High Low Bulletins DESERTING ITALY BERNA Chancellor Adolf Hitler, in a speech last night) is reported to have declared that he had never pledged support to Italy. INTERNATIONALE DISSOLVED MOSCOW In the midst of dally increasing co-operation between Soviet Russia and the Allies, the executive committee of In the Communist Internationale has asked its centres in all pans of the world to approve its own dissolution. H is felt that work-rs in earli country should get down to the job of beating Hitler. NEW CHAMPION NEW YORK Bob Montgomery won the world's lightweight champion' hip Friday night by outpointing Beau Jack in 15 rounds. ABERIIART VERY LOW EDMONTON The condition of Premier William Aherhart, in hospilal in Vancouver, is announced to be very low. Minister of Public Works W. A. Fallow and Provincial Secretary E. C. Manning left today for the bedside. disgipIINtT is factor Canadians In North Africa Tell of Their Experiences at Front ALGIERS. May 21 Canadian officers and non-commlssloried officers who have fought in the front lines In North Africa declare the campaign proved the lesson that Individual Initiative in th fighting man Is no more essential than good discipline. They regard discipline as neces- . .. M,,, f n,B n lnmselves as well as for . ji.. I, f nt on,, r.1an nf action. Capt. George Edwards of Gait, Ont., said the best-dlsclpltned troops he has seen are British Guards, generally famed as parade ground specialists. However, he added, the Guards Instinct for discipline acquired on parade grounds h their mainstay in action, particularly In a violent, confused fight. well-drilled they do what they're supposed to ( J he?nnpn.he sald. "They carry out their orders and obse ve the lessons of their train- ( 1ng almost Instinctively In a pinch. If they've been taught never to stick their heads above a skyline and make silhouettes of themselves, they wouldn't think of doing it no matter how quiet their-battle area might be. A number or soiaiew have lost their heads In Tunisia by I . n V n rt n a " taking Just tnai oramaiy u"w. Carry Out orders Sergeant-Major Lucten Dumals of Montieal agreed, "Initiative is all right but no man In any Kina or command can have better support than from the soldier wno nas Deen given something to do and is do ing It," he said. In a tight spot you cant hc people questioning orders or won- derlng If the oraexs are ns"- -best actions are fought when everyone knows their orders and are iiPtr level best to carry them out. Whoever is in command knows iu tn another where irom one . .... . mnn 1 and USl Wliai- tic w soldier is doing. A well-dlsclpllned a good soldier." T. itonH tn irn to Sea caaeis wi , Summer camp at Comcw : are loeing b required . j i to obtain hti n tne nc wr Wniieu tun - parade on Tuesday next. Canadians Find Local Temperature Tonight's Dim-out We (Hal! an hour aftr sunset to. Maximum 50 half an hour before sunrise.) Minimum 44 VWTUKIA, O I 10:19 pjn. to 4:55 a.m. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRIT1SII COLUMBIA'S'NEVPAPER XXXII, No. 120 VOL. ,uu .rlllNUtJ KurravlV B,y SATUKUAY, MAY , lvio price: price: five five cents cents Knock out Air 1 Blows at Reich NIPPONESE ISlAND FORCE IS DIVIDED THREE WAYSiCanada BATTLE OF ALEUTIANS Secretary of War Frank Knox Makes Statement Tokyo Prepares Japs WASHINGTON, May 22 01 The United States Navy reported yes-teiday that operations on Attu Island were continuing with latest report Indicating the Japanese are making a last stand in defensive high ground on the island's north- tartern extremity. Secretary of the Navv Frank Knox said last night that operations on Attu Island an now ie considered as successful. It Is stated by Navy Department old - ials that It Is only a matter of time before the Japs on the uand at overwhelmed. American forces on Attu Island have .aihed the remaining Japanese troops there Into three group , .he iSavy Department reported today, and the final phase of the campaign to restore the island American control Is now under way. The three enemy areas i -tpH in a rnnimiinlnue were Chic. agnf vallpy running southeast from f I lie- Nicholas southeast of the harbor At.u Village, presumably the if of the enemy's Chlcagof Harbcr positions, was wiped out by planes yesterday, the Navy reported. mLtla If .... A fH(JtJ i.n.n.ntl that ,he campaign was successful and already in the mopping up 's;e wa . obvious from the communique that the mopping Involves rme atlff fighting since the Jap-ine- although split Into three (i -ji nd pinned wi h their backs . ' i the ;ea, are In rough country and ar arable of putting up stub-V -rt 1 ai resistance. On Wednesday the enemy held an airra of about fifteen or twenty uxre rrrles with a line opposite rtv?.n::ing American fo;ces about 'Ive mile long. Yesterday's communique gave no Information of nar naa rccurrea on aiiu muis- day and officers said frankly that , an uiry "H,lia e SUfC Ul IUI U1C Hlu , sent was that operations are con-inu!- They assumed that the Japanese had probably been driven back ome distance farther In the memtlme although fog and cold Riht have slowed up the American movement. A Takto broadcast spoke further of uperlor American forces on At'u rtatlng that there was an American division there includln? tank- and artillery. American lCfn.i0n con quest of the western Aleutians would give control of shipping and fishing In the North Pacific completely to the "Allies. United States planes bombed Klska Island to4ay. Mourn the Angel Of Paradise Now London Woman Preferred to be Single and Spent Fortune on Wards During a Lifetime LONDON, Mav 22 B A woman ho spent a fortune on London's Poor, and denied herself marriage, social position and an easy life on hpr country estates to live and JJWk among them In the east end hl5 died, The 83-year-old woman Iary James, was known as "The npei of paracuse Row" and sho ' believed to have spent about 1225,000 on her wards. Local Tides Sunday, May 23 3:14 21.9 feet 16:23 19.0 feet l0;01 1.9 feet 22:11 7.1 feet Desert Hospital Bleak But Homey Nurses Serving With South AfrL cans In Middle East Tell of Warmth of Welcome In Wfork Near Fighting Front CAIRO, May 22 0) Canadian women at war, now are represented the desert battlefields of the Middle East by four nursing sisters who recently arrived from South Africa where they were serving with the Military Nursing Services of that country. Sisters Margaret L. L. Wastle of Oak Bluff, Man.; Mildred Wright of f!a1oni-v V. Tf (Weill Moauhpr anrl Muriel Ahier of Victoila, they an u f I r .j I ... 4 derake service in the Middle East. Members of the draft of 300 Canadian nurses who went to serve in i South Africa at the outbreak o 1 war. they volunteeted for service overseas with the South African 22 Military Services and were posted to the Middle East. They are attached to a South African desert general hospital. Up From Cape The sisters sailed for the Middle East at a week's notice, and although the bleakness of their desert hospital was something of a shcckuifter nursing in-the Uhion,of South Africa the- warmth .of their welcome and the friendliness of their working comrades made them feel at home. "We have never worked In such a hospital as this," one said. "From the colonel and the principal matron down there is such an atmosphere of genuine friendliness that we literally are a happy family. The commanding officer and the matron think nothing of taking tea with their nursing staff. They are so respected and loved that this Is the best-run hospital we have ever encountered." On their first leave here the nurses received one of their big thrills of the war. They were walking along a main shopping street when a man In R. A. F. uniform stopped them. "Canada," he said to them. "Yes," they replied, "Canada, too," They had noticed on each other's neat shoulder tabs the word "rnnnria" - Liked Smith Africa I The girls said that during their l 18 montlis in South Africa they had grown attached to the country and Its people. Sister Wastle devel- oped such an attachment for the Union that she Is engaged to be married to a South African In the armed forces. "South Africans are fine people." Sister Meagher said. "They're easy to get on with, good natured, and of simple habits. Adapting ourselves to them was no effort at all. A good hospital routine come3 easy to any tiained nurse, even to tho extent of coffee." TransCanada Puts Up For Victory Loan WINNIPEG, May 22 According to final figures made public yesterday employees of TransCanada Air Lines subscribed $109,800 ao the Fourth Victory Loan. This was double the amount they contributed in the third loan campaign. There were 1,357 subscribers throughout mc ejatcm. NO PAPER MONDAY , The Dally News Is observing next Mondav. Victoria Day. as a holiday ana d th m toe no reBuiar addl - The, nun mo J day afternoon. .! ;iASSAULT0N U.S. Army mure I Awn OTTAWA, May 21 0) The Canada Gazette disclosed Frl- day night that the United States Army has established a base at Porpoise Harbor, close to Prince Rupert Harbor on the British Columbia coast. No details of the development are given. The only reference to the base W contained in the preamble tcj an order-ln-coun- ' cil dated May 4 setting pilot- age rates .from Georgia Rock to Prince.' Rupert or Porpoise Harbor. l.ivl I raef I one Cycles to Work BIRMINGHAM. England, May (TO Lily Audley, 19-year-old munitions worker, bicycles dally to the factory where she works. So do millions of other workers but Lily is different, She cycles- witn turn nrtlfielsil lees. She was back at work 10 months after she lost her limbs when iher home was oombed In Nov., 1940. ARE LARGER Increase Shown in March Figures for North Sales of War Savings certificates in British Columbia-Yukon totalled $535,916 In March, 1943, from 76,262 applications; a substantia) increase over the previous month, when 60.209 applications amounting to $468,588 were received. Following are details of certificate sales In the first three months of the year In Northern British Columbia area. i .' Jan. Feb. Mar. 1943 1943 1943 Barkervllle $ 204 $ 248 $ 72 iBurnsLake 200 384 364 Fort St. James 56 128 Fraser Lake 180 172 plscombe 288 256 360 Hazelton 700 144 344 McBrlde 212 272 392 Pinchl Lake 244 348 484 Premier 392 236 488 Pr. George 1,408 1,218 1,824 Pr. George Dist. 732 616 1,136 Pr. Rupert 3,540 3,224 7,072 Pr. Rupert Dist. 680 572 968 Quesnel 456 384 944 Shelley 128 32 8 Sinclair Mills 144 156 148 Smlthers . 728 344 1,748 Telegraph Creek 68 8 Terrace 76 164 496 Vanderhoof 224 588 364 Wells 92 544 528 Williams Lake 864 412 844 Willow River 132 364 108 Real Victorian Is This Wedding Surgeon Lieutenant and His Bride : Prefer It Quaint Rather Than Modern LONDON, May 22 'GO The Em plre's Hub Is being combed for han soms. landaus, growlers and all other types of Victorian horse drawn vehicles (and men to drive them) for the June wedding of Surgeon Lieutenant Nathaniel Oat way, RN.R., and Jill Farmlloe, Farmlloe..! . a prominent horsewoman. They want l to have a real Victorian wedding Further Heavy Raids on Sicily and Sardinia Are Causing Enormous Damage ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, May 22 (CD-American,. bombers and fighters destroyed 86 enemy planes yester-, day la skjeeping combats and ,iimaging ,iraids on Axis air- r.droqiea in, .Sardinia and Sitlly. The victories brought the 3-day scpre of the Northwest Africa air force battle to 272 enemy planes of which 70 were shot down and 202 destroyed on the ground. Yesterday's attacks included heavy raids in San Giovanni and Rcggio Calatria In Italy after the Royal Air Force had blasted Messina, Sicily and Reggio Calabria at night. SPEAKERS ARE HEARD Parent-Teachers' Meeting is Held Donations to Schools, Housing tor Teachers and Milk - Supply. Discussed The Prince Rupert Parent-Teachers' Association held its last meeting for the school term this week. The president, Rev. C. A. Wright, was in the chair. Speakers of the evening were Miss Elizabeth Ochs, R.N., school nurse, whose subject was "Canada Needs Nurses," Mrs. George Hill who discussed "Citizenship in the Home," and Mrs. R. Heward, who spoke on "Citizenship In the High School." The meeting decided to continue lb present slate of officers for year 1943-44. The finances of the organization, being in a healthy condition, it was decided to donate $25 each to the Booth Memorial School, King Edward School and the Borden Street School, and $10 to the Seal Cove School. It was .decided to hold the an- nual spring tea on June 4 In the Odd, f pws,; , Il,all and the following members were appointed to serve on the committee: Mrs. G. R. S. Blackaby, Mrs. George A. Hill, Mrs. R. Webber, Mrs. A. L. Haines, Mrs. G. Anderson, Mrs. J. Durran, Mrs. S. R. Donaldson and Mrs. R. Braun. A committee was formed to do what was possible to find housing accommodation for Incoming tea chers In September. The committee j consists of Mrs. George A. Hill, Mrs. J. C. Gilker, Mrs. E. W. Beck er. It was decided to communicate with the city council and Wartime Housing Ltd. In connection with this Important matter. In reporting for the milk sup ply committee, Mrs. S. A. Cheese-man, chairman, said that In answer to the petition sent out, re plies had been received from the Minister of Agriculture, Ola! Hanson, M.P., and T. D. Pattullo, M. L. A., expressing their understanding of the acuteness of 'the situation and assurances of their Intention to see that recent situation dd not occur again. At the close of the meeting refreshments were served by the refreshment committee under Mrs. A. L. Haines, convener. HALIBUT SALES American Mltkof, 45,000, ooth, 19.3 and 17. Addlngton , 33,000, Cold Storage, 19.9 and 17. McKlnley, 50,000, Royal, 19.8 and 17. Part In Plays Important Bomb Offensive Being Waged Minister of Air Power Says He Is "Half Convinced" of Chances of Victory In That Way OTTAWA, May 22 (CP) Canada, Khrough the Royal Canadian Air Force, is taking "an extremely important part in the attempt to knock Germany out of the war by bombing." Hon. G. C. Power, minister of air, told the House of Commons Friday. He said he himself was more than "half convinced" on the practicability of victory by bombing." Blast Reich Again LONDON, May 22 CP) Speedy wooden mosquito bombers of the Royal Air Force returned again to Berlin last night to blast targets in the Reich capital for the third successive night. Other British planes laid mines In enemy waters, attacked railway targets in France nr-t einlr wf rVtino Anf - f n f Iiia sb n convoy o f he French coast, j daylight raids by American heavy bombers on important sources of German U-boat strength at Wil-. . - i i neimsnaven ana Emden and car ried Into the tenth night the aerial offensive which many sources ex- raf f rv ti.n tAn Irttn n jJaaIK H,..w u ,u,u ou i ucam blow against Hitler's Europe. Royal Canadian Air Force planer participated In the mlne-Jaylng operations and attacks on railways, los ing two aircraft. IMPORTANCE OF EMPIRE Speaking at the Empire Day demonstration of the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire, at the Capitol Theatre yesterday. G. R. S. Blackaby described the Brlt-! lsh Empire as the greatest institution ever created by the hand of man. The Empire was no organization since It had no constitution but was a great family of nations In which all of its people took Just I pride and were ready to defend. Our fathers, grandfathers and otsrrandfathers were men of I grit, backbone and faith in God," declared Mr. Blackaby. "With their blood and sacrifice the Empire was built. To keep our Empire sturdy and strong, the same old-fashioned qualities are needed today in the worst way by the boys and girls qualities of honor, integrity, virtue, falr'play, manliness, courage and faith in God. Yes. they may be called old-fashioned qualities I know but they are not outdated. They are vitally needed today if our Empire Is to survive. "You boys and girls are the guardians of the honor of the great British Empire. Soon we older ones will be gone but we shall go with tranquil mind If we know that the fate of our great family of nations Is In the hands of girls and boys who love honor and fair-play, cherish truth, live cleanly, hold to Integrity and whose watchword Is 'for God and the British Empire.' " Not About Money But Food Points LONDON, May 22 OD Labor Minister Bevln says the points ra tioning system has given Britain a few food-conscious which will make diet much more Important In peace than. In pre-war times. And wives might take, not of this remark from the minister: "I am very happy now as a married man. I never have to talk about money, All I hear about Is points." On Germany IN FLIGHT TO TOKYO Philosophy of an American Mother Whose Son Is Missing By MARGARET KERNODLE Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 21 WI "Chin up, Mother! " wrote a six-foot-four Carolina boy before he flew to bomb Tokyo. Time land again his letters challenged his mother's courage, and she kept those letters for courage Mother's Day and other days through the coming years. It's been more than a year since Mrs. Jessie S. Farrow, a Washington wartime stenographer, heard from her son Lieut. William Far- ured the Tokyo airways with General Doolittle. She never knew he-was going to Tokyo. Even when he wrote her encouraging words to settle hr fears, he didn't tell her hl3 destination. When her boss at the Board of Economic Warfare . ,Irv,,. thai her son may-hava been killed by the Japs, she almost collapsed. Not Easy Piospect This Tokyo flyer's mother stands tall" and strong but she looks as .though she'd lost a lot of sleep. She's a hazel-eyed brunette with a Isoft southern voice. It's not easy for her to face the fact that she . won't know definitely whether her jboy is alive until the war Is over. She doesn't pretend that It is easy,-but her spirit Inspires her to say. "No matter what has happened .tor my son, I know he has served a; wonderful purpose in the war." ; Before she came to Washington from Darlington, S.C., Mrs. Far-! row found defence work hard and" wondered about the use. of it all.; She wrote her son about it and he replied: "This old world is controlled by laws and so is reason. For every action there is reaction. Set your- se"" to do something and if you're strong enough, it will be done." Not Vengeance Another time, Lieut, Farrow said: "Mother, remember you are hoping in national defence and that nothing Is too much for us to do for our country." - i Her constant confidence in -her? son's bravery, boosts her own courage so high that she can declare: "Because the Japs are barbarians is no reason that we sho"uld become barbarians; we should' do as the President says, wait until we can take it out on the yt lords." : V j But she also insists, as she thlnki of her only son, that "the spirit of vengeance aroused amone America's air fighters won't be forgotten until Its objective Is accomplished." Baseball Scores Aemrican League Detroit 2, Boston 1 (13 Innings). Chicago 1, Washington 0. Philadelphia 2, Lt. Louis 1. New York at Cleveland postponed. National League All four games postponed. WELFARE IN LONDON ; LONDON, May 22 Because of. great numbers of Dominions and. other troops here Lord Nathan has rellnulshed his position as Army. Welfare Officer to a full-time sta.f.1. officer under G.O.C. of the Londah-District. ' .