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TROOP-LADEN
TRANSPORTS,
BARGES,
GLIDERS,
PARATROOPS
AIVU
Loaded
to
the
gunwales
with
especially
tra
(ned
amphibious
shock
troops,
one
of
the
great
fleet
of
Allied
Invasion
barges
that
participated
in
the
invasion
of
Sicily,
is
shown
In
this
radio
photo,
pulling
out
from
a
North
African
port.
The
men
are
waving
a
"so
long"
to
their
comrades,
who
were
due
to
follow
in
their
turn.
Landings
were
made
on
Italy's
Island
bastion
at
3:00
a.m..
July
10,
under
an
umbrella
of
wa1
planes
and
a
great
naval
and
air
bombardment
that
hammered
Axis
positions
for
a
dep
-h
of
10
miles
inland.
-
OFFICERS
INSTALLED
Tills
Was
Feature
of
Weekly
Luncheon
of
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
Today
Installation
of
officers
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
for
the
ensuing
year
was
the
feature
of
the-weekly
j.luneheon
pro-,
gram
today.
The
installation
was
carried
out
by
Past
President
V.
L.
Coates.
The
new
officers
are:
President,
A.
C.
Small.
Secretary.
B.
R.
Dodds.
Treasurer,
Alex
MoRae.
Directors
Col.
J.
W.
Nicholls,
A.
Dieldal
and
R.
C.
St.
Clair.
Liberal
Government
is
Turned
Out
Smithers
Band
Is
Carrying
On
Has
First
Concert
to
be'
Held
in
Several
Years
SMITHERS,
Aug.
5
The
Smithers
Band
played
a
concert
liv
the
bandstand
in
the
park
near
the
station
last
Thursday
evening.
This
was-
the
first
time
in
several
years
that
a
concert
has
been
played
there
and
a
number
of
people
gathered
to
enjoy
the
music.
The
band
Is
under
the
leader
ship
of
Bandmaster
Walter
Bod-ger.
While
the
number
of
bands
men
Is
not
as
large
as
It
has
been
at
some
other
tlmes.it
is
struggling
to
keep
going
during
the
war
under
considerable
handicap
and
It
Is
hoped
that
It
may
continue
to
exist
until
milch
time
as
the
opportunity
will
come
again
to
increase
Its
numbers
and
enthusiasm.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Pittsburgh
6,
Philadelphia
2.
International
League
Newark
1.
Montreal
0.
Jersey
City
.4,
Rochester
1.
Buffalo
1,
Baltimore
0.
Pacific
Coast
League
Seattle
0,
Hollywood
3.
Oakland
5,
Portland
3.
Los
Angeles
5-10,
Sacramento
3-0.
San
Francisco
8,
San
Diego
0.
American
Association
St.
Paul
3,
Louisville
2.
Toledo
3-6,
Milwaukee
2-7.
Minneapolis
3,
Indianapolis
1.
Capt.
Albert
Rippon,
well
known
coast
pilot,
arrived
in
the
city
yesterday
from
Vancouver.
Capt.
W.
W.
Mounce
Is
leaving
tonight
on
his
return
to
Van
couver.
I
IjAIN
Kb
INVADE
SICILY
I
Sweden
Bans
Nazi
Troops
4
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
5
Q
The
National
Broadcasting
Co.
quoted
a
dispatch
today
from
lta
Stockholm
corres-
pondent
saying
that
Sweden
A
has
cancelled
an
agreement
with
Berlin
permitting
Ger-
man
troop
transit
through
that
Country.
'
William
Wilson,
American
Federation
of
Labor,
general
organizer,
and
William
Page,
western
representative
of
the
Carpenters
Union,
arrived
In
the
city
from
Vancouver
Wednesday.
Conservatives
Have
Largest
Minority
Group
In
Ontario
Strength
of
C.
C.
F.
is
Outstanding
Feature
of
Yesterday's
Election
TORONTO.
August
5
With
he
Progressive
Conservatives
nd
C.
C.
F.
exceeding
It
In
hembers
elected,
the
Liberal
ldmlnlstration
of
Premier
Har-y
C.
Nixon
was
turned
out
of
office
by
decisive
defeat
at
the
irovlnclal
general
election
in
Ontario
yesterday.
The
Progressive
Conservatives,
under
Col
George
A.
Drew,
won
the
largest
minority
block
in
the
ninety
seat,
legislature
while
the
Cooperative
Commonwealth
Federation
ran
a
strong
second.
Both
Liberals
and
Conservatives
lost
ground.
The
feature
of
the
election
was
the
big
upsurge
of
the
Socialist
party.
A
Conservative-Liberal
coalition
government.
seems
to
be
the
probable'
outcome.
The
latest
seat
count
Is
as
follows:
Prog.
Conservatives
38
C.
C.
F.
33.
Liberals
14
Labor
2
Independent
Liberal
1
Doubtful
2.
(Conservative
Progressives
leading
In
one,
C.
C.
F.
in
one).
The
standing
at
dissolution
June
29,
1043,
was
as
follows:
Liberal
'
50
Prog.
Conservative
19
Liberal-Progressive
2
Vacant
10
The
Conservatives
received
an
Military
Banned
From
Grounds
Of
Schools
in
City
Col.
D.
B.
Martyn,
area
commandant,
advised
the
board
of
school
trustees
in
a
communi
cation
at
Jast
night's
meeting1
of
the
board,
that
instructions
had
been
.l&sued
.testralnlnetlljnm
tary
personnel
from
further
use
of
school
grounds.
This
was
Col.
Martyn's
answer
to
a
protest
against
Seal
Cove
grounds
being
driven
over
by
gun
carriers
and
motorcycles.
However,
it
was
stated
at
Jhe
meeting
that
mill-
tary
vehicles
were
still
being-
driven
over
Booth
Memorial
School
grounds.
estimated
36
percent
of
the
popular
vote,
the
C.
C.
F.
31
percent
and
the
Liberals
30
percent.
The
Liberals
recelve'd
800,000
votes
in
1937
and
dropped
to
400,000
yesterday.
The
Conser
vatlves
dropped
from
600,000
to
less
than
400,000.
Premier
Nixon
was
re-elected
In
Brant,
but
seven
ministers
of
his
retiring
cabinet
of
eleven
were
beaten.
Lieut.
Col.
George
Drew,
Conservative
leader,
was
elected
personally
In
Toronto-.
High
Park
as
were
E.
B.
Jolliffe,
C.
C.
F.
leader
In.
York
South,
and
Former
Premier
M.
F.
Hep
burn
in
Elgin.
The
first
seat
to
foe
conceded
was
Elgin
where
the
voters
re
turned
Former
Premier
Hep-
bum
who
ran
as
an
Independent'
Liberal,
not
being
opposed
by
an
official
Liberal
candidate.
The
C.vC
F.
made
a
virtually
clean
sweep
of
northern
and
northwestern
Ontario
and
was
strong
in
industrial
constitu-ences
of
central
and
western
sections.
Progressive
Conservatives
were
strongest
in
eastern
Ontario
but
made
-Inroads
along
with
the
C.
C.
F.
in
western
Ontario
where
no
Conservative
members
were
elected
In
the
last
two
provincial
elections.
Lieut.
G.
P.
Lyons,
who
has
been
home
for
the
past
couple
of
weeks
on
leave,
returns
to
Victoria
tonight.
Wunda
Is
Nigh
Fall
Allies
rounding
Japanese
at
Various
Points
in
South-
west
Tacific
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
THE
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
Aug.
5
Kf)
American
Jungle
troops
today
broke
through
the
main
Japanese
defence
line
south
of
Munda
airdrome
and
slashed
northeast
of
the
centre
3f
the
key
Japane.se
base.
Over
American-occupied
Ren-
ova
Island
13
enemy
Zeros
were
rought
down.
In
the
northern
Solomons
American
bombers
destroyed
$uee
enemy
planes,
three
barges,
and
a
small
cargo
boat.
The
Allies
lost
two
planes.
Minister
Leaving
Rv.
C.
A.
Wright
of
This
City
Accepts
Call
to
Vancouver
Rev.
Clarence
A.
Wright,
who
Iras
been
pastor
of
First
Baptist
Church
here
for
the
past
twenty
months,
has
accepted
a
call
toKerrisdale
Baptist
Church
In
Vancouver
and
will
terminate
hls
ministry
here
at
the
end
of
September.
Mr.
Wright
Is
at
present
In
Vancouver
on
vacation
out
wu.
b,retuuiing.here
in
about-
two
weeks'
time.
Announcement
of
his
depart
ure
will
be
received
with
re
gret
by
his
congregation
for
he
has
been
both
a,n
able
and
energetic
pastor,
having
accom
plished
much
in
building
up
the
church
and
Its
work.
Steps
are
being
taken
to
se-
cure
a
successor.
TEACHING
CHANGES
Appointments
and
Resignations
Announced
at
Meeting
of
Board,
Last
Night
Nine
city
school
teaching
ap
pointments
and
four
more
resignations
were
announced
last
night
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
board
of
school
trustees.
The
new
appointees
are:
Miss
Frances
Colllson,
Victoria,
home
economics.
Miss
Mary
Ryan,
Vanouvr
Miss
Margaret
Johnson,
Victoria
(music),
Miss
Kathleen
Mere
dith.
Victoria,
William
Hayhurst,
Jasper,
and
Miss
Dorothy
Ko
vak,
Vancouver,
Booth
Memor
lal
High
School.
A.
T.
Hardwlck,
Vancouver,
manual
training.
Miss
Irene
Pete
and
Miss
Ber
nice
MacDonald,
both
of
Vic
toria.
King
Edward
School.
Resignations
were
those
of
C.
H.
Hayward,
Miss
Frances
Handford,
Miss
Kathleen
Ker-
mode
and
Mark
Hill,
all
of
Booth
Memorial
High
School
staff.
Local
Tides
Friday,
August
G
High
'
4:05
18.7
feet
16:40
18.9
feet
Low
10:30
5.0
feet
22:55
6.9
feet
Advice
has
been
received
at
the
Cly
Hall
that
the
visit
of
the
Governor
General
and
Princess
Alice,
which
was
planned
for
August
14
to
20,
has
been
postponed.
Conquest
of
Sicily
Hears
Completion;
Other
Advances
FIND
BODY
INSKEENA
Thought
to
be
Remains
of
Man
Drowned
There
Last
April
The
badly
decomposed
body
a
of
a
man
thought
to
be
Einar
Erlckson
of
Hazelton,
who
was
drowned
in
the
Skeena
River
at
Haysport
on
April
20,
was
found
yesterday
a
mile
and
a
half
below
Haysport
by
a
Cana-
aian
iMationai
xeiegrapn
linesman.
The
body
has
been
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
by
the
B.
C.
Police
for
identification.
On
April
20,
Erlckson,
a
Cana
dian
National
linesman,
and
Harold
Thayer,
of
Mines
Centre.
Ontario,
also
a
linesman,
were
drowned
when
the
motor
boat
in
which
they
were
riding
cap
sized.
The
body
of
Thayer
was
recovered
shortly
after
but
Er
icsson's
body
was
not
found.
The
advanced
state
of
decomposition
of
the
body
found.
yesterday
made
immediate
identification
Impossible.
Bulletins
RHINELANI)
ATTACKED
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
Mosquito
bombers
attacked
objectives
in
the
Rhineland
and
the
Ruhr
last
night
in
a
renewal
of
assaults
on
German
industry,
it
was
announced
today.
The
attacks
were
made
without
loss.
NAZI
RECAPTURED
NORTH
BAY,
Ont.
Lieut.
Petei'
Krug,
German
prisoner
of
war
who
escaped
Monday
night
from
prison
camp
near
Gravenhurst,
has
been
recaptured
at
the
C.N.R.
station
at
North
Bay,
it
was
announced
today.
MOSCOW
MENACE
REMOVED
MOSCOW
r-
Capture
of
Orel
by
the
Russians
removes
all
possibility
of
the
Germans
reaching
Moscow.
NEW
FEACE
RUMORS
LONDON
There
are
new
rumors
of
peace
with
Italy.
The
Badoglio
cabinet
has
been
called
into
session
to
make
"impoitant
decisions"
and
the
Tope
has
called
an
extraordinary
session
of
cardinals
fn
Rome
to
consider
international
matters.
HEADQUARTERS
IN
MALTA
VALETTA
General
Dwight
Eisenhower,
Allied
commander-in-chief,
has
taken
up
his
headquarters
in
Malta
in
a
four
hundied
year
old
castle.
BRITONS
ARE
SHOT
LONDON
It
is
stated
officially
thai
G9
British
prisoners
of
war
in
Germany
have
been
shot
without
justifiable
excuse.
NO
FEDERAL
ELECTION
OTTAWA
The
result
of
the
Ontario
election
has,
it
is
believed
in
political
quarters
here,
removed
the
possibility
of
a
federal
election
this
year.
Mrs.
J.
A.
Rutherford,
secretary
of
the
board
of
school
trustees,
was
given
permission
by
the
board
last
night
to
take
a
week
or
ten
days
holiday
this
month.
German
Line
on
Northeast
Nazis
Are
Hithdrawing
Non-essential
Personnel
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Aug.
5
(CP)
The
British
Eighth
Army
seized
Catania
today
and
swept
around
the
base
of
Mount
Etna
to
the
northwest,
capturing
Paterno,
ten
miles
awajv
to
crumble
the
German
line
on
the
east
coast
of
Sicily,
headquarters
announced.
Catania
fell
after
bitter
defence
since
July
15
and
the
Eighth
Army
pounded
ahead
in
a
lightning
advance
clockwise
around
the
base
of
Mount
Etna.
Paterno
is
ten
miles
northwest
ol
Catania
and
it
was
assumed
that
Misterbi-anco,
three
miles
northwest
of
Catania,
had
also
been
engulfed.-
The
heart
of
German
Army
Corps
resistance
appeared
broken
and
it
was
learned
authoritatively
that
German
withdrawal
of
non-essential
personnel
from
Sicily
has
been
In
progress
for
the
last
five
or
six
days.
The
German
defence
road
around
Etna
was
blasted
apart
by
the
British
successes
today
and
the
next
German
line
was
expected
to
run
trom
Taormina
across
the
northeastern
tip
of
the
island
to
the
sea
coast
on
the
northeast
behind
San
Fra-
ello''whlch-fsrrfacrretracerr
by
the
Americans.
Visitor
Here
ARTHUR
TURNER,
M.L.A.
Fine
Record
Set
in
July
Police
Court
Penalties
and
Cases
Highest
Yet
This
Year
,
assistant
chief
engineer,
Is
also
The
sum
of
penalties
paid
forlne
todav
inspected
petty
crimes
ana
misdemeanors
and
the
number
of
offenders
against
the
law
were
the
high
est
In
July
of
any
month
so
far
this
year,
the
police
court
record
shows.
The
record
shows
that
92
cases
were
brought
before
the
magistrate
and
that
in
88
cases
convictions
were
obtained.
These
88
convictions
yielded
$1,805
in
fines.
Four
cases
were
dismissed.
In
June,
the
next
highest
month
from
the
standpoint
of
offences
and
convictions,
there
were
89
cases,
and
$1,455
.
was
paid
in
fines.
So
far
this
year
police
court
fine
payments
have
totalled
$7,-610.25
as
compared
with
$8,727.75
ln
the
corresponding
period
last
year.
Coast
is
Now
Crumbling
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iMIWIQTPP
'Ifllil
10
I
V
VISITOR
Hon.
Herbert
Anscomb
Here
on
Road
Inspection
Tour
WIDER
ROAD
Following
a
trip
over
the
Skeena
Highway
construction,
on
which
contractors
were
finishing
a
good
job,
everything
looking
very
satisfactory,
Hon.
Herbert
Anscomb,
provincial
minister
of
public
works,
expressed
the
opinion
that
it
might
have
been
better
had
the
road
been
built
ten
feet
wider
than
the
twenty
feet.
This
would
have
been
more
easily
accomplished
while
the
pNitnt
nstnjftcn
was
os;
The
minister
offered
this
suggestion
in
view
of
future
potential
development.
Including
a
tremendous
tourist
traffic,
which
he
envision
(1
affr
the
war.
Mr.
Anscomb
said
that
roads
in
the
interior
appeared
to
be
in
excellent
condition.
He
reiterated
a
previous
government
announcement
that
there
would
be
no
major
provincial
government
road
construction
program
during
the
year
although
regular
maintenance
would
go
on
to
the
limit
of
ability
of
labor
and
machines
available.
Hon.
II.
Anscomb,
minister
of
public
works,
ana
party
arrived
lrr
Prince
Rupert
last
evening
from
the
interior.
They
were,
met
at
Smithers
and
accom
panied
west
by
E.
T.
Kenney,
Ml,Ji.
for
Skeena,
who
went
up
from
Terrace.
The
whole
party
left
Smithers
on
Sunday
morning
for
Hazel-
ton
where
they
met
a
delegation
of
citizens
In
connection
with
their
bridge
troubles
there
and
later
proceeded
down
the
Skeena
River,
visiting
Terrace
and
then
coming
down
here
over
Skeena
River
Highway
construction.
Mr.
Anscomb
had
his
engineers
along
with
him
to
inspect
roads
and
bridges
as
he
went
along
through
the
various
districts.
A.
L.
Carruthers,
former
resident
engineer
here
and
now
chief
bridge
engineer,
Is
In
the
rartv
which
nroceeds
to
Victoria
tonight.
H.
C.
Anderson,
,
the
locai
end
ot
tne
gkeena
Rtv-
er
Highway
and
also
visited
Port
Edward.
New
Barley
Is
Shipped
WINNIPEG,
August
5
First
car
of
new
barley
was
loaded
yesterday
at
Lowe
Farm
by
the
Manitoba
Pool
in
Canadian
National
car
510465
and
shipped
over
Canadian
National
lines
to
the
Manitoba
Wheat
Pool
at
Port
Arthur.
The
shipment
consisted
of
2200
bushels
and
was
grown
by
George
J.
Wlebe,
J.
G.
Harder
and
Isaac
Chapon-
I
sky,
yielding
20
to
25
bushels
'
per
acre.
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