Commander-in-Chief
Lands
at
Sicily
W
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in
AFRICA,
JUly
13
Gen-
a
.on
operations
on
'
invading
armies
if
they
had
been
of
w
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landed
from
a
ai
one
of
the
beach-
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arh
had
been
taken
by
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colonel
and
was
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he
encountered
Capt.
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cruel
lieutenants
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are
the
gene
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Sir
Harold
Al-
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W
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I'rime
Minister
is
Ex
ted
to
Make
Address
Shortly
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ucdoyere
has
orcaniz-
ncip
servicemen's
wives
'heir
new
babies.
Called
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to
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clothing
and
equin-
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coming
babies.
The
"Stamp
Out
the
U-boat"
Irlve
Is
now
under
way
in
Prince
Rupert.
This
drive
to
promote
the
sale
of
war
savings
stamps
concentrates
upon
the
nrovldlng
of
depth
charges.
Each
depth
charge
costs
$90
and
prince
Rupert
has
been
asueo.
to
finance
thirteen
of
them.
A
special
chart
has
been
provided
whereby
every
purchaser
of
$i
In
war
savings
stamps
may
sign
his
name
to
a
message
to
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
and
the
chart
with
the
names
of
the
nurchasers
will
accompany
the
depth
charge
to
the
Canadian
ship
so
that
the
men
of
the
navy
will
know
who
paid
for
the
depth
charges
they
are
using,
Local
retail
stores
are
co
operating
hi
this
drive
ana
Canada
15,000
depth
charges
will
'
be
paid
for
during
the
month
of
July
through
this
dramatic
appeal
and
there
should
be
no
question
about
Prince
Rupert
raising
the
quota
asked.
Southeast
Coast
English
Town
Is
Raided
By
Nazis
LONDON,
July
13
There
were
some
casualties
and
damage
was
done
when
German
bombers
raided
a
'southeast
coast
Eng
llsh
town
last
night.
Mackenzie
King:
Hopes
to
See
Ministers
Soon
in
Cuba,
I'cru
and
Mexico
OTTAWA
July
13
Canada
cannot
long
defer
the
establish
charts
are
already
in
operation
Mayor
w.
M.
Wats
is
leaving
nt
the
Jones
Family
Market,
nnrlv
next
week
on
a
trip
to
Watts
andi
Nlckerson,
Bulgers
Montreal
and
Toronto
on
prl
Ltd.,
and
Vance's
Home
Arts.
vate
business.
Asked
this
morn-
j
0f
Other
stores
are
expected
to
mg
by
the
Dally
News
if
he
take
part.
The
Imperial
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire,
Is
providing
-a
staff
for
the
Victory
Hut
on
the
Post
Office
grounds
and
.
this
hut
will
be
open
for
the
sale
of
these
stamps
from
1
to
8
p.m.,
starting
Tuesday,
July
13.
It
Is
expected
that
otlfer
local
or
ganizations
wnr.
aiso
De
asii.i.-
Surrey
village
women
ing
in
.the
drive.
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...
...
it..
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it
if.
n
nnnn
t
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n
r
I.
.
.
.
...
tn
Uic
rural
district
o
the
clerical
work
In
her
brother,
missing
In
throughout
would
be
visiting
Ottawa
on
civic
business,
the
major
paid
that
this
was
something
that
had
not
yet
been
decided
upon
by
the
council.
Service
Girls
Do
Army
Bread
LONDON,
July
13
W
Auxili
ary
Territorial
Service
girls
have
started
to
bake
bread
for
the
Army,
and
they
are
doing
well,
if
complaints
(or
lack
of
tnem)
are
any
criterion.
Eighty-seven
A.T.S.
now
are
producing
'50,000
pouud3
of
bread
dally
In
Easter
Command,
In
a
bakery
erected
during
trie
Battle
of
Britain
for
use
in
the
event
of
a
hostile
landing.
The
Royal
Air
Force
Blackout
concert
party
left
this
afternoon
for
Port
Hardy.
JUST
TOO
MANY
The
most
abundant
;pf
llvlns,
reptiles
are
nzaras.
.
Attack
On
Kurile
Id?
ment
oi
diplomatic
repreiema-
had
-Hacked
the
JaDanese
tion
In
Latin
America,
Prime
base
of
paramushlro
at
the
Minister
William
Lyon
Mucken-
end
of
thg
Kurlle
Isjand
zle
King
told
the
House
of
Com-
cham
mons
yesterday.
He
hoped
that'
ministers
would
soon
,be
named
Iaxxxaaaaaa
aaa
to
Cuba,
Peru
and
Mexico..
Mayor
Watts
Going
East
To
visit;
Montreal
and
Toronto
On
Private
Business
No
Decision
Vet
as
ta
Ottawa
LONDON,
July
13
(CP)
Home-based
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
struck
a
heavy
blow
at
Turin
in
northern
Italy
last
night
in
operations
co-ordin
ated
with
the
Allied
invasion
Sicily,
it
was
announced
todaj
The
raiders
encountered
bad
weather
on
the
outward
and
return
trips
but
the
sky
was
clear
over
the
target
area.
Many
fires
wefe
started
and
heavy
damage
done
in
the
cencentrated
bombing.
Thirteen
bombers
were
lost.
A
Rome
announcement
said
that
101
persons
were
killed
and
203
injured
in
the
Turin
raid.
ATTACK
ON
KISKAID.
Two
Japanese
Ships
Are
Sunk
And
Two
Others
Damagd
Nip
Instillations
Shelled
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
13
One
cargo
ship
was
sunk,
an
other
was
left
sinking
and
two
others
were
damaged
as
a
re
PROVINCIAL
WBflARY
local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Maximum
,-
.54
half
an
hour"
before
sunrise).
Minimum
49
10:40
p.m.
to
4:53
am.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIANS
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
Np.
162
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
13,
1943
PRICE.
FIVE
CENTS
ciliah
Port
of
Augusta
Captured
55
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11
fl'I'l
Nubians
aniiuunicu
that
the
week
old
of-
e
in
Central
Russia
has
.llmtntcli
In
nnu-r
(he
Nazis
suffered
tre-
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All
alnnr
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inc.
positions
but
each
time
ground
uown
oy
ouv.c
Iiri
3a
o
be
diminishing
although
is
rven
more
acute
follow
which
resulted
in
no
progress
being
made
by
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:he
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section
and
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total
of
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tank,
were
destroyed
making
more
than
.
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ntrt..
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a-
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airmail
were
'brought
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bringing
the
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FROM
NHOWER
Landing
Operations
Practised
by
Canadians
Practi.sing
short
landings
and
establishment
of
bridgeheads
on
an
"enemy"
shore
for
the
day
when
they
may
be
called
upon
to
spearhead
a
drive
into
Hitler's
Fortress
Europa
or
II
Duce's
bomb-smashed
Italiaan
territory
men
of
the
Regiment
de
Hull
are
pictured
in
training
action
"somewhere
In
Canada.
It
was
for
a
landing
such
as
that
at
v..
.
-
.
-
WAR
STAMP
DRIVEHERE
DepUi
Charge
Campaign
Under
Way
in
Trince
unpen
Representation
In
Latin
America
Sicily
for
which
they
were
practising.
Fully-equipped
soldiers
of
the
unit
aie
shown
(top)
pcjurlns
from
landing
barges
almost
before
the
platforms
have
touched
the
beach,
ready
to
take
up
positions
and,
wlrje
out
any
opposing
force,
Bren
gunners
(left)
sweep
the
skies
to
give
anti-aircraft
protection
to
the
landing
forces,
while
mortar
detach-
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
July
13
ip
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
declined
today
to
affirm
or
deny
that
United
States
planes
BOMBING
OF
TURIN
Big
Royal
Air
Force
Attack
Coincides
Willi
Invasion
of
Sicily
suit
of
attack
by
United
States
bombers
at
Klska
Island
In
the
At
II
ueuuuns.
,
?.Tie
Japanese
positions
on
the
island
were
shelled
for
the
third
time
within
a
week.
ments
(lower
centre)
push
inland
to
set
up
their
po;.is.
When
the
opposition
has
been
softened
up
by
mortar
and
machine-gun
fire
the
men
go
In
with
the
bayonet
(lower
right)
cleaning
out
nests
of
still
resisting
hostile
troops.
While
these
pictures
were
made
In
Canada
they
give
a
graphic
outline
of
how
landing
forces
operate
when
the
"big
push"
comes.
(Canadian
Army
Photos).
:
Sir
Harry
Oakes
jVICTORY
runeral
Will
Be
RYNAVY
At
Bar
Harbor
MIAMI,
July
13
The
body
of
Sir
Harry
Oakes,
Canadian
min
ing
multimillionaire,
arrived
here
yesterday
from
Nassau.
Bahamas,
where
he
died
last
week,
and
was
'
taken
to
Bar
Harbor,
Maine,
where
the
funer
al
will
take
place.
She
Just
Asked
About
Too
Much
ALDERSHOT,
Eng.,
Jul
13
CB
Mrs
Alice
Webber,
an
Alder-
shot
barmaid,
was
fined
$90
for
communicating
Info
r
m
a
1
1
o
n
about
the
equipment,
dlsposl
tlon
and
movement
of
troops.
It
was
alleged
she
had
questioned
soldiers
and
volunteered
Information
but
It
was
not
suggested
she
had
any
subversive
lnten
tion.
Subs
Under
Water
One
Third
of
Time
LONDON,
July
13
0)
British
submarines
on
operations
lurk
beneath
.
the
water
about
four
months
out
of
12,
"according
to
Commander
Ben
Bryant,
one
of
the
Navy's
aces.
About
three
fifths
of
the
year
were
spent
on
patrol,
he
said,
"but
generally
submarine
crew,s
are
happy
as
the
day
Is
long.
They
spend
their
spare
time
In
childish
games,
Ludo
and
crlb-bage
mainly."
"There
is
plenty
of
laughter,"
he
told
a
B.B.O.
audience.
"Few
of
us
would
swap
our
job
for
any
other.
And
from
a
com
manding
officer's
point
of
view
in
tracking
down
and
beating
up
the
enemy
at
his
dporstep
we
enjoy
what
13
to
us
the
fin
est
sport
In
the
world.
United
States
Scores
Again
Against
Japanese
in
Kula
Gulf
Fall
of
Munda
Immienent
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
TIIF
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
July
13
(CP)
A
Japanese
cruiser
and
three
destroyers
were
sunk
Monday
night
and
early
Tuesday
by
American
naval
units
in
a
second
battle
in
Kula
Gulf
off
New
Georgia
in
the
Solomons.
The
battle
may
be
still
in
progress.
Two
other
Japanese
destroyers
were
reported
as
being
probably
sunk.
No
mention
was
made
of
American
losses.
The
latest
losses
raise
to
at
least
13
and
possibly
to
17
the
number
of
warships
Japan
has
expended
in
attempts
to
reinfoice
the
beleaguered
garrison
at
Munda
air
base
with
troops
and
i
supplies.
Meanwhile
thousands
of
United
States
marines
aret
now
closing
in
by
land
upon
Munda
and
it
is
predicted
that
it
may
fall
to
the
Americans
within
a
week.
Elsewhere
in
the
South
Pacific
Allied
bombers
smashed
heavily
again
at'
the
Japanese
bases
on
Kahili
on
Bougainville
Island
and
at
Rabaul
on
New
Britain.
Famous
Actress
Has
Passed
Away
Death
of
Cissy
Loftus
in
New
York
Yesterday
Is
Recorded
NEW
YORK,
July
13
Cissy
Loftus,
famous
acrtess,
died
in
her
New
York
hotel
yesterday
at
the
age
of
sixty-seven
years.
SAVED
CATHEDRAL
CHELMSFORD,
Eng.,
July
13
CP
Three
boys,
flrewatchers,
saved
the
cathedral
from
destruction
when
they
climbed
to
the
roof
to
.tackle
an
Incendiary
Mrs.
W.
W".
C.
O'Neill.
and
son,
bomb
which
lodged
there
dur-Johab'Nelll,
lety
this
afternoon
lng
'a
raldk
They
were-18,
17
and
for
Vancouver.
15
years
old
respectively.
Allied
Advance
Oi
n
ii
Sicily
Continuing;
More
Places
Taken
Progress
is
Being
Made
in
Drive
to
Cut
Off
Island
Mainland
of
Italy
.
LONDON,
July
13
(CP)-British
and
Canadian
forces,
striking
swiftly
up
the
eastern
coast
of
Sicily,
have
captured
the
port
of
Augusta
while
other
British
troops
have
landed
near
Catania,
half
way
up
the
coast,
and
Allied
forces
to
the
south
have
swept
into
three
towns
to
seal
off
virtually
the
entire
southeastern
corner
of
the
island,1
Allied-announcement
said
to
day.
Augusta
is
a
port
nineteen
miles
north
of
Syracuse
which
was
captured
Saturday
and
Catania
is
thirty
miles
north
of
Syracuse.
Catania
Is
the
Italian
bastion
midway
along
the
coast
in
the
Allied
drive
to
seize
all
i
that
area
north
to
Messina
and
close
off
Sicily
from
the
main
land.
In
rapid-fire
'succession
Allied
headquarters
announced
the
capture
of
Florida,
Palazzola
and
Regusa
in
an
arc
across
the
southeastern
tip
of
Sicily
in
the
tightening
Allied
noose.
Florida
Is
eight
miles
Inland
from
Syra
cuse
and
Palazzolo
is
twenty
two
miles
inland.
Regusa,,
strategic
rail
and
highway
centre,
Is
twelve
miles
southeast
of
Pal
azzolo
and
about
twelve
miles
from
the
southern
coast.
An
Allied
communique
said
that
brldegheads
had
been
ex
tended
as
deep
as
twenty
miles
Inland
at
some
sectors.
"
"More
than
650,000"p(Junas
or
high
explosives
were
dropped
on
the
twin
targets
of
Regglo
Cal
flhrl!)
onH
Ran
ninoatint
.Qlpillan
CANADA
IS
IN
BATTLE
Two
British
Columbia
Battalions
take
Fatt
in
Sicilian
Invasion
!
during
the
last
four
war
suppUes
ferry
terminals
on
the
Itaiian
mainland,
in
davlleht
raids
ves-
years'
terday
by
one
hundred
United
States
bombers.
A
daylight
smash
was
preceded
by
a
Sunday
night
Royal
Air
Force
raid
on
Regglo
Calabria
airport.
Allied
bombing
planes
also
made
heavy
attacks
on
enemy
troop
columns
and
communications
In
Sicily.
Two
enemy
ships
are
reported
to
have
been
sunk
and
two
set
afire.
SHIP
MEN
QUIT
JOB
Three-hour
stoppage
Aboard
Coastal
Vessel
at
British
Imminent
AT
A
WEST
COAST
CANA
DIAN
PORT,
July
13
B
Griev
ances
of
unlicensed
personnel
of
a
ship
led
to
a
three-hour
work
stoppage
Monday
but
the
vessel
cleared
on
schedule
after
a
Union
official
.suggested
that
the
men
return
to
work
pending
submission
of
the
grievances
to
the
owners.
Stewards,
englneroom
crew
Bless
These
Irish
OTTAWA.
July
13
Canadians
are
involved
In
a
substantial
way
in
the
Allied
invasion
of
Sicily,
Prime
Minister
William.
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
told
the
House
of
Commons
last
night.
Every
province
Is
"represented
Including
two
regiments
from
British
Columbia,
one
from
.Van
couver.
Canada's
War
Bill
Is
Huge
No
Less
Than
Nine
Billion
Spent
-injLat
Fonr-Years
OTTAWA,
July
13
Canada
has
spent
nine
billion
dollars
,
tn
FASCISTS'
This
Must
be
Promise
of
Peace
With
Italy,
People
of
That
Country
Are
Told
ALGIERS,
July
13
An
Allied
spokesman
from
Algiers,
speaking
yesterday
to
the
Italian
people,
said
that
Allied
terms
for
peace
with
Italy
would
demand
unconditional
surrender
of
the
Fascist
government
and
army
with
the
setting
up
of
a
free,
democratic
government
in
Italy
under
other
than
Fascist
control.
QUESTION
OF
JAPS
Mackenzie
King
Questions
if
Promise
Now
of
Japanese
Deportation
Would
be
Wise
and
deckhands
demanded
a
OTTAWA,
July
13
0
Prime
mess
boy
which
they
claimed
Minister
William,
Lyon
had
been
promised
them,
crock-
zie
King
Monday
night
asked
ery
and
tin
dishes
and
shorter
members
of
the
House
of
Com-
hours
for
the
galley
staff.
mons
pressing
him
for
a
promise
to
deport
all
Japanese
from
Canada
after
the
war
If
they
thought
such
an
onnouncement
would
would
be
be
In
in
the
tne
Interests
interests
ui
of
rpt
m
I
T.I
1
hCY
Lan
1
aKe
It!
Canadian
soldiers
and
civilians
Inow
In
JaDanese
hands.
,
The
Prime
Minister
preceded
I
the
question
with
a
statement,
BELFAST,
July
13
O)
During
m
the
absence
of
consultation
an
air
raid
here,
the
Dublin
Fire
wltn
tne
united
States
where
a.
Brigade
was
called
In
to
help
similar
problem
now
exists,
that
the
Belfast
brigade,
and
an
oia
because
the
war
was
still
fat
woman
who
had
been
knocked
from
0Ven,
he
could
make
no
unconscious
came
to
her
senses
definite
commitment
to."
thoso
to
find
a
fireman
leaning,
over
who
wanted
him
to
give
a
pledje
her.
"Who
are
you?"
she.
asked,
that
the
Japanese
would
be
sent
and
the
fireman
replied)
"Tne
home
when
thenar
is
over.
Dublin
Fire
Brglade."
"Glory
be
to
God,"
the
woman
exclaimed,
"and
I
didn't
think
I'd
been
blown
as
far
as
that."
No
boats
being
In
with
catches,
there
was
no
sale
of
halibut
on
the
local
Fish
Exchange
this
morning.
Baseball
Scores
International
League
Jersey
City
5,
Baltimore
2.
Toronto
5,
Rochester
1.
American
Association
Columbus
2,
Kansas
City
1.
Minneapolis
7,
Indianapolis
5.
Or
V.