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y
0NDON,
Sept.
29
(CP)
Capture
ofKremen-
f
tVio
fou
vnmnininrr
pspniin
Viriflrrphpnrls
,
UJ1C
m
o
1
"
o
tu
Tlnipner
River
for
the
retreatincr
Nazis
,e
Ukraine,
appeared
imminent
today
as
the
-infl
I'
lirilWkl'll
.1
I
I
I
l't'lll
lllll
III
IVI-
I
I
I
I
1.
III.
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ik.
nnr.f
rntifh
nnr
nnvth
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nnrnrn
nt
K
rntnon
tile
tilOt'j
DUUllt
CA
1
1
V
VUjiVUl
V
WX
111V.IUI.U
would
aHfotd
the
Russians
I
rf
nnrmnnc
fin-
rntn
rpnnrteri
thfc
canture
Tuesday
in
the
drive
Into
Russia.
ecnnni
1
D
.1.
t.
a:ed
last
night
Be;..
Muiiounl,
protected
aud
uken
nominal
con-
ui
tM
Fascist
rcpuauc
orvd
out
so
hastily
by
an
bayonets
after-
Italy's
LOCAL
DRY
DOCK
SHIP
YARD
REQUIRES
WOMEN
Ages
18
-15
Apply
National
Selective
Service
A
M
85
A.
4
CONTINUING
EMERGENCY
Wood
Will
Have
to
be
Increas
ingly
Used
in
View
of
Coal
Diversion.
"I
want
to
bring
out
the
point
that
we
look
upon
the
present
fuel
situation
not
as
an
emer
gency
of
a
few
months,"
said
F.W.
Wllfert,
regional
wood
fuel
production
officer,
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
who
was
In
the
city
this
week
to
assist
In
organizing
local
wood
fuel
supply.
"It's
here
for
some
time
to
come
and
any
plans
laid
are
with
that
thought
In
mind.
As
hostilities
tnerease
in"
the'Paclflc.
more
coal
and
oil
will
be
needed
and
It
.
is
to
prepare
the
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
for
such
an
event
that
the
local
fuel
committee
and
dealers
are
to
be
commended
for
their
co-opecatlon
with
the
Dominion
Wood
Fuel
Control
In
arranging
for
wood
fuel
to
come
to
the
city,
"It
Is
up
to
the
citizens
to
do
t;.i"mv
i
i.ihprn
tvrtpr-
their
share,
xney
snouia
duj
wood
for
Insurance
when
cnadoptej
a
new
execu-
isome
:nv-nr.
Dn
completed
uiav
4fc
gviito
v
"
icUtion:
e
r
n
adonted
;
:rp
not
made
public.
pIiciai
aid
that
they
IV
hn
m
t
i-lrt
n..utl.
i.i..
.ft.
'irp
..u
UUIIU
lift
kVl
Halilax
was
elected
t
17K
Arrmncf
P
i
uiWHUE.
Sept.
29
ff)
rn"y-Oenerai
R.
I.
Mnit.-
m
an
address
to
the
':nt
warned
against
un-
0I"--e
(rcedom
of
11
fn
and
ll-jainea
UuntM
nnol
cimnW
rfrftns
nff
TheV
i
blicii
two
Jupr";
"'"r"
----
k
v
should
not
be
too
particular.
Wood
is
wood.
Those
that
can,
store
It
In
the
basement
should
do
so.
Those
who
cannot
should
pile
It
up
outside
and
cover
it.
"Wood
cannot
be
shipped
to
our
armed
services
up
north
In
Alaska
and
out
In
the
Pacific.
Coal
can
be
so
shipped
and,
with
the
reduction
of
output
from
the
mines,
coal
will
be
di
verted
from
areas
accessible
to
wood.
Prince
Rupert
is
one
of
those
areas.
Aircraft,
Naval
Vessels,
Police
and
Fishing
Boats
Search
For
Local
Yacht
I"!
A
T
A
Til
A
IS!
SI
I
.A
VII
TTMniInCI?n
nM
ITALY'S
IlRAfHKR
'
J
Hi
"
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
aircraft,
naval
vessels,
provincial
police
and
fishing
boats
have
been
engaged
since
yesterday
in
a
general
search
for
the
56-foot
Prince
Rupert
motor
launch
Full
Moon
which
has
been
missing
since
last
Saturday
between
Porcher
Island
and
Prince
Rupert
and
for
ie
safety
of
which
nnri
those
on
board
Increasing!,
.
T
fool
euro
tllfl
nPOIllp
lWlnC
t
v,n,.,
oHmlltnH
Til
nsp
I
x
itvi
v
i
I
anxiety
la
wun
(iuun,.v.
.
,
along
the
railway
to
the
Interior!
the
Fu'
Moon
are
Dr.
along
...
the
coast.
,
Formerly
owned
..,ni
rrsnnnri
in
the
Droductlon
;
,miom
c
K-r.rnin
nnH
Mrs.
K(?r-
as
a
service
boat,
by
the-
bun
of
wood
for
the
city.
'
,n
and
two
children
and
MaryjInIet
Mlnln
Co'
the'
..x..
i.,i
nmminf
is
r.
.
.
r,..i.
j
i,t
nf
i
chased
vears
aco
by
Dr.
W.
T.
(prepared
to
do
Us
part
In
trans-
Mr
and
Mrs,ack
Bulger,
and
portatlon.
suosiay
hi
w
peggy
puiien,
aaugnicr
oi
Mrs.
hold
the
wood
at
the
present
n
p
Puiien.
"celling
price.
The
Full
Moon
left
Prince
Rup-
"The
coal
situation
Is
the
more
m
Septcmbcr
i8
with
Snug
serious
owing
to
the
threatened,
welcome
Harbor,
Porcher
strike,"
Mr.
Wllfert
observed
Salvation
Army
Fund
Campaign
Gets
Off
to
Start
With
Substantial
Already
acknowledged
Island,
28
miles
out,
as
its
des
tination,
Dr.
Kergln
planning
a
week's
rest.
He
was
expected
to
return
on
September
25
but
conditions
were
such
that
day
that
it
was
felt
he
might
not
have
essayed
the
trip
In.
On
Monday
the
halibut
boat
Atli,
Capt.
William
Bussey,
went
out
to
Snug
Cove
and
reported
no
sign
of
the
Full-
Mooi
having
'
hocn
there.
Yesterday
the
pro-
Jvlnclal
police
boat
went
out
and
2162'Int
naval
vessels
an-1
aircraft
started
Bulkley
Market
lu.lpo-oDeratlng.
Dr.
L.
W.
Kergin,
Evening
Empire
..:
'.uncle
of
the
missing
doctor,
R.
E.
Benson
John
Bulger
Ltd.
Dr.
John
Gibson
Modern
Beauty
Shop
B.
C.
Messenger
Helen's
Beauty
Shop
International
Cafe
Annette
Powell
Central
Lunch
Family
Shoe
Store
Geo.
Hill
Dr.
MJagulre
Rupert
Bakery
Total
to
date
5.00
I
noon
pn
an
air
reconnaissance
5
'which
took
in
all
waters
In
the
o-u
.
..i.iii..
r.t
Pnrrhnr
island
Hut
5.00
5.00
5.C0
5.00
10.00
10.C0
10.00
10.00
25.00
$2287.70
himself
went
yesterday
after
VII'IILIIV
ll
without
success
in
obtaining
any
clue
of
the
whereabouts
of
boat
or
party.
.
.
All
fishing
vessels
were
asked
lnnk-out
for
the
.
.
x
a
1
4V
A
rv
n
ri
ion
beaches
of
as
tney
expected
ana
a
u
Instead
of
bitter
battles
on
the
Italy
who
took
part
in
the
iM
assaul
Fl
th
army
encountered
at
Salerno
-Canadian
troops
on
the
Italian
mainland
found
little
or
no
opposition
from
German
or
Italian
defenders.
At
ashore
..from
landing
era
bringing
their
ransports
top
the
Canucks
are
shown
pouring
with
them.
Shortly
after
they
landed
Italian
prisoners
were
rolling
in,
many
o
them
giving
of
Italian
soldiers
perhaps
t
?'
up
without
a
fight.
A
group
their
government,
are
pictured
below
carrying
a
white
flag
as
they
seek
Allied
troops
to
whom
they
can
surrender.
.
U.
Si
Occupies
Pacific
Isle
Kergln,
now
of
Vancouver,
father
1
Result
of
Prane
Crash
in
Alaska
of
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergln,
by
wnom
she
was
acquired
a
couple
of
years
ago,-since
having
been
at
Ocean
Falls
and
later
at
Prince
Rupert.
The
fact
of
the
matter
Is
that
there
has
actually
been
no
report
pf
the
Full
Moon
since,
she
'eft
here
September
18.
There
Is
no
means
of
check
ing
PEARL
HARBOR.
Hawaii.,
Sept.
29
CP)
The
occupation
of
Nanumeau,
northernmost
island
of
the
Ellice
group,
by
United
States
marines
on
September
4
was
announced
yesterday
by
Pacific
Fleet
headquarters.
Six
Airmen
Are
Killed
Three
of
Crew
From
B.C.
Tonight's
Dim-out
mm
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
LIBRARY
8:00
p.m.
to
7:05
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No.
228.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBERM'"1
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
aples
Is
About
to
Fall
to
Allies
ussians
May
Cross
Dnieper
In
Force
f
ss
of
Important
dgehead
Is
ImminelfS
L
v
iii
i
4
L
1
1
emenuiuy
uue
iu
i
an
VANCOUVER,
Sept
29.
(CR
Six
members
of
.the
Royal
Canad
ian
Air
Force
weie
killed
Sat-'
urday
when
their
aircraft.
crashed
at
a
station
In
Alaska
The
R.
C.
A.
F.
announced
that
the
victims
Included
LAC
Rob-
ert
Haslett
and
LAC
Harry
Har
up
as
to,
whether
or
not
Vey
of
Vancouver,
and
Pilot
Of-
she
reached
Snug
Cove
wnere
fleer
John
Gordon
Mcrae
of
Ag
no
one
lives.
Baseball
Scores
American
-League
Detroit
1,
Boston
6.
Cleveland
11,
New'
Vork
3.
St.
Louis
3,
Philadelphia
8.
National
League
Brooklyn
2,
Pittsburgh
5.
Philadelphia
3-P,
Cincinnati
4-2.
New
York
2-1,
Chicago
3-2.
Boston
6-1,
St.
Louis
5-7.
International
League
Syracuse
2,
Toronto
0.
(Syra-
Full
Moon,
a
56-foot
vessel
with
cuse
wins
four
games
to
two).
white
hull
and
yellow
runnel,
American
Association
and
report
as
soon
asposslbleto
Columbus
3i
Indianapolis
0.
Prince
Rupert.
The
Full
Moon
is
(Columbus
leading
two
games
one
of
the
most
familiar
vessels
to
none).
assiz
B.
C.
The
others
were
not
named.
No
details
of
the
crash
were
announced,
Bulletins
KING
PETF.K
IN
CAIRO
CAIRO
King
Peter
of
Yugoslavia
has
arrived
here,
accompanied
by
his
Premier,
minister
of
foreign
affairs
and
commander
of
the
army.
DE
VALEKA
SPEAKS
DUBLIN
Premier
Eamonn
de
Valera
told
the
Fianna
Fail
party
today
that
efforts
would
probably
be
made
to
penalize
Eire
for
staying
out
of
the
war.
engines
Donkey
House
at
Nash
Assemb
ly
Yard
of
Hanson
Timber
&
Lumber
Co.
Burns.
Pole
yarding
operations
of
the
Hanson
Timber
&
Lumber
Co
at
the
Nash
assembly
yard
near
Skeena
Crossing
have
been
temporarily
disorganized
as
a
result
of
the
destruction
by
fire
at
3
o'clock
yesterday
morning
of
the
steam
donkey
house
which
contained
two
donkej'
engines
which
were
used
In
hauling
poles
out
of
the
river
from
the
booming
ground.
The
cause
of
the
fire
is
unknown.
The
crew
in
the
Nash
yard.
numbering
about
fifty
men,
Is
standing
by
pending
reorgan
lzatlon
of
operations.
Gas
donkeys
have
been
secured
so
the
work
may
be
proceeded
with.
There
are
many
poles
In
the
river
following
the
tpi"
dive.
There
was
no
Insurance.
Not.
i
knowing
definitely
the
extent
of
destruction,
Olaf
Hanson
Is
so
far
unable
to
estimate
the
exact
loss.
lap
Base
Fall
Due
Capture
of
Finschafen
Expected
Momentarily
Iljeavy
Bomb
ine
of
Wewak,
New
Guinea
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
IseplTTSif
The
AustraTfans
have
advanced
to
within
one
mile
of
the
Japanese
base
at
Finsehhafen,
New
Guinea,
and
report
of
its
capture
may
be
expected
momentarily,
Allied
headquarters
reported
today.
Wewak,
next
important
Japanese
base
up
the
New
Guinea
coast,
was
pounded
Monday
by
Allied
aircraft.
More
than
air
fights,
and
three
tankers
and
four
merchant
ships
were
sunk
in
the
harbor.
Must
Keep
Full
Peace
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Wany;
Against
any
Slackening
up
in
War
Effort.
LONDON,
Sept.
29
B
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
told
six
thousand
British
women
Tuesday
that
the
full
war
effort-
must
be
maintained
without
let-up
.
through
two
more
years
If
necessary
and
warned
that
Dissatisfied
With
Military
Service
Skeena
River
Indians
Want
Commissioner
to
D
i
s
cj
u
s
s
Grievance.
SKEENA
CROSSING,
Sept.
29
Moses
Jones
of
Skeena
vice-president
of
the
Native
Brotherhood
of
British
Colum
bia,
has
communicated
with
Andrew
Paull
of
Vancouver
asking
him
to
invite
Indian
Commls
sioner
D.
M.
MacKay
to
come
to
Hazelton
to
meet
the
representatives
of
reven
villages
In
Skeena
district.
The
calling
up
of
young
natives
for
military
service
Is
still
a
matter
of
grtev
ance.
General
Entire
Either
Advance
Along
Front
Between
Coast
of
Italy
British
and
Americans
Take
Possession
of
Last
Hills
and
are
Now
Moving
Across
Plains
In
Control
of
Sorrento
Peninsula.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Sept.
29
((CP)
The
Anglo-American
Fifth
Army
has
driven
the
Germans
from
last
mountain
positions
above
Salerno
and
is
pursuing
the
enemy
on
the
plain
within
fifteen
miles
of
Naples
the
fall
of
which
appeared
today
to
be
imminent.
The
Nazis
were
in
general
retreat,
leaving
the
Allies
in
complete
possession
of
Sorrento
Peninsula
which
separates
the
Bay
of
Naples
from
the
Oulf
Salerno.
In
a
final
drive
to
oust
the
enemy
from
strong
mountain
positions,
the
Allies
captured
Nocera,
vital
road
centre
of
the
coastal
plain
leading
to
Naples,
and
Castellamare,
important
naval
base
on
the
souther
shore
of
Naples
Bay.
In
London
the
British
Press
Association
said
It
had
learned
that
the
Fifth
Army
had
entered
Pompeii,
only
thirteen
air
line
miles
from
Naples.
Meanwhile
there
was
a
general
advance
on
the
entire
front,
ex
tending
across
Italy
from,
coast
to
coast
as
the
British
Kigntn
Army
at
the
eastern'
end
oV
the
line
also
moved
forward.
COMMANDER
CREE-HERE-
ment
after
visiting
Halifax
on
leave.
For
the
past
three
years
Com
mander
Cree
has
been
chief
staff
officer
to
the
commanding
officer,
Pacific
Coast,
having
been
staff
officer
to
the
com-
mander-ln-charge,
Halifax
dockyard,
before
coming
to
the
west
coast.
Commander
Cree
was
in
the
battleships
Illustrious
and
Erin
in
the
laft
war
and
saw
considerable
action
Including
the
Bat
tle
of
Jutland.
Then
he
went
to
the
minesweepers
and
later
take
considerable
special
Instruction
and
had
a
variety
of
appointments.
He
retired
from
the
Royal
Navy
as
a
Lleuten
ant-commander
In
1927
and
went
cattle
ranching
In
New
Mexico
and
later
gold
mining
In
California
and
Arizona.
The
outbreak
of
the
present
war
saw
apathy
or
slackening
of
peace
hlm
back
in
the
Navy,
would
bring
new
clangers.
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
larg-
,
nil
er
armies
and
more
powerful
jntCriOr
111
an
air
forces
would
be
striking
at
I
il,'"?iurlng
to
forth"
Is
Decorated
NEW
HAZELTON,
Sept.
29-Word
has
been
received
here
that
Flying
Officer
Ernest
Robin
has
been
awarded
the
Distinguished
Flying
Cross.
Flying
Officer
Robin
is
on
duty
with
the
Royal
Air
Force
East
Africa
forces.
He
is
the
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
F.
Robin
of
Pacific
and
his
wife
and
baby
daughter
reside
in
New
Hazelton.
HC
was
formerly
a
Canadian
National
Telegraphs
operator.
AIRMAN'S
BODY
RECOVERED
The
body
of
Leading
Aircraftsman
J.
O.
Dorge
of
Irvine,
Alberta,
killed
last
week
at
Seal
Cove
In
an
aircraft
explosion,
was
recovered
over
the
week-,
end
and
was
sent
to
the
prairie
home
on
last
night's
train.
The
body
of
Aircraftsman
One
J.
A.
Fraser
of
Chase,
Vancouver
Is
land,
Is
still
missing.
BURKE
IS
ACQUITTED
Found
Not
Guilty
of
Counseling:
to
Forgery
and
Freed
Yesterday
Afternoon.
Making
a
clean
sweep
of
ac
quittals
in
all
four
criminal
pro-,
secutlons
brought
before
the
fall
session
of
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here,
Ernest
Burke,
charged
with
counseling
to
for
gery,
was
found
not
guilty
yesterday
by
the
Jury
which
heard
the
second
trial
before
Mr.
Jus
tice
II.
I.
Bird.
Th?
accused,
who
had
been
in
custody,
was
thereupon
discharged.
In
the
first
trial
the
Jury
hid
disagreed.
The
second
trial
was
carried
out
with
dlsjiatch,
having
commenced
at
10
a.m.
with
the
verdict
in
at
3:45
pjn.
The
acquittal
of
Burke
XomeWferreeTOtinselrfWf
Brown,
made
a
motion
that
the
New
Naval
Offlcer-ln-Charge
Judge
should
direct
acquittal
at
Prince
R
liner
t
Arrives
To-lnnHnir
owing
in
to
unc-jHefantm-v
unsatisfactory
evidenc
svlrfsnxa
day
to
Assume
Duties.
Commander
Charles
M.
Cree
R.
C.
N.
arrived
In
the
city
today
from
Victoria,
to
assume
the
post
of
naval
offlcer-ln-charge
at
Prince
Rupert,
succeeding
Commander
D.
C.
Wal-
sixty
planes
of
the
enemy
were
,
lace
D.
s.
C,
R.
C.
N.
R.
who
is
destroyed,
eight
of
them
in
proceeding
to
a
new
appoint
J
of
certain
crown
witesses.
The
iiiubiuu
wao
tfiaubcu
auu
tiic
Judge
advised
the
Jury
of
the
unsatisfactory
evidence.
The
ury
then
retired
and
ten
min
utes
later
returned
the
verdict
of
acquittal.
Court
Dissolves
Four
Marriages
Five
petitions
for
dlvorcs
came
before
Mr.
Justice
H.
I.
Bird
yesteray
and
today
to
conclude
the
fall
session
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Assizes.
Four
petitions
were
granted
by
his
Lordship
and
one
was
dismissed.
The
divorces
granted
were
as
follows:
Emil
Michael
Smith
vs
Pearl-Kathleen
Smith.
Oscar
Franklin
Stewart
vs
Jessie
May
Stewart.
Fred
Lawrence
Wesch
vs
Dorothy
Wesch.
Andrew
Olsen
Morse
vs
Anna
Morse.
Trie
case
of
Ole
J.
Kildal
vs
Signe
Kildal
was
dismissed.
T.
W.
Brown
represented
the
petitioner
In
all
cases
except
the
Morse
case
In
which
the
petitioner
was
represented
by
W.
O.
Fulton.
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