North Africa share the same rigors as the men. This group at a meal are Lleuts. Atala Coulombe, Quebec City; Elizabeth Gordon, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont; Nan Prescott, Sussex, N.B.; and Frances Tetlaw, Welland, Ont. ....... CanaHlan ArmrOversearPtiotosV Polish Artist Escaped Nazis Three Years Enroute Arrived In Canada with Wife After Many Adventures WINNIPEG. August 10 t Mountalns.streams and other devious routes were the byways to escape from tyrannical Nazi rule for the Polish artist, Ra-f al Malcewskl and his wife, both being here now. 1 Travelling by night through the Carpathian Mountains, they left Poland behind for tempor ary safety In Czechoslovakia. December 1939. They halted there briefly and then headed for the mountalu streams on the Hungarian border. These they waded. They went to Paris from Hungary and were in France at the time of capitulation ln June 1910. Their next retreat was j Lourdes, then Vichy, both in . unoccupied France. ij. The Brazilian ambassador ln Vichy gave them their vUa, and while telling of this incident, Mrs. Malczewskl said: "When the war is over, Polish refugees want to erect a monument to the Brazilian ambassador, who has given more than 1,000 visas to Poles." The artist and his wife arrived In Canada last November, after they had been through Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Air, Malezewskils watercolbrs of Canadian and Brazilian scenes are now on display ln the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Halibut Sales American Llnde. 50,000 pounds, and Royal, 17.6 and 16 Atlin Argo, 33,000 pounds, 17.6 and 16. MEAN ENOUGH, TOO The mean distance of the sun from the earth is' 9?,000,000 miles. I Jap Bases Being Hit Improved Weather Permits Al lied Bombers to Strike Heavily In Southwest Pacific 4 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, August 10 C) Improved weather con-, anions allowed Allied oomners to strike heavily on Monday at Japanese bases over the entire southwest Pacific battlefront A particularly strong attack was made against Salamaua. big Japanese base on the north- east New Guinea coast with-103 tons of explosives causpg heavy damage and fires. The air offensive yesterday extended for a length of 2000 miles from the Solomons to the Netherlands East Indies. Roosevelt In Canada WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 10 President Franklin D, Roosevelt . returned to Washington yesterday af- ter a fishing trip to Birch Island in Lake Huron. While away he was. constantly ln touch with affairs, mail 4 Seats In Four By-elections Monday OTTAWA, Aug. 10 (CP) Four federal by-elections on Monday saw Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidates win in Selkirk, Manitoba and Hamboldt, Saskatchewan; a Bloc Fopulaire victory in Stanstead, Quebec, and Labor Progressive win in Montreal-Cartier. The Liberals formerly held all four seats. The Progressive-Con- C.C.F., defeated the C. E. Fillmore, and a Social Crediter, Miss Salome Halldor-son. In Humboldt Joseph Burton, C.C.F., won by a wide margin over the Liberal, Frank Krenn, and the Social Crediter, Theodore Langdenlioff.. In Stanstead Armand Che-quette of the Bloc Populaire, newly formed party of Max-ine Raymond, M.l'. for Beau-harnois-La Prairie, won a tightly contested battle with Liberal and C.C.F. candidates. In Montreal-Cartier Fred Rose,- Labor Progiessive, won but had only a small margin over the Bloc Populaire nominee. Liberal and C.C.F. candidates ran third and fourth respectively with the Independent far behind and last. The loss of four former Lib- with 170 members of 213 seats in the House of Commons. The 173 excludes three Liberal Trp-giessives and three Independent Liberals. The Progressive - Conservative total remains at 39. Bloc Populaire now has four members in Parliament. RUPERT IS DISCUSSED Local Radio Situation Coming Up at Session of Board of Governors in Vancouver VANCOUVER, August 10 The future of station CFPR at Prince Rupert ln relation to the Canadian Broadcasting Corpor- i ation will be discussed at a conference of the governors of the corporation which opened here today and will continue ln Victoria tomorrow and Thursday. . This is the first time that the board- of governors has been able to visit British Columbia ln a body. One of the principal matters under discussion Is to be extension of service. Members of the board in attendance Include Dr. James S. Thompson, general manager, Rene Morln, chairman, Mrs: T ' W. Sutherland of Reglna, and R. Rowe Holland of Vancouver Executive Assistant Donald Manson Is also present as well as Mrs. Nellie McClung, a former member. being brought by fighter Besides the day and evening planes while special tele- business sessions, a number of phone and telegraph wires social functions have been ar- Installed to the resort for 4 ranged. The regional represen- his use. tatlve, Ira Dilworth, will enter- 4'4'44'4 4'4- FREE TLANE POUNDAGE . WASHINGTON, August 10 H The crew of a heavy American airplane, returning to one of the Pacific Islands from Australia on a roultine flight, computed minimum fuel load and found enough free poundage to transport an upright piano for use at the service club. TONGUE BITERS Lamprey, vampire fish, have teeth on their tongue. tain members of the board at an Informal dinner this evening ln Vancouver and Wednesday ln Victoria. They will attend a luncheon on Friday, tendered by the Park Board, ait Stanley Park Pavilion, Vancouver. The governors were entertained at an informal dinner last night by George Chandler, member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. CROC'S THROAT VALVE A valve in the throat enables the crocodile to keep its mouth open under water. Wreckage of Canadian Pacific Plane Missing Since December Sighted Scattered Remnants Are Viewed From Air Provincial Police Making Way to Mountain Top-Evidently All Died Instantly VANCOUVER, Aug. 10 (CP) The wrecked Canadian Pacific airliner which disappeared on the night of December 20 a few minutes before it was to land in Vancouver from Prince George with 13 passengers aboard" has been sighted high in a mountain 75 miles southeast of Vancouver. Scattered wreckage has been viewed from the air. Evidently death came j servatives did not contest any ; Instantly to all the occupants of the by-elections. j of the plane. The police are mak- In Selkirk William Bryce, , lng their way on foot over rug- i Liberal, ged terrain to the scene. The wreckage was sighted . shortly after noon yesterday by a Canadian Pacific air liner which circled overhead to make observations. The Ill-fated plane evidently hit a mountain peak 50 feet below the summit while in full flight . . Lion Came Back After Six Months LONDON. August 10 After a six months absence, one of the two lions which graced the entrance of the Towbrldge, Wilts, town hall for 54 years, has returned. It disappeared There was nobody In sight, Engineers' Head Brig. N. D. Lambert, Deputy Quarter-Master General (A) In the Quarter-Master General's branch of the Canadian Army, and officer administering the Royal Canadian Engineers. Before the war Brigadier Lambert was stationed at Prince, Rupert In contracting work. North African Mailing Heavy LONDON, August 10 P An swering compnlnts about mat' delivery to forces in North Africa, Ldrd Croft, under-secret-ary for war. told the House of Lords that l;500.O00 letters and parcels are being sent there weekly. The average time for an airgraph was nine days, he said, and for. surface letters 15 days plus the interval between the sailings of convoys. Lord Farrington had complained that there had been cases of accumulations of letters being delivered months after they were written. CANT RUBBERNECK The v alligator is unable turn its neck. Advancing In Sicily Allied Forces Making Progress But Slower Owing to Increased Resistance and Bad Weather CANADIAN CASUALTIES OTTAWA, Aug. 10 Hon. J. L. Ralston, minister of national defence, in a statement says that 'Canadian -casualties in Sicily have been "moderate" in proportion to the number of troops employed and considering the heavy and bitter fighting encountered particularly in the early phases of the campaign. one night after a dance. The ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN . -4. -v,nn Ht,i ...1. .... . i . . . vn mc uuuuki; uue mgui, wiicu Auiea troops maae siow ana he went to answer a knock. steady progress along the entire Sicilian front yesterday but heavy Axis resistance and lack of roads are said to be slowing up the advance. In the drive to encircle Mount Etna the British Eighth Army has passed Bronte on the road to Randazzo. American troops, pressing eastward along the Tyrrhenian sea coast. Royal Navy destroyers shelled the coastal road and railway at Riposto, north of Aclreale and nine miles south of Taramlna 0n the 'east coast American soldiers captured 1,500 prisoners ln landing behind the Axis lines near Cape Orlando Sunday night. For the fifth straight night Royal Air Force and Canadian Wellingtons attacked landing craft on Messina beaches, bombed coastal installations and caused a large explosion and fires at Paradiso. Dark Doings In Park Area I Dark doings in McClymont I Park last night started to come I to light this, morning ln city I nnlipp court with the anoear- ance of Sydney Matfleld, Her bert Walter Mortimer and Hel en Wilson, a native woman, before Magistrate Vance. Chronologically the case proceeded first against Matfield for supplying Helen Wilson with liquor. He pleaded not guilty. and the case was adjourned un til this afternoon. Then Helen Wilson appeared on a charge of being drunk. She identified Matfleld as the man who had given her the liquor. Magistrate Vance reserved sentence. The third member of the trio, Herbert Walter Mortimer, was charged with indecent assault against Helen Wilson. Before he took Mortimer's plea Magistrate Vance cautioned him that owing to the serious nature of the charge against him, which could carry a sentence of ten years ln the penitentiary, he would allow him time to engage a lawyer if he so chose. Mortimer decided to get a lawyer to I and the case was adjourned un til he had engaged one. Lai Temperature Tonight's Dim-out 64 (Half an hour after sunset to 53 half an hour before sunrise). Ijjjjjiuain 9:54 pm. to 5:39 a.m. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1943 9:56 p.m. to 5:38 ain. F "" ' I - I I II II II II ong Lf iX Air Liner Has Been Found t circle rmans JIDten of SiU E"- Quantities ,,-d-Great I Eqaipmeni L IRT1LLEKY IIASCE IcOff, August iw U, third largest cny v imported to be with- f of trie ,kra -",uns. The Moscow radio roadcast beard in Lon- Lid that two Kf d Army ils had been Kinea in Ifbtinc at Belgorod ana ;X)N. Align- 10 & Thf j - n 'ay Closed fur- tit r : :ng grip on Ifir.J aflvajicrd towards ' re:reat with i ircai i lit -a. i? urea a oast U wc3t of Kharkov w;".h.a twelve 0-:i I Knarsov iarge j Ocncaru face en- l. :c :f equipment it l .... M A ears un Counts IMtKtona, Ticked Up By fisih Second Charge I Waiting Tor Him l. H; i McKcnaa. a con i snpany- employee for be- x. ated he based on , j i i i - w,'w2r permits In v a .,'y police ! r j on both - bullty to : y on the r J .:rvcr been 1 ;u r charge j ...j used one Hp ( ad been In . V said. by Magls- i.. ' record. u "CJ ':I:at he had ;H i a u: ' charge J r had not 1 iT fnr lffht. -'-t Van; was not lm- V McKenna's claim CANADIAN i "q MRE NORTH AFRICA N RIGORS WITH THEIR SOLDIER BROTHERS Gov't Is Hard Hit Mackenzie King Loses Four I n