local
Temperature
Tonights
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
atter
sunset
to
Maximum
-
63
.half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
Minimum
48
10:46
pm.
to
4:45
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
kql,
XXXII,
No.
156
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
6,
1943
PRICE.
FIVE
CENTS
ummer
Offensive
Now
Commenced
I.
Uiy
v-uum..
'''H--XmVRedistributi
About
Slowness
oh
rede.
xing
Deferred
Cjovcrnment
Dissatisfaction
at
the
progress
which
was
being
iade
in
having
the
Department
of
National
Defence
palize
and
assume
its
responsibility
to
assist
the
city
i
maintaining
public
utilities
under
heavy
strain
laced
upon
them
due
to
the
added
demands
of
the
Bepariluent
was
uajh
csseu
ciu
committee
of
the
coun-!
1
mating
'j
.
.
.
.
.
mrr
iirerd
to
follow
UD
Wltni"'t
w
o
-
I
no;
.ible
expedition
represen
IT
t
that
lUan:
whlctt
naa
aireaay
Deen
Lde
along
this
line
with
a
view
do
liott
cexns
early
action.
Tnu
iii
-A..-J
An
(ha
sone
he
.smmivite
u&icvu
tu
uv,
Jty
engineer
to
get
out
at
the
Ing
rJcit
po;-ytDie
aaie
an
ap-al;a
of
the
situation
with
es
The
for
sent
to
the
department
seek-
been
a
conference
with
officials
ho
will
have
some
authority
of
ac'
The
co-opcratlon
and
In-
kr
Pilnce
Itupert,
will
also
be
bunhl
and
the
co-ordinating
for
1ml'
"ee
of
the
council
will
meet
must
Paf
ullo
when
he
visits
here
ship
s
w'CK
me
iei-'B
was
t1
that
the
season
was
get-a.;:
a
-
and
that,
if
any
lm-
tovcmr"
were
io
ue
maue,
had
Ipj
:i:a
ue
atuneu
a
omm
p
The
streets
had
been
f
me
In
bad
shape
and
been
i
rs
ce'
tnn
worse
due
to
hard
been
ag!
m
anccuon
wim
ae
t;
takings.
If
some
had
.
i
t
t
J
who
inz
.r
noi.
aone,
iney
woura
o
be
i
a
sable
for
ordinary
ity.
jl'.lan
ufti
it
was
feared.
I
he
whole
discussion
was
i.ught
up
at
last
night's
coun-
cic--:.".!
by
Aid.
Sorenscn
.Hnrort
tthnt
hart
han-
ttre
from
which
there
had'
was
i
no
report
of
late
although
,11
number
of
pressing
problems
of
w.il!:H
it
was
inieresiea
were
Salt..-
solution.
H
seemed
to
pd
Ccrcn
;en
that
matters
were
it
belnj
followed
up
the
way
tev
cSould
be.
Tins
was
a
com
mittee
which
he
felt
should
be
I
.
.
niu..
i
ine
jod
more
man
any
uwiei.
id
cirensen
also
objected
w
his
uvcrnmeat
officials
coming
lung
and
saying
who
they
ould
meet
as
representatives
of
Response
Unsatisfactory
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
pointed
to
hit
'.hat
there
had
been
stuay
aveo
to
such
matters
as
the
i'iiiUes
and
the
attention
of
l.e
authorities
at
Ottawa
had
len
drawn
to
them.
It
might
if
to)
the
city
would
have
to
1
further
in
the
near
future,
any
members
of
the
council
iad
certain
matters
which
they
ill
r.uuld
be
given
attention
fie
committee
was
always
open
all
-suggestions.
The
mayor
ad-
i.iued
that
the
response
of
the
derai
authorities
to
represen
latlons
which
had
been
made
as
not
satisfactory.
The
city
hsmeer
had
been
asked
to
I
repare
aaia
at
me
earnest
foibie
date.
Aid
Black
agreed
that
gov-
officiate
should
not
be
trument
lwed
to
dictate
as
to
what
I
e
preventatives
of
the
city
they
anted
to
see.
That
was
an
old
tame
usually
resorted
to
so
hai
Uiey
could
deal
with
people
Horn
they
could
handle.
This,
ft
course,
might
not
have
been
the
'ase
In
this
Dartlcular
in-
ltar.!!f
Mayor
Watts
stated
that
he
f
as
orrpared
to
insist
that
next
fme
;ur.h
a
conference
was
held
I
w-iuld
be
with
the
full
co-or-
iniaung
commltte
which
con-
of
the
heads
of
standing
emmittces.
In
the
past
there
liad
been
difficulty
on
sonic
oc-
a:.;on
,
m
getting
the
commlt-
fee
together
at
short
notice.
lime
for
Assertion
Aid.
Elliott
felt
it
was
"time
fve
n.'isbrtfrl
ni,pcn1vr
"
The.
ovornment
talked
about
the
lick
of
co-oj)cratlon
from
the
but
did
not
appear
disposed
V
Klve
much
co-operation
lt-
ttt
'Wp
u;nnf
ucHr
onH
rfi
'alr
to
damage
which
they
have
Mune
a.ssprtprl
'tVio
nlrtprmnn
,..w
u.-
"e
United
States
authorities
e
doing
their
share
in
mak
I
akmg
Actio
ium
iiigia
a
iiiet'Ling
roni
Ire
t-
Homo
or
a
Vtat
hirt
-...Bfc
w.w,
occasloned.
It
should
be
Insisted
the
Canadian
government
likewise.
Meantime,
Aid.
El
suggested
that
there
was
work
the
board
of
works
might
do
itself
such
as
the
fill
up
of
holes
In
the
streets.
council
had
been
in
office
six
months
and
little
had
accomplished.
Soon
winter
would
be
here
again
and
some
the
streets
might
be
out
of
commission
altogether,
"The
time
for
action
Is
now,"
Mayor
Watts
agreed.
"The
time
temporizing
has
passed.
We
get
Ottawa
to
-
assume
some
'responsibility."
His
Wor
said
he
would
like
to
see
meeting
of
the
co-ordinating
committee
as
soon
as
possible
Aid.
McKay
felt
that
there
been
some
measure
of
ac
compllshment.
Progress
had
made
in
meeting
the
water
situation.
One
difficulty
had
that
the
council
had
never
a
meeting
with
any
one
seemed
to
possess
author
There
had
been
also
the
ab
sence
of
an
engineer
until
Just
recently.
Aid.
Daggett
felt
that
the
co
ordlnatlng
committee
should
al
reaay
nave
naa
cciwui
"u
matlon.Jiu.lts
possession,
This
no
ume
io
rest,
un
wuici
tnere
were
any
laureis.
xwre
snoulu
DC
an
eaujr
wmcici.G
officials
with
the
full
co-or
dinating
committee
and
a
report
made
to
the
council.
He
suggested
a
meeting
with
Mr.
Pattullo
who
should
be
advisea
what
the
council
thought
the
government
should
do
and
enlist
support
and
influence
In
making
representations
to
relieve
overloaded
streets,
utilities
and
Services.
Aid.
Hills
felt
that
civilians
were
the
principal
sufferers
due
street
conditions.
The
government
had
tough
equipment
which
could
stand
up
where
civilian
equipment
could
not.
The
city
must
keep
pounding
away
anything
was
to
be
accomplished.
Mayor
Watts,
bringing
the
discussion
to
a
close,
expressed
satisfaction
at
the
Interest
and
comment
of
the
council.
After
the
co-ordinating
committee
consisted
of
50
per
cent
of
the
members
of
the
council.
It
was
agreed
to
hurry
up
the
eettlne
out
of
Information,
other
conference
with
,ho
fPHPral
authorities
and
en-
...
fh.
rn.ni,Prat
bn
of
Mr.
Pat
tullo.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Cincinnati-Boston
(double-
"header,
postponed).
Pittsburgh
8-0,
New
York
4-9.
St.
Louis
2-4.
Philadelphia
45-3
Chicago
3-2,
Brooklyn
6-8.
American
League
Philadelphia
2-7,
Cleveland
1-0
New
York
3-8,
St.
Louis
2-5.
Washington
3-6.
Detroit
10-4.
noston
2-6,
Chicago
4-1.
Internal
lonal
League
Montreal
2-0,
Buffalo
5-3.
Newark
2-5,
Jersey
City
5-2.
Baltimore
4-2,
Syracuse
7-4.
Toronto
9-5,
Rochester
3-2.
American
Association
Kansas
City
2-1,
Milwaukee
4-6.
Indlanopolls
3-3,
Louisville
2-7
Columbus
1-7.
Toledo
3-0.
St.
Paul
!5-6,
Minneapolis
3-2.
Coast
League
Hollywood
0-2,
Sacramento
3-3
Portland
2-1,
San
Francisco
3-2
Oakland
1-2,
San
Diego
10-4,
Seattle
2-2,
Los
Angeles
16-1.
,fA,
July
6
Vh
The
'
of
Commons
on
Mon-
f
?
approved
a
resolution
.illng
for
an
amendment
to
the
British
Norm
Amer-
ica
Act
to
defer
until
the
end
of
the
war
redlstrlbu-
tion
of
house
representa-
tlon
on
the
basis
of
the
1941
census.
URGED
TO
QUIT
WAR
i
"
'
Italian
Canadians
Make
Appeal
To
the
People
of
Homeland
VANCOUVER.
July
6
The
provincial
committee
of
Italian
Canadians
calls
upon
the
people
of
Italy
to
abandon
the
war.
free
themselves
from
Fascism
and
Nazism
and
march
to
free-dom
and
victory
with
the
United
Nations.
I
Remand
For
Theft
Case
The
case
of
John
Waseluk,
alleged
to
have
taken
$100
from
Koloman
Halper
In
a
room
of
a
local
hotel
during
the
weekend,
was
remanded
for
eight
days
by
Police
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
Police
'Court
yesterday.
RAIDS
ON
GERMANY
Allied
riancs
Continue
Their
Attacks
on
Other
Side
of
English
Channel
LONDON.
July
6
0'-
Allied
planes,
Including
many
squadrons
of
fighters,
roared
over
the
Channel
toward
the
French
coast
today
as
Berlin
radio
re
ported
raids
on
Germany
last
night
by
British
bombers.
There
were
no
immediate
British
announcements
concern
ing
the
night's
activities
but
a
Berlin
broadcast
asserted
that
enemy
planes
Carried
out
"nuisance
raids"
over
western
and
northern
Germany.
Would
Require
Public
Tenders
Notice
of
Motion
Given
by
Aid.
Daggf'tt
at
City
Council
Meeting
Last
Night
Aid.
II.
M.
Daggett
presented
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
a
notice
of
motion
requiring
that,
,in
the
purchasing
of
materials
for
any
de
partment
of
the
city
or
In
tne
awarding
of
any
contracts
in
excess
of
$50
public
tenders
be
called
through
the
press
and
by
posting
on
the
City
Hall
bulletin
board,
the
tenders
to
be
opened
In
public
session
of
the
council.
t
t
400
Canines
In
t
t
Prince
Rupert
The
dog
population
of
Trincc
Rupert
consists
of
four
hundred,
the
pound
keeper,
John
Unwln,
ad-
vised
the
city
council
in
a
4
rciwrt
last
night.
Three
4
hundred
male
canines
have
been
licensed
this
year
and
twenty-two
females
and
there
are
others
that
have
yet
to
be
.collected
for.
So
far
this
year
dog
taxes
to-
4-
tailing
$712
'
have
been
col-
lected.
'
.
'
.
'
'
4-
.
WAR
NAZI
OFFENSIVE
STARTS
The
lons-expected
summer
offensive
of
the
Germans
in
Russia
has
been
commenced
along;
a
front
between
Orel
on
the
north
and
Khaikov
on
the
south.
With
fiercest
fighting-
in
the
Orel,
Kursk
and
Belgorod
area,
all
the
principal
German
attacks
are
claimed
by
the
Russians
to
have
been
repulsed.
Moscow
admits
success
of
only
one
Nazi
break-through,
this
penetration
being
about
550
yards
between
Orel
and
Kuisk
where
Russian
defences
were
pierced.
Large
artillery,
tank
and
infantry
assaults
have
been
made
by
the
Nazis
who
have
suffered
heavy
losses
738
of
their
tanks
being
knocked
out,
203
planes
shot
down
and
3,000
Germans
killed
in
one
area
alone
with
other
thousands
elsewhere.
The
front
of
the
new
offensive
extends
from
200
miles
below.
Moscow
to
50
miles
north
of
Kharkov.
NAVAL
BATTLE
IN
SOLOMONS
A
naval
battle
between
American
and
Japanese
warships
in
Kula
Gulf
in
the
New
Georgia
area
of
the
South
Pacific
is
indicated
without
details"
being
given.
General
Douglas
Mac-Arthur's
headquarteis
announced
an
air
raid
on
Salamaua
in
which
many
Japanese
buildings
were
destroyed.
There
have
also
been
further
attacks
on
Munda
in
the
central
Solomons.
ARREST
Conspiracy
in
Connection
With
National
Selective
Service
At
Toronto
TORONTO,
July
6
(CP)
R.
A.
Iiwin,
division
registrar
of
the
mobilization
section
of
National
Selective
Service,
and
and
three
other
men
were
ar
rested
today
by
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
on
charges
of
conspiracy.
Others
arrested,
were
Robert
A.
Allen,
former
Toronto
alderman
and
former
Member
of
Parliament
for
Toronto-Riverdaje,
Naiffe
LStephens
anlTNormarsTe'
phens,
'brothers.
The
four
are
charged
with
conspiiing
to
impede'
national
selective
service
regulations,
the
charges
being
said
to
arise
out
of
deferments
from
military
service.
Forty
men
,
of
military
age
are
alleged
to
have
obtained
deferment
and
may
be
charged
as
deliquents
failing
to
repott
for
service.'
NEW
JUDGE
APPOINTED
OTTAWA,
July6
0
Mr.
Just-Ice
Harold
B.
Robertson,
puisne
Judge
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
British
Columbia
for
a
decade,
has
been
appointed
Judge
of
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal,
succeeding
the
late
Mr.
Justice
McQuarrie,
It
was
announced
today.
Successor
to
Mr.
Justlce'.Rpb-ertson
on
the
Supreme
Court
bench
Is
A.
D.
MacFarlane
K.
C.
of
Victoria.
MAYOR
OF
NEW
YORK
TO
VISIT?
It
was
reported
this
afternoon
but
not
officially
confirmed
that
Mayor
Florella
LaGuardla
of
New
York
would
pay
a
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
In
the
course
of
a
coast
.tour.
POTENTIAL
TECHNIQUE
LONDON,
July
0
-
The
freight
loaded
glider
recently
towed
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
In
a
successful
test
of
"sky
train"
technique
opens
up
great
possibilities
In
air
transport,
the
Air
Ministry
said
yesterday.
Two
of
the
four
pilots
in
the
experiment
were
Canadians.
Tlie
glider,
loaded
with
vaccines
for
Russia
and
radio,
aircraft
and
motor
parts,
was
towed
by
a
twin-engined
transport,
com-
pleting
the
journey
in
28
hours.
NEWS
Col.
Knox
i
In
Seattle
SEATTLE.
Julv
6
Secre-
tary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
is
visiting
Seattle.
"The
tide
of
war
has
turned
In
our
favor,"
Col.
Knox
said
In
referring
to
the
Pacl-
fic
offensive
and
the
lib-
eratlon
of
North
Africa
"but
we
will
fight
on
until
vie-
tory
is
ours,
wholly
and
un-
conditionally."
4-
4'
4
4'4'
Bulletins
TWO
M.P.'S
KILLED
LONDON
Two
British
members
of
Parliament
lost
their
lives'in
the
same
plane
crash
that
cost
the
life
of
Premier
Sikorsky
of
Poland.
"One
of
the
heaviest
blows
the
Allies
have
received,"
Prime
Minister
Churchill
said
in
commenting
on
the
death
of
Sikorsky.
Deputy
Michaeliv
succeeds
Sikorsky.
The
Berlin
radio
charges
that
Sikorsky
was
murdered
by
British
secret
agents.
SLAYING
OF
UKRAINIANS?
BERLIN
The
Berlin
radio
has
started
another
propaganda
story
about
the
finding
of
the
bodies
near
Kiev
of
one
thousand
Ukrainians
who
were
Slain
by
the
Russian
police
between
1938
and
1941.
.TROUBLE
IN
ISLANDS
LONDON
The
governor
of
the
Nazi-occupied
Grecian
island
of
Rhodes
is
reported
to
have
been
murdeied.
There
are
riots
among
starving
people
in
the
Dodoeanese
islands.
Wants
Place
For
Sandwich
Counter
Mrs.
O.
Pfelfer
appeared
be-
fore
the
city
council
last
night
'
asking
for
an
explanation
as
to
why
she
was
not
allowed
to
open
a
sandwich
counter
on
property
she
owns
on
Ninth
Avenue
West
when
laundries,
a
store
and
a
chop
suey
house
were
already
permitted
there.
Mrs.
Pfelfer
also
complained
about
being
unable
to
obtain
a
sewer
connection.
Mayor
Watts
replied
that
the
zoning
bylaw
prevented
the
granting
of
permission
for
the
sandwich
counter
in
that
area.
The
other
businesses
there
had
been
established
before
the
zoning
bylaw.
The
matter
of
the
sewer
would
be
gone
'Into
by
the
public
works
department.
Mrs.
Pfelfer
Inquired,
as
to
the
possibility
of
renting
the
old
civic
reading
room
for
the
sandwich
counter
but
was
In
formed
It
was
to
be
used
for
a
public
convenience.
Long-Looked
For.
Drive
By
Nazis
on
Russians
Seems
Now
Under
Way
JAP
FLEET
DRAWN0UT
At
Least
This
Objective
is
Accomplished
in
Dattle
off
Solomons.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
July6
CB
Official
reports
of
a
naval
battle
in
the
central
Solomons
indicated
today
that
the
South-Pacific
offensive
is,
rapidly
gaining
one
'of
its
most
important
(objectives
that
of
forcing
the
Japanese
Navy
to
come
out
and
fight.
Even
in
the
absence
of
word
that
the
major
forces
were
engaged
In
battle,
it
was
regard
ed
as
of
great
significance
for
it
showed
that
the
Japanese
felt
compelled
to
accept
the
challen
ge
and
risk
at
least
a
part
of
the
south
Pacific
Fleet
in
an
effort
to
check
the
American
advance.
The
Navy
announce
ment
merely
said
that
a
battle
was
In'
progress
In
Kula
Gulf
north
of
New
Georgia
Island.
The
Navy-reported
today,
on
A
1
1
i
I
me
oasis
oi
inpmpieve
wim
-
;
matlon
that
United
States
naval
j
lorces
naa,
apparently,-
causes
,
the
Japanese
very
heavy
damage;
ui
tnewitueprr
Kuia,Quy.JJe
-
tails
of
the
action,
fought
yesterday
and
apparently
all
over
now,
stin
-ere
lacking
but
there
was
no
.disposition
In
authora-tive
quarters
to
consider,
it
a
major
encounter
wjth
decisive
bearing
on
the
Solomons
campaign.
The
impression
prevailed
rather
that
it
was
an
action
between
fairly
light
surface
forces
of
cruisers
and
destroyers.
At
the
same
time
the
Navy
announced
that
the
United
"States
destroyer
Strong
was
torpedoed
land
sunk
Sunday
night
while
engaged
in
a
previously
announced
bombardment
of
Jap
anese
bases
at
Vila
and
Bairoko
on
Kula
Gulf
which!
lies
be
tween
New
Georgia
Island
and
Kolombangars
Island
in
the
Muhda
air
base
area.
BIG
BLOWS
UPON
ITALY
US
SOLD
Allies
Keep
up
Intensive
Aerial
Attack
on
Sicily
and
Sardinia
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
'
NORTH
AFRICA,
July
6
Allied
air
forces
which
shot
down
30
German
fighters
struck
paralyzing
blows
at
Axis
resistance
yesterday
In
battles
for
air
supremacy
over
Sicily
and
Sardinia,
It
was
announced
today.
A
smashing
aerial"
offensive
against
Italian
outpost
Islands
went
through
the
third
straight
day
wlth
bombers
roaring
over
Qerblnl,
Marsala,
Llcata,
Sclacca
an(i
catanla
in
Sicily
and
Vil-
lacidrd
in
Sardinia,
all
bases
for
defending
Axis
aerial
fleets.
More
than
60,
bombers
based
in
the
Middle
East
Joined
In
devastating
raids
shaking
Messina
In
Sicily
with
nearly
375,-000
pounds
of
bombs.
Halifax
Disaster
HALIFAX,
July
6
ffli
Eighteen
men
wero
believed
drowned
when
a
freighter
collided
with
a
tug
in
Bed-
4'
ford
Basin
nere
today.
f
Germans
Trying
With
Tanks
and
Infantry
to
Break
Soviet
Lines
in
MOSCOW,
July
6
(CP)
Vicious
German
thrusts
by
an
armored
division
accompanied
by
infantry
have
been
flung
back
with
heavy
losses
along
a
165-mile
front
from
OreL
to
Belgorod,
a
Russian
communique
reported
today,
as
the
long-expected
Nazi
summer
offensive
moved
into
its
second
day.
Despite
terrific
destruction
to
armored
i
units,
amounting
In
some
cases!
"
'
to
50
per
cent
of
their
total
strength,
the
Nazi
army
kept
boring
into
the
heavily
defended
Russian
positions.
In
only
Isolated
sectors
have
they
managed
to
penetrate
the
Russian
defence
lines,
the
Red
Army
dispatch
said.
BIG
EVENT
C0MINGUP
To
Hold
Carnival
August
23
to
28
to
Raise
Funds
for
Civic
Centre
M
a
meeting
held
last
nlght
,n
the
oflce
of
Georie
Rori.
lald
to
hold
a
civic
centre
carnl?al
to
1
nlsi
fjnd3
for
the-DroDosetf
Civic
Centre
building.
Dates
for
the
carnival
were
tentatively
set
for
August
23
to
28.
Under
the
chairmanship
of
T.
Norton
Youngs,
committee
leaders
were
appointed
to
organize
the
carnival
as
follows:
A.
D.
Armstrong,
finance
committee.
Len
Griffiths,
house
committee.
William
Lambie
and
Douglas
Stevenson,
publicity.
Jack
Ray,
personnel.
A.
Dominato,
concessions.
William
Stone
and
T.
W.
E,
Henry,
purchasing.
Stanley
Seville,
carnival
queen.
George
Rorie
acted
as
secretary
at
last
night's
meeting.
BUILDING
Mrs.
McCIymont
Purchasing
Mc-Intyre
Block
From
City-Repairs
to
be
Made
The
city
council,
on
recommendation
.of
the
finance
committee,
last
night
accepted
an
offer
from
Mrs.
J,
McCIymont,
acting
on
behalf
of
a
client,
to
purchase
the
old
Mclntyre
Block
property
on
Third
Avenue
for
$4,5C0.
Terms
are
one'
third
cash,
one-third
In
six
months
and
the
balance
In
a
year
with
lnferest
it
five
per
cent.
In
making
the
sale
to
Mrs.
McCIymont,
the
city
has
advised
her
that
extensive
structural
repairs
will
have
to
be
made
to
the
building
in
the
Interests
of
safety,
the
sale
being
under
the
condition
that
these
repairs
shall
be
made.
There
was
a
report
from
the
board
of
works
that
the
United
States
authorities
were
no
longer
Interested
In
the
Mclntyre
Block.
Chinese
partners
are
the
actual
purchasers
of
the
building.
Halibut
Sales
American
North,
43,000,
.
29.2c
and
20:,
Royal.
Yukon,
27,000,
29.1c
and
20c,
Storage.
'
Mlddleton.
10,000,
28c
and
20c,
Storage.
Central
Zone
ARRANGING
WOOD
FUEL
Special
Committee
of
City
Coun
cil
Authorized
to
go
Ahead
With
Getting
Out
750
to
1,500
Cords
A
special
committee
of
the
city
of
which
Aid.
H.
M.
Daggett
Is
chairman
was
given
authority
by
the
council
last
night
to
com
plete
negotiations
for
the
cut
ting
under
civic
auspices
of
from
750
to
1,500
cords
of
wood
which
will
be
used
to
relieve
any
fuel
crisis
here
during
the
coming
winter.
Aid.
Daggett
reported
to
the
council
that
tenders
had
already
been
received
and
the
committee
was
-favorably
impressed.
It
was
estimated
that
the
cost
of
wood
delivered
in
stove
lengths-would
not
exceed
$12.50
per
cord.
Sixty
per
cent
would
be
hemlock
and
the
balance
spruce.
Mayor
W
M.
Watts
stated
that
the
city
had
already
agreed
to
advance
$5,000
against
the
wood
stock
pile.
He
wondered
if
this
would
be
sufficient.
Aid.
Daggett
replied
that
no
more
than
$7,500
at
the
outside
would
be
required
in
building
up
a
stock,
of
wood
and.
depending
on
how
the
fuel
moved
out,
there
was
a
possibility
that
no
substantial
cash
outlay
from
the
city
would
be
required
at
all.
.
In
any
event,
the
mayor
added,
there
was
a
Dominion
government
guarantee
to
pay
up
any
balance
In
the
summer
of
1944i
Aid.
Robert
MacKay
wanted
to
know
where
the
wood
would
be
stored
and
who
would
be
in
charge.
He
was
informed
that
this
and
the
delivery
would
all
be
handled
by
the
contractor.
The
city
would
only
receive
the
orders.
CANCELLING
OF
LEAVES
All
Armrd
Forces
in
Italy
Be
ing
Held
in
Readiness
LONDON,
July
6
05
London
morning
newspapers
today
quo
ted
the
Berlin
radio
as
announcing
that
leaves
for
all
armed
forces
In
Italy
had
been
cancelled.
LANDINGS
IN
JUNE
Catch
in
1913
is.
Considerably
Less
Than
Previous
Year
Total
halibut
'landings
in
Prince
Rupert
for
June
were
2,-921,000
pounds
of
which
1,223,-'
000
were
American
and
1,698,000
were
Canadian.
Landings
for
the
same
month
last
year
totalled
4,106,500,
with
2,387,000
from
American
boats
and
1
.779J500,
from
Canadian.
The
difference
in
the
totnl
catches
In
June,
1942
and
1943
amounted
to
1,245,000
pounds.
I