. . a a m MANX MllvL 4tion of Germans At r., JWIess Czecho- U wr- I'nnntvntnfl at the Rumanian fron- -ffir' o norm n n lwhite Soviet military attempting to wiin- :U1U bill. I uvrk w w alone the notiy strarea red. The Russians arc nl LI- i 17 1 ir f new: concerning their gh Shelford, who was re-in France since has been received by 1 Mrs. John Shelford of i. He u now reported safe ir.? liberated by the Am- fcjwlng capture by nnans. K AUAV III U 1 1 U I innni r llKrl II T run w k. l Prtnrp Rilnrt. fnr tnanv -1 T 1 Wk An Oden, age 67, died J th? Provincial Inflr- Marpcls where he lived -t three years. He was wis va rnnce uupert m vui 1115 Uv." n until cix years ago when for the south. His wife. riant iaajM Tides rmnrroW S NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S W.SPAPER Weather Forecast ,0.riflc Standard Tlm) For period up to 6 pjn. tomorrow. 1911 Overcast and mild with .light rain, becoming 19.8 feet wml cloudy late afternoon. Winds Ma 23:25 21.0 ieet mm light. Friday: Light winds, cloudy In 4:59 4.1 feet oW cj.nn ft 1 fpet morning and partly cloudy In afternoon with slightly lower temperatures. xxxiii. NO. 228 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS hurchill Sees War Into Coming Year I I T wo nunarea i nousana ri A 1 V KlIUTIU II Pntwl I - 'ng out of war as a hi? trw PCI. - "WUW1.11U ' "i cons.rnndn., ime Irom war t0 wo k , ' 0 men from the in. lion ' .me eat famlllariT. ""elves ...... '- HOTfiOrl ...11.1 . verv imu made - "-wrn M.P, should Siegfried Line May Be Flanked on North American First and B'.K Second Armies Ex tend Holdings Fall r &?lfc, ars Imminent Canadian Acc Four Kills Within Day Don Laubman of Edmonton Goes Strong- LONDON, Sept. 28 (CD-Flight Lieutenant Don Laubman of Kdmonton destroyed four enemy aircraft and dam-ajcnl two from daun to dusk Wednesday, bringing a three-day total to eight kills and two damaged. The 23-year-old Spitfire pilot was flying with a group which destroyed 22 and damaged ten enemy planes during the day. - Wing 'Cntmnander Johnny Johnson, Knglisli-born leader of the R.C.A.F. Spitfire wing, scored his thirty-elgth kill yesterday In operations over the MJmcgen sector. FIRE-CURED Tobacco cured In an atmos phere of wood smoke similar to that used for smoking meats and fish Is known as fire-cured tobacco. HUNDRED THOUSAND HOUSES BE BUILT IN THIS COUNTRY; OMFADrnKTCTDIIfTlflN MFN 1th nf lnnni- 1 An AHA 1,mnnn unnllivnl 111 "lent as well as factories, public buildings and A . . . . . I niAn...l 1 1 I I n 11 A. ...nii iv f ins a ongnt picture ior tne consirutuuu Herbert C. Nicholls of Toronto, president "uian 1 nnstriiptinn ww the Prince Ru- ' " v-iuo yesterday. The '"ncheon of the Gyros 50 addrcd by John W. president of the Na- COnStrUCtion Pnnn-ll uiuiiuj man nntii mtr - mr UQOCh to d of - aircadv unrinr tunsiruct on nHnst.. spccdllv rme functions tn M,n.. IfWlltO Mr. Nlrhnll. 1 l"e Toronto Kl-uu n u and Mr. Gonrh w a . 01 the Rotarv rii.w , Tn w "iciropolls. JholU stated that con- ZT thc second ,n' importance in Canada. v"wni of thn on .1.. 7. . j nit; lnnitfttrv hnH vlr a J J 11UU In i 5. e Bovernment readiness r ni,n be made to spend at least three months In thc west.- Ills Association, Mr, Nicholls continued, had already made a survey of what the construction Industry should be able to do after the war. A comprehensive brief had been presented to thc Turgeon commission in regard to post-war construction projects such as roads, factories,, public buildings' and homes which might be undertaken, thereby putting people to work. A national Joint conference board, consisting of nine representatives of labor and nine representatives of the Industry, Vad been established. "Wc arc also pimul," said JUr. Nicholls, "that wo have been instrumental in getting thc Ontario Rovcrnmet to reopen the Apprentice Act which came into disuse and which wc think will be of much use and value to thc boys returning after thc war. It is my opinion that Canadians should be taught the trades properly rather than having to rely on immigrants. A similar act might be brought into force in nritlsh Columbia Indeed all over Canada." First would be a period of intensive training in schools for thc returned men after which they would (Continued on Page Two) r (. LONDON, Sept. 28 (C- ht, rridor, the British airborne division larged today into a formidable assaAo.' which threatened to trap 200,000 Germans in n Holland and permit the flanking of the northern end of the Siegfried Line. FACTORIES ARE BOMBED vv en- The American First Army ! burst through German defences on a six mile f?ont fourteen miles southeast of Aachen. The American Third Army was driven back to original positions from the entrance to Fort Driant. The British Second Army extended Its south bank hold along the Dutch Rhine to at last five miles south and west of Arnhem. The Nljmcgcn corridor was expanded with the capture of Hcesch and Nistel-rode Into a 10 to 15-milc nulge within ten miles of Hertogen- bosch. On the Calais front far be hind in France the Canadians cleared the whole coast west of the Inundation line. The fall of Calais Is expected soon. The Berlin radio reported British forces had crushed and overwhelmed long range batteries on Cape Blanc Nez, eight miles southwest of Calais, from which the GerrriaJiajrbjeUedpovf r for the past four years." American and British Heavies Are Out Again Over Reich LONDON, Sept. 28 CD More than one thousand American heavy bombers today attacked German war factories at Magdeburg, Kassel and Merseburg. Railroad yards at Magdeburg were also hit. Overnight Royal Air Force heavies hammered Kalserslau-tcm, lmporttant industrial city In the Saar. Close to two thousand fighters and bombers pounded enemy troops, railways and fortifications In the Low Countries yesterday. Battle of Italy MORE IMPORTANT POINTS TAKEN ROME, Sept. 28 W Canadians of the British Eighth Army have taken Bellarla, eight miles northwest of Rimini, and Americans of the Allied Fifth Army have occupied Casteldel- rlo, about fifteen miles soutn of Imola, headquarters said to day. BATTLE TAKES SERIOUS TURN Japanese Troops Approach Key Gity of Kweilin CHUNGKING, Sept. 28 W The battle of Kwellln, Allied base in South China, took another serious turn as Japanese columns approached Kungscheng 47 miles southeast of the Kwangsl capital. Continuation of the enemy drive probably would result In the cutting off of Kwangsl-Hunan Railway south of Kwellln. thus exposing the city to direct assault from the north. G RETURN TO STANDARD TIME KAMLOOPS The British Columbia School Trustees Association passed a resolution yesterday urging a return to standard time as soon as war Industry would pcimit. Hon. II. G. Perry, minister of education, was chosen as honorary president and Aid. I). A. Edwards of Kamloops vice-president at the closing session of the annual meeting yesterday. USE MERCHANT SHIPPING OTTAWA Trade Minister J. A. McKinnon yesterday announced the signing in London of an agreement between the United Nations, Including Canada, providing for continued collaboration in the use of merchant shipping for six months after the war. SHIP COLLISION VANCOUVER The Union Steamships steamer Lady Cecilia was in collision with a 10,000-ton freighter off Point Atkinson last night. Eleven persons were injured. The Cecilia suffered considerable damage to upper structure on thc starboard side. HALIBUT SALES" Canadian Kaare II, 40,000, Storage, I8V4 and I6V2. American Spray, 40,000, B. C. Packers and 132. 15 NOT TO BE CONFUSED LONDON, 0) An English court has ruled that a cockerel Is not poultry. The ruling was made when a woman with 25 hens and four cockerels was charged with contravening an order that egg-, may be sold to an unregistered customer only when "not more than 25 head of poultry are kept." Threatened With Entrapment GEN. EISENHOWER IN PARIS Gen. Dwight Elsenhower, A I. ' I. ' strwm vt s is w ranlrf nr. nlnn.nM ...wiht .m i. I at news which reached him in Paris where he conferred with Xu leaders of 'the French movement which liberated the city, with the aid of Allied troops. . Japs Give Up Tiddium Is Abandoned Nipponese Withdraw To Hills From Important Base n n ( w trrV!rVi cpnrpH !)G a .Tan MANY ATTEND McEWEN RITES The esteem and resnect in which the late Arthur Alexander McEwen, pioneer member of the engineering staff of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co., was held was testified to by the large congregation which as sembled for the final rites yesterday afternoon In the Grenvllle ot BC- Under" KA.NDY, Sept. 28 -Japanese fjrt forces have broken off contact with an Indian division and It U believed the enefhy has' abandoned the strategic base at Tlddim, withdrawing Into a mountain fighting line in Burma. Indian troops were last re ported only a few miles from! takers Rev. E. W. Scott, rector of St. P6r.'AngUcaCChurohv: of llcl ated and Mrs. J. C. Gllker was organist, accompanying the hymns "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide With Me." ., Following the chapel service. Interment was made In Falrview ICemetery. Pallbearers were W. S. .M hc in thP invinn of India last winter. v. - ", . nnmml t BULLETINS B. Lemon, W. Johnson, A. O. Johnson and Roderick McRae. Acting as honorary pallbearers were R. M. Winslow, J. E. Boddie, J. Delorme, P. J. McCormick, Bert Morgan. II, Worsfold. W. Ride-kop, James Black, R. McKay, A. Isaacson, J. McGlashan and C. Todd. (SALVATION ARMY Inniwr rAUWACC UKIYC LMmVAUj Downtown District A general meeting of the Salvation Army Home Front Appeal campaign committee" was held Tuesday evening at the Salvation Army Hostel. Dr. R. G. Knipe, chairman of the campaign, presiding. A telegram from Hon. . vv. Hamber, Provincial Chairman, was read extending best wishes to the local campaign It was announced that the business districts of Prince Rupert had been assigned to canvassers as follows: Waterfront and all East of McBrlde St. W. J. Scott, E. J. Smith, A. Dominato. Second and Third Avenues, McBrlde to Fulton Sts. H. A. Breen and B. Stevens. Third to Seventh Avenues, from Fulton St. Wcst-A. S. Nlckerson, D. Woods, C. Ham, P. II. Llnzey. First and Second Avenues, west of Fulton St. R. G. Birch, C, F. McCarthy, Miss O. Kukulak, K. C. Linton, Mrs. Mercer, Mrs. Acton. Canvassers will contact business premises only. Individuals are being urged to call at the Salvation Army Hut on the Post Office lawn any afternoon or, evening to make their donations. At present Prince Rupert, is lagging, behind Its objective but the committee Is confident that local citizens will not allow this state of affairs to continue. There are 36 letters In the Russian alphabet. Deprecates Premature Expectancy Of Early Cessation of Fighting Post-War Building Construction Men From Eastern Canada See Field Here Prominent leaders of the construction Industry from Eastern Canada who visited Prince Rupert yesterday on their way east from Vancouver and Victoria in the course of a tour of the country agreed, after looking over the situation here, that this city appeared to be a most suitable field for post-war housing development and that Its organization was something that the community might well be ac tively Interesting ;ltself In. Before coming here the ".party spent some time in Vancouver meeting leading, people of .the construc tion Industry there and there was also a conference with members of the provincial govern ment at Victoria Including the minister of public woks and the The party, haying decided to Include Prince Rupert in Its western Itinerary.' took iui advan- 11- tage,6fr several ndurTs; to drive around the city. They saw the fish handling Industry In action and also evinced Interest In the local Wartime Housing projects. What the post-war disposition of Wartime Housing projects such as those In Prince Rupert would be they said they did not know, presuming that this would be determined by local conditions after the war In respect to housing. The party consisted of 20 persons, several wives accompanying their husbands. They proceeded east from here by special car attached to the regular train. Their next stop will be at Edmonton where the provincial government will be met. The personnel of the party: Herbert C. Nicholls, Toronto, president of the Canadian Construction Association, and Mrs. 'Nicholls; n ltUU; J John LULU W. Gooch, ULKJUil, Tor A 1 i. n ..nnnn.r, iUi- Assigned to.Canvasseis onto presldent of atlonal Construction Council, and Mrs. Gooch; P. Page, Toronto, president of the Architectural Institute of Canada; W. McGolpln, Toronto, president of the Brick and Tile Manufacturing Association of Canada, and mother; Mrs. A. V, McGolpln; J. Clark Reilly, Ottawa, manager of the Canadian Construction Associa tion, and Mrs. Reilly; J. Oliver, Toronto, past president, Hard wood Lumber Association, and Mrs. Oliver; Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Eager, Hamilton; Ernest In- glis, London, vice-president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada; G. E. Trialor, president of the Toronto Engineers' Club, and Mrs. Trealor; J. E. Greenland, Toronto, past president, trade contractors' section, Canadian Contractors' Association; L. L. Anthes, Ottawa, treasurer, Na tional Construction Council, and George C. Abbott, Toronto. Should Not Harbor Axis War Leaders WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 28 Secretary of State Cordell.Hull today warned neutral nations Guerrilla Warfare May Follow Breaking of Organized Nazi Resistance Gives Casualty Figures Agreements At Quebec LONDON. Sent. 28 (CP) Prime Minister Wins ton Churchill warned the House of Commons today mat tne war against aqoii muer mignt extend into 1945. He deprecated premature expectancy of an early ceasing of fighting. He said that many persons 01 highest technical attainment have good hopes the Jatavia Bombed Struck For First Time Planes Made 3,200-Mile Round Trip From Australia ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, Sept. 28 00 Bat- avia, capital of Java, was hit by long-range bombers when two Australian-based planes strafed buildings. It was the first time that the Important Southwest Pacific area had been bombed. The planes flew approximately 3200 miles in the round trip to make the attack, catching the NEW RATION BOOKS SOON; PINK COVERS Ration book No. 5 will be distributed to the public during the week of October 14 to 21. Ration areas may have different days of distribution, which will be announced later, but they will be during the week men tioned. The new book will be good for 50 weeks Instead of 32 as In former Issues. The cost of producing these books has steadily decreased. The first ration book worked out at 2 8-lOc a copy, while book No. 4, Issued last March, cost only 1 7.-10c each. Book No. 5 has a pink cover. It has eleven sheets and each sheet has 25 coupons Instead of 16. The only sheets specifically marked are for sugar, preserves and butter. The remaining sheets are lettered M. P, Q, R and S and are there to take care of any em ergency which may arise. The task of distributing the books again will fall on the shoulders of willing volunteers who under the direction of the local ration boards offer their services as a contribution to Canada's war effort. WOULD HOLD OFF SWIMMING POOL From both the practical and the moral standpoint It would be advisable to put off until after the war the construction of the proposed swimming pool In connection with the local civic centre project. This was the op inion expressed yesterday Herbert C. Nicholls, president of the Canadian Construction Assa-elation, when discussing the matter with Interested persons. . y-, ill! not to give sanctuary to Axis war - , , 7, not favorable at the m Luu affect nttcM present time leaders. To do so might the relations of these nations with the Allies for years to come. GUIDES STEAMER IN FOG LONGIIOPE, Orkneys, Scotland O) The Longhope lire-boat rescued a steamer and her crew of 75 In a dense rog and piloted her to Longhope. Mr. Nicholls said, materials being scarce and inferior and labor not plentiful. Possibly conditions might be better In a year and a half or so. Mr. Nicholls also expressed favor for holding over such projects as post-war reconstruction measures. will will end end in in 1944 1944 but but war no one can guarantee that several months of 1945 may not .be re- quired. The Prime Minister told a cheering House that one million Germans had been killed, wounded or captured In northwestern Europe. Allied forces there had been Increased ta between two and three million. Two hundred thousand enemy troops had been trapped .In Holland alone and there destruc tion could be deemed highly probable. t The British forces had suffer ed 90,000 casualties In France. American losses In killed, wounded and missing Including those in southern and northern France have risen to 145,000. Brtlsh troops in Europe wer now In proportion of two to every three Americans. Mr. Churchill "said there was the possibility that, after 'or- Japanese by surprise. ganlzed resistance in Germany 1 , r . .- . I'aTherer teC3btt Rt?e w AKnT-wokenjw.'gttettlHi'f fare may be continued by des perate men conscious of their own guilt and impending doom. Ten Japanese divisions which had been lauched against India had been repulsed and largely shattered, the Prime Minister revealed. Complete agreement had been reached on every point at the Quebec conference, Mr. Churchill said. There would be no changes of chlefs-of -staffs conducting the war. The British fleet had been offered for the war against Japan and the offer had been accepted. Territorial changes would have to be made in the Polish. frontiers and Russia had the right to British support in the matter. It was the Prime Minister's first full report on the war in two months. Speaking of the Pacific theatre, he said that "the war against the Japs and other dis eases of the jungle will be pressed forward with the utmost Mr. Churchill admitted that the Russians had been meeting larger enemy forces on the east-etn front than had the Allies on the western and they had every right -to be given security of their western frontiers. It is essential, said Mr. Churchill, that Premier Stalin should join In a conference with the. United States and Great Britain as soon as the war situation permitted. As for post-war problems, the Prime Minister felt that great decisions could not be made dur ing tne heat of the conflict on the basis of incomplete data. TWO LOCAL MEN HAVE WON WINGS Two Prince Rupert men have by graduated with wings from No. 2 Training Command of the Royal Canadian Air Force. J. D. Stuart, 1649 West 2nd ave. earned his navigator's wings at No. 7 Air Observer School, Port age la Prairie, Manitoba. J. A. Smith, 921 Ambrose ave. graduated as an air gunner from No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba. Local Temperature Maximum 63 Minimum 40 Mi Li' 1 .4.