WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
11
(CP)
United
States
forces
landed
on
Japanese-held
Attu
Island
in
the
Aleutians
Tuesday
and
are
now
locked
in
battle
with
enemy
troops.tlie
United
States
Department
of
lh
Navy
announced
today,
promising
further
details
would
be
released
when
the
situation
clarifies.
First
word
of
the
landing
of
the
Americans
on
Attu
came
when
.Japanese
Imperial
headquarters
in
Tokyo
said
in
a
broadcast
communique
today
that
the
American
forces
had
started
landing
Wednesday
on
Attu
and
that
a
fierce
battle
was
in
progress.
Attu
is
the
westernmost
of
the
Aleutian
Islands,
1778
miles
from
Tokyo
as
bombers
fly
and
196
miles
west
of
Kiska,
the
other
Aleutian
island
on
which
the
Japs
had
had
a
foothold
since
last
June.
The
Tokyo
broadcast
was
recorded
by
the
Federal
communications
commission
ai
jscw
i
urn..
uivruHa&
no
immediate
confirmation
at
that
time
from
Washington
or
any
other
Allied
source
but
frequently
in
the
past
the
Japanese
had
been
the
first
to
announce
important
military
encounters.
Military
observers
in
Washington
see
the
landing
at
Attu
as
a
move
to
outflank
Kiska,
which
is
72
miles
to
the
east.
Occupation
of
Attu
would
make
it
difficult
for
the
Japanese
to
maintain
a
force
of
10,000
men
which
arc
estimated
to
be
there.
Attu
would
also
provide
the
Americans
with
a
valuable
weather
observation
post.
Terrace
And
Hazelton
In
Lead
on
Loan
Geoffrey
Wootten,
divisional
organs
of
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
campaign,
returned
to
the
city
on
tot
nlsht's
train
from
a
trip
thrcir.h
the
Interior
as
far
as
Prinne
George.
Ho
reports
pro
gre
...
on
subscriptions
at
various
Point,
with
Terrace
and
Hazelton
about
to
go
over
the
top,
the
quota
of
the
former
having
been
$35,000
and
of
the
latter
$15,000.
Took
Car
Without
Consent
of
Owner
Sentence
of
$50
Is
Imposed
In
City
I'olicc
Court
Thomas
Albert
Shields,
charged
Wh
takins
an
automobile
without
PURCHASES
BUSINESS
Huo
Kraupner
Takes
Over
Ideal
Cleaner-.
From
Even
Evenson
TTnrrn
Trnnrmpr
from
Ev"n
Evenson
of
the
Ideal
Cleaners
Property
and
business
on
McBrlde
oirpt
j.
armnn(wi
vr
Kraunner
'U
take
over
on
June
1,
carrying
cn
r,
,
l
.
.i
.,
Over
Billion
Dollars
Now
OTTAWA,
May
14
(Canadian
Press)
Fourth
Victory
Loan
subscriptions
passed
the
bll
lion
dollar
mark
yesterday.
maklnc
the
loan
the
greatest'
money-raising
effort
in
do-
t
minion
history,
it
was
announ-
ced
today.
NAVY
NOW
IN
ACTION
nt
Attack
is
Made
by
is
a
fortinea
im"
top
of
Cap
wm
British
Naval
Craft
on
Pantellarla
in
Sicilian
Straits
LONDON,
May
14
-Desmond
News
Ag
enc
r
eo
Muter
the
.Tighe,
owners
consent,
was
sentenced
l
Pay
a
fine
of
$50
or
spend
one
responaem
r
th
t
"'"
Lj
Ttoiiari
Island
In
the
Sicil-
CU
I
".".
.
ian
Strait
Thursday,
it
M.
.i.of
nvai
attack
of
the
war
on
these
Islands
whicii
servea
Battle
of
Tu-..io
the
air
bases
during
Th
Islands
had
been
fre
quently
bombed
from
the
alr,;
how
ever,
hn.irlnuarters
lh
North
announced
officially
today
Africa
n,,ni
Naval
force
had
fired
a
roadsidVs'yesterday
into
ttje
Pantellaria.
The
area
of
harbor
ibardmentofrantelarla
which
-
i
inrec
monms
as
mana-
ui
of
the
me
w
-
ot.fi
hv
the
the
successful
by
erot
thedrvcleanin
department
was
described
as
01
the
Pioneer-Canadian
Laundry.
J
communique.
Large
Canadian
Army
Overseas
OTTAWA;
May
14
(Canadian
Press)
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence.
told
the
House
of
Commans
Thutsday
night
that
the
'f
strength
of
the
Canadian
Army
overseas
on
March
31
last
was
more
than
190,000.
r
AID
BILL
GOES
UP
Billion
Dollar
United
Nations
Assistance
Measure
Advanced
in
Canadian
House
OTTAWA,
May
14
tOWThe
House
of
Commons,
In
committee
yester
day.
approved
the.
J1,000,000,000
mutual
ald
kbHljion.
thcUnl
tdH
tions
after
consideration
of
the
measure
clause
by
clause.
The
sec
ond
reading
has
now
been
given
the
bill
and
it
will
receive
third
reading
at
the
next
session.
SURRENDER
COMPLETED
Only
Axis
Forces
Remaining
In
North
Africa
Now
are
Prisoners
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
.IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
May
14
(Canadian
Press)
Allied
headquarters
announced
today
that
the
only
Axis
forces
remaining
In
North
Africa
were
prisoners,
the
last
holding
out
elements
having
surrendered
yesterday.
Of
prisoners
taken
In
the
North
African
campaign,
it
has
been
announced
that
100,000
were
by
the
r
virroRiA,
a.
Local
Temperature
Mailt
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
68
(Half
an
hour
afte
sunset
to
Minimum
40
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
v.
10:07
p.m.to
5:07
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
113
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MAY
14,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
BATT
OF
ALEUTIANS
IS
ON
-
United
States
wees
Have
Landed
on
Attu
Island
And
Fierce
Fight
In
Progress
JAPANESE
ARE
FIRST
TO
ANNOUNCE
IMPORTANT
MILITARY
ENCOUNTER,
WASHINGTON
FOLLOWING
WITH
LATER
STATEMENT
Bulletins
AT
DAWSON
CREEK
VICTORIA
A
new
village
commission
with
Increased
powers
has
been
appointed
for
Dawson
Creek.
The
former
council
had
resigned.
owing
to
lack
of
power
to
meet
the
requirements
of
mushroom
growth
of
the
town.
CANADIAN
CASUALTIES
OTTAWA
There
have
been
29
casualties
fori
Canadian
figAting
with
the
Britbh
armies
in
North
Africa.
were
killed.
Thirlejcn
LACK
OF
SUITLIES
BERLIN
Ihc.
German
High
Command
says'tliat
the
Tunisian
campaign
yame
(o
a
close
as
it
did
simply
because
supplies
could
not
be
maintained.
The
forces
ran
onj
of
ammunition.
RIOTS
IN
BERLIN
LONDON
Rialing
Is
reported
to
hare
broken
out
in
Beilin
and
elsewhere
in
Germany
as
a
result
of
information
being
denied
as
to
casualties
in
the
North
African
campaign.
i
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
The
Japanese
staged
two
air
raids
on
Port
Moresby,
New
guinea,
yesterday.
United
Nation
planes
raided
.Gasmata
and
Rabaul
on
New
Britain.
I
IRE
AT
'FRISCO
SAN
FRANCISCO
Eighty-five
prisons
are
in
hospital
but
there
were
no
deaths
as
a
result
of
a
large
four.
hour
fire
on
the
San
Francisco,
waterfront
yesterday.
Large
piers
were
damaged
but
'ships
were
moved
to
safety
In
the
haibor.
RUSSRAID
ON
WARSAW
Large
Fires
Started
by
Bombers
in
.
Nazi-occupied
Capital
of
Poland
LONDON,
May
14
0)
Russian
long
range
bombers
raided
Warsaw,
Nazi-held
capital
of
Poland
Wednesday
night,
the
Moscow
radio
said
Thursday.
Large
fires
and
explosions
of
trains
and
military
stores
were
observed,
the
radio
British,
25,000
by
the
French
and
said.
All
Russian
aircraft
returned
38.000
by
the
Americans.
safely.
PRISONERS
IN
TUNISIA
ALL
EUROPE
IN
TURMOIL
Reveiberalions
of
Allied
Victories
In
North
Africa
Are
LONDON,
May
14.
B
Reverberations
of
the
Allied
victory
In
Africa
are
said
to
be
shaking
the
whole
of
Europe
with
accounts
of
sabotage,
armed
clashes
and
general
resistance
pouring
In
from
Poland,
Norway,
Yugoslavia
and
Greece.
Hollanders
and
Belgians
appear
to
be
giving
Nazi
occupational
forces
the
greatest
trouble.
KEEPING
UP
OFFENSIVE
Berlin,
Czech
""lovaWa
and
Ruhr
Valley
Latest
Objectives
of
R.
A.
F.
v
LONDON,
Mo?
II
(Canadian
Fre3s)
Berlin,
CzechSlovakla
and
the
Ruhr
Valley
of
Germany
were
pounded
in
great
strength
by
Royal
Air
Force
and
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
last
night
and
the
Beilin
radio
reported
that
American
bombers
h'
1
slacked
the
north
German
coastal
area
at
noon
today,
extending
augumented
Allied
air
offensive
to
nearly
forty-eight
hours
of
incessant
assault.
The
British
force
lost
tliirty-
i.
friir-bouiber,laTt
nihtj
eight
of-
them
being
Canadian,
in
"the
rvl
-miiel
nt
th-
m;ord
runch
at
Duisburg
the
night
before.
In
daylight
yes'erday
the
Americans
bombei
Mrault
and
St.
Omer
in
northern
France.
.
Th
non-stop
offensive
continued
today
wiih
fleets
cf
Allied
bombers
and
fighters
swarming
out
at
great
height
over
the
Channel.
AT
ITALY
Augusta,
Cagliari
and
Naples
Are
Latest
Targets
of
Britain
ill
A
small
portion
of
the
host
of
prisoners
ro
ided
no
by
the
valiant
Eighth
Army
Is
shown
In
this
scene.
At
the
Mareth
Line
alone,
Montg
-nery's
men
took
8,000
prisoners.
At
the
battle
of
the
Gabes
Gap,
7,000
more
German
and
Ita
an
soldiers
were
bagged.
Now,
with
the
capture
of
Tunis
and
Blzerte,
the
numbers
of
enemy
c;aibatants
put
out
of
action
by
the
Eighth
Army
totals
hundreds
of
thousands.
.
...
..
y
Italy
Now
threatened
ROME,
May
14
Premier
Be
nito
Mussolini
was
advised
yesterday
by
his
general
staff
that
Italy
was
threatened
with
Invasion.
II
Duce
has
entrusted
:
the
defence
of
the
country
to
a
committee
of
marshals
In-
eluding
himself
and
King
Vic-
tor
Emannuel.
CHURCHILL
IS
HEARD
Says
He
and
Roosevelt
Are
Planning
AVclI
Ahead
of
Advancing
Armies
Suggests
Action
on
Continent
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
H
Speaking
today
from
Washington
to
the
British
people,
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
paid
tribute
to
the
home
guards.
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
he
and
his
military
leaders
were
meeting
with
President
Roosevelt
and
his
aides
to
plan
action
well
ahead
oi
the
advancing
armies.
He
referred
to
the
necessity
of
"design
and
forethought"
and
said
that
"we
must
be
prepared
for
the
day
when
the
armies
now
in
Britain
will
be
in
deadly
grapple
with
the
enemy
on
the
continent."
,x..
hum,
mm
SITUATION
IN
NORWAY
Germans
Bolstering
Fortifications
And
Preparing
for
Open
Revolt
STOCKHOLM,
May
14
The
Germans
are
intensifying
work
on
Norwegian
fortifications
following
a
conference
In
Narvik
at
which
the
possibilities
of
invasion
were
discussed
by
Norwegian
Quisling
leaders
and
heads
of
the
German
army,
navy
and
police,
reliable
reports
from
Inside
Norway
said
today.
These
reports
said
that
orders
CAIRO,
May
14
(Canadian
Press)
have
been
given
by
the
Norwegian
It
was
announced
today
that
underground
organization
to
pre-atocut
twenty
enemy
vessels
were,
'
pare
for
ppen
revojt,
and
that
sunk
or
damaged
by
a
strong
force
more
snarls
had
developed
In
the
of
United
States
bombers
which
at-
total
labor
mobilization
campaign,
tacked
the
haibor
of
Augusta,
Sic-
In
the
province
of
Jaeren,
on
ily.
yesterday.
the
southwest
coast
of
Norway,
be-
Allied
air
squadrons
struck
again
tween
Stavanger
and
Krlstlansand,
at
Cagllari
(Sandinla)
and
Naples.
the
Germans
have
begun
digging
a
giant
anti-tank
ditch,
it
was
reported.
Extension
of
the
railroad
.
.line
north
of
Mosjoen,
in
northern
I
Norway
also
is
being
rushed
and
,work
Is
being
hurried
on
an
alr-.
field
.at
Orlandet,
off
Trondhelni
Fjord,
and
a
submarine
station
at
Trondheim,
it
was
said.
Unconfirmed
reports
here
said
units
of
the
German
fleet
had
moved
from
Trondheim
to
the
area
of
Trorosoe,
north
of
Narvik,
While
such
a
shift
would"
put
the
CHIEF
JUSTICE
SPEAKS
jHIGHWAYS
:
ARE
HELD
IMPORTANT
Cheerful
Picture
of
Future
of
Northern
British
Columbia
.;"
Painted
by
Judge
Now
that
It
seemed
reasonable)
to
look
forward
to
victory
In
this
war
and
an
era
of
lasting
peace
and
contentment
to
follow,
It
was
fitting
to
lay
plans
for
post-war
development
which
should
mean
much
for
the
northern
portion
'
of
the
much-favored
province
of
British
Colmbia,
Chief
Justice
Wendell
Farrls
declared
In
a
luncheon
address
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
on
Thursday.
His
Lordship
emphasized
the
necessity
of
a
network
of
roads
as
the
foundation
for
the
opening
up
and
development
of
this
part
of
the
country
for
tourist
traffic
as
well
as
exploitation
of
new
mineral
and
timber
resources.
The
Alaska
High
way,
he
saw
as,
an
Important
step
In
that
direction.
As
for
the
pres-ent
war
situation,
the
Judge
felt
that
there
was
good
reason
to
ba
optimistic
about
the
prospects
of
peace
although
there
should
be
no
delusions
about
difficult
times
still
lying
ahead.
He
expected
to
see
a
new
economic
period
and
conditio
such
as
the
world
had
never
be-
foreKqwQ.althouBh)flautopli.w
i-
.
to
be
anticipated
unless
everyone
was
willing
to
put
his
shoulder
to
the
wheel
and
do
his
share.
Every
man
should
be
given
the
opportunity
to
earn
a
living
but
should
earn
that
living
himself.
At
the
commencement
of
his
address,
the-
Chief
Justice,
al
though
admitting
it
was
his
first
visit
here,
declared
that
he
had
always
been
a
great
believer
In
the
north
and
its
possibilities
for
the
future.
A
man
called
Adolf
Hitler,
by
his
actions,
had
done
more
to
speed
up
the
opening
of
the
north
country
and
Its
potentialities
than
had
ever
been
done
before;
His
Lordship,
who
said
he
was
prepar
ed
to
correct
all
libels
about
Prince
Rupert's
weather,
told
how
he
had
been
actively
Interested
25
years
ago
in
an
undertaking
for
the
es-
tabllshment
of
a
pulp
and
paper1
project
here
but
the
financial
crash
of
1921
had
made
it
impossible
to
finance
It.
His
Lordship
recalled
now,
afte'r.
the
last
war,
fifty
thousand
more
soldiers
had
been
discharged
.to
British
Columbia
than
had
enllsj
ed
from
the
province.
The
same
thing
might
be
anticipated
after
this
war
owing
to
the
attractions
the
province
had
to
offer
and
lie
could
see
here
a
bottleneck
which
would
produce
serious
difficulties.
Therefore,
It
was
most
Important
that
there
should
be
developmant
of
the
Industries
along
extensive
lines
and,
towards
this
end,
roads
would
play
an
important
part
la
opening
up
the
country
to
tourist
traffic
and
the
exploitation
of
its
natural
resources.
The
Judge
'leet
in
a
better
position
for
action
enthused
about
the
voyage
up
the
xgatnst
any
Murmansk-bound
Al-
coast
from
Vancouver
to
Prince
led
convoys
during
the
long
sum-
Rupert.
It
was
to
him
like
a
trip
ner
days,
reports
of
.the
move
through
fairyland.
:ame
following
an
Increase
in
.A.F.
activity
along
the
Norwe
gian
coast.
Loyal
Norwegians
said
a
full-ale
revolt
would
come
when
Nor
wegian
officials
gave
the
signal
to
co-operate
with
Allied
summer
offensive
plans.
loney
Raised
For
Red
Gross
KITSEGUKLA.
May
14
The
sum
of
$31
was
raised
for
the
Red
Cross
In
a
canvass
here
recently.
Names
of
the
contributors
were:
Kltsegukla
Village,
$11;
Skeena
Crossing,
$7;
Matthas
Wesley,
$1;
Mrs.
Sam
Sampare,
$1;
Ed.
Wesley,,
$1.
Sees
Victory
Assured
Turning
to
realistic
present
da
conditions,
the
Judge
said
that
for:
some
years
the
prospects
had
seem
ed
nigh
hopeless
but
in
recent
months
had
come
the
flicker
of-light
like
the
dawn
of
the
dayv
Now
there
appeared
the
certainty
of
a
bright
shining
day
of
victory
and
peace.
There
had
Just
been
a
victory
In
North
Africa
the
like
of
which
none
had
even
dared
to
dream
of.
Truly
It
seemec)
that
"the
beginning
of
the
end'.
had
come.
"I
think
we
have
the
right
to
be
optimistic
and
realize
that
peace
and
victory
will
be
ours
but
we
should
not
be
misled
about
difficult
times
still
lying
ahead
v
In
the
last
war,
the
end
of
which'
had
been
brought
about
by
the
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