ILL
Ur
LI
lb
mil
UN
lighting
Within,
lIilcs
of
Flaming
Catania
NO
LET-UP
...,...
II'I
I'IK'
IV
AFKICA.
July
17
(CP)
ir
I.
a
FA
it-
.iiin
tnn
ntirl
Irrani
strategic
towns
in
rP
of
the
Allied
line
In
.
ninmmrprl
to-
rther
to
the
north-
Lighth
Army
Is
be-
of
Catania
after
(J
Ml
It
iviii
ii
ltlll1
III
I
III-
IIIEECSI
it
fought
for
the
Ital-dd.
Going
forward
with
Allied
war
fleet
Montgomery
ns
tai-il
fAtill.il
in,l
Kpnri
,
in
hradauarters
an-
while
on
all
other
the
Allied
front
the
continues.
Lentinl
is
miles
below
Catania,
I
way
up
the
rasl
hlc-
.
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n
v
l
SiUIIIIIT
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way
of
Messina,
n
Giovanni
ferry
line"
in
lilt
hv
crushing
I"
I
1
1
II
K
1
L
luL
A3
'
formations
of
Allied
jfjleiday.
Welling-
il
I
lv
ne
Fortresses
devastating
loads
of
on
docks
and
sid-
thc
ferry
line
"Itscil
a
olographs
showed
in
here
scorcu.
HEADQUARTERS
IN
KlU
A,
July
17
The
II.
v
oi
Sicily
rages
i
ntine
today
on
i
n
mites
trom
tne
v
of
Catania
which
id
v.-.mca
ana
on
uie
i:
appraaenes
to
Agn-
ri'r
"it
ii.ivrr
ulxii
aion
the
front
by
the
'nnnrlinn
nnH
American
n
imp
pxiromfi
west
ha
now
fallen.
quantities
of
enemy
ill.
JUlluuuil
nave
utm
hv
fipr.'p
Alliprf
bomb-
i
u
i
i
m
i
a
UNDA
limp
r.mtilnvnl
In
Snllpn
ijiiii
liir
.iiiiiEits
Fighters
UTIIWEST
PACIFIC.
More
than
100
Am-
y
iterday
on
the
Jap-
i'
br.se
of
Munda,
Allied
i"
i
announced
today.
iai
on:;lauht
was
m-
o
af
.
n
the
Japanese
nu
mc
nnnifpr
npipnr.es
approached
d
jungle
fighters.
planes
also
bombed
en-
'Wiia
ilk
UUJ
A-UUI,
uiii.t
froom
Salamaua.
Is
In
flames
following
ralns
have
started
to
land
activities
In
the
w
aiiu
IM
Ililtr
IT
ffm
Anntrn.
I.'ltpr
frit
Wvt
itnn1
A
f
tt
tWI
Vile
1
particular
needs
af-war
-a
much
larger
ties.
"""'I
uuu
vwv
V
If
I.'
Yt
f
mtf
fish
and
sturgeon
do
a
hony
skeleton
like
es.
I
AT
1
Is
Named
Sicilian
Governor
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IM
NORTH
AFKICA,
July
17-Oeneral
Sir
Harold
Al-
exander
has
been
named
military
governor
of
Sicily
wjth
a
full
staff
of
compet-
ent
oflfcers
organized
to
as-
slst
him
In
governing
the
territory
already
captured
and
to
take
over
the
rest
as
soon
as
it
capitulates.
CANADIANS
MAN
SHIPS
Seamen
of
Cargo
Boats
Arc
Canadian,
Itut
Officers
From
United
Kingdom
OTTAWA,
July
17
P
Minis
ter
of
Transport
said
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
Canada
will
be
manning
75
merchant
ships
on
the
high
seas
by
August.
Seamen
are
being
provlde'd
by
Canada,
and
officers,
masters
and
other
specialists
by
the
United
Kingdom.
The
minister
reported
great
difficulty
in
obtaining
merchant
officers
for
Canadian
ships,
as
few
had
been
trained
for
such
posts.
DETAILS
OF
BUILDING
New
Postal
Station
ou
Sixth
Avenue
is
Substantial
Structure
The
new
postal
station
on
Sixth
Avenue
East
measures
40
by
70
by
50
feet,
with
Hying
quarters
for
the
postmaster
consisting
of
three
rooms
and
bath,
office,
basement
with
separate
boiler
room
and
coal
bin
for
a
supply
of
forty
tons
of
coal.
The
building
is
heated
by
a
hot
water
system.
The
building
is
owned
by
C
Poulsen,
who
is
also
putting
up
the
adjoining
building
for
a
store.
The
Post
Office
was
built
by
Mr.
Poulsen
and,
when
the
postal
department
decided
to
rent
It,
the
contract
was
given
to
Smith
Bros,
and
Wilson.
.
The
hot
water
boiler
was
in-
fstalled
by
Barr
and
Anderson,
the
electrical
work
was
clone
by
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
and
the
painting
by
Fred
TO
DRIVE
OUT
JAPS
That
is
the
Sole
Purpose
of
Shelling
Kiska,
Says
Knox
WASHINGTON,
July
17
f)
Secretary
of
the
Navy,
Frank
Knox,
said
yesterday
In
com
menting
on
the
naval
bombard
ments
on
the
Japanese
base
at
Klska
"we
propose
to
drive
the
Japanese
out
of
the
Aleutians."
Knox
made
the
statement
at
a
pres.?
conference
when
asked
about
the
significance
of
the
shelling
of
the
Japanese
base.
A
small
American
warship
shelled
the
Japanese
defences
on
Kiska
on
Thursday
In
the
fifth
attack
In
ten
days,
Bulletins
PURGE
IN
ITALY
LONDON
Reports
are
received
here
of
a
mass
purge
of
officialdom
in
northern
Italy.
Hundreds
have
been
dismissed.
GUT
OF
COFFEE
UIO
de
JANEIRO
President
Vargas
tf
Brazil
announces
the
gift
by
the
Brazilian
government
of
iour
thousand
bags
of
coffee
for
United
States
troops.
KING'S
NEW
SECRETARY
LONDON
Sir
Alexander
Harding,
19,
has
resigned
as
the
King's
secretary
owing
to
ill-health.
Sir
Allen
Lascelles.
assistant
secretary,
succeeds
him.
ITALY'
DISSERTED-
MOSCOW
The
Red
Army
newspaper
Red
Star
says
that
Germany
has
left
Italy
to
shift
for
herself
in
the
war.
LEAFLETS
OVER
ROME
ROME
Allied
aircraft
yesterday
dropped
leaflets
on
Komc
containing
the
ultimatum
of
President
Roosevelt
and.
Prime
Minister
Churchill
for
Italy
to
surrender.
ROMMEL
IS
DEAD?
ALGIERS
Rumors
pejsist
that
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel
has
been
missing
since
early
in
the
Sicilian
campaign
and
that
lie
may
be
dead.
NAVIES
MOVING
IN
HOME
It
is
reported
here
that
six
British
,
battleships
and
two
aircraft
carriers
and
four
United
States
battleships
have
arrived
in
the
Mediterranean
in
an
attack
on
SMASHING
FROM
AIR
Koyal
Air
Force
Keeps
.
Up
Pounding
of
Italy,
Germany
and
iTance
LONDON,
July
17
(CP)
British
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
smashed
at
Italy's
transportation
system
with
the
second
straight
night
assault
across
the
Alps
last
night
by
blasting
power
facilities
which
feed
Mussolini's
electrifiecd
rail-,
ways
while
mosquito
bombers
battered
Munich
on
the
German-Italian
Brenner
line.
Last
night's
tatgets
In
Italy,'
as
was
the
case
the
night
before,
were
transformer
and
switching
stations
through
which
flow
current
to
keep
Italian
rail
supplies
moving.
The
offensive
against
the
continent
was
kept
up
in
daylight
raids
today
by
fleets
of
twin-engined
bombers
which
started
shuttling
across
the
Channel
with
the
rising
sun.
Abbeville,
important
French
railway
centre,
was
the
target
for
medium
bombers
in
a
dusk
raid
yesterday.
ONE
FIFTH
OF
FORMER
SELF
LONDON,
July
17
m
British
newspapers
are
using
less
than
20
percent
of
their
pre-war
consumption
of
newsprint,
Col.
J.
J.
Astor,
M.P.,
chairman
of
The
Times,
said.
Newsprint
allo-
cations
were
carried
out
by
the
(
j
press
Itself.
1
l
Fractures
His
opine
as
1
ruck-
Goes
Into
Hole
Hugh
R.
Ross,
local
truck
driver,
suffered
a
fracture
of
the
base
of
the
spine
a
few
days
ago
when
he
had
to
give
special
attention
to
a
delicate
Instrument
which,
he
was
handling
and
the
truck
lurched
Into
a
pot
hole
in
a
downtown
street,
throwing
him
against
the
engine
housing.
Ross
has
been
removed
from
the
crowded
hospital
to
his
home.
He
will
be
laid
up
at
least
six
weeks.
LIZARD
STRATEGY
Many
species
Of
lizards
are
able
to
detach
their
talis
when
pursued,
In
order
to,
distract
the
foe.
cal
Temperature
Tonight's
Dirtt'out
i
liw
.
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
xlmum
--56
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
nimum
-
"
TOfcA
w4T
'
?
v.
10:36
p.m.
to
4:58
ajn.
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
'
'
'
-.
V
-
Kill
r
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JULY
17,
1943
PRICE.
FIVE
CENTS
omb
Exodes
at
Manitoba
Dance
Germany
n
Already
ueieatea
JLeieairu
Halibut
Sales
OTTAWA,
July
17
Oen-
t
eral
Henri
Glraud
stated
here
yesterday
that
Oer-
many
Is
already
defeated.
All
that
remains
Is
for
the
Y
Nazis
to
be
brought
to
real-
.
lze
their
defeat.
USE
CLOSER
FISH
PORTS
Seattle
Fresh
Fish
Shortage
Pre-Uicted
Because
Voyage
There
'V
Is
Unprofitable
SEATTLE,
July
17
O
Pre
dicting
a
fresh
fish
shortage
here,
H.
E.
Lokken,
manager
of
the
Seattle
Fishing
Vessel
Own
ers'
Association,
said
today
that
fijhermen
are
selling
their
calches
In
Prince
Ruoert
and
American
Lloyd,
44,000,
17.5
and
16,
Whiz
and
Royal.
.Tongass,
57,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage.
Daly,
38,000,
175c
and
16,
Pacific
and
Royal.
Hardening
Up
The
Canadian
Army
Overseas
RUSSIANS'
INITIATIVE
Tide
of
Battle
Running
Against
Nazis
All
Along
Soviet
Front
NAZIS
HARD
PRESSED
MOSCOW,
July
17
(CP)
The
German
High
Command
has
thrown
new
divisions
against
the
Russian
spearhead'
now
threatening
Orel,
front
line
dispatches
said
today,
but
the
Red
Army
was
ported
repulsing
eleven
Nazi
thrusts
and
continuing
to
advance.
One
wing
of
the
Red
Army's
smashing
counter
attack
was
reported
to
be
with
in
25
miles
of
the
heavily
fortified
Nazi
base
as
the
Germans
rallied
all
available
manpower
and
equipment
in
a
desperate
effort
to
stave
off
a
major
break-through.
MOSCOW,
July
17
The
Rus
sians
continue
on
the
offensive
on
all
sections
of
the
long
front
with
gains
of
6
to
10
miles
since
yesterday.
In
some
places
the
Nazis
are
reported
In
disorderly
Alaskan
ports
because
of
Office
,
retreat.
Five
more
enemy
dlvl
of,
Price
Administration
price
ceilings.
He
said
that
vessel
owners
would
find
it
unprofitable
tdl
bring
their
catches
to
Seattle,
because
no
differential
Is
provided
to
compensate
for
the
trip
from
the
fishing
banks.
Baseball
Scores
j
American
League
New
York
6,
Philadelphia
5.
Boston
4,
Washington
1.
6t.
Louis
4,
Cleveland
3.
i
National
League
I
-
A
T-
,,
Pittsburgh
9,
St.
Louis
5.
Pacific
Coast
Hollywood
7,
Portland
6.
San
Francisco
8,
Sacramen
to
4.
Oakland
4,
Seattle
0.
San
Diego
2,
Los
Angeles
1.
International
League
Jersey
City
2,
Syracuse
1.
Newark
5,
Baltimore
3.
Montreal
7,
Rochester
1.
Buffalo
4,
Toronto
1.
American
Association
Columbus
2,
St.
Paul
1.
Indianapolis
3-9,
Milwaukee
2-4.
Toledo
13-
Minneapolis
4.
Kansas
City
3,
Louisville
1.
sions
have
been
routed.
Marshal
Simeon
Timoshenko's
army
is
already
on
tne
outskirts
of
Orel
with
the
main
body
only
fifteen
miles
away.
Around
Kursk
the
Red
Army
Is
also
on
the
move.
A
new
Soviet
offensive
is
re
ported
to
have
commenced
in
the
vicinity
of
Leningrad.
Even
Berlin
admits
that
the
Nazis
are
now
on
the
defensive.
Yesterday
129
more
enemy
tanks
were
destroyed
and
76
planes
brought
down
for
a
total
of
3181
tanks
and
1762
planes
Ux-thls,campaignNazA
xasuali
ties
to
date
are
placed
at
62,
'
000.
i
n
l
New
Postal
Station
To
Open
Monday
The
new
east
end
postal
station
Just
across
Hays
Creek
will
be
opened
on
Monday
morning
next,
It
Is
announced.
Residents
of
the
area
who
wish
their
mail
handled
throueh
that
office
will
have
It
addressed
Post-
al
Station
B.,
Prince
Rupert.
O.
I.
Goddard
will
be
in
charge
as
postmaster
with
staff
including
Mrs.
Ood-
Fatal
Blast
At
Open
if
Air
Party
on
Ranch
In
Brandon
District
One
Man
Killed
and
Four
Others
Injured
as
Practice
Missile
Fell
From
Training
Plane
BRANDON,
Manitoba,
July
17
(CP)
One
man
was
killed,
and
four
other
persons
seriously
injured
shortly
after
midnight
last
night
when
a
target
bomb
from
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
training
plane
exploded
in
the
centre
of
an
open
air
dance
floor
on
a
farm
about
seven
miles
southwest
of
Brandon.
A
dance
being'
held
In
aid
of
the
i
'
Red
Cross
was
In
progress
when
!
ft
4
rfiixiT
ti
a
the
training
plane
flew
over.
AlKZil
I
1
1
1
I
1
I
few
seconds,
later
a
small
practice
bomb
tell,
scattering
the
merry-makers
In
all
directions,
and
killing
a
man
named
Lloyd
Shields.
Officials
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
"Force
are
Reason
For
Rejoicing
But
Undue
Optimism
Must
Curbed,
Says
Prime
Minister
n.
.looks
touch
and
it
is
if
you
n..i
r.nJInn
trnnns
overseas
haven't
been
hardened
up
by
daily
training.
it's
all
part
ot
the
day's
work
at
a
Battle
i
JSntofi
School
In
England.
Celovl
senior
officers
and
instructors
look
on.
Four
Canadian
officers
discuss
day's
work,
two
of
them
slightly
worse
for
mud.
Left
to
right,
Major
G.
McGillivray,
Fort
Arthur,
Ont.,
Lieut.
R.
MacDutt
Montreal,
P.Q.,
Lieut.
J.
P.
Ticard,
Hull,
F.Q.,
Capt.
G,
Fritz,
North
Battleford,
Sask.
j
Be
OTTAWA,
July
17
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
said
today
in
the
House
of
Commons
that,
if
the
Canadian
people
guard
against
undue
optimism,
"they
have
-every4
rcasorrto
rejolce'at
the
results
so
far
achieved
in
the
first
major
operations
in-wh).'h
the
Canadian
Army
has
taken
part."
Mr.
King
also
confirmed
the
report
that
Major
General
Guy
Simonds
of
Kingston,
Ontario
is
'in
command
of
the
Canadian
forces
in
the
AGREEMENT
CONFIRMED
Federal
Gov't
Will
Allow
Mining
On
Indian
Lands
OTTAWA,
July
17
00
The
House
of
Commons
gave
final
1
reading
to
an
act
confirming
dard,
Mrs.
I.
McTavlsh
and
;
the
agreement
with
Mrs.
F.
Campbejl.
Columbia
to
encourage
British
the
de-
;velonment
of
mining
on
Indian
reserves
In
the
province.
A
i&l
WUUV.
AROUSED
Expresses
Surprise
at
Gasoline
Appeal
to
London
Former
Premier
T.
D.
Pattul-
lo.
who
is
visiting
his
consti
tuency
of
Prince
Rupert,
has
sent
a
message
to
Premier
John
Hart
expressing
surprise
that
application
has
been
made
to
appeal
to
the
Privy
Council
In
London
the
gasoline
case
which
was
the
subject
of
much
attention
during
his
(Mr.
Pattulo'3
regime
as
Premier.
Mr.
Pattullo
has
told
Mr.
Hart
that
he
understood
the
matter
had
been
closed
and
that
he
had
no
knowledge
of
any
governmental
undertaking
that
the
subject
might
be
reopened
after
the
war.
Mr.
Pattullo
expressed
pleasure
to
..note
that
,
the,
goy
'elriment'lproposed
to
oppose
the
'
application.
Mr.
Pattullo's
message
to
Premier
Hart
arises
from
a
special
disDatch
from
Victoria
miblish-
Jed
on
Wednesday
in
the
Van-jcouver
Sun
as
follows:
"British
Columbia's
war
with
the
gasoline
companies
which
started
a
gas
strike
in
1940
and
resulted
in
the
then
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
calling
a
special
session
of
the
Legislature,
came
up
once
more
today
when
Attorney
General
R.
L.
Maltland
was
unexpectedly
advised
by
cable
from
London
that
the
oil
companies
have
made
application
to
appeal
to
the
Privy
Council.
"Mr.
.Maltland
said
he
had
been
under
the
Impression
that
arrangements
were
made
three
years
ago
to
hold
up
any
such
appeal
until
the
war
ends.
"In
the
meantime,
in
view
of
this
cable,
instruction
will
go
forward
from
this
department
to
oppose
any
such
application,"
Mr.
Maltland
said.
"The
application
to
appeal
-seeks
to
take
away
the
provincial
right
to
fix
the
price
of
gasoline
this
will
be
opposed
by
the
government.
"Should
the
appeal
itself
reach
the
privy
council
It
will
also
be
opposed
by
British
Col
umbia,
Mr.
Maltland
said.
"The
legal
agents
of
the
torney-Oeneral's
department
In
London
will
make
preliminary
opposition
to
the
application
and
If
the
case
reaches
the
Privy
Council
there
Is
a
possi--bility
Mr.
Maltland
will
go
himself
to
London
to
oppose
it
if
travel
arrangements
can
be
made
during
the
war.
"In
1937
the
government
passed
an
act
setting
up
the
Coal
and
Petroleum
Froducts
Board,
which
later
brought
Into
effect
an
order
reducing
the
price
of
gasoline.
The
oil
companies
took
the
whole
matter
before
the
B.C.
Court
of
Appeal
which
declared
the
act
Intra
vires.
The
Supreme
Court
oJ
Canada
later
upheld
the
B.
C.
Court
of
Appeal's
decision.
"The
Pattullo
government
immediately
ordered
the
board's
reduction
brought
into
effect.
The
gas
pompanies
refused
to
sell
gas.
The
board's
reduction
was
three
cents
a
gallon.
However,
there
was
a
compromise
and
the,
reduction
per
gallon
was
made
two
cents.
Mr.
Pattullo
then
called
the
special
session
which
approved
the