tomorrow's Tides NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Weather Forecast North Coast and Queen; .Charlotte (pacific Sianaatu u Islands Light to moderate winds, i L.. IK cloudy and cool "with few scattered m Fr day. 5epici"u Wmm showers. Friday Moderate to. freirh lz:z i.v ice i. 6:20 4.1 feet winds overcast and mild -with) occasional 18:33 6.7 feet light rain during evening. Yesterday's Temp.: Max. 68, Mln. 50. U., RAHY kill, No. 218 ford of Achiex Political and maintaining ana rning our standard in d labor legislation what we could afford cavlntr what we COUlfi h save and keeping the I Hmlnlstratlon of public I Iku ihf 'kpIM.Oi Inter- L f - v v- - - - ore than a hundred and we have co-operated awa ave tried to carry out orders, tve a constltutlon'lrfthls that divides eovern I responsibility between Anion and the prov vou have a war you i only one head to the rt, and In Canada, that Bst be the Dominion lent, the constitution and ense tell us that in no can our war effort be lly carried on. Var Measures Act gives pinion Government the ower to do everything nk necessary to .prose war Bet me make this clear onslblllty of making tiers Is theirs to obey Bd helD to carry them urs fchls course we have ourselves willingly amazing, however, iny people (particular- bntlnued on Page 3) hard Hit- Let Up Allied Blows From Skies in prt of Great sive by Land SN. Sept. 14 0)The Al-loffenslve, In support ot Kt land drive which Is Ine the Ilelch. continued m overnight with Royal CC mttsnultops blastlnir iwlth two-ton block- Ifor the fourth night In rrnue other planes flew in SUrtnnrl. nf thn lonH fobbing Into Germany. It "iiny-nrst raid on the k tapnai since June 6. pes were lost In the Ber- 11 reports disclosed that llrcraft, operating from pases aionp. Viauo rtoa. least 347 pnomv rlfnno 1st six days. Allied losses Frid totalled 105 fight- neavy bombers. f Air Force t.irti unifu palnly in support Ot the P'WQian Army, claimed s. twelve hn rp'PC tuin sized vessels t iunches and several lo-' r He sixth radios carried warnings. Aiued bombers liana, France and Italy ProY rs thoice for the P& 4. - A Have Freedom of Action or State Socialism ( f Prosperity or Chaotic Experimentation' TOKIA, Sept. 14 "From the day the coali-fvernment at British Columbia was formed to ry hour, we have endeavored, as your ser-ito give the kind of government you wanted," itnmnv Hnnoral It. L. Maitland in an address eht. "Our policies have been your policies, to making full contrl h our war effort plan- meet post war requlre- EIGHTH ON MOVE AGAIN Capture Ridge Which Held Them Un Fifth Pounds Gothic Line lv nnrtv WITH THE CANADIAN COUPS ,ay well ask: Has this ' ..; M.n.nn Sent. 14 O) The'Canadlans and had-Justifled British on Wednesday captured ave ever ia i,uu'J-juiu iuiis riuse wiai, iui . . m .,, a week and a half has halted the opinion will write our ..... , pd all I hope Is that the ... ... i.H. " 1U llll iaiu ; J jr a lam. Hill DC uiai wc nc w . .. .... . .. . ji,ii...ii I jvieaHWHiie we niucu niui amy during . o uuntuu , . , uuj , iraiViH fVirninrri fjprman ...... J ....V . r - . . . 4 - Htt .l.nn (Via frnnt Kfl- . i iuuuxj.iu an uuu& uic muiii. .- nrV,hiL tween Pistola and Kucca and Is f nn nf mn-! eZ:! battering at the forward fringe piw " i t T I ind tried to deal with. 01 Building Men Due Important Party to Pay Visit Here Sept 27 Marking a new epoch In con struction history In Canada, H. C: Nlcholl. president bfthe-' Canadian Construction Assocja tlon; John W. Gooch, president nf the National Construction Cbuncil. and F. Page president of the Architectural Institute of Canada, have combined forces 4n. order to make a tour of the .principal centres of western Canada, this month. Purpose of the tour Is to ob tain on-the-ground facts and views which will guide the future building activities of the thret organizations. The impending visit takes on added importance In view of the large postwar con struction boom pending which will require fullest co-operation between architects, general iraae contractors, supply houses and employees. Tht forthcoming visit wm per mit the residents of the various organizations to meet members of local branches ana aiscu it M.r.t tntarect. t n t Hp construction, industry puojiw due for discussion are uppic- tlc.pshln training: vocational rainintr fnr returned men; re hnhllltntlnn and reconstruction; exlsltlng government controls and release of controls; supply of materials when the war Is over and construction ethics In the bulldlne Industry. The Darty Is due to arrive in Prince Rupert from Vancouver September 27 and will return east bv way of Jasper. Others making the trip arc: W n Mnnlnin. resident. Brick and Tile Manufacturing Associa tlon of Canada; Ernest Ingles, International vice-president, In ternational Brotherhood ol Elec trical Workers and second vice-president of the National Construction Council; J, E. Green land, past chairman, trade con tractors section, C.C.A.; O. E. Treloar, president, Toronto Engineers Club; L. L. Anthes, treasure National Construction Council; George C. Abbott, president, George C. Abbott, Limited, and J. Clark Itellly, manager, Canadian Construction Associa tion. - RESTRICTIONS LIFTED OTTAWA Some footwear restrictions are being; lifted by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Ladles in new styles after January may have two-lone shoes and bows. The Misses Laurel and Ariel Armstrong of Vegervllle, Alberta, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hauser,. Thompson st. PRINCE RUPRTpBrfflyfeDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1944 CHATEAU FRONTENAC AGIN WORLD WAR CENTER the massive walls of I Within the Chateau Frontenac and nearby Quebec Citadel, plans werr laid over a year ago for th events which this year re-tulted In the invasion of Europe and its trabsequent sweeping Victory of France. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, along with their chiefs of staff both military and political, conferred with such success in Canada's oldest city that now they are meeting again, just a little over a-jrear later. Today's plans have to do with final crush Holland Made By Allies ALLIED SUPREME HQ., Sept. 14 (CP)-Two new thrusts into Hol land, one by the British tng of Nazi Europe, and the step-ping-up of the next great task, elimination of the Japanese Empire as a world force. Durinir these days, the eyes oi tbwaxld--Vi?td, Nations, . pup mtmiet. and' hundreds of thou sands of peoples in still-bondaged Armistice Is Now Signed Terms Between Russia and Rumania Reds Get Navy, Army and Air Force MOSCOW, Sept. 14 Russia and Rumania reached armistice terras yesterday. The armistice was signed here. The 1941 border between Rus sia and Rumania is restored, North Bukovlna and Bessarabia going to Russia and Transylvania being returned to Rumania. Rumania will pay $300,000,000 In goods over a six-year period to Russia as reparations. The Rumanian air force ana navy will come under Russian command and 12 Rumanian army divisions will go to the T?pH Armw Occupied lands, are focussed on Canada and the figures which are shaping the world's destiny. it. is a itkouv w wanaaa ana lia people that this country has beta chosen for a second conference, and -the eivilized.world will -await with patience" and confidence tha benefits that Bust surely accrue. North Siegfried Line Is Threatened Two New Thrusts lntoYANKSARE Rpprmr Armv ana tne awww.. . other by the American First Army, toRether with the Canadian First Army crossing of Leopold Canal, just south ot ueigium, Motherlands trontier, lo- day threatened the north end oi me oiegu em umc. Meanwhile headquarters reported capture by the American First Army of several small German towns within 10 miles of Aachen, great German communications centre. Headnuartcrs again Imposed HPcuritv sentence oii the pro cress of American thrusts but a Brussels broadcast, saia uiciu Amrrican. troons were within r,w nnri - nno - third from IUU1 MIIVI " " " - Aachen. The Germans said the Ameri- p-ms wprn advancine m a niA nffpnslvo in the whole arc around Aachen to Maasstricnt in Holland to the German frontier near Eupen In Belgium. Thn American Third Army broke into open ground around the French city of Nancy in a gain ot at least 30 mues to Charves on the Moselle River. Meanwhile other Americans smashed Inside the long besieged port of Brest. IIALIHUTSALES American Trior. 58.000. B. C. Packers, 15 and 13!'2. Canadian Antler. 35,000, Royal, 18V2 and 16 tj Bulletins It K KLIN WANTS TEACE LONDON Radio of the French Forces of the Interior reported that Nazi storm troopers fired into a crowd of peace demonstrates in Berlin. There was no Information from other quarters. ATLANTIC HURRICANE NEW YORK Timely warnings by the United States Weather Bureau forstalled loss of life in a hurricane which swept the North Carolina coast today. Wind velocities reached over 100 miles an hour. The storm centre is moving up the coast at the rate of 25 miles an hour and Is expected to hit the Connecticut coast tonight. DEADLINE FOR NAZIS HELSINKI Friday is the deadline for withdrawal . of . seven German divisions from Finland as part of Finish-Russian peace- terms. If the Nazis do not withdraw, Fin land may be made a battleground. CANADIANS RETURNING OTTAWA Twenty - two Canadians, including Rev. Edward Chambers of Regina, arc being repatriated to Canada from Germany aboard the Swedish-American liner Grip-s hoi m. FOREST FIRES RELIEVED VANCOUVER Substantial rainfall on the iXnvcr Mainland, Vancouver Island and C.aliano, after 2(! dry days, has greatly reduced the fire hazard and travel in the woods Is again permitted. AT AACHEN Established on Commanding Hill Enemy Falling Back LONDON, Sept. 14 05 United States troops have esaabllshea themselves on a hill overlook ing the German city of Aachen, key point on the Siegfried Line. American tanks and Infantry yesterday broke through pri mary defences In the Roetgen area and were assaulting anti tank obstacles and pill boxes Just beyond the town. The Ger mans a.re Duttlne un unexpect cdly light resistance and lndl- caUons are that the enemy may fall hack on the Rhine River. Armored spearheads of the American Third Army, crossing the Moselle River In force, ad vanced elaht miles In two hours Under fire yesterday. TWENTY-FIVE LOSE LIVES IN COLLISION TERRE HAUTE, Sept. 14 CO At least twenty-five persons were killed and about sixty-five were Injured today in a collision of two Chicago and Eastern Illlnlols Railroad passenger trains near here. Nearly all of the dead and injured were soldiers. The trains crashed head-on during & fog. AERIAL ATTACKS ON PHILIPPINES ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sept. 14 IP) Allied bombers attacked Gal-ela and hit air fields on strategic Halmahere Island south of the Philippines while attack planes bombed and strafed an airdrome on an Island stepping stone to the Philippines. South of Halmahere iza tons of explosives were dropped on ppmm and Boerce Islands. Pearl Harbor reports that Unltpd States carrier - based planes destroyed at least 200 Jap anese planes In action against the central Philippines. The Uni ted States losses in the action are not yet announced. JAPANESE ADVANCING CHUNGKING, Sept. 14 O) Japanese troops pushing down the Hunan-Kwangsl Railway are twelve miles northeast of Chuan- hsien and fierce fighting Is in progress as the Chinese attempt to block an enemy drive aimed at Kwellln. key defence city in Kwangsl Province. The Japanese have aavanceo. to a point within ten miles ot Paochlng In fighting west of Hengyang. Mr. and Mrs. B. MICafferty Finnish and Bulgarian peace and family returned Tuesday delegations arc still in Russia, night from a trip to Winnipeg. PRICE FIVE CENTS Shipping Boom For Rupert Shift of War to Pacific Seen As Conference Outcome Impending Defeat of Germany Expected to Change Whole Pattern of Conflict QUEBEC, Sept. 14 (CP) Sharp increase in shipping activity along the Pacific Coast both naval and merchant which would bring boom conditions to ports like San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Prince Rupert is expected to be one of the. immediate results of the Quebec conference of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. With the impending defeat of Germany resulting in full emphasis on tthei Pacific war, transfer of British and Cana- (Han: warships ifrom Atlantic and European waters - to ;the Pacific and an upsurge in flow of men and " munitions to the Far East as the campaign against Japan develops would mean new business for western United States and Canadian ports. A great shifting and reorientation of the Canadian war effort is likely to result from Pacific war plans being shaped at the conterence. mere will be a change in emphasis from army to navy and air force and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Canadian cabinet ministers and chiefs of staff have come to Quebec prepared to provide full Canadian co-operation and support of joint plans for iinal stages ot tne war witrt japan. Canadian and British .chief s.:'pf-staff are getting down to the job of planning the division of work among Canadian and1 other Empire and associated forces. V As Roosevelt and Churchill begamthe fourth day of their meetings there were indications of a crAOfl.iin nf militnrv nlnns fnr nnpraiinns ncrainst. Japan, on the assumpiqn,at;,th will end soon. These plans are nearly complete and attention is being given to some war and post-war i.t economic prouiems. A sudden announcement today that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden is expected to arrive in Quebec alomst immediately caused speculation that the conference may see a-shif 1 in emphasis of discussions to European political problems. Last night, in a statement on behalf of President Roosevelt, Stephen Early, secretary to the United States executive, said that the conference had made such "splendid progress" that the business of the conference . might be concluded by the i, i enn oi ine wcck. All-Out Offensive Stalin To Commence Big Push LONDON, Sept. 14 Vf) The Berlin radio announced today that the Russians, assaulting Warsaw, fought today Into the streets of Praga, Industrial sub urb, with other Russians reach Ine the CzechoSlovakian fron tier. Patrols are believed to have ctossed the border Into the Kos- lce area, advancing five miles beyond the toppled Narew River , bastion of Lomza. Still other Russians drove to within fifteen miles of East Prussia. Enlivened activities all along the eastern front prompted Moscow reporters to cable that there were Indications that Premier Stalin has resumed an all-out offensive toward Germany. Meantime Marshal Tito's Yugo Slav partlzan headquarters said that his troops naa maae contact with the Russians. Dry Dock Mishap WOMAN HURT IN 25 FOOT FALL . FROM SCAFFOLD Two hours after she had begun work at the local dry dock Wednesday morning, Anne Robinson, age 27, fell 25 feet to the ground from a scaffold on a ship construction berth, sustaining injuries to her back and head. She was taicen 10 I'nnce tup-ert General Hospital where thl3 morning her condition Is report ed fair. y The accident occurred at 10 o'clock when Miss Robinson, wko was about to begin work as a rivet Dasser. slenned from the deck of an unfinished ship onto a staging platform. Apparently unused to high places, she lost her balance and fell over tne side. Her fall was seen by several workmen. Miss Robinson was discharged last January from the Canadian Women's Army Corps after a year's service as a motor trans port driver, Prior to going .to work at the dry dock Wednesday she was employed as a driver by the United States Post Utilities here. Her home Is in Ontario. Wanted Local Shipyard Requires Journeymen Helpers, also Women and Boys as Rivet Passers and Markers. Apply National Selective Service A.M. 150. t '"4 ( : 'f ... - s i.