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No.
199
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perlpd
up
to
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pjn.
to-
pyitirai
drove
within
Bucharest,
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large
aircraft
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east
of
Kra-
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Warsaw.
Red
r.ght
miles.
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to
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secret
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night
to
r
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for
Pierre
F.-.'b.x
may
soon
along
the
way
whenever
t-uv-ne
ration
.
ng
the
pub-f
the
new
deration
by
t:.d
Reource
P
okow.
lsaued
by
the
Meteor
ological
Be
nice
of
panada.
NORTH
COAST
and
QUEEN
CHARLOTTES:
Generally
cloudy
and
mild
becoming
occasionally
partly
cloudy
In
afternoon!
to-day
and
Friday.
Few
rain
ahow-era
or
Intermittent
light
rain.
Wlnda
light
to
moderate.
i
Canadians
Keep
Germans
on
Run
WITH
CANADIANS
NEAR
OH
DEC.
France.
Aug,
24
Q
-Canadians
were
east
of
Orbre
in
force
Wednesday
night,
driving
toward
the
Seine
from
Lowne
40
rnllea
west
of
Rouen,
wh.
h
was
taken
Tuesday
night
by
western
Infantry.
There
was
little
opposition
to
Canadians
because
Germans
had
time
only
to
organize
demolition
parties.
1,
Brother,
)k
CAMP
VAN
DORN.
Miss.
Aug
24
O
Shells
were
whistling
over
a
field
In
Normandy
a.
Lt
Claude
D.
Bishop,
executive
officer
of
an
infantry
company
;
In
the
2nd
Division,
received
hi
first
mall
In
France.
Feverishly
he
opened
the
ei
,
velope.
Out
fell
a
war
bond
leal
let
This
Is
America's
zero
i
hoar!"
It
read.
-Dig
down-dig
down"
deep."
"Brother
I
was!"
Lt.
Bishop
wrote
home
"It
was
down
about
.
i
.
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.till
-..I-
k
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i
"
ire
Kupen
I
OUl
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b""
"v..
e
has
been
I
OTTAWA.
Aug
24
-Canadian
'
pruioners
of
war
in
Oerman
operative
Farming
hands
will
be
gladdened
this
1
year
by
thoiwands
of
ChrUtmas
I
Program
Under
btutl)'
narrfU
leavinz
Ottawa
ahorUy
for
Overseas.
Deuiu
or
ine
anip-ment
have
been
released
at
Ottawa
thU
week
by
the
Committee
for
the
Protection
and
Welfare
of
Canadian
Prisoners
of
War
in
Enemy
Hands.
This
will
be
the
second
year
Canada's
three
armed
cervices
have
sent
Christmas
cheer
to
capUves
in
Germany,
augmenting
those
of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
and
other
sources.
Hon.
Col.
F.
W.
Clarke.
Quebec
ciiy.
chairman
of
the
prisoner
of
war
welfare
committee,
stated
that
communal
and
Individual
par
cels
reached
their
destination
overseas
last
Christmas
and
M-ea
trra
fn11v
nrlrnou
Ifdffpd
bV
iaid
the
B.C.
'
senior
officers
In
the
various
ln-hu
Act
may
ternment
camps,
permit
Chinese
individual
narreU
contain
-
-
i
..!
.
1
t
n
rtr
anil
enamn
auiira.
cuun,
iw
"
dUh
cloths,
soap,
shaving
stick,
tooth
brush
and
powder,
and
a
Christmas
dinner
of
canned
chicken,
maple
butter
and
plum
pudding.
Gifts
for
the
individual
parcels
were
chosen
by
Lt.
Eva
Cossman.
C.WA.C,
of
Montreal,
see
retary
to
the
welfare
committee.
"Cheerful
colors
were
selected
for
the
dishes,
plate,
cup,
saucer
and
bowl
for
psychologi
cal
reasons."
she
explained.
"The
dUhw
and
cutlery
not
only
brighten
meals
for
the
Canadians
but
in
many
cases
replace
articles
they
have
had
to
improvise
due
to
shortages
In
Germany.
The
tin
of
maple
butter
was
chosen
for
Its
"Canadian
atmosphere."
A
ChrUtmas
card
bearing
the
signature
of
Prime
Minister
Mac-
Kenzie
King
precedes
the
parcels.
Its
message
reads:
"Cana
dians
everywhere
Join
me
In
sending
to
you
heartiest
Christmas
greetings
and
the
best
of
good
wishes
for
the
New
Year."
Cost
of
the
project
ls
shared
by
the
three
services
and
the
department
of
transport,
in
proportion
to
the
number
of
ser
vice
Dersonnel
and
merchant
seamen
in
each
prison
camp.
Assembly
lines
of
ordnanco
workers
in
an
ordnance
depot
In
Ottawa
pack
the
boxes
and
seal
them
with
Christmas
seals
REGINA.
Aug.
24
A
co-op-eratlve
farming
program
tor
Saskatchewan
is
the
subject
of
talks
being
carried
out
today
by
farm,
business
and
political
leaders
of
the
province.
A
suggestion
has
been
made
that
war
veterans
who
wish
to
return
to
farming
after
the
war
be
grouped
in
farm
village,
rather
than
on
isolated
farms.
In
this
way
a
group
could
share
in
the
use
ot
one
net
of
heavy
farming
machinery.
Less
Fuel
Than
1913
OTTAWA,
Aug.
24
Canada's
mmm
mrwwwx'Tfm'xf
m
m
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Si
SS
S
SgMSWSWS1
,
HOW
NAZIS
ARE
TREATED
Ti.rie
rapiured
Dormant
in
France
,.re
a."--
iw:i
wounded
tnim
the
from
lines
to
a
l
rwu
-d
acl
.-.d
on,
wr.cre
thry
wiu
receive
good
medical
care
tmasPpg
sjot
Considered
Being
Packed
tor
-
,
,
A
v
Prisoners
of
War
rully
Liberated
As
Yet
Main
Objective
Annihilation
of
Oerman
Armies
Not
Capture
of
the
French
Capital
ALLIFD
SUPREME
HQ..
Aug.
24
9
Headquarters
said
today
that
while
French
resistance
groups
held
parts
of
Paris,
thr
city
could
not
be
considered
lib
eraied
and
that
Allied
troops
were
fighting
in
the
capital.
French
called
for
Allied
help
Vecause
the
Germans,
who
made
an
armistice
with
French
forces
of
the
interior,
changed
their
minds
and
threatened
to
destroy
everything.
The
requested
aid
ls
being
furnished,
but
the
Allies'
main
objective
remains
the
annihilation
of
the
German
armies
not
the
capture
of
Paris.
fuel
supply
is
snorter
man
law
Smithsonian
institution'?
year,
especially
coal.
Houseirold-
fossj)
imprint
of
a
Jellyfish
Is
ers
again
are
urged
to
order
believed
to
be
the
oldest
evi-their
winter's'
supply
now.
dence
of
life.
Sulletha
EXPLAINS
WITHDKAWALS
LONDON
Ihe
Merlin
radio
announced
today
that
Germany's
strategy
is
to
withdraw
her
troops
to
the
shortest
line
of
defence
In
frnit
of
the
German
frontier.
Ilrltiih
officers
said
they
did
not
hold
out
murh
hope
In
this
regard
ior
the
Nazis.
STOP
EVALUATION
CHLKIIOI'KO
British
alr-nirn
today
smashed
a
determined
Nail
attempt
to
evacuate
troops
from
Le
Havre.
They
concentrated
fire
on
ships
seeking
to
Ret
into
the
port
and
dispersed
them.
LllU:ilATE
LYON
LONDON
An
unconfirmed
report
from
Switmland
claims
I'renrh
patriots
have
liberated
the
large
French
city
of
Lyon.
TAKE
IlOKIiLU
TOWNS
BLUNT
American
armored
units
have
swept
across
loutlieastrrn
France
to
the
Swiss
frontier
and
have
taken
some
border
towns,
luicon-firmed
ivports
say.
MOVE
INTO
TAIHS
ALGILKS
Iteports
here
say
that
units
of
the
French
army
have
moved
into
Paris
to
assist
the
embattled
patriots.
YOUTH
PROBLEM
BOAKD
VICTORIA
A
provincial
government
committee
has
been
formed
to
study
juvenile
delinquency
and
decide
on
modern
methods
of
meeting
It.
MORE
I10MHI.ll
PARTS
VANCOUVER
The
Chllll-wack
plant
of
Boeings
Aircraft
will
soon
be
turning
out
parts
for
Superfortress
bomb-eis.
CONGRATULATES
FRENCH
WASHINGTON
Just
before
the
announcement
that
fighting
has
rcsamed
in
Paris,
President
Roosevelt
sent
a
message
of
congratulation
to
the
French
patriots
who
had
taken
the
city.
In
it
he
described
Paris
as
a
"precious
symbol
of
civilisation,"
ami
Joined
In
thanks
for
those
who
made
possible
the
"brilliant
victory."
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
2A,
1944
Rumania
Turning
From
Axis
Sends
Troops
Into
Hungarian
Territory
w
;
'3.
IV
Premier
Antonescu
Has
Escaped
Into
Germany.
Berlin
Radio
Denounces
Rumania's
Capitulation,
v.
Saying
"Clique
of
Traitors"
Responsible
King
Michael
Has
Understanding
With
British
and
Americans
LONDON,
Aug.
24
(CP)
Bucharest
dispatches
today
reported
Marshal
Antonescu,
deposed
Ruma
nian
premier,
has
fled
to
Germany
and
that
Ruma
j
nian
troops
marched
into
the
border
province
of
rr
i
i
-
t
i
i
t-
i
ransyivania,
wnicn
itumania
ceaea
to
Hungary
early
in
the
war
at
German
behest.
Moving
to
Keep
Hungary
in
War
LONDON.
Aug.
24W
The
Nazi-controlled
puppet
reglm
of
Hungary
ordered
today
the
dis
solution
of
all
political
parties,
apparently
fearing
intrigue
to
lake
Hungary
out
of
the
war.
ROVAL
NAVY
POWER
GREATER
THAN
EVER
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
24
O
British
Information
Service
has
an-
LONDON.
Aug.
24
O
The
German
radio
Thursday
denounced
Rumania's
capitulation
to
the
Allies.
tonescu
and
King
Michael
has
come
to
an
understanding
witi
British
and
Americans.
Rumanla
announced
Wednesday
night
she
was
switching
from
the
Axis
to
Allied
side.
A
subsequent
Soviet
commu-
nique
reported
that
shooting
broke
out
between
retreating
Rumanians
and
German
soldiers
on
the
Eastern
Front
nounced
the
Royal
Navy,
de-
a
Bucharest
broadcast
loss
of
S61
warships
in
nounced
the
acceptance
of
ar-
inearly
five
years
of
war.
lslmlstice
terms
-ofiered
by
Russia.
Swiss
Counsel
is
Recalled
from
Vichy
BERNE.
Switzerland,
Aug.
24
The
Swiss
counsel
to
France
has
been
recalled
from
Vichy
and
in
the
future
the
Swiss
counsel
In
Berlin
will
look
after
interests
of
Swiss
nationals
living
In
those
parts
of
France
still
occupied
by
German
troops.
TO
ItOVAL
ROADS
TORONTO,
Aug.
24
Neil
6.
Norton.
Vancouver,
has
been
awarded
a
Navy
League
scholar
ship
to
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
College
at
Royal
Roads,
B.C.
He
is
one
of
six
Nav
League
Sea
Cadets
in
Canada
to
receive
this
honor.
GERRANS.
Eng.
T
Kenneth
Orchard,
seven,
won
first
prize
at
a
Red
Cross
show
in
thL
village
with
the
first
bunch
oi
wild
flowers
he
ever
picketi.
Kenneth
is
an
evacuee
from
London,
Seeking
to
Have
Finland
Quit
War
STOCKHOLM,
Aug.
24
Cf
The
British
minister
to
Sweden.
G.
A.
Grippenberg.
suddenly
departed
by
air
today
for
Helsinki
In
a
Journey
obviously
connected
with
efforts
to
get
Finland
out
of
the
war.
Expensive
Shot
LONDON.
Aug.
24
One
blast
of
buckshot
to
kill
a
'crow
cost
his
shotgun
but
found
not
only
a
dead
crow
but
three
dead
ducks
belonging
to
the
officers'
mess
and
had
to
pay
for
them.
CHURCHILL
INSPECTS
BUZZ
BOMB
NEST
Voting
the
Normandy
battlcfronts,
Prime
Minister
Wins;
on
Churchill
inspects
the
massive
concrete
emplacements
at
a
German
flying
bomb
launching
station
captured
by
American
forces
ui
the
Cherbourg
area.
Latest
reports
are
that
the
Germans
are
installing
bigger
and
better
launching
sites
at
the
Hook
of
Holland.
Neutral
whispers
say
that
these
are
designed
for
a
much
more
powerful
rocket
bomb.
I
Wing
Cmdr.
Bill
Pleasance.
i
'
terference.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
WARNING
GERMANS
TO
SURRENDER
OR
SUFFER
DOWNFALL
LONDON,
Aug.
24
(CP)
Moscow
radio
Thursday
called
upon
the
German
people
to
surrender
Immediately
or,
go
on
uselessly
fir-Ming
on
"yscr
own
solidarity
to
your
complete
downfall."
FINED
$300
FOR
KEEPING
LIQUOR
A
fins
cf
$300,
with
an
option
of
three
months
m
Jail
was
imposed
in
city
police
court
this
morning
on
W.
J.
Carey,
charged
with
keeping
liquor
for
sale.
O.
S.
Wlsmer,
K.C,
acted
for
the
defence,
W.
C.
Fulton
Big
Sawmills
Will
Not
Move
up
Coast
NEW
WESTMINSTER.
Aug.
24
H.
R.
MacMlIlan
told
the
commission
studying
the
log-
jglng
Industry
of
B.C.
that
big
It
declared
a
clique
of
trait-
f
uj,
m
thU
province
will
ors
has
put
aside
Premier
An-J
remaln
where
they
are
now
lo
cated
and
not
move
up
the
coast
Chamber
Seeking
BhoneiLine
South
International
Trade
Now
Public
Concern
OTTAWA.
Aug.
24
Hon.
James
A.
MacKinnon,
minister
'
of
trade
and
industry,
has
stat
ed
that
International
trade
needs
governmental
guidance.
It
was
no
longer
private
but
of
public
concern,
he
said.
D.F.C.
IS
AWARDED
TO
JACK
SIIEPIIARD
Capt.
E.
M.
Shephard,
master
of
the
-Union
steamship
Catala
was
Informed
this
week
that
his
D.F.C.
and
Bar,
of
Calgary.
!
snn
Tarlc
h
the
R.CAJF..
has
about
$18.
J
received
the
Distinguished
Fly-
Pleasance,
commander
of
the
mg
Cross
A
week
ag0
jack
was
Moose
Squadron
In
Canadian
sported
missing
while
on
oper-Bomber
Group,
spied
a
crow
be-
ational
duUes.
but
a
few
hours
hind
the
mess
and
let
fly
with
,
tI
anotner
stated
ie
had
turned
up
safe.
NO
TOLL
ROADS
VICTORIA
Hon.
Herbert
As-comb,
minuter
of
public
work,
in
answer
to
a
suggestion
from
Jordon
River
regarding
road
construction
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island,
said
the
provincial
government
was
not
prepared
to
have
roads
built
on
a
toll
basis.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
(Ceiling
prices
15c
and
13V2c)
Nordby.
55.000,
B.C.
Packers.
Superior.
45
.000.
"Storage.
Aleutian,
65.000,
Storage.
'
Canadian
Ceiling
prices
18Vc
and
16
Vic)
Parma,
35.000.
Whiz.
Clipper
II,
25,000,
Co-op.
The
word
Alaska
ls
believed
to
be
a
corruption
of
a
native
term,
Al-ay-ek-sa,
meaning
The
Great
Land."
Near
Mouth
Seine
River
Canadians
and
British
Drivt
Deep
Into
Western
Fringes
of
New
Trap
for
Seventh
Army
ALLIED
SUPREME
.HQ..
Aug.
24
Q
American
armored
col
umns
streaked
down
the
Seine
Valley
toward
the
sea
today
cap
turing
Elbeuf.
30
miles
from
the
river's
mouth,
aa
Allied
forces
rapidly
enveloped
another
hug:
force
of
Germans
In
Northern
France.
Canadian
and
British
army
formations
drove
deep
indentations
Into
western
fringes
of
this
new
trap1
for
the
remainder
of
Von
Fluge'a
Seventh
Army.
Southeast
of
Paris,
Americans
thrust
two
more
spearheads
across
the
Seine
near
Fontaln-bleau.
Dlspatch.es
from
Oeneva
Tt
ported
Americans
had
arrived
at
the
Swis3
frontier,
presumably
having
advanced
from
Grenoble.
Algiers
radio
said
the
port
oi
Bordeaux
had
been
seized.
Hitler's
grip
on
France
slipped
with
almost
unbelievable
rapidity
In
almost
every
direction
Prince
George
Paper
Wins
National
Award
For
Community
Work
The
Citizen,
Prince
Oeorge
weekly
newspaper,
today
was
awarded
the
National
Com;
munlty
Service
trophy,
by
the
Canadian
Weekly
Newspapary
1
Association.
The
award,
given
to
the
member
newspaper
considered
to
have
done
the
best
work
in
promoting
advancements
wlthlu
its
community,
ls
offered
an-Inually
In
memory
of
the
late
A
direct
long
distance
tele-
j
A.
E.
Calnan,
president
of
the
phone
connection
with
Van-1
c.WHA.
from
1919
to
1920,
ana
couver.
which
would
replace
the
editor
of
the
Plcton,
Nova
i
present
radio-telephone
com-
Scotia,
Gazette.
blnation,
is
being
urged
by
Prince
The
Citizen,
edited
by
Nell
A.
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
McKelvle,
Is
owned
by
Hon.
It,
O.
The
present
two-circuit
radio
4
perry,
B.C.
minister
of
education.
vices
confused
by
short-wave
tn
Mr
McKelvle
is
at
present
In
Prince
Rupert
acting
as
managing
editor
of
The
Daily
News
during
the
absence
of
G.
A.
Name
Assistant
For
C.
A.
Berner
G.
B.
Brien,
at
present
night
chief
despatcher
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways
at
Ed
monton,
has
been
appointed
to
succeed
C.
A.
(Al)
Berner
as
assistant
district
superintendent
of
this
division.
Mr.
Berner
Is
succeeding
G.
A.
Glay
who
is
being
transferred
to
Kamloops.
CRERAR
TO
ATTEND
HIGHWAY
OPENING
The
Hon.
T.
A.
Crerar,
Federal
Minister
of
Mines
and
Resources
will
declare
the
Skeena
River
Highway
formally
open
at
Terrace
on
September
4,
ac
cording
to
a
news
broadcast
to
day.
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett,
chair
man
of
the
Highway
Committee
said
this
morning
that
he
had
not
-been
officially
advised
that
the
minister
would
attend
the
opening.
New
Type
Incendiary
Far
More
Devastating;
LONDON,
Augs24
A
new
type
Incendiary
bombof
50
pounds
Lt
being
used
with
great
effectiveness
by
the
Allied
forces.
It
ls
reported
able
to
burn
even,
the
walls
of
a
building
and
in
this
way
ls
superior
to
the
old
Incendiary
bomb.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
65
Minimum
49
RUSSIANS
ARE
NOW
RUNNING
HUNDREDS
Of
NAZI
WAR
PLANTS
Reds
Continuing
Marches
North
and
South
140
Miles
From
Tloestl
Oil
Centre
MOSCOW.
Aug.
24
Cap-t.ves
reported
hostilities
spreading
between
troops
of
Oermany
and
Rumania
today.
Meanwhile,
two
great
Russlau
army
groups
swept
toward
the
heart
of
the
oil
and
wheat
king
dom
in
drives
apparently
aimed
at
trapping
any
Nazis
tn
their
path.
Companion
offensives
In
South
and
North
Poland
continued-apace.
Soviet
forces
are
running
hun
dreds
of
German
war
factories.
;
The
Russians
are
now
within
140
miles
of
Ploestt
oil
centre.
iV
i.