Local
Temperature
Maximum
55
Minimum
45
VOL
XXXII,
No.
139
Italia,
SHIPYARD
SLOWDOWN
15
ENDED
Men
Vote
to
Return
to
Work
After
Itecclvinjf
Assurance
of
Settlement
of
Commissary
Issue
After
hearing
assurances
by
their
leaders
that
W.
R.
Devenlsh,
general
manager
of
Canadian
National
Railways
Western
region,
would
attempt
to
negotiate
an
agreement
with
Wartime
Housing
heads
and
other
authorities
with
a
view
to
bringing
satisfaction
to
their
grievances,
workers
of
the
local
dry
dock
Indicated
this
morning
by
a
showing
of
hands
at
a
mass
meeting
that
they
would
return
to
work
their
full
regular
shifts,
until
an
agreement
is
reached.
,
.
The
meeting
followed
almost
24
1
hours
after
the
men
left
their
Jobs
yesterday
noon
to
begin
a
j
tlons
and
supply,
announced
lar.t
slowdown
li
which
they
were
to
night
that
the
government
would
work
only
four
hours
a
day
to
j
proceed
with
plans
already
under
emphasize
their
dissatisfaction
'
way
to
take
over
three
Quebec
with
food
conditions
In
the
yard
shipbuilding
plants,
seven
thous-commlssary
and
their
detcrmina-
and
workers
of
which
went
on
tlon
to
have
alleged
conditions
strike
yesterday
In
demand
for
corrected.
The
executive
of
the
Allied
Trades
Council,
which
Includes
II.
Harrison
of
the
Boilermakers,
C.
W
Wardale
of
the
Electricians
and
J.
S.
Dlack
of
the
Carpenters,
advocated
strongly
the
acceptance
of
Mr.
Devenlshs'
proposals
regarding
a
negotiation
period
and
expressed
satisfaction
that
the
men
had
agreed
to
return
to
their
regular
shifts
during
that
time.
However,
In
addressing
the
meeting,
H,
Harrison
said
Una
t,
If
no
satisfactory
agreement
Is
reached
within
two
weeks,
the
slowdown
will
be
resumed
after
that
period
and
continued
until
the
demands
of
the
unions
are
met.
The
cessation
of
the
slowdown
goes
Into
effect
today
and
workers
of
the
second
and
third
shifts
are
expected
to
come
prepared
to
work
a
full
eight
hours.
Cheery
Old
Folks
Brighten
Britain
MANCHESTER,
June
1
CB
Old
folks
at
home
In
England:
Mrs.
Eilen
Bedford
of
Strood,
Kent,
78,
received
a
labor
department
notice
to
register
for
-wartime
employment
nnd
remarked,
"I
suppose
I
shall
have
to
do
Red
Cross
work
or
something
on
the
Russian
Front"
Mrs.
Dorothy
Ann
Holmes
of
Tyne-mouth
remarked
on
her
104th
birthday
that
she
wanted
to
live
to
see
Hitler's
downfall.
Mrs.
Alice
Sucklln,
80,
lives
In
an
Almhouse
and
during
an
air
raid
escorted
aged
friends
to
a
coal
cellar
where
they
sang
hymns
until
the
"all
clear"'
sounded.
IS
GIVEN
NEW
POST
Lieut.
Jack
McRae,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
C
McRae,
on
active
service
with
the
navy,
has
received
an
Important
new
appointment,
according
to
word
which
has
just
been
received
at
his
home.
He
has
been
named
staff
gunnery
officer
to
the
com-mandcr-ln-chlef
of
the
North
Atlantic
with
headquarters
at
an
East
Coast
port.
After
having
been
engaged
In
Instructional
duties
011
both
Pacific
and
Atlantic
coasts
for
a
couple
of
years,
he
was
chief
gunnery
officer
on
a
destroyer
at
sea
for
six
months
Immediately
before
taking
up
his
latest
new
duties.
LOTS
OF
NECK
Seals
have
short
necks
and
claw
ed
flippers:
sea
-
Hons
are
long
necked
and
with
clawless
flippers,
"
r
X
o
Salut
V
0
Not
Co,
lulsory
Jehovah's
Witnesses
Do
Not
Have
To
Do
so,
United
States
Supreme
Court
Rules
WASHINOTON,
D.C.,
June
15
-The
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States
yesterday
by
a
vote
of
six
0
three
uphfld
the
right
of
the
Children
of
Jehovah's
Witnesses
not
to
salute
the
flag.
SHIPYARDS
ON
STRIKE
Government
Proceeding
With
Plans
To
Take
Over
Plants,
it
Is
Announced
OTTAWA,
June
15
Hon.
Clar-
lence
D.
Howe,
minister
of
muni
Increased
wages
and
closed
shops.
The
walk-out
occurred
last
night.
BULLETINS
ARGENTINA
AND
STATES
BUENOS
AIRES
The
new
Ramiiez
administration
of
Argentina
has
expressed
its
readiness
of
entering
into
a
patrolcum
agreement
with
the
United
States.
TAKE
OVER
WAR
PLANT
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
has
ordered
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Knox
to
take
over
a
war
plant
in
Philadelphia
engaged
in
making
bearings
so
that
it
may
be
effectively
opei-ated
in
war
production.
OUT
FOR
GOOD
CAPE
TOWN
General
Jan
C.
Smuts,
Premier
of
South
Africa,
in
a
United
Nations
Day
address
expressed
that
hope
that,
now
Germany
and
Italy
were
eliminated
from
Africa,
they,
would
be
out
for
good.
SHOWDOWN
THIS
WEEK
ALGIERS
A
final
showdown
in
the
dispute
between
General
Chailcs
DeGaulle
and
General
Henri
Giraud
is
expected
by
Thursday
when
they
will
either
resume
negotiations
or
admit
their
differences
cannot
be
settled.
Giraud
refused
an
invitation
to
a
luncheon
today
at
which
DeGaulle
was
to
be
present.
DEFENDS
ALUMINUM
COMPANY
OTTAWA
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions
and
supply,
defended
the
Aluminum
Company
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
He
said
it
had
delivered
all
contracts
and
had
given
full
value
for
every
dollar
spent.
GERMANS
COLLABORATED
WASHINGTON
It
was
revealed
yesterday
that
German
spies
had
collaborated
with
the
Japanese
In
the
sneak
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor.
A
German
has
been
sentenced
to
fifty
years
imprison-.,
ment
for
having
sent
out
signals
in
regard
to
type
and
kind
of
war
vessels
in
the
harbor.
He
had
been
at
first
sentenced
to
execution
but
this
had
been
commuted.
STILLWELL
BACK
CHUNGKING
Lieut.
General
Stillwell,
commander-in-chief
of
Allied
forces
in
central
China,
is
back
in
Chungking
after
a
trip
around
the
world.
He
attended
the
Churchill-Roosevelt
conference
in
Washington
as
well
as
visiting
London
and
Cairo.
NORTHERN
AND
US
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JUNE
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
10:47
p.m.
to
4:36
am.
Are
Anticipating
Invasion
Launching,
recently,
of
two
10-000
ton
cat
vessels
in
the
same
yard,
on
the
same
day,
set
a
new
record
for
Canadian
shipbuilding.
An
a
ty
of
workers
immediately
swarmed
onto
the
ships
to
equip
them
for
their
roles
in
the
Battle
of
Supplies
for
the
United
Nations.
Named
after
a
French
fort
which
stood
on
the
present's
le
of
the
city
of
Toronto,
the
S.S.
Fort
Rouille
Is
shown
being
tugged
to
its
outfitting
wharf.
In
the
foreground
are
the
starboard
and
propeller
of
the
S.S.
Rideau
Park,
second
merchantmia
launched.
It
went
down
the
ways
a
few
hours
later.
Both
ships
were
built
In
Montreal
by
the
Government-owned
Dominion
Bridge-operated
United
Shipyards
Limited,
which
employs
6,000
men.
KEEPING
UP
OFFENSIVE'
ON
REICH
Oberhausen
Principal
Target
For
Mass
Raid
of
Royal
Air
Force
Last
Night
LONDON,
June
15
09
Following
another
mass
attack
last
night
on
Oberhausen
and
other
Ruhr
objectives,
a
big
formation
of
planes
roared
across
the
English
Channel
today
to
continue
the
offensive.
As
bombers
rumbled
out
toward
the
continent
two
formations
of
British
and
Canadian
fighters
were,
Just
returning
from
a
breakfast-time
sweep
of
Pas
de
Calais
area
where
they
shot
down
three
Focke-Wulf
190's
out
of
two
formations
of
15
which
were
presumably
setting
out
to
harass
the
English
coast.
It
was
officially
announced
that
18
bombers
were
missing
from
the
forays
on
the
Ruhr
last
night:
Thp
raid
on
the
Ruhr
last
v
night
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
marked
1
continuation
of
the
deadly
offen-
j
slve
against
armament
centres
of
the
Reich
which
has
been
going
on
since
the
greatest
force
of
heavy
bombers
of
the
war
was
sent
out,
to
attack
the
Rhineland
at
the
,
end
of
the
week
with
the
heaviest
attack
concentrated
ori
Duessel
dorf.
In
the
Ducsseldorf
raid
has
been
disclosed,
all
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
squadrons
In
Canadian,
bomber
groups
In
Britain
participated.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
46,700
pounds,
20.5c
and
18c
to
21.1c
and
18c.
Canadian
82,500
pounds,
20c
and
16c
to
21.5c
and
17c.
American
Vansee,
40,000,
20.1
and
18,
Pacific.
Destiny,
6,700,
20.5
and
18,
Storage,
u.
Canadian
Covenant,
24,000,
21,1
and'
17
and
16,
Storage,
Dovre
B.,
30,000,
21.3
and
17
and
16,
Royal.
Sunny
Boy,
15,000,
21.5
and
17
and
16,
Atlin.
.
Quinstonsta,
2,000,
20
and
17
and
16.
Storage.
Knagawant,
1,500,
20
and
17
and
16,
Storage.
Kwlnimas,
10,000,
20.5
and
17
and
16,
Booth.
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUBIBIAEWSPAPER
Canadian
Workers
Makk
Shipbuilding
History
ITALY
EXPECTS
INVASION
A
Rome
commentator
told
the
Italians
to
stand
by
today
for
an
Allied
invasion
and
other
Rome
and
Berlin
broadcasts
contrived
to
give
a
picture
of
intense
air
arid
sea
activity
in
the
invasion
triangle
between
Malta,
Bizcrte
and
Sicily.
It
Is
not
clear,
however,
whether
activities
were
centred
about
the
massing
of
an
invasion
ilect,
the
ferrying
of
Italian
prisoners
of
war
from
the
captured
island
of
Pan-telleria
or
Allied
preparations
to
convert
Pantelleria
into
an
Allied
base.
TURKO-SYRIAN
BORDER
CLOSED
Ankara
reports
that
Allied
authorities
will
close
the
Syrian
border
with
Turkey
at
six
o'clock
tonight,
semi-official
sources
said
today.
Turkish
officials
profess
to
have
no
knowledge
of
why
the
border
is
being
closed.
Syria
is
under
control
of
the
Fighting
French.
MASS
ATTACK
ON
RUHR
Royal
Air
Force
heavy
bombers
made
another
mass
attack
on
Ruhr
objectives
last
night,
concentrating
particularly
on
the
important
steel
and
coal
city
of
Oberhausen,
three
miles
west
of
Essen.
.
"
MORE
JAP
SHIPS
SUNK
.
The
Department
of
the
Navy
announces
that
American
submarines
have
sunk
twelve
more
Japanese
ships
including
a
destroyer,
a
large-.tanker,
five
transports
and
cargo
vessels.
Other
ships
were'
damaged.
There
were
no
details
of
time
or
place.
NEW
CITY
ENGINEER
The
city
engineer's
position
has
been
offered
-
to
George
II.
Hanes
and
he
has
accepted
it.
Mr.
Hanes
comes
from
North
Vancouvet
and
is
a
former
member
of
the
Legislative
Assembly.
Hush-a-Bye
Baby
In
Church
Aisle
Quite
All
Right
Says
British
Clergyman
lf.lt
Brings
Mother
To
Service
SOUTHEND,
Eng.,
June
15
t
So
far
as
Canon
E.
N.
Cowing
is
concerned
It's
quite
O.
K.
to
"hush
a-bye"
baby
In
the
church
aisle.
The
thing
Is
to
get
the
people
to
church,
he
said",
when
he
addressed
a
meeting
of
parents,
adding
that
he
had
no
objection
whatever
to
mothers
walking
up
and
down
the
aisles
nursing
their
babies
during
service.
15,
1943
RECRUITS
ENLISTED
Campaign
For
One
Hundred
Ack-
Ack
Gunners
Here
Gets
Under
Way
There
were
23
enlistments
yesterday
In
the
first
day
of
the
recruiting
drive
for
the
Antl-Aircraft
Company
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Machine
1
Oun
Regiment.
They
were:
'
Arthur
Murray,
G.
H.
Berry,
J.
I.
Miller,
A.
L.
Buschman,
J.
R.
Scan-Ion,
R.
D.
Mullin,
M.
K.
Orace,
A.
E.
Smith,
L.
P.
Robert,
J.
D.
Drink-water,
D.
J.
Llppett,
R.
Munro,
L.
C.
Andrew,
J.
E.
Kcrmode,
F.
G.
Parks,
W.
Collins,
D.
S.
Negrych.
O.
J.
Dawes,
J.
H.
McGlashan,
O.
L.
Rorle,
Alexander
Kondratli,
J.
V.
Brlekske
and
L.
M.
Felsenthal.
SINEWS
OF
THE
ROCK
GIBRALTAR,
June
15
The
Gibraltar
government
has
loaned
to
the
United
Klnedom
$2,700,000
free
of
Interest
for
the
prosecution
of
the
war.
Mackenzie
King
On
Food
Question
Larger
Production
Necessary
if
.
World
is
to
be
Freed
of
Hunger
OTTAWA,
June
15
Associating
himself
in
endorsatlon
with
the
findings
of
the
recent
food
conference
held
at
Hot
Springs
in
Georgia,
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
.
said
yesterday
that
larger
production
of
goods
would
have
to
be
made
by
ihe
nations
capable
of
doing
so
if
the
world
was
to
be
freed
of
hunger.
MEATLESS
DAYS
HERE
Restaurant
Plan
Proves
Very
Effective
For
Conservation
Fine
co-operation
on
the
part
of
the
managements
of
restaurants
land
camp
commissaries
in
the
Prince
Rupert
district
In
the
plan
I
instituted
a
few
days
ago
to
conserve
meats
has
resulted
In
a
saving
of
between
0
and
30
per
cent
jover
what
was.
formerly
Used,
it
1
was
revealed
by
Information
gathered
this
morning
by
the
Daily
I
News.
The
plan,
whereby
restaurants
.would,
observe
two
meatless
days
each
week
and
all
restaurants
would
standardize
their
meat
dishes
on
each
day's
menu,
was
ihmught
about.by
.
theu..sltuation
that,
up
to
that
time,
local
eating
establishments
had
been
using
I
meat
right
up
to
the
very
limit
of
their
allowance.
The
existence
of
the
present
saving
means
that
there
exists
a
margin
which
may
eliminate
the
danger
of
a
meat
shortage.
Restaurant
owners
appear
to
have
a
feeling
of
greater
security
In
the
matter
of
meat,
now
that
their
sale
of
It
Is
formally
limited.
The
danger
of
embarrassment
of
being
caught
without
either
meat
or
a
meat
substitute
no
longer
exists.
One
restaurant
owner
said
'less
days
each
week,
the
official
,
meatless
Tuesdays
and
Fridays,
as
well
as
Wednesdays,
when
his
restaurant
was
closed
for
a
staff
holiday.
Other
restaurant
owners
j
expressed
satisfaction
with
the
ar-
rahgement.
In
the
matter
of
canning
sugar
allowances
a
spokesman
at
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
office
said
that
many
people
had
not
received
their
allowance
cards
because
their
rations
books
had
carried
out
of
town
addresses,
and
their
canning
sugar
requests
had
been
sent
to
the
place
where
the
ration
book
had
been
Issued.
Many
of
these
had
been
returned
mark
ed
"address
unknown"
and
had
to
be
set
aside
until
further
action
was
taken
by
the
ration
book
holders.
BASEBALL
SCORES
International
League
Rochester
2,
Newark
1.
Buffalo
8,
Jersey
City
7.
Toronto
6,
Syracuse
4.
Montreal
2,
Baltimore
6.
American
Association.
Milwaukee"
15,
Toledo
1.
Kansas
City
6,
Columbus
3.
Louisville
at
St.
Paul
and
Indianapolis
at
Minneapolis,
postponed.
Dies
While
On
Journey
John
Still,
84,
of
Atlin,
taken
off
a
steamer
last
night
on
acount
of
Illness,
died
this
morning
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
He
'
was
on
his
way
to
Vancouver
when
,he
became
111.
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CENTS
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FOR
NEW
BLOW
ON
ITALY
Another
Isand
of
Mediterranean
is
Taken
Sicily
or
Sardinia
Next
Objective
TYRRHENIAN
SEA
NOW
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
June
15
(CP)
Wellington
Workhorses
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
drilled
east
Sicilian
shipping
and
the
ferry
terminal
of
Messina
with
two-ton
block-busters
and
showered
jt
with
incendaries
Sunday
night,
Allied
headquarters
announced
....
today
as
preliminary
attacks
continued
on
large
Islands'
guarding
the
Tyrrhenian
seaappfoaches
'
to
Italy.
For
the
second
'successive
day,
however,
northwest
Af-,
rican
air
force
delayed
an
all-assault.
Allied
communiques
announced
that
operations
yesterday
were
confined
to
reconnaissance
and
patrolling.
LONDON,
June
15
0)
The
tiny
island
of
Lamplonl,
eight
miles
west
of
Lampedusa,
uninhabited
and
unfortified,
being
used
only
as
the
site
for
a
lighthouse,
was
taken
by
the
Allies
yesterday.
It
was
the
only
remaining
Island
In
the
Sicilian
Straits
and
Sea
to
be
held
toy
Italy.
According
to
reports
from
Rome
the
Italians
are
now
speculating
upon
where
the
Allies
may
be
expected
to
make
their
next
landing
attack.
Sardinia
and
Sicily
appear
to
toe
natural
and
some
believe
their
siege
may
commence
'
this
week.'
-
Allied
warships
and
transports
are
already
said
to
be
massing
In
the
Sicilian
Straits
where
Axis
planes
are
already
said
to
have
engaged
an
Allied
convoy.
The
Allied
air
force
show
little
disposition
to
ease
up
on
their
history-making
drive
on,
the
Italians
In
the1
Mediterranean
and
are
con-.
tinulng
to
turn
their
full
weight
on
Sicily
following
the
capitulation
of
Pantelleria
and
Lampedusa
which
was
followed
by
the
taking
over
of
-,
Llnosa
and
now
Lamplonl.
In
no
case
was
there
intervention
01
ground
forces.
C.C.F.
WINS
REYELST0KE
Coalition
Government
Loses
Seat
in
Legislature
as
Result
of
-r
Toll
Yesterday
.REVELSTOKE,
June
15
Vincent
Segur,
Co-operative
Common
wealth
Federation
candidate,
won
the
Revelstoke
provincial
by-election
yesterday
In
a
close
contest
with
Joseph
McKlnnon,
the
candidate
of
the
coalition
.government.
McKlnnon
conceded
the
election
of
Segur
last
night
when,
with
four-small
polls
yet
to
be
heard
from,
the
count
was:
Segur,
1013;
McKlnnon,
968.
The
vacancy
was
caused
by
the
death
of
Harry
Johnston,
coalition
Liberal
member.
The
C.C.F.
now
has
16
seats
out
of
a
total
of
48
In
the
Legislature.
The
standing
of
parties
Is:
Liberals
20:
C.
C.
F
16-
Prp.
Conservatives
11
Labor
1
Joseph
AJcKlnnon,
who
ran
as
a
Liberal
Coalitionist,
conceded
the
election
of
Vincent
Sebur
to
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
two
hours
after
the
polb
closed
when
16
out
of
20
polls
had
reported
with
the
1036
to
968
result.
The
remaining
four
polls
were
very
small
and
could
not
change
the
result.
VESSEL
SET
AFIRE
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
Allied
bombers,
In
an
attack
on
Humboldt
Bay,
New
Guinea,
set
A
a
4,000-ton
freighter
afire.