tition or delays of a serious t we arc improving our j much is possible. Our bnd;. of workers, every man koman enlisted In the war hem" front, are serious !e kc;n and doing their ut- The afialrs of the Cana- INaU.r.al are In good shape. :-me wau true. Mr. Vaug- :ail ol the TransCanada Bis cr wnicn nc is a once- The T.C.A, Is playing a part today and Is prepar- Itself for great responsibility h p:; war world." Smaller Wheat Crop lte 3 hw tour Mr. Vaughan opportunity to sec har- i.z operations In Manitoba, a) '-wan, Southern and b;.i Alberta and the Peace ecuntry The wheat crop year cuimatcd at 279,000, was markedly lower it year's yield when wi a very large produc- a :3.ooo,ooo. The rarmer, 3u: else, had his prob but riD found, in talking ,in ;rowers, that they n.:-.i:r them In a fight ?liit- and with firm iaitn. ciLzo that they are war and that the war can- pmeat- was made possible by ibulidlns ot a Canadian Na si uni- 91 miles from The 1 1S vear.-. at:o. BlK- his first official visit Manitoba s seaport on Hud Bay nr suw railway, dock aif 'acuities at Churchill thct turned south and west rrtnc? Albert. North Battle and Saskatoon. Calgary tamonrsn, icompamed by J. M. Mac put general tnanancr of the pern Mberta Railways, of p e Canadian National Is ? owner, ho travelled 495 f s to .-nd of steel at Dawson i and insneCtcd a section jtie Alaska Highway by car. a. verv much ImnrocwH ; Vauchan said, "by the pro ps enterprise of the United m this part of Canada ' by the spirit, of co-operation "-n uie two people. Nie ceiationshlp couldn't be ano I don't think it nrom- Weil Urt thfi Airts In enlfnf Ddlcapj, The Northern Alberta Fays have responded splcnd- w we demands made upon carry vast Quantities of PPmcnt and materials, great action,.?1 mCn' t0 lhe SCCne cturnlnK south tn railway party 'was met at ,lD'y bv niPrnW., iu. F,uc mirths KoarH nf trorfk mm. v '-s i west of Rome. No Allied planes were lost. Radio Licenses Inspector Here The at rival In town this morning of L. B. Crow, radio license Inspector of the Depart ment of Transport Is the sign for all unlicensed radio set own ers to buy their licenses immediately or face the possibility of Drosecutlon. Commenting on his mission. Mr. Crow said. "I wish to re mind the Dublic that radio He pnsoa for the year 1913-44 should toe bought Immediately otherwise the owners will face Drosecutlon. Licenses are easily obtainable and can be bought at anv store handling radios. rvwt nf a radio license is $2.50. LIEUT. ft. BULLOCK-WEBSTER C.W.A.C. Recruiting Officer (Pacific Command), will be in Prince Rupert on November 10 and 11 In the course of a recruiting trip for the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Lieut. Bullock-Webster Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Bullock-Webster, formerly of this city. Lieut. Bullock-Webster's Itinerary will be as follows: Nov. 1, Quesnel; Nov. 2 and 3, Prince George; Nov: 4, Vanderhoof; Nov. 5, Burns Lake; Nov. 6 and 7, Smlthers; Nov. 8, Hazelton; Nov. 9, Terrace. Outflank Volturno Is Objective of Fifth Army-Eighth Advances on, East Sector ALLIED HEADQUARTERS ALGIERS, Oct. 13 O) The Anglo-American Fifth Army advanced ten miles northeast of Pontelandolio to capture San- croce while thaBrltistu Eighth Army, advancing along the en ire front, captured Riccia ana Bonnefro, official front line des patches announced today. The plunge to Sancroce sent deeper northward the spearhead outflanking the strong German Volturno River line. Along the Adriatic coast the Eighth Army smashed four miles ahead be vond Termoll against strong German resistance. Night flying bombers smashed at road bridges and yards at be carried on and that no , Civitavecchia, forty miles north- . can be made for the alle- 3 o) offering In the days tcsRjjrurtnn without their ributlon t'-'.e cuuet of his trip Mr. Ehan .aw something of the tatter.., ot the Hudson Bay Inj and Smelting .Company flln Flon on the Manitoba- tdt::hewan border, where snilllci) tons of essential sb chiefly copper and zinc, produced annually. Its de- ALASKA FLOODS Torrential Kain Reported to Have Caused Serious Inundations at Skagway and Elsewhere SEATTLE, Oct. 13 Reports are reaching here of 'a rather serious flood of the creek at Skagway which caused a number of inundations and wash outs, occasioning damage to buildings on flat ground as well is transportation facilities. Some bulrdingsr It 'ts-aWr-"were 'cari- ried liito the sea. Roads and bridges suffered. Elsewhere In the Lynn Canal area there was also flood dam age arising from recent torren tlal rains. Trains In Collision Slight injuries to passengers and crew members and a small amount of damage to equipment occurred at Nichol, w&t of Prince George, on Friday when an eastbound passenger train struck the rear of a work train which was pulling into a siding to let the passenger train pass. About 20 passengers suffered shock or bruises and three were taken to hospital. They were re leased the following day. Their names were not available. Two crewmen of the passen ger train Engineer Alfred Arm strong and Brakcman F. D. Byres also received injuries. Arm strong received a sprained knee which will keep him off. work for about two weeks and Byres suffered a strained back which will keep him Idle for about the same time. Neither were taken to hospital. Damage to equipment - was slight, and no part of either train was derailed. the famous Peace River country I and saw farms operated by grain j Mlniol-pi t growers who have won world lllimoici Ui championships in international p. 1 t r exhibitions. risheries Is On the eastward Journey Mr. Vaughan made a stop at Ver- j ( Qjja nCre imuuu wj .... ...... p, t- - at the wells opened up by the Canadian National to obtain fuel oil for Its own use. Accompanying Mr. Vaughan on his western trip were C. H. Reid and D. L. Daley, directors, N. B. Walton, executive vice-president, W. R. Devenlsh, vice-president and general' manager, western region. W. S. Thompson', director of public relations, C.N'.R. and T.C.A, Dr. K. E. Dowd. chief medical officer, rMTJ anri T.C.A.. and J. M. Horn, freight tramc, red for i0ie mile's through western region. Hon. Ernest Pertrand, minister of fisheries, making a tour of the coast by airplane, Is due to arrive In Prince Rupert on Sunday evening next by airplane and will spend all Monday, here, reaving the next morning. While here Mr. Bettrand will meet with representatives of the local fisheries unions and will visit the cold storage plants. Mr. Bertrand will be accompanied by A. J. Whltmore, well manager known official of the fisheries department, and 'his secretary. hocal Temperature Tonight's Dim-out We 47 (Halt an hour after sunset o Maximum ball an hour before sunrUe). 42 Minimum . . - i 7:20 pin. to 7:38 ajn. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH GOftTOlWS-flEWSPAPER N. 239 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. WEPNeIsPAYT OCTOBER 13, 1943 PRICE FIVE CENTS aly Declares War Upon Germany n -J is rriae d Faith Canada experience." said n. C. an, pr ;idcnt of the Can-National Railways, on re-z from a western tour, beeo mar encouraging. i to Montreal wltn. renewea and farh in Canada." Canadian Na-R iar t- 'he .vy was concerned. .idcat .aid that its vaiue raujnal economy and c Allied cause was oeing Ltratcd beyond doubt. ,e people have every rea- or taking prme in we ... .nu mal jystm. we are jaim- and efficiently carrying tur tcward.ihip. we have roblcm but we are carry- rcmendoui quantities of iili. tremendous numbers i. and we have had no Recruiting For W omens Army LAND OF INDIA Is Empire In Itself Vivid Word Picture of Britain's Greatest Jewel Given to Women's Canadian Club With one out of every person -a the wot Id a British Indian, .ndla ,400,000,000 in. population, acr people speaking 2000 dia lects, living lives from a state t mos-'. primitive barbarism and squalor to fabulous, wealth and uxury, is a world of its own, ol. F. O. St. John .D.S.O., M.C., retired officer of the Indian rmy, now living in the Okan agan country of British Colum bia, declared befoie a dinner ti -f.ting of the local Women's Canadian Club with Mrs. J. A. Rutherford, president, in the chair over a full gathering In the ' Central Hotel. It was a vivid description cf a great land ! which held the rapt attention of a deeply Interested audience as Col. St. John spoke for over an hour. His word picture covered many phases of ways of life and cur ms In that storied gem of Empire. Contrary to what might be general opinion, most of the men of India were not fighters and did not want to fight, Col. t, John said. There were, in deed, onfy about hall a dozen tightlng castes but they were bold and fierce. Col. St. John told of the northwest frontier where there had been four thousand years of fighting, was fighting today and robably would be fighting for xrnie time to come. It was a Cradltional fig K'fl nf TStbllnd- where people lived by plunder, not caring who or for what they fought. Of deceptive nature, there was often little truth in what an Indian said. Gandhi and Nehru, for instance, the speaker asserted, never expected to get for India the' things they asked. "They do not believe that we would be so stupid as to grant them," he declared. The .primitive fighting people of Khyber Pass, the great mountains of the northeast frontier where one entered Tib et through the lofty ramparts, the people, the wild life, the flowers all came in for grahpic description by the speaker. The British really had no rights In India, Col. St. John admitted. They had never conquered the country. "We are in India because we were asked to go there," he said. At the bottom of all the trouble In India was the caste : t Death Penalty . 1? r or Italians AT THE SWISS-ITALIAN 'FRONTIER, Oct. 13 05 ' Benito Mussolini's Fascist iRepublican govern ment. 'getting in step with stern measures of the Nazis' oc- cupation forces, has order- fried the death penalty for ptalian civilians who fall to :heed German and Fascist ndecrees. It is Mussolini's effort to quell patriot actl- titles In northern Italy. Coal Mines Wffl Not Be Nationalized Terrace, With Population W Of Two or Three Thousand, . Enjoys Wave of Prosperity 1 Will Continue on Present Basis During: War, Churchill Says-Greatest Fight to Come LONDON, Oct. 13 Ol Prime Minister Churchill, warning that the worst fighting for Britain lies ahead, today rejected th3 nationalization of coal mines i u..ig wartime. He told the House of Commons that the . .iient would continue its control of mines on a national service basis, but far reaching ..nantps at a pnntrnvprsial nnt.-i ure would not be made unless hey were clearly necessary as a furtherance of the war effort. r h people would be absolute fools to count on an AiJugether unexpected collapse I ;the enemy, he said. system and Hindu religion, lh? However, Great Britain need have no apology for toeing u. India. The function of the British Army there was nothing more than that of a police force. If it were not Jor Bri talri the land might now be under control of some monster like Hitler, barbarians, head hunters or cannibals. "If we were not In India," the speaker asserted, "somebody else would be maybe the Japanese or the Germans, preying on the fabulous wealth of the land." It was a grand training ground for the army and the navy. Col. St. John, digressing to the Empire and the war, closed on a note of confidence and optimism, exhorting a spirit of mutual tolerance and goodwill. Slowly, surely and relentlessly the Empire and her Allies were today passing from a period of despair and ''disaster to a new springtide of hope and victory. As Indian summer pigments i fested in the Terrace district yellow and crimson its descidous , these days and numerous in-clad hills and valleys and the quiries as to the possibilities of zestful coolness of autumn the area are being received. War sharpens the lengthening nights, conditions notwithstanding, sev the Interior town of Terrace leral new settlers have recently Drepares for winter after the arrived. busiest season the community and Its population have ever had.. With some two or three thousand people estimated to be in the area, a measure of prosperity which Terrace has never i before experienced continues and there is reason to expect that it will carry on. A current exodus of a certain element bf population Is easing somewhat the pressure on hard pressed business and service facilities but that docs not Imply that there is still not plenty of activity. Some of the important construction work in the immediate proximity of the town has been completed but a little further out large scale work continues. Terrace Church Recreation Hall Concrete Foundation Will Decided . Improvement Tlace of Worship Badogiio Regime to Be for Under the supervision of O. T. Sundal and Rev. T. C. Coiwcll, the pastor, a new concrete foundation Is being put in for the Knox United Church at Terrace. The foundation site is on the lot adjoining the church building which will be moved Timbering and agriculture are on to the foundation. The base- still, of course, the permanent ment thus provided will be used mainstays df the town. as a recreation hall, the exlst- Co-operate; Will Be Co-Belligerent Role Denies Grasp At Monopoly LONDON, Oct. 13 W In oblique reply to American charges that Britain is attempting to monopolize post-war civilian air transport, Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons today "we do not wish to obstruct natural, normal healthy development in civil aviation." Lord Beaverbrook has assumed responsibility for the co ordination of post-war civilian police, and is expected to go to the United States soon to confer with American officials on the question. Ready For Bfth Loan Complete Committee Personnel For Campaign Starting Next Week is Announced. With Lieut. Col. J. W. Nicholts nschalrman of the divisional committee and Mayor William M. Watts heading the unit committee, Prince Rupert is all set now -for the Fifth Victory Loan campaign which gets under way next' !Monday. The complete committee personnel for the campaign Is announced as fol- Jows:- .. ; , t t 1 Divisional Committee- , .' Chairman Lieut. Col. J. W. Nlchplls. Vice-chairmen F. M. Dock- rill (Telkwa), Mayor A. M. Patterson (Prince George), John Thompson (Stewart). T. Alan Chandler, G. W. John ston, Hon. H. G. Perry, A. S. Vaughan, E. T. Kenny, M.L.A., J. M. Graham (Smlthers), John E. Paschall (Prince George). Unit Committee Chairman Mayor W. M. Watts. Vice-chairman Welon R. McAfee. Chairman Payroll , Section T. J. Boulter. Chairman General Sales Sec Hon E. T. Applewhalte. Public Relations Committee- Maurice Brydges (chairman), C. H. Insulander, Bruce Stevens, G. A. Hunter, Stanley Savllle, Rev. A.' F. MacSween, J. E. Mor--ls. L. F. Felsenthal, C. A. Kel- lett, E. Johnson, D. G. Borland, F. S. Skinner and S. A. Cheese-man. , Chairman Special Nams Section J. J. Little. Citizens Committee Mayor Wm. M. Watts (chairman), Aid. Thomas E. Elliott. Aid. W. II. Brett, Aid. Nora E. Arnold, Aid. George E. Hill, Aid. T. Sorenson, Aid H. M. Daggett, Aid. J. S. Black, Aid. Robert McKay, Dr. R. C. Bamford, R. M. Winslow, L. Felsenthal, Norman A. Watt, D. Creed, Commander C. M, Cree ( R.C.N.) , Group Captain R. H. Fo.s3, Joseph Scott, Art S. Nlckcrson, Bishop G." A Rix, Bishop e; M. Bunoz, Rev. Magnus B. Anderson, Rev. A. F. MacSween, Rev. J. A. Donnell. Adiutant Brunsden. Rev. R. Amundsen, Percy C. Miller, Mrs, G. E. Moore, Arnold Flaten, A. L. Berner, J. A. Teng, Lew Shong Din, Col. T. J. Weed, O. R. Hop kins. G. R. S. Blackaby, J. Deane, Miss Eleanor Moxley, Jar vis H. McLeod. J. West. N. A BollL S. Painter, D An increasing interest from lng church building continuing P. Bond, J. Paul and Col. D. B. the outside 3pr?rs to b irar1- ! -pf r- b'. ?"rt, D R.O., M.C. WILL NOT AFFECT ARMISTICE TERMS WHICH WILL DEPEND UPON MEASURE OF ASSIST-ANCE THAT IS GIVEN. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (CP) - President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin announced today that Italy has declared war against Germany. The joint statement said that Mar shal Badoglio has communicated Italy's declaration against the former Axis partner to General Eisen hower, Allied commander in the Mediterranean Krupps Is Shattered LONDON, Oct. 13 (CP) The Krupp munitions works at Essen, "greatest armament combine in Europe and the main source of Germany's' heavy armament," has been shattered by air attack, Air Secretary Archibald Sinclair said today. He said that the destruction was accomplished in six raids. Better Radio Here-Sought Local Union Demands That CFPR Be Put on Nationa' Network At a regular meeting of the Prince Rupert local of the National Union of Machinists, Fitters, Blacksmiths, Moulders, and Helpers, the following teso-itlon was endorsed unanlmous- ' by the members: 1 Whereas the owners of radio receiving sets in the Prince .upert area pay the same licence fee as in other parts of the Dominion of Canada, and , Whereas the people In the .'rlnce Rupert area are not receiving up to the minute radio programs because Station CFPR is not directly on the Canadian Broadcasting System hook-up and Whereas the responsible parties for this situation have made one empty promise after another to have these primitive conditions remedied. Be it therefore resolved that this meeting go. on record as demanding that Immediate steps be taken by the Radio Division, Department of Transport, Ot' tawa, Canada, to have Station CFPR placed on the CBC hook up. ROOT CROPS AT TERRACE 800D Potatoes Are Fine This Year- Apples and Hay and Grain Just Average Exceptionally good root crops. including potatoes, are the highlight of the 1943 harvest in the Terrace area, according to word brought back to the city from the Interior town. There Is a good market and ready sale for everything the ranchers of that distrlct'have to offer. The apple crop at Terrace this year Is only average although some fine crabapples are to be noticed. Plums are off color and not of the usual good quality. The hay and grain crop at Terrace this year has been average. Speaking generally, It has J. , Gunn, been an unduly wet year at Ter race, although the fall Is not as bad as was the summer. theatre. , Roosevelt, Churchill and Stal in have accepted the "active co operation of the Italian nation and its armed forces as a co-belligerent-- In the war . against Germany." Badoglio said that the Italian government headed by himself would be completed shortly with representatives of every politi- al party being Invited to par ticipate so it might constitute true expression of democratic government. The joint statement said rela-ionshlp of co-belllgerency couli aot affect Italian armistice erms which retain full forse and can be adjusted- only t agreement among thr rnments In the llgli ance the Italians may be able to afford to the United Nations. in London early today that Italy might soon declare war on Germany and be recognized by the United Nations as a co-belligerent. The question of Italian participation in the war had been thoroughly discussed by General Dwlght Eisenhower and Premier Marshal Badoglio and the Jtlme might be rips for the Italian army and navy to strike a blow against the former Axis Picked Up For Mobilization Bringing in three natives- Paul Bell, William Charles and Blake Williams who were pick ed up for falling to report under selective service mobiliza tion orders, Provincial Constable Ernest Bradley of Massett arrived In the city yesterday morn ing from the Queen Charlotte Islands and have been turned over to the military authorities to be sent on to Vancouver.-Constable Bradley will return to Massett in about ten days and Is meantime attached to district headquarters staff here. Women Wanted LOCAL DRY DOCK AND SHIPYARD Requires 15 Women (21-40) as Pipefitter Helpers Apply National Selective Service AF 92 4 A': v. S