EXXII, No. 180 ep Up :ilian Ivance Progress Is Being Made further Rains Against Axis fcD HEADQUARTERS IN AFRICA, August 3 0) l:i..aians capiureu jicgui- li .-rrday to breach the a line of the Axis de-:lly and the Amerl- bui:d the Germans from and Ceraml In a decls- cnJve IX was announced an divisions backed into "Cap Don," reeling un-j l aUacics by Allied luavily supported from A: the Americans bat-? wrakenlng northern ,h; Britwh Eighth Army a ufotantial bridge- r ii of the Dlttalno Riv- "d the western end r:,.a Plain. Mi." :cr Churchill told i C immons In Lon lai Americans nad bi ' Tiiclna, ten mile."! a which fell last i 'hp British had r.'unpe about five i R'albuto which l.i ,hR shadow of ; Mi Churchill said It l: .i there had oeen r 'ampalgn last week tzi been utilized In l,t iarne reinlorcej- mmunlque broad-Rame radio said BirJ . forces struck I t'.. vesterdav and " ' in's In southern ILYIS ICUSSED tM of Sicily Is Obvious, Mackcruic King ' res Iascist Co Manse IWA Au" 3 W Prime Mackenzie King In a vt p-rvj of the war ft n:-ht "It Is possible fill experience comDlete nd oelal collapse." Prime Minister said "It is ci-ar that the com mit arv conauest ami oc- c Drily is only a mat- lime Chinese Suddenly Sella a -?d Chlnpsp named a suddenly of nat- : ye:terday at Sunn-ular, , on his aee. n nnr? rrMi ni Hnn ft UVHIlahln fhla tnnrn- 0! will be brought to Mw for burial. nted Men id Women Handle Fish jndard Rates of Pay My In person to Radian fish ?OM) STORAGE ; COMPANY DAMAGE AWESOME Eye-witness Account of Havoc Wrought by Bombs in KUmania Oil Area ISTANBUL, Aug. 3 d Ruma nian and German fire-fighting services are battling a great fire which has raged In the entire petroleum area near Ploestl which was hit Sunday by American bombers, according to first eye-witness .accounts 'reaching Turkey today. The account came In a telephone conversation with an eye-witness who was in near hysteria and obviously awed by terrific destruction which had been Inflicted. He said the fires were the biggest he had ever seen anywhere. POUNDING HAMBURG No Let-up in Attack on Already i Devastated German Port and Industrial City LONDON,, Aug. 3 (CP) A great fleet of the biggest bombers of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force returned to battered Hamburg last night and gave that once thriving Geiman port its eighth pounding in ten days to break all records for sustained attacks upon a single target. A large number of Canadian bombers took part. Fires set in the last assault on Hamburg Thursday night "were stfy burning as t nr. Roy I Air Force and the Canadians swept over the city to add to havoe created by some 8,000 tons of bombs dropped in seven previous raids. Thirty bombers were lost in the assault which was catTied out in great force, being accompanied by attacks upon other objectives in northwest Germany. LOG SCALE FOR MONTH Total Was 25,015,200 Board Feet, Most of it Being in Spruce Log scaling in Prince Rupert forestry district for the month of July this year aggregated 25.-045209 board feet of which 38.-717 board feet was fir, 2,474,188 board feet cedar, 15,285,218 board feet spruce, 6,312.287 board leet hemlock, 616,114 board feet balsam, 277,013 board feet Jackpine and 41,072 board feet miscellaneous, MINISTERS IN PARLEY Government Officials Oppose Kailwaynien's Attempt to Get Wage Boost OTTAWA, August 3 Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell Finance Minister J. L. Ilsley and Prices Board chairman Donald Gordon met the regional chairmen of unions representing the railway running trades lh Montreal last week in an effort to persuade them to drop plans to seek wage increases for 100,000 rallwaymen, it was learned last night. Informed sources said that it was, not known whether the government officials were sue cessful in the argument that a wage increase would endanger the price celling. Preparing For Athlone Visit Acting Mayor Brelt and Aid. Arnold to be in Charge of Arrangements A civic committee consisting of Acting Mayor W. II. Brett and Aid. Norah Arnold will handle arrangements In connection with the visit to Prince Rupert qf the Oovernor General and Princess Alice from August 14 to 20; The city council last night, after hearing the official communication of the forthcoming visit, decided that such a committee should be named. The vice-regal party will arrive here on the night of August 14 by train. Sunday morning Their "Excellencies'" wilt attend service at St. Andrew's Anglican Cathedral. They desire to meet members of the city council and their wives on the Monday and will visit defences that day. Tuesday will toe spent with Royal Canadian Air Force units. Wednesday and Thursday will be open days. It has been requested that entertainment be kept to a minimum. Accompanying the Governor General and Princess Alice will be Miss Vera " Orenfell, Flight Lieutenant O'Brien and A. D. Redfern, secretary. Arrangement To Run Isolation Hospital Made The city council last night, on recommendation of the health committee, adopted an arrangement whereby the isolation hospital will be operated on a cost basis by the Prince Rupert General Hospital until the end of this year. Considerable improve- ments to the Isolation hospital Production of Doles and piling I premises have been carried out in the interior totalled 178,082 , by the city. lineal 'feet of which 171,772 feet was cedar and 4,730 feet hem-'ri , Cv . lock with 1,580 lineal feet mis- iLUSlOHlS-i-iXCISe tellaneous. I Jackpine ties to the number of 10,439 were counted and 224 cords of cordwood. Contract Let For Work At Reading Room No bids were received by the city for alterations to the public reading room building to convert it' Into a public convenience so Mitchell & Currle, who gave an original estimate of $2,-278.50 and will now do the work for $2,500 In spite of the fact that materials have since advanced In price, will be asked to carry out the work. A recom mendation to this effect from the utilities committee was adopted at last night's meeting of the city council. It is unlike ly, however, that' the contract ors will be able to undertake the Job for some time. Revenue Higher Collections so Far In 1913 are Twenty-five Per Cent Higher Than 1912 Customs and excise revenue at the port of Prince Rupert for ikn mnntVi nf .Tlilv this vpnr fn- V L - -- lMk If'- I 'ocal Temperature Tonight's Dim-out 61 If iaxlmum linlraura 51 (Halt an hour "alter sunset to One Week Vacation With Pay Dry Dock Employees With High Work Attendance Record to, Get Week Off With Pay f Employees of the local Dry Dock, who have worked three hundred days -In the 365 day period between certain set dates in 1942 and 1943, are eligible for and can claim one week's leave with full pay, it was announced by the management of the yard to the employees yesterday. The 365-day period In which the qualifications for leave wltt pay are calculated runs irom June 16, 1942, to June 16, 1943j and only employees who have worked 300 days In that period or persons who have been given leave of absence, for legitimate ' reasons such as sickness or other- reasons beyond their control,' are eligible, the announcement said. , The moVe is clearly designed to encourage working attend ance among employees and aims at an average indivudual at tendance of 25 days per month. The one week holiday with pay will not Infringe on the reg ular two-week regular holiday allowed workers who have been employed for a year but may be included In It, It was stated. The management reserves the right to set the date for each worker's leave so that his absence will least interfere with production. .-..it I..H.I-. -'. 'Ad Not Taking Chlorinator City Council Refuses to Accept Delivery Since Order Was Not Authorized The city council, In commit tee of the whole last night, de cided not to accept delivery of hypo-chlorlnator equipment for the Mount Oldfleld auxiliary water system. Notification was received of the equipment being shipped to the city. However, there was , some uncertainty as to who was responsible for ordering the equipment, the coun cil taking the stand that It had not authorized the order. The Mount Oldfleld chlorlna-tlon plant Is not to be' confused with the equipment for the main city water system from Woodworth Lake installation of which Is to be carried out by federal authorities. Communications received by the city regarding the installa tion of chlorinating equipment were recently discussed by the co-ordinating committee of the city council with W. G. McKay and Capt. Baty, who are here to make a survey of the water and sewer situation for the federal government, and the city clerk was authorized to advise the interested companies that the city assumed no responsibility In connection witl their installation or operation. British War tailed $49,734.95 as compared I akmnf IVInnf ...hj, n451.17 in t.hp Kinw.vaWUW.1 lflUCL V t I'll - - month last year. So far this year the collections have amounted to $414,717.58 as compared With $310,646.84 in the first seven months of 1942. LONDON, August 3 The Bri tish war cabinet met In emerg ency session last night to con sider new war developments. local anticipation for some time went into effect last night, J. R. Morlson, postmaster sajd today. This means that towns along the Canadian National line will have the time saving benefit of which has Been the subject of the pre-sorting 01 mall by rail- MUNDAT0 FALL SOON ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN 60UTHW1N3T PACIFIC, August 3 American forces have advanced 500 to 1200 yards in a drive on the Japanese atr base at Munda, New Georgia Island, an Allied communique said today. This would bring the Americans within 700 to 1400 yards of the strategic air base. Allied fighters shot down eleven Zero planes over New Oulnea. Allied bombers set fire to a Japanese destroyer off New Bri tain and off the Solomons set fire to an enemy transport, and hit a tanker. Stranger Is Back la Court Second Appearance of John R. II. Coldwell Has Different Results For one who has been in town less than a week John R. II. Coldwell has developed an unusual familiarity with the city lock-up. Coldwell made his debut in city police court before Magistrate Vance last Wednes- iay charged with vagrancy. At his hearing he was very explan atory and apologetic over,' what he- claimed to be his first ap- igear.aiKJrrnyH3olicaourt;.H had, he said, arrived in town from Trail on the morning of his downfall and climatic differences had caused him to mistake an extreme hunger for a great thirst. Consequently, he had tossed off a few foaming beers in place of a solid mal. He had just been released from the Veterans' Guard for health reasons, he said, and he had been an officer In the last war. Apparently touched by the tribulations of a worthy man, Magistrate Vance fined him $10, or in default, the time he had already spent in the city Jail, which was one night, and no doubt, a more comfortable night than he would have spent had he been allowed to remain lying on the cold tiling of a hotel entrance where the police picked him up. Yesterday morning, apparently still unable to become acclima- NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT3 B.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1943 Hied Peace Ter ms t 7 l iiiArrn VANLUUVLKKorman r"Mi?i7nrMnrl VJCl 1 1 1 CI 1 1 Post-War Plan for Shipbuilding In British Columbia VANCOUVER, August 3 (CP) A post-war plan for workers in the British Columbia shipbuilding industry will be drafted by the conference of shipyard unions which opened last night. Delegates from all shipbuilding points in the province, including Prinre Rupert, will also discuss during Tuesday and Wednesday questions of mutual collaboration. Prince Rupert delegates attending the conference from Local 4 of the Boilermakers' and Iron Shipbuilders' Union are H. S. Harrison, president, and ' J. Nlcoll, recording CLOSING ON OREL Soviet Army Captures Two Main Roads Axis Suggests City Proper Has Been Penetrated MOSCOW, August 3 Red Star reports today that the So viet Army has captured two main roads leading from Bol-khov south to Orel and southwest to Karachev, threatening German communications with Bryansk and leaving them only one unmenaced highway from the base southwest to Dmlt- jp.YSk,... ....... Clarification of Oeiman broadcasts last night which seemingly admitted Russian penetration Into Orel proper was contained in a German communique which said Russian forces attempted to break through southwest of Orel but were headed off. City Employees Seek Increases Applications for Higher Wages Being Referred to National War Labor Board Applications have been received from several employees of the city for Increase In wages and this matter has. been taken up with the War Labor Board, the city council was advised by tlzed, Coldwell appeared in cltyltne "nance committee last night police court again, this time charged with drunkenness. This time no consideration ofc charity toward a confused stranger touched the magistrate when he .mposed on Coldwell a forthright sentence of $25 or seven days In the now familiar city Jail. Sewer Line Is, In Bad Shape More Work Than Anticipated In View of General Collapse Of Third Avenue Line , As the civic board of works proceeds with Third Avenue sewer repairs it finds that the line Is in almost general collapse from McBrlde Street to the junction of First,, Second and Third Avenues. Authority was granted by the board 0 worta to the city engineer to continue the repair work further than had been origlnalfo' anticipated. Reservoir To Be Repaired City Council Gives $9,260 Job To Keyes Construction Co. On recommendation of the Canadian half an hour before sunrise). 10:09 pjn. to 5:26 ajn. PRICE. FIVE CENTS To Italy Listed Americans Have Fought To Within 500 Yards of Vital Air Base Version of Terms of Surrender Is Given in Report All Resistance to Allies to Cease as Well as Collaboration With Germany British, American,,' Russian Military Government LONDON, August 3 (CP) DNB German News Agency broadcast of a Geneva dispatch to II Popolo di Roma declared today that President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States had advanced a seven-point armistice proposal to Italy. The Axis account, without confirmation from Allied quarters, listed Halibut Sales Summary American 212,000 pound, 17.5 and 16. Canadian 50,000 pounds, 18.2 and 17 and 16. American Western, 45,000, 174 and d. Booth. Senate, 52,000, 17.5 and Atlln. Metkof, 60,000, 17.5 and Royal and Pacific. Balder, 23,000,. 17.5 and Storage. Nova, 32,000, 17.5 and 16, Stor jage. Lois N., 50,000. 18.2 and 17 and 16, Storage. PRESS FOR NEW SCHOOL 16, 16, 16, 16, City Council Will Offer Its Sup-port to Board of Trustees In Pressing Wartime Housing The city council decided last night to get in touch with the board of school trustees with a view to backing the board up in any representations it may make In regard to speeding up Wartime Housing In a new school building project in the area on the east side of Hays Creek. Aid. Robert McKay brought ice board of works, the city council backing possible last night accepted a tender board in representations along from the Keyes Construction Co. this line was proposed by Aid. for the working of ' gunniting H. M. Daggett, seconded by Aid. walls and floor of the Acropolis Hill reservoir to a depth of four Inches at a cost of $9,260. ' Robert McKay, chairman of the board of works, emphasized that this work was essential to putting the reservoir In first class shape. On recommendations of the finance committee, the salary of C. E. Cullln of the city utilities department has been increased by $15 per month, effective August 1. Six Day Mail Service Now In Effect Full Cars on All Through Trains Will Facilitate Postal Service The slx-day-a-wcek full mall car service on the local line of Canadian National Railways way postal clerks -on six trains 1 One mall car will be carried a week. Previously mall was on each train and twelve postal cafrled In baggage cars on three. clerks w111 be on the run ln trains a week and suffered de- H1 f Prlnce R,uPert- . . . , . This increase ln service lay by having to be sorted at'should greatly faclutate the post., offices at either end of handling of mall at the local the line. post offices, Mx. Morlson says. Robert McKay, and carried. Traffic Danger Is Investigated Situation at Junction of First, Second and Third Avenues Being Looked Into The traffic situation at the Junction of First, Second and Third Avenues, Park Avenue and Biggar ' Place Is being investigated with a view to Instituting control of a dangerous situation there, the city council was advised last night by the police committee. An application from F. T. Balmer to park a house trailer on Eleventh Street has been refused by the city council on recommendation of the health committee. me proposals as ioiiows: First, Italian army and navy to cease all resistance. Second, collaboration with Germany to cease at once. Third, Italian troops In Greece, Albania. France and former Yugoslavia to be with drawn at once. Fourth, war materials to be handed over to the Allies Fifth, Anglo-American-Soviet military government to be established In Italy until the end of operations. Arrest of all war criminals. .Release of all Allied war pris oners on Italian soil. HARLEM IS QUIETNOW Order Restored In Negro Borough of New York After Serious Disorders NEW YORK, August 3 Qi appeared to be restored in Harlem last night after an outbreak of rioting that resulted In the- deaths of five negroes. Injuries to 543 persons, 500 arrests, and property damage estimated at $5,000;000. Within minutes after a- curfew was clamped down at 10:30 last night sidewalks were clear of virtually all persons except Pol and volunteers patrolling the. matter up with an inquiry I the deDrls strewn streets. as to wnat the latest information on the proposed Wartime Housing School project might be. Aid. II. M. Daggett said that a Hays Cove Avenue site had been rejected but the Sandpit on Conrad Street was now being considered. Aid. Thomas Elliott saw where it was. likely children would be turned away from school this year as there would be no accommodation lor them. It would be a tragic situation if children had to "be turned away from school, Aid. J. S. Black felt. Immediate steps should be taken to ascertain what Wartime Housing proposed to do. A motion that the council give all to the school Local Boys Doing Well Prince Rupert Sea Cadets Are Prominent in Camp at Comox Vancouver Island Local Sea Cadets, eighty strong, ln camp at Comox, Vancouver Island, are having a wonderful time and making a good showing, it is to be gathered ln a letter received by K. M. Wlnslow, president of the local branch of the Navy League of Canada, from Lieut. Commander Alex Mitchell. Officers of the local unit are taking a prominent part ln camp administration although there aro cadets from other cities of the province ln attendance. Lieut. Commander Mitchell is examining officer for the camp, Lieut. Owyn Holtby, training officer, Lieut. Sid Alexander sports officer, Lieut. Edward Dawes, gunnery officer, and Lieut. Ned Tobey, accounting officer. The local boys have been complimented on the appearance on parade and the band has made an especially good impression. The local boys won fim New Westminster in a football game, the score being three to nothing. The training routine Includes gunnery, field drill, signalling, seamanship, boating and lectures. , The Prince Ttupert cadets are due home next Sunday night.