plane
jo.ned
yesterday
at
noon
in
the
Greatest
daylight
aerial
raid
ever
e
sayed
from
North
Africa.
The
objective
was
Palermo
In
Sic
ily
where
tremendous
damage
wa3
done
industrial
areas
being
devastated
Allied
naval
and
air
forces
arc
under
orders
to
sink
or
destroy
all
enemy
vessels
and
full
advantage
ot
the
order
Is
being
taken
off
the
Sicilian
coast
and
in
the
Gulf
of
Turn:.
British
and
United
States
troops
continue
to
press
hard
today
upon
Uie
Axis
remnants
driven
Into
and
now
bottled
up
on
Cape
Bon
after
being
forced
out
of
their
strongholds
at
Tunis
and
Blzertc
In
the
spectacular
thirty-six
hour
offensive
of
last
week.
The
French,
taking
over
Pont
du
Fahs
and
high
ground
to
the
east,
rolled
up
the
right
wing
of
the
enemy's
southern
front
With
many
prisoners
and
much
1
equipment
already
captured,
the
advance
continued,
said
a
Saturday
communlaue.
The
surprisingly
abrupt
conquest
01
tunis
and
Blzertc
was
acnievca
by
overwhelmingly
superior
forcc3,
ft
has
been
disclosed.
It
came
a
"ay
short
of
an
even
six
montns
since
the
Allies
landed
In
force
In
French
North
Africa.
The
Allies
arc
now
bent
on
one
thlng-
the
destruction
of
the
last
vejtluos
nf
Avis
fnrpps
iii
North
;
Unexplained
LA
L1NEA.
May
10
W
No
offi
cial
explanation
has
yet
been
made
of
three
violent
explosions
which
shattered
the
calm
of
Gibraltar
Bay
Saturday
morning
after
which
British
naval
tugs
beached
three
merchant
ships
In
the
harbor,
It
being
reported
there
had
been
an
attack
by
Axis
LOAN
DRIVE
FINAL
WEEK
Military
Parades
and
Demonstrations
Each
Afternoon
Noted
Soldier
Speaks
Tonight
With
the
victory
In
North
Africa
as
the
inspiration,
mere
will
oe
military
demonstrations
on
Third
Avenue
each
afternoon
this
week
as
part
of
the
program
for
the
final
and
culminating
week
of
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
campaign,
all
leading
up
to
the
special
celebration
of
Eighth
Army
Day
on
Friday.
There
will
be
parades
each
af-isriumn
hv
various
military
bands
who
also
is
personally
acquainted
with
Lieut.
General
Bernard
Montgomery,
commander
of
the
Eighth
Army.
CAMPAIGN
FOR
LOAN
Total
for
Dominion
Up
to
Saturday
Reaches
$771,019,COO
Mark
OTTAWA.
May
10
f
Victory
Loan
headquarters
announced
today
that
subscriptions
during
the
first
two
weeks
of
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
totalled
$771,091.600.
Was
Arrested
In
Northern
Alberta
n.vmnnrl
R.
rorter,
who
was
ar-
.
j
Mnru;avs.
Alberta,
re-
UMICU
ou
-
rpnt.lv
for
the
local
police
oil
company
for
a
time.
after
Afn,n,-
n'i,.i
loft,
the
city,
was
cumuu.
across
the
Mediterranean
Into
ted
for
trial
by
Magistrate
,
w
.
u.
Europe.
Vance
In
city
police
court
on
Frl-
AliiM
....
nn
rharees
of
uttering
forgery
that
all
organized
resistance
and
Issuing
worthless
checks
He
hurt
,
.
....
.....
v.j
had
kti
been
in
In
the
the
employ
employ
oi
a
locai
wuapsea
in
me
axis
puuivci.
"eiween
Bizerte
and
Tunis
but
strong
resistance
continues
to
be
oiisred
by
the
enemy
at
the
en-"ce
to
Cape
Bon
Peninsula.
The
Algiers
radio
reported
today
.v.
Avu
nrlsoners
In
Tunisia
had
nA
in
fU.OOO
and
dead
and
lUUUlll't'W
wounded
to
42,000.
WAR
NEWS
r-
INVASION
"TOMORROW"
LONDON
General
Henri
Giraud,
French
African
leader,
on
Sunday
told
the
people
Nazi-occupied
France
that
"tomorrow
the
fortress
oi
Europe
will
be
entered."
He
asserted
that
the
fight
will
be
hard
but
not
long."
The
day
of
invasion,
he
said,
"will
net
be
lone."
MARTIAL
LAW
IN
HOLLAND
LONDON
All
of
Holland
has
been
placed
under
martial
law
by
the
German
authorities
who
are
evidently
jittery
over
the
prospects,
of
an
Allied
invasion.
This
was
reported
Sunday
night
by
the
Netherlands
News
Agency
on
the
eve
of
the
third
anniversary
of
the
occupation
of
the
Low
Countries.
-
NEW
RED
OFFENSIVES
MOSCOW
The
Ited
Army
has
started
new
offensives
against
the
Germans
In
two
more
areas.
Northwest
of
Moscow
in
the
Velukt
Lukl
area
an
advance
has
been
made
by
the
Russians.
In
the
Donet
area
several
points
have
been
occupied
by
the
Russians
and
an
entile
Italian
battalion
has
been
disposed
of.
This
is
while
the
Reds
continue
victorious
in
the
Novorossisk
region
where
5,500
more
Germans
have
been
killed.
WITHDRAWAL
IN
BURMA
NEW
DELHI
The
British
and
Indian
forces
have
been
compelled
to
make
a
withdrawal
in
the
Burma
land
fightinjbefore
itin-forctd
Japanese
attack.
However,
it
was
carried
out
in
good
order
and
uninterrupted.
British
and
United
States
air
forces
continue
widespiead
activity
against
all
Japanese
bases.
in
Burma
Including
Rangoon
and
Mandalay.
SOFTENING
UP
ALEUT
BASES
WASHINGTON
Further
raids
have
been
carried
out
by
the
United
States
air
forces
on
Kiska
and
Attu
in
the
Aleutian
Islands.
It
Is
now
clear
that
the
Americans
are
endeavouring-
to
soften
Kiska
and
Attu
for
a
direct
landing-
attack.
CANTON
IS
HAMMERED
CHUNGKING
Allied
bombers
hammered
a
point
near
Canton
yesterday.
Twenty-six
Japanese
planes
were
destroyed
with
the
loss
of
one
Allied
machine.
PLEA
FOR
PEACE
MADRID
General
Francisco
Franco,
dictator
of
Spain,
has
made
another
plea
for
peace,
saying-
the
war
lias
reached
a
deadlock
where
neither
side
can
destroy
the
other.
and
units
and
displays
and
dem-
.
m,
T"1T
onstratlons
of
military
equipment
1
1
HAIMlilNli
i
with
some
novel
features
prom-
Vi
lf-l
1
vJXi
1
VJ
lscd.
A
feature
of
the
opening
of
the
final
week's
campaign
will
be
a
radio
address
from
CFPR
tonight
by
Major
General
II.
K.
Ganong
who
had
the
distinction
of
being
the
first
Canadian
soldier
to
step
ashore
In
Britain
In
this
war
and
Russian
Assault
Would
Have
Broken
Any
Other
Army
in
World,
Says
Fuehrer
LONDON,
May
10
(CP)
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
was
quoted
by
Berlin
radio
today
as
declaring-
the
winter
"involved
heaviest
suffering-
and
hardest
burdens
for
our
soldiers."
The
radio
said
that
Hitler
broadcast
on
the
occasion
of
the
end
of
another
"winter
help"
campaign.
By
halting-
the
Russian
assault
and
by
counter-attacking-,
Hitler
said,
German
soldiers
averted
a
crisis
"which
would
have
broken
any
other
army
in
the
world."
GENERAL
IS
APPOINTED
up
AUSTRALIA
BOMBED
t
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Evidently
in
reprisal
for
widespread
raids
by
the
Allies
in
the
South
Pacific
area
duiing
the
weekrend,
seven
Japanese
planes
visited
Mulingingi,
275'
miles
eas't
of
fort
Darwin,
on
Sunday,
striking:
at
the
air
field.
HIS
TUNE
Brigadier
E.
L.
Bums
is
Named
to
Succeed
Late
Major
General
Salmon
I
OTTAWA,
May
10
0)
Brigadier
E.
L.
Burns,
aged
45,
in
command
of
a
brigade
of
the
Canadian
Army
overseas,
has
been
appointed
to
command
an
overseas
division
with
the
rank
of
major-general,
Department
of
National
Defence
headquarters
announced
Sunday
night,
j
The
appointment
of
Burns
fills
a
i
vacancy
In
overseas
divisional
com
mand
created
by
the
death
In
an
airplane
accident
In
England
April
29
of
Major-General
II.
L.
N.
Mining
Development
In
North
Reviewed
War
Restricts
Gold
Mining
Rut
Search
for
War
Minerals
Active
Post-war
Picture
Bright
By
E.
MADGE
MANDY
War
has
laid
its
restrictive
hand
on
gold
mining
operations
in
northwestern
British
Columbia.
The
Polar-is-Taku,
Big
Missouri,
Surf
Inlet,
Germansen
Ventures;
result,
in
all
except
one
instance,
of
adverse
conditions
occasioned
by
the
war.
But
the
North
carries
on,
with
prospects
and
operations
involving
the
production
of
metals
essential
for
war
purposes,
draullc
operations
In
the
Manson-Omlneca
Mining
Division
Germansen-Omlneca
River
sec-The
of
placer
gold
occurrence
u
operations
have
been
drew
prospector
to
the
originally
nded
and
only
a
.few
indl-Omlneca
region
and
In
recent
j
years
resulted
in
large-scale
hy-
(Continued
on
Page
Five)
f'KOVINClAL
Local
Temperature
LlBR
Tonight's
Dim-out
Me
top
Maximum
50
(Half
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
'
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
37
10:00
pjn.
to
5:14
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
109
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
10,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Tunisia
War
Now
All
But
Over
MOPPING
UP
ON
AXIS
IN
AFRICA
NOW
Fifty
Thousand
Prisoners
Taken
And
Itcst
of
Enemy
Uottled
Up
BnrtLIN
ADMITS
DEFEAT
LONDON,
May
10
(CI')
The
German
controlled
l'aris
radio,
admitting:
for
the
first
time
the
hopeless
plight
of
Axis
forces
in
North
Africa,
said
today
that
"the
battle
for
Tunisia
is
nearlng
an
end."
The
broadcast
was
recorded
by
Associated
Tress.
The
Berlin
newspaper
Voelklscher
Beobachter
on
Sunday
night
was
quoted
as
acknowledging
the
flight
of
Field
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel
and
Col.
General
von
Arnim
from
Tunisia.
It
said
that
Incident
At
the
two
commanders
had
left
VllDFclltEir
IS
Ainca
aliu
lurnru
utrr
Kiiiimauu
of
Axis
troops
to
the
German
General
Messe.
The
time
of
th
flight
of
the
leaders
was
not
given.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
May
10
Q
It
was
officially
announced
last
night
that
at
least
fifty
thousand
Axis
prisoners
had
been
taken
In
Tunisia
Unce
the
capture
of
Blzcrte
and
Tunis
on
Friday.
The
remnants
of
the
Axis
forces
are
now
completely
bottled
up
In
the
Cape
Bon
area.
There
are
no
signs,
however,
of
any
attempt
at
a
mass
evacuation.
The
Allied
navies
are
In
wait
off
shore
to
meet
any
such
move.
The
Axis
defences
have
cracked
everywhere.
The
Second
United
States
Army
Corps
has
completed
mopping
up
around
Blzeite
where
three
Oerman
general
divisional
commanders
and
the
staffs
arc
among
those
who
nave
surrendered.
The
commanding
officer
pf
the
Fifteenth
German
tank
division
Is
also
captive.
There
us
no
sign
of
enemy
aircraft
ic.
stance
anywhere
in
Tunisia
now
Earlier
reports
said
that
five
thousand
Germans
had
surrendered
unconditionally
at
Blzertc.
Light
British
naval
units
have
shelled
enemy
position
on
Cape
Bon
More
than
four
hundred
Allied
FIGHTING
IN
CAMP
Fatality
Results
from
Disturbance
At
.Military
Centre
in
New
Brunswick
SUSSEX,
New
.Brunswick,
May
10
Oi
Fighting
by
members
of
two
army
regiments
at
Camp
Sussex
Thursday
night
led
to
the
death
ot
Pilvate
D.
M.
Dennett
in
the
camp
hospital
on
Saturday.
It
is
learned
that
Bsnnett,
who
had
been
a
bystander,
died
of
a
bullet
wound.
Reports
persist
that
as
many
as
seventeen
men
suffered
bullet
and
bayonet
wounds.
The
Department
of
National
De
fence
at
Ottawa
announces
that
a
court
of
inquiry
has
been
assemb
led
to
Investigate
the
disturbance.
HEAD
OF
GESTAPO
IS
SLAIN
General
Kruger
is
Reported
Done
To
Death
in
Poland
LONDON,
May
10
General
Kruger,
Gestapo
head
In
Poland,
who
was
noted
for
his
brutality,
Is
reported
to
have
been
SERVING
ON
JURY
.Names
of
Those
Called
Assize
Court
for
Duty
Robert
Drysdale
(Premier),
Roland
ale
(Stewart),
Sydney
George
!
Gardner.
(Endako),
Paul
Gaudette
(Terrace),
Frank
Henry
Gavan
(Terrace),
William
John
Greer
i(Usk),
James
Hepburn
(Ocean
TT111
,Dtnmn.M
Mil
c-y.
rails;,
uciujr
iiu
oicnon,,iuioui.
Burns
Hunt
(Burns
Lake),
Ralph
A.
Johnson
(Colleymount),
Lloyd
Melrose
Johnstone
(Terrace),
Allen
LeRov
Moore.
Daniel
mier).
George
F.
Morgan,
John
Murvold,
Jacob
Mussallem,
John
Michael
McNulty,
John
W.
Nicholls,
William
Noble,
Samuel
Painter,
Robert
Hewat
Parker,
John
Preece,
Tyson
John
Radley
(Colleymount),
James
Robert
Reynolds,
Arthur
Scatterbol,
Mafy
Shrubsall,
John
Henderson
Smith,
Paul
Denver
Stegavlg,
Robert
Ritchie
Strachan,
David
Charles
Stuart,
Sydney
Charles
Thomson,
George
Percy
Tinker,
Fredric
Lawrence
Wesch,
Lloyd
Wolfe,
Carl
William
Zarelll.
KING
IS
GRATEFUL
Message
of
Congratulations
to
General
Eisenhower
LONDON,
May
10
W
The
King,
in
a
message
of
congratulations
to
General
Dwlght
D.
Eisenhower,
ttmmander-ln-chlqf
of
Allied
armies
in
North
Africa,
said
on
Sun-'ay
that
"the
debt
of
Dunkerque
Is
repaid."
The
message
said:
"On
be
half
of
all
my
peoples,
I
express
to
you,
as
supreme
commander
of
the
Allied
forces,
and
all
the
ranks
under
your
command,
our
heartfelt
congratulations
on
your
victory."
RUSSIANS
STRONGER
Are
Definitely
Pioving
Air
Strength
Over
Germans
MOSCOW,
May
10
(Canadian
Press)
The
Russians
are
definitely
proving
their
air
strength
over
the
enemy.
During
last
week
jti
Nazi
planes
were
shot
down
while
the
Russians
lost
235.
Ten
more
enemy
ships
have
been
sunk
in
the
Black
Sea.
SEWER
GAS
FOR
AUTOS
LONDON,
May
10
(CD
Prof,
William
Holford
told
a
luncheon
here
of
the
Anglo-Swedish
Society
that
while
In
Sweden
recently
he
found
that
sewer
gas,
compressed
into
cyl'nders,
was
being
used'
In
automobiles
for
locomotion.
Japan
Shelled
a
m
m
;
By
Allied
bub
NEW
YORK,
May
10
O)
To-
klo
radio
reports
that
an
Al-
lied
submarine
.shelled
the
vl-
3i
clnity
of
Horobetsu
village
on
the
southeastern
coast
of
Hok-
kaldo
Island
yesterday.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Paragon,
43,000,
16
and
15,
Stor
age.
Republic,
27,000,
16.1
and
15,
Storage.
Yukon,
33,003,
16.4
and
15,
Atlln.
Susan,
36,000,
16.30
and
15,
Booth.
Zarem'ho.
ISiOO.
16.7
and
15.
Trade
Wind,
13,000,
16
and
15,
Storage.
I
Following
is
the
list
of
Jurors
to
pioneer,
50,000,
16
and
15,
Stor
serve
at
the
spring
session
of
agei
the
Assize
Court
which
opens
here
Canadian
tomorrow:
I
Toodie,
9,000,
17.4
and
16,
Atlln.
David
Bennett
(Premier),
Rob-
sfceena
M,
9,500,
17.4
and
16,
ert
Watt
Cameron,
Nick
Chenoski,
storage.
'Benjamin
Dalgarno,
John
Davis
vera
Beatrice,
6,000,
17.3
and
16,
!
(Ocean
Falls),
John
Robert
Den-
storage.
holme
(Ocean
Falls),
Albert
Ed-i
Arctic
I,
ward,
Charles
A.
Dodlmead,
John
Booth.
17,000,
17.9
and
16c,
Attorney
General
Chief
Justice,
Here
For
Assize
Hon.
R.
L.
Maltland,
attorney
morrow.
MARTIAL
LAW
IN
HOLLAND
Death
Penalty
Provided
for
Forming
Crowds
or
Being
Out
at
Night
LONDON,
May
10
(CP)
New
rules
of
martial
law,
imposed
as
from
May
1
on
all
of
Holland
by
the
Nazi
governor,
Arthur
Sey-sz-Inquart,
German
commissioner
in
the
Netherlands,
prohibit
crowds
of
more
than
five
persons,
impose
an
8
p.m.
to
6
a.m.
curfew
and
forbid
strikes
and
lock-outs,
all
on
possible
penalty
of
death,
the
Netherlands
News
Agency
says.
ATHLONEON
THIS
COAST
Governor
General
at
Victoria
To
Vancouver
on
Wednesday
VICTORIA,
May
10
The
Gover
nor
General
and
Princess
Alice
ar
rived
in
Victoria
yesterday
after
a
tour
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
and
will
be
guests
at
Government
House
until
Wednesday
when
they
will
proceed
to
Vancover.
baseballTscores
SATURDAY
American
League
Philadelphia
9,
New
York
4.
Boston
2,
Washington
1.
St.
LouU
3,
Cleveland
2.
Detroit-Chicago,
postponed.
National
League
New
York
7,
Philadelphia
5.
Boston
3,
Brooklyn
2.
Cincinnati
G,
Chicago
5.
St.
Louis-Pittsburgh,
postponed.
SUNDAY
National
League
Brooklyn
1-1,
Boston
4-2.
New
York
2-1,
Philadelphia
3-3.
Chicago
13-4,
Cincinnati
2-3.
St.
Louis
8,
Pittsburgh
1.
American
league
Cleveland
6-5,
St.
Louis
5-7.
Detroit
1-4,
Chicago
3-1.
Philadelphia
1-4,
New
York
13-3
Boston
2-2,
Washington
3-8.
BIG
DAY
Macuonaia,
trans
jviacuuiia-u.
or.
.
h,pf
Wendell'
.
t
FOR
LOAN
RECORDED
Saturday's
Subset
iptions
Total
$89,100
Drive
Being:
Speeded
Up
For
Final
Week
With
a
substantial
list
of
returns
coming
in
from
the
dry
dock
In
ternal
canvass,
the
biggest
day's
business
In
subscriptions
for
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
was
recorded;
The
total
lor
the
day
was
$89,100,
bringing
the
cumulative
total
to
date
to
$532,350,
well
over
the
two
thirds
mark
for
the
opening
two
weeks
of
the
three
weeks'
campaign.
Stewart
-
Premier
reached
Its
quota
on
Saturday,
being
the
first
point
In
the
division
to
do
so.
Yesterday
It
exceeded
125
per
cent.
Chinese
applications
In
Prince
Rupert
on
Saturday
were
$1,300.
Canvassers
and
supporting
workers
will
Intensify
their
efforts
for
the
third
and
final
week
of
the
campaign
with
a
view
not
only
to
reaching
the
objective
of
$750,000
but
exceeding
it
extensively.
There
will
be
brief
radio
talks
by
leading
citizens
each
evening"
during
the
week.
Major
General
H.
N.
Ganong
will
speak
tonight.
On
Fiiday
It
Is
proposed
to
stage
a
celebration
of
the
North
African
victory
as
a
Vic
tory
Loan
demonstration.
Mrs.
A.
A.
Anderson
John
C.
Jensen
Mrs.
J.
Long
William
P.
Tyson
F.
Werzek
X!2&,
Uarrived
,n'the
clty
nlght
Voung
en
Mitchell,
E.
J.
Moore-
Terracc,
,?-,
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how.
In
i,
,
.
Tl
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,
ir,,a
(Pre
v.,
a
-
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11.
DIUUM
connection
with
the
session
of
Robert
J.
Whitten
Supreme
Court
Assizes
opening
to-'
Horace
E.
Alton
Sam
Ying
(Vanderhoof)
Mrs.
E.
M.
Murray
(Vanderhoof)
f
Mis.
I.
B.
Johnston
(Vanderhoof)
J.
A.
Docking
(Vanderhoof)
H.
Parker
(Vanderhoof)
Harold
W.
Ponsford
(Fraser
Lake)
George
B.
Ellis
(Red
Rose,
Hazelton)
J.
D.
Moore
(Fort
Fraser)
GENERALS
TO
MEET
$
500
50
150
100
100
200
50
500
50
100
100
1,000
100
200
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150;
250:
300l
Giraud
Would
See
DeGaulle-Discuss
Plans
for
French
Unification
to
j
a
LONDON,
May
10
W
The
Algle-rs
radio
reported
today
that
General
Henri
Giraud
had
Invited
General
Charles
DeGaulle
to
meet
him
either
at
Marrakesh
or
Klskra
to
discuss
plans
for
unification
ot
French
forces
battling
the
Axis.
The
broadcast
to
this
effect
from
Algiers
was
recorded
by
Associated
Press.
Elected
Hockey
League
Chief
NEW
YORK,
May
10
Red
Dut-'
ton
has
been
elected
managing
director
of
the
National
Hockey
League.
Art
Ross
rejoins
the
board
of
directors
as
representative
of
Boston.
Bracken
Speaks
In
Minnesota
DULUTH,
Minnesota,
May
10--John
Bracken,
leader
of
Canada's
Conservative
Progressive
party,
spoke
here
Saturday.
He
said
It
would
be
up
to
the
people
-of
United
States
and
Canada
to
en-
m
ii
i
i
ii
i
sure
peace
oi
me
worm
aiier
mo
war.
He
advocated
an
interna
tlonal
policy
and
world
trade
on
a
broad
basis.