n
War
imi
200,000.
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rial
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t
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of
a
Canaries
outlining
the
war
oh
Canadian
jl
ol
uamiiion,
uih.i
By
J
O.
O'NEIL
i
Frt-
correspondent
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2d
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products
of
war-
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are
doing
their
f.-ont
line.
whose
pre-war
pop-.
i,.
flOQ
has
grown
to
23
has
been
pouring
j
of
war
for
years.
..:
ton
to
the
cause
of
::J
Nations
has
been
t
has
not
been
done
.
avy
strain
on
the
'
j'ielf.
huge
gun
planU
of
.
F
-om
Elevator
Co.
?
:?d
here,
thousands
flocked
to
trib
t
:Mer
parts
of
the
atlng
a
housing
)
c
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hxi
grown
stead-
;:
liming
Ltd..
haj
95
0
temporary
.
i
tOQii
will
build
300
jc
staff
building
:
than
600
single
n
erected
and
a
!
1
Iff
fftr
ulnplA
u-n.
t
cncd
early
in
the
i
1
the
city
in
Nor-
Wartlmc
Housing
a
model
community
-
-
centre,
school
and
accommodate
war
.
-r.TiX
growth
has
a
w
ouraen
on
wic
-
.
Bjitcm
which
Is,
I
;
tt-.c
Hydro-Electric
1
r.iion
of
Ontario,
i
rciy
partly
on
the'
.1
of
gasoline
ra-
j
-
mlt
their
staffs
to
v
-
time
j
.
.
industrial
cm-j
ve
been
consistent
the
city.
The
big
Steel
Company
of
working
at
capacity
sr
blast
furnace
and
r
:
hearth
furnace
to
-
deration
during
this
SUel
and
Foundries
:
guns
and
armor,
I
..ational
Harvester,
HiicJge
and
scores
of
.-r.icj
arc
engaged
In
wjrk,
The
'bits
and
-
.am
has
engaged
concerns
and
the
r
knitting
mills
are
wN
capacity.
enlistments
In
the
cj
arc
Included
In
;
urcs
on
Military
Dls-
y
2
and
there
is
no
ac
-
of
the
number,
nl
"
total
Is
estimated
at
-
12,000.
t-aa
found
time
to
;;r
Victory
Loan.
Red
t:
3
harlty
drive
over
the
Regis
3,
Illl'S
AT
81
P'ed
ai
m.
.u
..
,
c'
Abbey,
County
Kilkenny.
ARMY
IN
ov.
27
tt-
V
Ocnei$
0
-nard
L.
Montgom-A
,
in.
tervlew
wlthl$
his
guns
on
the
,
"IV-
ver
front,
declares,
S
&
ay
that
the
Bri
'h
Armys
brldgelW
.uss
'he
liver
was
.y
firmly
held
and
secure."
FORMOSA
BOMBING
Allied
Planes
Said
by
Tokyo
to
Have
.Made
Attack
on
Import
ant
island
TOKYO.
Nov.
26
It
1
an
nounced
here
that
twenty
Allied
planes
bombed
the
Island
of
Formosa
and
three
of
them
were
shot
down.
Formosa
Ls
off
the
south
China
coast
and
was
used
by
the
Japanese
as
their
springboard
against
the
Phll-II
pines.
There
was
no
confirmation
in
Allied
quarters
of
the
bombing
of
Formosa
although
It
was
announced
that
New
Ouinea,
New
Britain,
Bougainville
and
the
Marshall
Island
had
been
air
attacked.
Reserve
Sentence
In
County
Court
Sentence
was
reserved
until
Monday
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
;n
the
case
of
Matthew
Lyhc.
who
was
found
guilty
in
County
Court
yesterday
afternoon
of
taking
money
under
false
pretences.
The
offence
took
place
at
Terrace.
Lytic
was
represented
by
W
O,
Fulton,
and
T.
W.
Brown
land
wliere
other
Eighth
Army
units
captured
some
high
cround
dominating
Castcl
Dl-
sangro
from
the
northwest.
Activity
on
the
mired
down
Fifth
Army
front
was
limited
to
patrol
clashes.
:
arc
playing
a
leading
wartime
Hamilton.
The
T
nrn
Airman
Airman
r
ns
factories
are
flll-IOCai
f
'
rirh
in
overalls
and
11
have
replaced
their
Jr:j
end
fathers
at
the
ma-
Thcre
are
women
taxi
women
bread
wagon
wumen
bell
boys
In
the
3
a"d
girl
messengers.
Hock
ey
S
cores
National
league
0.
New
York
2.
c""1
4,
Detroit
3.
'aciflc
Coast
&
L
flttrl
Al.
Tr
a
Visiting
Home
Flying
Officer
Pat
Deane
and
Mrs.
Deane
arrived
In
town
on
Wednesday
night
from
Edmonton,
Flying
Officer
Deane
is
here
to
visit
his
parents.
Mr.
and
Mrs,
J.
C.
Deane
ot
Port
Simpson,
before
leaving
for
overseas
service.
Mrs.
Deane,
who
ls
the
former
Dorothy
Flatcn,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Flatcn,
Intends
to
remain
In
Prince
Rupert.
Hying
Officer
Deane
ls
well
known
In
Prince
Rupert,
having
bce-n
before
his
enlistment
a
driver
for
Arrow
Bus
Lines.
For
lUllWI
M
SMITHERS.
Nov.
26
A
party
of
visiting
Masons
from
Prince
Kupert,
headed
by
C.
H.
Elklns,
district
deputy
grand
master,
enjoyed
the
fine
sunny
weather
of
the
Bulkley
Valley
for
th
past
two
days.
Others
in
the
party
weire
Dr.
L.
'W.
Kergin,
William
Crulckshank.
A.
S.
Nlckeison
and
A.
K.
Nelson.
On
Wednesday
afternoon,
In
company
with
local
Masonic
brothers,
they
paid
a
visit
to
Telkwa
where
they
had
dinner
and
later
drove
out
to
the
Telkwa
Valley
to
visit
the
coal
mines
of
the
Telkoal
Co.
and
the
Bulk-Icy
Valley
Collieries.
On,
Wednesday
evening
they
were
entertained
by
the
local
lodge
and
given
an
excellent
banquet
in
the
lodge
rooms
and
later
serenaded
by
an
eight-piece
orchestra.
The
party
left
Smithers
on
the
noon
train
on
Thursday
for
Terrace
to
visit
the
Masonic
Lodge
at
that
point
before
returning
home.
BIC.
SUM
FOR
"(UII)"
BAINTREE,
Essex,
Eng.
0)
An
1862
sovereign
realized
the
TIDDLEY
THICORNE
local
Temperature
Local
Tides
liini-li
E
IS
II
Saturday,
Not.
27
58
High
1:01
20.0
feet
49
12:50
22.7
feet
Low
6:54
6.9
feet
19:31
2.3
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
NO,
zio
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
FRIDAY.
NOVEMBER
26,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CX
()F
WAR
milton
Duty
Eighth
noit
WITH
A
.
A
O
my
rm
4
Quarter
Of
Berlin
Destroyed
CANADIAN
COD
FISHERMEN
REAP
VITAL
WARTIME
HARVEST
From
the
plcture-que
shores
of
the
Gaspe
Peninsula,
flotillas
Ing
season,
which
lasts
from
June
through
November,
are
of
graceful
fLsh.ng
schooners
daily
put
out
to
sea
carrying
more
sharwn
at
sea
in
the
top
photo.
A
young
fisherman
displays
a
than
3.500
fishermen
to
their
rugged
jobs.
These
men
annually
prize
catch
at
lower
left
Lower
centre
photo
shows,
cod
filet
bring
in
catches
totalling
more
than
35
million
pounds
of
cod
being
cured
with
salt
In
hue
barrels.
Chemist
at
right
Is
pre-fish
to-swell
-the--food
.nd
xriedlcal-
supplied
of
-the
United-'paring
cod
livers,
from
Vhlch
73,000'
gaffons'-sr
codUvef
tftT
are
Nations.
Cod
is
dried
and
cured
for
overseas
shipment,
thus
produced
annually.
Marketing
through
their
co-operatives
brings
saving
valuable
cargo
space,
while
the
livers
yield
precious
fishermen
an
average
of
six
cents
a
pound
for
their
catch,
vitamin-rich
oil
Some
of
the
1,800
boats
used
during
the
fish-
1
(National
Film
Board
Photos.)
Russians
Take
Important
Rail
City
POSITIONS
IMPROVED
t'lehth
Army
Continuing
to
Give
dood
count"
of
lUelf
Fifth
Army
Static
ALGIERS,
Nov.
26
O
The
British
Eighth
Army
has
Improved
its
positions
in
the
new
bridgehead
acioss
the
Sangro
Hlver
near
the
Adriatic
shore.
Allied
headquarters
announced
Friday.
Supporting
ground
forcea,
Allied
aircraft
destroyed
motor
transport
and
enemy
guns
in
the
coast
sector
Just
above
the
bridgehead.
B;Uk
activity
was
reported
in.
t
Nine
More
Jap
t
t
Ships
Are
Sunk
t
1
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC.
Nov
'
26
United
States
submar-
lnes
have
sunk
seven
more-
Japanese
freighters
as
well
as
an
airplane
transport
and
a
tanker.
Local
Masons
At
Smithers
"PjMSy"
.-,
j
That's
what
Canadian
Wrens
call
their
new
walklng-out
topper,
in
a
few
weeks
to
be
Issued
to
all
ratings
In
the
Women's
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Service.
A
becoming,
feminine
type
of
hat.
the
trlcorne
In
velour
has
been
worn
by
Wren
officers
with
commlsioned
badge,
and
will
be
worn
by
ratings
in
black
felt
for
off-duty
hours,
formal
parades
and
other
specified
occasions
as
their
No.
1
uniform.
Ratings'
trlcornes
will
bear
the
traditional
black
silk
talley-bahd
or
hat
ribbon
with
the
gold
letters,
"H.M.C.S."
at
the
front.
Contactors
are
now
working
on
several
thousand
copies
for
Wrens
of
this
exclusive
model
guaranteed
to
lift
the
spirits
and
give
that
"dressed-up"
feeling
a't
the
end
of
a
day's
Important
work
for'
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy.
(R.C.N,
photo.)
FINDON,
Eng.
CT
"Blackle"
LONDON
a
Frankie
Whltten
Goddard,
blacksmith
In
this
most
Rhotographed
model
In
Sussex
village,
repairs
toys
for
Britain
before,
the
war,
ls
a
children
when
he
Isn't
shoeing
member
of
the
London
Ambu-
horscs.
lance.
Service.
Gomel
Has
Been
Taken
LONDON,
Nov.
26
(CP)
Following
unofficial
reports
from
Moscow
to-
Sweden
that
Gomel
had
fallen
to
the
Red
Army,
Berlin
radio
today
admitted
evacuation
of
that
important
Russian
.city.
Moscotf
announced
that
180
towns
had
been
taken
and
twenty
thousand
Germans
killed
in
new
fighting
north
of
Gomel
iere
the
Red
Army
has
tonr
a
gap
of
37
miles
in
the
Nazi
lines.
Gomel
is
a
key
bastion
in
Whjte
Russia
and
was
the
only
important
town
still
held
oy
(he
Germans
east
of
the
Dnieper
River.
It
has
important
railway
lines
running
in
all
directions.
Two
Drown
At
Terrace
Double
Drowning
in
Skeena
River
While
Soldiers
Are
Engaged
in
Training
Two
soldiers,
while
engaged
In
training,
were
drowned
In
the
Skeena
River
near
the
bridge
at
Terrace
on
Wednesday,
according
to
word
reaching
the
city.
Names
and
details
of
the
tragedy
weie
not
available
at
police
headquarters.
The
bodies
were
recovered
by
Fifty
to
Hundred
Percent
of
Centre
Of
CityWiped
Out
Deplorable
Conditions
Prevailing:
Among
People
Frankfurt-on-Main
Attacked
Last
Night.
LONDON,
Nov.
26
United
States
heavy
bombers,
taking
over
the
daylight
aerial
offensive,
made
their
heaviest
attack
yet
on
a
target
in
western
Germany,
the
identity
of
which
was
not
at
firsfe$&
announced.
flft
STOCKHOLM.
Nov.
26
(CP)
Tine
nvsnaner
r
r
x"!
.
j
Tidningen
said
today
that
it
had
learned
Germaniif
officials
admitted
that
a
quarter
of
Berlin
wa$jtde
stroyed
in
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
CanadianiAir
Force
concentrated
attaqks
Monday
and
Tuesday
nights.
The
reports
said
that
the
damage
was
largely
located
in
Berlin's
centre
where
destruction
ranged
between
fifty
and
one
hundred
per
cent.
Reliable
eye-witnesses
were
quoted
as
reporting
that
half
of
Berlin's
air
raid
shelters
were
hit
Censored
reports
gave
the
following
picture
of
conditions
In
Berlin:
No
bread
or
milk
for
sale
Thursday.
Crowds
waiting
fruitlessly
In
front
of
shops
for
supplies.
Thousands
of
workers
labor
ing
night
and
day
to.
clear
streets
and
get
traffic
operating.
Many
homeless
people
sleep
ing
at
nights
in
debris-littered
streets.
FSremen
so
busy
they
have
been
unable
to
dig
Into
ruined
air
tald
shelters
for
bodies.
.Last-Nrshfs
Attacks
British
Royai
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
iieavy
bombers
hammered
at
Frankfurt
-
on
-
Main
Thursday
night
as
Mosquito
bombers
stabbed
at
Berlin
to
set
air
raid
sirens
howling
in
the
battered
German
capital
for
the
fourth
consecutive
night.
Bad
weather
prevented
accurate
observation
of
the
results.
Thirteen
aircraft
were
lost
In
the
night's
operations
which
Included
placing
of
mines
in
enemy
waters.
American
heavy
bombers
were
attacking
targets
In
northwest
Geimany
today.
Meanwhile
Air
Marshal
Har
ris,
chief
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
bomber
command,
declared
that
the
Battle
of
Berlin
will
con
tinue
until
the
head
of
Ger
many
ceases
to
exist.
A
few
Nazi
raiders
flew
over
the
southeast
and
Essex
coast
Thursday
night
dropping
bombs
it
several
points
but
causing
little
damage.
Good
Winter
Is
Experienced
In
Bulkley
Valley
SMITHERS.
Nov.
26
The
bulkley
Valley
Is
enjoying
the
finest
weather
for
this
time
ot
'he
year
ever
experienced
"this
far
north."
j
With
no
snow
on
the
ground,
I
Many
Japs
Are
Killed
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC.
Nov.
26
0
Pla
uirhtpr
nf
mnrs
than
rnp
thousand
Japanese
since
the
United
States
invaded
Bougain
ville
Island
in
the
northern
Solomons
November
1
and
possible
killing
of
thousands
of
others
was
reported
yesterday
by
an
American
naval
spokesman.
At
the
same
time
Allied
head-quatters
announced
that
Japanese
counter-attacks
had
been
repulsed
both
against
the
be
aCh-
h&T
XrEmp7efeAgiata'
"fey
on
Bougainville
and
Satteldert,
plateau
position
in
northeastern
New
Oumea
Jungles
against
which
the
Australians
are
moving
from
three
sides.
Disciplining
Of
General
I
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
26
i
Renponsilllty
for
disciplining
General
Patton
for
striking
an
enlisted
man-In
a
fit
of
anger
was
placed
on
General
Dwlght
Elsenhower
by
War
Secretary
Henry
L.
Stlmson
yesterday.
Stlmson
said
that
the
depait-
ment's
policy
was
to
select
the
best
possible
theatre
commander
and
then
give
that
commander
a
free
hand
and
full
authority.
Bulletins
OTTAWA,
Nov.
2ft
Alumin-um
scrap
has
been
released
for
use
of
civilian
requirements
as
has
also
three
types
of
steel.
Permits
are
no
longer
required.
THREATEN
STRIKE
OTTAWA
Maritime
coal
mine
workers
threaten
a
strike.
They
are
demanding
an
Increase
in
wages
retroactive
to
January.
and
-with
only
light
frosts
at
.
night,
the
farmers
are
able
to
I
.liprnlnc
In
v..i.
foil
i,i.,
uuviiiuiao
in
(U(ii4iiuc
tiiu
tail
piunuig
f
tit
at
this
late
date.
The
soil
has
been
exceedingly
dry
and
was
hard
to
plow
on
that
account
but
some
rains
about
a
week
ago
Improved
that
situation
to
some
extent.
The
roads
are
in
excellent
shape
and
there
ls
no
difficulty
In
getting
around
the
country
by
car.
The
oldest
old
timers
of
the
district
do
not
recollect
any
fan
weather
to
compare
with
the
brand
that
has
prevailed
all
through
the
month
of
November
and,
with
the
mildness
so
far
experienced,
it
has
eased
the
burden
of
the
fuel
question
a
great
deal
and
helps
to
shorten
the
ordinarily
long
winters
experienced
In
this
part
of
the
country.
Greece
Active
LONDON,
Nov.
26
IE
Germany
ls
massing
troops
near
the
Greek
border
as
guerrilla
fighting
increases,
reports
reaching
London
said
last
night
Turkish
Minister
Is
Cpming
OTTAWA.
Nov.
26
Arrangements
have
been
made
for
the
opening
of
a
Turkish
legation
in
Ottawa.
A
member
of
the
Turkish
legation
staff
at
Washington
ls
comlnj
to
assume
the
post
of
minister.
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4
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