local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Itnximum
68
(Half
an
hour
alter
sunset
to
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
Liinlmum
10:07
p.m.
to
5:28
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BfUTIgjMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
181
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
4,
1943
PRICE.
FIVE
CENTS
lope
O.
rmans
Face)h
ajor
DisasvJr
As
Corridor
Is
r
Question
of
Time
Before
Stronghold
Will
Be
BlUlOntll
ly
liu&lSf
iiiiiiuiaiiiiK
until
v
kjaiaut
i)SC0W,
Aug.
4
(CP)
rnold
of
Orel
appeared
n
i
a
-ee
!
Inn1"
neu
Army
onensive
of
the
city.
The
German
retreat
westward
from
i
north
and
south
of
Orel
proceeded
steadily
ft
seemed
only
a
question
uld
be
abandoned,
ellmln-
Ihs
entire
enemy
salient
:?rr.ral
front.
5cut?r
;
dispatch
from
quoted
by
the
British
r'ur
Corporation
de
list
the
Germans'
escape
w;
t
of
Orel
had
been
l
to
13
miles,
threaten-Nl:.L
with
another
dls-equal
to
that
suf-
t
c:aiinnraa.
ittle
Is
July
this
ly
Hit
and
ings
In
were
I
Solan
Sees
Fuget
Sound
7n
Way
Out
as
Far
as
what
Halibut
is
Concerned
'
1
In
that
Aug
4
0!i
Seattle
ne
ttv
out
as
a
major
j
the
North
Pa-
.
V''
Magnuson,
Dcmo-e-r
t."
,Uvc
for
Wash-.3
he
had
been
so
d
r
Charles
Jackson,
-
-
co-ordlnator
of
it
the
Co-ordinator
of
the
United
States
C:::.rtment.
Magnuson
ut
tea
against
ceilings
on
whidi
had
resulted
In
tu
bulk
of
this
year
s
bear
landed
at
Prince
;:nd
Ala:;kan
ports
rather
o-r.ie
had
been
the
'Ji."
pa:
it.
r
tha
celling,
prices
In
pb
were
fixed
at
the
irvei
as
in
Seattle.,
mak-
wcik'3
run
south
lmpos-
ve.;el
owners.
the
list
by
time
Rental
ilations
To
is
lade
Known
Aueust
4
Chanees
rmtals
regulations
Iwers
.,
have
hppn
nub-
touav
win
not
be
an-
f1'
m
o
next
week.
It
has
k'ncle-j
O.
nted
E.
Men
ind
Women
Handle
Fish
andard
Rates
of
Pay
iPply
In
person
to
WADIAN
FISH
('OLD
STORAGE
COMPANY
Of
F
OREL
APPEARS
Narrowed
The
fall
of
the
German
inevitable
today
as
a
i
earneu
iu
wiimu
uvr
of
time
before
Orel
it-
HALIBUT
LANDINGS
Landings
in
July
Were
Greater
Than
in
June
Total
halibut
landings
In
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
were
3,352,500
pounds.
Of
3,090,500.
pounds
were
brought
in
by
American
boats
262,000
by
Canadian
boats.
Landings
in
July
exceeded
land
In
June
by
430,500
pounds.
June
the
Canadian
landings
sllehtly
more
than
the
American.
July
landings
were
also
some
,
greater
than
the
landings
July,
1942,
when
3,208,500
pounds
were
brought
In.
In
month
American
boats
brought
In
2,987,500
pounds
and
Canadian
boats
landed
221,000
pounds.
ERECTING
BUILDING
Permit
Taken
Out
for
$63,000
Structure
for
Killas
and
Christopher
A
permit
to
build
a
$65,000
concrete
apartment
building
on
Third
Avenue,
Issued
to
James
Killas
and
N.
Christopher,
was
largest
single
Item
on
the
of
building
permits
Issued
the
city
engineer's
office
In
July.
The
site
of
the
new
building
Is
opposite
the
post
office.
Preliminary
construction
work
underway.
Total
value
of
the
permits
issued
was
$66,400.
All
but
the
Killas
and
Christopher
permit
were
for
the
erection
or
exten
sion
of
small
buildings,
or
re
pairs.
Following
Is
a
list
of
tne
per
mits
granted:
Killas
and
Christopher,
Third
Avenue
building,
$65,000.
V.
Smith,
Slxtn
Avenue
wsi.
extension
to
dwelling,
$300.
George
Edgar,
Eigntn
Avenue
East,
repairs,
$200.
Sorhelm,
Alirea
street,,
re
pairs,
$50.
George
MaskuiaK,
mntn
Aven
ue
West,
repairs,
$400.
John
Cargol,
Ninth
Avenue
West,
storehouse,
$50.
Knut
Uggla,
Eveventh
btreei,
repairs,
$200.
Joseph
E.
Stone,
Nintn
Avenue
West,
addition,
$200.
Halibut
Sales
American
Akutan,
58,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage
and
Royal.
-Tacoma,
40,000,
17.5
and
16,
Booth
and
Pacific.
Recovery,
30,000,
17.5
and
10,
nnnth
and
Storaee.
Hazel
II..
29.000,
17.5
and
13,
Whiz.
Italian
Surrender
CANADA'S
DEFENCE
MINISTER
FLIES
Canada's
Minister
of
National
Defence.
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston
Is
pictured
(centre)
with
his
Military
Sccretary.'Col.
II.
A.
Dyde.
M.C.
(right),
as
they
prepared
to
board
a
plane
at
a
Canadian
airport
for
a
flight
to
Britain.
Col.
Ralston
Is
chatting
with
Commander
J.
C.
Hibbard,
D.S.C
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy.
In
London
Col.
Ralston
met
Lt.-Gen.
Kenneth
Stuart,
Chief
of
the
General
Staff,
who
recently
visited
the
Mediterranean
theatre
of
war.
(Canadian
Army
Photo).
CAMPAIGN
IN
SICILY
Allies
Converging
From
All
Directions
on
Catania
and
Mount
Etna
Axis
Defence'"LIne
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
JICILY,
August
4
The
Allied
offensive
in
Sicily
has
reached
all
Us
objectives
to
date
and
oenefltted
by
reinforcements,
Is
sweeping
on,
it
Is
officiary
announced.
The
ring
of
steel
Is
being
drawn
around
Catania
by
American
forces
from
the
northwest,
Canadians
from
the
southwest
and
the
British
Eighth
Army
from
the
south.
As
the
Allies
converge
from
various
directions
by
land
with
strong
air
and
naval
support
to
tighten
the
pocketed
Germans.
The
Mount
Etna
line
has
now
been
cracked
twice.
Taking
more
towns,
the
Allied
armies
advanced
another
seven
to
twelve
miles
yesterday.
Naples
was
hit
for
the
second
successive
night
In
a
reopened
air
offensive
against
the
mainland
with
railways
and
communications
particular
targets.
INTERNATIONAL
LAW
ft..;
LONDON,
August
4
Sir
Cecil
Hurst,
president
of
the
Permanent
Court
of
International
Justice,
British
Member
of
the
United
Nations
Commis
sion
for
the
Investigation
of
war
crimes,
has
declared:
"After
this
war
there
must
be
introduced
some
effective
machinery
for
supporting
the
vigor
of
law."
Voting
For
Royalty
Is
Under
Way
Carnival
Queen
Candidates
Now
Out
for
Votes
No
residential
requirements
are-
necessary,
nor
do
you
have
to
have
your
name
on
a
voters'
list
in
order
to
qualify
as
a
voter
for
one
of
trie
five
young
ladles
who
are
candidates
for
the
Civic
Centre
Carnival
Queen
contest
which
begins
officially
today.
The
girls
who
are
competing
for
the
post
of
glamorous
royalty
at
the
street
carnival
to
be
held
August
ZJ
to
August
as
have
-been
appointed
to
represent
various
groups
in
the
city
and
already
they
are
out
selling
the
tickets
which
register'
votes
in
their
favor.
The
candidates
are:
Miss
May
McElwaln,
repres
Reach
Munda
American
Ground
Troops
at
Air
Field
Many
Barges
Sunk
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
THE
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
Aug.
4
(CP)
American
ground
troops
have
reached
the
cast
end
of
the
Japanese
air
base
at
Munda
on
New
Georgia
Island,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
Allied
planes
have
destroyed
or
damaged
23
barges
in
the
New
Guinea-New
Britain
sector,
bringing
to
nearly
200
the
number
of
such
Japanese
supply
boats
wrecked
in
the
past
ten
days.
Vancouver
Mayor
Urges
Miners
To
Go
Back
To
Pits
VANCOUVER,
August
4
In
view
of
the
national
fuel
crisis
which
is
already
being
felt
and
which
may
reach
serious
proportions
during
the
coming
winter,
Mayor
J.
W.
Cornett,
at
the
request
of
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
issued
an
appeal
yestenVy
to
all
coal
miners
to
return
to
work
in
ttie
pits.
enting
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock.
Miss
Olga
Sather,
Sons
of
Norway.
Miss
Thelda
McEwen,
Gyro
Club.
Miss
Lillian
Wallace,
Retail
Merchants'
Association.
Miss
Margaret
Davidson,
Canadian
Red
Cross.
The
thing
Is
not
going
to
be
carried
off
in
.the
dull
way
of
political
election
functions
where
each
voter
has
only
one
vote,
and
that's
that.
In
this
election
you
can
vote
as
many
times
as
you
please
and
the
more
the
better.
Each
ticket
bought
from
a
candidate
or
the
representative
of
a
candidate,
counts
100
votes
for
her
and
allows
the
voter
three
admissions
to
the
carnival.
Children
will
be
INEVITABLE
TO
BRITAIN
M0LYB
ON
MEZIADEN
Art
Cameron
and
Party
of
Boys
Back
From
Prospecting
STEWART,
August
4:
Art
Cameron,
well
known
prbspec
tor,
returned
from
a
month's
trip
to
the
Meziaden
Lake
area
He
was
accompanied
by
three
school
boys
on
holiday,
Ian
Mc-Leod,
Gerald
Murphy
and
Freddie
McMullen,
who
assisted
him
in
his
work
and
learned
some
thing
of
prosopectlng.
Prospecting
and
development
work
was
carried
on
In
the,
investigation
of
a
group
of
claims
located
along
the
strike
of
a
contact
between
granite
and
sedimentary
rocks
where
a
series
of
quartz
veins
occur
carrying
molybdenite.
Several
of
these
veins
have
had
inter-
mitten
work
done
on
them
for
a
number
of
years
and,
apparently,
indicate
an'extenslve
potential
mineralized'
area.
In
addition
to
the
veins
exposed,
float
ore
in
quantity
occurs
at
several
points
where
bedrock
ls
covered
by
alluvial.
The
claims
are
located
on
the
mountain
west
of
Meziaden
Lake,
30
miles
from
Stewart,
and
are
favorably
situated
for
exploitation.
It
Is
hoped
that
further
work
may
be
carried
om
The
continued
demand
ifor
war
materials
would
appear
to
warrant
a
fuller
investigation
of
these
molybdenite
ore
occurrences.
allowed
to
enter
at
half
price
or
two
on
one
adult
ticket.
The
tickets
are
so
arranged
that
the
stubs
will
record
thP
name
of
the
purchaser
as
well
as
the
candidate
voted
for
and,
on
each
night
of
the
carnival
the
stubs
will
be
put
in
a
barrel
and
a
draw
held,
the
winning
purchaser
to
receive
a
$50
Victory
Bond.
An
added
inducement
to
the
candidates
to
gather
votes
will
be
a
prize
of'
$125
to
the
winning
candidate,
who
will
also
be
Queen,
$75
to
the
second
candidate,
and
$50
to
the
third.
Unsuccessful
candidates
will
be
maids
of
honor
to
the
Queen
at
the
crowning.
To
Raise
Funds
'
The
purpose
of
the
carnival
is
to
raise
funds
for
a
Civic
Centre
REVISION
IS
URGED
Distrust
of
Taxation
Methods
Stunting:
War
Production
Conference
States
VANCOUVER,
AUgust
4
tt
Dissension
and
distrust
over
in
come
tax'ation
methods
are
af
fectlng
production
of
essential
war
materials,
it
was
contended
by
delegates
yesterday
at
a
conference
of
representatives
of
shipyard
trade
unions
In
Van
couver,
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert.
The
conference
passed
a
re
solution
urging
an
amendment
of
the
Income
tax
act
to
exempt
t
the
cost
of
living
bonus
overtime
wages
and
wages
paid
to
any
part
.time
emergency
workers
and
to
provide
a
graduated
scale
ol
taxation
giving
greater
exemption
to
workers
with
families.
ALLIED
CONTROL
OF
AIR
British
Figures
.Give
Some
Idea
of
Great
Volume
of
Attack
on
Reich
Territory
LONDON,
August
4
ff)
Royal
Air
Force,
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
and
American
bombers
dropped
21,500
tons
of
hlih
ex-
loVeS"1'T5hItirf-d6mlnated
Europe
In
July
more
than
lifty-tnree
times
as
much
as
the
Germans
dropped
on
the
British
in
the
blitz
raids.
The
greatest
air
offensive
of
the
war
made
Hamburg
the
major
target,
78,000
tons
being
dropped
on
that
battered
seaport,
war
industries
and
shipping
facilities
of
which
are
now
virtually
demolished..
During
July
Allied
aircraft
maintained
a
better
than
two-to-one
advantage
over
Axis
air
forces
in
aircraft
losses,
shooting
down
1200
enemy
planes
over
Europe,
Britain,
Malta,
North
Africa
and
the
Middle
East
against
a
loss
of
596.
Big
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
took
a
night
off
last
night
but
Intruders
attacked
a
convoy
..off
LeHavre
and
an
air
field..
..near
Brest.
Prince
George
Man
Is
Fined
PRINCE
GEORGE,
August
4
Richard
William
Lattman
of
South
Fort
George
pleaded
guilty
to
acquiring
graded
gasoline
otherwise
than
by
surrendering
to
ft
dealer
gasoline
ration
coupons.
Stipendiary
Magistrate
G.
Mllburn
fined
him
$100
and
$1.75
costs
after
he
had
pleaded
guilty.
community
building
when
con
ditions
are
proper
for
Its
erec
tion.
Already
more
than
$30,000
has
been
raised
in
various
ways
for
this
purpose
and
this
money
has
been
so
earmarked
that
it
cannot
be
used
for
any
other
purpose.
Various
organizations
in
the
city
have
contributed
money
and
services
in
the
past,
realizing
that
the
benefits
of
a
community
centre
will
be
something
that
can
be
enjoyed
by
everyone.
ATE
CATS
AS
RABBITS
STOCKHOLM,
August
4
ID-Norwegians
tell
this
one:
all
the
cats
vanished
from
a
little
town
In
Southern
Norway.
Their
disappearance
was
a
mysi
ery
until
the
Germans
announced
they
would
only
buy
rabbits
Dimming
People
Are
But
Badoglio
Feels
Different
About
It
Toughest
Type
.Military
Dictatorship
is
Being
Imposed
by
New
Premier
MADRID,
Aug.
4
(CP)
Premier
Pietro
Badog-lio's
regime
has
slowly
but
firmly
imposed
upon
Italy
a
military
dictatorship
of
the
toughest
type
and
prospects
of
Italian
surrender
are
now
extremely
dim,
according
to
Italians
who
felt
Rome
early
last
Sunday.
While
the
Italian
people
in
general
are
anxious
1
or
peace,
these
new
arrivals
In
Blockade
Is
Disregarded
4
BUENOS
AIRES,
August
4
KB
Argentina
announced
Tuesday
nieht
that
she
has
decided
to
disregard
the
German
-
defined
blockade
of
the
Nofth
Atlantic
coast
which
she
has
been
recoe-
Hnlzing
since
its
application
two
years
aeo.
All
shlDs
of
the
Argentina
merchant
fleet
will
now
resume
use
of
New
York
as
a
termln-
al
point
of
Instead
of
New
Orleans.
Bulletins
OTTAWA
Thr
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
reported-day
that
the
cost
of
living
index
advanced
from
118.5
per
cent
June
1
to
118.8
per
cent
on
July
2.
The
increase
is
insufficient
to
cause
adjustment
of
the
cost
of
living
bonuses
whicn
now
remain
unchanged
lor
the
next
three
t
months'
period-.
NEW
NAZI
PURGE
STOCKHOLM
Dispatches
from
Berlin
say
that
a
new
purge
of
Nazi
generals
is
imminent.
Hitler
may
seek
younger
and
more
tractable
officers
to
carry
out
his
oiders.
LABOR
DAY
HOLIDAY
OTTAWA
Labor
Day
will
be
observed
as
a
holiday
in
Canadian
war
plants,
it
is
announced
by
the
'Department
of
Munitions
and
Supply.
In
the
United
States
war
workers
will
be
asked
to
stay
on
their
jobs.
PAY
FOR
FARM
WORK
OTTAWA
Canadian
soldiers
who
go
to
work
on
farms
of
western
Canada
will
be
paid
$1
per
day,
in
Ontario
$3.50
and
in
the
Marl-times
$3
plus
board
and
lodgings.
THE
ITALIAN
FLEET
WASHINGTON
Naval
experts
here
believe
that
-
the
Allies
may
be
expected
to
capture
or
destroy
the
elusive
Italian
fleet,
the
whereabouts
of
which
is
now
definitely
known.
The
fleet
consists
of
half
a
dozen
battleships,
not
more
than
a
dozen
cruisers,
some
100
destiojers
and
possibly
70
submarines.
QUEEN'S
BIRTHDAY
LONDON
Queen
Elizabeth
celebrated
her
forty-third
birthday
in
the
country
with
the
King
and
the
princesses.
Germans
Seize
Italian
Ships
Nazis
Take
Over
Vessels
in
Crete,
Ankara
Hears
ANKARA,
August
4
According
to
reports
Just
reaching
here
the
Germans
have
seized
three
Italian
ships
in
Crete.
Anxious
'spam
aeciare
inai
me
peace
movement
lacks
capable
leader-
ship
and
Badoglio
shows
'every
sign
of
doing
his
best
to
keep
it
so.
All
Ready
For
Peace
But
British
Foreign
Secretary
Reiterates
it
Must
Be
Unconditional
Surrender
LONDON,
August
4
OD
For
eign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
told
the
House
of.
Commons
Tuesday
night
that
the
Allies
would
be
'only
too
ready"
"to
adopt
a
"reasonable
attitude"
toward
Italy
if
the
Allies
got
what
they
wanted
for
fighting
Germany.
He
said
that
with
the
departure
of
Mussolini
and
the
I
Fascjst
jegtmeJttaly
took
bit:
a
different
status.
The
Foreign
Secretary
said
that
the
British
war
cabinet
Is
anxious
to
see
Italy
accept
un
conditional
surrender
'so
'that
we
can
turn
the
war
even
more
vigorously
onto
Germany."
Log
Scaling
Not
So
High
Decrease
in
Output
for
This.
Year
to
Date
is
Seen
Log
scaling'
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
present
year
up
to
the
end
of
July
has
totalled
90,724,118
board
feet
as
compared
with
120,461,047
board,
feet
In
the
corresponding
seven
months
of
1942.
The
total
scale
for
the
month
of
July
amounting
to
25,045,209
board
feet
compared
with
29,272,510
board
feet
in
the
same
month
last
year.
Productiort
of
poles
and
piling
this
year
has
totalled
888,928
lineal
feet
to
date,
a
large
increase
over
386,500
lineal
feet
in
the
same
period
last
year.
Baseball
Scores
Monday
American
League
Philadelphia
5,
Chicago
3.
Washington
4,
St.
Louis
3.
National
League
Pittsburgh
5,
Boston
4.
International
League
Syracuse
5-4,
Toronto
4-6.
.Newark
3,
Montreal
2.
Rochester
7,
Jersey
City
5.
Buffalo
5,
Baltimore
4.
TUESDAY
National
League
New
York
5,
Cincinnati
3
Boston
6,
Pittsburgh
1
St.
Louis
7,
Brooklyn
4
.American
League
Cleveland
11,
Boston
9
Detroit
4,
New
York
0
New
York
12,
Detroit
4
Washington
7-3,
St.
Louis
4-0
Pacific
Coast
League
San
Francisco
10,
San
Diego
6
Oakland
3,
Portland
1
Seattle
5,
Hollywood
1
International
League
Montreal
2-1,
Newark
1-7
Rochester
8,
Jersey
City
2
Syracuse
2-5,
Toronto
0-8
Buffalo
6,'
Baltimore
1
American
Association
Kansas
City
3-1,
Columbus
1-0
Milwaukee
3-4,
Toledo
2-2
Minneapolis
4,
Indianapolis
3
St.
Paul
11,
Louisville
8
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