Ld
HEADQUARTERS
IN
fcOUTH
PACIFIC,
August
klunda
airdrome
on
New
I:
.and
In
the
central
:
Llands
Is
now
In
con-
American
Infantrymen
with
tank
support
and
inlzed
enemy
resistance
jw
ceased,
the
Japanese
Bn
Deing
ci"leicijr
cur
and
.:lowly
destroyed,
Al-
;,c!quarters
announced
to-
reDorts
from
New
aid
that
the
Japan-
.
.
-...141.-
j
ere
a
neavy
casuiuwes
uu
i
.
i
i
:.
itjii
enemy
aeuu
lh.-'
d
from
the
field.
iVs
man
for
General
Mac
:
aid
it
appeared
that
all
1
m
1
i
A
1
nc.
oi
reireai
10
vnc
p
re
coverea.
i
hy
lioiaings
nave
now
li.
,-d
to
roughly
tn-
r
ar.s
of
some
1500
i:i
czr.h
side.
EIS
ARE
LTERING
Una
Offences
Gradually
nfalitig
Under
Trenien-us
Assault
by
Land,
Sea
and
Air
tM.ING
FORWARD
Il.J)
HEADQUARTERS
imil
AFRICA,
Aug.
G
Stair;!
troops
have
forward
two
to
three
dm
the
north
coastal
i
Messina
in
the
central
of
Sicily
and
have
jCagliano
in
a
steady
k
of
the
Germans
west
punt
Etna.
An
Allied
urtcrs
communique
to-
kid
'that
British
and
in)
troops
in
the
centre
f
(I
ahead
toward
Adenno
d
of
Ccnturipe
and
Re-
io
but
the
Germans
were
ng
fiercely.
On
'the
Iroast
the
American
arc
rning
San
I'ratello.
ID
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AFRICA,
Aug.
6
d
The
s
Mount
Etna
line
of
B'fence
In
northeastern
to
tremble
from
under
one
of
the
great-r?nt.rations
Imtmue
of
fire
In
a:
hurce
formations
of
wmberj
keep
Joined
with
and
American
warships
adreds
of
batteries
of
illery
tn
hammerig
away
y
on
the
land
defence
;
at
porta
both
on
Sicily
"o:-
the
Straits
of
Mes-
the
Italian
mainland.
1
fury
of
the
tremendous
!
and
land
bombers
Is
unleashed
In
support
fug
big
push
of
land
troops
pilled
headquarters
an
have
marked
up
further
ince
their
latest
re
I'-onc,
including
the
cap-
it
atanla.
These
advances
V
uninterrupted
In
the
Pi
sector
and
in
the
cen
f
e
flanking
Mount
Etna
Snerican,
Canadian
and
iorcej
all
moving
ahead
miles
In
the
last
day
an
Catania
the
capture
Jnanuoova,
22
miles
to
t
and
about
three
miles
S.st
of
previously
renortcd
IKrla
to
the
northwest
In
accomplished.
radio
quotes
an
Italian
plfiuc
as
sayine
NaDles.
main
nort.
had
hrpn
heavily
by
Allied
planes
fiwcK
mat
caused
many
lcs
and
numerous
bulld-
i
collapse.
UQUOR
FOR
SALE
Edgar
Pidgeon.charg-i
ies
keeping
liquor
for
sale,
fd
$300,
or
three
months
y
Magistrate
W.
D.
F
city
ponce
court
this
Aid.
J.
S.
Black,
representing
the
local
city
council;
E.
J.
Smith,
representing
the
school
board;
Mrs.
Fred
Hall,
representing
the
village
of
Terrace,
and
B.
Thor-stelnsson,
Inspector
of
schools,
representing
the
provincial
government.
Dr.
Knipe
is
secretary
of
the
board.
It
Is
planned
to
have
the
first
meeting
of
the
board
about
the
middle
of
September.
Breaking
School
Windows
Serious
No
Less
Than
21
Panes
Shattered
at
Booth
School
by
Throwing
of
Rocks
No
less
than
24
windows
In
Booth
Memorial
School
have
been
broken
by
the
throwing
of
rocks
and
there
has
been
similar
breakage
at
King
Edward
and
Seal
Cove
schools.
The
school
board,
at
Its
meeting
Wednesday
night,
discussed
measures
with
a
view
to
apprehending
the
culprits
responsible
for
such
cVfjw-age
and
the
preventing
of
DEAN
OF
OIBRALTAU
LONDON.
August
6
(CP)
The
Rev.
W.
Ashley-Brown,
vicar
of
Cranbrook
and
formerly
Archdeacon
of
Bombay,
has
been
appointed
to
serve
as
dean
of
Gibraltar
for
a
limited
period.
4.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Cincinnati
4,
Chicago
1.
International
League
Montreal
8,
Newark
7.
Toronto
1-4,
Syracuse
2-0.
Buffalo
7,
Baltimore
2.
Pacific
Coast
League
Portland
7,
Oakland
1.
San
Francisco
3,
San
Diego
1.
Seattle
3,
Hollywood
2.
American
Association
Louisville
6,
St.
Paul
1.
Milwaukee
11,
Toledo
1.
Kansas
City
4-5,
Columbus
3-
Minneapolis
4,
Indianapolis
2.
Appeals
of
the
board
of
school
trustees
for
co-operation
In
the
providing
of
living
accommodation
for
many
new
teachers
who
will
be
coming
here
when
the
fall
term
opens
next
month
have
gone
unheeded.
It
is
expected
that
some
sixteen
teachers
will
have
to
be
looked
after
and
the
board
Is
concerned
as
to
how
the
situation
will
be
met.
While
the
board
considers
Itself
responsible.,
the
Vrustees
are
of
the
opinion
that
more
Interest
might
be
shown
on
the
puft
of
those
who
are
directly
concerned
In
seeing
that
the
schools
are
staffed
and
kept
in
operation.
Difficulty
of
obtaining
accommodation
is
one
of
the
obstacles
In
the
way
of
securing
teachers
for
the
local
schools.
MONKEY
LOCATER
LONDON,
August
6
!)
Jenny,
a
pet
monkey,
is
known
as
the
"air
raid
siren"
aboard
the
minesweeper
Seaham.
The
monk
starts
squealing
about
five
minutes
before
anyone
else
on
the
Ship
hears
aircraft
RADIAN
TROOPS
EMBARK
FOR
SICILIAN
CAMPAIGN
I
f
T
TTH'
I
I
II
I
I
II
II
W
Canadian
troops
who
had
trained
for
monhs
In
Britain
are
pictured
as
they
started
the
first
leg
of
the
journey
which,
tookthejn
into
g.
.assault
.SjnScllY..
M,
totu.loaded
.troopships
move
oat
or
the
embarkation
port
under
the
pull
of
tugs.
Below,
some
of
the
Canadians
on
a
tender
as
they
wait
iS
board
the
troopships.
(Canadian
Army
Photo)
District
Board
Of
Health
Has
Been
Organized
The
local
board
of
school
trustees
has
appointed
Trustee
E.
J.
Smith
as
its
representative
on
the
union
board
of
health
for
this
district
which
will
act
as
an
advisory
and
supervisory
lay
body
In
connection
with
the
operation
of
the
public
health
unit.
Mr.
Smith's
appointment
was
made
by
the
school
board
at
Its
meeting
Wednesday
night
when
Dr.
R.
G.
Knlpe,
director
of
the
health
unit,
was
in
at
tendance.
The
personnel
of
the
union
board
of
health
has
now
been
completed,
the
members
being
Sweden
Thinks
Tide
Is
Turned
New
York
Suggests
This
is
Meaning
of
Troop
Transit
Being
Cancelled
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
6
CO
Sweden's
cancellation
of
the
agreement
with
Berlin
permitting
German
troop
transit
through
that
country
Is
taken
as
an
Indication
that
Sweden
considers
the
tide
of
the
war
has
turned
in
favor
of
the
Allies.
PROViNc
Al
.
.oca
Temperature
UfRAhY
Tonight's
Dim-out
he
mm
Maximum
7T
(Half
an
hour
alter
sunset
to
50
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
10:03
p.m.
to
5:32
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXII
No
183
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
6,
1943
PRICE.
FIVE
CENTS
ussfa
Is
Calling
For
Second
Front
nda
Is
iture
Resistance
Broken
tancsc
Guinea
p
on
New
I
No
Peace
In
Italy
MONTREAL,
August
6'
Re
cord
mall
loads
were
carried
by
a
big
transport
plane
operated
by
TransCanada
Air
Lines
in
the
Canadian
government
Trans-Atlantic
service
on
a
round
trip
from
Montreal
to
Great
Britain
completed
yesterday.
On
the
eastbound
trip,
which
started
from
Montreal
on
Tuesday
last,
the
plane
carried
5,121
pounds
of
mall
and
411
pounds
of
freight,
while
on
the
west
bound
trip
3,959
pounds
of
mall
and
705
pounds
of
freight
were
carried.
.The.
hulk.
fihe-mail
consisted
of
letters
to
and
from
members
of
Canada's
armed
forces
overseas.
A
small
amount
of
diplomatic
mail
was
also
car
rled.
On
both
flights
the
plane
cax
ried
three
official
passengers.
The
eastbound
flight
was
pil
oted
by
Capt.
J.
L.
Rood
and
2nd
Captain
R.
M.
Smith,
while
Capt.
M.
B.
Barclay
was
the
pilot
of
the
westbound
flight
with
2nd
Captain
K.
Edmlsslon
as
co-pllot.
ALL-DUTCH
SQUADRON
LONDON,
August
6
0)
A
complete
Netherlands
squadron
now
operates
In
the
British
Bomber
Command.
Entire
Defence
of
Hitler
In
Central
RussiaThreatened
Roth
Orel
and
Belgorod
Arc
Taken
and
Enemy
Being
Forced
Westward
Towards
Dneiper
LONDON,
Autr.
6
(CP)
The
German
strong
holds
of
Orel
and
Belgorod
fell
Thursday
to
Russian
armies
scoring
the
greatest
triumph
of
the
war
and
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
spurred
his
troops
westward
with
the
cry
"Death
to
the
German
Invaders."
Moscow
announced
last
night
that
both
Orel
and
Bel-
goroa
naa
been
captured
by
the
Russians.
The
double
victory,
which
In
cluded
the
capture
of
30
villages
northeast,
south
and
southwest
of
Orel,
threatened
to
shatter
the
entire
German
defence
In
south
central
Russia,
forcing
the
Nazis
to
fall
back
on
Kharkov
and
Kiev
to
the
Dneiper
River
270
miles
to
the
west.
At
Belgorod,
far
to
the
south,
the
Russians
were
driving
the
Germans
back
into
the
Ukraine.
On
all
fronts
the
Russians
said
they
had
destroyed
98
German
tanks
and
168
German
planes
in
Wednesday's
fighting
leading
to
the
capture
of
the
cities.
The
Russian
forces
had
started
smashing
Into
Orel
Wednesday
and
street
fighting
began
then
as
the
German
radio
announced
that
the
Nazi
defenders
were
NEW
YORK,
August
6
0)
Premier
Pietro
Badogllo's
new
Italian
government
held
a
four-and-one-half
hour
meeting
Thursday
but
the
Rome
radio
in
long
surmise
of
action
taken
;made
no
mention
of
any
peace
discussion.
The
tenor
of
many
actions
adopted
indicated
that
the
govern-
ment
was
concerned
pri-
fimatlly
with
eliminating
last
vestiges
of
Fascism
in
Italy
and
bolstering
up
the
ma-
Chlnery
for
continuing
the
war.
BIG
LOAD
OF
MAIL
Records
Established
for
Trans-Atlantic
Volume
Bulletins
TO
ANNOUNCE
CEILINGS
OTTAWA
Ceiling
prices
on
peaches,
pears
and
plums
will
be
announced
in
a
few
days
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
TO
CLOSE
RESTAURANTS
VANCOUVER
At
least
two
of
Vancouver's
largest
restaurants
will
close
for
ten
days
this
month
to
give
overworked
help
a
holiday.
OVERALLS
FOR
A.
R.
P.
OTTAWA
Protective
overalls
for
all
A.
K,
P.
workers
in
Canada
will
be
provided
an
soon
as
the
material
is
available
and
they
can
be
made.
WATERFRONT
RIOTING
VANCOUVER,
Wash
There
was
serious
rioting
in
the
local
waterfront
district
last
night
after
a
policeman
had
used
a
baton
on
a
soldier.
Police
reinforcements
had
to
be
called
and
tear
gas
and
riot
guns
were
used..
LAVAL
TO
BERLIN
PARIS
Pierre
Laval
has
gone
to
Berlin
to
discuss
with
his
Nazi
masters
measures
to
be
used
against
French
guerrillas.
ALL
QUIET
IN
BRITAIN
LONDON
There
have
been
no
air
raids
on
Britain
for
twenty-two
days.
Political
Future
OfOntario
Still
Rather
Unsettled
.
TORONTO.
Aug.
6
Specu
lation
is
rife
but
so
far
no
offi
cial
statement
has
been
made
as
to
the
political
future
In
connection
with
the
government
of
Ontario
following
the
provincial
general
election
on
Wednesday.
The
latest
count
shows
the
Progressive
-
Conservatives
under
Lieut.
Col.
George
A.
Drew
the
largest
single
party
group
with
38
sure
seats
and
one
possible
while
the
C.C.F.
took
34
seats,
the
Liberals,
who
had
63
seats
in
the
last
legislature,
retaining
only
14.
GREAT
TRIUMPHS
FOR
RUSSIANS
Accommodation
For
Teachers
Board
of
School
Trustees
Still
Finding
This
Difficult
Problem
May
Call
Up
Age
55
Men
LONDON,
August
6
ffi
A
La
bor
Ministry
order
raising
the
call-up
age
for
men,
probably
to
55,
Is
ready
to
operate
should
tlje
Battle
of
Europe
Involve
Britain
in
neavier
casualties
than
anticipated.
Every
physically
fit
man
will
be
expected
to
fight
and
women
will
be
called
up
to
the
age
of
55,
those
up
to
50
being
eligible
for
service
in
the
forces.
,
WE'LL
CROW
BIGC.ER
LONDON,
August
6
If
the
freedom
from
want
of
food
policy
set
up
by
the
United
Nations
is
realized
fully,
says
Sir
John
Boyd
Orr,
British
diet
expert,
an
Increase
of
four
Inches
may
be
expected
In
the
average
stature
of
poorer
people
abandoning
the
strategic
hinge
on
Wednesday,
capturing
more
of
the
German
defence
system.
I
than
eight
populated
places.
Formal
occupation
of
Orel
was
Latest
communiques
Indicate
then
only
a
matter
of
hours
as
that
the
Nazi
retreat
has
now
the
Germans
announced
that
approached
being
a
rout.
Nazi
lines
had
been
taken
back
At
the
order
of
Premier
Joseph
behind
the
remnants
-of
the
Stalin
120
guns
In
Moscow
fired
city.
Even
then
a
Russian
com-
12
salvos
last
night
to
celebrate
munlque
said
that
the
Soviets
the
capture
of
Orel
and
Bel-had
advanced
four
to
five
miles
gorod.
Would
Victory
LONDON,
Aug.
6
Be
Key
To
1943
Over
Adolf
Hitler
Believed
That
Sixty
Nazi
Divisions
Would
be
Thereby
Diverted
From
Action
Against
Soviet
MOSCOW,
Aug.
C
(CP)
Urgent
appeals
for
the
speedy
establishment
of
a
second
front
in
Europe
came
today
from
the
Soviec
publication
"War
and
Working
Classesvhich
asserted
it
would
be
"the
ley
to
victory
over
Hitler
in
1943."
Creation
of
a
second
front
should
divert
at
least
60
German
divisions
from
Russia,
the
article
said.
Hospital
Ship
Hit
by
Bombs
VhAti
official
naval
story
of
the
Sicilian
Invasion
released
today
said
that
3,266
surface
craft
of
all
types
from
bat-
tleshio
to
motor
tornedo
)
boats
took
part.
The
report
said
that
the
British
hospl-
tal
ship
Talamba
was
dellb-
erately
bombed
with
much
loss
of
life
on
the
first
day
of
the
invasion.
4-
Peter
Krug
Had
Many
Escapades
NORTH
BAY,
Ont,
August
Halibut
Sales
German
Lieutenant,
Once
Again
Re-arrested
Has
Had
-Habit
Of
Breaking
Internment
tB
Lieut.
Peter
Krug,
who
es-
j
caped
camps
several
times
and'j
made
his
latest
getaway
from
!
Oravenhurst,
being
recaptured
at
the
railway
station
here
yes-,
terday,
was
a
witness
last
year
!
in
the
case
of
Max
Stephan
of
Detroit
who
was
convicted
of
treason
for
befriending
Krug
on
his
escape
from
an
Ontario
camp
In
April
1942.
American
Paragon,
70,000,
17.5
and
16,
Booth
and
Wiz.
Kodiak,
56,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage.
Kanaga,
55,000,
17.5
and
16,
Pacific
and
Atlln.
Resolute,
50,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage.
Dally,
34,000,
17.5
and
16,
Royal.
.
Canadian
Dovre
B,
35,000,
17
and
16,,Ed
munds
and
Walker.
Parma,
33,000,
17,
and
16,
At
lln.
Repair
Work
For
Schools
Booth
Memorial
and
Borden
Street
Schools
Require
Attention
The
program
of
necessary
repairs
for
city
schools
preparatory
to
the
reopening
of
school
early
next
month
was
an
Important
item
of
business
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
board
of
school
trustees
Wednesday
night.
Evidently
Booth
Memorial
High
School
and
Borden
Street
Schools
are
the
most
urgently
in
need
of
repairs.
There
are
roof
leaks
in
both
Booth
and
Borden
Street
schools
and
these
are
to
be
attended
to
before
certain
interior
work
proceeds..
A
kalsomlnlng
program
on
the
main
floor
of
Borden
Street
School
is
contemplated.
At
Booth
School
there
is
also
Interior
painting
and
plastering
work
to
be
done
as
well
as
many
broken
windows
to
be
replaced.
Window
replacements
at
King
Edward
School
also
require
at
tention.
Will
Build
New
School
Wartime
Housing
to
Proceed
With
Pioject
But
it
Will
Not
be
Ready
Until
Late
Fall
Wartime
Housing
Ltd.
has
definitely
decided
to
go
ahead
with
the
building
of
a
school
to
assist
in
meeting
the
situation
brought
about
by
the
advent
of
new
industrial
workers
and
their
families
to
the
city.
However,
plans
for
the
building
have
not
yet
arrived
and
it
js
not
ex
pected
the
building
will
be
ready
until
November.
It
would,
it
is
understood,
be
a
four-room
structure
to
be
erected
on
Ninth
Avenue
near
Conrad
Street.
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JiuUdlng
not
available
until
late
fall,
there
Is
the
question
of
knowing
what
to
do
with
some
two
hundred
or
so
pupils
it
may
not
be
possible
to
accommodate
In
existing
school
buildings
when
the
new
term
opens
next
month.
As
far
as
new
beginners
are
concerned,
the
school
board
decided
at
its
meeting
Wednesday
night
to
give
the
preference
to
children
of
older
residents
of
the
city.
The
board
Is
getting
in
touch
with
Wartime
Housing
and
a.
committee
consisting
of
Trus
tees
C.
G.
Ham
and
J.
T.
Lang-ridge
will
meet
the
city
council
to
see
what
can
be
done
about
speeding
up
the
new
building.
EDUCATION
C0STHERE
Net
Per
Capita
Expenditure
Per
Pupil
on
City's
Share
Was
$63.33
The
total
cost
of
education
to
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
during
the
last
school
year
was
$69,646.-69,
according
to
information
compiled
for
the
board
of
school
trustees.
The
principal
item
of
this
cost
was
$37,350.04
in
salaries.
Debt
charges
amounted
to
$13,423.90.
The
net
cost
to
the
city
of
education
was
$63.33
per
pupil
No
Age
Limit
In
This
Game
Newly-Married
Couple
Say
They
Have
17
Great
Grandchildren
Between
Them
HNOXVILLE,
Tenn.,
August
6
CP)
Knox
County
clerk
officials
were
taken
aback
somewhat
when
William
Howard
and
Maggie
Smith
asked
for
a
marriage
license.
A
crowd
formed
and
started
asking
questions.
"We've
both
been
married
before,"
said
William
twisting
his
mustache.
"I've
g'ot
11
grandchildren."
"And
I
have
six
myself,"
claimed
Maggie.
He
gave
his
age
as
77
and
she
as
79
before
hustling
off
to
get
married.
EXPLODED
THEORY
Despite
popular
legend,
poisonous
lizards
are
unknown
In
the
tropics.
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