KL IIAKUUK, uci. i .Japanese installations garrison at Wake Island heavily DomDca ana j T..DcH9v tiv n enrnnr u " - fori'c oi ine uimcu owws l'acific fleet, a Navy riven but it was said 1 D' I f. it f r all l " v r force. Pv I Ell' k t n r r iiiiiiii tun.bc of cases coming mrt In September d;.uttcd those of August .. . ..- nf mnnnv tnirprt , . till V. VV City Clerk II. DJ i an explanation acr.v salaries had September to .230. It also in- he intention of kep within Its year. w ; renly to the "3 that an ln- ry srhcdule is now '.hat the board t"P within iU budget - t.. 3 ,hree additional year, rt will be ex- I 1 rxn John Dill V n ""'M' Wl. I Oil L- -ma British gen- cr :-Tir- Rationed with - - at Washington, Is I'tr r,:ver today. On Jy hf ":..:d the Canadian i;- drill trnlnlnir at. 1' and Ciurtenav nn Van. Women anted WAL SHIPYARD Quires Women ,0 train as. Welders Apply National Selectiv rvicc AF !)() True, Prince Rupert had thead- of being two days I closer in travelling time to the ' liber 142 cases came 0ricnt but that dld not neces. magistrate, and the sarlIy mcan that 0rlentai trade jkca in fines was would be eas,ly dlTerted from w ii 75 cases ap-.Z i i wa. taken in. i ambling houses last v; u a large num-... were taken Into : l r aed small fines t great increase c this year $11,-aken in in fines. ri in September 1 $1095, and the f - for the first .-. of" that year was 1 J C 1 enftrs aamrv rease Queried the channels of the past. Nevertheless, Capt. Armitage saw a finer Prince Rupert after the war. As an outsider, however, he discreetly made some sugges tions about keeping the city neater and cleaner that so Mia v un un favorable impressions be created in the ada and Canadians were accom plishing feats of development ln this war second to those of no other nation, Speaking about Whltehorse he told of the old floor of the bank which had been sold for $1 and had yielded some $60,000 ln recovered gold dust, of the de mand for Robert Service books which were unobtainable today but out of which thousands of dollars could be made and of I the historic cabin of Dan Mc Gee being changed from a mu seum to use for living quarters President W. J. Scott was in the chair at yesterday's luncheon and guests, in addition to a good attendance of members, were Breen Melvln, William Stoller and S. J. Jabour. School Board to Co-operate With Ministers' Assn The board of school trustees last night expressed Its willing-1 ness to co-operate with the Prince Rupert Ministerial Association with a view to improving church and Sunday School attendance. The Ministerial Association, through a letter from Its secretary, Rev. A. F. MacSween, asked for permission to distribute through 'the school pupils questlonalrre forms seeking Information as to denominations of families and whether or not the parents attend church and the children Sunday School. This information will lead to fnilmv un activities toy we churches and clergymen. , Members of the board ex pressed themselves as being in sympathy with the idea. Sees Prin .iert as Plastic Manufactu Ventre; Will Not Return to G. Condition Possessing all tht ' A qnd timber constituents in the immediate vie .ince Rupert should be ideally situated as a cv.re for the manufacture, of plastic products which are becoming increasingly general and in which there will, no doubt, be great expansion after the war, Captain Frank Guy Armi- tage, lecturer, traveller, actor, . scholar and newspaperman, declared In speaking before the Prince Rupert Gyro Club at luncheon yesterday. "Centre of a treasure chest" of natural resources, Capt. Ar-mltage felt that Prince Rupert would never go back to the old quiet times of before the war although he did think that local people should not be carried off their feet with too optimistic envisioning of the future. more than $300 , vantage Britain Bombed Attacks in Southeast and East Anglia only Minor London Has Alarm scattered points In September Here Had More Sun shine Than July or August As the year advances the allotted hours of sunshine each month increase ln Prince Rup-eit, the weather record shows. September had more sunshine than either July or August, the months when humanity is conditioned to expect its greatest quota of solar vitamins. Out of 825.8 hours of bright sunshine granted so far this year, 875 were experienced last month, while in August there were only 81. July had 71 hours of sunshine. I September 1942 was pure gold compared with last month, however, for It was blessed with 123.6 hours of sunshine, and the total for the first nine montns was 9055. Rainfall during last month totalled 6.86 inches, and the amount which has fallen so far this year Is 60.36 inches. Lart year September had only 3.52 Inches, and the total to that date was 47.13 Inches. The average temperature for September was 55 degrees, and the maximum of 72 degrees occurred on the eighth. The mercury went down to the minimum of 41 on the fourteenth. The August high was 75 degrees and the minimum was 45. f The barometer high was 30.-375 millimeters jn the sixth, and the low was 29.005 on the twenty-sixth. The maximum wind velocity was 32 miles per hour from the Southeast on the twenty-sixth. W. D. Vance, police -Magistrate, and Mrs. Vance are tonight for Vancouver on St. Louis New York Yanks Up In Series; Win Today It. 2 6 II. 6 8 E. 4 0 NEW YORK, Oct. 7 0) loose with a five-run blast in the eighth inning, New York Yankees downed St. Louis Car dinals six to two in the third tUt of the World Series today before: an all time record series crowd of 99,990 to take a two to one game lead In the 1943 fall classic. The score was six to two Bill Johnson's b!g hit in the , eighth broke up the game with Uhrpp ParH prrnrc fllHncr the . - SM.M CI LONDON, Oct. 7 tf; German " " 7 air raiders dropped bombs at sUlT? OUUt'UCd.&V the night. Activity was mlno; S!ne now 5nl,fts to StKLouis sllfht. damaee nnrf a Kmall num. i SUmed Sunday ber of casualties. London had an air raid alarm as enemy planes approached the city but the alert was over within an hour. ' i -52 "ATROCITY strangers. It should not be per mltted to get the name of being a dirty city. tar A rmlfonA itfiua o rnmk. ling but interesting and uniquely Sto7TI0,,d "f I.I.T,'pa"eSe Cut travels the length and breadth of Canada from Newfoundland to Alaska In the course of en tertaining the forces as a - "- Dick- IS WORST ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Oct. 7 Cutting off of the head of a captured Allied T 6, airman by the Japanese is re ensian Interpreter. He told of corded Alexander Dawes, nair the great new air base at Goose Harbor in Newfoundland, the bower develonment at ShiDsaw the meeting of ln Quebec and of the boom at .iOol trustees last WuuphrirS(, in thp Yukon. Can- by war correspondent, as the "worst single atrocity" of the war to date. Dawes says: "The Jap is not a man. He is a beast." WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER After being handcuffed com pletely in six of the first seven innings by the southpaw rookie. Alpha Brazle, the Yanks took advantage of two bad breaks ln Cardinal defences to come to life suddenly. Before the door was shut they had driven Brazle and his successor, Howard Krist, to the showers and had blasted out five hits to put the game on ice. The switch came just as the most of the folks ln the ball yard were becoming convinced that the Yanks-wef e the fourth frame with Danny Lltwhller, knocking both of them home with a single after. Stan Musial had singled and Whltey Kurowslcy had doubled. The Yanks got one run ln the sixth on Borowy 's double outfield fly and an error by Kurow-sky, one of the two he had made during the day. First Inning Cardinals On second pitch Klein flied to Stairiback. With count one and one Calker doubled. Musial walked. W. Cooper bounced Into double- play, Crosetti to Gordon to Et-ten. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Yankees Stalniback singled. Crosetti sacrificed, Brazle Klein. ' Johnson grounded a vacation trip. They expect to ahead of Keller's throw, moving be away for about two weeks. Musial to third. Sanders was in- ureat nussian ncc v i unensive nnas MOSCOW. Oct. 7 Oi The great offensive westward of the Red Army against the Nazis has come to a general standstill with no activity of any importance reported from any sector today. Teachers' Trip Is Questioned Jaunt South of Brace Micklf-burjh Is Discussed at Board Meeting; The circumstances of the re cent departure of Bruce Mlckle-burgh from his teaching duties King Edward School to at- was a typical Yankee rally. The tend a British Columbia Teach- ers f ederation executive sessicn at Vancouver recently came ln for some critical discussion at last night's meeting of the board of school trustees. The upshot of the discussion was tle ruling that, ln future, when attendance at such, a session , on the part of a teacher Involved absence from teaching j duty, application should be ! made for leave by the Federa- j tipn, sufficient time to arrange for a substitute being given and the approval of the principal being forthcoming. Jn the case referred to last jikrit-JtPPeaX5--thatperniis-i. slon was given to Mr. Mickle- nur,y u0 . ta h b the airman of defeat after winning the opener. board, Jack Deane. ona after Before that the Cards had scored two runs on Hank Borowy in Miss E A. Mercer, the principal, had refused to give her permission, feeling that the trip was unnecessary. There had also been considerable difflcllty on short notice to secure a substitute. Members of the board agreed that the circumstances had been somewhat out of order. Schools Laying In Coal Stock Coal stocks for the coming winter are being laid in at the local schools as deliveries can be made, It was reported at the meeting of the board of school trustees last night. Albert & Mc- tn Caffery Ltd. has been given a to contract to supply the schools Marion who threw to KurowskJ ,'witn coal- ln time to. nab Stainback slid-' ing into third. Johnson was safe at first. Keller fanned on four pitches. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Second Inning Cardinals Kurowskl popped foul to Dickey. Sanders struck out. Lltwhller bounced single off Borowy's left leg and Marlon lifted high fly which Keller cau;iit. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Yankees Lltwhller made spectacular catch of Gordon's liner on first pitch. Dickey rolled to Klein and was thrown out. Etten tapped to Kurowskl and was thrown out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Third Inning Cardinals Brazle struck out Klein dragged a bunt down first base line and fvas thrown out. Walker flied to Llndell. No runs, no hits, no errors, non'e left. Yankees Walker ran far back ln left centre to take Lin-dell's fly. Borowy struck out. Stainback grounded to Marlon and was thrown out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Fourth Inning Cardinals Musial smashed single to left. W. Cooper lifted high pop' fly to Crosetti. Kurowskl shot liner that hlV just inside left field foul line and slid head first into second Wartime Housing School January The school board heard at Its meeting last night that It was expected "that Wartime Housing would have built by January the new school It is to erect in the vicinity of Conrad Street to YUeve school housing con gestlon in the east end of the city owing to Increased indus trial population. Plans for the building are about to be Local Tides Friday, Oct. 8 High 9:07 17.2 feet 21:01 18.7 feet Low 2:15 5.8 feet 14:41 9.1 feet tentlonally walked.' Borowy pitched two balls to Lltwhller who then took strike, fouled off another pitch, then lined single scoring Musial and Kurowskl. On throw to plate Sanders reached third and Lltwhller took second. Marlon was purposely passed, loading bases again. Brazle tapped to Etten. Crossetti came in behind mound to take Klein's bounder and throw him out. Two runs, three hits, no errors, three left. Yankees Crosetti rapped (Continued on page two) Tonight's Dim-out We 65 (Half an hour after (onset to 41 half an hour before sunrise). NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUM ELAPffiNKWSPAPER Na 235 , PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. THURSDAY, (feipEER,?, 42 PRICE FIVE CENTS J I. 1 , y.r : ermans j"ire sacking eternal uty merican Task Force Hits Wake Island HELD EHIT BOMBS One Camp Is Gosed Kelley Logging Company Opera tions on Queen Charlotte Islands Strike-Tied VANCOUVER, Oct. 7 (CP) At least one Queen Charlotte Island spruce logging camp has stopped work in protest against the delay of operators to sign a union agreement, Nigel Morgan, International Woodworkers' of America official said today. Morgan announced stoppage of work at the Skedans Bay camp of the Kelley Logging Co., one of three operators who have refused to sign agreements recognizing the International Woodworkers as the bargaining agency for some seven hundred loggers producing spruce for Warplane construction. Meanwhile Mr. Justice C. I. Richards of Winnipeg is sitting in Vancouver as a Royal Commission to probe the SCHOOL IS PUT FIRST U. S. Places Education Ahead of Jobs for Children - -WASHIHaTON, D.C, Ocl Children under 14 should not be 1 9 J 1 A . 1 . I critical manpower shortage, and youths under 18 should not work more than four hours a day when school Is ln session. This government policy putting school ahead of jebs was laid down for guidance of parr ents and employers ln a joint izenship and for service to the nation. "Likewise, school authorities, employers, parents and other in terested groups should recognize their obligations to safeguard the welfare and physical and Intellectual development of youth." It Is recommended that in tight labor areas, war manpower officials and local school authorities work together to es tablish part-time work and school programs that would help meet the nation's manpower needs and not Interfere with the student's education progress. Standards for working youth set foith in the declaration are: No employment of children under 14. Children 14 and 15 years old should not work more than three hours on school days, or more than 18 hours a week while school Is ln session, or more than 40 hours a week while school Is recessed. Children 16 and 17 should not work more .than fours hours on school days or eight hours on days when school is not ln session. Their work should not total more than 28 hours when school Is in session or more than 48 hours when school is recessed. Students under 16 should not disrupt their regular school Treasures of Rome Are Being Moved to Berlin; May Take Pope Prisoner LONDON, Oct. 7 (CP) The Daily Herald said today that the Germans are looting Rome on a wholesale scale, tearing down pictures, confiscating old masterpieces and art treasures and carrying valuables to their headquarters for transport to Berlin. Quoting a Madrid dispatch, the Herald said that Pope Pius xii has sent secret documents, to his papal nuncios to be opened only If the Germans imprison him. Allied headquarters "in Algiers report that the battle for Rome has begun with the Germans launching powerf ul infantry and armored attacks in the Termolf area along the Adriatic! where the British Eighth Army stands 138 miles east and slightly north of Rome. Allied headquarters announced today that the Germans have shifted an entire armored division from the west and thrown it against the Eighth Army which includes the Canadian First Division. The Eighth has also been reinforced and has beaten off the attacks. Meanwhile Radio France at Algiers said the Anglo-American Army was only three miles from Capua, one of the most Import-; ant centres of enemy opposition ln the advance on Rome. The Fifth Army itself reported dogged progress northward de spite extensive demolitions and heavy raln3 as the Germans uished the task of fortifying Volturno River, twenty miles , ...Jriorth of NaplesLlAlliedj crossing '. 7M6he!tn3?n c tary commonly known as the Calore. Decrease In Permit Issue statement issued by Paul V. Mc-1 77 . Nutt. head of the War Man-' Bulldin J, Permlts ,t0 .amount of $285 were issued at power Commission. Katharine F. Lenroot, head of the United tne city Engineer's office dur-States Children's Bureau, and i ln& the monln of September, as Dr. John W. Studelbaker. United against o,jia jssucq m August, States Commission of Education. Disagreement between the three agencies on what emphasis to give work and Schooling held the statement up beyond the opening date of school ln many sections of the coun try. "The first obligation of school youth," the statement as finally written said, "is to take advantage of their educational op portunities in order that they may be better prepared-lor cit Nazis Take Britons On Kos Island CAIRO. Oct. 7 CD A Brl- 4 tlsh communique acknow- ledged today that German forces had captured a num- ber of landing groups on 4 Kos Island in the Dodocan- 4 ese group of the eastern Mediaerranean but declar- ed that resistance wasxon- 4 tlnulng. The Germans are 4 in control of the town of 4 4- Kos. 4 nRANDE PRAIRIE? 4 , " ? 4 4'4' 44 VAUGI1AI1 IN PEACE RIVER Head of Canadian National Railways Sees Harvesting of Fin Crop. was only along the main tribu- yisitlng the famous Peace River country now in tne miasi oi harvesting a good crop, R. C. Vaughan, chairman and president, Canadian National Railways, passed through Grande Prairie today. He is. proceeding to Dawson Creek, end Of steel of the Northern Alberta Railways, and will inspect a section of the Alaska Highway. On the southward Journey, Friday, he will meet board of trade representatives at Grande Prairie. He 13 accompanied by Value of permits Issued so far 1 directors and executive officers this year totals $337,530 Last year during September tiermits to the value of $20,850 or tne uanaaian wauouw by J. M. MacArthur, general manager of the Northern Alberta u-prp prantpri and the value of 'Railways of which the Canadian nermlts Issued durine the first , Natrona Kanways is a jomt nine months was S490.685. owner. Persons to whom permits were Issued last months are as follows.' W. McLean, Seventh Avenue East, chicken shed, $85. M. Fledset, Sixth Avenue West, reshlngllng, $125. . Mrs. M. Kergin, Second Avenue West, roof repairs, $100. Are Sinking Nazi Ships LONDON, Oct. 7 CP) British submarines, operating ln the .stream. Mediterranean, have sunk six German or German-controlled ships and damaged two others, the Admiralty announced on Thursday. schedule nor be employed In manufacturing. i Employment and age certlfi- cates, consent of parents and evidence of physical fitness I should toe required for all youths under 18. All students should have one day in seven free. Comlblned hours of school and work should not exceed nine' a day-Evening employment should not exceed beyond 10 p.m. The agencies specified that "student 'workers should be compensated at the same wage rates paid adult woorkers for similar Job performance," and advised against the employing of school youth under any conditions when other sources of labor are available. Petersburg Wharf Partially Burned Fire of unascertained origin partially destroyed the wharf at Petersburg, Alaska, at the end of last week, according to word reaching here from that Alaska port. It Is believed to have started in a fishery plant. Vessels moored at the wharf at the time had to move into the LOCAL DRY DOCK SHIP YARD REQUIRES MEN Apply National Selective Service A M 8G 1 5 t i 1: