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RATION
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Start
Next
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edre
Same
as
Last
Time
ITrREAL
Aug
18
B
-
turd
ration
book
will
j;!butea
during
a
four
Mrtod
be:mnlng
August
ujie
prices
and
Trade
"-iaL
announced
Tues-m
The
orncfdiiri
tn
.
the
third
book
will
be
mat
tor
the
second.
fees
Increases
Approved
Bv
r
Labor
Rnanl
'iCnTlVlrr
.
--.
Aug,
18
The
War
Labor
Board
has
ea
a
eetiPMi
.
"6C
"1-
,
'
e,mPloyees
of
the
ubr,
P
ane
works
here.
riile
Houses
P
Removed
li
"f.!oment
has
been
f
and
l
'"Portal
worker.
THE
PAS,
Munltoba,
Aug.
18
Qi
The
Co-operative
Common
wealth
Federation
Increased
Its
membership
In
the
55
seat
Manl-
Jirk
Mcliae
here
from
'
toba
Legislature
yesterday
with
fi-tie
on
the
Atlantic
i
the
election
of
Beresford
Rich
ards,
mining
engineer,
in
The
Pas
by-elcctlon.
Richards
had
a
long
lead
over
j
three
opponents
Roderick
Mc-
Isaac,
Government
Coalition
candidate;
Orson
Wright,
Liber
al
coalition;
and
George
Maln-warlng,
Independent
Coalition.
Richard's
vote
was
1955
and
Mclsaac's,
1019.
The
by-electlon
was
to
flu
h
vnpflncv
In
succession
to
Former
Premier
John
Bracken
who
had
resigned
to
assume
the
national
Progressive
Con
servative
leadership.
Mr.
Brack
en
had
held
the
seat
contlnu
ously
since
1922.
Halibut
Sales
Storage.
a
season.
American
Rainbow,
33,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storaee
and
Whiz
Electra,
67,000,
17.5
and
16,
Storage.
Thor,
50,000,
17.5
and
16,
Pa
clfic.
Platinum,
53,000,
17.5
and
16,
Royal.
Zenith,
55,000,
17.5
and
ie.
Aleutian,
48,000,
17.5
ana
IB,
Booth.
Havana,
60,000,
17.5
and
10,
Atlln.
Hunting
Season
For
Birds
Set
Game
regulations
ior
this
year
set
the
season
for
hunting
of
ducks
and
geese
as
from
October
30
to
January
31
In
the
western
district.
The
bag
limits
are
twelve
ducks
for
a
day
and
19.5
fnr
t.hp
season
"
ana
ivr
r
uvi
within
v
.
n
thew,p,
'
montns
geese
.five
m
a
aay
ur
iut
,
uver.
I
More
Tea
and
I
Coffee
To
Be
Given
Canada
OTTAWA,
Aug.
18
B
The
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announced
to-
day
that
Canada
tea
and
coffee
rations
will
be
in-
creased
by
one-third
on
September
2.
.
Is
Fined
For
Drunkenness
It
is
doubtless
the
opinion
of
John
R.
II.
Coldwell,
a
frequent
offender
against
the
liquor
laws,
hut
when
a
man
drinks,
he
should
drink
the
best.
This
hy
pothesls
Is
borne
out
by
the
fact
that
the
label
on
a
bottle
.
of
vanilla
which
graced
the
long
table
In
the
city
police
court
this
morning,
and
from
which
he
had
been
drinking
when
picked
up
by
the
city
police
last
night,
bore
the
designation
"Pure."
When
picked
up
he
was
having
difficulty
navigating
the
heavy
swell
on
Second
'Avenue.
He
was
sentenced
by
Magistrate
Vance
to
pay
a
fine
of
$25
or
spend
seven
days
In
jail.
Three
hundred
pairs
of
boots
a
day
are
repaired
at
the
Royal
Canadian
Ordnance
Corps
workshop
at
Kingston,
Ontario.
Largest
AirfRaid
No
Less
Than
122
Tlanes
Destroyed
and
Airdrome
Wiped
Out
on
New
Guinea
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
Aug
18
0)
Wewak,
which
has
been
a
Japanese
stronghold
on
the
nor
thern
tip
of
New
Guinea,
was
the
target
of
Allied
bombers
yesterday
for
the
largest
and
most
damaging
air
raid
to
date
in
the
war
in
the
South
Pacific.
The
Japanese
airdrome
was
virtually
destroyed
and
122
en
cmy
planes
on
the
ground
were
wiped
out
with
fifty
others
damaged
and
1500
enemy
troops
killed.
The
Allies
lost
three
planes
In
the
attack.
No
less
than
ten
thousand
fragmentation
and
Incendiary
bombs
were
dropped
In
the
at
tack
which
caught
the
enemy
completely
by
surprise.
The
havoc
left
fuel
and
ammunition
dumps
burning.
The
Japanese
planes
were
caught
massed
wing
to
wing
on
the
ground.
There
are
estimated
to
have
been
some
225
of
them
at
least.
General
MacArthur's
spokesman
described
It
as
"A
crippling
blow
at
an
opportune
moment."
It
was
a
fitting
test
of
the
Allied
air
supremacy
In
the
I
South
Pacific.
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
MB
59
(Half
an
hour
alter
sunset
to
53
half
an
hour
before
sunrise).
IjIijiiBium
A.
C
9:37
p.m.
to
5:54
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
B
jBolumbia's
newspaper
No
193
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
18,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
portant
Parley
Now
Under
Way
ane
is
ached
!
nh
Me
mbe
rs
Tell
Story
Lf
rinding
Air
Liner
COUVER.
AW-
18-Thrce
ts
of
the
Alpine
wuu
in
'Columbia
returned
to
after
suc-'.
lerday
,ver
ye
,
valine
Mount
Wll-
Knlsht
m
the
Cheam
to
the
point
01
crasn
ccmbcr
of
the
Canadian
iif
unc
Diane.
party
expressed
the
belief
itb
mu::'
nave
cume
ui-13
cr
w
and
passengers
,
nnp
numbering
15
in
all.
wreckage
waa
spread
over
iiible
ar
a.
win
in
foe.
the
plane
!v
hit
the
uppermost
t
the
mountain
and
top-
,cr
the
other
side.
feet
higher
and
the
plane
have
cleared
the
peaK.
ihree
members
of
the
Cab
party,
who
reached
:
-ked
Plane
which
als
ri
c.;ht
months
ago
bc'jra
landing
In
Van-v;:".i
thirteen
persons
,
were
Lcn
von
Zuben,
.
MtMUtn
and
Charles
;:
They
agreed
In
re-victims
had
J
sudden
end",
t
i
rfi:
;al
party
Is
on
;
tj
i..!
:ene
today.
isitina
Home
v
HitX
ALLIED
IIEAw,
.RTERS
OF
SICILY,
Aug
18
With
the
conquest
of
Sicily
now
complete,
Allied
artillery
has
started
firing
on
the
Italian
mainland.
Italian
long-range
guns
from
the
mainland
have
been
lobbing
shells
Into
Messina.
There
is
no
Indication,
however,
of
any
early
landing
at-
attempt
by
the
Allies
on
the
other
side
of
Messina
Straits.
Precision
Plant
Is
Attacked
British
and
Canadian
Bombers
Hit
at
Important
German
Want
Forty-Two
Machines
Missing
LONDON,
Aug.
18
W
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
squadrons
took
part.
In
an
attack
last
night
on
Peenemuende,
sixty
miles
north
of
Stettin,
site
of
a
plant
which
Is
the
centre
of
the
highest
type
of
work
In
developing,
aircraft,
radio-location
equipment
and
armament.
,
Forty-one
bombers
and
one
fighter
are
missing.
Thirteen
of
these-
Canadian
-were
-
-
-
While
the
Peenemuende
raid
was
going
on,
British
Mosquito
bombers
also
attacked
Berlin.
SOCIALISTS
TAKE
SEAT
C.C.F.
Capture
The
Ias
Manitoba
Provincial
Seat
From
GUARD
ATLANTIC
COAST
AGAINST
SEA
AND
AIR
ATTACK
An
R.C.A.F.
patrol
bomber
on
her
way
to
a
base,
m
Newfoundland
flies
over
two
Canadian
Navy
Fairmiles
headed
out
for
sea
duty.
WAR
NEWS
SMASHING
AIR
VICTORY
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC
The
Allies
won
their
most
smashing
victory
in
the
Pacific
war
battle
for
auvsupremacy
Tuesday
by
surprising
225
Japanese
planes
on
the
ground
in
the
Wewak
area,
destroying
or
damaging
170
of
them
and
killing
1,500
Japanese.
Fuel
and
ammunition
dumps
were
left
burning.
The
attack
cost
the
Allies
only
three
planes.
AXIS
SICILIAN
LOSSES
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
General
Dwlght
D.
Eisenhower
announced
today
that
Axis
losses
in
the
Sicilian
campaign
up
to
August
10
totalled
167,000
killed,
wounded
and
prisoners.
ALLIES
BOMB
MARSEILLES
LONDON
Allied
bombers
struck
at
150
German
warplanes
on
French
airfields
near
Marseilles
yesterday
in
their
first
attack
on
southern
France.
Two
bombers
were
last.
PEENEMUENDE
IS
ATTACKED
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
made
a
strong
attack
on
the
German
research
and
development
establishment
of
Pee-emuende.
60
miles
north
of
Stettin,
last
night.
KILLED
IN
MILAN
ROME
It
is
estimated
that
893
persons
base
been
killed
and
injured
in
air
raids
on
Milan.
BERLIN'S
ADMISSION
BERLIN
It
is
acknowledged
here
thatr
there
has
not
been
the
necessary
compliance
with
International
law
to
permit
of
Rome
being
recognized
a's
an
open
city.
Movement
of
troops
through
Rome
must
first
cease.
AKYAB
ATTACKED
NEW
DELHI
British
bombers
made
a
heavy
attack
yesterday
on
Akyab
in
Burma.
Fires
could
be
seen
for
80
miles.
Forty-seven
Japanese
river
barges
In
Burma
have
been
bombed.
.
.
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J,'
i
J
L...U
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XT
r
ii
l
:n
i
n
t
N
iren
gun
cameia
aiv
unctieu
imuugu
a
iewiuunuianu
village
uy
a
uanaaian
soldier
after
a
day
of
coastal
patrol
duty.
Newfoundlanders
are
co-operating
fully,
with
our
troops
in
defense
of
their
homes
against
attack
by
sea
or
air.
mau.AUUIi.
M
Two
members
of
R.C.A.F.
Women's
Division
dot
move
ment
of
Allied
troops,
planes,
ships
on
large
operations
i
chart,
giving
complete
picture
of
island
defenses
1
4
4
4.
!
i:
Interference
Is
Protested
.
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
18
The
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
reported
today
that
mayors
of
the
Italian
cities
of
Milan,
Como
and
Verona
had
resigned
"in
protest
against
German
In-
terference
In
Italy's
inter-
nal
affairs."
King
Back
From
Sea.
Was
on
Battle
Manoeuvres
Sea
with
Big
Vessels
of
Fleet
Roosevelt
In
Quebec
Momentous
War-Planning:
Con
at
LONDON,
Aug.
18
The
King
has
returned
to
London
after
a
visit
to
the
Home
Fleet
which
he
accompanied
to
sea
for
battle
exercises.
Among
other
warships
he
was
aboard
the
battleship
Duke
of
York,
the
cruisers
Malaya
and
Phoebe
and
a
Greek
destroyer.
LOCAL
MAN
IS
NEW
OFFICER
Mendels
Among
Graduates
From
Gordon
Head
VICTORIA,
Aug.
18-L.
Men-dels
of
Prince
Rupert
Is
among
42
new
second
lieutenants
who
have
Just
graduated
from
the
Gordon
Head
officers'
training
centre
here.
6.
ference
Now
Going
On
.
QUEBEC,
Aug.
18
(CD-President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
arrived
In
Quebec
about
dusk
yesterday
by
special
train
from
Washington,
accompanied
by
Harry
Hopkins,
his
personal
adviser,
and
other
officials.
The
Governor
General,
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
Premier
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
were
on
hand
to
meet
Mr.
Roosevelt.
The
Roosevelt-Churchill
war
planning
conference
resumed
today
and
is
expected
to
occupy
about
a.
week's
time.
RAIDS
IN
BRITAIN
Scattered
Parts
of
Old
Country
Attacked
by
Germans
Last
Night
LONDON,
Aug.
18
0)
It
is
estimated
that
fifty
German
raiders
made
scattered
attacks
on
Britain
during
the
night,
causing
casualties
In
East
Ang-lia
and
other
parts
of
Eastern
and
southeastern
England.
Ten
of
the
raiders
were
shot
down.
Russians
Move
On
Positions
Improved
in
Drives
on
Bryansk,
Kharkov
and
Smolensk
LONDON,
Aug.
18
CO
The
Russians
Tuesday
smashed
(stiffening
German
resistance
to
'gain
up
to
four
miles
towards
Bryansk,
also
improving
their
I
positions
In
the
drives
upon
i
Smolensk
and
Kharkov
In
flght-iing
that
killed
10,000
Germans,
Moscow
announced.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Chicago
7,
Philadelphia
5.
Pittsburgh
8-4,
Boston
0-3.
St.
Louis
7,
Brooklyn
3.
Cincinnati
10,
New
York
4.
American
League
New
York
4,
Chicago
2.
Detroit
4,
Philadelphia
3.
St.
Louis
4,
Boston
1.
Coast
League
San
Diego
6,
Portland
4.
San
Francisco
3,
Oakland
2.
Los
Angeles
10,
Hollywood
5.
American
Association
Indianapolis
4-2,
St.
Paul
2-1.
Kansas
City
2-1,
Toledo
1-2.
Minneapolis
5-2,
Louisville
1-
Mllwaukee
3,
Columbus
2.
International
League
Baltimore
15,
Buffalo
6.
Montreal
2-3,
Newark
1-6.
Toronto
2,
Syracuse
0.
Rochester
2-4,
Jersey
City
1-a
Stolen
Trousers
Worn
by
Accused
In
Court
Hearing
A
Port
Simpson
Indian,
Charlie
Alexcee,
who
pleaded
guilty
and
was
fined
by
Stipendiary
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
In
provincial
police
court
yesterday
for
theft
of
clothing
at
Port
Edward,
was
wearing
In
court
a
pair
of
trousers
which
wa3
part
of
the
stolen
goods.
Alexcee
and
another
native,
William
Spence,
were
charged
with
theft
of
a
suitcase
containing
the
clothing
which
was
the
property
of
George
Williams,
Kltwanga
native.
After
pleading
guilty,
they
were
each
fined
$50
with
option
of
thirty
days'
Imprisonment.
m