jAP TRANSPORT IN DEATH DIVE "HIHHIiHHIHIHii IIERALS ITALY Mi a J..p tra...::pj:rt piar.9 !,,vc ; seaward . 'it..i pacific tAmtw it oc-jpai.v. believed ' M'my officer to a watery puvc. An Allied ; ijji iicd by Capt. August V Conncry, East Kiiied the craft, and gunnery Sgt. John W. :cirs, riddled it from noc to tail with bullet. WAR NEWS INVASION HOUR NEAR? lOSDON Jan I'aquu, military commentator on the Nail- J Path radio, aid lt night that the tero hour for an U '.on of I ranee It at hand and the Invasion stroke .r.rnre at any moment. ANOTHER NAVAL BATTLE fit! 11) III AIKll AUTKKS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC An- tt- -I tsttle in the southwest Pacific Is believed to be im- .1 :rd reconnaissance planes are reported to have rj a ',: jnj Japanese force of sixty vessels. Including four- ... . heavy and Utht approaching ItabauL. HITLER'S WORST DEFEAT JCNDO.V Adolf Hitler has suffered one of his wont defeats f t:r with the los of Kiev, hub of the southwestern Ru- ?: ,:J7 tjstem and capital and commercial centre of the If The thin laneaLKuMUn citr U now hark in Russian IWlin announces Its evacuation under the Soviet cnelr- Itl rr.e The Nails are endeavouring to escape by one j corridor to the southwest. ami Yokes Are "lotion follow livsr d Sen Ice In Sicily . 6 f - With Ouy Slmonds nimand of an . h! command F.rst Division f Major Oen-of Winnipeg ' is specula-I .medians may Britain Into ' Imuran the- 1'! Vokea ac- ih distlnc- :- campaign !tly iJi.Htingulshed leading the T iiantry Brig I ..as lust been li'1 rank of General on ind of the !,ui Military timed. He is jd'.au general. pp Borden kars Burn OFN. Ont.. ov. 0 .ized two large T 3 R"'al Canadian f P:. at this huge destroying a and other mill- i'ito millions of ' onmn s said to "ucdly been incendi TlMi: TICKS ON oldfst clocks In the Clock Tower ;,c It has been '490. Destroyer is Badly Damaged OTTAWA. Nov. 6 O Since the Navy's practice Is to announce sinkings rapidly. It ean be taken for granted that a Canadian destroyer which was damaged In a recent attack by twenty German bombers olf the Spanish coast was not sunk. However, the vessel is believed to have been grievously hurt as the announcement said that a 2.000-pound bomb ripped through the port bulkhead of the signal room and careened out the starboard side, exploding al the water line. Bulletins rOST-WAR' I'KACi: WASHINGTON, DC. The tlnilrd Stales senate voted overylielmlngly yesterday in faror of this counlry participating in an international organization for world peace. The vote was 85 to 5. LOAN OVER TOP OTTAWA The Fifth Victory loan passed its national objective of $1,200,000 last night with subscriptions totallinc $180,708,000, it was announced Saturday. (Jucbec was the first to reach lis minimum objective with British Columbia second, New Brunswick, third, Manitoba fourth and Alberta fifth. Till'. SEA DOG BREED HAWKHURSlf Kent. Eng.. -cmdr. St. Jorn R. J. Tyrwhltt. of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Tyrwhltt. has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He accepted sur render of the Italian Island of Llnoyt in June. VOL. XXXII, No. 260 Kiev POPPY TAG-TAGGING ON Annual Canvass by Wo turn of Canadian Legion is Being Held, ' Fair weather greeted Poppy Day taggers after the atorms of the past week. The Canadian Legion Hall was a scene of ac-tvity at an early hour when the young people of Prince Rupert went forth to assist tlvs Canadian Legion in the annual appeal. Under general direction of Mrs F. Barber and, with the assistance of the Imperial Or der Daughters of the Empire, a committee of the ladles in charge oi arrangements consisted of Mrs. William Brass, convener, Mm. n k umm if r r - Anne Whiting, Lorraine Young- man, Kathleen Smith. Robert Smith, Lorna Donaldson. Billy Donaldson, Lily Sylvester, Rob-, crt Berthelct. Donald Berthelet Oerald Berthelet, Arthur Bcr-1 thelet, Annie Pavlch, Betty Wide. ! i Marie Skemerude, Joan Thaln, Elipeth Mackenzie. Joan Adcock, Speed the Victory J? Buy Victory Bonds Dorothv Bder, -f toe. to spoil brced cause br Everett fierce. CnristTne peH-TilM,ni. thT.rl digging and hanrf,lnff handling them are cer. Ann Pctroff, Shirley OllL Maxlne Moasc. Harry Klllas, Billy Mutch, Dorothy Edgar. Billy Harvey, Mona Lykegard, Edna Oardner, Marlene Mnasc. Melvln Ratchford, Oordon Fin- layson. Jackie Flnlayson. Rodney Larson, Eddie Olsen, John Ketch eson, Dorlcen Olscn. and Robert Weiss. ESCAPE!) FROM ITALY CAPE TOWN, O MaJ.-Ocn. H. B. Klopper, who escaped from a prison camp In Italy, has arrived In South Africa, accompanied by MaJ.-Ocn. Ther-on. general administrative officer of Union forces in the middle east. MV LADY NICOTINE Spaniards landing In Mexico in 1519 found the native of Yucatan using tobacco both for smoking and for snuff. A scene of universal destruction, the once busy port of Naples, one of the most important In Italy, is a silent tangle of wreckage, left In the wake of the retreating Nazis. Beyond NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS Operational and Supply Problems WASHINOTON. D.C.. Nov. 6 O In making announcement yeterday that Oreat Britain. United Si ate and China had reached complete agreement on- military operations in the Chl-rvsse theatre. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said he could hot give any details now but indicated that supply problems were Involved. However, the agreement was mostly on operational questions concerning methods fot what he called "a continental campaign in the Far East COAL STRIKE Stuart. Mrs. J. A. Frew. MrsjK MflW fllFD Jens Munthe, Mrs. a. W. Abbott. i,J M V II U I LlV Mrs. William Rothwell. Mrs. Henry Smith Sr., Mrs. Boulter Sr . Mrs. Pinniger, Mrs. 8. V. Cox. Taggers were Deshka Peneff. Lorraine Youngman. Oordon Rothwell. Ronnie Rothwell. Janet Wong, Tessa Wong, Bessie Lee. Larry Moore, Mary Strach-an. Margaret Strachan, Dorothy Jonsson. Helen Hlbbard, Peggy Pullcn, Betty Pullen. Oeorge OUlts. Billy Watts. Ruth Walton. OTTAWA, Nov. C (CP) KJ(hty-five hundred coal miners in Alberta and British Columbia have agreed to return to work Immediately, it was announced today by Labor .Minister Humphrey Mitchell. The Royal Commission which has been established already to Investigate wage rates and deal directly with the miners' application for an increase of $J per day in wages and time and a half for overtime. Will be requested to eipedite the probe and reach a decision not later than November 20. HANDLE WITH CARE Or defects, which not- the most serious. DRY DOCK OVER TOP i 1VM - - - W'ORAPtY I Low .... 2:59 5.0 feet H. COLUMBIA'S forcWRPAPtfT? L 1&;48 1Atett I PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. SATURpkpyratifS Reaching high in the cause of Victory, employees of the Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyard today exceeded the $200,000 jiuota set for them in the "Fifth victory Loan drive. That it is an outstanding achievement Is attested to by the fact that, with a considerably smaller number of employees, the dry dock, which is Massed as a division of the Canadian National Railways, hks overstHlBfrlbed a quota wjilch was cSuble (hat set in the Fourth Victory Loan last r n. The sales at noon today had reached a total of $202000. Interest In the "campaign was intense from the stait, among subscribers and salesmen alike and. figuratively sneaklnz. the carefully Dlcked salesmen rwvpr (stopped working their allotted ground while there was a sus- j plclon of fertility in it. ! To turn any loose dollars that might be lingering In the pock-; cti of the workers into the right ch'anneL draws were held with bonds as the prizes. The biggest draw featured a first prize of ;a i$IJXK) bond, which was won ib( a woman employee. There were several other draws with $500 first prizes. Chairman and spark plug of the dry dock drive was T. J. Boulter, assistant manager. UP 300 PERCENT Over 300 percent more tons of bombs were dropped by the Bomber Command on' efiemV fevUyJO' PRICE FIVE CENTS Captured By Russians Conference With Turk Continuing CAIRO. Nov. 6 a Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Britain and TurkKi Foreign Minister Numan Menemcloglu conferred tcday at. the British embassy in what was believed to be (he first of a series of meetings. The subject was not disclosed. DEFENCE SMASHED Further Key Points Taken by Allies In Their Drive Northward in Italy ALGiritS, Nov. 6 (CP) The Allies smashed the last remnants cf he Germans' powerful Massico Ridge-Trigno line in Italy, taking the key points of Vasto on the Adriatic aqd Benafero in the upper Votturno Valley, Allied head-uarters announced today. On the western sector British patroLsf the Fifth Army crossed the Garigiano River to probe a new line which the enemy formed north of there. The Germans attached such importance to Venafro that they threw a new division into the fight In a last minute effort tosave it but even the fresh Nazi fighters were routed. MANY MASTERS DalmaUa lsJbeyva'riousi "under the Romans; powecot TTothsr I Nazis Blame Allies For Some Areas Not Doing So Well In Loan Sales OTTAWA, Nov. 6 O-Overall Victory Loan sales are proceeding satisfactorily but the general canvass is not up to expectations in some areas. WAR DIVERSION Allied fighting planes have been used In the Middle East for dusting the ground to kill locusts. lunga nar targets during 1941 than during Turks. Venetians, Austrlans and 1940. French. i- j- angle of ruined harbor Installations can be seen one of the many ships scuttled In the harbor. Key Bastion of Dneiper River and Old Capital Lost by Nazi Invaders Red Army Renews Attacks on Both Sides of Kerch Straits in Eastern Crimea in Relentless Drive Westward. LONDON, November 6 (CP) Kiev has fallen to the Russians, Premier Joseph Stalin announced today in a special order. The key Dnieper River bastion and ancient capital of the Russians fell to Soviet columns poised north and south of Kiev for weeks. The German High Command had announced a -tr ; Fine Bases : In Aleutians ' I . I ' -tt i Rome Prepared to Feed Numerous Nazi Post-War Europe Divisions Are EDINBURGH. Nov 6 O -Plans have been prepared for feeding Europe and getting farms in liberated countries into production at the earliest possible moment after the war. said Sir John Russell, chairman of the Agricultural Committee for Postwar Inter-Allied Aid. All the farming regions have been carefully marked out and the probable requirements of each country studied. Beaten by Reds LONDON, Nov. 6 (f One hundred and forty-four Nazi divisions, Including twenty-eight tank divisions, are said to have been routed in the Russian sweep of the past four months that cleared 36,000 mote square miles of Russian territory of the enemy. LOVELY PORT OF NAPLES RAVAGED BY RETREATING GERMANS OTTAWA, Nov. 6 (CP) A closely link- prl chain nf fJnp hnsps and excellent f acili- J ties has been devel- oped in the Aleutians j the shortest route to Tokyo Air Vice-Marshal L. F. Stevenson, officer command-in er. Western Air . ai a Command, -"reported Attack Vatican Bombed? LONDON, Nov. 6 (CP) The German-controlled Rome radio, in a special broadcast early today, claimed that the Vatican City had been bombed Friday night and that "considerable damage" had been caused by four bombs which fell among historic buildings. In a re-broadcast, the German TransOcean Agency said the raid had been carried out by Allied aircraft. No details of .British or American air activity over Italy Friday night was available In. London npr were any comments forthcoming from official sources. Some time ago it had been forecast by British officials that the Germans would probably bomb the Vatican and try to blame it on the 'Allies. Local Temperature Maximum Minimum NO LOSS INVOLVED 16 40 LONDON. CP Long range fuel tanks constructed from paper, animal glue and gelatine now are carried by fighter planes. There is little loss of material when they are jettisoned. SCHOOL TIE REMAINS BATH. Eng.. Oi The old school mottoes "endure and will endure" according to E. E. Clements, chaliman of the Bath Education Committee. Mr. Clements condemned "the. pestilential nonsense talked about- the old school Ue." few hours previously that ths great fortress was evacuated with the Nazis pulling out under the threat of encirclement The German announcement also said that the Russians had renewed attacks on both sides of Kerch Straits in the eastern Crimea. - BOND SAIL MOUNTING Expected That Will Reach Yesterday Frinee Rupert v0,000 $39,350 With yestei day's; business amounting to $39,350, thfrcumu- toUve total of Fifth VicfBry Loan jsalei-up to last night wa MJfter art. inspection $830sa The campaign ends at I I erruW expected at or leadt laid! the Via &5fl Jlfl fUVY 00a . , -.- i mark will have been achieved Dorothy M. Dibb $ 100 Mrs. Anne Graves 500 'Mrs. V. H. Ratchford 100 Variety store (Oordon D. Bryant) 500 Mrs. E. Oskey 200 B. Code (Houston) 200 A. H. Eyre (Houston) 200 II. J. Edgar Smlthers) 200 John O. Leggat (Smlthers) 100 C. .B. Trann (Terrace) 300 O. S. Sessions (Terrace) 505 Mrs. D. Sessions (Terrace) 1,000 W. C. Kettner (Terrace) 100 JO. E. Wright (Copper River) 100 II. A. Smedley 1,000 Betty Pullen 50 Peggy Pullen 50 Mark HIU Jr. . 50 Harris Levin 1,000 Part of the water supply of Jerusalem flows through an aqueduct dating back to biblical times. BOILING OVER SQUR QUOTA; $750,000 Amount to date I I VI I