British
Guns
Found
on
Kiska-Occupation
Story
By
HERB
JONES
(Canadian
Press
War
Correspondent)
SsKA
ISLAND,
Aug.
24
Canadians
formed
combat
teams
wnicn
came
asnore
irom
irans-on
August
16
near
Witchcraft
Point
at
the
pnH
of
Kiska
island.
Lriran
forces
had
begun
their
landing
the
day
H
.
j.
.
'before
farther
south
near
Quls-
&
TlUng
Cove.
irbert
Jones
irted
Here
1)
Jc::r
Canadian
r
rrc
:pondent
at
U
Y:.s
At
utions,
paid
:t
to
Pilnce
Rupert
a
ivcj
a
year
ago
to
ar.d
w::'te
up
local
de-
s
tr.1
defence
units.
sis
hw
firjt
military
zizii
and
he
received
:z.:,:
from
the
Rupert
Dally
News.
b::":cnf
articles
re-
w.ie.pread
publica-
'-v.
'.:cut
the
coun
Cases
Up
Mice
Court
were
five
liquor
case3
-
-f
!
against
Mor--rljr.ally
charged
:i
t:
.-ult.
was
chan-
tt
cibliclv
intoxlcat-
)
f
)
involved
in
a
K
t."
soldiers
on
f.v.
durlne
which
he
"
t-i
tad
a
bottle
of
?
r"
:
b
he
had
paid
if
f-
:m
Mm
by
a
sol
id
r
i
tlf
had
"taken
a
.:d!c
He
was
fined
p
Banttte
Marlon,
wl!a
belns
publicly
ln-
a,
was
f
nprt
S25
or
i
Brooks,
native,
pleaded
V
bc'r.;
tn
possession
of
pnd
was
fined
$25,
or
one
White
native,
appeared
p
sc::;nd
charge
against
ol
being
in
possession
''if
permit
He
claimed
tot
bcunht
the
permit
P
the
-snature
on
the
i8
no'
m
the
same
t:'4"3
a;
that
on
his
reg-
f
rd
On
this
charge
"cl
$50
or
one
month.
-wic
Centre
arniva
pCII
MIGHT
US
WEEK
drawing
for
FIVE
ssn
rjctory
Honds
"'day
Night
i
?.e
l!o"d
Drawing
urday
Miht
All
expected
to
encounter
op
position
despite
late
aerial
reconnaissance
reports
that
there
was
little
activity
ashore.
Haw
ever,
the
landings
were
unop
posed
although-
everywhere
in
the
hills
were
found
trenches,
dugouts
and
pillboxes
which
of
ficers
conceded
might
have
been
hard
to
take.
The
aerial
bombing-and
naval
shelling
which
preceded
the
in
vasion
may
have
been
the
de
ficers.
We
reached
the
main
encampment
.at
Kiska
Harbor
August
17
to
find
a
scene
of
destruction.
The
shore
was
pitted
by
shell
and
bomb
craters.
There
were
wrecks
of
Japanese
Zero
float
planes
in
the
broken
hangar
with
other
on
the
beach.
Three
freighters
were
beached
with
the
masts
of
a
fourth
marking
the
spot
where
she
had
been
scuttled
or
sunk
by
bombs.
Japanese
trucks,
cars,
motorcycles
and
bicycles
some
American-made,
lay
all
around.
Most
!:
',f
Vance
in
city
loi'tnem
naa
oeen
siraiearDomo-
vt
terday
morning.
'
and
burned.
at
:u:sed
being
na-1
The
airplane
runway
was
pit
ted
with
craters
and
nad
never
been
used.
Two
miles
away
lay
the
shat
tered
submarine
base
with
hulks
of
three
rusted
two-man
submarines
lying
amid
the
wreckage
of
their
cradles.
The
Japanese
radio
station
had
also
been
smashed
but
a
huge
underground
hospital
was
found
Intact
with
surgical
instruments
on
the
tables.
others
of
similar
calibre
and
British
manufacture
were
located
on
other
parts
of
the
main
Island.
On
a
hiU
overlooking
the
village
was
a
tiny
Japanese
shrine
untouched
by
bombs
or
dam-
,J
charjes
He
pleaded
age.
Some
of
our
Canadian
boys
being
publicly
lntoxl-used
"
Ior
a
camp'
nl
m
fined
$30
or
14
HERE
FROM
KISKA
ISLE
British
United
Press
Corres
pondent
Flies
in
from
North
Enroute
to
Montreal
Jim
McLean,
war
corres-Dondent
of
British
United
Mario
Fortl,
Italian
anti-Fas-
clst,
told
a
meeting
mat
ine
Free
Italy
Movement
In
Britain
had
agreed
that
Ethiopia
should
be
given
back
to
Italy
after
the
war
and
that,
Eritrea
and
Som-
aliland
should
'be
opened
to
Italian
Immigration.
Premier
Had
Close
Call
Premier
Churchill
Missed
Death
Ily
Inches
During
Great
Blitz
of
November,
19
10
QUEBEC,
Aug,
21
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
missed
death
by
inches
when
a
Nazi
bomb
demolished
the
treasury
building;
next
door
to
No.
10
Downing
Street,
killing
12
persons
and
smashing
part
of
the
Churchill
residence.
The
story
was
published
in
Britain.
It
was
told
in
Quebec
Monday
by
an
official
closely
connected
with
the
incident.
The
bombing
occurred
in
November,
1910,
during
the
German
blitz.
Mr.
Churchill,
Information
Minister
Brendan
Backen
and
Air
Secretary
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair
were
in
No.
10
Downing
Street
at
the
time.
None
of
the
British
cabinet
t
mlnUfprv
harl
rnn
tn
hnmh
(AI.IU4
i
vnpauvgb
,
jJjflterS
evacuation,
it
is
Denevea
oy
oi-
SPIES
ARE
ARRESTED
Two
Women
and
Man
Are
Taken
Into
Custody
in
Detroit
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Aug.
24
W
The"
Department
of
Justice
announced
today
the
arrest
In
Detroit
of
two
women
and
a
man
on
charges,
of.
espionage
for
gatKerlng
information
for
Nazt
Germany.
They
were
Grace
Buchanan-Dineen,
aged
34,
Mrs.
Theresa
Behrens,
44,
and
Dr.
Fred
William
Thomas,
44.
Attack
by
Air
On
Chungking
,
CHUNGKING,
Aug.
24
A
force
of
Japanese
bombing
planes
estimated
at
47
attempt-
In
some
unsmashed
huts
were
!
ed
aDDroach
Chungking
yes-
opened
cans
of
Japanese
food
terday
but
were
driven
off
by
salmon,
asparagus,
rice
anaitne
antiaircraft
fire
of
the
de-
peas
and
ate
it
to
supplement
uen(jcrs.
our
army
ration.
Three
six-inch
guns
were
found
on
little
Kiska
Island-over
the
harbor
mouth
and
w
I
a
Army
tAiwn
-iRed
Another
Island
4
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Aue.
24
While
American
arid
Canadian
forces
consolidate
their
newly
occupied
posi-
.Hons
on
Kiska
Island,
an-
other
Island
In
the
Aleutlons
20
miles
east
of
Kiska
has
been
occupied.
Shake-up
In
Reich
LONDON,
Aug.
24
(CP)
Heinrich
Himmler
was
appointed
Ministrr
of
Interior
of
the
Reich
today
in
a
widespread
shake-up
of
Adolf
Hitler's
subordinates,
the
Berlin
radio
reported
today.
The
an
nouncement
said
that
Himmler,
Reichleader
and
chief
of
police,
succeeded
Reichminls-ter
Dr.
William
Frick
who
is
being
relieved
to
take
over
the
post
of
protector
of
Bohemia
and
Moravia
in
Czechoslovakia.
Reports
said
that
the
move
threw
out
"at
his
own
request"
Baron
Konstantin
von
Neurath,
long
time
major
party
functionary,
who
was
former
ambassador
to
London
and
once
German
minister
of
foreign
affairs.
Also
"retired
at
his
own
re
quest"
as
acting
secretary
of
state
in
the
German
Ministry
of
the
Interior
was
Hans
Pf
undtnec
who.
has
.been
ap-pointed
minister
without
Reporting
On
Parley
British
Ambassador
to
Spain
Returning
Home
After
Meeting
Spanish
Dictator
MADRID,
Aug.
24
Sir
Sam-ual
Hoare
left
Madrid
today
for
England
to
report
to
the
British
government
on
the
result
of
recent
special
conferences
with
General
Francisco
Franco,
the
Spanish
dictator.
Drives
On
Continues
its
Advance
with
Concentrated
Pressure
on
Donets
Batin
Area
MOSCOW,
Aug.
24
The
Red
Army,
while
continuing
its
ad-
Vance
all
alnnir
the
line
with
Increased
acceleration,
Is
con
centrating
on
the
Donets
Basin
area
where
it
drove
ahead
an
estimated
eighteen
to
twenty
miles
vesterdav.
The
enemy
is
suffering
heavy
losses
and
the
whole
line
to
wards
the
Dnieper
River
ap
pears
to
be
breaking.
CARE
IN
CHOOSING
i
Only
Best
Type
of
Settlers
Should
be
Permitted
in
North
Country,
Says
Anscomb
EDMONTON,
Aug.
24
Here
on
his
way
to
the
Peace
River
country
where
he
will
represent
the
provincial
government
erf
British
Columbia
at
the
opening
of
the
Peace
River
Highway
bridge
on
August
30,
Hon.
Herbert
Anscomb,
minister
of
pib-,
lie
works,
expressed
the
opinion
that
care
should
be
exercised
in
the
,kind
of
settlers
who
Should
permitted
to
go
Into
the
north
country
after
the
war.
Baseball
Scores
American
League
Chicago
7-7,
Philadelphia
0-6.
New
York
4,
Detroit
1.
St.
Louis
2-5,
Washington
1-10.
Boston
9,
Cleveland
7.
National
League
St.
Louis
14,
Boston
5.
.International
League,
Syracuse
4,
Newark
3
SUNDAY
American
Association
Milwaukee
8-1,
Toledo
7-T.
Indianapolis
6-5,
Minneapolis
5-17.
11.
St,
Paul
2-5,
Louisville
1-0.
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
loca
....
59
We
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Ifaxis'-131
54
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise).
V
9:23
p.m.
to
6:04
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
..vtt
nc
198
PRINCE
RUPERT,
BATljESDAUGljST
24,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
HUR
tiJLL
-
ROOSEVELT
STATEMENT
jerican
Vehicles
and
I
Necessary
Decisions
Taken;
Move
Ahead
With
Global
Warf
are
i
.
.
UNANIMOUS
DECISIONS
REACHED
AT
QUE-
fluawa
Cno
BEC
RUSSIA
BEING
KEPT
ADVISED
1
,
,
JAPAN
LOOMS
LARGE
iHalt
HolldaV
QUEBEC,
Aug.
21
(CP)
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
and
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
announced
today
that
"necessary
decisions
have
been
taken
"to
provide
for
forward
action
of
armies,
navies
and
air
forces
against
the
enemy
on
global
scale.
In
a
joint
statement
issued
as
part
of
a
joint
press
conference,
the
Allied
leaders
announced:
1
Unanimous
decisions
of
military
and
political
nature
have
been
taken
at
the
Quebec
conference.
2
Full
reports
of
the
decisions
as
they
affect
the
war
against
Germany
and
Italy
will
be
furnished
to
Russia.
3
Later
this
week
a
member
of
government
will
announce
joint
policy
in
relation
to
the
French
Committee
on
National
Liberation.
4
Another-
Anglo-American
conference
will
be
held
before
the
end
of
the
year
in
addition
to
any
tri-partite
conference
it
is
possible-
to
ar
range
with
Russia.
5
Military
discussions
here
have
turned
very
largely
upon
the
war
against
Japan
and
the
bringing
of
effective
aid
to
China.
Receives
Two
Years
A
sentence
of
two
years
In
J
was
was
passed
passed
upon
upon
Joseph
josepn
decent
act
on
August
7.
Halibut
Sales
American
Vansee.
56,000.
17.5
and
Columbus
5-1,
Kansas
City
3-
Booth,
Atlin
and
Pacific.
16,
MAKE
ROME
OPEN
CITY
9U
LONDON,
Aug.
24
W
Italy
Theriault.
by
Judge
E
D.
Wood-
has
formally
advlsed
the
Br,tlsh
Duru
ill
cuumy
court
jcsiciuaj
Baltimore
4-5,
Jersey
City
1-6.
lor
the
commission
of
an
in-
and
United
States
governments
of
steps
taken
to
demilitarize
Rome
with
a
view
to
having
the
Italian
capital
treated
as
an
open
city,
a
Stefani
broadcast
said
today.
The
Rome
radio
on
August
14
said
the
Badogllo
government
Recovery,
30,000,
17.5
and
16,
had
decided
to
declare
Rome
an
I
Cold
Storage.
open
city.
German
Capital
Is
Severely
Blitzed
CL0SET0
SALAMAUA
Australian
Forces
Continue
Their
Advance
Upon
Important
Japanese
Base
in
New
Guinea
Press,
on
his
way
to
head-
!
drome.
The
Japanese
japanese
are
are
quarters
In
Montreal
after
being
at
Kiska
Island
with
the
American
and
Canadian
occupational
force,
arrived
in
rrince
Rupert
by
aircraft
this
morning.
McLean
went
ashore
with
ihe
landing
troops
and
went
through
the
sameexperiences
as
they
did.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC,
Aug.
24
Continuing
their
advace
on
the
important
Japanese
base
of
Sala-maua
on
New
Guinea
Island,
Australian
forces
have
crossed
the
Francisco
River
and
are
aDDroaching
the
edge
of
the
alr-
withdrawing.
suu
Allied
warships
have
entered
the
straits
between
New
Guinea
and
New
Britain
to
shell
enemy
installations.
CONTEST
STANDING
May
McElwaln,
Dry
Dock
72,000
Olga
Sather,
sons
oi
Norway
62,100
Thelda
McEwen,
Gryo
Club
4".60
Margaret
Davidson,
Moose
35,400
Lillian
Wallace,
Retail
Merchants
26,100
POUNDING
AT
NAPLES
Not
a
Single
Axis
Defender
Went
Up
to
Meet
Allied
Bombers
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA.
Aug.
24
O
Allied
bomber
fleets
have
hammered
two
more
key
railway
points
near
.
Naples
without
meeting
a
single
Axis
defender
while
other
Allied
aircraft
raided
Barl
on
the
southeastern
coast,
it
was
announced
today.
No
enemy
fighters
rose
to
challenge
the
daylight
bombing
of
Battipaglla,
south
of
Naples,
or
a
pre-dawn
pounding
of
Bag-noil
in
the
environs
of
Naples.
Continued
improvement
of
the
coho
run
on
ithe
trolling
grounds
is
reported.
Fishing
conditions
have
been
more
favorable
of
late.
The,
fishermen
have
been
making
good
catches
and
substantial
landings
are
coming
to
port.
Some
of
the
glllnetters
are
now
turning
their
attention
to
trolling.
.
BERLIN
HEAVILY
RAIDED
Subjected
Last
Night
to
Greatest
Bombing
Any
Capital
Ever
Had
LONDON,
Aug.
V
I
(CD-Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
smashed
at
Berlin
last
night
in
raid
twice
as
heavy
as
!a
any
capital
ever
suffered,
dropping
about
two
thousand
tons
of
explosives
and
Incendiaries
and
opening
of
a
supreme
offensive
to
"Hamburg"
Adolf
Hitler's
seat
of
power
was
indicated.
Fifty-eight
bombers,
seven
of
them
Canadian,
went
down
before
the
German
defences.
One
returning
pilot
said
smoke
boiled
up
for
three
miles.
Berlin
had
had
no
raid
like
it
since
March.
ARMY
IS
CALLING
Canada's
active
army
is
still
calling
for
men
and
women
too,
Major
S.
II.
Okell,
recruiting
of
ficer
for
Pacific
Command,
told
the
local
civilian
recruiting
committee
with
which
he
was
in
session
last
evening
during
a
brief
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
in
the
course
of
an
Inspection
trip
through
the
district.
The
committee
agreed
to
continue
its
activity
in
every
way
possible
in
assisting
and
facilitating
voluntary
enlistment.
Those
subject
to
call-up
for
compulsory
service
still
had
the
opportunity
of
voluntary
enlist
ment
in
the
active
army,
Col.
Okell
stated.
There
was
a
par
tlcularly
attractive
opportunity
now
for
17-year-old
boys,
Col.
Okell
pointed
out.
This
was
open
to
boys
who
were
not
continuing
High
School
to
go
for
one
Service
Man
Castigated
by
Judge
as
Sentence
is
Passed
This
Morning
year
into
Army
trades
train
T
to
mg
aner
wnicn
mey
wuum
uc
assigned
to
duty
in
Canada,
there
being
no
sending
overseas
until
the
boys
were
19.
Major
Major
Okell
also
referred
fl
the
Gets
Year
For
Bigamy
A
sentence
of
one
year's
imprisonment
was
imposed
in
provincial
police
court
this
morning
upon
Corp.
William
James
Jeffrey
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
who
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
bigamy.
Jeffrey
was
subjected
to
a
revere
castigatlon
by
the
Judge
who
warned
service
men
that
they
should
continue
to
realize
their
sense
of
responsibility
and
values
even
though
they
were
in
uniform.
Jeffery
went
through
a
marriage
ceremony
with
a
local
girl
last
week
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
lie
already
has
a
wife
Jn
civilian
recruiting
committee
followed
a
dinner
at
the
Y.M.C.A.
cafeteria.
Those
attending
the
Importance
of
women's
function
J
meeting
were
Major
A.
S.
Parkes,
in
the
army.
Already
the
Can-'
local
recruiting
officer,
Alex
adlan
Women's
Army
Corps
was
Mackenzie,
chairman
of
the
lo-doing
a
fine
Job
in
relieving
men
cal
civilian
recruiting
commit-f
rom
various
duties
for
more
ac-
tee,
D.
O.
Borland,
II.
A.
Breen,
ttve
lines
of
service.
W.
L.
Armstrong,
E.
V.
Whiting
Major
Okell's
session
with
the
and
G.
A.
Hunter.
j
Is
Declared
in
Celebration
of
Visit
of
President
Roosevelt
OTTAWA,
Aug.
24
A
half
holiday
has
been
declared
here
in
connection
with
the
visit
a?
President
Franklin
D,
Roosevelt
to
Ottawa
tomorrow.
HISTORIC
MEETING
Momentous
Decisions,
Particularly
Referring
to
Pacific,
Made
at
Quebec
QUEBEC,
Aug.
24
The
conference
will
go
'down
In
history
for
the
Importance
of
decisions
made
with
respect
to
the
pursuit
of
the
war,
declared
Brendan
Bracken,
British
minister
ol
information:
Mr.
Bracken
Intimated
that
Pa-ficlc
strategy
against
the
Jap
anese
has
been
forming
an
Important
part
of
the
conference
The
main
proceedings
of
the
conference
will
conclude,
it
U
expected,
today.
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
will
proceed
to
Ottawa
where
he
will
give
an
address
tomorrow.
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
may
give
a
radio
ad-.
dress'
before
the
end
of
the
week.
BRAVE
ACT
COMMENDED
Coroner's
Jury
Investigating
Teed
Death
Hears
of
Courage
of
Frank
Lvcchini'
A
brave
and
soundly
calculated
action
on
the
part
of
Frank
J.
Iacchlni,
a
crane
operator
for
the
B.
C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.,
was
instrumental
.
in
saving
the
lives
of
at
least
two
of
the
five
men
who
were
thrown
into
the
water
when
a
scow
capsized
at
the
Watson
Island
dock
at
3:30
Saturday
afternoon.
John
Teed,
a
car
penter,
lost
his
life.
The
story
of
Iacchini's
cool
bravery
was
brought
out
last
night
at
a
coroner's
inquest
Into
Teed's
death
and
his
act
received
the
commendation
of
the"
jurors.
'
When
the
scow,
which
was
being
loaded
with
concrete
blocks,
turned
over,
IacchinL
who
was
working
on
the
dock,
jumped
from
a
height
of
sixteen
feet,
and
gave
aid
to
the
men
who
were
floundering
about
in
the
tide-pulled
water.
He
succeeded
in
assisting
two
of
them
to
shore,
and
stood
by
in
case
the
other
two
needed
help.
The
body
of
Teed
did
not
surface
after
entering
the
water
and
was
not
recovered
until
Sunday
afternoon.
The
coroner's
Jury
found
that
Teed
died
accidentally
by
drowning
and
recommended
that
in
luture
heavier
.scows
and
equipment
be
used
in
such
work.
The
Jury
consisted
of
William
F.
Robertson
(foreman),
A;
E.
Wood,
W.
M.
Tufts,
L.
Fitzgerald,
Thomas
Morgan,
and
B.
Craig.
Witnesses
were
Alfred
Gllle,
E.
Lewis,
John
Sutnab,
Arthur
Frld,
Frank
J.
Iacchinl,
Paddy
Madan
and
Rupert
Becrllng.
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