ft. " t ' .! , ! ' if - "i .i i 1 : i ; m 1 1 PAUE TWO THE DAILY NEWS THE DAILY NEWS PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by Prince Rupert Dally News Limited. Third Avenue O; A. HUNTER, MANAGING EDITOR qoui jad 'irjuoui jad yfttun njiiacm ffnir?n Itlini5S3I0jd DUE SSSUTSnfT i i i -i i 1 ' I auji aad 'sjapau ao& 5Pra auji J3d 'sjapsaa v qouj Jad 'iowjuoo rj$ qauj jaa.uaisiiBJX ONisixuaAav ivoot . . J. MEMBER OF THE CAAUIAN 1'ittss ?w J Th r-ormHion Pn. Is pxcluslvelv entitled to use for publica- m o( all news despatches credited to It or to the Associated ft -ess in this paper and also the local news published therein. 1:1 All rights-of republication of special despatches therein are so reserved. i . DAILY EDITION People Leaving Here. . . Saturday, July 24, 1943 V Some of the large contracting projects which i ' ave been in progress here for the past year are now .i w hmit coinnieted arm mere is a cousiuerauie muuus jJX reason to feel overly comfortable as long as the Japs titiiiaiu uit iiic iin.uniiii.'i aim v.cj iciuu y c niiiium ' ; l: .a- 1j i ii .i :;ununue.io ue un our guara wnen tney improve tneir position here as they have done with this completion af a landing field at Kiskai High School Needs ... Principal W. W. C. O'Neill of Booth, Memorial High School told the Prince Rupert Rotarv Club Tu,.,l:. i i i. i. iiiuiuay mai ins sunuui nas two very material re- quirements, provided witn which the statf and the student body would be resigned to put up with manv pother deficiencies for the duration of the war. The k one is a suitable venue for the giving of physical II training; instruction and the holding of recreational .ntuiiuca, x.jic uiuci IB U1C I CoLUl atlUlJ Ui LJie gl UUmlH which, everyone knows are in a most denlorahle enn- tuition; Possibly many of us, busy with our own affair y do not realize just how very deficient the Booth Me : '! morial School premises are in regard to these two i J' matters.; In fact, it is a community shame and some-! i thing that the citizens might well consider doing ; J . something about without any further delay. As Prin- nijui wiNeiu says, euucation cannot be properly carried: out under these conditions. Holding Home Cooking Sale A sale of4iome cooking is being held this afternoon in the social parlor of the First United Church. by the Women's Missionary Society There are also stalls for the sale of aprons and flowers. Receiving the patrons are Mrs. J. Carr and Miss McLellan Mrs. J. S. Irvine and Mrs. Llewellyn are in charge of the home cooking booth, and presiding at the apron stall are Mrs. C. Hogarth and Mrs. T. H. Payne. In charge of the tea are Mrs. J. Krikevsky, Mrs. T. W. Falconer, and Mrs. A. Thompson. Servlteurs are Mrs. G Cicconne, Miss Peggy Large and Eleanor Carr. WOMEN WANTED Womeai are required by the local shipyard to fill vacancies in the ; WELDING DEPARTMENT . PLATE SHOP " SHEETMETAL SHOP and other' departments throughout the yard. Apply Local Selective Service Office- A.F. 63 ACTIVITIES OF Y.M.G.A. AND Y.W.C.A. By DOROTHY GARBUTT The Hostess This Sunday the concert is to be .given by an outside concert party. This party of girls and men has been entertaining the boys on Acropolis and Sunday they are devoting their services to the Canadian troops. No tickets are needed for the afternoon show which is for the Navy and Group' Air Force. The evening show is for the remainder of the services and admission Is by ticket. The Service Wives Club met Thursday afternoon with fourteen women and a dozen babies present. As no work had come in for them from any of the A ii i I Mrs. Hubley. Mrs. D. C. Stuart, our YWCA hosipital- visitor for July, re ports three new baby boys In the services to Gunner and Mrs. R. H. Leew on July 17 a . boy weighing eight pounds ?'ght ounces. His name Is James Alex. To Second Lieut, and Mrs H. M. Clarke of the Highway Regiment a boy on Ju'y 20. Thl? young man weighed sever pounds, ten ounces and will be called Larry MacPherson. And to Coxswain and Mrs. J. Morrison of the F. R. a son on July 15, weighing six pounds, twelve ounces ana called Don Eiwyn Congratulations everyone! We are sorry to hear that Nursing Sister Plummer is ill in the hosipital. Frank Ryan has new returned from Terrace and his enforced visit in the hospital there. Fred Livingstone was In from Terrace for a few days this week Mervyn Thomas of Toronto is now added to our Y ranks here He will be with Breen and-1 in the hut. replacing" Doug Badger who is to go to Group RCAF. CANOE PARADISE iMOVEOUT Brazil possesses 27,318 miles ditlon of navigable rivers. GOLD SEAL Fancy Red Sockeye Salmon and YOU MARRy ME Herring In Tomato Sauce are both on active service but will be back on your grocer's shelf soon as conditions permit. TILLIE THE TOILER OFSIOLY Will There be Stand In North-east' is Question Italian Mainland Hit LONDON, July 24 An unconfirmed Reuters dispatch to Stockholm through Berne-- says the Axis is starting evacuation of Sicily. The fall of Marsala and Tra-pani, important northwest coast ports of the island, is believed to be only a matter of hours. United States forces have .started mopping up in 'western SJcily, taking huge quantities of equipment and large numbers of prisoners including a whole division; ' The enemy strength is now concentrated in the northeast units they decided to get Red There- a- final stand will, it Cross work to do next week expected, be made. while in session. The raffle was I The capture of Palermo leaves donated by Mrs. Link and won Italian forces totalling 35,000 to by J Mrs. uo. Garbutt utuuuvv (R.C.A.F.). iv,v.ii.i .f. Two x mvi j 45,000 trapped west of there in I certain types 01 construction uiuui uum uievii.v. new members were welcomed to an enclosed area of some 2,000 however, as some CO others come and there is no j the club. Mrs. Gay took over square miles. rW tliprp will be nnv net loss in ' the dijles of club secretary. Tea i Allied planes have been Yt i i u 1.. r; T?flv.fnnf tW if wniilil served bv Mrs- Jones and $ ll iurt very much if there was since we have been so Hard pressed trying to gear up to a population ot 1 :0,000 or so people without increasing a machine ..J4-V. n invinnUv nf rrnnAk rtnA OOliripOO wVllpVl WAS flp. A i Villi a. ttllJtlV.lLJ Ul gumu cum i-ivv.u .t...... v.w ( ignea to iaKe care ui uie um cummumi ui r "' u Virmcnnrl' rr en ! The more the merrier might well have been said ibout Prince Rupert's population had increase '?omf vhen resources of goods and manpower were avail-i , ible to handle it. As it turned out in this boom, how- sver, we have been unable to meet the situation and is a consequence, there has been a good deal of jost-ing and. discomfort. On Kiska Island . i 4 fill I 1 I . A i.U.n.u U.m nu 4--. I r n 3D uie daus nave cuiiiuieieu liiuu um air liem hi fft iiska on the AleutianSi They have improved their I1 ?or something more than an ornament. , We might as well acknowledge that an enemy anding field on Kiska is part ot an offensive pro jram in the North Pacific. The next thmg.thev will ioe basing their bombers there to carry the" "yar eastward As we have often suggested before we have no I ac tive over the Italian mainland with raids centred' on Salerno on the west coast and Foggla on the east. Bologna was also bombed. Railway installations and airdromes were concentrated upon. Twenty-four Axis planes were brought down with the loss of six Allied machines. Owing to the sltuaUon In Sic-ilyv riots and sabotage have be-:ome widespread in. Italy. MIDLANDS Mr. and. Mrs. William. Moun- cey, Renwood Farms, Cobourg, have received two letters ex pressing the sympathy of the officers and men; of his regiment in the recent death of their son, William Neil' Mouncey killed accidentally in the course of duty. The campaign, for the Ontario Provincial election which will take place on August 4 is now under way and candidates are out stumping the counties and plugging hard for party and self in the best pre-election tia- From 300 to- 400 new books have been placed on the shelves of the Cobourg Public Library since January, It' was . reported recently by librarian Mrs. W. J Spragge. Paul Oulahen, Dominion Bank .mptoyee, left last week to join the R.C.A.F. at "Toronto. Northumberland County presents a. particularly promising oicture at this time. A heavy hay crop is being harvested, rye and wheat will be ready to cut next week. Early potatoes are n bloom and all crops are doing well. Veteran of 41 devastating raids over Japanese territory, Capt John C. Ruse of the American Army Air Forces, paid a visit to his grandparents, ex-Chief of Polite and Mrs. John TILLIE.1 UNEllOH. BENNVCJ'M YOU-.WILL. j-Jy- EMqA6ED GOT TO MAVS U EI'VE L.LIE SET A DATE fOR OUR VJEDDIM6 r-, I'M SORRV.I U WOULDN'T HAVE ASKED VtDU, IF IsIfliBM TILLIE. VOU MUST QUIT putting m : V 11 J rTHINSR fTHINSS OFF OFF FRONT LINE GENERALS. MAJOR-GENERAL F. F. WORTHLNGTON By DOUGLAS AMARON ' " (Canadian Press Staff Writer) At headquarters of 'a Canadian army tank breads in southern England, a mural in the officers' mes' portrays in 21 square feet of beaverboard the martial march of; events since 1914. A feature of the design done in water color and pencil by a tank brigade corporal is a pictorial record of the development of the tank. Prominently spotted . above the tanks of modern : warfare are the head and ."rved with the mercantile mar- shoulders of MaJ.-Gen. F. F. Worthlngton, who rightly Is called the father of tank warfare in the Canadian army.' He designed Canada's Ram tank. "Fighting Frank" Worthlng ton is commander of an armor corner of the Island -around jed dlvislon now and the equlp- uaiania ana inouni Aema. i is ment he fought f6r so long has been provided, It is Canada's boast that her army is he world's most mechanized and Worthington's pioneering and perseverance against all sorts of odds has been a great factor In that achievement. Gen. Worthlngton was chief instructor at Canada's first tank school and when war was begun was appointed commander of the army's armored fighting vehicles' training centre. He went to Washington and mounded officials there until an greement was reached whereby iver-age American tanks were ?ent to Canada for instructional purposes. With these he trained the first army tank brigade, a top-notch formation whose officers and nen, the short, grey-haired, overseas in June, 1941. He made such a success of the job that when it was decided to convert 'nfantry still in Canada to an armored formation, he was recalled, promoted from brigadier to major-general and made divisional commander. This division has been overseas less than a year but it has more than lived up to its commander's promise when it ar- I SHOUHO HAVE TOLD NOU'RE RISHTMAcl AND THERES SOME TVIN(3 1ME PUTOF TELLIN6 f I'" ! & o Ci n'rwimJ ine, and fought In South and Central American revolutions. He won the Military Medal and bar with the Blask. Watch early in the First Great War and added the M.C. and bar to these decorations as a machine gun officer. He joined the Canadian permanent force as a cap tain in 1920. His wife, son and1 daughter live in Barrie, Ont. Sport Chat Sid Woodside, the erstwhile man about soccer, informs us that the Ontarians have a vastly Improved team over the one they first entered in the soccer league. With one or two more good players they could offer serious competition to even the powerful Air Force team The local Service Softball League Is developing Into a close race. The American ball clubs are all very powerful, especially the overseas team. while the Canadians are well pipe-smoking commander chose represented by the Air Force ndlvlduauy. ne Drougni mem Navy No j atld Dry Dock All Stars. At present the Air Force is leading the league but Is be ing pressed by all three of the other teams. Lvnn Patrick, son of Lester Patrick of the New York Rangers, has finally quit hockey After nine years of performing for his father, the curly-healed defence man is being Inducted into the United States Army rived that "we'll catch up wjth ( He follows his brother Muz? the other formations or weVe. who has- been In uniform for just no damned good." over a year. Food and the Men Many Worthlngton stories go the rounds, but this one best typifies the sort of man he Is and explains his popularity; A formation he once led had an unusually high number of AWL's, so the general called jome of the men In to find out why. They said it was poor food. At this Worthlngton summoned the officers .responsible tor messing to lunch with the nen. At least one officer lost nterest In the meal after the irst course, the food was so bad. The story goes on that .hose responsible found new and lesser appointments next day. Ihe food improved and the AWL's ceased. A. professional soldier, Gen. Worthlngton has had as varied t a career as any man In the' Canadian army. He was born In Scotland 54 years ago, mined i and prospected in California, C. Ruse of Cobourg last week, and is so unpopular with the He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Japs that they have placed a J. w! Ruse of La Grange, III, $10,000 reward on his head. . AN ENDEARING CHARM Working for the local shipyard In the drafting room Is attractive Faye Burnham. Faye Is a well known athlete, having played for the Vancouver Hed-lunds, girls Dominion basketball champions, and also the Vancouver Hedlunds softball team Maybe manager Mike Caruk of j the Dry Dock All Stars Intends j to use her in the local softbaD circuit. Would be a novelty at that MOSQUITO'S CURSE The United States normally has about 100,000 annual case of malaria. SAVOY HOTEL Carl Zarelli, Prop. Phone 37 P.O. Box 514 FRASER STREET PRINCE RUPERT VMELL, 60OD NIGHT TlLUE . 1 HOPE YOU'LL BE VERY HAPPY V BLISSFUL UNCONSCIOUSNESS M AFRAID I'VJE FALLEM IM LOVE WITH' BLOV4HARD V BENNY f 1 SATURDAY, JULY 24, H4J M E K WAN TED IMMEDIATELY To Save Forage Crops Today wo face at food emergency. More and! moro hclfok must be found to harvest every typo of crop. .Milk, meat, butter, eggs,, cheese andi other food: products, can- only be produced in quantity by harvesting- every available bit of hay, grass or grain. THIS SITUATION DEMANDS' THK ATTENTION OF fi.VERY CANADIAN CITIZEN., The essential food products of the farm can be produced! only as long as our livestock is fed: Not one particle of forage crops must be lost or wasted. The farm has now become the first line of offence .. . , the armed forces and civilian must be fed. More anil still more help-must be found to harvest every typo of crop. Farmers are urged' to cut overy bit' of foodstuff and save all! fcediof all kinds. APPLY AT ONCE TO YOUR LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION COMMITTEE. The need' is serious .... do not delay. Hon. K. C. MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture. 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