The
average
temperature
In
ince
Rupert
during
June
was
6
degrees,
the
highest
temp
ature
reached
during
the
onth
was
60
degrees
on
June
and
the
lowest.
was
41.5,
de
cei
an
June
1.
In
may
of
this
year
the
high-
temperature
was
63
degrees
i
id
th"
luwest
was
32.
June
iu
'Hi
con.siaeraoiy
warmer
wiui
maximum
of
81
degrees
and
m.iiunum
oi
tt.
TUe
un
shone
for
B'JJ
nours,
16
lays
last
month,
bringing
t'jui
hours,
of
sunshine
for
e
(u
i
ix
months
of
the
year
o
Wi
hours.
In
June
1942
nr.:.
lione
for
130.9
hours
d
the
total
hours
of
sunshine
Ur.sL
six
months
was
i0.5
hoar
.
In
Juuc
r.he
precipitation
was
Bo
..
nr
ai.d
rain
fell
on
elev-
day
,
The
total
rainfall
so
far
U
year
w,
been
38.87
Inches,
r
year
during
June
two
ln-?
or
f.urt
fell
and
In
the
first
If
j
1942.
there
was
38.71
cu'
oi.
multure.
Bai
'
'
r
readings
showed
a
A)
c
t
30.35
on
June
27
and
a
t
2'J.i1
on
June
1.
:
.,hi
,i
wind
velocity
was
ir...-
per
hour
irom
tne
easi
un?
18.
ro
HOLD
INQUEST
An
inqur
.i
will
be
held
this
af-irii
jon
into
the
death
of
Isacc
fed.
an
employee
of
the
B.
C.
BucU'e
and
Dredging
Company,
ho
died
as
a
result
of
.Injuries
ceived
In
an
accident
at
the
T
wharf
at
5
o'clock
last
tu;ht
Held
was
a
laborer
and
R:
dl-
r
ins
a
ditch
at
the
time
j
famed
Injuries
which
re-
lulttfd
m
death
while
being
re
moved
to
the
hospital.
Funeral
Held
pliis
Afternoon
Interment
of
David
Paton
Who
Came
Here
In
1911,
Served
In
Last
War
The
funeral
of
the
late
David
iUn
Paton.
who
died
in
the
I
Hiinorf
rjcnprnl
ftnsnltill
'av
morning,
was
held
from
OrmvlUe
Court
Chapel
of
r
c
Undertakers
this
afternoon
It!
f-
A.
Wrlpht
of
First
Bap-
t'hurch
officiating
and
Mrs
Black
accompanying
the
CLOSE
IN
ON
MUNDA
American
Forces
Only
Six
Miles
Away
New
Landings
Made
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
July
8
United
States
jungle
fighters
battled
today
within
six
miles
of
the
Japanese
air
base
of
Munda
from
two
new
landing
points
on
New
Georgia
Island
in
the
central
Solomons
area
where
the
enemy's
hold
has
been
weakened
by
a
crushing
naval
defeat.
New
American
landings
were
disclosed
SECURING
TEACHERS
Difficulty
of
Securing
Accommo
elation
One
of
Problems
facing
Board
There
have
been
six
reslgna
tlons
so
far
from
the
staff
of
Booth
Memorial
High
School
here
and
two
from
the
public
school
staff
and
to
date
one
appointment
to
the
High
School
staff
has
been
made,
it
was
revealed
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
board
of
school
trustees.
The
new
appointment
is
Miss
Dorothy
Kovach
of
Watrous,
Saskatchewan.
Some
other
ten
tative
appointments
have
been
made
subject
to.
living
accommodation
being
found
for
the
new
teachers.
The
teachers
who
have
so
far
resigned
are
Miss
Alma
Snyder.
Miss
E.
Voung,
Miss
Janet
Alt-
ken.
Miss
Elizabeth
Springer.
Miss
Nancy
Ramsay
and
tt.
G.
Thlstlethwaltc
of
the
High
School
and
Miss
Tekla
Fulton
(year's
leave
of
absence)
ana
Mrs.
M.
V.
Avery
01
tne
puouc
school
staff.
The
urgent
problem
of
secur
lng
accommodation
for
teachers
was
one
of
the
principal
subjects
discussed-at
last
night's
meet
lng
of
the
school
board,
the
matter
Giving
the
board
consid
erable
concern.
The
possibility
of
arranging
a
community
residence
for
teachers
had
been
canvassed
but
so
far
nothing
had
been
accomplished.
Appeal
Is
being
made
to
any
persons
who
might
have
accommodation
for
teachers
to
come
for
ward
and
offer
It.
There
has
not
been
a
great
nhnnrinnce
of
QDOlicatlonS
for
Debased,
who
was
born
In.
teaching
positions
here
and
Dr.
JC3'
and,
had
Jived
In
iPVlnce
M.
O.
Cameron
of
tne
univer-
'Kupn-t.
for
32
years,
coming
here
si
ty
of
British
Columbia
has
ad-
l"i
tan.
Ills
rpKlrifnpR
was
on
Wantage
Road.
He
was
65
at
the
itlm-
of
his
death
and
was
a
vet-
fan
of
the
first
Great
War.
having
served
overseas
with
the
'to
Battalion.
Arrangements
for
the
funeral
we're
made
by
the
local
branch
of
'.he
Canadian
Legion
and,
at
inc
graveside,
Bugler
W.
J.
fiance
sounded
the
Last
Post.
HURIi:i)
TREASURE
The
soil
of
Manchukuo
is
lamonpr
the
richest
in
the
world.
TONS
OF
PERFUME
Italian
Somaliland
is
the
Purer
of
half
of
the
world's
Sup
"J
oi
incense.
vised
the
board
to
make
its
appointments
as
early
as
possible
in
view
of
shortage
oi
leacneis.
The
actual
making
of
ingn
School
appointments
has
been
delegated
by
the
board
10
me
inspector
of
school
,and
the
principal
of
the
Hlgn
scnooi.
ABRAHAM'S
CITY
The
city
of
Ur,
In
Iraq,
is
the
most
ancient
city
In
the
world
yet
discovered.
SLOW,
RUT
SURE
In
LaDland.
Sweden,
32
per
cent
of
the
trees
are
more
than
1C0
years
old,
I
Edmonton
I
Has
Fire
EDMONTON,
July
8
O
City
firemen
and
United
States
Army
personnel
bat-
tied
a
two-hour
blaze
which
broke
out
Just
after
mid-
night
last
night
and
des-
troyed
a
nearly
completed
warehouse
and
repair
shop
being
built
for
the
United,
States
Engineers.
Damage
was
estimated
at
between
$20,000
and
$40,000.
The
lire
vas
set
off
by
lightning
during
a
brief
electrical
storm.
Chickenpox
and
Measles
Outbreak
Held
Down
Attendance
at
East
End
Schools
of
City
Last
Month
Prevalence
of
chickenpox
and
measles
cut
down
attendance
at
King
Edward
School
during
June,
It
was
reported
by
Miss
E.
A.
Mercer,
the
principal,
to
the
school
board
at
its
meeting
last
night.
Seal
Cove
also
re
ported
some
chickenpox.
Good
Fishing
Babine
Lake
Local
Angling
Parties
Return
Home
From
Interior
Local
anglers
returned
home
on
Tuesday
night's
train
from
Babine
Lake
with
good
catches
of
fine
big
rainbow
trout.
Tommy
Fraser
and
Gil
Dater
went
in
from
Topley
over
the
Indian,
road
to
the
west
end
of
the
lake
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
and
A.
R.
Nich
ols
went
In
from
Topley,
accompanied
by
J.
C.
Hunt
of
Decker
Lake.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Cincinnati
5-2,
Boston
1-4.
St.
Louis
-
Philadelphia,
Chicago
-
Brooklyn,
Pittsburgh-New
York,
postponed.
American
League
New
York
2,
St.
Louis
0.
Detroit
9,
Washington
1.
Chicago
3,
Boston
2
(fourteen
innings).
Philadelphia-
Cleveland,
postponed).
International
League
Toronto
3,
Montreal
0.
Baltimore
8,
Syracuse
4.
Buffalo
9,
Rochester
3.
Newark
-
Jersey
City,
postponed.
American
Association
St.
Paul
1-4,
IndlanapoolLs
18-6.
Minneapolis
4-0,
Louisville
5-1.
Kansas
City-Toledo,
postponed
Coast
League
Hollywood
6-1,
San
Francisco
4-4.
Portland
7-2,
Sacramento
6-5.
Oakland
Los
Angeles
5-10.
Seattle
13,
San
Diego
'2.
TALKS
TO
1
This
photo,
made
from
the
DrlUsh
corvette
Dianthus,
shows
members
of
the
crew
of
a
.
German
submarine
swimming
towards
the
ship
after
their
U,-boat
had
been
sunk
by
the'j
II.M.C.S.
Asslnlbolne,
BACKGROUND,
in
the
Atlantic.
The
Dianthus
picked
up
the
survivors
i
and
two
days
later
rammed
and
sank
another
U-boat
which
she
had
.forced
to
the
surface
with
depth
charges.
'PRESIDENT
General
Henri
Giraud
Also
Meets
United
States
Chief
Of
Staff
'WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
8
General
Henri
Olraud,
following
his
arrival
In
Washington,
Is
now
ir
conference
with
President
Roosevelt
and
General
George
C
Marshall,
chief
of
United
State's
Army
stall.
Set-up
of
New
Health
Board
A
union
board
of
health
tak
!
District
Committee
to
Have
Hand
in
Directing
Activities
cf
Public
Health
Unit
ine
the
form
of
a
lay
committee
ous
sections
of
the
district
cen-,
ferine
on
Prince
RuDert
from
Usk
to
the
east,
Dean
Channel'
on
the
south,
the
Queen
Char-i
lotte
Islands
on
the
west
and
the
being
organized
In
connection
with
the
Prince
Rupert
public
health
would
consist
of
one
would
be
of
consultative
nature
and
would
have
a
hand
in
the
directing
of
the
expenditure
of
funds
and
the
setting
of
general,
although,
of
course,
not
technical,
policy.
The
union
board
of
health
woul
dconsist
of
one
members
from
each
outside
district
such
as
Terrace
and
the
Queen
Charlotte
Island
with
representatives
named
by
the
city
council
and
school
board
of
Prince
Rupert,
the
chairman
and
treasurer
to
be
appointed
from
among
the
members
while
Dr.
R
G.
Knipe,
director
of
the
Prince
Rupert
public
health
unit,
wouid
be
secretary
and
executive
offi
cer.
There
would
be
four
meet
ings
of
the
board
per
year
in
Prince
Rupert
as
the
central
point,
The
local
board
of
school
trus
tees
last
night
approved
forma
tlon
of
and.
participation
In
the
union
board
of
health;
the
city
council
having
previously
done
likewise.
The
municipality
of
Terrace
has
also
.
given
Its
approval.
Halibut
Sales
American
Pioneer,
36,000,
29.9c
and
20c,
Booth.
Coolldge,
34,000,.
30.7c
and
20c,
Atlln.
Platinum,
35,000,
30.8c
and
20c,
Pacific.
NO
THIRD
CHANCE
BURY
ST.
EDMUNDS,
England,
July
8
TO
Capt.
Wlllalm
Harry
Coombs,
president
of
the
Merchant
Navy
Officers'
Feder
ation
says
that
because
Germany
has
abused
the
chivalry
of
the
sea
twice
in
a
genera
tion
she
should
be
barred
from
it
until
she
learns
better.
CITY
SLICKERS
One-quarter
of
all
the
Inhabi
tants
of
Argentina
live
In
Buenos
Aires.
craft.
local
Temperature
Tonights
Dim-out
mm
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
tot
hi
Maximum.-..,.
ot
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
10:45
pjn.
to
4:47
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
,
XXXII,
No.
158
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JULY
8,
1943
PRICE.
FIVE
CENTS
eavy
ighting
Going
On
In
Russi
3
ROUBLE
lT
KIEL
STOCKHOLM,
July
8
0)
A
teborg
newspaper
report
re-jcd
Wednesday
from
"German
pooition
quarters"
said
that
i?)
elite
guards
had
occupied
iarvt.-.-
at
the
German
subline
base
of
Kiel
for
two
days
rt
week
because
of
dlsturb-
(CE
Leather"
COOLER
Hie
01
J
1119
irar
a
lyuiuci,
Darker,
but
not
so
wet
as
June
1912
THIS
U-BOAT
CREW
HAS
TO
SWIM
FOR
IT
ftiWiii.j
-.
'
"k
Tl-TT
"
frill
I
KEEP.UP
AIR
WAR
Allies
Still
Relentlessly
Found
ing
Italian
Bases
Gerblni
Again
Hit
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
July
8
(CP)
Relentless
Allied
air
assault
against
Sicily
and
Sardinia
went
through
the
fifth
consecutive
day
yesterday
with
heavy
bombings
of
air
fields
and
other
military
targets,
it
was
announced
officially
today.
Enemy
fighter
opposition
was
reported
to
have
been
on
a
"reduced
scale"
but
"Allied
fighters
shot
down
ten
Axis
planes
for
a
loss
of
five
of
our
own."
Gerbini
In
Eastern
Sicily,
scene
of
a
titanir
air
battle
between
heavy
American
bombers
and
more
than
one
hund
red
enemy
planes
Monday,
was
battered
nineteen
more
times
yesterday
by
heavy
and
medium
bombers
and
they
did
not
encounter
a
single
enemy
air
FINE
BAND
NOW
HERE
Naval
Musical
Organization
Ar
rives
From
Toronto
to
be
Stationed
in
Prince
Rupert
A
notable
acquisition
to
the
local
naval
establishment
Is
the
new
band
which
arrived
at
the
first
of
the
week
direct
from
band
school
at
Toronto.
Under
"the
baton
of
Petty
Officer
Jef
fries,
the
leader,
it
is
practising
asdubuslyand
tdurttttngihta
splendid
co-ordination.
It
has
only
been
organized
as
a
unit
with
members
representing
varl-J
f
oi
two
weeks
but
Its
members
it
I
iu.
..nJon'all
areall
talantori
talented
mmtrfnns
musicians,
thus
thus
accounting
for
the
splendid
pro
gress
they
are
making.
Yes
terday
Commander
D.
C.
Wal
lace
and
other
local
officers
Yukon
border
on
the
north
Is
heard
the
band
in
a
brief
re-
hearsal
and
were
much
grati
fied,
Some
nine
members
of
the
band
comprise
a
dance
band
which
was
also
heard
yesterday
afternoon
and
which
will
make
Its
debut
at
a
big
dance
tonight
marking
the
opening
of
the
new
drill
hall.
Later
there
will
be
public
ap
pearances
by
the
band.
MORE
TABLECLOTHS
American
farmers
produced
more
than
four
million
acres
of
flaxseed
in
1942.
I
Railway
Work
horAtter
War
OTTAWA.
July
8
CD
The
Canadian
National
Rail-
ways
today
placed
before
the
House
of
Commons-
post
-
war
reconstruction
committee
a
tentative
post-
war
program
aimed'
at
re-
flevlng
unemployment.
In-
volvlng
capital
expenditure
V
of
$640,445,000
and
provide
ing
employment
estimated
at
95,000,000
annually.
t
which
might
be
undertaken
by
the
Canadian
.National
Railways
"If
post-war
con-
4
dltlons
should
necessitate
such
expenditures."
FAVORING
DE
GAULLE
Population
Forces
Government
ot
Martinique
to
Break
With
Vichy
PORT
OF
SPAIN,
Trinidad,
July
8
Crowds
15,000
strong
took
possession
of
the
streets
of
Fort
de
France,
Martinique,
for
days
recently
lh
demonstrations
favoring
the
fighting
French
leader.
General
Charles
de
Gaulle,
It
was
reported
yester
day.
The
demonstrations
were
said
to
have
forced
the
action
ofi
the
government
of
the
French
Island
In
seeking
an
agreement
with
the
Ulted
States
and
to
break
with
Vichy.
Defence
treads
Well
Satisfied
LaGuardia
and
Oiggar
Pay
Visit
To
rrjnce
Rupert
in
Course
of
Coastal
Tour.
Satisfaction
wa3
expressed
by
Mayor
Fiprella
LaGuardia
of
New
York
and
Col.
O.
M.
Blggar
American
and
Canadian
Chairmen
respectively
of
the
Joint
defence
board
following
a
visit
to
Prince
Rupert.
They
spent
a
few
hours
here
while
n
the
way
to
Alaska.
The
party
Included
Dr.
H.
L.
Keenleyside,
son-in-law
of
J.
H.
Pillsbury
and
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert.
POLLS'
IN
R.
A.
F.
.
R.A.F.
Boston
bombers
fly
high
over
the
small
inland
of
Lampedusa
in
the
Mediterranean,
dropping
heavy
bomb
loads
Hiat
helped
bring
about
the
surrender
of
the
Italian
outpost
24
hours
after
the
capitulation
of
Pantclleria.
Smoke
from
fires
started
by
the
Incessant
bombings
can
be
seen
rising
from
the
"centre
of
the
island.
The
photo
radioed
from
Algiers
has
Just
'been
received.
Red
Army,
Fighting
Brilliantly,
Holds
Up
Nazi
Offensive
Huns
Have
Suffered
Heavily
in
Casualties
and
Tanks
and
Aircraft
Since
Big
Drive
on
:
Kursk
Began
MOSCOW,
July
8
(CP)
Fresh
Nazi
rves
were
reported
pushing
through
smoke
and
dust
along
paths
marked
by
wrecked
machines
and
dead
today
to
bolster
the
offensive
on
the
Kursk
plains
which
the
Red
Army,
fighting
more
brilliantly
thali
ever,
has
limited
to
small
gains
in
the
Belgorod
area.
it
was
announcea
oiy;iauy
inai
the
Russians
had
killed
thirty
thousand
Germans,
destroyed
or
damaged
1,589
tanks
and
shot
down
649
planes
In
the
first
three
days
of
battle.
The
objective
of
the
Germans
is
evidently
the
encirclement
of
Kursk
with
two
big
drives
from
opposite
di
rections.
The
Germans
are
estimated
to
have
450,000
men
or
thirty
divi
sions
engaged
in
the
new
offensive
In
Russia.
The
enemy
have
failed
so
far
to
achieve
a
major
WAR
SAVINGS
IN
SCHOOLS
Good
Showing
Made
by
Pupils
Last
Year
With
Upwards
'
Of
$3,000
Pupils
of
the
Prince
Rupert
schools
have
made
a
good
showing
during
the
past
year
In
purchase
of
war
savings
stamps,
figures
given
to
the
school
board
at
Its
meeting
last
night
by
the
various
principals
showed.
Upwards
of
$5,000
In
all
was
saved
by
the
pupils
in
this
way,
the
figures
for
the
schools
being
as
follows:
Seal
Cove
$
260.00
King
Edward
1868.50
Borden
Street
1544.83
Booth
Memorial
....
1578.50
For
June
King
Edward
School
war
savings
certificate
purchases
were
$315,
Borden
Street,
$182.28.
In
addition
to
war
savings
certificates,
It
was
reported
that
pupils
of
Borden
Street
School
hart
nurrhasert
VIetnrv
Ronds
to
Twelve
thousand
Polish
air-
,hp
w
nf
twin
men
are
serving
with
the
Royal
Air
Force.
WHY
LAMPEDUSA
GAVE
UP
.
....
.s
Home
Economics
Dep't
Improved
Report
From
Miss
Jessie
McLen.
aghan
Received
at
Last
Night's
Meeting
of
School
Board
Miss
Jessie
McLenaghan,
dlr
ectpr
of
home
economics
for
the
Department
of
Education,
had
a
(report
before
the
board
of
school
trustees
at
its
meeting
last'
night
noting
definite
improvement
in
the
home
economics
department
of
the
local
schools.
Miss
McLenaghan
expressed
the
hope
that
there
1
wouia
De
no
cnange
in
siaii
ana
drew
attention
of
the
board
to
the
need
for
certain
renovations
and
new
Items
of
equipment.
Since
Miss
McLenaghan's
report
both
Instructors
of
the
home
economics
department
have
resigned
and
the
school
board
Is
endeavouring
to
secure
successors.
BLIND
VETERAN
WORKER
LONDON,
July
8
W
Bill
Ste
phenson
has
served
his
country
for
25
years
since
he
ran
away
to
Join
the
navy
In
1914,
and
he's
still
doing
his
bit.
Blinded
at
Narvik
three
years
ago,
he
now
works
with
amazing
speed
Japs
Had
Bad
Loss
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
8
Every
Japanese
warship
that
took
part
In
the
Battle
of
Kula
Gulf,
a
pre-dawn
engagement,
was
sunk
or
damaged,
It
has
been
re-
vealed.
They
were
cruisers
'and
destroyers
and
the
force
was
of
superior
strength
to
the
Americans.
The
only
American
loss
was
the
9,100-ton
cruiser
Helena,
most
of
the
crew
being
saved.
ITALIANS
FEARFUL
ALGIERS,
July
8
W
European
reports
to
the
French
press
In
North
Africa
on
Wednesday
said
that
Italian
authorities
are
alarmed
at
the
possibility
of
an
Allied
landing
at
the
seaport
of
Ostla,
only
10
miles
from
Ro,m$
ARMY
SHOW
COMING
UP
Greatest
Single
Entertainment
Organization
in
Canada
in
Prince
Rupert
The
Army
Show,
probably
the
most
pretentious
entertainment
group
ever
assembled
in
Canada,
will
be
In
Prince
Rupert
this
week-end
In
the
course
of
a
tour
of
Canada.
It
will
present
its
big
entertainments
in
the
new
naval
drill
hall
exclusively
for
members
of
the
forces.
The
first
show
will
be
tomorrow
night.
There
will
be
a
radio
broadcast
on
Sunday.
New
Officers
Of
Oddfellows
James
Bremner
Heads
Organiza.
tlon
For
Coming
Year
Harry
Eyolfsen,
the
new
district
deputy
grand
master,
assisted
by
Murdo
McArthur.
grand
marshal,
installed
officers
of
the
local
Oddfellows'
Lodge
a$
follows.
Noble
Grand,
James
Bremner.
Vice
Grand,
Harold
Thurgood.
Recording
Secretary,
Fred
Green.
Financial
Secretary,
Fred
Mac-
Donald.
Treasurer,
L.
C.
Eby.
Chaplain,
Jack
Mcintosh.
Inner
Guard,
John
McKechnle.
Outer
Ouard,
S.
V.
Cox.
INTO
THE
CLOUDS
The
Andes
reach
their
greatest
height,
more
than
19,000
feet,
In
Peru.
ALL
TIME
II
10
II
The
U.
S.
Army
Service
Foroo
handles
more
merchandise
than
assembling
aero-engine
parts
in
any
other
oranizat
loon
In
world
a
Home
Counties
factory.
history.