BLUDGEON
SARDINIA
Allied
Planes
Continue
to
Hammer
Heavily
at
Italian
Island
Stepping
Stones
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
MIHI
ft
Fit
r
A,
May
25
CF
The
Allies
bludgeoned
the
Italian
island
it
Mi
'
a
vcterday
with
more
,vm
three
hundred
American
-'ne
'
rMrkd
nine
import-
mt
rtifpnrp
fnrerta
nn
that
stpn-
ping
s'me
to
Italy.
Bomb-pitted
Pantallerla,
little
fr-nfid
'
land
45
m.'.w
off
Cap
Bon,
which
was
'under
almost
c6n-
tlniT-"
.
t.ni'lc
Kiinrtnv.
tin)
Drain
raided
k
inday
and
heavy
bombers
i:
j
o
at
San
Giovanni
and
P.
-
d
falibria
on
the
toe
of
the
Italian
boot.
Appointments
Are
Announced
Effe-'ive
irnr,rl(i't'.
t
,"-
j
r:aments
In
the
passenger
traf.
fl
drart'npnt
of
the
Canadian
i
National
Railways,
particularly
affecting
Prince
Rupert,
are
announced,
Win
,
r'nil-kshank,
travelling
passenger
agentJras
been
promot-t
1
Ial
passenger
representative
at
prince
Rupert.
H.
J
McCallum,
dock
ticket
agent
Vancouver,
will
succeed
Mr.
Crulk
nank
as
travelling
passenger
agent
at
Prince
Rupert.
RUSSIA
ON
BEST
END
LONDON,
May
25
W
Russia
an
fnurred
the
destruction
of
313
Oerman
planes
last
week
at
a
cost
6)
Russian
aircraft.
This
was
announced
Sunday
night.
Still
Talking
WASHINGTON,
DC,
May
25
Cache
of
$300
in
Banknotes
Found
By
Soldiers
Digging
In
Fairview
Victory
Garden
Edward
Moriarity
Sentenced
As
Sequel
to
Quarrel
With
Darrel
Thompson
Edward
Moriarity.
charged
with
'vaulting
Darrel
Thompson
on
Third
Avenue
on
My
15.
rn-'
tenced
In.
police
court
this
morning-
to
pay
a
fine
of
$100
or
spend
three
months
in
jail.
Moriarity
and
Thompson
had
a
quarrel
in
the
course
of
which
the
ormer
drew
a
knife
and
stabbed
him
In
the
upper
abdomen
on
the
left
side.
Roosevelt
ando
I
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
remained
closeted
In
conference
yesterday
after
having
been
In
session
until
2:30
Monday
morning.
CANADIANS
ARE
KILLED
Seven
Lost
Their
Lives
When
Hote'.
In
South
Coast
Town
Struck
By
Bomb
t
riNDN.
May
25
It
Is
dls
closed
-
here
that
at
Jeast
seve
Canadian
service
men
were
killed
and
a
number
Injured
when
hotel
in
a
south
coast
British
towr
vas
hit
by
a
bomb
recently.
Baseball
Scores
SATURDAY
National
League
St.
Louis
10-6.
New
York
7-1.
Philadelphia
10,
Pittsburgh
0:
Brooklyn
5,
Cincinnati
2.
American
League
Cleveland
9.
New
York
2.
SUNDAY
National
League
Pittsburgh
4-2.
Philadelphia
1-Chlcago
2-1,
Boston
1-0.
(Second
game
10
Innings).
Cincinnati
0.1,
Brooklyn
3-3.
St.
Louis
6-4,
New
York
5-2.
American
League
New
York
1-2,
Cleveland
3-5.
Boston
3-3,
Detroit
4-2.
;
(Second
game
10
Innings).
Washington
11.
Chicago
0..
(Second
game
postaponed).
Philadelphia
1-3,
St.
Louis
9-2.
MONDAY
International
League
r
"alo-Rochestcr
postponed
Toronto
9-0;
Montreal
8-3.
Newark
2;
Jersey
City
0.
Baltimore
1;
Syracuse
4.
American
Association
Four
games
postponed
on
count
of
weather.
Taclfic
Coast
Ho
games
Monday.
tm
i
Mion
not.
far
from
Fairview
raging
a
viciuij
-
.
f
Harnon
vtuiuiery,
sergeant,
vv.
.
"T"
Thn
The
cash
has
has
in
banknotes
unearthed
a
cache
of-$300
teen
turned
over
to
a
local
banK
ami
iiui
,
.
""""
ttado
by
the
oifficial
administrator
to
i
the
o,n
"Sinn.
It
a
lip
overt
the
money
imn
.
pv
nrnp
Slacken
in
the
vicinity.
i'hn
nnpp
lived
i
nr.r,tnfT
nnner.
!
.Turit-ine
from
the
appearance
of
The
mnnov
.nnsistrH
of
bills
In
t
money,
It
Is
be
denominations
un
to
$20
contained
;
neved
the
cache
might
have
been
1"
'I'
-noimrf
lrd
nail.
The
pall
there
for
ten
years
or
so
ine
earth
r-rd
under
about
a
foot
of
were
of
the
J
ine
and
crumbling,
It
hnn
nM
m
dnvp
lid
as
and
were
damp
cover
ntiri
i,-hm,i
n
smnllpr
cans
were
also
showing
the
effects
n
which
held
the
money
bundled
'of
age
and
dampness.
WAR
NEWS
DORTMUND
HEAVILY
HIT
LONDON
Koyal
Air
Force
bombers
crossed
the
English
Channel
Sunday
to
attack
enemy
objectives
after
having
stayed
home
Saturday
night.
The
Foice
made
its
heaviest
bombing
attack
so
far
in
this
war
on
Sunday
night
with
the
German
Industrial
centre
of
Dortmund
as
the
targeti
Two
thousand
tons
of
explosives
were
drop,
ped,
including
scores
of
two
to
four
ton
block-busters,
as
well
as
thousands
of
incendiaries.
Gieat
billows
of
flame
and
smoke
were
left
leaping
three
miles
into
the
air.
Thirty-eight
planes
are
missing
following
the
mighty
raid.
HEAVY
LUFTWAFFE
BLOW
LONDON
A
south
coast
English
resort
town
was
heavily
attacked
by
German
bombers.
Several
hotels
and
a
number
of
large
buildings
were
wrecked.
Some
of
these
buildings
were
well
known
to
travellers.
There
were
a
number
of
casualties.
A
southeast
resort
town
was
also
attacked
-and
one
large
hotel
was
destroyed.
Bombs
were
also
dropped
by
the
enemy
on
a
northeast
coast
town
and
there
was
considerable
damage
with
a
number
of
casualties.
RATTLE
OF
KUSSU
MOSCOW
Vigorous
fighting
continues
all
along
the
Russo.
German
front
from
Leningrad
to
the
Caucasus.
In
four
weeks
no
less
than
515
German
planes
have
been
brought
down
in
this
country,
rrindral
activity
in
the
land
fighting
has
been
In
the
Novorossisk
mrt
Khaikov
areas.
'Forty-five
German
bombers
and
fighters
were
hot
down
in
an
aerial
battle
near
Kursk.
Ten
Russian
planes
were
downed.
fsiCILV
HEAVILY
HIT
CAIRO
Allied
bombers
subjected
Sicily
to
widespread
and
'favr
aerial
attack
araln
over
the
week-end.
many
objectives
being
lit
wHh
devastating
dan-age.
Three
hundred
and
seven
Avis
planes
vere
destroyed
In
four
days
with
the
Allies
losing
only
16.
Swarms
nf
Allied
bombing
planes
fiom
North
Africa
and
Malta
bombed
objective?
in
southern
Italy
and
Sicily
again
Sunday.
Sen
Giovanni
was
the
principal
target
with
Fantalerrla
and
Sardinia
Islands
also
receiving
further
devastating
attention.
Three
hundred
and
seventeen
enemy
planes
weie
brought
down
between
Wednesday
and
Sunday
vlth
the
Allies
losing
18.
-
-
.
PLANES
ATTACK
SHIPS
WASHINGTON
Two
United
States
naval
vessels
were
attacked
unsuccessfully
by
15
Japanese
planes
off
Attu
Island.
Little
change
In
the
giound
fighting
situation
on
Attu
is
reported
today.
The
remnants
of
the
Jap
forces
are
being
pounded
from
the
air.
Six
United
States
fighter
planes
shot
down
five
of
16
Japanese
bombers
attacking
Attu
Sunday.
Two
United
States
planes
are
missing.
American
aircraft
are
still
pounding
Jafc
pockets
of
resistance
on
Attu
Island,
more
of
which
have
been
wiped
out.
Japanese
aiicraft
which
unsuccessfully
attacked
American
naval
vessels
oil
Attu
at
the
end
of
the
week
are
believed
to
have
come
from
the
big
Japanese
base
o;
Paramashiru
at
the
northern
tip
of,
the
Kurile
Islands,
a
distance
of
six
hundred
miles.
CIIITTAGONG
ATTACKED
vnu
nri.iuJanane?e
planes
crossed
GO
miles
into
India
Sat-
urdaT
night
to
attack
ChiUagong.
Four
Japanese
bombers
and
three
fighters
were
brought
down
and
two
Hurricanes
fell
in
the
fighting
but
the
pilot
of
one
is
reported
safe.
EXMOITTH
RAIDED
ailifii
iiFADOITAUTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Three
Japanese
planes
raided
Fxmoulh
on
the
northwest
Australian
coast
Sunday
but
it
was
a
light
attack
and
nine
namage
was
uui.c
NO
EARLY
COLLAPSE
WASHINGTON
It
is
sheer
folly
to
bank
on
an
early
collapse
of
the
proud
German
army,
said
rrime
minister
Hinsmn
uuuitmn
nc.c
in
discussing
the
possibility
of
a
conanse
or
me
neicn.
every
wunS
points
to
a
long
and
aiduous
fight
still
ahead.
AIR
RAIDS
ON
BURMA
NEW
DELHI
American
bombers
started
laree
fires
in
the
port
of
Rangoon,
the
main
Japanese
supply
base
in
Burma,
during
a
recent
raid,
It
was
announced
yesterday.
Allied
airmen
Sunday
showered
bombs
on
Japanese
communications,
concentrating
on
railway
objectives,
30
miles
northwest
of
Schebro,
and
on
tarkets
on
Akyab
Island.
WASHINGTON
WAR
TALKS
WASHINGTON
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
resumed
their
conferences
Sunday
with
members
of
their
advisory
staffs,
discussion
lasting
until
2:30
a.m.
Monday.
U.S.
'MERCHANTMAN
SUNK
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
navy
yesterday
disclosed
the
sinking
of
a
medium.slzed
Pan
American
merchant
vessel
off
the
American
East
coast
early
in
May.
The
announcement
said
the
sinking
was
caused
by
two
underwater
explosions,
presumably
from
to-pedots
fired
by
a
submarine.
Survivors
were
landed
at
Norfolk,
Vlr-lna-
,
t
.
STALINGRAD
AS
MEMORIAL
MOSCOW
Joseph
E.
Davies,
President
Roosevelt's
personal
envoy
to
Premier
Stalin,
has
proposed
that
Stalingrad
should
not
be
rebuilt'
on
Its
present
site,
but
be
constructed
five
or
six
miles
down
the
Vt?a
from
the
present
ruins.
He
said
the
city
should
be
left
as
a
memorial
and
lesson
to
people
yet
tinhorn.
ROTH
VI
UY
EXCITING
LONDON,
May
25
Q
A
E5-year
old
man
described
as
a
marine
flre-
n
told
officers
at
London's
Old
?trpet
collce
station,
"I
don't
know
a8e'
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
mmm
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
Maximum
54
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
42
10:24
p.m.
to
4:51
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISn
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-
.T.
101
.-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
25,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
For
Attu
Is
Continuing
NIGHl
Urr
BOMB
RAID
Allied
Warpianes
neaa
Across
Channel
Again
louay
towards
Reich-controlled
Europe
LONDON,
May
25
0)
A
strong
force
of
Allied
warplanes
headed
flCTC
M
uiiaillivl
lino
UiVlliiilj,
t
resume
by
aayngni
an
aenai
offensive
which
reached
its
peak
Sunday
night
with
a
record-break-ine
Royal
Air
Force
assault
on
Dortmund.
Royal
Air
Force
fighters
It'flrH
llVfl
llUltllVlll
I
1UHLL
UJI
111
WV
V
w
'
-
-
.1
f-
11..
I.UI
1
I
heavy
bombers
were
given
a
rest
Churchill
Pit&
alter
me
z,uuu-iun
unac.
uu
uun
mund.
in
Fined
$100
For
Stabbing
RABAUL
IS
HEAVY
HIT
Allied
Franes
Are
Also
Active
Elsewhere
In
South
Pacific
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AUSTRALIA,
May
25
tti
Allied
planes
dropped
16
tons
of
bombs
on
Rabaul,
New
Britain;
yesterday
and
also
attacked
targets
In
New
Guinea,
Timor
and
the
Solomons.
MORE
HELP
IS
NEEDED
Volunteers
for
A.R.P.
are
Sought
Respirators
and
Sirens
The
n0"
fn
more
helpers
was
again
emphasized
when
district
wardens
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Civ-'
illan
Protection
Committee
(A.R.P.)
were
In
session
last
Friday
with
J.
S.
Wilson,
chief
warden,
In
the
chair
and
district
wardens
J.
Bod-die,
J.
McGlashan,
Ray
Allen,
A.
j
Dominato
and
R.
B.
Skinner
present.
!
The
condition
of
respirators
for
the
use
of
the
decontamination
squad
will
be
examined
and
reported
upon.
Women
particularly
will
be
asked
to
help
fill
the
depleted
ranks.
They
should
get
In
touch
with
their
district
wardens
who
will
be
glad
to
enrol
them
and
instruct
them
in
their
duties.
The
question
of
the
sirens
came
up
again.
Dissatisfaction,
was
expressed
at
the
various
mistakes
made
by
sirens
sounding"
at
the
wrong
time
or
giving
.the
wrong
signals.
There
Is
still,
an
area
between
Hays
Cove,
Circle
and
Seal
Cove
where
warnings
cannot
be
heard.
Several
helpers
are
keeping
a
record
of
when
the
noon
warnings
can
be
heard
and
a
report
will
be"
submitted
to
the
general
executive
for
their
Information.
DROWN
IN
ATLANTIC
Loss
of
Air
Force
Personnel
Re-1
vealed
by
Minister
of
Air
I
OTTAWA,
May
25
Minister
of
j
Air
G.
C.
Power
revealed
that
37
;
Air
Force
personnel
were
lost
when
1
a
steamer
was
sunk
In
the
Atlan
tic.
He
denied,
however,
that
it
was
an
old
ship,
saying
that
it
was
a
standard
passenger
vessel.
HALIBUT
SALES
MONDAY
American
45,320
pounds,
21.7c
and
18c
to
22.2c
and
18c.
i.
Canadian
9,500
pounds,
20.6c
and
18c.
American
Brisk,
26,000,
21.7
and
18,
Pacific
Betty,
19,000,
22.20
and
18,
Atlln
'Canadian
Cynic,
1,500,
20.6
and
18,
Royal
Qulnlmass,
8,000,
20.6
and
18,
Storage.
TUESDAY
American,
58,000
pounds,
22c
and
18c
to
2?.lc
and
18c.
Canadian.
55.500
paunds,
21.1c
nd
18c
to
22.5c
and
18c.
American
Constitution,
50,000,
22
and
18,
Superior,
8,000,
22.10
and
18,
At
lln.
Canadian
8ea
Maid,
8,
000,,.
22.5.
and
18,
Pa
cific.
..,
,
Skeena
M
II,
10,500,
22
and
18,
Storage.
Arctic
I,
16,000,
22.10
and
18,
At
lln.
j
Nornen,
8,00,
22
and
18,
Storage.
Dolllna,
9,000,
22.50
and
18,
Stor
bih
is
worse;
to
be
torpedoed
or
Joe
Baker,
4,000,
21.10
and
18
to
be
chased
by
a
woman."
Storage.
Japanese
Are
Being
Pressed
Back
Still
Further
in
Aleuts
Japanese
Attempt
Bombing
Attack
on
Americans
But
Lose
Five
of
Fifteen
Planes
in
the
Effort
WASHINGTON,
May
25
(CP)
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
said
today
that
the
battle
for
Attu
Island
in
the
Aleutians
is
continuing
with
Japanese
being
pressed
back
further
on
the
northern
extremity
of
the
island.
He
told
a
press
conference
that
he
had
no
fresh
information
.
to
add
to
yesterday's
communique
saying
wibi'
pressure
oi
American
soiaiers
against
pockets
of
Japanese
resistance
on
Attu
was
continuing.
The
Japanese
have
been
attempting
to
bomb
the
American
forces
on
Attu
and
yesterday
lost
five
of
15
planes
In
the
effort.
Bulletins
PREMIER
ABERIIART
DIES
VANCOUVER
rremier
Wil-lam
Abehart
of
Alberta
ded
In
hospital
here
Sunday
morning.
He
had
been
holidaying
hee
and
was
taken
suddenly
ill.
He
was
tft
years
of
age
and
was
born
in
Huron
County,
Ontario.
A
former
Calgary
school
princl.
pal,
he
had
been
rremier
of
Alberta
since
1935.
The
funeral
takes
place
from
Canadian
Me-moilal
Church
here
Wednesday.
MRS.
TAFT
DIES
WASHINGTON
Mrs.
William
H.
Taft,
wife
of
a
former
president
of
the
United
States,
is
dead
here
at
the
age
of
82
years.
BAN
LIFTED
LONDON
The
British
office
of
censorship
today
lifted
the
ban
imposed
three
days
ago
on
ttansmission
abroad
of
quotations
from
the
Daily
Worker,
Communist
organ.
The
paper
had
been
attacking
officials
in
COMBAT
CATHOLIC
CHURCH
WASHINGTON
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
yesterday
said
that
Marshall
Goertng
had
ordered
Germans
to
combat
the
political
activity
of
the
Roman
Catholic
cleigy.
The
broadcast
said
the
clergy
had
persisted
in
their
efforts
against
the
Ger.
man
regime
despite
all
efforts
to
stamp
dissension
out.
DcGAULLE-GIRAUD
MEET
LONDON
The
Fighting
French
National
Committee
has
accepted
in
principle
General
Henri
uuaud's
proposals
foi
the
formation
of
a
central
French
authority
at
Algiers,
it
was
an
nounced
yesterday.
Reports
say
General
Charles
de
Gaulle
will
leave
for
the
African
capital
this
week.
ROOSEVELT
COMING
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
returned
to
Ot
tawa
yesterday
from
conferences
in
Washington
with
Prime
Min.
tster
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
.He
said
President
Roosevelt
is
still
planning
to
make
his
long-postponed
visit
to
Ottawa
as
soon
as
pressure
of
duties
permit.
STOCK
MARKET
UNCERTAIN
TORONTO
Spots
of
strength
persisted
yesterday
on
the
New
York
Sstock
Market
but
leaders,
on
the
whole,
continued
to
display
considerable
antipathy
toward
the
advance.
Local
Tides
High
Wednesday,
May
26
Low
a
6:17
19:39
0:18
12:40
18.0
p.m.
18.1
feet
8.1
feet
4.7
feet
FULL
MAIL
CAR
ASKED
Baggage
Cars
On
Some
of
Trains
Not
Able
To
Handle
Traffic
Satisfactorily
While
six
passenger
trains
per
week
are
being
operated
on
the
lo
cal
line
t
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
full
mall
cars
are
being
run
on
only
three
of
them,
the
other
three
having
only
baggage
car
mall
service.
As
the
handling
of
mall
is
seriously
delayed
when
there
Is
no
full
mall
car,
represen
tations
a:e
being
made
locally
to
have
the
full
mall
cars
operated
on
all
trains
as
soon
as
possible.
Local
Man
Took
Part
in
Battle
Leading
Stocker
J.
T.
Bowman
On
Board
HJH.C.S.
Regina
In
Mediterranean
Leading
Stoker
J.
T.
Bowman,
son-in-law
of
Mr.
ancL,
Mrs.
Oscar
Smith
of
Seventh
Avenue
(Mrs.
Bowman
being
the
former
Miss
Ed
ith
Smith),
wus
a
member
of
ths
personnel
of
H.M.C.S.
Regina
when-
that
Canadian
corvette
recently
subdued
and
sank
an
Axis
subma
rine
In
a
running
gun
fight
In
the
Mediterranean
after
bringing
the;
u-boat
to
the
surface
with
a
depth
charge.
That
exploit
has
won
admiration
throughout
naval
circles
and
every
member
of
the
Reglnas
crew
U
given
credit
with
having
played
his
part
in
the
engagement.
Leading
Stoker
Bowman,
before
going
to
war,
was
employed
at
the
Blllmor
spruce
mill
at
Porpoise
Harbor
and
was
well
known
in
the
city.
Leading
Stoker
Bowman
Is
seen
In
a
group
picture
of
personnel
of
H.M.CB.
Regina
which
Is
shown
In
the
window
of
"The
Dally
News."
Premier
Hart
Sees
McK.
King
British
Columbia
TrerniT
Con
fers
With
Canadian
Prime-Minister
OTTAWA,
May
25
Premier
John
Hart
of
British
Columbia
conferred
yesterday
with
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
following
the
latter's
return
from
Washington
where
he
met
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
McMaster
Given
Post
at
Ottawa
Former
Powell
River
Head
is
Named
Financial
Adviser
OTTAWA,
May
25
A.
E.
McMaster,
former
general
manager
of
the
Powell
River
Co.
and
in
the
early
days
Identified
with
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railways,
has
been
appointed
a
special
flnanclnl
adviser
to
the
federal
government.