nil. hi -z. 111 III n 1 fill 111 111 VT U'A. -- llllll IMVL iur Ll ippines ital Of Amerks lGth Division in i ,i 1 1 1 1 1 1 i Like iMore nns - . r . 1 . I i remembered for lt3 planes managed to mattered night raids MacArthur acknowl- ar a mrnenn hit. of undesignated size. Pr-j Correspondent wnicn mleht wnll jj.ii?. n " Vllllllil tsoolis evcal ation Drop city reveal a decrease v OV.IHHI ilUli" comparison for the imt for the distribution c four dav dlstrlbntlnn nil 11 i- in vnrt I o MinK f 9424 citizens rlnlm- ration books. This 1 'w tnc no. 4 book, vw a completely ac-Idea cannot be obtaln- ! nftn. . ----- M . . U U W I . V uio it-giuar H be Issued their Last snrlntr i ft ""tiU wcic ' late comers, accord-rationing officials. "day the final day, Ion books were issued two centrps ROTTI F LEGGERS r Sun, in a new oase V.Q 11.1 . . !.m uuumcr move - u, ugnicn ud injuur laws 10 bootleggers. 9 -w . '"I nave io wait a lt "me or making - ui mis nermit I M nnl 1 ueuvcrv nf thn - -Huauon would be - "ujuL- luwn or tne n presentntinn nf . 'PBistratlmi m.. 'lad A rnnJ.. .. tuiu, liiu " "uuiu men go to where it wov,la bc "0 detormlt, im ii.. "i.tauy- receivea a OF WEEK drive be- iiv iiiui iiiiiL. ul i' u rr. r a.' .t i n if i r 1 1 1 n i r -- r -J - v f vvudlllli: uns, Prince Kupert cih. . . be asked t.n he privilege of helping the .ion go over the its $i,yuu,uuu,uuu endeavour to maintain its fighting services, They will be asked to exceed the $725,000 quota set for th.. city. This quota, incidental has been reduced from the $750,-000 level set for previous loans hwiqtitA iUa .1 i m a -vvcuoc ui uic uruicase in local 1 - I I population. W. D. Lambie. Vic TH I flK Hll tory 1x5311 oranlzer for the city, IV I V4IXWI I fpel. that It nlll h cK,omh.. , , ....4 ir-i.awwauy oversunscribed, i'rince Rupert has always done a good Job In previous loans and I feel that it will continue to back up its sons who are fighting overseas," he declared. The city has been dressed u for the campaign with streamers of bright bunting hanging across Third ave.. For the first time since Pearl Harbor there is bright festooned lighting In the city by night. The services, too, have quotas which every soldier, sailor and airman in the district will -be lackivt tn Vinln fill T"h... V,., vv v,H a lay Halt lull o nAn i, . 1 ,1 P excellent records ,n previous vyanaumii itciiiuiiai uauwayj employees In the division ex. tending from Prince Rupert to Red Pass Junction have an objective of $135,000 and at present Superintendent A. A. Bcr-ner and campaign manager V. L. Armtsrong are visiting in terior centres on an organiza. tlcnal tour. Planr havt been-Haidk-at -the Prince Rupert Dry Dock to meet a $160,000 objective. In its city canvass Prince Rup ert Is unique in that it Is the only , city In Canada with an all-woman sales force, Mr. Lam' ble says. This originated during earlier campaigns when the shortage of manpower made.lt Impossible to obtain men sales men. "The ladies have certainly done a very fine Job In the past," (Continued on Page 4) McGavin Chides Cornett on B.C. Electric Issue Are In Accord CHURCHILL BOB WILLETT Who will be featured as the Victory Loan reporter over CFPR starting Monday. The broadcast will be heard at 6:30 Monaay through Friday and at 12:45 noon on Saturday throughout tne campaign, The reporter will Interview special guests, muo-duce dramatic highlights and keep listeners informed on the progress or bond sales in Prince Rupert and district. Mayor DaRcctt will open the series on October 23 and a sketch or the sinking of II.M.C.S. Athabaskan will be part of the same pro-cram. The Victory Star Show on CFPR. at 5:30 tomorrow will be a British -Canadian program with the stars being citizens or either Britain or Canada and the audience returned men from the armed forces. Ronald Colman, Canadian-born contralto Jean Watson and Pat O'Malley ("Albert and the Lion") will head the cast. At 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday and Friday the CBC will present special Victory Loan dramatic programs. On October 24 the play will be a story of devotion and courage based on "Next of Kin" which was published in Chatelaine last year. Another Victory Star" Show broadcast coast-to-coast on Wednesday, October 25. will spotlight Franchot Tone, Soprano Dorothy Klrsten and radio singing star Jack Smith. In addition to these programs others, local and national, are planned for production during the three-week campaign for the Seventh Victory Loan. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL. BRITISH jCOLUAIBIA'S NEWSPAPER PI III ll I fl V"V"UJl Tomorrows Tides rlod up to 6 pjn. tomorrow) (Pacific Standard Tim) ' Sunday, October 22 i,ht winds becoming moder- t 1; i j High 4:19 17.3 feet j,,ritnr aueriiuuu, uiuuuy 15:58 19.5 feet mild with intermittent light Low 10:05 8.8 feet 22:52 5.1 feet 111. TT iivt Mn 947 ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS ERRIBLE FIRE IN CLEVELAND Victory Loan x VICTORIA, Oct, 21 a Van- couver reports that the provin cial government would not take i over the transportation faclli-i ties of the B.C. Electric system when the proposed public ownership plan of the company's as sets w completed came as 'no surprise to Mayor Andrew Mc Gavin of Victoria. "I am sure Premier Hart never promised to take over the transportation facilities of the company. The "lock, stock and barrel" phrase was coined by Mayor Cornett of Vancouver," Mayor McOavln said. AND STALIN British and Russian Leaders End Conference MOSCOW, Oct. 21 The his tory making conferences between Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin in Moscow- have ended and a Joint commu nique Issued in the Russian 'capital saying the two Allied statesmen made substantial progress toward settling the dispute between the two rival Polish groups. The two leaders are also said to have reached an agreement on unsettled points In tht Bulgarian armistice and formed a Joint Ariglo-Sovlet policy in Yugoslavia, MESSAGES TO JAPAN OTTAWA Government authorities in Ottawa are warning against undue optimism pending completion of ar-anangemcnt for the exchange of cabled messages be.twccn Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians in Japanese hands and their next ol kin. The arrangements depend on co-operation of- Japanese authorities and on facilities for transmission. Pythons feed only about once a month. Victory Loan Reporter war News Russians Roll On MOSCOW Russian forces continue to roll on into eastern Europe. With captured Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade behind them, the Soviet forces are now in a position to march on Zagreb, the principal city of Croatia. The backbone of enemy resistance in eastern Hungary has been smashed with the capture of Debrecen, the third largest city in Hungary. The Allied world is waiting for Russian confirmation of the German claim that Soviet forces have smashed 12 miles into East Prussia. 100 Miles North of Athens ROME: Allied headquarters in Rome has announced this morning that British patrols have advanced about 100 miles north of 'lhe, Greek capital of Athens. The Tommies are chasing the retreating Germans and are closing in on the town of Lamia, which is believed to pave been evacuated by the Germans. The town is 65 miles beyond Thebes which was occupied yesterday by Allied troopi Allied Planes Breach Dam LONDON A late headquarter! announcement says Allied, planes have breached the dam ai a lake 25 miles northeast of Nancy, France. The aerial action took place yesterday and caused a vast shallow sea of water to spread across enemy communications. American First Army troops are continuing their march to the Rhine after capturing the border city of Aachen. This ancient city has been reduced to rubble but the famous Aachen cathedral came through the siege without serious damage. On the CanadiaaJront in Holland, Dominion tanks and infantry, advancing north of the city of Antwerp, arc nearing the Roosendaal Canal. British troops, under' Canadian command, have reached the town of Wuestwezel. five miles southeast of the canal. This town is an important junction on the Antwerp-Breda Highway. As yet, there have been no German counter-attacks aimed at this new Canadian offensive in southern Holland. Drive Ahead in Italy ROME The Allies are driving ahead in Italy's To River Valley. Allied troops have cleared ithc Germans from 'ail but the western part of Cesena and progress has been made in a drive north of the Rimini-Bologni road. A front line report says Canadian and New Zealand troops have oveiTun the Cesena-Ccrvia Line and now are within hailing distance of the Savio River. Advance' In PhilmnineRV MacARTIIUR'S HEADQUARTERS, PHILIPPINES Allied invasion troops in the Philippines are this morning closing in on two of Lcytc Island's airdromes and their capture is believed imminent. The .Americans ate approaching the air strip at Tacloban and another airdrome at Dagleb. General Mac-Arthur's second invasion communique this morning says his forces are striking rapidly inland from their strongly-held beachheads on Lcyte. Yanks Bomb Rangoon KANDY, Ceylon Sixty-eight American planes yesterday bombed Rangoon, Burma. The announcement comes from Tokyo and has not yet been confirmed. Another Nazi Trick LONDON R.C.A.F. Typhoon pilots operating from Holland bases have become waiy of long level pastures in enemy territory. When they took over their present airfield in Holland, they found that the hastily retreating Germans had left behind numerous plywood animals which could be dragged out onto airplane runways to lend a pastoral air to the flying field. Western Front CANADIANS SLOGGING THRU MUD LONDON, Oct. 21 CB The First Canadian Army, slogging through rain-soaked fields north of Antwerp, pushed four miles nearer Rooscndal and Breda today.' This Canadian of fensive was the first phase of a battle to win use of the port of Antwerp as a supply base. Eight hundred Germans, rem nants of Aachen garrison,, surrendered unconditionally. All resistance had ended Inside and In the suburbs of the first big German city to fall into Allied hands. Canadian Press War Correspondent Ross Munro reports that Major General Charles Foulkes of London, Ontario, and Maojor-General Harry Foster of Montreal, are In command of divisions in France. SEABORNE ENGINE The first locomotive in Chicago arrived there in 1848-de-llvered by a sailing vessel. Campaign Opens LAUNCHING OF VICTORY LOAN Nine Ships Take to Water Ceremony ( At Ottawa ' OTTAWA, Oct. 21 IP) Canada's Seventh Victory Loan was given a big send-off today with the launching of nine ships. The launchings were In accordance vjith instructions broadcast from Parliament HUJ in Ottawa, where Prime Minis ter King and Shirley Temple, along with cabinet ministers and returned fighting men, attend cd a ceremony prior to the opening of the loan. The proceedings were designed to honor Canadian soldiers and sailors and airmen who have re turned from overseas. PAINTED VEINS In ancient Rome, muscular men traced the veins in their arms with blue paint. COMPLICATED ARTICLE Tne modern steel pen re quires some 16 different pio cesses in its manufacture. Major Burbank Forty Years On Railway Divisional Engineer Completes Service Next Week Next Tuesday after 39 year3 and seven months' continuous service with the Canadian Na tional Railways, Major M. A. Buitoank will retire at the agt of 65. He will proceed to Kel- owna to Join the staff cf th provincial public works depart ment for special service. In March 1905 Major Burbank Joined a Grand Trunk Pacific survey party on the prairies a. transitman. In August this par ty was disbanded and he was appointed resident engineer on construction in Manitoba where the first sod was turned on the Grand Tunk Pacific Railway west of Winnipeg. On Christmas Day 1906 Major Burbank landed in Prince Rup ert after a week's journey on the old steamboat Tees from Van couver. The sun was shining bui it did not ccme out again until March so he went back to the prairies. The year 1908 found him again along the Skeena River on rail way location and construction and in 1910 he returned to Winnipeg as assistant engineer and later as district engineer on lo cation and construction work of the G. T. P. lines on the prairies. Soon after World War I start ed, Mr. Burbank joined the army as lieutenant and went overseas wherg Jewa4.wtthth,e princess FatsKegimeni and tne cana dian Engineers. In a short time he was promoted to major in charge of the 4th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops, in France and Belgium. One of the outstanding achievements of this battalion as recorded in the War Office was double tracking the railway from Dunkirk to Newport, a distance of about 21 miles. The grading was done with mules and old-fashioned scrapers and the track was laid and in operation in two weeks. Much railway work was crowded Into the Major's three years in France. The Winnipeg Free Press of July 18, 1918, described some Important bridging done by the 4th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops, under heavy shell- fire. On February 22, 1919, Major Burbank was decorated with the D.S.O. by the King in Buckingham Palace. He returned to British Colum- bla in June 1919 and has been In charge of th4 maintenance ol the. railway from Red Pass Junction to Prince Rupert most of the time since then. The rest that he has earned after so many years of faithful service Is well deserved. He states his only regret is the thought that for a while he will miss the dally contact with the men with whom he as worked so harmon iously for so long. R. C. Daviason, assistant divi sional engineer at Smlthers, has arrived here io relieve Major Burbank. Mother of Mrs. Schcrk Dies Here Mrs. Mary Jane Miniely, age 82 passed away in the Prince Rupert General Hospital last night. She was the mother of Mrs. R. L. Scherk. 1717 Graham ave. Deceased was born at Adelaide, Ont., and came to the city four months ago from Edmonton, where she made her home in late years. The body will be sent to Edmonton Monday night for burial. Known Dead Already 65 and Possibly 200 Conflagration Sweeps East-end Area Half a MMe Square Fifty City Blocks Involved CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 (CP) The death toll climbed hourly today in the worst conflagration in Cleveland's history, an explosion-punctuated blaze that devastated an East Side area half a mile square. The list of known dead mounted to 66 as scores of emergency crews searched the gaunt remnants of QUEEN CHARLOTTE CAMP IS MOVING QUEEN CHARLOTTE CITY, Oct. 21 The Pacific Mills has moved Its Sitka spruce logging camp from Slate Creek, five miles from Queen Charlotte City to Cumshewa Inlet. About 100 men are employed. Operations are 'being curtailed at the Aero Products camp at Port Clements and there Is also the winter seasonal falling off of production at the Moresby Island camps of T. A. Kelley Logging Co., A. P. Allison Logging Co. and J. R. Morgan Logging Co. from the advisory committer on the New Sunnybrook Mill - tary Hospital. The committee chairman, W. J. Stewart, said yesterday that he will recommend that 100 members of the Home Defence Army be released immediately to help in construction work at Sunny-brook. CARTOONS POPULAR OTTAWA A collection of cartoons by a Canadian Army Sergeant is fast becoming a Mediterranean (best - seller. Originally published in the Maple Leaf, the Canadian Army newspaper in Italy, the cartoons were drawn by Sergeant William "Ring" Cough-lin of Ottawa. The sixty-fout page book bears the title "This Army" which has head- ed Coughlin's daily cartoons in the Maple Leaf for the past six months. Life with the Canadian Corps In Italy is the theme and Coughiin has a little khaki - clad charade! called Herbie who wanders through almost every cartoon. REHABILITATION CENTRES OTTAWA The new Federal Department of Veterans' Affairs plans to open rehabilitation centres in all large cities of Canada. These centres will provide information and counsel to men and women leaving the services. POLISH AGREEMENT MOSCOW A tentative agreement has been reached during conferences in Moscow between the two Polish groups. One group is the London Polish government and the other is the Soviet-sponsored Lublin committee. DEATH FOR LAVAL LONDON Premier Pierre Laval has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Marseilles tribunal, the Paris radio said yesterday. A warrant for the arrest of the Vichy government chief, now either sheltering with or held by the Nazis, was issued by the tri bunal. Mil C Ol ID DnVQ ADC Pr;WTIKin WAPhPD nFP TWFPF iii .i yvll u i i i i i i i i 1 1 n i if i i i v ' v i i i i ii i m hundreds of homes for victims trapped after a series of blasts destroyed a six million dollar liquid gas storage plant. Latest official figure on the number of persons missing was 105. It was feared that the fatalities might reach 200. Thousands are homeless. The fire still flared today in isolated spots over a 50-block district but was under control. IN EARLIER DAYS The Rocky Mountains were once called the Stone Mountains. LIQUID VEGETABLES Cabbage contains from 10 to 15 pounds of water for each pound of dry matter. I Bulletin I TO RUSH HOSPITAL TORONTO A recommendation Is being sent to Ottawa FEW AIRMEN TRANSFER TORONTO Forty of the group of approximately 1290 airmen at No. 1 Manning De- of the Christie Street Hospital J pot in Toronto who are being In i'oronf3;'"idcernlng- rlt,H','.ileihobUJ2eii'byif.'itJ4"r- . Air Minister Power yesterday boarded army transports and headed for Newmarket to take basic Army training. These and an additional 90 who will transfer Tuesday morning are the only men from No. 1 Man ning Depot to voluntarily agree to transfer from the Air Force to active service in the Army. With only one in nine volunteering for immediate transfer, the majority will be sent back to civilian life to await Army call-up. MAY REOPEN HOTEL VANCOUVER Canadian National and Canadian Paci fic Railway officials have agreed to give consideration to reopen the old Hotel Vancouver to meet the accommoda tion shortage here. MOST SUCCESSFUL FARLEY MOSCOW Moscow newspapers describe the conference between President Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill m the most successful yet held. NEW GOVERNMENT GUATAMELA A new government has taken over office in Guatamela following a 12-hour revolution. NEW NAVAL EMBLEM OTTAWA From now on, ships of the Royal Canadian Navy will sail with a distinctive green Maple Leaf on their funnels. If there is no funnel, the emblem is to be worn on the side of the bridge. REPOSTINQ PROTESTED EDMONTON Heads of the Canadian Legion in Alberta have protested against the posting of servicemen from the Calgary and Edmonton areas to overseas duty after their return home on compassionate leave. The secretary-manager of the Edmonton branch of the Legion W, J. Williams has protested to Defence Minister Ralston that the 18 men in the Edmonton area should be given leave to remain with their families at least until Christmas. ARE YOU BUYING EVEN MORE BONDS OVER HERE?!! I JK