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half
of
the
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competition
after
r.
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the
first
half
win
was
a
three
to
ndirr
player
In
Tues
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Watson,
Air
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to
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given
much
of
for
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team's
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score
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o
Bureau
of
Statistics
places
population
of
the
United
1
a-
on
March
1
at
128,200,-il
drop
of
3,100,000
from
1D40,
decrease
Is
held
larcclv
to
;ntf'.lng
of
men
to
the
arm-
'rvlcca.
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Population
of
the
Pacific
t
states
has
calneri
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is
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cent.
HIMMLER
IS
IN
HAMBURG
Chief
of
German
Gestapo
Putting
Down
I'eace
Move
LONDON,
July
31
Heltuicb
Himmler.
chief
of
the
Nazi
Oestapo,
is
reported
to
have
arrived
in
hard-bombed
Hamburg
to
put
down
peace
demonstrations
and
anti-Hitler
displays.
WARNING
BY
REDS
Must
Offer
no
Haven
td
Fleeing
Fascists
Neutrals
Are
Told
LONDON,
July
31
0)
The
Russian
government
backed
up
President
Roosevelt
today
in
warning
neutrals
not
to
give
asylum
to
"Mussolini,
prominent
Fascists,
or
other
war
crlmln-
als"
In
notes
being
presented
to
Turkey
and
Sweden.
A
Moscow
broadcast
said
that
granting
pf
such
asylum,
or
any
help
or
assistance
to
Fascists
Is
a
violation
of
the
principles
for
which
the
United
Nations
are
fighting.
Lady
Astor
Given
Fine
Endeavoured
to
Break
Rationing'
Regulations
by
Smuggling
Fur
Coat
LONDON,
July
31
Lady
Astor
was
fined
$240
in
Bow
Street,
police
court
yesterday
for
violation
of
the
rationing
regulations.
She
endeavoured
to
purchase
a
fur
coat
from
the
United
States.
BONUS
TO
BE
PAID
All
Shipyards
Must
Make
5125
Weekly
Payment
to
Employees
OTTAWA,
July
31
0)
The
National
War
Labor
Board
announced
1
night
that
effective
Immcdialely
all
shipyards
under
its
Jurisdiction
which
are
paying
less
than
the
full
$4.25
weekly
cost
of
living
bonus
must
pay
the
full
amount.
I
Ceiling
To
Be
:
Put
On
Fruit
1.
OTTAWA,
July
31
W
Baseball
Scores
4
De-
finite
ceilings
will
be
placed
on
tresh
caches,
plums
.
and
pears
as
soon
as
the
main
crop
comes
on
the
market,
It
was
announced
last
night
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
Steps
will
be
taken
to
en-
sure
that
some
portion
of
the
crop
is
canned.
This
is
one
of
the
principal
ob-
jects
of
the
celling,
the
ac-
tion
being
taken
because
of
acute
shortage
of
fresh
fruits
and
high
retail
prices.
The
Board
said
It
was
also
considering
con-
trolling
the
price
of
apples
and
is
planning
during
per-
lods
of
shorter
supply
in
winter
and
spring
to
put
a
celling
on
storage
root
crops
such
as
carrots,
beets,
turnips,
parsnips
and
cab-
ase.
the
outlook
lor
supply
of
which
is
Improved.
National
League
Boston
3-0,
Cincinnati
0-2.
Chicago
12,
Brooklyn
3.
New
York
13,
Pittsburgh
T.
Philadelphia
3,
St.
Louis
2.
American
League
Detroit
5,
Boston
2.
.New
York
5,
Cleveland
4.
Washington
4,
Chicago
1.
Philadelphia
3,
St.
Louis
2.
American
Association
Kansas
City
2,
Indianapolis
1.
Kansas
City
1,
Indianapolis
0.
Minneapolis
4,
Columbus
2.
Minneapolis
3,
Columbus
2.
Mllwakuee
12-1,
Louisville
4-:4.
Toledo
3-3,
St.
Paul
1-6.
International
League
Jersey
City
4-7,
Buffalo
3-7.
(Second
game
tie).
Rochester
C-8,
Baltimore
1-2.
Syracuse
1-2,
Montreal
0-4.
Toronto
5,
Newark
4.
Pacific
Coast
Los
Angeles
7,
San
Diego
1.
San
Francisco
2,
Sacramento
Hollywood
3,
Portland
2.
Seattle
2,
Oakland
1.
READY
TO
ACCEPT
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
said
yesterday
that
the
Allies
were
ready
to
accept
Italy's
surrender
from
King
Victor
Emmanuel,
Premier
Badoglio
or
even
the
mayor
of
a
city
as
long
as
he
is
definitely
not
a
Fascist.
PhovicrAj
:
WILL
CALL
MORE
MEN
Extension
of
Age
Groups
for
Compulsory
Service
in
Canada
Being
Extended
OTTAWA,
July
31
An
early
extension
of
the
age
groups
for
compulsory
military
service
In
Canada
is
expected
as
the
pres
ent
pool
Is
being
depleted.
The
limit
may
be
lowered
from
19
to
18V2
or
18
years
and
the
25
to
30
years
of
age
married
men
group
may
also
be
called.
INCREASE
IS
DENIED
United
States
War
Labor
Board
Refuses
to
Pay
More
to
Million
Shipyard
Workers
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
31
IB
The
War
Labor
Board
yes
terday
denied
a
general
wage
Increase
to
more
than
one
million
employees
of
188
shipyards
throughout
the
United
States.
The
board
declared
that
no
gen
eral
Increases
could
be
granted
under
wage
stabilization
polities
Smuts
Is
Given
Good
Majority
Prime
Minister's
Party
in
South
Africa
Has
Lead
of
Sixty-Seven
CAPETOWN,
South
Africa,
July
31
Latest
returns
from
the
South
African
general
election
give
the
Smuts
government,
a
clear
majority
of
sixty-seven
seats.
War
Eighty
rercent
Over
PORT
ARTHUR,
July
31
Speaking
here
yesterday,
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
on
a
visit
to
his
home
constituency,
said
he
believed
the
war
was
eighty
percent
over
as
(ar
as
the
time
factor
Is
concerned.
However,
the
re-
malning
twenty
percent
would
be
the
toughest.-
-;
Local
l
emperaiure
Tonight
s
Dim-out
we
(Half
an
hour
alter
sunset
to
Maximum
60
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
Minimum
54,
10
15
p.m.
to
5:21
ajn.
.J
.
NORTHERN
MnPTTJTTPM
AND
AMn
PRMTRAT.
CENTRAL
P.RTTTSIT
BRITISH
PHTTTMPT
COLUMBIA'S
A'.Q
MT?WCTJ
NEWSPAPER
A
Tt?tj
I
I
xxxii,
mo.
p;.;--
M?
PRINCE
PRINCE
RUPERT,
RUPERT,
B.C.,
B.U.,
SATURDAY,
SATURDAY,
JULY
JULY
31,
31,
1943
1943
price,
five
cents
mm
mm
.
m
amm
alian
situation
Is
Hicrhlv
Tense
OSING
IN
SIIIP-TO-SHIP
TRANSFER
FOR
CANADIAN
COAST
IS
11"
W
dilutes.
If
MUNDA
ERUPTION
Baaopo
.emporjZtfj:
;iVECT
PACIFIC,
July
31
idcd
toy
tanko
and
flame
American
troops
yes-
nrr
mri
ln:pr
In
thp
vlt-
-n
nlrHrnmn
of
MlinHn
back
counter
attacks,
plane
j
In
widespread
at-
shipping,
sank
eleven
;
;
barges,
It
was
an-
;
-
m
1
I
i
ta
rework
to
the
flame
and
the
tanks
to
get
u;
out
of
caves,
fox
holes
;'.ilboxe
and
thus
creep
id
the
vital
Munda
air
bombers
ate
still
blast
er
.he
Ground
operations.
New
Oulnea
the
Austra
force,
also
being
given
!'
air
jupport,
are
now
but
R
FORCE
WINNER
SOCCER
so
Far
This
Season
Un
(en
nnil
ITntipilI.ntist
Win
Over
Navy
unbeaten
and
un
'hi
,
year
In
local
i'.mues
In
winning
Fliers,
who
captured
nnv
dim.
first.
''
1
"
1943
to
be
-saJar
,
;r.:o:
have
a
strangle
Just
before
Canadian
forces
started
their
assault
landings
on
the
beaches
of
Sicily
it
became
necessary
to
transfer
Major
J.
M.
Robinson
of
Ottawa
from
the
ship
in
which
he
had
travelled
from
Britain
to
the
destroyer
H.M.S.
Wheatland.
This
picture
was
taken
as
the
transfer
was
made
by
means
of
a
"bo'sun's
chair"
slung
on
lines
between
three
vessels.
Even
In
calm
weather
transfer
at
sea
from
one
ship
to
another
Is
a
hazardous
operation.
This
operation
took
place
while
the
convoy
was
steaming
in
waters
where
enemy
attack
was
a
possibility
at
any
moment.
(Canadian
Army
Overseas
Photo).
Allied
Air
Forces
Continue
Mer
ciless
rounding
of
Kelch
Territory
New
Objective
LONDON,
July
31
(CP)
The
-Allies'
rolling
air
offensive
(shifted
to
a
new
target
last
night
when
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Forcr
1
bombers
blasted
Remscheid,
German
Ruhr
steel
centre.
The
massive
air
offensive
rolled
on
throughout
the
day
with
bombers
being
shepherded
over
the
Channel
by
droves
of
fighters.
An
almost
unbroken
rumble
of
explosions
could
be
heard.
The
whole
French
coast
appeared
to
be
in
a
slate
of
eruption.
ON
SERVICE
IN
SICILY
Names
of
Canadian
Regiments
On
Service
There
OTTAWA,
July
31
Canadian
regiments
serving
in
Sicily
In
clude
Hastings
and
Prince
Ed
ward,
Royal
Canadian
Regiment,
Twenty-Eighth
Highland
(Tor
onto).
Princess
Patricia's
Cana
dian
Light
Infantry
(Winnipe
and
Victoria),
Seaforth
High
landers
(Vancouver),
Loyal
Edmonton
Regiment,
Western
Nova
Scotia,
Loyal
Quebec,
Carlton
and
York
(New
Brunswick),
and
Saskatchewan
Light
Infantry
as
well
as
various
special
and
auxiliary
services
Including
medicals
and
chaplains.
CUT
ON
CLOTHES
Nothing
But
Uniforms
and
Working
Apparel
to
be
Made
in
Germany
BERLIN,
July
31
The
Berlin
radio
says
that
after
Septembe
manufacture
of
all
clothing
in
Germany
with
the
exception
of
military
uniforms
and
working
clothes
will
be
discontinued.
Army
and
Airmen
Anti-Mosquitos
Aiding
Civilian
Fight
Against
Pest
in
Prairie
Gateway
Centres
WINNIPEG,
July
31
tB
Air.
men
and
soldiers
have
an
en
emy
in
Winnipeg
the
mosqul
toes
who
thrive
on
wet
weather
and
'throw
a
barrage
across
parklands
on
sunny
days.
An
anti-mosquito
campaign
Is
being
carried
on
to
blast
the
homes
of
the
pest,
the
water
holes
in
suburban
districts
which
provide
Ideal
breeding
grounds
Airmen
from
No.
2
Command,
R.CJV.F.,
have
carried
out
an
aerial
survey,
spotting
from
the
air
the
mosquito
puddles
which
later
are
covered
with
a
thick
coating
of
oil.
"The
survey
show
us
wet
places
that
we
might
not
i
discover
from
the
ground,"
-said
i
L.
T.
S.
Norris-Elye,
field
man-1
ager
of
the
mosquito
campaign.
"We
are
very
grateful
to
the
air
force."
Soldiers
from-
Fort
Osborne
Barracks
have
been
helping
civilian
oilers
In
suburban
Tuexdo
where
there
are
Infested
pools.
The
heavy
oil
kills
the
mosquitoes
before
they
hatch.
Halibut
Sales
American
Constitution,
48,000,
17.5
and
10,
Booth
and
Pacific.
Eldorado,
55,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage.
Atlas,
39,000,
17.5
and
16,
At-lin.
Sonja,
30,000,
17.5
and
16,
Whiz.
Senac,
52,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage
and
Royal.
We
ek-E
'
JB
na
tmeroencv
Anticipated
By
London
Bulletins
BOMBARDING
KISKA
WASHINGTON
American
light
warships
bombarded
thfc
Jap
defences
on
Kiska
again
Friday.
CIANO
RESIGNS
LONDON
Rome
radio
reports
that
Count
Ciano,
Mussolini's
son-in-law,
has
resigned
as
Italian
ambassador
to
the
Vatican.
DISARMING
ITALIANS
LONDON
Dispatches
report
that
German
troops
have
begun
to
disarm
Italian
troops
at
Larizza,
Greece.
CLOSING
ON
OREL
MOSCOW
The
Red
Army
has
advanced
another
six
miles
and,
taking
twenty
more
villages,
is
now
only
eight
miles
from
Orel.
RIPE
FOR
INSURRECTION
BERLIN
It
is
admitted
here
that
conditions
favor
insurrection
In
Italy
Herman
Goering
has
arrived
in
Rome.
Warning
Issued
From
Allied
Headquarters
That
Terrible
Aerial
Offensive
is
to
be
Resumed
Winning
Everywhere
in
Sicily
LONDON,
July
31
(CP)
Electric
tension
prevails
in
London
as
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
has
ordered
the
cabinet
members
and
heads
of
the
fighting
services
to
stand
by
for
a
possible
week-
cuu
emergency,
ine
Allied
ttign
Command,
from
headquarters
in
North
Africa,
has
radioed
a
stern
t
Badoglio's
t
1
CdLC
1
Idll
ROME,
July
31
Premier
Pietro
Badogllo,
it
became'
known
today,
has
prepared
a
four-point
plan
to
take
Italy
out
of
the
war
and
intimates
that
he
will
re-
'
sign
if
It
is
not
accepted
by
both
the
Allies
and
the
Axis.
'
i
SICILIAN
HISTORY
History
of
the
city
of
Catania
in
Sicily
dates
back
to
732
B.
C
BOMBING
RESULTS
ll
I
mil
ii
-v
Three
air
views
which
give
mute
evidence
of
the
result
of
precision
bombing
as
executed
by
Allied
bombers
on
Palermo
harbor.
Sicily,
recently.
UPPER
picture
shows
the
harbor
as
the
bombers
came
over
the
targed.
IMMEDIATELY
BELOW
bombs
are
unleashed
and
on
way
down
to
cause
destruction.
BOTTOM
photo
shows
the
results
of
the
accurate
bombings
D
Two
120-foot
vessels
blasted
and
wrecked.
(2)
270-foot
warehouse
wrecked
and
a
300-foot
ship
sunk.
(3)
Huge
hole
blasted
in
pier
by
explosion
of
munitions
ship.
410-foot
vessel
damaged,
and
destroyer
damaged
at
her
berth.
(4)
Seaplane
.station
damaged.
(5)
Naval
headquarters.
BELOW,
damaged.
(6)
Waterfront
buildings
damaged.
(7)
Garabaldl
barracks
and
port
station
warehouses
destroyed.
(8)
350-foot
merchant
vessel
sunk.
(9)
350-foot
freighter
sunk
hv
harbor.
.
warning
to
the-
Italian
people
that
a
terrible
aerial
offensive
against
Italy
Is
to
be
resumed
Immediately.
Meanwhile
the
powerhouse
drive
of
the
Allies
crushed
more
Axis
defence
salients
as
American
and
British
forcesdrew
a
tight
noose
about
the
.northwestern
tip
of
Sicily,
gains'
having
been
made
by
the
Allies
on
all
parts
of
the
front.
The
Internal
situation
In
Italy
continues
critical
as
the
new
Premier
Pietro
Dadoglio
plays
for
time
before
making
his
final
decision
for
peace
or
continued
war.
There
are
reports
of
further
fighting
between
Germans
and
the
Italians
In
northern
Italy.
German
civilians
have
been
advised
by
their
consuls
to
leave
Italy
for
home.
Slovene
Irregular
troops
have
broken
through
Italian
lines
and
reached
-
the
Udine
reglor
of
Italy.
.
'
Giraud
Takes
Over
Command
Shake-up
in
Administration
of
French
Colonial
Empire
LONDON,
July
31
General
Henri
Giraud,
according
to
word
from
Algiers,
has
been
appointed
commander-in-chief
of
all
French
forces
while
General
Charles
deGaulle
has
been
made
chairman
of
the
national
council
of
defence.
SOLDIERS
DROWNED
Two
Lose
Lives
in
Okanagan
Lake
VERNON,
July
31
Two
soldiers
were
drowned
yesterday
in
Okanagan
Lake.
Names
will
be
announced
after
next
of
kin
have
been
advised.
More
Must
Be
T'155
Produced
For
War
This
Year
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
31
-Donald
Nelson,
Office
of
War
Production
chief,
announced
plans
today
for
a
new
production
drive.
There
must
be
an
increase
of
30
per
cent
In
war
production
during
the
rest
of
the
year.
READYF0R
NEW
MOVE
British
Cabinet
Remaining
London
Over
Week-end
in
LONDON,
July
31
Cabinet
ministers
and
ranking
military
leaders
have
been
advised
to
remain
In
London
over
the
week-end
in
view
of
possible
developments
in
the
Italian
situation.
There
were
two
special
cabinet
meetings
yesterday,
one
at
1:30
ajn.
If!
1
If
IV