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Red
Army
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rolling
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beyond
the
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to
the
north
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night
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subscribed
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drive.
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nearly
double
corresponding
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yesterday
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Swedish
Plane
Is
Shot
Down
Notable
Record
STOCKHOLM,
Oct.
23
A
'
Swedish
transport
plane
has
been
?rn;
down
off
the
"
coast
of
Sweden
by
a
Nazi
'-u
plane.
Swedish
auth-
oiltles
are
expected
to
lodge
a
vigorous
protest
over
the
Incident.
Eleven
of
thirteen
aboard
the
Swe-
dish
plane
were
lost.
1
Wife
Killer
Gets
Eight
Year
Term
NANAIMO.
Oct.
23
James
Hughes,
electrician
and
former
University
of
British
Columbia
football
star,
was
sentenced
to
eight
years'
Imprisonment
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
by
Chief
Justice
Wendell
Far-rls
following
his
conviction
on
a
charge
of
manslaughter
In
MUMBLES,
"Wales.
Oct.
23
CP
Miss
Elizabeth
Mary
Thomas
of
this
South
Wales
town
has
just
completed
more
than
46
years'
service
as
a
postwoman.
&as
walkedj?er
140,000
miles
aenvenng
jetiers.
Her
family
has
an
aggregate
of
more
than
235
years'
Post
Office
service.
When
Miss
Thomas
began
on
her
delivery
round
before
the
Boer
War,
there
were
very
few
postwomen.
Now
the
number
exceeds
17.000.
ATTENTION
PHILATELISTS
Sweden
has
Issued
a
new
design
of
stamp
in
fed
and
green
to
commemorate
the
centenary
Speed
the
Victory
J$p
Buy-yictory
Bonds
i
&
-n
ot
;
Wm.
Brown
Veteran
of
Two
Wars
and
Leader
Of
Many
Activities
Passed
Quietly
Away
at
Home.
t
The
drath
nccurr-d
at
his
home
on
Graham
Avenue
yes-
Passes
Away
Wil
iam
M,
Brown
Terrible
New
Nazi
Weapon
STOCKHOLM,
Oct.
23
Allied
aerial
bombers
and
saboteurs
are
delaying
pro
ductlon
of
the
new
German
secret
weapon
a
bomb
with
terrific
explosive
power,
capable
of
wiping
out
an
entire
city,
a
dls-
patch
from
Berne
to
the
newspaper
Aftontidningen
says.
More
Pork
May
n
l
jDeAvaiiaDie
OTTAWA,
Oct.
23
Canadian
housewives
may
soon
be
able
to
buy
more
pork.
It
Is
Intimated
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
although
there
will
be
no
changes
In
the
meat
rationing.
he
was
connected
for
a
num
ber
of
years.
He
then
entered
ine
outstanding
member
of
the
so-
i
In
the
first
year
of
the
pres-clal
and
civic
L'fe
of
the
com-ent
war
ne
re-enllsted,
joining
munlty.
The
cause
of
death
was
the
Second
Searchlight
regiment,
heart
disease.
He
was
sent
overseas
early
In
The
deceased
was
born
In
Huntley,
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland.
He
came
to
Prince
Rupert
as
a
young
man
in
1909
and
set
up
a
plumbir-u
business
which
operated
unt'l
1915
when
he
enlisted
with
the
Sixty-second
Battalion,
.EJ
While
in
France,
he
transferred
lb
the
Forty-seventh
Battalion
with
which
n?
served
until
demobilized
in
1019.
He
was
wounded
while
overseas.
He
married
while
In
England
nd
brought
his
bride
to
Canada
at
the
end
of
the
First
Great
War.
There
were
two
childrenWilliam,
a
Sergeant
Pilot
OTTAWA,
Oct.
23
Lieut.
Col.
Cecil
Merritt
V.C.,
hero
of
Dieppe,
and
Lieut.
J.
E.
R.
Wood
of
Vancouver
are
back
In
cus-
tody
as
prisoners
of
war
In
Germany
after
four
days
of
liberty
following
their
escape
from
Internment
camp,
according
to
advices
:eceivcd
here.
They
are
said
to
be
receiving
better
tredt-
ment
following
their
re-
capture,
being
not
shackled
and"
getltlng
improved
ra-
tions.
i
t
have
passed
them.
The
district
JVlaSaryK
iXCrVOllS
freight
office
in
Winnipeg
,
J
doubled
its
quota.
In
one
small
Akn-
AffPntailfP
department
a
single
employee
1UUUI
AUCpiOlllC
subscribed
the
whole
of
the
r
"
A
11
"
quota.
Every
one
of
the
six
red
i
J
Italian
iUj
caps
inthe
Winnipeg
swuuu
bought
bonds
to
the
amount
of
$50.
"There
has
been
great
enthusiasm
at
mass
meetings
of
officers
and
employees
in
Winnipeg,
Saskatoon,
Edmonton,
Vancouver
and
other
centres,"
Mr.
Devenlsh
said.
"The
reports
of
canvassers
are
most
encouraging
and
we
hftve
every
reason
.to
be
confident
of
the
result."
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
23
(Cf
Jan
Masaryk,
vice-premier
In
exile
of
Czechoslovakia,
said
yesterday
that
his
countrymen
were
bewildered
by
the
acceptance
of
Italy
as
an
Allied
co-bellig-eent
and
nervous
over
the
the
war
but
was
returned
to
Canada
last
year
on
account
of
111
health.
He
had
been
under
a
doctor's
care
since
his
return
to
Canada.
'He
held
the
rank
of
sergeant
major.
Gifted
with
the
quality
of
leadership.
Mr.
Brown
held
var
ious
executive
posts
in
civic,
so-il
cial
and
labor
organizations.
He
was
an
alderman
for
eight
years
from
1924
to
1932.
His
activities
led
him
to
the
presidency
of
such
groups
as
the
hospital
board,
thetCanadlan"
Legion,
the
Trades
and
Labor
Council,
St.
Andrew's
Society
and
the.
district
Liberal
Association.
In
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
j
Prominent
lrt
Masonic
affairs,
now
listed
as
missing,
and
he
was
a
past
master
and
char-Helen,
living
in
Prince
Rupert,
ter
member
of
Tslmpsean
Lodge.
Following
the
first
World
War
He
Joined
the
order
while
still
of
Oscar
Montellus.
originator
the
deceased
returned
to
Prince
in
Scotland,
of
the
typological
method
of
Rupert
and
re-entered
the
His
Is
survived
by
his
wife
and
riaifi'nHnn
of
archeoloelcal
plumbing
business
with
the
firm
daughter
Helen,
as
well
as
finds.
of
Steel
and
Longwell
with
which
brothers
and
sisters
in
'Scotland,
OTTAWA,
Oct.
23
A
celling
Is
to
be
placed
on
grapefruit
and
lemon
prices
In
Canada,
following
similar
action
taken
n
respect
to
oranges.
The
basis
will
be
the
Ameilcan
prices
with
ccognlzed
charges
over
and
Jove.
NewCommando
Head
is
Named
LONDON,
Oct.
23
D
Briga-ler
R.
E.
Laycock
has
been
lamed
chief
of
combined
operationshead
of
Britain's
famed
commandos
succeeding
Lord
Louis
Mount'batten
who
left
that
post
to
become
commander-in-chief
of
Allied
forces
In
southeast
Asia.
Funeral
Notice
CANADIAN
LEGION
B.E.S.L.
Members
and
all
.ex-service
men
are
requested
to
attend
the
funeral
of
our
late
comrade,
William
M.
Brown,
past
president
of
the
Canadian
Legion.
Assemble
at
Legion
Hall.
2:30
Tuesday,
October
23.
Funeral
service
is
being
held
at
First
thought
of
some
of
the
present
Presbyterian
Church,
3
p.m.
ru'ers
of
other
Axis
satellite
na-
Berets
and
medals
to
be
worn.
tions
becoming
blue-eyed
boys."
"Lest
Wp
Forget."
:
Juncture
:
Of
Armies
Fifth;
and
Eighth
Expected
to
Crt'me
Together
on
Drive
Northward
Toward
Rome.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
ITALY,
Oct.
23
The
Fifth
and
Eighth
Armle3,
battling
forward
to
new
objectives
north
of
the
Voltur'no
River,
are
now
only
15
miles
apart
and
are
expected
to
soon
make
juncture
on
the
roatMto
Rome.
They
beat
off
new
"German
counter-attacks
and
advanced
another
five
miles
yesterday.
Ndnajor
battle
Is
now
anticipated
until
the
Germans
have
thelrbacks
to
Rome.
Tho
Anglo-American
Fifth
Army
has
seized
commanding
heights
in
the
central
sector
of
its
front
and
is
exploiting
the
gain,'
Allied
headquarters
an
nounced
today.
There
was
but
limited
progress
elsewhere
on
Army
front
and
Tonight
s
Dim-out
we
mil
54
.Half
an
hour
after
unset
to
una
33
half
an
hour
before
sunrise)
6:57
p.m.
to
7:55
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i.
iv,
PRINCE
RUPERT
B.C..
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER
23,1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ustria
l
Dispute
Has
Been
Settled
V1V1
v
Jap
Base
On
New
Guinea
Wiped
Out
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC.
Oct.
23
The
Allies
yesterday
de-
livered
one
of
the
heaviest
air
blows
against
the
Jap-
anese
so
far
in
the
South
Pacific
war
by
dropping
221
tons
of
explosives
on
Sattle-
burg
near
Flnschhafen,
New
Guinea,
virtually
obliterat-
lng
the
town
which
was
an
Important
base
of
enemy
operations.
.
CRUISER
S
SUNK
German
Broadcasts
Claim
De
struction
of
One
British
Warship
and
Firing
of
Another,
strong
points,
a
communique
i
with
light
German
naval
for-sald.ij
Imatlons
In
the
Channel
Islands
American
torpedo
boats
on
area
Friday
night.
There
was
the
Italian
northwest
coast
tor
pedoed
two
"and
possibly
three
shlps'in
two
German
convoys.
brltlsh
destroyers
in
the
Adrl-t:
!
sank
i
Nan-nunncd
trawhjr
off
the
Albanian
coast.
Medium
bombers
struck
again
Friday
at
a
German
air
field
at
PVMi-Mffej,
....
Indians
Call
Upon
Premier
Ask
for
Exemption
From
Military
Service
and
Income
Tax.
OTTAWA.
Oct.
23
A
delegation
of
Indians
called
at
the
office
of
prlmo
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
yesterday
but
the
Premier
was
absent.
A
petition
was
presented
asking
for
exemption
from
military
service
and
Income
taxation.
Major
Attack
on
That
Central
Industrial
City
of
Reich
Last
Night.
LONDON,
Oct.
23
The
Royal
Air
Force
delivered
a
bombing
attack
in
force
last
night
on
Kassel
in
central
Germany,
mother
'important
industrial
centre
of
the
Reich.
Heavy
damage
was
done.
Forty-four
planes
failed
to
return
Twelve
Canadian.
Frankfurt
and
Cologne
were
other
targets
lavt
night.
Bulletins
DR.
WEST
DEAD
VANCOUVER
Dr.
John
A.
West,
former
rrince
Rupert
physician,
died
in
hospital
here
today.
Since
1938
he
had
been
medical
officer
for
the
provincial
infirmary
at
LLOYD
GEORGE
MARRIES
LONDON
Former
Prime
Minister
David
Lloyd
George
was
married
Saturday
to
Miss
Frances
Stevenson,
his
secretary
since
1913.
Lloyd
George
is
80
years
old.
His
first
wife
died
In
1911.
no
immediate
confirmation.
The
Germans
claimed
that
the
cruiser
was
hit
by
three
or
four
torpedoes
and
blew
up.
SYNTHETIC
LEATHER
"Modotsx"
a
leather
subsM
ciUeamadgjBCTUrr.ly.irJtmwiffyas
'Ish
raw
materials
has
been
'"und
superior
to
real
leather
i
the
severe
Swedish
winter
and
has
relieved
shoe
rationing
j.ime
extent.
Investiture
leld
Friday
OTTAWA,
Oct.
23
The
Governor
General,
the
Earl
of
Athlone.
held
an
investiture
at
Government
House
yesterday
when
forty-six
awards
were
conferred.
I
Submarines
In
Pacific
LOS
ANGELES,
Oct.
23
It
Is
reported
here
that
a
large
force
of
Japanese
sub-
marines
Is
now
on
the
hunt
In
the
Pacific
"between
the
Pacific
Coast
and
the
Ha-
walian
islands.
There
have
been
bold
attacks
on
ship-
ping
in
the
area.
4
Funeral
Notice
An
emergent
communication
of
Tslmpsean
Lodge,
No.
58,
A.F.
&
A.M.,
will
be
held
at
2:15
p.m.
at
the
Masonic
Temple
Tuesday,
October
26,
for
the
pur
pose
of
conducting
a
funeral
service
for
our
late
Worshipful
Brother
William
M.
Brown.
A
service
in
First
Presbyterian
Church
will
follow
at
3
p.m
Members
of
Tyee
Lodge
and
so
journing
brethyen
are
requested
to
be
present.
W.
D.
VANCE.
Secretary.
LOTS
OF
IT
Magnesium
is
the
sixth
most
abundant
element.
VICTORY
LOAN
:IAT
DRY
DOCK
So
Far
$111,000
Has
Been
Subscribed
by
Shipyard
Workers
Against
Total
Objective
of
$200,000.
The
Fifth
Victory
Loan
can
vass
at
the
local
dry
dock,
with
T.
J.
Boulter
chairman
in
charge
of
the
drive,
Iz
running
35
per
cent
ahead
of
the
spring
loan
mark.
Up
to
last
night
sub
sjriptlons
from
the
workers
of
the
plant
had
totalled
$114,000
The
objective
on
this
occasion
is
$200,000
which
is
double
of
the
sp;lng
target.
The
cumulative
total
for
tha
campaign
in
Prince
Rupert
for
the
first
five
days
reached
$311,
350
last
night
a3
compared
with
$226,950
for
the
corresponding
period
In
the
spring
drive.
Subscriptions
yesterday
amounted
to
$49,000.
Further
individual
subscrlp
Hons
include
the
following:
Bishop
Bunoz
(The
Catholic
.
I
Church
LONDON,
Oct.
23
O;
German
I
Chow
Yen
Que
tirrfa
aftj,-nn.m
nt
vjiiHam
m
v
.mni
f
cyy,hu
win,,
l
Elehth
Armv
aclvltles
were
re-
broadcasts
claimed
today
that!
Miss
Marea
Wlndle
Pntinprnnn
wltn
fha
Villi
nrr
rf
"
J
.
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,
i'
.
.
....
.
i
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nAnUn
xri4lA
VV....VV..V..
iriiv
6
nrnwn
oariv
io.Mot
Drin
rA-
Vi
rv.4
it
-Ao.s
smcteo
mainiv
ra
nairouinz
ana
a
Kriusn
cruiser
was
sunit
anu
ivua
ucmw
mauic
9
W11C.
nunArt.
veteran
nf
t
wr
nroro
inH
i
until
1010
clearlne
un
isolated
enemy
a
destrover
set
afire
in
a
clash;
Miss
Postwoman
Holds
Annette
Wlndle
Raymond
K.
Wlndle
Mr.
C.
and
Mrs.
I.
Wlivn
Robert
M.
Menzles
Eric
Burr
,
Arrow
-Bus
Line
,
.
Mr.
Chee
Wong
Yen
Wong
Mln
Sun
.
Wing
Chin
Yuen'f.'
'
.
Mah
Key
Ylng
ft-
-vtah.
Hung
Wah
Lew
Shong
Din
hin
Jong
.lee
On
lung
Kaw
Kee
Ming
H.
Wong
Mah
Key
Mah
Lin
'
Mah
Fung'
Mah
Jung,
,
Mah
Nang
'Hee
Wong
Mow
Fong
Ton
Sing
ierre
LeRoss
J.
W.
Gilbert
Mke
Hanich
Vera
P.
and
Douglas
C.
Vander
Wouden
James
W.
Souther
i
Nazis
Are
:
Crumbling
$7,000
1,000
50
50
50
50
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
50
100
50
1,000
500
Melitopol
Falls;
Dneiperpetrovsk
Doomed
LOAN
GOES
OVER
WELL
Canadian
National
Railway
Employees
Reach
One-third
of
Objective.
WINNIPEG,
Oct.
23
At
the
end
of
the
first
week
In
the
Fifth
Victory
Loan
campaign
Canadian
National
Railways
cm-oloyees
In
the
western
region
have
reached
a
third
of
their
total
objective,
W.
R.
Devenlsh,
vice-president
and
general
manager,
announced
today.
Contributions
amount
to
20
per
cent
more
than
those
collected
In
the
corresponding
period
of
the
previous
loan.
A
number
nf
departments
have
already
r.ttained
their
In
dividual
dividual
objectives
objectives
and
and
several
several
I
Merritt
Made
His
Getaway
ri
.
uirus
rruus
Ceiling
Price
KASSEL
IS
HEAVY
HIT
MOSCOW,
Oct.
23
Melitopol,
last
German
stronghold
on
the
southeast
bank
of
the
Dnieper
River
has
fallen
to
the
Russians"
after
the
hardest
kind
of
fighting,"
a
special
order
of
the
day
by
rremiei
Joseph
Stalin
announced
today.
The
fall
of
Dnieperpet-rovsk
is
also
deemed
certain.
One
and
a
half
million
Nazi
troops
arc
encircled.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
Oct.
21
High
.
10:36
18.1
feet
22:45
17.7
feet
Low
4:09
7.1
feet
16:49
8.7
feet
Monday,
Oct.
25
High
11:11
191
feet
23:27
18.6
feet
Low
4:56
6.8
feet
17:30
7.2
feet
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jack
Clausen
leave
this
evening
on
a
trip
J
to
Vancouver.
Mr.
Clausen
will
meet
his
son,
Flying
Officer
Elmer
Clausen,
who
is
being
transferred
from
Prince
Edward
Island
to
Patricia
Bay.
Q.C
Island
Strike
Has
Been
Ended
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
23
Operators
and
union
represents-tives
signed
an
agreement
o
,
day
recognizing
the
International
Woodworkers'
Association
as
the
bargaining
agents
for
Queen
Charlotte
Island
loggers.
Union
representatives
have
advised
the
loggers
to
return
to
work
on
Monday
pending
the
voting
on
the
agreement
which
would
become
effective
November
1.'
-
Women
to
Hold
Industry
Jobs
LONDON,
Oct.
23
0
-A
Deakin,
acting
general
secretary
of
the
transport
and
general
workers'
union,
believes
the
war
has
ended
the
idea
that
a
woman's
place
Is
In
the
home.
!'l
am
certain
women
will
re-
100
main
fn
Industry
alter
the
war,
'
100
he
said
at
a
conference
ot
wo
100
men
war
workers.
"We
shall
3,000
never
go
back
to
that
old-time
200
Idea
that
a
woman's
place
is
in
100
the
home."
100
,
,
,
'
10s5
Rock-a-Bye
Baby
OQJ
200
By
Arriied
Sentry
200
jog
CAMP
CLAIBORNE..
La..
Oct
a
if
a
woman
arove
up
w
tbe
camp
eate
and
demanded
entrance.
When
she
couldn't
produce
proper
credentials.
Pte.
Jack
Elliott,
a
military
policeman,
told
her
she
couldn't
enter.
In
turning
her
car
around
;
the
woman
managed
to
get
It-
stuck
in
a
nearby
ditch.
She
got
out
and
handed
Elliott
J
iby
and
explained
that
she
didn't
want
to
risk
having
the
car
turn
over
and
Injure
hey-
h'ld.
.
For
better
than
a
quarter
of
an
hour
while
fellow
soldiers
labored
to
get
the
car
baclfon
he
road.
Elliott
paced
up
and
down
with
the
babe
lnhls
irms
and
his
ordered
military
ace
rocked
the
child
to
sleepy
"I
wonder,"
Elliott
said,
"what
he
provost
marshal
wokH
suggest
ifi
a
case
like
that."
.
Flight
;
Servant
Eric
Lee
-"of
the
-RoyaU
Canadian
Air
Force
has
been
spfendlng
leave
here
visiting
wlty
h,6Parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
Ljke.
had
his
schooling
a(j
Bffcwart
and?
was
a
student
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
in
mining
an-glneerlng
before
enlisting.
DOMESTIC
QUARTET
The
average
American
household
has
four
persons.
'
;
Women
Wanted
LOCAL
DRY
DOCK
AND
SHIPYARD
Requires
15
Women
(21-40)
as
Pipefitter
Helpers
Apply
National
Selective
Service
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