ies
In
ice
Now
Strike
.
r'..lns4
Pntntc
Sprinjboard
to
Extend
ick
Ajainst
Japanese.
Bed
HEADQUARTERS
IN
South
pacihc.
sept.
18
.
ALic
have
captured
the
air
base
at
Lae,
;..-.cj
Miie
headquarters
l
rvrt.
A
....
keel
ba'uraay.
me
aiu
t..:?:
d
Lae
late
Thurs-is-
of
"le
Japanese
gar-
L.;h
ir
.naged
to
escapa
j
the
final
stages
r.i
:
arc
being
pur-
t:j
nearby
Jungles.
are
-f
Lae,
which
has.
b(!;;j3i!
-'.
end
Salamaua,
a:i
airdrome
and
good
;:a;
'
givc3
the
Allies
lor.'i.ii
'
iiuon
uuu
ana
a
pr..rbcard
from
which
Di
c
ire
important
en-
i.::,
ading
Rabaul,
New
uj;'srs
of
Salamua
and
New
Guinea
has
been
11
b'.
a
m:r
X
of
Allied
air
i-ii...
!
the
Japanese
on
ID
MILK
IDPERT
fa
lount
Has
Been
illy
Ittdticrd
Seventy-
ki
Percent
Pasteurized
be
-n
a
marked
im-
tn
the
quality
of
Rupr
fresh
nfllk
sup-
v.:-r.rhouse,
sanitary
1
iie
meeUng
of
Ruprr
district
union
MJ
-.t
health
last
nlcht.
tai
.rua
count
had
1
be
255,000
it
had
iuecd
to
11,000.
A
-
ui."
of
100,000
was
1
i
by
iaw
The
improve-
I
j
L
1
dnp
tn
n
slight.
'
u
'
Unique.
"
w
:r?
beine
made
to
thr
keeping
quality
o'f
Mr
S'.onehnuse
said.
J
..ie
meeting
that
Hfit
percent
of
local
-3W
pasteurized.
There
t'TsaKs
testing
for
tub-5--
ai.d
butter
fat
content
'-'
''-2d
was
being
paid
to
:
'
'
'
.ons,
E'
ic
.louse
also
spoke
of
.so
milk
situaUon.
NAZIS
DESPERATE
WJI'
Sept
18
0;
C.
R.
1
deputy
prime
minister.!
Women
-
,
f
u.c
opening
of
a
Nether-
K'W
centre
that
the
3
ava-rery
of
the
Oer-
f
Holland
shows
they
are
i
in.:r.:aslnelv
a
warp
thp
;
l03t
WANTED
FAI,
SHIPYARD
reiuires
women
(18-15)
tea(1y
employment.
Apply-.
National
Selective
forvicc
A.
V.
Q'i
UNION
HEALTH
BOARD
MEETS
School
Inspector
is
Named
Chairman
Jurisdiction
and
Functions
Described.
B.
Thorstelnssen,
Inspector
of
schools,
was
elected
chairman
of
thcuPrince
Rupert
and
District
Union
Board
of
Health
which
had
its
inaugural
meeting
here
last
night.
E.
J.
Smith
was
elected
treasurer
of
the
board
which
also
consists
of
Aid.
J.
S:
Black
and
Mrs.
Fred
Hall
of
ferrace
with
Dr.
R.
O.
Knlpe,
director
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Health
Unit,
as
secretary.
Oeorge
Rorle
was
appointed
auditor.
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts,
occupied
the
chair
at
the
opening
of
last
night's
meeting,
Mr.
Thorstelnssen
later
taking
over
the
duties
of
chairman
following
his
election.
O.
R.
Stonehouse,
sanitary
in-
Board
of
Health
call
for
quarter
ly
meetings.
The
next
meeting
will
be
held
the
second
week
In
December.
The
meeting
was
ln
progress
for
over
two
hours.
At
its
con
clusion,
Mr.
Thorstelnssen
expressed
the
opinion
that
It
had
been
a
most
useful
and
successful
gathering.
He
complimented
the
staff
of
the
local
public
health
unit
on
its
energy
and
enthusiasm,.
At
the
opening
of
the
meeting
Dr.
Knlpc
described
the
duties
and
functions
of
the
Union
Board
of
Health,
its
work-being
of
-an
advisory
and
educational
character
In
colloboratlon
with
the
pubix
ncalth
unit.
A
draft
for
the
board
was
considered
and
adopted.
The
program
of
the
health
unit
was
outlired.
Mrs.
J.
R.
Morgan,
wno
nas
been
spending
some
tune
at
Huxley
'Island
logging
camp,
will
be
leaving
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
at
the
first
of
next
week
for
Vancouver.
John
Conncry
leaves
on
this
evening's
train
for'
a
holiday
trip
to
Winnipeg.
She
ERIAL
EVACUATION
OF
INJURED
Reds
On
Advance
Sister
Industrial
City
of
Bryansk
Taken
Driving
Forward
in
South
Ukraine.
NORFOLK,
Virginia,
-
Sept.
13
fc
The
Russians
captured
the
central
Russian
fortress
of
Bryansk
and
the
sister
industrial
city
of
Bezhitsa
Friday,
Moscow
anounccd
last
night.
In-
the
southern
Ukraine
the
Russians
captured
Ossipenko
and
smashed
to
within
thirty-five
miles
of
the
Dneiper
River.
Other
Soviet
columns
advanced
to
within
fifty
miles
of
Kiev.
Bryansk
was
once
the
key
bastion
of
German
lines
in
central
Russia
and
the
capture
is
ranked
in
Importance
with
the
taking
of
Kharkov.
Three
days
ago
a
German
news
spector,
and
Miss
Ann
Murray
agency
prematurely
said
that
R.N.
and
Miss
Ruth
Loroouia
ii.n.
the
Nazis
had
evacuated
Bryansk.
were
also
In
attendance
and
ln
tne
drive
toward
Kiev
the
assisted
Dr.
Knipe
in
presenting
Russians
captured
more
than
reports
on
the
work
of
the
public
one
hundred
and
thirty
towns
health
service
which
were
an
and
2,000
Germans.
Interesting
feature
of
the
agenda
.
for
the
session.
D
LI
O
UL
While
Prince
Rupert
and
Ter-
rUDIlC
0631111
face
are
the
only
communities
4
so
far
represented
in
the
Union
I
Jriif
iri
111
A,ccu
Nppn
Board
of
Health,
the
boundaries
of
Jurisdiction
of
the
local
health
fC
Mvn
CfXt
district
extend
to
the
Queen
Vl
If
1UI
t
Ulull
Charlotte
Islands
on
the
west,
to
Usk
on
the
east,
to
Ocean
Falls
1
Due
to
tlie
sudden
Increase
in
on
the
south
and
to
the
Yukon
population
here,
four
public
border
on
the
norm.
,
health
nurses
Instead
of
two
The
by-laws
of
the
Union
and
,wo
sanitary
Inspectors
ln-
!
stead
of
one
could
well
be
used
1
to
carry
on
efficiently
the
work
of
the
local
public
health
unit,
Dr.
R.
G.
Knlpc,
director
of
the
unit,
told
the
inaugural
meeting
last
night
of
the
Prince
Rupert
and
district
union
board'
of
health.
.
A
social
worker
ln
connection
with
the
local
unit
had
been
promised
and
would
be
arriving
here
as
soon
as
one
was
available,
Dr.
Knlpe
said.
.
Germans
Take
t
u'i
riL
LONDON,
Sept.
18
Kf)
The
Germans
claim
that
the
historic
island
of
Elba,
32
mlles
west
of
Corsica
and
eight
miles
from
the
Ital-
lan
riftist.
has
been
occupied
by
German
troops,
a
garrl-
son
of
700
Italians
giving
over
the
Island.
It
was
on
Elba
that
Napoleon
was
once
Imprisoned
and
from
which
he
escaped.
Here
Is
the
latest
word
In
aerial
evacuation
equipment,
Fitted
to
accommodate
18
stretcher
cases,
this
huge
transport
plane
was
recently
used
to
transport
eleven
R.C.A.F.
casualties
from
the
hospital
ship
which
brought
them
to
an
eastern
Canadian
port
to
the
hospital
at
the
R.CA.F
station
at
Rockllffe,
near
Ottawa,
Stretchers
can
be
seen,
ranged
along
each
side,
and
Nursing
Sister
Isobel
Hardwlck
of
Armada,
Alta.,
who
accompanied
the
patients
on
their
flight
Is
seen
talking
to
her
charges.
The
aircraft,
used
for
other
duties
as
well,
can
be
fitted
for
this
work
in
a
very
short
time.
400
BABES
BENEFITTED
rublic
Health
Nursing
Servic
in
I'rince
Rupert
Described
To
Meeting
Four
hundred
babies
and
children
of
pre-school
age
are
receiving
the-benriit
xA
"tne
child
welfare
clinics
of
the
local
public
hea'th
unit,
the
inaug-
uial
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rup
ert
district
union
board
of
health
was
told
last
night
by
Miss
Ann
Murray
R.N.,
public
health
nurse.
Every
Monday
momlng?
Miss
Murray
said,
a
visit
is
paid
to
the
Pririce'Rup-eft
Geriefal
Hospital
where
an
average
of
ten
babies
now
arrive
each
week.
After
the
mothers
leave
hospital
with
their
babies,
visits
are
paid
to
the
homes
and
assistance
and
advice
given
in
connection
with
the
care
of
children.
Among
children
of
pre-school
age
there
are
about
eighty
Immunizations
given
each
week,
Miss
Murray
said.
Mothers
weie
coming
to,
appreciate
the
value
of
Immunization
against
disease.
Miss
Ruth
Corbould
R.N.,
another
of
the
public
health
nurses,
elaborated
on
the
subject
of
public
health
nursing
service
here.
The
scope
of
public
health
nursing
had
been
increased,
now
including
much
work
ln
the
homes.
There
were
home
visits
to
expectant
mothers
and,
after
blrUi,
to
the
homes
where
defects
were
pointed
out
and
records
kept
of
the
child's
progress.
Miss
Corbould
also
spoke
of
disease
prevention
and
control
service
generally
and
of
the
work
of
the
public
health
nursing
service
ln
this
connection.
"The
public
health
nurse
is
pilmarlly
a
health
educator,"
Miss
Corbould
said.
Isolation
Hospital
Is
Organized
Has
Been
Satisfactorily
Reno
vated
and
Arrangements
Mada
for
Staff
and
Service
Speaking
on
the
subject
of
communicable
disease
control
last
night
before
tlie
first
quarterly
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
and
District
Union
Board
of
Health.
Dr.
R.
G.
Knipe,
director
of
the
local
public
health
unit,
announced
that
the
city
was
now
satisfactorily
renovating
the
Isolation
hospital
ln
Prince
Rupert
and
that
arrangements
had
!been
made
whereby
the
hospital
would
be
staffed
and
serviced
by
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
In
short,
the
Isolation
hospital
here
was
being
properly
loo
al
Temperature
Tonight
8
Dim-out
xm
66'
(Hall
an
hour
after
sunset
to
48-
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise).
luilmiun
i
8:30
p.m.
to
6:44
am.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BKfflgBTCcblMmA'S
NEWSPAPER
Exxii.
No
219.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.Q.,
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
18,
1943,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Jh
attic
of
Salerno
Now
About
Ended
portant
Jap
Base
At
Lae
Taken
ONTARIO
MAN
WAS
DROWNED
.
-
,
Norman
E.
Pratt,
29,
Loses
His
Life
When
Dump
Truck
Falls
Into
Skeena
River.
Norman
E.
Pratt
of
Laurel,
Ontario,
was
drowned
In
the
Skeena
River
on
Thursday
after-hoon
between
Kwinitsa
and
Sal-ivus
when
an
open
dump
truck
(which
he
was
driving
went
into
.the
river
at
a
point
where
the
;water
is
twenty
feet
in
depth.
rThe
body
has
not
been
recovered.
Pratt
was
in
the
service
of
the
Standard
Paving
Co.
which
lsiMor
Engaged
in
Skeena
River
high-Way
construction
work.
He
was
twenty-nine
years
of
age
and
jvas
a
married
man.
Bulletins
TWENTY-FOUR
KILLED
.
NORFOLK,
Virginia
The
'blast
attributed
to
an
explo
sion
of
ammunition
in
transit
I
killed
twenty-four
persons
and
.injured
some
250
others,
on
Friday
at
the
Norfolk
naval
'air
station,
it
has
now
been
.announced.
The,
majority
of
the
dead
and
injured
wjre
'
navy
men.
w
.
MAIN
BATTLE
COMIN'd
LONDON
United
States
'Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox.111
England,
for
a
ten-day
inspection
trip,
warned
on
Friday
that
the
main
battle
against
Japan
is
still
to
come
but
added
"it
may
seem
significant
that
our
navy
has
not
seen
a
Japanese
aircraft
carrier
in
the
last
four
months."
BADOGLIO
IN
SOUTH
LONDON
rremier
Badogllo
is
in
a
vart
of
southern
Italy
under
Allied
control,
it
was
announced
today.
He
is
the
head
of
the
official
Italian
CHIANG
SPEAKS
CHUNGKING
In
his
first
speech
as
President
of
China,
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
said
that
the
surrender
of
the
Italian
navy
had
sealed
the
doom
of
Japan.
With
the
clearing
up
of
the
Mediterranean,
the
Allies
were
now
in
a
position
to
send
naval
units
to
the
Far
East.
China
would
remain
fighting
until
the
last
inch
of
ground
had
been
regained
from
the
Japanese,
Chiang
declared.
COMMANDOS
ON
RHODES
ALGIERS
The
Free
French
radio
reports
that
British
commando
troops
have
landed
on
the
German-controlled
Greek
island
of
Rhodes
in
the
eastern
Mediterranean.
DISLODGING
GUERILLAS
LONDON
The
Germans
are
reported
to
be
making
desperate
efforts
to
dislodge
loyal
Jugoslav
guerillas
who
have
taken
control
of
an
important
strip
of
Adriatic
Sea
coastline.
Dive
bombers
have
been
pressed
into
service.
BORIS
ASSASSINATED
LONDON
The
Daily
Telegraph
says
that
King
Boris
of
Bulgaria
was
assassinated
at
the
order
of
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
for
anti-Nazi
activities.
WARSHIPS
LAUNCHED
OTTAWA
Twelve
naval
vessels
were
launched
in
Canada
today,
ranging
from
a
great
Tribal
class
destroyer
to
a
Fairmile
patrol
vessel.
Mrs.
Fred
Hall
of
Terrace,
who
came
to
the
city
yesterday
to
attend
the
Inaugural
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
and
District
Union
Board
of
Health,
is
returning
this
afternoon
to
her
home
In
the
Interior.
I
Population
of
Prince
Rupert
:
Is
Now
20,937
Railway
Does
Real
War
Job
Based
on
the
issuance
of
ration
coupon
books,
the
present
population
of
Prince
Rupert
Is
now
placed
at
20,973.
This
is
more
than
three
times
the
population
credited
to
the
city
In
the
decennial
census
of
1941.
Than
Eighty
Percent
of
Traffic
on
Grand
Trunk
Western
is
War
Load.
MONTREAL,
Sept,
18.
"More
than
eighty
percent
of
traffic
on
the
Grand
Trunk
Western
lines
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
Is
made
up
of
war
loads,
either
In
completed
manufacture
or
in
raw
materials,
principally
steel
Intended
for
war
industry,"
said
C.
A.
Skog,
of
Detroit,
newly
appointed
freight
traffic
mana
ger
ror
the
Canadian
National
Railways
ln
the
United
States.
Mr.
Skog
was
ln
Montreal
yesterday
conferring
with
George
R.
Falrhead,
general
freight
traffic
manager
of
the
system.
The
lines
of
the
Grand
Trunk
western
region
of
the
Canadian
NattertaJ
Rajlways
are
ln
Mlchl
v-1
gan,
Indiana
and
Illinois,
ter
minatlng
ftt
Chicago,
with
inter
national
portals
at
Detroit
and
port
Huron,
-.
Michigan,
spurs
iservingplanUuOf
-all.
the
inter
nationally
known
automobile
manufacturers.
"These
motor
plants
are
busy
on
war
contracts,"
said
Mr.
Skog,
"some
having
been
retooled
for
munitions
while
others
are
making
vehicles
for
the
army.
Yet
they
are
well
prepared
for
post
war
conditions
and
any
one
could
be
ln
production
with
a
new
model
passenger
car
ninety
days
after
the
change
over
from
war
to
peace.
Meanwhile,
they
are
doing
a
big
war
Job
and
the
Grand
Trunk
Is
busy
handling
their
products
from
Detroit,
Pon-
tiac,
Flint,
Lansing
and
South
Bend,
with
additional
heavy
loads
from
Battle
Creek
and
Chicago."
School
Health
Service
Here
Dr.
R.
G.
Knlpe,
director
of
the
local
public
health
centre,
told
the
Inaugural
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
and
District
Union
Board
of
Health
last
night
of
the
school
health
service
being
carried
out
by
the
local
unit.
This
provided
for
the
physical
examination
of
each
school
child
at
least
once
a
year
with
a
view
3aseball
Scores
American
League
Chicago
2,
St.
Louis
1.
Detroit
3,
Cleveland
1.
Washington
6,
New
York
3.
National
League
St.
Louis
2,
Chicago
1.
Pittsburgh
1,
Cincinnati
0.
New
York
6,
Brooklyn
4.
Internatonal
League
Toronto
5,
Montreal
3.
(Toronto
leads
seml-flnal
three
wins
to
none).
Newark
9,
Syracuse
8.
(Syracuse
leads
seml-flnal
two
wins
to
one).
American
Association
.
Milwaukee
12,
Kansas
City
10
Columbus
18,
Toledo
3.
Indianapolis
2-7,
Louisville
1-
5,
Minneapolis
6-5,
St.
Paul
3-2.
:
Next
Major
Objective
9
W
Of
Allies
is
Naples;
Two
Armies
Joined
Up
Germans
Withdrawing
Northward
in
Order
to
Avoid
Being
Trapped
Pair
of
Important
Islands
Are
Taken.
ALLIED
HEARQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Sept.
18
(CP)
The
battle
for
the
Salerno,
bridgehead
has
about
ended
with
the
Germans
pull-'
ing
out
from
the
south
where
the
Allies
have
knifed
thirteen
miles
inland.
Other
Allied
forces
have
seized
two
islands
off
the
northern
spur
of
the
Bay
of
Naples
itself.
i
-
"The
British
Eighth
Army
has
now
Joined
with
the
Fifth
Army
and
they
are
virtually
acting
as
one
army"
In
position
for
a
drive
on
Naples,
a
headquarters
officer
declared.
There
still
was
heavy
fighting
near
Salerno
gateway
to
Naples,
but
the
bridgehead
Itself
was
rapidly
expanding
Into
one
solid
front
as
the
Germans
swung
their
southern
flank
northward
to
ward
central
Italy
to
avoid
being
caught
in
a
pincers
between
the
Eighth
and
Fifth
armies.
A
communique
also
announced
that
an
Allied
spearhead,
driving
into
the
crumbling
flank
to
the
south
of
the
bridgehead,
had
captured
the
town
of
Roccasplde,
eleven
miles
inland.
Proclda
Island,
twelve
miles
southwest
of
Naples,
and
the
island
of
Ponza,
65
miles
west
of
the
port,
were
occupied
Wednes
day.
DONORS
TO
RELIEF
OF
CHINA
FUND
Previously
reported
$10,597.31
Women's
Auxiliary,
Canadian
Legion
25.00
R.
A.
Argue
.
h00
firkin
Electric
Co.
'
.
5.00
Wong
H.
Peng
6.00
Foo
Ann
"
6.00
George
Lee"
5.00
H.
F.
Rotobins
5.00
Choy
Lum
5.00
John
Loftus
5.00
H.
Dickson
5.00
No.
9
Area
Signal
Oo.
R.
C.
Slgs.
38.70
Eleventh
Ave.
Children
1.90
U.
S.
Army
Acr
Hill
Theatre
11.69
Anonymous
5.00
Canadian
Fishing
Coy.
Ltd.
10.00
HB
5.00
Mrs.
J.
R.
Morgan
25.0C
Julia
L.
Slmonds
5.00
Ivan
Renxda
5.00
Nils
Ohman
10.00
70
donations
under
$5
95.00
Totals
at
noon
today
$10,891.60
to
ascertaining
defects
and
ad-iM
nfinT
HfUICPC
vising
the
parents
of
same
in
I
"""i,
IIU11MJ&
order
that
they
might
be
cor
rected.
Teacher
co-operation
was
being
organized
ln
the
way
of
dally
Inspections
of
hygienic
conditions.
Teachers
were
being
enlisted
to
take
the
height
and
weight
records
of
the
pupils,
something
which
did
nQt
require
the
services
of
doctors
or
nurses.
Reported
Upon
Conditions
.May
Not
Be
Entirely
Desirable
But
Corrections
Are
,
Being
Made
Conditions
from
a
sanitary
standpoint
ln
eating
houses
of
the
city
were
referred
to
by
C.
R.
Stonehouse,
sanitary
Inspector,
at
the
meeting
last
night
of
the
union
board
of
health
There
were
faults
owing
to
lack
of
adequate
equipment
ln
some
restaurants,
Mr.
Stonehouse
said
but
there
was
willingness
on
the
part
of
the
proprietors
to
co-operate
and
some
of
the
faults
had
been
corrected.
CORNED
BEEF
RESERVED
LONDON,
Sept.
18
Canned
corned
beef
is
being
removed
from
the
meat
ration
Sept.
18.
A
Food
Ministry
official
said
Food
Minister
Lord
Woolton
attaches
great
Importance
to
canned
corned
beef
as
a
reserve
to
meet
future
emergencies
and
dos
not
feel
Justified
in
reducing
stocks
of
It
on
hand
Berlin
Is
Hit
Again
Allies
Are
Again
Engaged
in
Round-the-Clock
Aerial
Offensive
Against
Reich
LONDON,
Sept.
18
09
Royal
Air
Force
Mosquito
bombers
blasted
Berlin
for
the
third
suc
X
If
cessive
night
last
nlcht
andv
L
great
f
JrmatfcLs
of
Auwu
D0mb-
ers
droned
across
the
southeast
coast
today
towards
Dieppe
to
carry
out
a
new
round-the-clock
offensive
into
the
fourth
day.
The
daylight
formations
were
preceded
by
thick
formations
of
AykU,fJghterii
s.trearoing-outJi
across
the"
Channel.
1
A
formation
of
medium
American
bombers
returned
Just
before
noon
but
there
was
no
immediate
announcement
as
to
their
targets.
Last
night's
attack,
which
kept
,
residents
of
the
German
capital
croucrnng
in
sneuers
lor
tne
third
successive
night,
was
re
ferred
to
by
the
Berlin
radio
as
a
nuisance
raid.
Septic
Tanks
Unsatisfactory
Few
in
City
Are
Operating
Effectively,
Sanitary
Inspector
States
Ninety-nine
percent
of
the
septic
tanks
in
Prince
Rupert
are
ineffectlfe,
C.
R.
Stonehouse
sanitary
inspector,
told
the
meeting
of
the
district
union
board
of
health
last
night.
The
only
really
effective
septic
tank
Installation
Is
one
which
has
been
installed
by
the
military,
Mr.
Stonehouse
stated.
Mr.
Stonehouse
spoke
on
a
number
of
matters
having
to
do
with
sanitary
conditions
In
the
city,
among
these
being
that
of
garbage
disposal
ln
connection
with
which
he
stated
that
the
United
States
were
installing
an
Incinerator
use
of
which
'
would
be
available
to
the
city.
Wanted
WOMEN
TO
WORK
ON
FISH
Standard
rates
of
pay.
e
Apply
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
Ltd.,
Seal
Cove.
4.
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