lii i nirn i 1111 vv 11 v A.- ii a ii iji aw , Will Get . $55Mq ir-n-wlian WllL'C Increase of Si&SSs Per . i?i.irn:irin L' 111 ovin. i z. i ... r. fITV l A V ) IN ACTION Mitnifnt of National hit sdtivea irinur rtrlht of Prince Ihit hi ". Kfn. (Iiif Cartwrlfhl, i wtion niie wirim SuUtchcwan irgl- 7 r k I I er nuns Dig In Warsaw k.uh i r mm irirvji A Driving Russian , attacked aw. acroM : P ,ih capl- V1 bombs Warsaw's .'.m he battle i be fiercely Gf T.an eom- H to stand wire Pr jMla on ..;ing the llcurltn? Would nr i nmi rt-Lleut t ,r . for- : n 1 3 nuraiiran II III. . w Panes r 1 Ap- ' A- lease " .ive been he United of the October of ' itr - milltarj ' i: - rught. - were flown Northwest ; R.CA.F a In all f. n....i.n u I'd mile hop :"ush Rus- Ml L ll... r,i w- ft'. 1 Ti Jans to Work vo M.P. Is urn sin..! riM. A mid-summer Cv sent In the neighbor. 000 U assurred fur and 450 railway empl Prince Rupert area announced to The rt " Preas last night am n cents an hour Increase of all hourly-rated Canadian ra workers, retoacllve to Septcrn: ' 15. DaUy worker receive u bc;. of 43 cents a day. white wc k y paid workera will get 233 ex a. a week and monthly-paid rm ployees are assured of $12 43 mote a month. The award was made "r W" application of 18 railway umoru tor an Increase of 32 cents a" hour In wage of non-operati.:? worker. The application aisn ajked the levelling of worker' wages In running trades to those paid on eastern United Stales railways which would have meant increase of approximate ly 23 to 32 cents an hour. ueiwen iwwi ana iiw workers are affected. German Bomlis Chase Couple in Ivmidon LONDON. Aug. 1 0? U. -Com mander 8. C Dickinson of Toronto has been chasing Oermans over the Atlantic now for some four years, but he Is beginning j to feet that If he really wants! to get Into this war he ought; to stay with his mother and , father In London. They have been bombed out on four occasions. First taste of being homeless came during the blitz in 1940 when bombs flattened their hettte at Wimbledon, near here. under debris for M hours, but his father escaped unharmed, being at work in the Admiralty. The Dickinsons then leased another house and In the spring of IW1 Germs n bombs levelled RCAF.IU once more. This lime both govern-1 their luck held on the third oc-icaston when their flau-they had I stopped getting houses by that timewas flattened. The fourth time both were shaken as a German bomber smashed hues around their place and left their flat " wrecked It had to be torn down. New Fleet leader BOMBAY. Aug. 1 Admiral Sir Bruce Praser has Dcen nam ed commander of the British Far Eastern Fleet, succeeding Admiral Sir James SomervUIe. Sir Bruce was In command of the ships that sank the Scharnhortt and crippled the Tirplu. route in Air porcc Repairs MM4. iSivll, Avrntip East 'bsnfcirAi i R-CA.F. road repair erews ;have begun work on Cth ave. F.. by Itusslan I uftD Ut. UN Au 1- co i i c: eve Elkdom arc f .i ago whert ' .n arc gath- Al- prujners In have volun-ln non-war ""on iime ,VA, At" l ii. -k... t Conservative House of ,-ded for a short ;- ' -: tslternoon, when Y fptract the word :crrung family al- Persecution Aug. lpres. -ughter of .?.. .'m ut and oun ,w": c war. 1 'Uns. Plons.,1 It A lupiriH. "Tire mm. f. ' : to. "'d by naval with speed. The present decaying atpnait surface U being cruslied. and augmented with crushed rock for filler. The renewed base will be surfaced with fresh asphalt from the R.CA.F. hot mix plant at the air base. At present, the stretch between Hays Cove ave. and Donald st. Is closed to traffic which U being detourcd by Ambrose and 7th aves. Five of Family In War Service Fourth and final member of his family to enlist In the Canadian Army his father and three brothers arc, or have been In active service Archie McLaren Lylc. 10. lett this after noon for the Vancouver reception centre after passing through the Princo Rupert recruiting station. Archie's family comes from Dryden, Ontario, and his father Is serving in the Veterans' Guard. Two brothers arc overseas, one with the R.C.A., and 'ir....... inn. ...I,,. Ik. iiriMnin.n , innr rninB 1 5!?n.,5hH Infantry. A third, now in Can- sPori.lble for ih . nda- ls a veteran of the Dieppe BJ.J- ffltd Prior to his enlistment. Archie was employed as a truck driver at Terrace. Other recent recruits arc Charles William Agar. 17. of Terrace, who has enlisted as a trainee In the Canadian Technical Trnlnlng Course, and William Oraham, who was a welder chargehand at the local dry dockr kBaaa CANADA TO PAY Ui5. $120,000,000 FOR AIR ROUTE OUTLAY OTTAWA, Aug. 1 (CP) The Canadian government will pay fSmrfr rMrktnann't msiLhr a I the UnlUd States about $120.- ,iwi m lanaaian iuna 10 reimburse that country for Us outlays on air routes, plants and other wartime projects in Canada, including the installation near .Mooe Jaw, and in tabrador. Premier Markeniie King told the I lout of Commons today. MV RIONA SANK IN DEEP WATER WITH. FISH PACK captained by Jerry Dudoward, sank In deep water a mite olf Kinahan Island Saturday afternoon. It was carrying a heavy load of ftsh picked up in the Port Simp son district. Recounting the sinking to the DaUy News today. Dudoward said "I was alone Saturday and was engaged in collecting fish from Port Simpson district. Dciween Tufwell and Kinahan Island. The Riona started, taking on water in rough 'weather. I tried to beach .the packer with the help of another Canadian Fish Co. vessel but it nccame wx rough and we couldn't keep her afloat. She sank half a mile off Kinahan In deep water." The young captain, a veteran of of the the Sicilian Sicilian Invasion Invasion who who was was boat and had trouble before. never Army of Harvesters REOINA. Aug. 1 Six thousand and civilians will be brought this province to help In Saskatchewan's harvest. Cut Sub Production WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 The United States Navy Department has announced Its submarine production program will be reduced coincident with an appeal for Increased production In surface craft. No Rhythm There! LOS ANGELES. Aug. 1-Arty Shaw, band leader, and his wife, the daughter of Irving Berlin, have separated. Mrs. Shaw would not say on what grounds she would sue for divorce. "LOLLIPOP" JONES BLACKBURN. Eng.. W A lost seven-year old evacuee from London, billeted here, arrived at the office of the chief billeting officer. His name, he said, was William Lancelot Lollipop Jones. The boy explained that's what people called his father too he manufactured them. Thus Identified the youngster was returned tu his propei billet. Local Tides Wednesday, August 2 High 12:10 17.9 feet 23:56 21.1 feet Low 5:54 3.5 feet 17:50 7.8 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLohuA'& NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS kM BERLIN BURN8 AFTER RAID T p: 'are obtained through a neutrai "urce &howj the result af je of he many raid by Allied bombers on the German a.'at A Uie left L a bomb- shatU rrd building wh.'c in err.rrc baiikrouad u a burning churrh hit by one of the bombs. SOUTHERN HALF GUAM FALLS BEFORE SURPRISE ATTACK BY AMERICANS , PEARL HARBOR. Aug I tt mow show a control extended through the principal town of 1 Agana. The forces established a line from Oana Bay on the west coast to Pago on the eastern side. Patrols tent out to reconnoitre the southern half of the Uland so far have met only spar adic resistance. The advance continued on nearby Tlnlan. T.MakeS'elhand I New Guinea Their float j ALLIED HQ In NEW GUINEA, Aug. I (f V S. forces landed on the Netherlands New Guinea. 60 miles northeast of the Japanese I stronghold of Sorong, placing 'the invaders between the major Imemy bases of Manokwari and i Sorong. ! U S .forces seized the New Guinea coastal area at Sansapor The 40-foot packer Riona. of and took nearby Islands of Am- the Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., J sterdam and Mlddleburg in sur- prise landings Sunday. NORMANDY HANS AIR "VISITORS" LONDON. Aug. 1 9 There have been so many "sight-seer' visitors to Normandy that a rule has now been put Into effect that no R.AI'. plane from Britain can put down on a landing strip In Normandy without special permission. If they do they are "confiscated" and the flyers brought back to England by sea where disciplinary action Is taken. Slml- lar steps have been taken oy tne army and navy against unauthorised visits. i n e, t wounded In the back and dls--iNeVeil tirCS, INO charged from the army early this year. said, the packer was a nne n ; i i causen jiyaillClgC 111 JUIJ The city fire department answered seven calls during July, one of which was a false alarm, according to figures re members of the armed "fvlcM Into ,pftM,d by nre ch,cf n T Lock this morning. No appreciable damage resulted from any or the outbreaks. Total number of calls answered by the department so far this year stands at GS. During Uie same period last year, the department responded to 72 calls, four of which were made In July. Five calls were answered In June of this year. RASEHALL SCORES I)T the CndUn rrtsa National league Pittsburgh 9. Boston 2. Chicago 5. Philadelphia 1. St. Louis 1. Brooklyn 6. Cincinnati 7. New York 9. American league Washington 2. St. Loul 3. Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2. Boston 1, Cleveland 0. International league Rochester 2-5. Baltimore 7-Buffalo 3-5. Syracuse 0-8. Toronto 9. Newark 2. Montreal 4. Jersey City 2. American Association Columbus 1, Kansas City 4. Louisville 9. St Paul 2. Indianapolis 5. Minneapolis Toledo 7, Milwaukee 5. Allies Forge Ahead On 80-Mile Front DRIVE AGAINST FinPFMfFinw BUT PROGRESSIVE ROME Aua 1 v Heavy fighting for.jnupi aoulhwe-st of Flor- j ence and the veteran British j Eighth Army is making stow but j ' steady progress toward that city. On the remainder of the front I only patrollin? and artillery ex- i changes occurred. j Germans have fought fiercely! i to maintain the historic city ol 1 ' Florence and the British are now ' .biding their time till relnforce- 1. OTTAWA. Aug. 1 A million Jobs that did not exist in 1933 will be available In Canada at the conclusion of the war. Dr. :umicd glairs tr,op: seized the percent t ifnure souTiimi na or uuam in a .'urpnse sweep and battle lines 1 DEVASTATING ATTACKS LONDON Iniled SUtes Maiplanes, bombers and fighters numbering 1.709, have carried out devastating raids on airfields and communication and supply in Northern France . riNLANB PRESIDENT QUITS LONDON The president r Finland was reported to have resigned and his successor is the former premier. AUSTRALIA SECURE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC The rapid and successful campaigns of the Allied forres in the Southwest racific, including the bringing of New Guinea entirely under domination, has removed for all time the threat to Australia. TURNING EUROPEAN FRONT LONDON Sudden swing eastward' by the Allied armies tends to turn the entire wing of the western fitnt MORE SCHOOLS NEEDED VANCOUVER Expenditure of at least $6,000,000 In the next few years will be neces-Vancouver's children. The heaviest load on school facilities will come in 1916, it Is announced. VOTE FOR STRIKE MONTREAL Eleven hun dred street cars and busses of Montreal may soon, come to a stop as operators voted to go on stiike. No time for the walkout has been announced, but union leaders have promised a 21-hour warning to the public. SOLDIER HARVEST LEAVE VANCOUVER A correction in newspaper report concerning Major-Gen. G, R. Pearke's order on allowing soldieis harvest leave was announced today. He said he was most anxious for all to co-operate In this Important matter and said the allowance of 30-days harvest leavrs were being left to the discretion of district commanders. Men will be given leave where they can be spared. NO MEAT RATIONING OTTAWA Indications are that meat talioning in Canada will not be reintroduced for the remainder of 1911, unless some unexpected emergency arises. LENGTHY PROCESS Russian oil wells were first dug by hand and petroleum was hoisted In leather bags by rope and pulley. LT..G0V. WOODWARD TO BE HERE AUG. 3 llli Honor W, Lieutenant-Governor ol tJ. ish ColumDia, win visit rnnce Ilupert. August 31, during an inspection of west coast installations. Mayor II. M. Dag-gett has been advised. He will be accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Lt.-Cmdr. Hew Patterson, and will arrive at 2 p.m. The party will leave at 6 o'clock the following morning for Port Simpson. cb KvT au,nc,ent 10 carry the iPatrol Streets i The Nazi defence and counter jOffpns.ve5 have been costly In i met) and materials. ', Million New Jobs ;In, Post-war Era To Assure Order VANCOUVER. Aug- 1 9-Ser vice police of the three armed services and squad cars of civilian police patrolled city streets last night on watch for a recurrence of the loot suit riots which marked the week-end. Only Incident reported yester- He contends that the national ? !" JSSi t I Income will remain within 75 s present levri BULLETINS EVACUATE PISA CITY nr.lU.IN German news agency IlNIt has admitted the entire city of Pisa in Italy has been evacuated, and says the Itusslani are now less than J vllL milrs .from .East-Pruss! proper. tack on a sailor In Stanley Park, allegedly by 7-oot j John F. Dow, Lulu Island, w men had a taste of mountain eering when they scaled an 800- foot hillock leading up from David Thompson cairn. Just: across the Athabasca river. With Col. G. C. Oswell. officer com manding, setting the pace and Lieut. C. J. Norrington. orderly officer for the day. following up by order, most of the personnel made It and from a vantage point obtained a fine panorama view in all directions. Including the town of Jasper to the north and Jasper Park Lodge and Lac Beauvert to tne easi. I uorp. Marry txigar ami vahp. Louis Astoria Just made tne tram with a three point landing on leaving Jasper after the route march. They had hired a couple of ponies to fill In the spare hour. They got up a hill back ol Jasper and the ponies developed mule-like tendencies on the return trip. The soldiers had to desert their steeds and commandeer a passing car. It was a case of nip and tuck but they made It which was the main thing. Congratulations Extended Rob Kelsey and Bride Flying Officer Bob KeUey ol Prince Rupert and his bride, honeymooning at Jasper, were on hand with Reg. Kelsey to meet and receive congratulations of friends In the regimental Another Incident of the Jasper visit was Corp. Bill Poraykos' encounter with one of the park bears. Bruin tried to embrace him but Porayko. who ls the boxing pride of the regiment, discreetly retired. The orderly officers and sergeants did a good Job on the trip. Lieut. J. A. Teng and Sat. E. W. Allaire were In charge of the departure and the first day out. Lieut. Norrington and Corp. Soames took over second day, while Lieut. J. H. Engelcke and Tilly-La-Campaigne is J 4inv Swift Move German Prisoners Are IJcing Taken Faster 5 23Uof suiters. suburban i NAZI WARPLANES .as fined $25 In ROCKET PROPELL1 ELLED connection with the week-end ! not when he jumped on a rxrtiee-' man trying o separate two tisrhtcrs. , A gang of about 100 men and youths, led by a merchant sea- ' man group, paraded showing signs reading "We Want Zoot i Suiters." : They attacked a number of 1 youths along the way. Sporadic flfht mntlnupd thmuehmit the u-4rnorrrtnjrwhen pohccwbTofce -op I demonstrations. British advanced 11 miles south of their Sunday jump-off area around Caumont. Units of American armor spreading out from Avranches enveloped Pontaudault and overran- Ucey. , Indications were that the German centre had suffered a Serious dent. German prisoners poured in faster than definite count could be made. LONDON. Aug. 1 Germany's latest war weapon Is a light nine -speed rocket-propelled fighter plane. An American fighter pilo' reported being unable to even train his sights on one. although his Mustang plane is capable of 400 miles per hour. I?rliiiilrl!na- TArf . vjAjagNOTOK, r Auga w Pfl 'i Navy Department announces a I reconstruction program ;nvo:r- More Paper Needed build the recently deva. ta d j CHICAGO. Aug. 1 The United installation at Port Chica? . i States War Production Board Calif. The port facilities wir !ha, called upon manufacturers .destroyed when two ammur..' - -to produce mure e.ienUai paper, .laden ships exploded in Juiy I CITY REGIMENT TAKES GORDON HEAD AFTER OVERCOMING ALL OBSTACLES By G. A. HUNTER (The Daily News Staff J VICTORIA, Aup. 1 Prince Rupert Machine Gun SITUATION GRAVE- VERY GRAVE- SAYS SPOKESMAN LONDON, Aug. 1 Germany has not been backward of late in telling the darker side of the war picture to her people, but the peak was reached yesterday when a news announcer stated, "It would be criminal to deny that the situation has become grave very grate." The announcement was directed particularly to the German troops. More British Naval Units for Far East WASHINGTON. Aug. I Japanese have been heard to report that British naval forces are being transferred to the Far East In large numbers. A BETTER USE Chloropicrln. tne tear gas used In the First Great War. has been found a good preventative of eel-worm damage to several crops. Sgt. William Noble had the Important resonpslbility of seeing that everything went well today. Tuesday, during the transfer Involved from train to boat at Vancouver and from boat to camp at Victoria. Quartermaster A, S. Nlckerson and his staff, Sgt. Jack Armstrong and Ellis Morris also had a busy time In connection with the transfer and sighed with relief on completion of the Journey, which will culminate Wednesday when tha routine of camp life commences. Lieut. Harold Ponder also was a happy man as the unit arrived In camp. He had carried out duties as adjutant with tact and efficiency. Than They Can be Officially Counted ALLIED SUPREME HQ. Aug. 1 (CP) Allied armies swept forward in new attacks today across the whole 80-mile Normandy front. British tanks and infantry swarmed over wooded terrain in the centre and Canadian units south and Caen sector capturing Tilly-La-Campaigne, while Americans drove beyond Avranches which they took yesterday. 1 Lieut. John Hodgson 'Big .lark i Kmith furmpr TnrnntO Reciment reached Victoria this Tuesday afternoon ! newspaper photographer, -who land went into camp at Gordon Head where it will;;- ng SuTS remain ior me coming iwu weens. ,the campaigns In Sicuy and Iireakinrr off durintr a route march while the i Italy, shown as he swung into unit was at Jasper Monday morning, officers and action with bis Army camera. A six-foot four-Inch giant. Smith served on the staffs of the Toronto Evening Telegram and the Toronto Globe and Mail before 'joining the Army's Public Rela tions branch. His wife resides in Toronto. Exiled President Of Philippines is Dead SARANAC LAKE. N.Y.. Au?. 1 Manuel Quesne. 65, exiled president of the Philippines government, died of tuberculosis at his summer home here today. OOINO UP! Pre-war production of dried eggs In the United States jumped from about 5.000.000 pounds a year to 262.000,000 pounds in 1943. VYYVTTTTYTVTVVYYYTYYTYV3 e Wanted I Men and Women t To Handle Fish Full-time workers urgently needed. Can also use part-time workers during days. TELEPHONE 321 or apply In person to: CANADIAN FISH & COLD STORAGE COMPANY tuMiuMiHtmim