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one
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in
declaration
Pfn
tity
Troops
would
withdrawn
from
the
id
manufacture
of
war
u
would
be
stopped,
in
Allied
commission
hl"
to
be
admitted
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obligations,
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of
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s
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South
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recent-
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by
half
a
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alone
All
help-
xv
Little
Coal
in
Town
and
Small
Hope
of
Any
indications
suggested
by
the
present
coal
situate
borne
out
this
winter,
the
old
pot-bellied
or
basement
furnace
or
what
it
may
be
that
your
house
will
bo
nothing
more
than
a
cold
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past
iron
instead
nf
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in
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States
Liberators
Make
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on
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There
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United
States
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safely.
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at'aek
of
the
i
an
objective
In
N
Y.
1
I
X
X
'(1
pose.
Ana
on
inai
contrary
qui
lpdlspenslble
kitchen
range
vthlch
blackens
your
hands
and
cooks
your
meals
you
can
place
a
doily
and
a
vase
of
posies
for.
it
too
will,
be
a
lifeless
piece
of
furniture.
The
local
coal
supply
which
has
for
a
long
time
been
a
garment
too
short
for
the
body
it
has
had
to
cover,
is
now
shorter
than
ever
and,
according
to
coal
merchants,
there
is
no
reason
to
hope
that
it
will
be
extended.
A
year
ago
the
government
urged
householders
to
stock
up
on
coal
against
the
coming
winter
but
this
year,
It
appears,
It
is
an
offence
to
hoard
coal.
Out
it
is
an
offence
that
none
will
be
able
tq
commit
for
what
can't
be
got
can't
be
hoarded.
The
roots
of
the
fuel
difficulties
He
in
the
war-inspired
manpower
shortage
which
has
robbed
the
Alberta
mines
where
the
local
coal
comes
from
of
their
workers.
Even
if
an
adequate
supply
could
be
got,
local
distribution
would
still
b$
hampered
by
a
shortage
of
truck
drivers
and
swampers.
One
coal
firm
re-
I
ports.that
.ihcsmall
.amount
joI
I
Mini
)ia
la
ffpHlncr
nnur
la
fill
Ante
Eliminate
it
as
,hat
hl,
drlyers
can
nandIe
and
that,
even
If
he
did
get
a
larger
supply,
he
would
not
know
what
to
do
with
it
because
there
are
no
storage
facilities,
nor
could
his
delivery
force
take
care
of
it.
Two
other
coal
companies
re-
oort
a
similar
condition
but
they
are
not
particularly
wor
ried
about
it
at
the
present
time
because
they
have
not
enough
black
diamonds
to
keep
their
small
forces
of
dellverymen
busy.
Only
one
coal
company
han
dles
wood
in
any
quantity
and
Its
problem
is
also
largely
one
of
delivery.
Jarvis
Mcleod
Sees
Churchill
Local
Boy,
Who
is
in
Air
Force.
Is
Getting
Around
In
East
Jarvis
(Hlckey)
McUod,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
H.
McLeod
of
this
city,
who
is
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
in
the
East,
tells
of
seeing
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain.
Local
boys
whom
Hlckey
has
met
include
Bill
Wilson
who
is
in
the
Air
Force
and
Terry
Orlmble
who
is
In
the
naval
service.
1
Baseball
Scores
raclflc
Coast
League
Oakland
4,
Seattle
0.
Los
Angeles
9,
San
Diego
3.
Portland
4-4.
Hollywood
3-5.
Sacramento
2,
San
Francisco
International
League
Jersey
City
3
.Montreal
0.
American
Association
Kansas
City
2,
Indianapolis
1.
Minneapolis
8,
Columbus
3.
St.
Paul
5,
Toledo
2.
Milwaukee
8-5,
Louisville
3-4.
FAMOUS
BEARD
GONE
LONDON,
Aug.
14
0)
The
King
Joked
with
Cmdr.
Bert
Bryant,
one
of
Britain's
outstanding
submarine
aces,
when
he
noticed
at
a
recent
investiture
that
Bryant
had
skived
off
his
famous
beard.
Bryant
received
the
D.S.O.
and
two
bars.
She
companions
they
left
encamped
in
the
mountains
in
the
possibility
that
the
search
might
be
continued.
Supplies
will
be
droDoed
to
them
by
plane.
It
was
an
arduous
trip
that
the
searchers
had
up
the
Chilli
wack
River,
having
had
to
ne
eotlate
seemingly
Impassable
canvons
and
sheer
cliffs
in
ter
'
ritory
where,
as
far
as
is
known.
man
had
not
been
beiore.
The
two
men
expressed
doubt
that
it
would
be
possible
to
even
reach
the
scene
of
the
crash,
much
less
salvage
the
plane
and
bring
out
the
bodies.
NAVY
PARa'cIIUTISTS
LONDON,
Aug.
14
if)
Royal
Navy
ratings
ate
being
trained
as
parachutists
for
use
in
combined
operations.
All
volunteers,
they
arc
attached
to
an
airborne
division.
.
Tonight's
train
due.
from
the
cast
at
10:45
was
irporirdat
noon
to
be
on
time,--
v
main
Canadian
orces
which,
on
the
morning
of
July
10th
made
assault
landings
on
the
island
of
Sicily
in
co-operation
with
American
aond
British
troops,
maintained
a
training
schedule
even
during
the
long
sea
voyage
from
Britain.
Here
a
group
of
the
men
are
shown,
their
equipment
and
life
preservers
with
them,
listening
to
a
lecture
on
enemy
weapons.
(Canadian
Army
Photo)
ROME
WAS
HARD
HIT
Neutral
Reports
Say
Damage
Great
in
Massive
Raid
STOCKHOLM,
August
14
01
The
American
raid
on
Rome
caused
numerous
casualties,
say
reports
reaching
here.
No
fig
ures
were
announced,
but
res
cue
cars
were
extremely
busy
after
what
the
press
called
"a
massive
rald.'-'.-Many-vfireswere
started
in
the
Tuscolana
district
near
the
Lorenzo
station,
and
mahy
dwellings
in
the
Preles
tino.
Cosillno
and
Applo
dist
ricts
were
ruined.
Unable
To
Make
Peak
May
Be
Impossible
to
Reach
Crashed
Plane,
.Much
Less
Bring
Out
Salvage
and
Bodies
CHILLTWACK,
August
14
Two
of
the
provincial
police
party
of
four
which
attempted
to
scale
to
the
summit
of
William
Lake
Mountain
in
the
Range
south
of
here
to
reach
the
wreckage
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines
big
passenger
plane
which
crashed
last
December
20
returned
here
'ate
yes-
kerday
and
reported
to
Assist
ant
Superintendent
JohnShirass
that
they
had
been
able
to
reach
a
point
1500
feet
from
the
point
of
the
crash
where
a
thirty
-
foot
overhanging
cliff
made
it
impossible
for
them
to
climb
rurther.
Two
of
their
Red
Army
Smashing
Forward
Kharkov
Near
Fall
and
Bryansk
and
Smolensk
Menaced
-
-M
OSCOW.vAugust
14
-
(CP
)
The
Red
Army
battered
its
way
into
Kharkov
streets
from
several
directions
and
obtained
a
vise-like
hold
about
that
Ukraine
steel
centre.
To
the
north
two
other
strong
German
defence
hubs,
Bryansk
and
Smolensk,
were
menaced
by
smashing
of
fortifications
in
the
Spas
Dem-ensk
sector.
Capture
of
Smolensk,,
Kharkov
and
Bryansk
would
break
up
the
entire
.German
defensive
line
in
southern
Russia.
Casualties
OTTAWA,
Aug.
14
CP)
Two
soldiers
were
reported
dead
from
wounds
and
74
others
were
wounded
in
the
official
casualty
list
for
Canadian
forces
fighting
in
Sicily
which
was
Issued
Fri-
day.
Five
of
the
wound-
ed
are
from
British
Colum-
bla.
None
are
from
North-
em
British
Columbia.
COMPANY
CHARGED
Negligence
With
Dynamite
Alleged
as
Sequel
to
Dawson
Creek
Fire
Disaster
POUCE
COUPE,
Aug.
14
f
Miller
Construction
Incorporat
ed
was
chareeri
in
nollpp
pourt
1
V,frn
WnrtnocHaw
,th
,,,i1n,irf.illv
!
failing
to
take
proper
safeguards
of
dynamite.
'
TVia
rhnrrrp
a
men
nut
if
thn
Dawson
Creek
$250,000
fire
on
February
13
which
resulted
in
the
death
of
five
persons
and
Injury
to
nearly
150.
The
hearing
was
remanded
to
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes.
Canadian
soldiers
overseas
have
married
an
estimated
eight
thousand
English
and
Snittish
Kijrls.
-
WILL
SIT
ON
BOARD
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
Named
Ren-
tals
Appead
Adjudicator
for
This
Part
of
Country
VANCOUVER,
August
14
Cyril
Demara,
rentals
adminis
trator,
announced
today
that
he
had
recommended
to
the
Wartime?
Prices
and
Trade
Board
the
appointment
of
Judge
W.
E
on
rentals
appeal
courts.
Judge
Fisher
would
handle
cases
in
central
and
northern
British
Columbia.
VANCOUVER
HOTEL
FIRE
Extensive
Damage
is
Done
Hostelry
at
Carroll
and
Pender
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Hall
an
hour
after
sunset
to
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
9:46
p.m.
to
5:46
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No-
183
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
AUGUST
14,
1943
9:56
p.m.
to
5:38
a.m.
ilitarv
Chiefs
Gather
In
Quebec
--
7
o5
;
-
-
i
i
c
;
"k'tV
CANADIANS
CANADIANS
KEEP
KEEP
TRATNIKf!
TRAINING
n
ON
WAY
WAY
ko
'TO
STPTIV
SICILY
..
.
to
ALGIERS,
August
14
-Gen
eral
Rcger
Leyer,
chief
of
staff
of
the
unified
French
army.
said
today
that
"an
important
force
of
French
troops"
is
ready
to
participate
with
the
Allies
in
a
European
offensive
whether
In
Italy
or
elsewhere.
Halibut
Sales
American
Seymour,
54,000,
17.5'
and
16
Storage.
Eileen,
50,000,
17.5
and
16,
Royal
and
Whiz.
MacArthur,
45,00,0
17.5
and
16,
Pacific
and
Booth.
Canadian
Fisher
Lassie.
35,00,
17.5
and
16,
Atlln
and
Storage.
Premier
Hart
Triple
Winner
VICTORIA,
August
14
Premier
John
Hart
yester-
day
became
the
first
triple
winner
of
the
senior
north-
west
golf
championship.
He
J
had
won
the
title
previous-
ly'
In
1935
and
1938.
'
Italians
Shout
For
Peace
On
Cheering
Pope
I
ROME,
August
14
Resl-
dents
of
Rome
may
take
shelter
in
the
Vatican
from
air
bomlblngs,
it
was
an
nounced
yesterday
by
Pope
Pius.
His
Holiness
toured
the
bombed
sections
of
the
city
and
was
cheered
by
thousands
who
shouted
for
peace.
,
LAUNCHING
OF
VESSEL
Another
Ten-thousand
Ton
Freighter
Takes
to
Water
On
High
Tide
This
Afternoon
.
AT
A
WEST
COAST
CANADIAN
PORT,
Aug,
14
The
launching
of
the
Fort
Wrangell,
another
10,000
ton
freighter,
took
place
on
the
high
tide
at
this
port
this
afternoon
at
1:15,
the
big
hull
sliding
swiftly
down
the
.stocks
Into
the
natural
element.
Later
she
wa3
towed
to
a
berth
at
the
pier
where
work
of
completion
will
be
carried
on.
The
sponsor
of
the
vessel
was
Mfrs.
WUfrid
Garner,
wife
of
one
of
the
locomotive
crane
engin
eers.
Rev.
Magnus
B.
Anderson
blessed
the
ship.
A
silver
serving
tray
was
pre
sented
to
Mr.
Gamer
as
a
memento
of
the
occasion
by
the
lmaflagrJsLUi.e-Jd---
-.
A
beautiful
bouquet
was
pre
sented
to
the
sponsor
by
the
shipyard
carnival
queen
candi
date,.
Miss
May
McElwain.
Later
a
presentation
will
be
made
to
Mrs.
Garner
by
the
locomotive
crane
engineers.
The
prayer
.was
as
follows:
"Almighty
and
everlasting
God,
thou
whose
voice
the
winds
and
the
waves
obey,
we
beseech
thee
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ:
"Look
In
pleasure
upon
the
handwork
of
man
this
day.
VANCOUVER,
August
14-Ex-
Protect
it
with
Thy
might.
When
In
the
tempest
and
when
In
West
Hotpl
at.
Pender
and
Car-
roll
Streets
by
fire
last
night.
It
was
an
eight-storey
structure
and
has
been
well
known
as
a
hostelry
for
many,
years.
FRENCH
ARE
READY
NOW
'Important
Force"
Prepared
to
Participate
in
Allied
Offensive
on
Europe
zones
of
danger,
wilt
Thou
in
Thy
love
and
In
Thy
power
di
rect
its
course
and
protect
its
way
through
the
waters
of
the
sea.
"Let
Thy
protecting
hand
be
over
its
crew,
prosper
mat
which
is
good
among
them
and
bring
to
nought
every
evil
counsel
and
purpose.
Be
Thou
the
Captain
of
their
souls.
When
they
cry
unto
Thee,
hearken
un
to
them,
so
they
may
glorify
Thy
name.
Guide
their
course
into
their
desired
haven
and
their
souls
into
Thy
rest.
"Grant
that
this
ship
may
be
a
messenger
of
peace
ana
goodwill
unto
all
men.
"Be
Thou
with
au
those
in
authority,
our
King
and
magis
trates;
give
them
wisdom
and
uphold
the
good
so
that
we
all
may
anchor
safe
In
the
harbor
of
rest.
Amen."
CONTEST
STANDING
Shipyard
Candidate
Now
Goes
Into
Lead
in
Carnival
Queen
Drive
Miss
May
McElwain,
candidate
of
the
dry
dock,
went
into
Vie
lead
in
today's
count
in
the
Carnival
Queen
contest.
The
standings
today
are
as
follows:
May
McElwain,
Dry
Dock
42,300
Olga
Sathcr,
Sons
of
Norway
29,000
Thelda
McEwen,
Gyro
Club
27,000
Lillian
Wallace,
Retail
Merchants
'
-
18,000
Margaret
Davidson
Moose
11,000
t
llnitarl
United
States
tatac
Army.
Armw
Air
Force,
Navy
Heads
Assemble
for
Parley
Formal
Meetings
of
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
Expected
to
Start
Next
Week
QUEBEC,
Aug.
14
General
George
C.
Marshall,
chief,
of
the
United
States
Army
staff;
General
Henry
Arnold,
chief
of
air
staff,
and
Admiral
Ernest
J.
King,
navy
chief,
arrived
here
yesterday
to
take
part
in
the
Churchill-Roosevelt
war
conference.
Prime
Minister
William
Notice
Of
One
Week
Required
Home
Owners
Who
Share
Their
Residences
May
Order
Tenants
to
Leave
TORONTO,
August
14
Home
owners
who
share
their
residences
with
others
may
order
the
tenants
to
remove
with
one
week's
notice,
It
has
been
ruled
by
a
court
-here.
BATTLE
OF
ITALY
NOW
IN
MAKING
Allies
Squeezing
on
Whole
Ger
man
"Dunkerque"
Attempt
,
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
August
14
O
Surging
Allied
forces
have
pounded,
forward
on
all
fronts
in
Sicily
to
squeeze
dangerously
upon
the
wholesale
German
"lunkerque"
attempt
at
Messina.
'
At
the
same
time
Allied
air
offensive
raided
Wiener
Newstadt
In
Austria
and
shook
Italy
from
tip
to
toe
to
stir
new
cries
for
peace.
The
final
battle
for
Italy
appeared
to
be
taking
shape
to
day
amid
indications
that
air
attacks
would
be
continued
without
ret-up.
Reports
indicated
Allied
raid
ers
over
Italy
again
today.
The
hundreds
of
American
bombers
attacking
Wiener
Newstadt
all
have
been
accounted
for.
VANCOUVER
BOY
DROWNS
VANCOUVER,
August
14-Itoy
Barnes,
a
14-year-old
local
boy,
was
drowned
In
the
harbor
here
jyon
Mackenzie
King
entertained
the
combined
chiefs
of
staff
at
dinner.
The
formal
meetings
here,
between
Prime
Minister
'Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
are
ex
pected
to
take
place
next
week.
Keep
Up
Search
For
Fishing
Vessel
Under
Char
ter
to
R.OA.F.
Missing
with
Fifteen
on
Board
MAY
BE
SAFE?
VICTORIA,
August
14
(CD-Hope
that
fifteen
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
personnel
aboard
the
vessel
B.
C.
Star
are
safe
at
Louris
Island
in
the
Queen
Charlottes
and
are
trying
to
make
their
way
by
lancP'ta
"
SaridspTt
Yr
'Aliford
Bay
was
expressed
today
in
the
interpretation
of
a
message
received
in
Ketchikan
by
radio
saying:
"B.
C.
Star
bread
and
water.
Cumshewa,
Aliford,
repeat."
VANCOUVER,
August
14
Search
is
being
continued
for
the
fish
packer
and
seineboat
B.
C.
Star,
under
charter
lo
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
which
has
been
missing
for
three
weeks
on
a
voyage
in
Hecat?
Straits
from
one
Northern
Bri
tish
Columbia
port
to
another.
There
were
fifteen
Air
Force
personnel
on
board.
Raid
on
Port
Darwin
Fails
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
August
14
The
Japanese
attempted
a
retaliatory
bombing
of
Port
Darwin
yesterday
while
swimming
near
I
yesterday
but
It
was
declared
to
a
grain
elevator.
be
unsuccessful.
WAR
NEWS
EVACUATING
MILAN
NEW
YORK
The
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
quoted
a
Rome
radio
domestic
broadcast
Friday
night
a
saying
"details
have
been
completed
by
the
prefect
of
Milan
for
the
evacuation"
of
Milan
which
was
heavily
hit
early
Friday
by
a
Royal
Air
Force
bombing
attack.
WITHIN
MILE
OF
KHARKOV
LONDON
The
Russians
advanced
to
within
one
mile
of
Kharkov,,
captured
sixty
hamlets
In
a
rush
on
Bryansk
and
opened
a
third
summer
offensive
aimed
at
Smolensk
on
the
central
front
with
a
drive
that
gained
thirteen
miles
in
three
days,
Moscow
announced
Friday
night.
Three
'
major
Russian
offensives
now
rage
along
a
five
hundred
mile
front
seeking
to
crack
the
entire
German
line
across
Russia
at
key
points.
SALAMAUA
IN
RUINS
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
THE
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC
The
Japanese
air
base
at
Salamaua,
New
Guinea,
was
laid
in
ruins
by
the
177th
bombardment
ot
Allied
planes,
Allied
headquarters
announced
Saturday.
Ground
troops
gained
another
mile
in
seeking
to
wipe
the
Japanese
from
their
last,
slim
foothold
on
New
Guinea
at
Bairoko
Harbor.
RANDAZZO
CAPTURED
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SICILY
Allied
forces,
Americans
from
the
northwest
and
British
from
the
southeast,
In
ve
rapturrd
Randazxo,
key
point
nf
ilip
Allicil
detente
In
northwest
Sicily
which
is
rapidly
crumbling,
''.'