, Local Temperature Maxima Minimum "ZTko. 215 allied ISSOLINI VI HEAD it ft 1 let. .... 66 48- jM"1 ggf Jrya tt Administration Set Up ir Italy With II Duce In trlin. fcDON. Sept. 14 05 Berlin announced Tuesday that cist national government en I arrived In Cairo, Mus-had 300,000 soldiers in ft and 200.000 In Ethiopia, all put the squeeze on Egypt. i"t had collapsed and with weygan-i Armv In the Be East. defend Ecrypt there were : fifty thousand combat -s- many not fully trained with poor pquipmcnt, seven F'tlonal ;auadrons of the and a medium-sized fleet pwuwtal to find if Euvpt ever been uken before via Desert and learned intern 'Wle thi., country had been "iuuv invaflpri mnnv we conquerors had never '-a the Wi-:tcrn Desert. then I wc-u into the desert "wea a British tirmorpd I1" wrurh was llvinir in Ot ilbnnf fiff j "7 wh0 lked twenty. ; - -urn yoU Can nola 1 askea poked spited the colonel, at the decrepit tank id "How" " aht know how, but I 'e will hftM 'subaltern ' Baw of hi "ulcininB m the i it EJ0ce that convlnced WOUld be httri 1 i 1 TJ my Greatest decided iw Ui. Mtnv t -""- ""b was U Wft!U dllke to stay l0lli - -"-'cr regretted my suvlus area yesterday as Gef' man supply lines to Salerno were pounded with bombs. Two Cases In County Court Civil Actions Set Down Ftu; Hearing at Session There were only two civil ac tions on the Hst when County Court was in tegular monthly session yesterday before , Judge W. E. Fisher. They were as loi lows: Robert Scharffe vs. Adam Col llns, $140.20, goods sold and de of F"11011 for plain" the worst, parts of the ' llvered' W - wset all day by flies, VK the worst rations I ever cir equipment ronsistrrt nf 'M-'Uttl .Ollnct.lnn nf tl,d i0 broken down thpv i,i lia only a;. nillhnvo r..i. , - - ' UtdlUC Uff. stands over, John S. Patrick vs. Carl Poul sen, $78.75, services rendered, W. O. Fulton for plaintiff, T. W. Brown for defendant, October 14. ThTce applications for nat uralization were approved. Correspondence from the Van- dcrhoof Board of Trade In re gard to a cut-off route between Ouesnel and Vandexhoof as part of a new Alaska Highway route was ordered filed at last night's meeting of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce. It was felt that, since this was controversial with Prince George routes, it would be inadvisable to pursue the matter further. Seven hundred thousand people lost their clothing books and asked for new ones in the first year of clothes rationing, Soames co-respondent, Fulton for petitioner. Ole J. Kildal vs. Signe Klldal, William J. Hawes co-respondent. The following have been drawn for Jury duty at the Assizes: Laura Anderson (Ocean Falls), Walter Bodger (Smlthers), Joseph William Colharne (Usk), Arnold Drew (Burns Lake), William Duff (Smlthers), Dom inic Elio, John Group (Oona River), William J. Gunn, Wil liam N. Hallett, George Hambly (Dorreen), B. R. Harrison (Wis taria), Charles Llnastrom (Remo), J. A. McConachie (Ocean Falls). A. H. McLean, Alexander McLeod, J. J. McNeill (Smithers), Wilson McNeill: (Colleympunt), J. H. Macey, An- ' drew Martinson (Houston), C rv Minns. J. P. Moller, N. P.' Mnran (Smlthers), Cyril Mor- gan, Frank Morris (Terrace), J. W. Nicholls, C. C. Nilson (Bella Coola), S. L. Peachy, Claus Peterson (Tclkwa), Robert Reid, A. D. Ritchie, Ole P. Rorvik, Alex Russwurm (Stewart), Alfred Shrubsall, John Slmondscn, G. W. Slater, Amasa Snider (Ocean Falls), G. R Spooner, Fred Stan-yer (Burns Lake), S. T. Strlm-bold (Topley), A. B. Storrle, E. j. Strom (Bella Bella), John Thompson (Stewart), C. W. Vink, David Watson (Burns Lake), Mary Wratbers (faeawn), Fred Wiggins (Southbank) and A. D. York (Alice Arm). A final figure of 615,900,000 for the total of savings contributed during the "Wings for Victory" compalgn has been announced by Lord Kindersley, president of the National Savings Committee. 0 . . -1 A"? Allied naval vessels turn their guns on Ita " as the battle there goes into its final phase. Here a shallow-draft British monitor lets go with its pair of 15-lnch guns in a salvo that will do no good to the enemy shore installations marked for destruction, shelling of Axis roads by naval craft is aiding Allied ground forces moving foria showdown. CASES AT ASSIZES Three Criminal Cases and Three Divorce Petitions Are Coming Up. Three criminal cases and three divorce petitions comprise the list of cases for the fall ses sion of the Supreme Court As sizes opening in Prince Rupert next Mon dy- with-Mrr-'Justlce H, I. Bird, newly appointed mem ber of the bench, presiding. The criminal cases are as follows: Rex vs. Ernest Burke, charged with counselling another to com mit forgery. Rex vs. Mary Martin, charged with abortion, ,W. O. Fulton for defence. , Rex vs. Charles MacKay, charged with breaking and en tering, T. W. Brown for defence. The divorce petitions are; Andrew Olsen Morse vs. Anna Morse, John Clausen co-respondent, W. O. Fulton for petitioner. Robert Henry Phillips vs. En- by the Allies on the Mount Ve- nig Alegra Phillips, George C. W. O. Chamber Talks Of Federal Aid The Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, at its meeting last night, heard correspondence from the minister of national defence and the deputy minister in regard to representations which had been made seeking federal aid in connection with the rehabilitation of local pub- roads, waterworks, sewers etc At the suggestion of Mayor W. M. Watts, it was decided to file the correspondence and leave the matter in the hands of the city council which was now dealing with it The chamber was advised that the whole situation at Prince 1 Rupert was now in the hands of a special committee for study and recommendation. Mayor W. M. Watts spoke of his recent mission to Ottawa on Alio x tVLiib uiuoiuii n n uu LOCAL RADIO IS DISCUSSED Disappointment was expres sed by the Prince Rupert Cham ber of Commerce last night over tjie failure of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to Im plement an undertaking which had been made on its behalf to permanently take over the local radio station and connect, it, up . wotks, and utilities. includlntifetm- the' national network. The result of a discussion on the subject was the passage of j resolution urging the commis sion to take over the station and continue the present service, as soon as possible making the connection by wire with the network. The whole, matter was referred back to. the radio committee to deal with, W. J. Scott being added to the comT mlttee. The board of governors of the 'Commission, on a recent visit to , , , , . . , , , the subject and informed the thf co' haf fen invited, H reported, rhetor thprp haH Hpph Prince Rupert, was repot Three Months On Assault Charge Hubert Walker Mortimer was found guilty by Judge W. E. Fisher In COunty Court yester day afternoon on a charge of indecent assault against an In dian girl, Helen Wilson, and was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment from the time he had been arrested twenty-four days ago. Although found in a compromising situation by the police In a park, Mortimer denied any offense against the girl. The court, however, found that the circumstances constltu- ed an assault. The court also commented on Indian girjs idling about and consuming liquor. W. O. Fulton acted as crown counsel. Baseball Scores National League Brooklyn 10-6, Boston 3-7. The first regular monthly dinner meeting of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce following the slimmer suspension was held last night. President R. M. Winslow was In the chair oyer a fair attendance of members' and a variety of business was dealt with. The dinner took place in the dining room of the Central Hotel1 which it was decided to make the permanent meeting place. to no new developments or further.""" "au '"cu ,"7 Information since his return. idual visits. Little satisfaction. however, had been obtained from them and there appeared to be no very definite developments in regard to the station. There even appared to be some doubt as to whether it was the intention of the Commission to take over at all. Alaska coasting boats will no longer be required to pick up pilots when entering Prince Rupert Harbor, the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce was I NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH CQEUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C;, TUESElAYSEKTEMBElt 14, 1943 i -i Be i I i I I fa II mill I i mm fas3S4.:qW!P Ml 'i lMT'i.tf"A advised in a communicaUon last night from Olof Hanson M. P. Exception had been taken by the Chamber to the naval requirement for such pilotage. slv nthers failoH In return. Thev hundred miles east. Salamaua Is Taken Important Base on New Guinea Is Captured by Allies From Japanese Tightening on Lae. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Sept. 14 (CP) The Allies have captured Salamaua, New Guinea, two miles north of the airdrome which they took on Sunday, Allied headquarters announced today. Salamaua affords the Allies a sea and air base on the left flank on vital enemy bases on New Britain. Jp Meanwhile&fighteen miles northeast of Salamaua the ground pincers on Lae was tightened, aided by Allied air blows. Correspondence from Hon. J. A. McKinnon, minister of trade and commerce, at last night's meeting pf the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, advised the Chamber that arrangements had been made with the Union Steamship Co. for a more adequate stay to be made by Queen Charlotte Island vessels In Prince Rupert so that local business people might be able to ship orders to Island points on the return voyage of the same steamers on which they were received. Steamers arriving one afternoon were now being scheduled to leave the nex morning at 11 o'clock with further delay until noon if Mrs. Rebecca Strong, a pioneer of the nursing profession structlon commences of a new bridge on the orthern transpro- vincial highway across the Bulk ley River Just back of Smithers. The labor will be used by the provincial department of pub lie works in .he building of the bridge. The bridge will consist of three 140-foot truss-spans with 25-foot trestle spans at either end. There will be cluster piles for the three main spans with concrete abutments at each shore end. Approaches on the road from either end will be improved. The new bridge, to be situated Just below and almost a ion; side the Old Bridge, will cos about $75,000 It is estimated, Pencillin Saves Life WINNIPEG, Sept. 14 -Four 50,000 unit, tubes of the new drug pencillin, rushed to Winnipeg by TransCanada Air Lines, are reported to have saved the life of a young airman from Grandview, Manitoba, O. Olson suffering from an abscess in the spinal canal. Olson Is a patient in the Deer Lodge Military Hospital here. The pencillin was administered to him be ginning July 21. Col. J. M. Nettleton, head of the hospital, revealed today Olson's paralysis is gradually disappearing. Col. Nettleton said there is every hope that he will be cured. Pencillin was discovered by accident by Alexander Fleming, a British research scientist. No boats being in with catches there was no sale of halibut on In Britain, celebrated her 100th expected now the fishing season birthday recently at Chester. is over. AXIS PRISONERS MARCHED OFF TO BOATS awfr?.aa? .v i Millie i ' Axis prisoners of war pictured marching along a Sicilian beach to await Allied ships watched by British naval commandos, one .of whom is armed with a Tommy gun. Tonight's Dim-out (Halt an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise). 8:33 pjn. to 6:42 aim. PRICE FIVE CENTS mk, k Recaptured By Russians rovlncW oo-. t " " I I un ture In Italy Planned rmans Succeed By Counter-Attacks in Gaining Some Ground m Claims United Nations Forces Are Now With rawing to Sea and Giving Up Undertaking ,LLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AF- Sent. 14 (CP) Fierce German counter-at- '. have regained some ground against the 24- .... . i 1 1 1 ii Allied Dnctgeneau near ocuernu, u was an iwd today, but British and Canadian troops, bat r up -from southern Italy, are only some 100 miles teen founded for Italy In me of Mussolini and is under Mussolini's direct .ind. iolini almself is said to a Urge German city, prob ;erliu fS BIG TIIUILL (PI HOLDS -10 FAITH tfli ot a icrics by AP for iv EDWARD KENNEDY I BDON - Mv biggest thrill Hir day I was convinced Efiypt and the Middle East : never be lost to the Axis. was on my first trip to BVcstern Desert, in August, iiuui uiaiuug jum-uuu i.u support of the Fifth Army. Allied headquarters announced that the Eighth Army had captured Coscnza in an advance up the toe of Italy's boot and had seized Bari, 65 mile,; above Brindisl on the Adriatic coast. Under terms of the armistice signed by representatives of, General Dwight Eisenhower and 1 Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Italy has agreed to surrender immediately French Corsica, .transfer naval and air units to Allied territory, hand over all United Nations prisoners' and allow merchantmen to be used against Germany. In the armistice, which provided for immediate cessation of all hostile activity by Italian armed forces, Italy promised to use her best endeavours to deny to the Germans facilities that might be used against the United Nations. Itaya2rcp,,noL.to evacuate Allied prisoners or internees to Germany. Other conditions of political, economic and financial nature will be transmitted at a later date. German broadcasts asserted c'lrrcspori '.ents on their that the Allies are probably with- t momn- tn covering tne drawing to the sea as many troops as possible "which means they have abandoned the enter prise altogether." There was no Allied comment on this report. New reinforcements are being rushed to the Salerno area by the Allies, the Mediterranean being described as alive with warships and transports. , There was a heavy air raid ITALY FEELS MIGHT OF ALLIED BIG GUNS KURILE IDS. ARE RAIDED Thirteen to Ten Appears to Have Been Score in Plane Losses as Result of Foray From Aleutians. WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 14 Qi The United States Navy an nounced that army bombers on Monday "successfully attacked ene'my shipping and ground installations in the the Paramushiro Island area at the north end of Kurile Island chain which makes up Japan. The bombers scored hits on ground installations and five enemy ships. It was the fourth raid by American bombers on the Ku rile- group. Twenty-five Japanese fighters attacked American planes but ten enemy fighters were de stroyed and probably three more were shot down. Four American planes were lost due to enemy action and Nazis Lose Pivot of Battleline; Headlong Retreat in Ukraine Believed Now That Germans Will Be Unable to Stop Ked Army Before West Bank of Dnieper is Reached LONDON, Sept. 14 (CP) .Russian troops captured the fortress city of Bryansk last night, breaching the German's main defence line before the Dnieper River by seizure of that pivot of central and southern German battlelines and the centre of a railway spider web serving both fronts. Evacuation of the NEW BRIDGE AT SMITHERS Delivery of Material Awaited for $75,000 Being Struc ture Across Bulkley River. the I nly delivery of material and were probably lost on long iroad home, perhaps to Attu .w""" OI a wuiuiK Tdo in ih Ainuttnns spvpn .is oeing awanen Deiore con- keystone city, held by the Ger- mans since October, 1941, was acknowledged today by the German radio soon after Moscow had reported that the on- pouring Red ,Army was' closing in on the west bank of the Desna River. Disruption ol rail network yiizZ'ttii d'erma'n winter transport heightened the belief in London that thf Nazis would not be able to halt the retreat now before reaching the west bank of the Dnieper. The Russians had laid siege to Bryansk after cutting four or five trunk railways feeding the Axis stronghold, Moscow disclosed Monday night, announcement of the capture com ing this morning. The night communique had foreshadowed the early capture of Bryansk. Other Russians are racing through the Ukraine toward Kiev and the Dnieper River. The advance is so swift that at one northern Ukraine railway station a whole trainload of Ger man reserves going to the front was caught. . The German High Command describese, evacuation of Bry ansfe as "a "large scale evasive operation" to prevent Russian follow-up. ASKED TO BE CLEAR Chamber of Commerce Wants To Know More About Premier Hart's Views on Taking Over B.C. Electric. The Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce is seeking from Pre mier John Hart further clarification as to his stand In con nection with financial commit'-ments of the province lh connection with the proposal where by the B.C. Electriq Co. might be taken over. Premier Hart, in a letter to the Chamber at last night's, meeting, stated that the proposal was that such undertakings as that proposed would be self-sustaining and the users would pay the cost. It was pointed out, however, that, in a previous communication, Premier Hart had suggested there might be proving the local Fish Exchange this , underwriting, morning. Few more boats are E. T. Kenney, ML-A. for Skeena, in a letter to the Cham ber, said he was in complete accord with opposition to the province, purchasing large utilities in any one section at the expense of the province as a whole. Mrs. Bernard Shaw Is Dead LONDON, Sept. 14 Mrs. George Bernard Shaw, wife of the famous author and playwright, died here yesterday. John Stinson pleaded guilty, in city police court yesterday to a charge of assaulting Edmund Hicks of the Tassie Hqtel, causing actual bodily harm. It was alleged that Stinson broke. Hicks' wrist when the latter endeavoured to remove him .when he became boisterous in the hotel. On pleading guilty, Stinson was remanded for sentence for eight days and allowed ball in the sum of $200.