4
U
w"
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
59
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Minimum
45
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
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I
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BIUTlSn
(fobUm
NEWSPAPER
10:33
p.m.
to
4:42
a.m.
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.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JUNTiri!m
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Otitic
sive
Of
Japanese
Collapses
Prince
Rupert
Man
Saves
Corvette
From
Foundering
in
Wild
Atlantic
Storm
AT
A
NORTHERN
IRELAND
PORT,
Jime
1
(CP)
The
Royal
Canadian
Navy
might
have
had
one
corvette
less
today
if
it
had
not
been
for
a
63-year
old
navy
man
now
based
at
Prince
Rupert.
He
is
Chief
Engine
Room
Artificer
John
Griffiths
who
was
in
service
on
H.M.C.S
Brandon
when
she
started
shipping
water
throutrh
a
gale
and
then
found
that
the
pumps
would
not
work
because
of
waste
jammed
In
the
intakes.
"Somehow
Griffiths
kept
one
pump
working
all
the
time,
enough
to
keep
even
with
the
water
coming
in,"
said
Lieut.
Commander
John
Littler,
the
Brandon's
skip
per
"He
and
his
men
had
to
work
in
the
water
for
twelve
hours
to
do
it
with
the
seas
so
high
water
was
pouring
in
through
the
ventilators
and
doors
but
he
brought
us
through."
COUNCIL
MEETING
DcGaullc
and
Giraud
In
Opining
Session
at
Algiers
Yesterday
IMPASSE
REPORTED
ALGIERS,
June
1
General
DcGaulle
and
General
Giraud
were
reported
to
have
disagreed
today
and
were
in
an
impasse
in
negotiations
to
form
a
Joint
administration.
ALOIEHS.
June
1
Ot
The
new
seven-man
executive
committee
set
up
under
the
Joint
presidency
oif
General
Chanes
DeOaulle
and
Genera)
Hen
1
Giraud
to
govern
liberated
Frenchmen
and
French
territory
and
tp
direct
the
French
war
effort
until
the
homeland
Is
freed,
fteid
its
first
meeting
yesterday
with
both
the
leaders
In
attendance
Thr
session
lasted
nine
houts
and
fifteen
minutes.
It
was
held
in
tecret
and
there
was
no
communique
General
Alphonsq
Georges,
who
hat
lut
escaped
from
Vichy
France
to
North
Africa,
has
been
appointed
a;
one
of
the.
members
of
the
council.
BUILDING
PERMITS
Total
of
$7,525
in
May
as
Against
$1,300
in
April
Building
permits
to
the
value
of
$7,525
were
Issued
by
the
City
Engineer's
department
during
,
the
month
of
May,
bringing
the
total
the
first
five
months
of
1943
to
"aiue
of
building
permits
issued
for
$200,085.
In
April
permits
totalling
(
$1,300
was
issued.
In
May,
1942,
permits
were
Issued
to
'lie
value
of
$18,170,
a
considerable
increase
over
this
year's
value
for
the
same
month,
but
the
totai
for
the
first
five
months
was
only
$45,630.
Last
month
building
permits
ere
issued
to
the
following:
Grand
Cafe,
coal
shed
$
75
A.
O.
Olxrn.
P.lovpnlh
AvpntlO
East,
frame
building
500
Prince
Rupert
Co-operative,
warehouse
2,500
M.
Norgaard,
Alfred
Street,
addition
250
slft
Canadian
Co.,
addition
3,200
G
Basso-Bert,
Water
Street,
replacing
cabin
350
"ank
McLean,
Eleventh
Street,
cabin
250
V
Basso-Bert,
Blggar
Place,
repairs
400
cl
D.
B.
Martyn
returned
to
the
yesterday
morning
from
a
trip
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
else-ere
in
the
south.
HONORED
BY
KING
Skipper
Jinmy
Thomas
is
Made
Member
of
Order
of
British
Empire
OTTAWA,
June
1
(CP)
Skipper
Coxswain
W.
J.
Thomas
or
the
Fishermen's
Reserve
at
Prince
Rupert
has
been
created
a
member
of
the
military
division
of
the
Order
of
the
British
Empire
in
the
King's
Birthday
honors
announced
this
afternoon.
Skipper
"Jimmy"
Thomas
is
one
,of
Prinze
Rupert's
best
known
pioneer
mosquito
fleet
operators
of
Prince
Rupert.
He
has
been
here
since
the
early
days
and
for
years
operated
a
charter
power
cruiser.
He
now
owns
and
operates
the
well
known
fish
packer
Viner.
The
choice
of
Skipper
Thomas
for
King's
Birthday
honors
will
meet
with
general
approbation.
-
Reserves
Are
Warned
To
Be
In
Readiness
OTTAWA,
June
1
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
speaking
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday,
again
warned
the
reserve
army
that
it
should
be
prepared
to
defend
.the
shores
of
Canada.
The
equipment
of
reserve
units
is
being
completed
as
rapidly
as
possible.
The
reserves
are
being
called
upon
to
man
the
anti-aircraft
de-
fences.
Couple
Robbed
VANCOUVER,
June
1
Last
evening
as
a
local
couple
were
leaving
a
shop
on
Robson
Street
which
they
operate
they
were
held
up
and
robbed
of
$400
in
cash.
Two
arrests
have
been
made.
n
k
of
t
a
f
nriro
H.AtllJALIllV)
OF
BRITAIN
Have
Totalled
611,000
so
Far
in
War
of
Which
10,122
Have
Been
Canadian
LONDON,
June
1
G
Great
Britain
has
suffered
514,000
casualties
in
all
ranks
of
the
Empiro
armed
forces
in
the
first
three
years
of
war,
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Clement
Atlce
told
the
House
of
Commons
today.
Of
these
Canada's
casualties
were
10,422.
Of
the
total
of
514,000,
72,000
have
been
killed,
226,000
are
missing,
107,000
are
prisoners
and
88,-000
have
been
wounded.
Classified,
In
addition
to
Canadian,
the
casualties
have
Included
275,000
British,
54,000
Australian,
19,000
New
Zealand
and
101,000
Indian.
v
Mrs.
Lloyd
Wolf
returned
to
her
home
yesterday
morning
from
CLEANING
UPATTU
Only
Matter
of
Time
Before
maining
Jap
Snipers
Are
Cleaned
Up
Re-
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
1
Small
remaining
pockets
of
Japanese
iesistance
on
3ttu
Island
have
been
surrounded
by
the
I
I
Americans
and
it
will
only
be
a
1
matter
of
a
short
time
before
they
are
cleaned
up.
There
are
only
a
few
Japanese
snipers
still
hidden
in
rocks
and
gullcys.
United
States
engineers
say
it
will
only
take
a
few
days,
with
tfie
use
of
mechanical
equipment,
to
have
the
air
base
on
Attu,
which
the
Japanese
had
been
building
with
hand
work,
in
lead-incss
I
for
use.
Chinese
President
Very
Much
Alive
His
Condition
is
Improved
and
He
Has
Granted
Interview
CHUNGKING,
June
1
President
Lin
Sen
of
China
is
not
dead.
His
condition
is
slightly
imprdved
and
he
has
been
able
to
grant
an
inter-
vlew.
.
ARE
UNFIT
Fifty
Percent
of
Those
Who
AddIv
Accepted
OTTAWA,
June
1
Fifty
out
of
one
hundied
men
applying
for
active
service
in
the
Canadian
Army
were
being
rejected.
Col.
J.
L.
Ral
ston,
minister,
of
national
defence.
told
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
Of
these
thirty-five
were
physically
unfit
and
fifteen
percent
emotionally
unsuitable.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Philadelphia
10-2,
Chicago
4-8.
Brooklyn
0-1,
St.
Louis
"i-0.
..
Boston
6-0,
Pittsburgh
1-4.
New
York
4-0,
Cincinnati
6-0.
(Second
game
called
at
end
of
fifth).
American
League
Chicago
10-4,
New
York
5-10.
(first
ten
innings).
St.
Louis
1-6,
Boston
2-7.
(first
thirteen
innings
and
second
ten).
Cleveland
7-7,
Washington
8-6.
(second
thirteen
innings).
Detroit
7-3,
Philadelphia
0-4.
International
League
Montreal
9-3.
Buffalo
2-2.
Newark
2-6,
Jersey
City
0-5.
Rochester
2-4,
Toronto
1-0.
(first
game
twelve
innings).
Syracuse-Baltimore
postponed.
American
Association
Minneapolis
8-0,
St.
Paul
6-3.
first
called
at
end
of
eighth).
Toledo
11-1,
Columbus
5-8.
,
(first
called
seven
Innings).
Louisville
0-5,
Indianapolis
9-0.
Mlwaukec
8-12,
Kansas
City
1-8.
Coast
League
San
Diego
6-4,
Hollywood
2-2.
Seattle
7-0.
San
Francisco
5-2.
(second
called
at
end
ot
tenth
on
time
limit
agreement).
Portland
7-2,
Los
Angeles
6-3.
Oakland
7-10,
Sacramento
4-0.
International
Armed
Force
in
Post-War
Days
1
DURHAM,
North
Carolina
June
1
Speaking
at
the
convocation
of
the
North
Carolina
College
for
Negroes
here
yesterday,
Under
Secretary
of
State
Sumner
Welles
set
out
a
six-point
program
'for
postwar
security
and
peace.
He
advocated
a
strong
International
armed
force.
1
Enlistment
Of
SchooljBoys
Specal
Arrangements
Are
Being
Made
to
Take
Them
Into
Army
OTTAWA,
June
1
Arrangements
are
being
made
for
High
School
students
Urjoin
the
army
In
the
category
of
boys.
A
certain
number,
specially
selected,
will
be
given
one
year
of
university
prter
the
war
is
over.
.
RESUMPTION
OF
ATTACK
Allied
Fighting
Planes
Back
Over
Enemy
Territory
Yesterday
LONDON,
June
1
O)
Allied
fighters
swarmed
across
the
English
Channel
yesterday
to
resume
the
assault
on
Reich
controlled
territory
f.rtef
a
night
of
comparative
inactivity
in
the
air
war.
Docks,
rahvay
llnes
factories
and
oil
stations
in
this
Low
Countries
and
France
were
vigorously
attacked.
Two
enemy'blanes
were
shot
down
over
Sieuport.
Again
today
Royal
Air
Force
and
Rval
Canadian
Air
Force
fighters
sPea
over
ine
southeast
coast
to-
aay
10
resume
attacks
on
the
Nazl-
held
Channel
coast.
No
Barquentine
NamecLAngelus
Vessels,
Reported
Sunk
in
South
Atlantic
OTTAWA,
June
1
B
Shipping
reco:ds
do
not
list
as
Canadian-
registered
any
barquentine
Angelua
;
which
was
reported
yesterday
to
have
been
sunk
in
the
South
At
lantlc
with
eight
of
ten
members
of
the
crew
going
to
their
deaths.
Two
survivors
were
reported
in
dispatches
to
have
said
she
was
Canadian
but
did
not
name
her
home
port.
WAR
'STRIKE
ON
'IN
MINES
Collieries
of
United
States
Pretty
Well
'lied
up
Today
Following
Expiry
of
Deadline
WASHINGTON,
DC,
June
1
(CP)
Work
whistles
sounded
in
vain
in
the
most
of
United
States
government-operated
coal
mines
today
as
by
far
a
greater
proportion
of
John
L.
Lewis'
United
Mine
Woikers
again
followed
his
injunction
'against
"trespassing"
on
mine
property
in
the
absence
of
a
contract.
Expiiation
at
midnight
of
the
twice-extended
truce
which
kept
the
pits
operating
in
spite
of
deadlocked
wage
negotiations
brought
no
word
from
Lewis
to
the
men
but
he
had
made
it
clear
previously
that
the
minejr
would
not
"trespass"
when
the
ccntn't
t
ran
out.
A
general
work
stoppage'
was
quite
evident
today
with
hundreds
of
thousands
of
miners
affected
in
Pennsylvania,
Ala-
1
bama,
Kentucky,
West
Virginia,
Illinois,
Ohio,
Colorado
and'other
!
states
following
the
expiry
of
the
old
agreement.
If
appeals
to
the
miners
fail,
1
1
oops
may
be
sent
into
the
coal
fields,
it
was
said
here
today.
SABOTAGE
NOW
SEEN
Inspector
of
Ontario
Police
Thinks
It
Quite
Evident
In
Attempt
To
Wreck
Train
FORT
WILLIAM,
June
1
W
Police
and
railway
authorities
yester-'
iy
,
'-lunched
a
Joint
and
far-reaching
investigation
Into
the
reported
attempt
on
Sunday
morning
to
wre:k
a
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
Montreal-Vancouver
pass-engei
train,
about
nineteen
miles
v"
of
here.
"There
definitely
is
sabotage
in
this
case,"
said
Inspector
W.
O.
Ingram
of
the
provincial
police.
No
arrests
have
yet
been
made.
NEWS
OIL
PLANT
SMASHED
LONDON
A
Diusburg
plant
capable
of
making
100,000
tons
of
synthetic
oil
annually
was
wrecked
in
a
Koyal
Air
Force
raid
on
May
12,
the
Air
Ministty
said
today.
BEATING
U
BOAT
MENACE
WASHINGTON
James
F.
Byrnes,
head
of
the
New
United
States
war
mobilization
board,
said
yesterday
that
United
States
merchant
ships
are
now
being
built
four
times
faster
than
they
are
being
sunk.
ALLIED
SHIPS
AT
GIBRALTAR
LONDON
The
Spanish
radio
at
Madrid
says
that
great
num-beis
of
Allied
ships
are
moving
in
and
around
Gibraltar.
There
were
no
less
than
92
yesterday
including
transports
and
destroyers.
LONDON
HAS
AIR
RAID
LONDON
Two
enemy
bombers
got
past
the
London
defence
early
today
and
bombed
suburban
areas,
ten
being
killed
with
some
damage
done.
There
arc
still
three
Sunday
school
teachcts
and
18
children
missing
following
the
bombing
of
a
church
at
Torquay
on
Sunday.
RUSSO-GERMAN
FRONT
LONDON
Berlin
claims
that
the
Germans
drove
a
wedge
into
Russian
lines
on
the
central
front
between
Viliki
Luki
and
Smolensk.
LAE
GETS
BIGGEST
RAID
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Lae,
strong
Japanese
base
on
the
noitli
coast
of
New
Guinea,
had
its
heaviest
raid
by
Allied
bombers
yesterday
when
36
tons
of
projectiles
were
dropped
to
cause
great
damage.
Airport
runway,
town
area
and
wharves
were
hit.
ITALIAN
GENERAL
DEMOTED
....
NEW
YORK'"-!.
General
Ezlo
Rosl,
chief
of
staff
of
the
Italian
army,
was
relieved
of
his
post
today
and
was
appointed
commander
of
an
army
group,
the
Berlin
radio
said.
TO
FIGHT
FOR
ALLIES
CAIRO
The
French
fleet
at
Alexandria
has
volunteered
to
fight
for
the
Allies
as
a
result
of
flucccssful
negotiations
by
General
Henri
Giraud,
it
was
announced
last
night.
The
British
government
was
kept
Informed
throughout
the
progress
of
negotiations.
Five
Nip
Divisions
of
Seventy-Five
Thousand
Men
Routed
In
China
Chungking
Appears
to
be
Saved
as
Enemy
Suf
ft!rs
Heavy
Reverses
in
Ichang
Area
Many
Planes
Shot
Down
CHUNGKING,
June
1
(CP)
The
Chinese
routed
five
Japanese
divisions
of
75,000
men
southwest
of
Ichang
on
the
Yangtse
River,
a
special
communique
said
today.
The
communinue
also
said
that
ai
i"
WA
viiwiuji
bianco
vpic
OllUO
down
and
eight
more
probably
destroyed
in
Allied
raids
u"
uivmuay.
inv
XT
.
1..
re
neutrality
Ut
Sweden
Has
Been
Broken
MIAMI.
Florida,
June
1
Members
of
the
crew
of
the
Swedish
steamer
Industria,
torpedoed
off
Brazil
by
a
Ger-
man
U-boat,
have
been
landed
here.
They
reported
that
the
captaln
captain
and
and
two
two
officers
officers
were
were
;
,
I'
taken
hostaee.
Thus
Rwpriish
neutrality
Is
violated.
SEATTLE
HAS
FIRE
Three
War
Plants
Destroyed
and
Loss
is
Estimated
at
$350,000
SEATTLE,
June
l
Three
Seattle
war
manufacturing
plants,
includ
ing
a
factory
fo:
the
manufacture
of
pre-fbricated
houses,
were
des
troyed
toy
a
$350,000
fire.
A
watch
man.
Fred
W.
Martin,
who
made
a
valiant
attempt
to
put
the
fire
out
In
its
Incipient
stage,
was
critically
burned.
An
overheated
stovepipe
was
the
cause
)'
the
fire.
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
67,000
pounds,
18.7
and
17
to
19.2
aond
17.
Canadian
139,700
pounds,
18
and
17
to
19.8
and
17.
American
Yukon,
30,000,
18.7
and
17,
Storage.
Reliance
I,
22,000,
19.3
and
17,
Royal.
Oona,
15,000,
19.1
and
17,
Royal.
Canadian
Viking
I.,
13,500,
19.8
and
17.
Booth.
Morris
H.,
17,00,
19.7
and
17,
At
lin.
Velma
C,
21,000,
19.7
and
17,
Pacific.
Borgund,
8,000,
19.4
and
17,
Pa
cific.
Fenella,
9,000,
18.1
and
17,
Atlln.
Neptune
II.,
10,000,
19
and
17,
Booth.
Takla
O.,
4,5t0,
19.3
and
17,
Stor
age.
Cape"
Race
II,
5,200,
18.1
and
17,
Booth.
Cape
Spear,
17,500,
18
and
17,
Storage.
Domino
II,
15,000,
19.8
and
17,
Booth.
Kalen,
,14,000,
18
and
17,
Storage.
Mother
II,
5,000,
18.1
and
17,
Pacific.
,
Hoarded
Goods
At
Lillooet
Large
Quantities
of
Sugar,
Canned
3111k,
Rice
and
Other
Commodities
Taken
Over
LILLOET,
June
1
Large
quantities
of
allegedly
hoarded
sugar,
canned
milk,
rice
and
canned
beet
have
been
seized
here
at
the
instance
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
No
prosecutions
have
yet
been
started.
taiesi
Japanese
drive
upon.
.wiungiung
appears
10
pe
collapsing
with
defeated
Japanese
forces
hi
flight.
MEAT
SALE
HERE
HEAVY
Rationing
Caused
Rush
Last
Week
But
it
Has
Been
Quiet
Since
While
the
first
three
days
of
meat
rationing
cannot
reveal
lo-
cailI
at
leasl
any
sure
lntcatlon
ui
uic
ticuua
wjutu
win
oe
caused
by
It,
it
is
thought
unlikely
"at
Prince
Rupert
meat
markets
that
rationing
will
cause
any
Increase
In
their
troubles.
One
meat
mar
ket
reported
that
sales
for
Thurs-dayt
Friday
and
Saturday
had
shown
a
slight
'slump,
owing
to
the
fact
that
people
had
bought
meat
In
heavy
quantities
for
sev-
eTardayS-before
tn
anticipation
of
landed
rationing
shortages.
Most
of
the
city's
meat
markets
have
been
operating
in
high
gear
tor
months
and,
while
it
Is
not
known
if
the
rationing
order
will
reduce
the
quantity
of
their
sale's.
It
certainly
will
not
Increase
them,
ana
11
may
nave
the
effect
of
distributing
the
week's
business
more
evenly
throughout
the
six
days.
It
Is
expected
that
the
sale
of
certain
choice
cuts
of
meat
will
be
reduced
because
of
their
high
ra
tion
value
that
is
the
lower"
quantity
to
be
obtained
per
coupon.:
Soviet
Russia
Is
Recognized
By
Egypt
Gov't
CAIRO,
.June
f
The
Egyptian
government
yesterday
joined
other
United
Nations
in
recognizing
tha
government
of
Soviet
Russia.
AXIS
AIR
LOSS
BIG
Score
of
Combat
Over
mediterranean
in
13
Days
was
432
to
45
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
June
1
Four
hundred
and
thirty-two
Axis
planes"'
were
destroyed
over
the
Mediterranean
during
the
last
thirteen
days
whereas-
the
Allies
lost
only
forty-five,
it
was
announced
.yesterday.
WANTED
20
Women
for
handling
fish.
Standard
rates
of
pay
Apply
in
person
CANADIAN
FISH
&
COLD
STORAGE
CO.
LTD.