'.ree'is. He had, too, 1-1 . LI! iUi. nvk X r nn iiul iiil Liiu ail r fur the canine found In one of the crater- liclcj that have been ufo tne xreei dv cx- t -I ...... TUn C ttCfti UilU .V - . perfectly safe and 1MA1UM and Trucking Services Ended if Streets not Krpairrd .1 J 1 .11.. 1 1 ; n i iir f : ru mod pnm air question of street been solved In the i: A; a result a trans-) would ensue. purtaUon concerns In imiar.um say they will In .all-, broken If thev due consideration we i ! r ii ii fn nornnii nnr rn ot Prince Rupert ot.our tPnt M nV . -aI ... nil -, , v uvvpjjiug .nit and transportation mo- v KfUC - LNMVK i lane iiu lowns iwl Kill lrmft - ' wuij iU w XWU armies, under Marshal Tlmoshenko, have be- F-werful countcr-offen-tie Orel sector aealnst rman divisions In three iRI a much as 28 miles, ') lCU!.;l.m rnmmiinlniin -'d la;jt nlcht. A vast movement north and Orel threatened to pinch Qerman bastion which use as a base In' the tensive which becan The communique said soviet coumcr-offen- .;fl Tori t - 4V.. -1 tl. . Oermans, and the cap-.000 more. armies had halted the 1 " noitvinH. ...-.....U Delfiorod sector and dls-'hern from several posir 1 Ml nrll rmintnr.ntfnne are gaining momentum l.l'.nrl lollnn II 1-1..- ont said yesterday. The meanwhile, had dis- t'd their attacks alto-on the other end of the salient where they tried io break throueh the Mwbuv,A m WCllHili remains stalled fnr fhp with T. D. Pattullo, M.LA., on the subject. Mr. Pattullo, who had been requested td meet the council to give his assistance and advice, suggested that per sonal representation at Ottawa, in collaboration with the federal member, would be the moss effective means of getting re sults. The mayor will leave next Tuesday evening for the east, the visit to Ottawa to be made on the city's behalf In the course of a trip to Montreal and Toronto on private business. Aid. W. II. Brett will be acting mayor during the absence of Mr. Watts. In' opening? the meeting, Mayor Watts explained to Mr. Pattullo how streets, sewers and waterworks were a matter of great concern to the council at this time. Due to war activities the capacity of the' utilities was overcrowded. The streets had been reduced to a deplorable condition owing to the hard usage by defence and contracting vehicles. They had been broken down and surfaces ruined. The city itself was In no financial position to meet the situation and felt that Ottawa rightfully should assume a large measure of responsibility. The problem wa-.how best to put the matter to Ottawa in such a way as to get action. Speaking of the water situation, the mayor said that the present supply was being used to capacity and there was no reserve to meet an emergency or further needs. Mr. Pattullo After some Introductory remarks in the course of which he offered his congratulations to the members of the council on their election to office and recalled his own association with the early days of civic administration as the city's first finance committee chairman, Mr. Pattullo suggested that one ot the factors which might make Ottawa hesitant in taking action to relieve Prince Rupert was that it would be considered a precedent which would lead to demands from other places for similar assistance. However, he agreed that here in Prince Rupert there was an extraordinary situation due to greatly Increased population and demands upon a small community. He was not sure as to the extent of the assistance It might be possible for him to give but advice was that personal contact would be the best means of getting action. It would be well to wait upon the authorities at Ottawa and present the case. He would be more willing to supplement, the representations of the city in any way possible. As the mayor was going east In any case he would certainly suggest that he should visit Ottawa either as the official delegate of the council or on his own lnla-tlve. There should be a proper memorandum showing In detail what was needed and giving an estimate of the cost. Mayor Watts here revealed that the city engineer had Just made a report on what was required, the estimated cost being $900,000. . General Discussion A general discussion of the Continued on Page Four) populated places before a Soviet counter-attack which, according to a Soviet communique,, has resulted In the death of thousands of German officers find men. In the Belgorod area the Russians said the enemy lost more than one hundred day and Nazi soldiers 'tanks and forty-seven airplanes cn driven from several in a single day. GREAT JOB BY CANADA Shipbuilding Achievement Is Remarkable, British House of Commons is Told LONDON, July 16 tt Canada's shipbuilding effort since the start of the war was described as "one of the most remarkable things in the history of the British Commonwealth" during the debate In the House of Commons on wartime and postwar merchant shipping. Sir Arthur Salter, Joint Parliamentary secretary to the min-. istry of transport, said Canada now Is building approximately the same tonnriie of merchant shlp3 as Britain In addition to corvettes and other protective naval craft. DEATHWAS ACCIDENTAL A coroner's jury, Inquiring into the death of William Church, dry dock employee, who was killed while going to work on Tuesday afternoon, brought In a verdict of accidental death last night, and attached no blame to the crew of the locomotive crane under which Church was crushed. The Jury, under Coroner M. M. Stephens, consisted of William Lamble (foreman), J. L. Carrol, Frank McMahon, C. C. McCoy, R. A. Lester, and J. W. Barwick. Witnesses last night were P. J. Mccormick, 'driTcro'fther,rnme, and Duncan McDougall, signalman. The crew of the crane testified to seeing deceased put his hand on the end of a loose ladder as he attempted to climb aboard. The ladder tipped and, with Church, fell below a heavy wheel. Miss Una Anderson acted as stenographer. Bulletins WILLKIE TO RUN NEW YORK Wendell L. Willkic has chosen to run for president in 1911. He says he will campaign for the Republican nomination against Col. Robert U. McCormack. COMMANDER IN SICILY OTTAWA Speculation has it that Major General Guy Simons is in command of the Canadian fortes in Sicily. NO MORE COFFEE OTTAWA A Wartime" Prices and Trade Board official says that no increase in the Canadian coffee ration of four ounces per week is expected, It is reported "that the coffee ration in the United States will be discontinued. VICTORY IS CERTAIN WASHINGTON, D.O Robert Patterson, under secretary of war, says Allied victory In Sicily is a certainty. Casualties so far have been lighter than expected but Mr. Patterson said that heavier fighting was ahead. Baseball Scores National League Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3. Philadelphia 9, New York 1. Chigago 8, Cincinnati 0. American League Cleveland 2, St. Louis 1. Washington 4, Boston 3. Chigago 7, Detroit 4. American Association Columbus 9, Minneapolis 5. Toledo 2, St. Paul 0. Indianapolis 7, Kanas City 0. Milwaukee 2, Louisville 2, (tie slx.teep innings'.) International League Jersey City 2, Syracuse 0. Baltimore 4, Newark 1. Toronto 3, Buffalo 1. Montreal 9, Rochester 1. racific Coast Portland 8, Hollwood 5. Los Angeles 3, Sandiego 0. San Francjsco 6, Sacramento 2. 6eattle 18, Oakland 4, the same staggering Allied aerial assault that virtu-jally wiped Messina from the soil of Sicily the previ-ious day. Twenty-four hours of solid bombardment by the heaviest bomber forma- - : tlons left Naples, fountain-head of enemy reinforcements and supplies for Sicily, a' bfazing inferno. Its arsenal was all but demolished with smoke rising mpre than twenty thousand feet over the stricken city. I The Allied aerial offensive is spreading deep into Italy itself. While Naples bore the brunt of ! I yesterday's smashing attack, 'bombers from the Middle East tore into two important enemy i airdromes In southern Sicily by ! daylight and heavy Royal Air Force Lancasters swung down over the Alps from Britain to pulverize communications in Northern Italy. Medium bombers and fighter bombers scourged the enemy In Sicily by night and day, raking road and rail communications and giving tight overhead pro- , tectlon to Allied forces fighting. in the south and east of the Island. Sixteen enemy aircraft were destroyed during the day against a loss of seven Allied craft. The Allied command announ- plain." ced today the capture of 13 more towns all along the moon-shaped Sicilian front and observers said the enemy might henceforth be compelled to fight a defehslve rearguard action while withdrawing from the island. More than twenty thousand Axis prisoners have been drawn into the Allied -bag in the invasion which is only seven days old. With the immediate objective of Catania near at hand the British Eighth Army is said to have made further progress against Oerman troops who have desperately contested every Inch of ground. The Ooerlng Division was .beaten back north of Lentlni, strong point at which the Oermans had gathered armor for a heavy counter-attack. The Rome radio, said that the "real and true decision for the island will be reached in a new battle which already was virtually started in the Catania GUINEA VICTORY nral Temperature Tonight's Dim-out frlmum 57 (Half an hour alter sunset to 51 half an hour before sunrise). NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 10:37 pjn. to 4:57 a.m. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1943 PRICK FIVE 1 ' " CENTS 6 "Ls -'. e parav avor 10 r resent uemana 9 A at Ottawa for Assistance in Financing Civic Work e citv council last night decided to send Mnvnr Watts to uttawa to suomit a, memorandum to i i j i . .. iilit irt n niiniTiim rf tAAl .1 L I CUV JIUCIUIU Ul OlIlL'l. BKWKI Jlllll WTHV. renovation and extension made necessary 'h defence activities and estimator! tn mai it C C I oaie in CCl 11U1C r 1 tar anver saia t ;;: ht he had run over this tnornlng while $900,000. The council conferred Peace Is Offered Allies Take Base at Mubo and Shoot Down 45 Enemy Planes in Stiff Fight ' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 16 W The achievement of a big land victory by Allied forces, which included the capture of the Japanese base of Mubo on the island of New dulnea'durlng which 950 Japanese were destroyed, and a sensational air triumph in which 45 enemy planes were shot down out of a formation of 80 planes were announced by Allied headquarters today. The seizure of Mubo opened the way for an advance on the Japanese airbase at Salanaua, less than 12 miles north. ' In the air b'attle fcnly three Allied fighter planes were lost, Tax Payments By Government T.. D. Pattullo Inquires if Policy Instituted by His Government Being Maintained In the course of discussion of the city's financial position at last night's special meeting of the city council with T. D. Pattullo MiJV., the matter of payment of taxes by ihe provincial government to the city on reverted property now held by the government was raised. Payment of taxes on such piaperty was. lnstltuteo: some. years ago by Mr. Pattullo's government, some $80,000 being thus paid. Mr. Pattullo Inquired If these payments had been continued. If not, he felt they should be and the city would be well advised to go into the matter The city clerk was Instructed to ascertain the position In regard to payment of such taxes. NAPLES IN SMOKING RUINS; MESSINA IS ALMOST WIPED OUT Staggering Allied Aerial Assault of Italv Continues With Mighty Attacks in All Directions ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 16 (CP) - The great Italian port of Naples lay in smokinc ruins todav. pniaVmri im, FIRST WIRE IN STATION President Message of Railway Sends to Prime Minister MONTREAL, J.uly 16 First telegram sent from the new Canadian National Central Station here was a. message from R. C. Vaughan, chairman and president of the National system, to the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, thanking the Prime Minister for his message of congratulation to. the Canadian Natlonar- Railways "upon the construction of terminal facilities in keeping " with the needs of our rapidly growing country." Mr.' King's message was read by Hon. J. E. Mlchaud, minister of transportation at the opening ceremony yesterday. In his telegram to the Prime Minister, Mr. Vaughan said: "This telegram, the first from the Central Terminal o'f the Canadian National Railways at Montreal, Is fittingly addressed to you to express my thanks and those of the other members of ,the board of directors for the inspiring message read on your behalf by the minister of transport. I am certain that I am expressing also the appreciation of our officers and em- Surrender Honorably Italy Or Be Destroyed-Roosevelt and Churchill Ultimatum Now is Chance to Choose, Between Death for Hitler and Mussolini or Life for Homeland And Civilization LONDON, July 16 (CP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Btritain and President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States today gave Italy her choice to surrender honorably or be blasted out of the war. In a virtual ultimatum that they overthrow Mussolini and surrender the Allied leaders said the time had come for the Italian people "to decide whether Italians shall die for xMussolini and Hitler or live for Italy and civilization. The sole hope for the Italian people lay in honorable capitulation and a separate peace. The statement added that skies over Italy are dominated by vast air armadas of the United States and Great Britain and Italy's sea coasts are threatened by the greatest accumulation of British and Allied sea power ever accumulated in the Mediterranean. OFFICIAL RETIRES John Kyle, C. N. R Superintendent of Motive Power, Retires ' vTNNIPEGJll,fteT more than a half century of railroad service, 46 years of which were spent with the Canadian National, John Kyle, Winnipeg, general superintendent of motive power and car equipment for the western region, retired on pension yesterday. He i3 succeeded by A. Beardshaw, formerly superintendent of motive power and ' car equipment, Toronto. The announcement was made by W. R. Devenlsh, vice-president and general manager. Born In Toronto In 1877, Mr. Kyle Joined the. Grand Trunk as an apprentice in 1803, remaining in Toronto until 1899, when he carae to Winnipeg. In 1903 he was appointed general foreman in the mechanical department, Canadian Northern. As assistant master mechanic he was transferred, in 1907, to Edmonton, where he remained for 25 years, serving as master mechanic from 1912, and superintendent of motive power and car equipment fr6m 1923. He returned to Winnipeg in 1932, as general superintendent, Mr. Kyle has been regional chairman of the union-management co-operative movement since 1932 and regional representative on the system committee. The announcement of his retirement was received with regret by the International Association of Machinists. "We fee 1" they said In a resolution "that labor In general and particularly the shop trade groups of the Canadian National Railways has lost a-true friend. Mr. Kyle was a strong believer and a keen suppoiter of the union-management co-operative movement, inaugurated by the late Sir Henry Thornton. His influence In maintaining Bood relations between labor and management has not been confined to the Canadian National Railways but has been an outstanding example to many other industries." ployees from coast to coast. AIR FORCE HITS HARD Targets in France and Northern Italy Bombed Last Night by . Machines From Britain bombers of the Royal Air Force attacked the Peugeot motor vehicle works at Montbeliard In northern France last night, the Air Ministry announced today, and Lancasters swung across the Alps to pummel targets in northern Italy. Royal Canadian Air Force bombers participated In the Peugeot assault with loss of one plane. The plant produced two-ton trucks and the output was second only to that of the Renault plant before the latter was flattened out by air attack. Royal Air Force planes main tained the Allied aerial offen sive over western Europe Thursday night with harassing at tacks on Germany's hard-press ed transportation system, it was announced today. One mosquito plane flew more than three hundred miles from a British base to damage a locomotive south of Strasbourg while another shot up two locomotives on a similar foray. Oil Tanks To Be Removed There were applications attest night's meeting of the city council from the Standard Oil Co. of British Columbia and the Home Oil Distributors Ltd. for leases on new waterfront property to relocate their fuel tanks,. Standard Oil requested lots 22, '23 and 24 in Waterfront Block O and Home Oil asked for lots 25 and 26 in Waterfront Block F, ten year leases in each case being requested. As removal of residences from the properties concerned would be Involved, the point was raised as to what care would be taken of the persons whose homes would be affected. Aid. James Black expressed the view, Truly, as your message states, with which Mayor W. M. Watts the new Central Terminal acreed. that the oil companies speaks of the faith and confidence' of the people of Canada In the future of our country. Those associated with the Canadian National Railways will labor unremittingly for the advancement of vour enterprise and of the nation as a Vhole." PATTULLO SAYS MUST KEEP INCOME TAX PRIVILEGE Just as Necessary to Economy of Province as Blood is to Life Surrender by the province of the right to levy income tax a right which his government ' had refused to surrender would mean the end of self-government in British Columbia as the principal resource for the carry-. ing on of such government would, be gone, declared T. D. Pattullo, ' M.L.A. for Prince Rupert, in addressing the Prince Fupert Rotary Club at luncheon yesterday. "I maintain that the income tax Is just as necessary to the economy British Cc o the province of !.f Jfcbia as blood is to Uie life of an individual.? Mr. 'Pattullo said. Many people were under the Impression, Mr. Pattullo observed, that they were not paying income tax, to the province. The fact was that they . LONDON, July 16 CB-HalifaxTtax peS " f2-00.00O per shoulti assume the cost in moving such residences to suitable new sites. A report Is being asked from the city 'on tills question to be ready for the council at next Monday night's meeting so that action may be taken at that time. the federal government and, under arrangement whereby the province suspended collecting income tax during the war, paid back" to the province as a grant in lieu of the province actually collecting ihe income tax Itself. Discussion of income tax was the principal subject of Mr. Pattullo's address. The former .Prime Minister of British Columbia and present Member of the Legislature for Prince Rupert noted the change and increased activity to be seen in Prince Rupert. The only regret was that this activity had to be due to a war.' In remarking on the great number of motor vehicles to be seen here today, Mr. Pattullo delved deep back into pioneering days to recall how he himself had hud the first automobile In Prince Rupert an Auburn which he had bought In Seattle and which had post him $2,600 to land in Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert Is developing along the lines of strategic Importance in a way that we people who came here in 1909 had expected It would then, otherwise we would not have come," continued Mr. Pattullo. "I firmly believe that Prince Rupert is now well on the way to substantial prosperity subject, of course, to national and International developments and external economy." The speaker only wished that he was a younger man for he saw greater opportunity for youth today than ever before not that the almighty dollar should be the "be all and end all" but that there- should be the opportunity for a good living and the pursuit of MX. Pattullo then turned to his subject of the Income tax and referred back to -the Sirols report which would have conveyed the income tax privilege exclusively to the federal government, a move which would have been a great mistake as far as the province was concerned. Once the prerogative of the income tax was given away it would never be got back and, because it would only receive what the federal government wanted to give, the province would be hamstrung and hog-tled from going ahead not only (Continued on Page Two)