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that
the
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to
Prince
Ru-
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Governor
Gen-
Canada
and
Princess
3
take
place
from
;jr
C:ptember
4,
to
Ef-temfcir
u.
Their
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s.i.lt,IUIb
P'l.
".e
Rupert
over
r
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holiday
The
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connection
with
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help
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Aug.
13
O)
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Slrls
of
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of
Women's
demanded
wom-
DISPC
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r
Twenty
Thousand
Aircraft
Workers
in
Montreal
Are
Returning
to
Jobs
MONTREAL,
Aug.
13
CB
,
A
'Union
spokesman
said
Thurs-I
day
night
that
the
Labor
dispute
Involving
20,000
aircraft
work
ers
in
the
Montreal
area
had
been
settled
and
the
men
would
.....wtinTFRS
in
srt
returning
to
work
Friday
n
m
rjuvywi
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i
w
i
u
i
n
m
ruurinnni
war
i.iiihii
agreed
to
review
the
nnd
occupation
question
of
the
cost-of-living
v
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Italian
fcj
taknn
Is
a
gen-jnandcr
of
the
x
.1.
Centre
Headway
'-
forthcoming
!
ci.ilval
were
fur-M
at
a
meeting
of
i
-.c.:tee
Wednes-
,
T
Nurt3n
Youngs
.
r
ter'amment
fea
diversions
are
cite
the
carnival
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-
outstanding
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a
ever
held
In
NOTHING
TO
SAY
CBC
Officials
Have
No
Announcement
Regarding
Local
Radio
Station
VICTORIA,
Aug.
13
tft-Offl-cials
or
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
meeting
here,
said
yesterday
that
there
would
be
no
announcement
at
this
time
concerning
the
Prince
Rupert
radio
station
which
at
present
Is
being
oper
ated
on
lease
from
its
original
owners.
The
CBC
officials
Intimated
that
consideration
of
new
developments
for
the
station
might
have
to
be
postponed
until
after
the
war.
COMMUNIST
ORGANIZING
New
Group
is
Being
Formed
in
Prince
Rupert
Answering
the
call
by
the
British
Columbia
Provincial
Initiative
committee
for
the
for
mation
of
a
new
political
party
of
Communists,
a
meeting
was
held
recently
In
Prince
Rupert
to
discuss
and
organize
a
local
l
club
and
to
receive
applications
of
all
who
were
Interested
in
olrilng
the
new
Socialist
party.
Between
20
and
30
people
were
present
and,
after
lengthy
discussion,
a
temporary
commit
tee
was
elected
to
receive
ap-
further
discussion
groups
and
lecture
groups
on
the
question.
The
officers
of
this
commit
tee
will
function
until
after
the
National
Convention
in
Toronto
on
August
20,
where
such
ques
tions
as
choosing
the
name
01
the
new
party,
drawing
up
the
constitution
and
deciding
the
political
policy
of
the
party
will
be
settled.
The
acting
chairman
and
sec
retary
of
the
committee
are
Charles
Vlzer
and
H.
Lewis
London
Boosts
Peace
Aviation
LONDON,
Aug.
13
W
ThJ
Royal
Aeronautical
Society
is
preparing
a
plan
for
aeronautical
engineering
training
in
Britain
which
they
would
co-ordinate
with
a
Commonwealth
scheme
as
soon
as
possible.
The
council
of
the
society
was
recommended
to
form
a
committee
with
government
representation
to
prepare
the
blueprint,
taking
Into
account
first
all
military
personnel
returning
from
service.
A
Ministry
of
Aircraft
Production
official,
Dr.
H.
Roxbee-Cox,
said
the
provision
of
an
aeronautical
centre
complete
with
airdrome
for
teaching
students
was
suggested,
with
ex
tension
and
co-ordination
ot
existing
services
and
facilities
for
training
men
and
women
in
all
sections
of
the
Industry.
She
St.
Louis
Further
Improves
Its
Position
in
National
League;
Close
Runner-up
Races
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
13
O
St.
Louis
Cardinals
extended
their
lead
In
the
National
League
yesterday
by
winning
over
the
New
York
Giants
wnne
tne
natl
Reds,
fourtecn-and-a-naii
games
behind,
both
lost
their
games
to
the
Phillies
and
Brooklyn
Dodgers
respectively,
remaining
tied
for
the
runner-up
position.
The
leading
New
York
Yankees
defeated
the
St.
Louis
Brows
in
the
American
League
and
are
nine-and-a-half
games
ahead
of
the
Detroit
Tigers
who
won
from
the
Washington
Senators,
ousting
them
from
second
place.
Chicago
White
Sox
split
a
double-header
with
the
Boston
Red
sox
ana
are
how
sharing
fourth
place
with
the
Cleveland
Indians
who
won
from
the
Philadelphia
Athletics.
Yesterday's
Big
League
scores
were
as
follflws:
National
League
Brooklyn
3,
Cincinnati
0.
St.
Louis
4,
New
York
1.
nnston
3.
Chicago
2.
5.
Philadelphia
4
Pittsburgh
3.
American
League
Cleveland
4,
Philadelphia
3.
Boston
10-6,
Chicago
6-7.
Detroit
10,
Washington
3.
New
York
6,
St.
Louis
2.
Pacific
Coast
Seattle
4,
Oakland
2.
Los
Angeles
8,
San
Diego
4.
Portland
2,
Hollywood
1.
San
Francisco
6,
Sacramento
American
Association
Louisville
3,
Kansas
City
2.
Toledo
2,
inneapolis
0.
Columbus
2,
St.
Paul
1.
Milwaukee
11,
Indianapolis
5.
International
League
Toronto
7-4,
Baltimore
5-8.
Newark
7,
Rochester
1.
Buffalo
3,
Syracuse
1.
ome
and
,
'
'
r
''GQ
C.Ur
.
BRITISH
TROOPS
ARE
WELCOMED
BY
SICILIANS
When
unit
of
the
British
Eighth
Army,
now
pounding
towards
jMesslna,
on
the
east
coast
of
Sicily,
passed
through
the
captured
town
of
Milltello,
they
were
Recorded
this
hearty
welcome
by
civilians.
Wine
was
proffered
the
victors.
Soviet
Not
In
Parley
At
Quebec
MOSCOW,
Aug.
13
CP)
-
Moscow
announced
officl
ally
today
that
Soviet
par-
tlclpatlon
"was
not
and
Is
not
envisaged"
In
the
forth-
comlnft
Churchill-Roosevelt
conference
at
Quebec
and
was
that
the
talks
would
deal
nrimarilv
with
the
war
,thc
first-
London
'fre
action
,
In
Japan.
CARDS
HAVE
HEAVY
LEAD
,
...
I
...
.
.
j
,..i
ho
nm
nartv.
to
convene
any
,
pittsoure
t'iraies
ana
v,nn.m
aw
v
"
-
-J
1
w
future
meetings
and
to
organize
.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
206,000
pounds,
175
and
16.
Canadian
None.
American
Arrow,
50,000,.
17.5
and
16.
Booth
and
Royal.
Sitka,
43,000,
175
and
16,
Storage.
Seattle,
68,000,
17.5
and
16,
At-lin
and
Pacific.
Borgund,
45,000,
175
and
16,
Storage.
"World
of
Plenty"
LONDON,
Aug.
13
W
"World
of
Plenty,"
first
government
film
deallfig
with
post-war
plans,
has
been
released
for
showing
In
Britain.
The
film
was
first
shown
to
delegates
of
the
World
Food
Conference
at
Hot
Springs,
Virginia.
President
Roosevelt,
Henry
Wallace,
vice-president
of
the
United
States,
and
Wellington
Koo
appear
on
the
screen.
ACTION
ON
SICILY
An
overhead
view
of
a
Sicilian
town
betng
occupied
by
Allied
forces.
Troops
and
mobile
units
can
be
seen
deploying
through
the
streets
after
rolling
off
landing
craft
which
carried
them
across
the
Mediterranean.
FLY-SWATTER
IN
HANI),
"MONTY"
PRAISES
CANADIANS
IN
SICILY
Standing
on
a
landing
craft,
emphasizing
his
points
with
the
fly-swatter
in
his
hand,
General
Montgomery,
famed
leader
of
the
British
Eighth
Army,
talks
to
Canadian
forces
now
attached
to
his
command
in
the
Sicilian
campaign,
'
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Hall
an
hour
after
sunset
to
fi
f
11
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
9:4f
pjn.
to
5:45
a
xa.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
13,
1943
9:56
p.m.
to
5:38
ajn.
Berlin
Are
Both
Bombe
!HG
SEiNERir-;;;;;;;'""
B,
C.
Star,
Under
Charter
To
R.CAJ.,
Lost
With
Nineteen
on
Board
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
13
(CP)
It
became
known
last
night
that
'the
67-foot
former
seine-boat
and
packer
B.C.
Star
was
missing
on
a
Voyage
in
Hecate
Straits
and
was
believed
lost
while
carrying
fifteen
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
men
and
four
passengers.
Two
drifting
lifeboats
were
found.
The
next
of
kin
have
been
advised.
The
B.
C.
Star
was
being
used
in
plying
coastal
waters
as
a
supply
boat
by
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
She
ha;
been
missing
for
several
days'
and,
despite
a
widespread
search,
no
trace
of
the
vessel
itself
has
yet
been
found,
an
official
Air
Force
statement
said
Thursday
night.
The
statement
said
that
the
search
will
be
continued
until
the
boat
Is
found
or
is
positively
known
to
have
foundered.
Eight
of
the
fifteen
men
on
board
were
from
British
Columbia
and
seven
from
other
parts
of
Canada.
None
are
from
the
Prince
Rupert
area.
Although
search
was
conducted
out
of
here
for
the
B.
C.
Star,
no
statement
Is
obtainable
from
the
Air
Force
at
this
point.
The
B.
C.
Star
was
not
operating
out
of
here.
READY
FOR
BIG
Staffs
Get
Ready
at
Quebec
While
Churchill
and
Daughter
Take
Jaunt
QUEBEC,
August
13
During
the
absence
yesterday
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
on
a
trip
to
Niagara
Falls
with
his
daughter,
Mary,
members
of
the
official
and
military
staffs
were
busy
here
preparing
for
'the
conference
between
Mr.
Church-
Ill
and
President
Franklin
D
j
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States.
Following
the
stay
at
Niagara
Falls,
Mr.
Churchill
and
daughter
left
for
an
unannounced
destination.
Funeral
Of
Oscar
Larsen
The
funeral
of
the
late
Oscar
Larsen,
well
known
city
pioneer,
took
place'
this
afternoon
from
the
Grenville
Court
Chapel
of
the
B.C.
Undertakers,
Rev.
Magnus
Anderson,
pastor
of
St,
Paul's,
Lutheran
Church,
offici
ating.
Organist
was
Mrs.
J.
S.
Black.
The
ceremony
was
under
the
direction
of
the
Valhalla
Lodge,
S.F.
of
A.,
No.
67,
and
at
the
graveside
In
Falrvlew
Cemetery,
a
lodge
ceremony
was
held.
Pallbearers
were
O.
A.
John
son,
A.
O.
Morse,
II.
Christian
sen,
A.
Anderson,
Ole
Evlndson
and
George
Rudderham.
Is
Injured
In
Accident
Elrol
Nlelson,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
Nielson,
853
Eleventh
Avenue
East,
was
taken
to
hospital
yesterday
afternoon
suffering
from
a
broken
collar
bone
and
bruises
following
an
accident
In
which
he
ran
into
the
side
of
a
moving
Royal
Cana
dian
Air
Force
truck.
The
accident
occurred
on
Third
Avenue
shortly
after
3
o'clock.
Apparently
the
boy,
who
was
hurriedly
crossing
the
street,
ran
Into
the
side
of
the
truck
and
was
struck
on
the
shoulder
by
a
spare
tire,
being
hurled
for
a
short
distance.
His
condition
this
morning
was
reported
to
be
favorable.
Be
Probed
mania
pending
investigation
to
fix
the
blame
for
an
American
bomber
raid
on
August
1
which
caught
he
defenders
napping.
Report-
edly
most
of
the
Rumanian
guard
had
taken
the
Sun-
4'
day
off,
leaving
only
a
skel-
eton
force.
ISTANBUL,
Aug.
13
CP)
Germany
has
ordered
a
mil-
ltary
cordon
thrown
about
Ploestl
oil
fields
of
Ruma-
-
ENEMY
IS
HARDHIT
Big
Industrial
Cities
of
North
ern
Italy
Target
Last
Night
Of
Royal
Air
Force
ANTI-WAR
DEMONSTRATIONS
LONDON,
August
13
The
I
Swiss
radio
said
today
that
anti-war
demonstrations
had
broken
out
in
Milan
today
following
the
heavy
air
raid
last
night.
Axis
troops
are
patrolling
the
streets.
BERNE,
August
13
The
great
northern
Italian
industrial
cities
of
Milan
and
Turin
were
sub
jected
by
the
Royal
Air
Forte
last
night
to
as
heavy
air
raids
as
they
have
sustained
in
th?
war.
Raging
flames
could
be
seen
many
miles
away.
Antiaircraft
defences
put
up
a
great
fire.
Whole
city
blocks
In
Milan
were
destroyed
by
the
bombing
One.
of.
the,
clty's,
iargest
and
finest
buildings
was
completely
demolished.
YANKS
IN
BIG
RAID
Cologne
Area
in
Germany
Heavily
Hammered
by
Flying
Fortresses
LONDON,
August
13
Three
Industrial
towns
In
the
Cologne
area
including
Gelsenkirshen
ind
Bonn
were
subjected
to
heavy
raids
by
United
States
flying
fortresses.
Heavy
damage
was
done.
Twenty-five
of
the
fortresses
failed
to
return
and
twenty-three
German
fighters
were
shot
down
In
combat.
MAKES
'EM
INDIANS
YOXFORD,
England,
Aug.
13
CP
This
rural
district
council
In
Suffolk
warned
against
bath
ing
because
the
village
sewage
runs
Into
the
river.
Some
peo-
Bombing
of
Rome
Italian
People
Are
Reminded
of
British
Threat
Railway
Yards
Hit
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Aug.
13
(CP)
A
huge
fleet
of
United
States
bombers
again
bombed
Rome
today,
destructively
emphasizing
for
the
Italians
the
recent
warning
that
Allied
.
mass
raids
were
about
to
be
resumed.
Today's
raid
followed
up
last
night's
mightiest
raid
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
northern
Italy,
devastating
Milan
and
Turin.
The
attack
on
Rome
took
place
before
noon
with
railway
freight
yards
the
principal
targets.
The
raid
probably
equalled
the
first
in
size.
So
far
as
is
known
no
statement
of
explanation
was
radioed
to
the
Italian
people
this
time
as
was
done
before.
CONTEST
STANDING
Olga
Sather,
Nominee
of
Sons
Ot
Norway,
Moves
Into
Leadership
Olga
Sather,
candidate
of
the
Sons
of
Norway,
has
moved
into
the
leadership
in
the
Carnival
Queen
contest
with
a
slight
margin-now
over
the
Gyro
Club's
candidate;
Miss
Thelda
McEwen.
The
standings
to
date
are:
Olga
Sather,
Sons
of
Norway
23,000
Thelda
McEwen,
Gyro
Club
27,000
May
McElwein,
Dry
Dock
23,000
Lillian
Wallace,
Retail
Merchants
12,000
Margaret
Davidson,
Moose
11,000
Collision
On
Highway
A
member
of
the
Canadian
Army
was
taken,
to
hospital
for
slight
injuries
following
a
collision
between
a
B.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
truck
and
an
army
staff
car
Nabout
two
miles
out
of
Prudhomme
Lake
highway
at
10
o'clock
last
night.
Driver
of
the
truck
was
Bryan
Johnston.
ROYAL
CHAUFFEUR
ADDLESTON,
England,
Aug.
13
CD
Driver
T.
Thomas
of
pie
Insisted,
so
the
district
med-
this
Surrey
village
wrote
his
leal
officer
ordered
a
brown
wife
from
the
Middle
East
that
dye
to
be
dumped
in
the
river
he'd
had
the
"time
of
my
life,
upstream
and
now
bathers
corns
;
He
drove
the
King
130
miles
nut
innklne'
like
North
Amerl-
in
one
day
during
his
recent
can
Indians.
visit.
WAR
NEWS
ROME
AND
BERLIN
BOMBED
LONDON
United
States
bombers,
under
command
of
General
James
DooUttle,
staged
another'
attack
on
Rome
shortly
before
noon
today.
Last
night
the
Royal
Air
Force
attacked
military
objectives
in
Berlin,
losing
fifteen
bombers
including
two
Canadian.
RUSSIANS
IN
KHARKOV
LONDON
The
Russians
stormed
through
the
suburbs
of
Kharkov
Thursday
to
within
five
miles
of
the
Ukraine
metropolis
from
the
northeast
while
other
columns
in
the
south
smashed
into
the
strong
point
of
Chuguev
where
the
Germans
were
in
full
retreat,
a
Moscow
communique
said.
In
the
Bryansk
offensive,
the
Russians
captured
more
than
one
hundred
populated
places.
CLOSE
TRAP
ON
JAPS
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
THE
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC
Tlie
Americans
continue
to
advance
closing
the
trap
on
ait
encircled
Japanese
garrison
at
Haliuke
Harbor,
on
New
(icorgia
Island,
the
Allied
command
reported
today.
Halroko
is
the
only
remaining
point
of
Japanese
resistance
on
New
Georgia.
Latest
reports
place
the
Americans
within
two
miles
of
the
harftor.
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