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Temperature
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VOL.
XXXII,
No.
Alliv
Leapfrog
Tactics
of
Japanese
Secret
of
Hold
in
Aleutians
AT
AN
ADVANCE
BASE
IN
THE
ANDREANOF
ISLANDS,
Alaska,
May
8
(CP)
Air-borne
dynamite
has,
so
far,
not
succeeded
in
blasting
the
Japanese
off
Kiska
and
Attu
Islands.
Cameras
tell
why.
That
"why"
is
a
fragmentary
text
book
of
Japanese-leapfrog
island-to-island
warfare.
This
lens
study
gives
the
first
account
or
how
the
Japanese
bunt
a
sub
marine
and
airplane
pasc
on
American
soil.
For
the
past
nine
months,
photograph
interpreters
have
watched
the
Japanese
build
a
sub
base
from
scratch.
Klska
may
have
been
part
of
the
Midway
plan,
but
the
equipment
was
Intended
for
Klska
and
Klska
alone,
and
the
troops
which
landed
at
the
American
Island
did
ot
come
from
troop
ships
turned
back
at
Midway
those
Midway-Intended
troops
showed
up
in
the
South
Seas.
Without
Interruption,
the
Japanese
steamed
into
Klska
Harbor
with
cruisers,
a
seaplane
tender,
destroyer.,
cargo
and
troop-laden
ships.
They
worked
fast.
They
quickly
built
a
tent
city
large
enough
to
roof
3,000;
unloaded
bulldozers
to
make
roads,
trucks
to
carry
cargo,
autl-alrcraft
guns
and
ccastal
batteries
to
repel
any
possible
air
or
surface
attacks.
Progressive
Building
About
the
first
thing
the
Japanese
eld
was
to
stake
down
six
canvas
plane
dummies
on
Trout
Lagoon
Lagoon
Spit,
Spit,
within
witmn
the
tne
Harbor,
liarnor,
to
io
J
rv
divert
a.
posslblftwynlted',Statej.YlotnerS
DtiY
plane
attack.
Those
dummies
re-
mained
until
the
Bering
Sea
winds
.shredded
the
canvas.
During
the
first
two
months,
dozen:
of
ships
came
and
went.
On
July
21.
for
example,
there
were
nine
veels
in
the
anchorage,
hirudins
three
cargo
ships.
B
this
time,
the
Japanese
began
changing
tents
for
wooden
inciter
j
and
on
the
same
date
there
eie
as
many
iramc
buildings
as
(em
on
the
treeless
Island.
Then,
as
weather
gave
them
more
time,
they
replaced
the
early
flimsy
structures
with
substantial
buildings,
sandbagged
cases-high.
ltie
major
construction,
In
orderly
manner,
was,
roads,
a
sub
marine
base,
a
sea
Diane
base,
a
fighter
runway.
Meanwhile,
anti-aircraft
and
coaual
batteries
began
to
appear.
In
the
light
of
today's
events,
the
United
States
knows
the
Japanese
began
a
malnstem
highway
system
which
went
to
places
where
he
Is
doing
business
today.
As
roads
expanded,
more
antiaircraft
and
coastal
gun
emplacements
appeared
and,
as
the
roads
were
studied
under
a
heavy
reading
glass,
foot
by
foot,
there
ap-
peared
radio
stations
and
fuel
and
ammunition
dumps
and
a
power
house
More
recently
the
Nipponese
built
a
road
from
the
main
camp
to
the
highest
ridge
approaching
Klska
volcano.
It
is
well
constructed,
and
the
end
of
that
road
is
not
mere
outpost.
It
Is
Intended
for
heavy
loads
which
cannot
be
car-fled
en
baggage
rickshas
which
Uie
Japanese
have
on
the
Island.
These
rlcksh;n,
with
removable
wheels,
a"
Japanese
Jeeps.
Fuel
dumps
along
the
lesser
roads
are
rccog-med
easily.
Excavation
for
the
submarine
base,
complete
with
marine
rail
way,
shops
and
shep,
'began
within
lo
weeks
and
the
work
progressed
waeriy.
The
main
building
was
sunk
deep
into
the
Ground
so
that
only
three
feet
of
heavy
tundra-
wered
room
emerged
At
first
the
enemy
mounted
"early
a
dozen
anti-aircraft
guns
may
bombers
draw
fire
from
more
than
twlc
that
number
The
sub
base
Is
made
to
accomo-date
short-range
"Sydney"-type
5ul
and
tho
nnr-man
variety
h'"h
first
appeared
at
Pearl
Har-
b0-
Nombi
Change
Aspects
uc'ore
lone
a
rami)
50
feet
wide
ant
250
feet
long
appeared;
made
Are
ALEUT
ID.
OCCUPIED
Americans
Establish
Themselves
63
Miles
From
Klska
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
g
(CD
It
was
announced
yesterday
that
Amchitka
Island,
63
miles
east
of
the
Japanese-occupied
base
of
Klska
in
the
Alcution
Islands,
had
been
occupied
In
January
by
American
forces
as
"part
of
the
program
of
aggressive
action"
against
Japan.
This
puts
the
American
air-
force
within
range
of
Toyko.
An
Air
base
is
already
In
operation
on
Amchitka.
There
were
six
attacks
on
Kiska
this
Wednesday
and
four
on
Attu,
it
is
announced.
Is
Observed
Impresslve
Meeting
of
Job's
Daugh
ters
Held
on
Friday
Night
An
impressive
meeting
of
Job's
Daughters
took
place
last
night
at
the
Masonic
Temple
In
observance
of
Mother's
Day.
The
mothers
or
their
representatives
were
present
and
each
received
the
gift
of
a
beautiful
corsage
flower.
of
heavy
slx-by-twelve-lnch
Umbers.
Then
two
hangars
and
there
was
a
seaplane
base.
The
bulldlng3
were
sunk
and
tundra-covered.
Within
four
months
of
their
arrival
the
invaders
completed
work
on
two
hangars
and
had
poured
the
concrete
foundation
for
a
third.
On
October
1,
a
near-hit
damaged
the
largest
hangar,
nd
on
the
following
day
the
new
foundation
was
smashed
and
the
vail
studding
flattened.
No
work
was
done
on
the
hangars
after
the
second
bombing.
Tho
Japanese
apparently
changed
their
mind
lout
wanting
a
seaplane
Saptarceltf
because
an
American
flghter
an(j
bomber
base
had
been
built
In
the
Western
Andreanof
Isl
ands
and
they
switched
within
a
month
to
the
construction
or
-a
fighter
strip
on
the
mountainous
Island,
to
be
finished
by
the
time
good
fighter
weather
was
due.
The
fighter
strip,
upon
wnicu
hundreds
of
Nipponese
nave
sweated
for
the
past
tnree
ana
a
half
months,
should
be
ready
any
rinv
From
a
mile
hign
over
ivisita,
we
hnilfilnirs
look
like
angleworm
rug
Bin.
Actually
coming
In
at
low
B...D.
level
the
revetments
iook.
uu
in
t.hPlr
four-to-elsht-foot
thickness
es
Their
roofs,
for
incendiary
and
camouflage
purposes,
also
are
covered
with
sod.
The
Japanese
built
two
water
reservoirsone
for
bombing,
one
for
water-almost
Immediately
upon
landing.
,
.,
n.
At
the
opening
to
a
building,
the
Japanese
wedges
in
a
chevron-shaped
revetment,
about
four
feet
thick
and
H
feet
long
and
eaves-high.
One
side
of
the
V
ends
en-sldc
the
wall,
the
other,
outside.
Pilots
who
have
dropped
1,000-pound
bombs-within
25
feet
of
the
buildings
did
not
see
somuch
as
.v.-
f.f
Hnor
ooen.
They
know
of
the
chevron
Is
that
the
purpose
to
keep
out
unwelcome
blasts.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
RRITISFI
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
Mopping
Up
Obviously
delighted
at
regaining
thuir
lib
r
port
laima.
U,at
brought
them
to
a
Middle
Ex.
swap
of
able-bodied
prisoners
of
war.
TELEGRAPH
MANAGER
W.
J.
Davies
To
Succeed
H.
S.
Meadows
in
Charge
at
Prince
Rupert-
William
J.
Davies,
at
present
wire
chief
and
dean
of
the
telegraph
service
in
Prince
Rupert,
has
been
appointed
local
manager
of
Cana
dian
Telegraphs
In
succession
to
H.
S.
Meadows
who
is
retiring
on
superannuation,
it
is
announced.
The
change
becomes
effective
a
week
from
today.
W.
M.
Armstrong,
general
manager,
Canadian
National
Telegraphs,
Montreal;
J.
O.
Davies,
general
superintendent,
Winnipeg,
and
G.
Ootlfred,
superintendent,
Edmonton,
will
be
arriving
in
Piince
Rupert
next
Thursday
night
on
a
general
inspection
visit.
Active
Service
Superannuation
Local
Hoard
Considering
What
Is
To
Be
Done
with
Such
Teachers
The
matter
of
protecting
super
annuation
privileges
for
members
of
teaching
staffs
on
active
service
In
the
war
Is
being
considered
by
the
local
board
of
school
trustees.
Following
an
application
of
Walter
Ferguson
who
Is
now
on
aqtive
service
for
Uie
protection
of
his
superannuation
rights,
the
board
has
Instructed
the
secretary
to
obtain
Information
as
to
how
many
local
teachers
may
be
In
a
similar
position.
It
Is
optional
with
boards
as
to
whether
they
should
keep
up
sup-rrannuation
payments
for
teachers
in
active
service.
In
any
event,
Uie
superannuation
is
only
effective
if
such
teachers
return
to
the
teaching
service.
'
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
101,500
pounds,
17
and
15
to
11.4
and
15.
Canadian
40,50
pounds,
18.3
and
10
to
18.6
and
16.
American
North,
45,000,
17.1
and
15,
Stor
age.
Pioneer,
25,000,
17
and
15,
Royal.
MacArthur,
25,000,
17
and
15,
Booth.
Visitor,
6,500,
17.4
and
15,
Stor
age.
Canadian
P.
DDlron.
7,000,
18.6
and
16,
At
lln.
NomCn,
12,500,
18.4
and
16,
Whiz,
Princeton
I,
21,000,
18.3
and
16,
Pacific.
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
8,
BRITISH
PRISONERS
FREED
lir
tibh
soldiers
are
shown
Ica.ing
the
transport
from
Mersm,
Turkey,
In
the
recent
BULLETINS
VICTORY
LOAN
TOKONTO-fThe
Fourth
Victory
Loan
upjto
last
night
had
reached
a
total
of
$707,850,000
as
compared.
-fU
451332.000
'In-the
corresponding
period
of
last
loan.
ATLANTIC
SINKINGS
LONDON
There
is
no
confirmation
of
Rerlin
claims
that
13
more
ships
have
been
sunk
out
of
Allied
convoy
in
the
Atlantic
in
addition
to
16
on
Wednesday.
GIBRALTAR
EXPLOSIONS
LISBON
Three
violent
explosions
were
heard
at
Gibraltar,
according
to
report
here,
after
which
three
vessels
were
beached
by
the
British.
Report
of
attack
by
Axis
submarines
was
not
immediately
confirmed.
HITLER'S
SrEECH
BERLIN
Making
a
biief
speech
today
at
the
funeral
of
Victor
Lutz,
Adolf
Hitler
said
that
the
Nazi
were
suffering
a
high
loss
of
life
In
the
war'
and
that
there
was
also
a
serious
loss
of
leaders.
HOOP
TITLE
PLAY
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
women
beat
Winnipeg
again
29
to
21
in
Canadian
championship
basketball.
Victoria
men
also
repeated
over
Windsor
63
to
50.
Next
games
will
be
played
to-
night.
INVLSTKJATK
RADIO
OTTAWA
Pal
liament
yesterday
volcd
in
favor
of
the
setting
up
of
a
select
committee
of
23
members
to
Investigate
radio.
WINDSORS
IN
STATES
MIAMI
The
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Windsor
landed
yesterday
frcm
the
Bahamas
and
proceeded
today
to
New
York.
I
ROOSEVELT
TO
STALIN
WASHINGTON
Joseph
Davies
is
making
a
special
trip
to
Moscow,
bearing
a
secret
message
from
President
Roosevelt
to
Premier
Stalin.
QUEBEC
EDUCATION
QUEBEC
The
Quebec
Legislature
yesterday
passed
a
bill
making
education
compulsory
from
six
to
11
year.
There
will
also
be
free
text
books.
,
1943
TWO-THIRD
ILOAN
MARK
lrln"
,R"Pert
f.b,bs",pti
7Ul
,uw.in
rniomer
ee
Caucasus
the
Rus.
Bj
Ulan
air
forces
has
destroyed
400
w
.
,.Jita.
Mtw.
fAxi-plijsin-.Uo
lo&-
Jew
days;
Yesterday's
Fourth
Victory
Loan!
losing
only
a
mere
handful
them-ujciipt.uits
amounted
to
$19,850
selves.
jfiiiging
tne
cumulative
total
(o
aaie
up
to
$143,250.
Today
marks
the
end
of
the
second
week
of
the
a
ee
weeks
campaign
in
which
Prince
Rupert's
quota
13
$750,000.
Hejen.
subscriptions
to
be
ack
nowledged
are
as
follows:
..mea
ttemy
Moore
5
50
Elizabeth
Bartlet
Larsen
50
David
Rubin
250
John
Barrett
Forbes
150
Dr.
John
James
Gibson
500
Mrs.
Clementina
Collar
t
250
Clarence
Bracken
50
Bertrand
Dube
50
George
Leonard
Sullivan
50
Collart
&
McCaffery
1000
Jean
Joseph
Theophlla
Collart
500
Robert
Myrovltch
100
Considerable
Money
Is
Saved
Purchases
of
War
Savings
Certifi
cates
and
Bonds
by
School
Children
Quite
Substantial
Pupils
of
the
public
schools
in
Prince
Rupert
continue
to
save
a
goodly
amount
by
purchasing
war
savings
certificates
and
stamps.
The
savings
per
school
in
April
were
as
follows:
Booth
Memorial
High
School
$409.50
King
Edward
School
210.15
Borden
Street
School
110.00
Seal
Cove
21.86
Since
the
commencing
of
the
year
beginning
last
September
King
Edward
School
has
saved
$1,359.25
and
Borden
Street
School
$1,185.75.
BASEBALL
SCORES
National
League
Philadelphia
13,
New
York
3.
Brooklyn
9,
Boston
7.
Cincinnati
5,
Chicago
4.
St.
Louls-Plttsburgh
(postponed).
American
League
New
York
6,
Philadelphia
2.
Chicago
1,
Detroit
0.
Boston
3,
Washington
2.
Cleveland-St.
Louis
(postponed).
Married
women
civil
servants
in
Britain
with
husbands
In
the
forces
now
have
extra
leave
like
women
In
Industry
who
are
grant-
ed
time
off
during
their
husband's
leave,
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
9:56
pm.
to
5:18
ajn.
In
Tunisia
Roads
of
North
Africa
Blocked
With
Axis
Army
Fleeing
to
Mountains
Greatest
Guns
in
Country
Left
Unmanned
for
British
and
Americans
to
Take
Over
Heavy
Air
Pounding
.
Many
Ships
Sunk
DeGauliist
Governor
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
May
8
(CP)
American
and
British
armies
are
mopping
up
following
the
capture
yesterday
afternoon
of
both
Bizerte
and
Tunis.
French
troops
today
captured
Pont
du.
Fahs.
North
Tunisian
roads
are
blocked
with
remnants
of
the
Axis
forces
in
flight
toward
Cape
Bon
where
!E7
to
Assault
on
Approaches
to
Novoro-ssisk
Continues
German
Battalion
Wiped
Out
LONDON,
May
8
0
The
Red
Army
continued
its
assault
on
the
approaches
to
Novorossisk,
Black
Sea
port,
today,
wiping
out
a
battalion
of
German
infantry
and
87
gun
positions
in
Friday
night's
fighting
northeast
of
Novorossisk,
a
Soviet
noon
communique
said.
i
Ad
IVto
TlflH
A
rm
xr
rnntlniiQ
tn
crush
all
German
resistance
on
the
sian
air
forces
have
destroyed
400
the
Black
Sea.
4
t
Five
Enemy
t
Planes
Down
4
LONDON,
May
8
ID
An
air
raid
alert
was
sounded
in
In
London
early
Saturday
and
anti-aircraft
batteries
went
Into
action
soon
after
the
alert
sounded.
The
all-clear
signal
was
given
a
little
more
than
4'
an
hour
after
the
original
4-
alarm.
Five
enemy
planes
have
been
brought
down
in
England
in
the
last
24
hours.
Infant
Clinics
Prove
Popular
.Many
Mothers
Availing
Themselves
Of
Service
for
Babies
and
Tre-School
Age
Children
Clinics
for
babies
and
children
of
pre-school
age,
being
held
weekly
on
Tuesdays
at
King
Edward
School
and
on
Wednesdays
at
St.
Peter's
Church
Hall,
Seal
Cove,
are
proving
very
popular
with
mothers
who
have
been
turning
out
forty
strong
at
the
former
place
with
their
chlld:en
for
consultation
and
advice
with
some
thirty-five
at
the
latter.
The
clinics
are
conducted
under
the
auspices
of
the
local
public
health
unit
with
Dr.
.
J.
Mac-
Donald
In
charge,
Miss
Elizabeth
0:hs,
one
of
the
public
health
nurses,
assisting
at
King
Edward
School
and
Miss
Eleanor
Graham,
the
other,
at
Seal
Cove.
USES
OF
CORN
Corn
Is
used
in
the
manufacture
of
alcohol,
sugar,
starch
and
many
other
war
supplies.
The
Isle
of
Wight,
off
England's
south
coast,
has
been
renamed
"The
Isle
of
Plenty"
by
a
new3-
paper
writer
who
found
the
place
abounded
In
the
little
luxuries
that
'have
disappeared
from
the
main-
jland.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
tney
may
put
up
a
last
ditch
stanq
In
the
rocky,
hilly
country.
Bizerte
was
captured
at
4:15
yesr
terday
afternoon
by
the
Americans
and
five
minutes
later
Tunis
fall
the
British.
So
hasty
and
disorganized
was
the
Axis
retreat
that
great
guns"
me
strongest,
in
worm
Airica,
were
left
unmanned.
The
Allies,
being
In
complete
control
of
the
air,
are
subjecting
the
retreating
forces
to
merciless
pounding.
Twenty-five
enemy
ships
have
been
sunk
since
yesterday
In
the
Mediterranean.
General
Henri
Glraud
has
appointed
General
Charles
Masse,
a
strong
DeGauliist,
as
resident
gov
ernor
of
Tunisia.
ARMY
UP
ON
LOAN
Service
Men
Are
Spontaneously
Lending
Money
to
Government
For
Which
They
Fight
Army
subscriptions
in
Prince
Rupert
area
to
the
Fourth
Victory.
Loan
have
so
far
totalled
some
$30,000.
The
Pacific
Command
has
reached
its
quota
of
$750,000
while
the
total
for
the
army
across
Can-
ada
twd
days
ago
was
$7,250,850
or;
138
percent
of
objective.
Light
Bills
For
Schools
Lower
Costs
Prince
Rupert
More
for
Elec
tricity
Than
Other
Cities-
The
board
of
school
trustees
hid
replies
at
Wednesday
night's
meeting
from
the
boards
of
New
Westminster,
Kelowna
and
Victoria
in
inquiries
which
had
been
made
by
the
local
board
as
to
scales
of
charges
for
electric
light
and
energy
to
the
schools
In
those
cities.
New
Westminster
reported
that
It
paid
a
flat
rate
of
2V2c
per
kilowatt
hour
and
the
total
bill
for
14
schools
In
January
was
$285.
In
Victoria
the
schools
paid
,4c
and
3c
for-light
and
5c
and
2c
for
power.
Eighteen
school
paid
$680.09
for
electricity
In
January.
Three
schools
with
40
rooms
paid
$623.34
last
year
for
electricity
with
$76.54
this
January,
the
rate
there
for
the
schools
being
lc
per
kilowatt.
The
rate
In
Vancouver
was
Jc
for
light
and
2c
for
power.
On?
school
paid
$26.50
In
January
and
another
$26.16.
In
Prince
Rupert
the
schools
are
charged
8c
per
kilowatt
hdur.
Owing
to
,the
shorter
days
In
winter
here,
Trustee
Langridgs
suggested
that
the
Prince
Rupert
schools
used
more
electricity.
.
Mrs.
George
Hill
wondered
why
schools
could
not
come
under
.
a
"domestic"
rather
than
a
"business
rate.
To
meet
the
problem
created
by
many
children
growing
out
of
their
shoes
before
the
shoes
are
worn
out
barter
centres
have
been
set
up
In
many
parts
of
England,