V
Local
Temperature
mm
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
55
(Hall
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
Minimum
40
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRA
l
RRITISn
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
10:11
p.m.
to
5:02
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XXXX1I,
No.
115
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
17,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE.
CENTS
Hitll
Is
Leaving
Italy
To
Her
Fate
!
War
1
rws
!
,.:,
WESTERN
EUROPE
AIR
WAR
LONDON
Koyal
Air
Force
mosquito
bombers
raided,
Berlin
Saturday
night.
There
were
also
attacks
elsewhere
in
northwest
Germany,
the
Low
Countries
and
northern
France.
No
planes
were
lost.
Yesterday
150
four-motored
United
States
Flying
Fortresses
made
a
record
breaking
attack
on
L'mden,
Nail
submarine
base,
heavily
hitting
the
place
and
spreading
many
incendiaries.
Six
of
the
bombers
failed
to
return.
The
Americans
were
also
elsewhere
over
northwestern
Germany
and
northern
France.
Seven
eliemy
planes
weie
brought
down.
Yesterday
large
numbers
of
Allied
planes
crossed
the
Channel
to
continue
the
air
offensive
against
the
enemy.
Nazi
bombers
came
over
an
East
Anglican
town
Saturday
night,
doing
considerable
damage
and!
killing
and
injuring
several
persons
with
their
bombing.
Last
night
London
suburbs
vi-re
visited
three
times
by
enemy
bombers,
casualties
and
damage
rfVultlng.
RATTLE
OF
RUSSIA
MOSCOW
Heavy
fighting
broke
out
yesterday
along
the
Don
ets
Itlver
section
of
the
Kusso-German
front.
The
Russians
crossed
to
the
west
bank
of
the
river
at
one"
point,
established
a
bridgehead
there
and
advanced,
to
take
a
village.
Further
north
the
Germans
failed
in
an
attempt
to
cross
the
Donets.
In
the
Caucasus
a
Russian
artillery
barrage
is
still
beating
down
the
Nazi
counter-offensive
and
the
Hed
Army
is
still
closing
in
on
Novorossisk.
The
heavy
Russian
air
offensive
continues
all
along
the
front
especially
over
the
weekend
abound
Orel.
RATTLE
OK
ATTU
ISLANDS
WASHINGTON
Fog
and
official
silence
still
veils
developments
in
the
Aleutian
Islands.
Tokyo
propaganda
about
the
superiority
of
the
American
landing
force
is
taken
as
a
hint
that
Attu
Island
may
fall
back
in
American
hands.
IN
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Heavy
land
fighting
has
broken
out
again
on
New
Guinea
Island
and
the
Japanese,
who
have
bee
able
to
land
reinfortements,
have
made
an
advance.
The
enemy
have
also
made
some
heavy
air
raids
on
United
Nations
occupied
points.
Lae
and
Salamaua
have
been
heavily
raided
by
Allied
planes.
QUIET
IN
AFRICA
CAIRO
The
situation
in
the
Mediterranean
area
is
fairly
quiet
as
Allied
forces
continue
to
clean
up
on
remaining
Axis
forces
and
abandoned
material.
The
week-end
air
offensive
of
the
Allies
included
heavy
attacks
on
many
points
in
Italy
and
Sicily.
Palermo
was
heavily
hit.
GOING
THROUGH
MEDITERRANEAN
LONDON
For
the
first
time
in
three
years,
Allied
convoys
are
now
able
to
pass
through
the
Mediterranean,
it
is
announced.
FRENCHMEN
STAND
BY
ALGIERS
The
Fighting
French
have
advised
all
loyal
to
stand
by
In
readin'ess
for
an
impending
Allied
landing.
NEW
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
LONDON
Reports
have
it
that
General
Sir
Harold
Alexander
will
be
made
supreme
Allied
commander-in-chief
for
the
invasion
of
Europe.
LOAN
IS
SUCCESS
Oversubscription
in
Excess
of
$100,000,000
Is
Announced
OTTAWA,
May
17
CP)
Canada'3
Fourth
Victory
Loan
ended
Satur
day
with
contributions
totalling
$1,216,930,759.
The
objective
of
the
three-week
campaign
was
$1,100,-
000,000
All
provinces
exceeded
their
quota.
The
minister
of
finance,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
said
Canadians
could
take
nardonable
pride
in
the
success
of
thf
creatcst
financial
undertaking
In
the
history
of
the
Dominion.
The
average
was
over
$105
for
everv
man.
woman
and
child
In
the
Dominion.
SENTENCE
OF
FOUR
YEARS
Raymond
Porter
Sent
to
Penitentiary
by
Local
Judge
Raymond
R.
Porter,
who
pleaded
guilty
to
charges
of
uttering
a
foriterv
and
issulnc
worthless
checks
while
In
the
employ
of
a
local
oil
company,
was-
sentenced
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Coutr
this
mornlne
to
serve
three
J'fars
on
the
llrst
count
and
one
'car
on
the
second.
The
sentences
win
run
consecutively.
..
Bulletins
1
DAVIES
IN
TEHERAN
TEHERAN
Joseph
Davles,
special
envoy
to
Russia
for
President
Roosevelt,
has
arrived
here
enroiite
to
Moscow.
JOINT
PRESS
CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
will
hold
a
joint
press
conference
tills
week.
Normal
School
Fees
Reduced
Will
Be
$50
Instead
of
$135,
It
Is
Announced
Starting
next
September
Normal
School
fees
will
be
reduced
from
$135
to
f50,
It
is
announced
by
Hon.
II.
G,
Perry.
This
is
bein2
done
to
secure
more
students
at
the
Normal
School
and
Hnni-Mco
the
number
of
teachers
so
t.hnt..the
nubile
schools
of
the
pro
vince
may
be
fully
staffed.
There
will
also
be
a
large
number
of
bursaries
available,
the
minister
said,
especially
to
those
living
In
outlying
districts
who
wish
to
attend
Normal
School
next
September.
'
i
MOBILIZING
OF
WORKERS
Regulations
On
Compulsory
Em-
ployment
Are
Clarified
OTTAWA,
May
17-Under
an
Or-
ier-ln-Couscil
announced
by
the
Minister
Aflnlctn.
of
T
V,
I
11
Labor
concerning
the
ompulsory
transfer
of
men
designated
under
the
mobilization
regulations
from
less
essential
Industries
to
more
essential
industries
the
Minister
may
make
an
order
applicable
to
any
age
class
liable
to
military
training,
forbidding
employers
in
specified
Industries
to
continue
these
persons
in
their
empfoy
after
a
set
date
unless
a
special
permit
has
been
obtained.
For'thg
present
pe;sons
who
have
their
discharge
from
the
armed
forces
will
hot1
be
affected
by
this
order
but.
ff.
they
are
now
engaged
In
low
priority
work,
they
will
be
encouraged
tc
phange
to
a
Job
of
higher
ptiorlty.
Where
applicants
are
found
ell-ylble
for
high
priority
work
they
tvlll
be
referred
to
any
vacancies
available
and
will
not
be
granted
permits
to
continue
in
low
priority
work.
In
all
cases
those
In
the
classes
liable
undc:
the
.mobiliza
tion
regulations
will
have
to
apply
to
the
narest
Selective
Service
office
and
learn
if
they
may
continue
at
their
present
Jobs
without
special
authorization.
On
important
point
of
the
new
regulations
Is
the
specification
tnat
the
selective
service'
officer
shall
not
direct
any
person
to
employment
which
is
made
available,
by
a
work
stoppage
through
a
labor
dispute.
The
penalties
for
non-compliance
with
a
direction
tolransfer
given
by
a
Selective
Service
officer
provide
that
such
a
person
will
be
reported
to
an
Alternate
service
officer
and
become
liable
to
service
in
an
alternate
work
camp
on
much
the
same
basis
a$
a
conscientious
objector,
except
that
restrictions
as
tc
maximum
wages
payable
to
him
will
not
apply
as
in
the
case
of
the
conscientious
objector.
In
commenting
on
the
new
regulations
Labor
Minister
Mitchell
said.
;
"These
regulations
will
bring
about
some
parity
of
service
between
those
required
to
take
military
duty
and
those
urisulted
for
that
purpose.
It
will
also
relieve
threatened
labor
shortages
In
es
sential
Industries.
ALL
BRITONS
GIVE
THANKS
Victory
in1
North
Africa
is
CelebratedMessage
From
Chur
chill
to
King
LONDON,
May
17
Yesterday
was
observed
in
Great
Britain
as
a
day
of
thanksgiving
for
the
victory
in
North
Afrlqa.
A
message
from
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
now
at
Washington,
to
the
King
said
"the
kindness
and
confidence
of
Your
Majesty
was
a
preclous
aid
through
the
darkest
days
of
the
war."-
:
t
:
SHE
SAID
SHE
WAS
120
YEARS
OLD
Agnes
McDames,
native
woman
5of
Kltsequkla,
died
thU
mo'rning
in
Port
Edward.
She
claimed
the
ago
of
120.
e
funeral
ner
will
be
held
at
Kltwansa-
.
o
BATTLE
OF
ALEUTIANS
Tokyo
Radio
Tells
of
Constant
Flowi
of
American
Reinforce-.
.ments
Being
Landed
j
NEW
YORK,
May
17
(CP)
The
Tokyo
radio
quoted
Japanese
Army
spokesman
today
as
saying
that
the
attacking
United
States'
forces
were
landing
a
steady
stream
of
reinforcements
on
Attu
Island
under
cover
of
naval
and
air
bombardment.
The
spokesman
claimed,
however,
that
'.Japanese
troops
were
holding
to
their
positions.
The
Tokyo
radio
boasted
of
wiping
out"
the
first
American
landing
force
but
admitted
that
a
pitched
battle
was
in
progress
with
later
pnes.
Tokyo
did
not
repeat
a
Berlin
statement
that
poison
gas
had
been
used
;by
the
Americans
at
Attu.
I
More
Valid
Dates
For
Ration
Cards
Allowances
For
Tea,
Sugar,
Coffee
and
Butter
More
valid
dates
for
tea,
coffee,
sugar
.and
butter
coupons
are
announced
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.'
.
.
.
T
1
1
!
-
1
1
runuwiug
are
uuies
ii;
lea,
cui-
i
fee
and
su?ar:
Coupons
5
and
6,
now
valid;
7
and
8,
Thursday,
May
j
27;
9
and
10,
Thursday,
June
24;
11
'
and
12,
Thursday,
July
22;
13,'
Thursday,
August
19.
These
coupons
j
remain
valid
until
declared
other-
-wif-
'
!
Butter
coupons
1,
2,
3,
4
and
5
have
expired.
Coupons
6,
7,
8
and
9
are
now
valid
and
exolre
May
31.
Coupons
10
and
11
become
valid
Thursday,
May
13
and
expire
May
31,
..,,
,
Coupons
12.
fend
13
may
be
used
on
inur?aay,.May
ai,
ana
are
gooa
Coupons
14
and
15
will
be
valid
on
June
10
and
will
expire
on
June
30.
.
BLINDNESS
RESEARCH
LONDON,
May
17
9
Sir
Beach-nroft
Tcwre,
blind
V.
C,
and
chair-mail
of
the
National
Institute
for
the
Blind,
plans
a
"cure,
not
care"
campaign
to
help
the
blind
and
those
who
suffer
from
bad
eyesight.
The
campaign
will
concentrate
re-
search,
on
two
or
three
causes
of
blindness.
THROUGH
THE
SOUP
TO
JAPS
ON
WORK
Tf
SHOP
UaV1
IIS
BURNED
Spectacular
Fire
on
Park
Avenue
Saturday
Afternoon
Was
Difficult
to
Fight
A
two-storey
building,
50
by
100
feet,
on
Park
Avenue,
housing
L.
J.
Blaln's
carpenter
shop,
now
being
used
by
the
British
Columbia
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.,
sustained
considerable
.damage
from
fire
whteb
broke
out
shortly
after
4
o'clock
Saturday
afternoon.
Having
gained
considerable
headway
before
the
department
arrived,
It
presented
considerable
difficulty
in
fighting
and,
while
It
was
under
control
within
an
hour,
It
was
well
in'o
the
nlghv
before
it
was
finally
extinguished.
A
small
dwell-
In?
nearby1.'
ccctibled
by
"Halibut"
Fischer,
was
destroyed.
It
was
at
4:13
p.m.
that
the
alarm
was
turned
in
by
telephons
by
Gunnar
Anderson
who,-
while
passing,
noticed
a
large
volume
of
smoke
and
fire
Issuing
through
ohe
side
of
the
building.
A
box
alarm
was
also
turned
In.
All
the
city
fire
fighting
equipment
turned
out,
augmented
by
United
States
Army
equipment.
The
fire
was
mushroomed
by
the
metal
roof
of
the
building
which
It
was
necessary
to
cut
through.
Machinery,
lumber,
paint
and
building
materials
in
considerable
uantity
were
involved
and
fell
in
on
the
fire
to
make
the
Job
of
fire
fighting
the
more
difficult.
When
;a
floor
collapsed
everything
fell
in.
Most
of
the
damage
was
done
at
the
tne
rear
of
the
building.
There
h
will
be
considerable
salvage.
Thev
cause.
of
lhefiro
U-undete
I
rriir
nlined.
The
shop
crew
had
quit
I
work
as
is
the
custom
on
Saturday
afternoon
at
4
o'clock
and.
soon
after,
the
building
was
in
flames.
The
loss
is
covered
by
Insurance
ITALY
IN
BAD
WAY
King:
Said
to
be
.Abdicating
Cabinet
Resignation
Report
LONDON,
May
17
There
are
!varvw
reDorts
of
nominal
crisis
!ln
Ualy
0ne
ls
that
KUlg
VIctor
!Emannuel
is
abdicating
in'
favor
of
Crown
Prlnce
Humbert.
Another
is
tnat
the
whole
Itallan
cablnet
has
resigned.
Direct
from
Rome
come
statements-
that
Premier
Benito
Mussolfcijs
ferestlgeVls
waning
UNIVERSITY
HEAD
QUITS
VANCOUVER.
May
17
Presiden:
Leonard
S.
Klink,
head
of
the
University
of
British
Columbia
for
20
years,
ls
retiring
next
January,
he
announced
at
the
annual'
convocation.
The
board
of
governors
Is
considering
his
successor.
L.
W.
Brocklngton,.K.C,
of
Winnipeg
is
being
prominently
mentioned.
KISKA
4
Skimming"
over
the
icy
waters
of
the
Bering
sea
these
B-24
Liberator
bombers
approach
thelr
target,
none
other
than
the
Jap-held
fog-bound
Island
of
Klska,
in
the
Aleutians.
Dally
American
or
Canadian
planes,
carrying
tons
of
bombs,
blast
the
Jap
bases
that
threaten
the
Pacific
ccast
and
now
a
landing
has
been
made
by
United
States
troops
on
Attu.
Mussolini
Will
Have
To
Get
Along
Without
Any
More
Aid
From
Germany
Unmistakeable
Signs
That
Nazis
Arc
to
Withdraw.
Entirely
From
Fascist
State,
Now
Helpless
to
Defend
Herself
LONDON
May
17
(CP)
Two
London
newspapers
today
reported
that
Adolf
Hitler
is
preparing
to
abandon
Italy
to
her
fate,
leaving
her
to
face
the
threat
of
Allied
invasion
unaided.
The
Daily
Mail's
diplomatic
correspondent
said
that
German
officials
and
Gestapo
are
returning
to
Germany
and
therp
nvp
unrmofaL-ooMa
oJa
'
-
-
-
In
fir.
.
PJS7I
.
trnnno
in
.
Tf
o1
rnAn
t
-.
vwo
bajjr
may
oirvii
i
withdraw,
establishing;-defences
at
Brenner
Pass.
The
Italian
air
force
is
declared
to
be
not
strong
enough
to
put
up
any
resistance
to
attack
much
less
provide
cover
for
the
Fascist
navy.
MORE
BUY
OF
BONDS
Total
Subscriptions
for
Prince
Rupert
Amount
to
$795,400
The
total
of
subscriptions
to
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
for
Prince
Ru-1
Internment
in
lodgings
consistent
pert
up
to
Satu-.day
evening
waswltn
hisrank
and
daily
pay
of
795,400,
the
quota
havlne
been
$758,9o0.
Subscriptions
accounted
for
on
Saturday
amounted
to
$36,-450.
.
The,
Army
ln,-thls
area
.subscribed!
33
percent
over
quota,
It
Is
announced.
Further
Individual
subscriptions
to
be
acknowledged
are
as
follows:
Ranee
&
Hardy
1,000
Reginald
Newcombe
50
Miss
Lois
A.
Bennet
500
Rudolph
Nelson
50
Ernest
Bailow
50
Employees
McNamara
Construction
Co.
7,200
Chinese
Applications
1,250
John
Whiten
Morlson
100
Donald
Ormlnston
50
HALIBUT
SALES
American
30,000
pounds,
19.8c
and
17c.
and
19.9c.
and
17c.
Canadian
76,009
pounds,
20c
and
17c.
to
20.2c.
and
17c.
American
Emma
16.000,
19.8c
and
17c
Ro-
yal.
Pierce
14,000,
19.9c
and
Hc,
Whiz.
Canadian
Kyrielle
10,500,
20.2c
and
17c.
Storage.
Kaien
14,000,
20.1c
and
17c,
Atlln.
Flnello
19,500,
20.1c
and
17c,
Booth.
Cape
Spear
17,500,
20c
and
l7c,'Rome'
battering
the
seaplane
base
Storage.
I
of
Llko
di
Roma
at
the
mouth
of
J.
R.
15,000,
20.10c
and
17c,
Pacific.
Bug,
3,000,
20.10c
and
17c,
Booth.
BASEBALL
SATURDAY
.
'
Saturday
Boston
1:
Cincinnati
0.
New
York
2;
Pittsburgh
1
(eleven
Innings).
"
Brooklyn
13;
Chicago
6.
1
'
St.
Louis
6;
Philadelphia
3.
American
Cleveland
2:
Philadelphia
0.
-Detroit
8
Washington
1.
New
York
at
St.
Louis,
Boston
at
Chicago
postponed.
SUNDAY
American
Philadelphia
5-2;
Cleveland
3-3.
Washington
7-10;
Detroit
1-6.
New
York
7-3;
St.
Loul3
3-4.
oston
2-4;
Chicago
4.
National
Chicago
0;
Brooklyn
4-3.
Cincinnati
1-1;
Boston
3-6.
Pittsburgh
1-2;
New.
York
3-1.
St.
Louis
4-1;
Philadelphia
3-2.
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ARNIM
NOW
IN
BRITAIN
Captured
Nazi
Commander-in-Chief
in
Britain
is
Interned
LONDON,
May
17
Col.
General
Jurgen
von
Arnim,
captured
German
commander-in-chief
of
the
defeated
Axis
Tunisian
forces,
arrived
In
Oreat
Britain
on
Sunday
by
plane.
He
was
flown
from
Gibraltar
and
driven
In
an
auto-
mobile
through
London
enroute
to
aDoul
25-
AIR
RAIDS.
EXTENSIVE
Berlin
is
Struck
Again
bv
Roral
Air
Force
Industrial
Areas
Flooded
Rome
Close
to
Fire
LONDON,
May.
17
0
British
bombers
attacked
Berlin,
the
en
virons
of
Rome,
the
Ruhr
and-
Rhtneland
last
night
and
burst
two.
of
the
largest
dams
In
Germany,
flooding
the
valleys
of
the
Ruhr
and
Eder.
Air
Secretary'
Sir
Arch!-;
bald
Sinclair
said
that
walls
of
Mohne
and
Eder
dams
were
broken.
One
had
backed
up
134,-000,000
tons
of
water
and'
the
other
202)600,000.
Their
destruction
constituted
a.
powerful
blow
to
In-dustrlal
Germany,
he
said,
and
de
scribed
the
operation
as
one
of
extraordinary
difficulty
and.
hazard
In
which
eight
big
Lancasters
were
lost.
The
Germans
themselves
reported
on
the
Berlin
radio
that
the
flood
tide
took
a
heavy
toll
of
casualties.
Wellington
bombers,
roaring
in
from
North
African
bases
and
Malta,
carried
the
war
close
to
the
Tiber,
only
15
miles
from
the
Italian
capital.
PIONEER
OF
CITY
DIES
Gus
Selvin
Passes
Away
at
Age
Of
85
Years
Gus
Selvin,
resident
of
Prlnc;
Rupert
since
1909,
died
In
New
Westminster
on
Saturday
at
the
age
of
85.
Mr.
Selvin
was
very
well
known
In
this
community
where
he
followed
the
trade
of
cabinet
maker
for
many
years.
He
was
de
scribed
as
"a
grand
qld
times."
Mr.
Selvin
was
born
In
Sweden,
and
came
to
this
country
as
a
young
man.
He
followed
his
trade
throughout
Canada
and
the
United
States
for
many
years
before
coming
to
Prince
Rupert.
He
worked
on
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
stations
following
completion
of
their
lines
and
in
the
Pullman
constructs
shops
In
Chicago.
He
came,
to
Prince
Rupert
from
the
Yukon.
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