ken
Up
i
Hasty
and
Confused
icross
Dnieper
Klver
(iufc-!cd
in
Crimea.
IN,
Oct.
22
(CD
I
...
.
!-
lO.IUOllS
Ol
lrivoirus,
entre
in
the
Dnieper
Rr
lost
all
semblance
:cfore
the
massed
rive
and
the
retreat-are
fighting
hastily
actions,
a
Ileulers
Ifiicy
dispatch
fiom
laid
today.
it
h
oaricasts
said
that
lal
forces
were
bom-
ISoVK't
positions
on
ca:;t
of
the
Sea
of
tan
effort
to
halt
a
Iffrinive
toward
the
the
Crimea.
iitle
of
Melitopol,
last
Irman
stronghold
east
Dnieper
River,
Ewer
f
which
would
render
!
the
position
of
half
Nasi
troops
crowd-the
Dnieper
Bend,
nar:l
a
climax
today
Hermans,
forced
from
It?
the
northern
sec-
Ht'rin;
enormous
loss-b)
ami
equipment.
lOUVER
olhr
Project
Tlanned
iRcnuter
Under
rosi-
mstruction.
Vf
Oct.
22
O)
Hi
Kf.
Hart
announces
I'.i
c"
,.ar
government
L-
,jied
for
Van-
t:.i:
.
the
post-war
In
-3
in
addition
to
!i
ay
other
towns
i
a
construction.
i
feiam
also
Involves
cx-kn
iterations
to
the
Bc3-
awe
buildings.
BED
AFTER
WAU
IN
Income
taxes
fidrvr
,ians
outside
Nor-
3t
calculated
as
in-
he
'ute's
budget.
The
:et
aside
for
a
final
after
the
war.
I
OOES
TO
WAR
an
7
percent
of
Bri-ii
and
steel
Is
being
dcmeitlc
and
civilian
Npthe
D
FIRE
QUOTA:
?o,ooo
:
iount
!
1
e
if
Speed
the
Victory
w
Buy
Victory
Bonds
al
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
54
.Half
an
hour
after
funset
to
Imum
half
hour
before
sunrise).
40
I
VJ
NT
an
iitum
VICTORIA.
B.d
6:59
p.m.
to
7:53
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
"CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
hi,
No.
247
PRINCE
RUPERT
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER
22,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
er-Mussolini
Kidnap
Conspiracy
i
Line
Officers
of
the
Seaforth
Highlanders
of
Canada,
nhoto-eraphed
In
Sicily
during
the
static
period
that
followed
the
conquest
of
the
fsland.
Front
row,
left
o
right:
Capt.
K.
S.
Murdoch,
Vancouver;
Capt.
W.
D.
Blackburn
Armstrong;
Capt.
a
W.
Thomson,
Salmon
Arm;
Capt.
J.
L.
Malkln,
Vancouver;
Major
J.
D.
Forlri,
Vancouver,
the
Commanding
Officer;
Capt.
J.
H.
Oowan,
West
Vancouver;
Major
H.
P.
Bell-Irving;
Vancouver;
Capt.
D.
F.
Newson,
Vancouver;
Capt.
J.
E.
T.
McMullen,
Vancouver.
Centre
row,
left
to
right:
Lieut.
F.
W.
Healy,
Vancouver;
Lieut.
J.
W.
F.
Taafe,
Regina;
Lieut.
A.
W.
Gray,
Victoria;
Lieut.
J.
W.
Baldwin.
Vancouver;
Lieut.
W.
R.
Hyndman,
Van-
Russians
Ask
French
Revolt
.
.
LONDON,.
Oct,
22
3
A
call
to
the
French
nation
to
Tevolf
jiow
against
the
Germans
to
speed
an
Allied
Invasion
In
western
Europe
came
last
night
In
a
French
language
broadcast
from
Moscow.
The
broadcast,
re-
corded
by
Soviet
monitor,
said
"France
mast
no
longer
wait
passively."
-t
Fight
in
Far
East
I
Conference
Between
Mountbat
ten.
Kai-Shek
and
Milwell
Presages
Battle
Action.
CHUNGKING,
Oct.
22
0
Ad
miral
Lord
Louis
Mountbatten,
Supreme
Allied
commander
in
southeast
Asia,
has
completed
a
series
of
three-power
talks
with
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
and
Lieut.
General
Joseph
w.
Stllwell
In
Chungking,
it
may
now
be
dlsclose-t.
The
conversations
have
been
In
progress
during
the
past
live
days.
The
results
will
soon
be
seen
on
the
battlefield
said
a
spokesman.
According
to
4
Chungking
newspaper
one
of
the
results
may
be
a
gigantic
Allied
plncer
move-ncnt
against
Burma.
Round
Clock
Offensive
Is
Rolling
Along
T.ONDON.
Oct.
22
O)
Ameri
can
bombers,
supported
by
Allied
fiehters.
raided
the
Nazi-
air
base
at
Evreux-Fauville,
France,
tid!iv
as
a
aulck
daylight
roi
I
w-nn
in
raids
on
western
Ger
many
Thursday
nlgh't
by
Royal
Air
Force
mosquitoes.
While
the
Allies
kept
the
round
the
clock
offensive
roll-'ng
against
Germany
and
occupied
territories,
Nazi
raiders
made
hit-and-run
attacks
on
London
for
the
sixth
successive
night,
causing
some
casualties
and
damage.
Only
a
few
Nazi
raiders
penetrated
to
the
London
area.
SEAFORTHS
couver;
Capt.
T.
C.
B.
Vance,
Vancouver;
Capt.
F.
H.
Bonnell,
Vancouver;,
Capt.
B.
G.
Parker,
Vancouver;
Lieut.
M.
A.
Martin,
Kelowna;
Lieut.
D.
B.
Cameron,
Vancouver;
Lieut.
Owen,
Vancouver.
Back
row,
left
to
right:
Capt.
R.
C.
H.
Durnford,
Prince
Rupert;
Lieut.
Barrett-Lennard,
Vancouver;
Capt.
G.
F.
Williamson,
Gibson's
Landing;
Supervisor
H.
E.
Newing,
Auxiliary
Services,
Calgary;
Lieut.
E.
Anclerson,
Vancouver;
Lieut,
Reed,
f-alrr.cn
Arm;
Lieut.
W.
D.
Rcld
Victoria,
Lieut.
K.
A.
W.
McK'enzie.
Fdmonton;
Lieut.
H.
L.
Robinson,
Kamloops;
Lieut.
Leckie,
Vancouver;
Lieut.
J.
A,
Charters,
Vancouver;
Lieut.
W
II.
Melhuish,
Vancouver.
(Canadian
Army
Overseas
Photo.)
SultetiU
SOLDIERS
FOR
RAILWAYS
VANCOUVER
The
Pacific
Command
announces
that
members
of
the
forces
will
be
sent
to
the
railways
Jn
British
Columbia
next
month
to
assist
in
maintenance
work
on
the
tracks.
They
will
be
paid
$1
per
day
in
lieu
of
army
pay
and
allowances.
Both
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
lines
will
get
men.
EDEN
SEES
STALIN
MOSCOW
British
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
met
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
yesterday
and
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
will
see
the
Soviet
dictator
next
week.
The
three
power
conference
Is
proceeding
with
"customary
speed
anil
rordialitv"
and
is
exnect-
ed
to
conclude
next
week-end.
Political
advisers
were
caned
in
yesterday.
CUTTING
DOWN
WORK
VANCOUVER
Second
and
third
shifts
are
being
discontinued
in
four
war
industry
plants
in
this
district.
ast
Cost
of
War
Revealed
Is
Costing
United
Nations
$55,000
Ptr
Second
or
$122,000,000
Per
Year
TORONTO,
Oct.
22
Commander
Stephen
King
Hall,
sailor
member
of
the
British
House
of
Commons,
speaking
here
yesterday
in
the
course
of
a
tour
of
Canada,
said
the
war
was
costing
$55,000
per
second
or
$422,000,000
per
year.
This
was
a
great
sum
of
money
but
the
price
would
not
be
too
high
If
the
purpose
had
been
achiev
ed.
When
the
time
came
great
sums
of
money
would
have
to
be
spent
on
construction
follow
Ing
the
destruction.
SUBSTITUTE
FOR
JUTE
LAGOS,
(tit
Nigeria"
will
send
Britain
her
1913
crop
of
rama
fibre.
Rama,
derived
from
a
species
of
hibiscus,
is
used
as
a
substitute
In
the
manufacture
of
sacks.
IN
SICILY
JAPS
I
EAR
HNCHHAFKN
-
ALLIED
"'HEADQUARTER"
S1
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
The
Japanese,
in
Iheir
new
drive
on
New
Guinea,
have
reached
a
point
three
miles
from
Fin-schhafen.
QUITTING
TURKESTAN
CHUNGKING
It
is
reported
here
that
the
Russians
may
withdraw
from
Chinese
Turkestan,
"The
Roof
of
Asia,"
which
they
have
virtually
occupied
since
1921.
RUSSIA
SPURNS
PEACE
SOFIA
Russia
is
reported
here
to
have
turned,
down
a
proposal
from
Germany
for
a
separate
peace
following
a
conference
said
to
have
been
held
here.
JAPANESE
SUCCESS
CHUNGKING
It
is
admitted
here
that
the
Japanese
have
succeeded
in
blocking
the
main
highways
into
Burma,
overrunning
them
with
troops.
The
enemy
have
taken
the
west
bank
of
the
Solween
River
but
have
not
as
yet
effected
a
crossing.
True
Courtship
Not
So
Smooth
STATE
COLLEGE,
Pa.
oct.21
Q
The
path
of
true
love
never
should
run
smooth,
Dr.
M.
E
John,
associate
professor
of
rural
sociology
-at
the
Pennsyi
anla
State
College,
says.
A
temporary
blocking
or
Irus-ration
of
Impulses
is
essential
.uring
courtship
If
an
Intensity
i
to
develop
In
the
afialr,
he
idded.
!
Island
Loggers
.
Strike
Ending
VANCOUVER.
Oct.
22'
Labor
leaders
expect
that
the
strike
of
600
Queen
Charlotte
Island
loggers,
now
In
Its
third
week,
will
be
over
with
the
men
back
at
work
next
Monday,
bear-
.
ing
a
signed
agreement
with
!
the
operators.
4,
a
.1.
..
.j.
.
r
Nazis
i
t
Fear
Big
Attack
4
1
-
1
STOCKHOLM.
Oct.
22
Q
.t.frliearlnE
jin
Allied
.attack
1
Trom
three
.sides
on
the
un-
derbelly
of
Europe,
the
Ger-
f
mans
are
making
frantic
,
antl
-
Invasion
preparations
In
the
nervous
Balkans,
Swiss
reports
reaching
here
:
said
last'
night.
The
Berlin
t"
radio
reports
a
BrMsh
,
commando,
landing
.on
!
Kalynbs,
onother
of
the
Dodocanese
Islands
In
the
Aegean
Sea
below
Greece.
f
i
Wartime
Housing
For
Edmonton
Is
To
Be
Speeded
Up
EDMONTON,
Oct.
22
Mayor
John
Fry
has
called
a
conference,
the
object
of
which
Is
to
speed
up
the
construction
of
350
Wartime
Housing
houses
in
Edmonton.
Patch
Seal
Cove
Road
The
craters
and
corrugations
on
Sixth
Avenue
East
between
the
Hays
Cove
bridge
and
Seal
Cove
are
being
filled
in
and
smoothed
out
by
a
Royal
Cana
dian
Air
Force
road
repair
Mew.
With
gravel,
asphalt,
and
a
roller
the
air
force
men
are
doing
a
Job
of
road
repair
on
that
badly
deteriorated
and
much
travelled
artery.
Coin
To
Dogs
fn
Big
Way
DUBLIN,
Oct.
21
(tB
There
Is
such
an
enormous
demand
for
greyhounds
for
dog
racing
In
England
and
Northern'
Ireland
that
dogs
In
Eire
now
are
bringing
higher
prices
than
those
paid
for
thoroughbred
horses.
Breeding
of
dogs
virtually
has
s'orped
except
In
Eire.
As
many
as
25
dogs
have
been
exported
fpom
Dublin
at
unusual
prices.
Some
race
horses
were
sold
this
year
for
$525
whereas
greyhounds
brought
as
much
as
.f)0
rl?ce.
LOAN
GOING
OVER
WELL
OTTAWA,
Oct.
22
(CP)
Fifth
Victory
Loan
receipts
totalled
$274,033,950
up
to
Thursday
night
with
subscriptions
Thursday
amounting
to
slightly
more
than
$72,000,000,
National
loan
headquarteis
announced
today.
At
the
same
stage
of
the
fourth
drive
last
spring
:
subscriptions
totalled
242,000,000.'
Assault
Plea
Brings
Fine
James
Boyce
appeared
before
Magistrate
T.
W.
Brcwn
this
morning
and
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
assaulting
Anita
Arrowsmlth
In
a
hotel
room
yesterday.
At
his
hearing
Boyce
said
that
he
had
struck
the
woman
In
ordei
to
stop
her
from
throwing
beer
glasses
at
him
while
she
was
In
a
hysterical
condition
yesterday
afternoon.
There
were
a
number
of
other
people
In
the
room
at
the
time,
he
said.
Given
the
option
of
having
his
case
finished
this
morning,
and
on
the
strength
of
his
plea
ol'guUy,
paying
a
small
fine;
or
having
It
adjourned
until
tomorrow
when
the
complainant.
who
was
not
In
a
condition
co
iipear
in
court
today,
could
give
evidence
at
which
time
he
would
face
the
chance
of
a
hcavjr
,
IUf
QuanAcqulttalt
he
chose'
the
former
and
was
fined
$10
or
seven
days
by
Magls-
uate'
Brown.
LOAN
IS
MOUNTING
Response
For
This
Drive
Still
Showing
the
Way
to
All
Predecessors
The
Fifth
Victory
Loan
campaign
In
Prince
Rupert
continues
to
outstrip
all
predecessors
In
volume
of
subscriptions
Yesterday's
total
of
$43,600
brought
the
cumulative
aggre-
I
gate
for
four
days
up
to
$262.-350
as
compared
iwith
$185,450
In
the
first
four
days
of
the
spring
drive.
Further
individual
subscriptions
to
be
announced
include
the
following:
Miss
B.
Teng
$
50
S.
C.
Thomson
&
Son
1000
Maurice
A.
Teng
50
F.
J.
Keogh-
100
Davie
Lee
500
Lee
Chong
Blng
500
Seto
Wa
Bo
500
Wong
Chee'
500
L.
D.
Cafe;
500
Kue
Wong
100
Mrs.
H.
Berg
50
T.
J.
Oamplbell
.
.
50
'
G.
K.
Hanklnson
100
J.
K.
Breen
50
Miss
C.
Brown
300
Mary
A.
Balllnger
250
Stanley
L.
Balllnger
250
V
Kingerskl
50
.
Dahlberg
50
John
Gurvlch
1000
Mrs.
Nana
Gurvlch
200
Boyo
Gurvlch
100
Boilermakers
Si
Iron
Shipbuilders
500
Stephen
King
1500
Family
Shoe
Store
Ltd.
1000
Dominion
Hotel
1000
C.
H.
Bizzell
(Terrace)
200
Local
Tides
Saturday,
Oct.
23
High"
9:55
17.2
feet
21:57
16.9
feet
Low
3:11
7.7
feet
15:58
9.9
feet
BRITISH
AID
TO
RUSSIA
By
the
middle
of
November,
1942.
Britain
had
sent
Russia
enough
equipment
for
around
20
ormored
divisions
on
the
merman
scale.
Berlin
Claims
Uncovered
Plan
Which
Marshal
Badoglio
Made
LONDON,
Oct.
22
(CP)
The
German
High
Command
today
published
details
of
an
alleged
plan
by
Marshal
Pietro
Badoglio
of
Italy
to
kidnap
Adolf
Hitler
as
well
as
Benito
Mussolini.
The
nlan
was
said
to
have
been
discovered
among
captured
military
"''$1
r'npiimmifs.
TVin
suinnnnr'pmpnr.
was
mrtrlp
hv
Rpvlin:
'
:.Vv
ladio
in
a
broadcast
recorded
by
Reuters'
Newsi
Agency.
y
'
4'
t
Nazis
Had
4
1
Heavy
Loss
'
Z
4
STOCKHOLM,
Oct.
22
O)
Hundreds
of,
German
soldiers
wers
reported
last
night
to
have
been
drowned
and
from
three
to
nine
mer-
chantmen
sunk
by
United
States
plane3
during
an
Allied
sea
and
air
raid
on
a
Nazi
convoy
October
4
in
the
Bodoe
region
off
the
north
coast
of
Norway.
4-
4'4'
4
New
Parliament
Buildings
Plan
Committee
Appointed
by
Prime
Minister
to
Estimate
Replacement
Project.
LONDON,
Oct.
22
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
yesterday
announced
the
appointment
of
a
committee
to
plan
the
rebuilding
of
the
parliament
buildings
-which
were
wrecked
1
by
bombing
1n
the
blitz
of
1940.
Less
Ham
Is
Going
Over
New
Agreement
Negotiated
Be
tween
Canada
and
United
Kingdom
for
Deliveries
OTTAWA,
Oct.
22
KB
Hon.
G.
Gardiner,
mlnlst
I.
of
agri
culture,
announced
today
that
he
Is
about
to
negotiate
a
new
bacon
and
ham.
agreement
with
the
United
Kingdom
providing
for
delivery
by
Canada
of
not
less
than
900,000,000
pounds
over
a
two-year
pezlod
starting
January
1.
A
current
agreement
calls
for
675,000,000
pounds
In
one
year,
the
decrease
being
caused
by
;ed
shortages
in
Canada.
India's
Heroes
Get
Splendid
Welcome
LONDON,
Oct.
21
Britain
welcomed
Indian
heroes
when
a
3roup
of
30
officers
and
men
f
the
famous
4th
Indian
di
vision,
Including
a
Victoria
Cross
holder,
toured
cities,
war
factories
and
bomber
stations.
Subadar
Lafbahadur
Thapa
of
the
Ghurka
Rifles
ibrought
with
him
the
kukri
(cutved
knife)
which
aided
htm
during
the
feat
that
won
the
V.C.
His
comrades
here
include
holders
of
the
D.S.O.,
M.C.,
D.C.M.,
MM..
Indian
Orders
of
merit
and
Indian
Distinguished
Service
Medal.
SINGER'S
ANNIVERSARY
The
100th
anniversary
of
the
birth
of
the
world-famous
Swedish
singer
Krlstlna
Nllsson
was
recently
celebrated
In
her
native
province
of
Srmaland,
to
Have
Pursuing
of
Nazis'
Fifth
Army
Keeping
so
Close-
Behind
That
Enemy
Cannot:
Establish
New
Defence
Posi-;
tions
in
Italy.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN'
ALGIERS,
Oct.
22
00
Pursuing.
the
retreating
Nazis
too
close
to
permit
them
to
establish
new
defence
positions,
the
Anglo-
American
Filth
Army
captured
the
important
mountain
road
Junction
town
of
Allfe
In
a
ten-mile
advance
and
beat
off
a
furious
German
counter
attack
ftStks
announced
-
today".
Otr
the"
Fifth
Army's
light
flank,
the
British
Eighth
Army
beat
off
a
massive
Oerman
attack
aimed
at
Cancello
on
the
north
bank
of
the
Volturno
River.
A
headquarters
communique
reported
another
aerial
venture
into
Yugoslavia,
Allied
fighter
bombers
attacking
Skoplje.
Six
German
fighters
were
destroyed
0ff
the
Yugoslav
coast.
The
northwest
African
Air:
Force
has
destroyed
16
enemyVy
aircraft
in
the
past
24
hours,
the.
Air
Command
said.
The
British
Eighth
Army
bast
consolidated
positions
on
the,
.
eastern
end
of
the
line.
Pete
Chorney
Is
Dead
Here
The
death
occurred
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
yesterday
morning
of
Peter
Chorney,
an
employee
othe
rlnce
Rupert
Dry
Dock-and
Shipyard,
after
an
Illness
of
two
weeks.
'
The
deceased
was
born
In
Winnipeg
28
years
ago,
and
as
far
as
Is
known
Is
survived
only
-.y
one
sister,
Mrs.
E.
Dagneau,
of
Winnipeg.
n
The
body
Is
being
sent
to
Winnipeg
tomorrow
night
for
burial.
'
Women
Wanted
LOCAL
DRY
DOCK
AND
SHIPYARD
Requires
15
Women
(21-40)
as
Pipefitter
Helpers
Apply
National
Selective
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