BRITISH
EIGHTH
ARMY
GENERAL
IS
DEAD..
High
Rankin;
Canadian
Soldiers
Are
Victims
of
Airplane
Crash
In
Iiritain
OTTAWA,
April
30
(CP)
The
death
of
Major
General
Harry
Leonard
Nowcll
Salmon,
aged
49,
of
Toronto,
commander
of
a
Canadian
infantry
division
overseas,
in
an
airplane
accident
in
England
yesterday
was
announced
by
Department
of
National
Defence
headquarters
last
night.
Lieut.
Col.
C.
F.
J.
Finlay,
aged
28,
of
the
Canadian
Army
overseas
was
killed
in
the
same
accident.
No
details
were
available
immediately.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Lltuya,
22,000,
16
and
14,
Royal.
Canadian
Clipper
II,
20,000
17
and
15,
Storage.
Covenant,
25,000,
17
and
15,
Pacific.
Tekla
O,
3,500,
17
and
15,
Storage,
niue
Doy.
9.5C0,
17
and
15,
Storage.
Kaien,
17,000,
17
and
15,
Atlin.
Itlo
Rita,
4,000,
17
and
15,
Booth.
Cape
Sncar,
17,500,
17
and
15
Storage.
.
R.,
10,500,
17
and
15,
Atlin
Summary
American
22,000
pounds,
16
and
14.
Canadian
107,7000
pounds,
17
and
15.
Gas
Masks
For
Small
Children
Arc
Being
Provided
for
Those
Between
Two
and
Four
on
Coast
VANCOUVER,
April
30
First
gas
masks
for
children
from
two
to
four
years
old
have
arrived
on
the
Pacific
coast.
DESERTING
BALKAN
NAZIS
LONDON,
April
30
O)
Polish
underground
organizations
nave
Instructed
their
followers
to
give
every
possible
assistance
to
desert-
Germany's
satellite
armies
Irwin.
B.
uaiy
.
loo'from
Balkan
countries
on
the
CHASES
ROMMEL
First,
and
Et&hth
Armies
with
U.S,
ing
towards
Oiec-oast.
Tf
:
:
I
S&fen
t
Reds
and
Poles
LONDON,
April
30
There
have
been
no
further
develop-
ments
of
Importance
since
yes-
terday
In
the
Russo
-
Polish
diplomatic
crisis.'
The
Polish
ambassador
has
left
Moscow
for
London.
Maxim
Litvinoff,
Russian
ambassador
to'
the
United
States,
has
been
called
to
Moscow
for
consultation.
Prominent
Folk
To
Visit
Canada
Smuts,
Benese
and
Madame
Chiang
Among
Those
Corning
OTTAWA,
April
30
Prominent
visitors
to
Ottawa
this
summer
are
expected
to
Include
General
Jan
C.
Smuts.
P-.emier
of
South
Africa.
I
Dr.
Fduoard
Benes,
president
of
Czecho-Slovakla,
and
Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek.
Victoria
Flier
Reported
Lost
Pilot
Officer
Harvey
Minnis
Missing
Overseas
Pilot
Officer
Harvey
B.
Minnis,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Arthur
Minnis
of
Victoria
and
brother
of
Mrs.
Earl
Eby
of
this
city,
is
reported
missing
on
overseas
operations
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
JAP
BASE
ATTACKED
Bomber
Force
of
United
States
Strikes
Heavily
at
Tarawa
Island
WASHINGTON,
D.6.,
April
30
V)
The
United
States
Navy
reported
yesterday
that
an
Army
bomber
force
had
struck
heavily
at
Tar
awa
Island,
one
or
japans
main
advance
posts
In
the
South
Paci
fic.
r
HO
VINCI
AL
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
bp
Maximum
64
(Half
an
hour
aftwr
sunset
to
Minimum
33.5
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
9:40
p.m.
to
5:38
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRIT1SII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
101
VOL
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL
30,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
MosVvw
r
ecision
S
oon
ON
MOVE
FORWARD
Allies
Making;
Headway
in
Spite
of
Stiff
Nazi
Resistance
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
30
(CP)
Allied
troops
edged
forward
on
both
wings
of
the
Tunisian
front
yesterday
while
the
British
First
Army
fought
off
powerful
Nazi
counter-attacks
in
the
Medjez-elBab
area
to
hold
all
but
one
section
of
its
positions
before
the
Tunis
plain,
it
was
announced
today,
American
forces
pushing
through
the
northern
Tunisian
mountains
toward
Tunis
and
BUi
mle
made
further
local
ad-l
vances,
an
Allied
communique)
announced,
adding
thai
an
enemy
rounte
r-atta.ck
in
this
sector
:
achieved
but
Might
success.
LOOK
FOR
IDENTITY
4
Swedish
Government
Having
Investigation
Into
Dropping
of
Bombs
Near
Naval
Base
STOCKHOLM,
April
30
Oi
The
Foreign
Office
announces
that,
'in
lnve
nation
of
bomb
fragment
has
ber;un
with
a
view
to
determining
the
nationality
of
a
so
far
unidentified
plane
which
dropped
three
bombs
yesterday
morning
on
the
Island
of
Verkoen
outside
the
Swedish
naval
base
of
Karlskrona.
German
planes
were
known
to
have
been
on
reconnaissance,
Jij
tru
t
gion
and
protest
had,
already
be
made
over
their
presence
RESERVE
IN
FIRST
GAME
flayed
to
Two
All
Draw
With
.Manitoba
Regiment
Last
Night
The
local
reserve
football
team
had
iti
first
game
last
evening
an
exhibition
match
itch
with
with
the
the
Man
Man-1
ltoba
regiment
which
resulted
In
a
two
all
draw.
The
Reserve
had
me
uauiux'
ui
play
uub
tin
uuu
in
coal
shooting,
missing
a
couple
I
of
penalties.
Cablegram
From
Chiang
Told
Of
China
Massacre
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
30
A
cablegram
from
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
read
by
Secre
tary
of
the
Treasury
Henry
Mon
ganlhau
at
a
gathering
of
war
loan
workers
here
contained
the
Information
that
Japanese
troops
had
slaughtered
every
man,
woman
and
child
in
coastal
areas
of
China
where
American
fliers
landed
after
bombing
Tokyo.
The
statement
was
made
by
Morgan-thau
Wednesday
night.
George
Frlzzell,
continuing
to
make
excellent
recovery
from
his
rent
serious
illness,
is
leaving
jls
week-end
for
a
visit
to
his
Sketna
River
hot
springs
home.
;Nazi
Fleet
Is
Massing
NDON.
Anrll
30
TO
The
oftrm-
'I
.
4-u.
Im.UU.-
...
...
v.iiuuntr
Denina
uvorwegian
islands.
Th
mow
ho
silver
attacks
on
Allied
ship-
1-
intr
"K
n
or
to
i
head
off
an
Allied
a.
Evasion
fiBimm
...
.
This
remarkable
action
photo
was
made
on
the
Tunisian
front
where
the
Alhes
are
pushing
on
to
drive
the
Nazi
forces
into
the
sea.
The
Axis
defences
cracked
wide
open.
The,
British
SEATTLE
HALIBUT;',:
Landings
Continue
Heavy
at
I'uget
Sound
Port
Prices
High
Rut
Not
Recoid
SEATTLE,
April
30
Heavy
halibut
catches
continued
here
Thursday
as
13
vessels
brought
255,000
pounds
to
the
Seattle
exchange.
The
catches
brought
from
19c
to
24'2c
per
pound,
slightly
higher
than
Wednesday,
but
far
below
the
season's
peak
of
36c.
General
Odium
1
.
pi
1
$
At
LhUnffKlIl?
Canada's
first
Minister
to
China
Arrives
at
Capital
to
Take
Over
Duties
CHUNGKING,
China,
April
30
)
Major
General
Victor
W.
Odium
of
Vancouver,
Canada's
first
minister
to
China,
arrived
yesterday
to
take
up
his
new
post.
LOAN
TOTAL
AMOVING
UP
Cumulative
Aggregate
for
Prince
Rupert
to
Last
Night
is
$183,450
Dry
Dock
Doing
Well
Victory
Loan
subscriptions
In
Prince
'
Rupert
for
the
first
four
days
of
the
campaign
ending
last
night
stood
at
a
cumuiauve
wwi
of
$185,450.
The
subscriptions
for
yesterday
amounted
to
$38,000.
T.
J,
Boulter,
chairman
of
the
dry
dock
internal
canvass,
reports
that
$62,505
had
been
subscribed
there
up
to
noon
yesterday.
This
is
an
excellent
indication
of
the
spirit
in
which
the
shipyard
employees
are
supporting
the
loan.
From
Stewart
comes
the
report
that
50
per
cent
of
quota
had
been
reached
by
Thursday
after-
noon.
.
..
!
Further
local
subscriptions
in-
.ll,,rla
IVlP
fnllOWlllK-
tiuu
!
Chinese
applications
$2,900
,
Thompson
Hardware
500
i
oViin
1j
i.nnnsLiom
zuu
Minnie
SODhia
Mrs.
-.,
Minnie
and
French
troops
are
mov
TO
LF.A-n
HNVASIQN
London
Newspapers
Say
This
Fol
lowing
Address
of
Malcolm
MacDonald
LONDON,
April
3th-"Canada
to
lead
assault!"
"Canada
to
lead
Invasion!"
Such
were
the
headlines
in
London
morning
newspapers
today
following
an
address
by
Rc.
Hon.
Malcolm
MacDonald,
British
High
Commissioner
to
Canada,
who
said
that
Canada
would
lead
the
spearhead
of
the
Invasion
of
Europe.
Mr.
MacDonald
spoke
of
Canada's
great
war
effort,
saying
that
no
country
had
made
such
a
"smashing
attack
with
such
a
loyal
spirit."
NEW
LOAN
IS
AHEAD
Subscriptions
for
Present
Issue
Are
Exceeding
Last,
It
is
Announced
OTTAWA,
April
30
CP
Subscriptions
to
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
during
the
first
tlvee
days
of
the
campaign
totalled
$212,407,090.
The
first
three
'days
total
was
$175,502,-450
compared
with
$138,034,250
In
the
same
period
of
the
last
loan,
It
was
announced
yesterday.
Yesterday
4h?
subscriptions
aggregated
$63,935,000,
the
biggesi
single
day
yet.
FORTUNES
FOR
AIRCRAFT
WASHINGTON,
April
30
0)
TTitorf
mnb
estimate
the
cost
f
n
.
JTlvlncr
.
Pnrtrpss
fhenvv
hnmh.
V
v,
J
'
O
--
j
er)
at
$350,000
and
an
Army
Fight
er
craft
$100,000;
I
Big
Air
Base
I
In
Alaska
Is
I
Seen
by
Japs
f
i
TOKYO,
April
30
A
Japan-
'
ese
spokesman
says
that
the
Americans
are
establishing
a
huge
base
in
Alaska
from
which
more
than
a
thousand
planes
will
be
used
to
deliver
direct
attacks
orf
Japan.
Intensive
Campaign
Now
Coming
Up
Will
Bring
Great
Events
So
Says
Official
Russian
Newspaper
Berlin
Says
That
Red
Army
Has
Launched
Offensive
MOSCOW,
April
30
(CP)
.
The
Soviet
government
newspaper
Izvestia
said
today
that
the
coming
month
will
see
"the
beginning
of
an
intensive
summer
land
campaign
which
may
well
decide
the
outcome
of
the
war."
Not
many
days
separate
us
from
big
events,"
an
editorial
said.
Russian
airmen
are
reported
to
have
destroyed
116
BULLETINS
LIFT
BUILDING
BAN
OTTAWA
The
ban
on
private
house
building
on
the
Pacific
coast
may
be
lifted
soon,
there
being-
indications
that
a,
reason
able
supply
of
lumber
may
become
available.
ALLIES
CONTINUE
ATTACK
LONDON
British
and
American
planes
continued
to
sweep
over
France,
Holland
and
Belgium
yesterday.
Two
American
planes
were
reported
missing.
DUTCjH
BEING"
INTERNED
LONDON
Hundreds
and
perhaps
thousands
of
Dutch
war
veteran
'are
.
being
takrh
from
their
homes
by
the
Nazi
authorities
for
internment.
ULTIMATUM
TO
MINERS
WASHINGTON
Tre
s
i
d
e
n
t
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
ordered
soft
coal
miners
to
return
to
work.
If
they
fail
to
do
so,
he
will
exercise
his
authority
as
commander
in
chief.
It
is
suggested
that
troops
may
be
used
and
the
mines
taken
over.
The
President
appealed
to
the
men
"as
friends"
to
resume
work.
-i,
-
PREMIER
RESIGNING
BELFAST
Resignation
of
Pre
mier
Andrews
of
North
Ireland
is
expected.
Sir
Basil
Brook,
minister
of
commerce,
may
be
his
successor.
ATTU
IS
SHELLED
WASHINGTON
United
States
naval
vessels
are
reported
to
have
dumped
shell
after
shell
into
the
Japanese
installations
at
Attu.
Weather
has
been
too
bad
for
further
aerial
attack.
STILL
AT
DEADLOCK
No
Signs
Yet
of
Settlement
of
Rest
Period
Dispute
in
Vancouver
Aircraft
Plants
OTTAWA,
April
30
0)
-Bell,
-
Ralph
director
general
of
aircraft
V1
Uic""
"
Z
nectlon
with
the
dispute
between
the
tne
Boeing
Boeing
Aircraft
of
Canada
Limited
and
its
employees
over
rest
period,
said
last
night
that
the
plants
"are
now
closed
and
will
remain
closed
until
such
time
as
enough
employees
to
man
the
plants
are
willing
to
work
In
con
formity
with
the
terms
of
contract."
I
The
plants,
employing
nine
thousand
workers,
closed
on
Wednesday
after
the
workers
took
an
unauthorized
rest
period.
.
Meantime
at
Vancouver
the
workers,
in
meeting,
demanded
the
resignation
of
Bell
as
director
general
of
aircraft
production.
Bell
has
ruled
that
no
rest
period
is
necessary
in
a
eight-hour
day
with
half
an
hour
for
luncheon.
There
Is
also
a
ruling
against
smoking
In
the
Vancouver
plants.
German
planes
In
two
days
flght-
ing
In
the
Caucasus
where
German
dispatches
said
the
Russians
had
launched
an
"expected"
large
scale
attack
In
an
effort
to
throw
the
Nazis
Into
the
Black
Sea.
The
Soviet
remained
silent
about
any
land
offensive
In
the
Caucasus.
IS
DEAD
IN
ROOM
New
Arrival
in
City
Found
Last
Night
Had
Suffered
From
Heart
Trouble
John
Rutherford
Miller,
a
recent
arrival
in
the
city,
who
had
been
employed
as
a
carpenter
,at
the
dry
dock,
was
found
dead
In
his
room,
at
the
Sunstand
Block
last
Algtil"r'$2f8?
Constables
Walker
and
McLeod
of
the
city
police.
He
had
Just
recently
been
discharged
from
Prince
Rupert
General
Hos
pital
where
he
had
been
receiving
treatment
for
heart
trouble.
A
neighboring
roomer
felt
that
some
thing
was
wrong
and
called
the
police.
Deceased
was
67
years
of
age.
HAMPERED
BY
MINES
Importance
of
Latest
Allied
Campaign
in
Baltic
LONDON,
April
30
W
Emphasis
placed
on
mining
operations
In
Baltic
waters
Is
taken
as
indication
of
a
campaign
to
disrupt
German
submarine
training
In
the
Baltic
and
to
Interfere
with
Nazi
preparations
for
the
next
phase
of
war
on
the
eastern
front.
On
Wednesday
night
the
Royal
Air
Force
attacked
the
German
naval
base
of
Wllhelmshafen
and
also
carried
out
unprecedented
mining
operations
in
Baltic
waters,
It
was
announced
yesterday.
The
mission,
after
which
23
bombers
were
missing,
marked
a
resumption
of
large
scale
raids
on
the
continent
after
a
one-night
lull.
Miss
Margaiet
Lamb
arrived
in
the
city
today
from
her
studies
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
to
spend
the
summer
vacation
with
her
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
M.
Lamb.
Wanted
Ten
Sturdy
WOMEN
Pay
67c
per
hour
plus
per
hour
bonus
Apply
In
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