future.
tominion
and
Provincial
Governments
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r
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i"
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.
-
wuvuuiMi:
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1
in
i
i
lPg
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tuiniuuiuuva
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and
northerly
irom
biewart,
all
bringing
r
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f
1
T
iriiilliu
III.
vii:v
keena
Kiver
Highway
is
one
01
the
lew
ex-
made
for
war
purposes
that
can
justify
purposes
of
peace.
OODWILL
MESSAGES
FOR
EENA
HIGHWAY
OPENING
k
ruv.ttxti
Minister
of
Klines
and
Resources:
completion
of
the
new
highway
between
.
i
tt
ti
.
ii
i
open
ami
iiazeuon
provides
a
inorougn-
-hould
speed
the
development
of
the
keena
River
Valley.
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construction
of
-i
1
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it.
r
.
.
I
was
in
uaieu
nurinc
me
war
lor
naiionai
:a
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i
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aia
ii
vi
iui
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irri.riT
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ii
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nnvn
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nniiii-rii
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l
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rta
v
serves
as
wen
as
oeinir
a
mosi
ai-
from
the
standjwint
of
tourist
traf-
p
r.r
opportunity
ai
lorded
by
the
comple-
roau
iu
l'ail'iiu
iny
warm
regurus
anu
-o
the
residents
of
the
Skeena
country
:e
construction
of
the
Prince
Rupert
u..l
mean
so
much.
AXSON,
Skeena:
TOliph
thf
rxtrnfilnn
nf
thp'SkPPtin
Kiver
T"ip
rommtinitlM
nf
Nnrth.l
rntral
HriL-
.a
achieve
economic
partnership
with
f
Canada.
men
who
worked
with
me
in
the
real-
l
'
,
.O-vpfir-nlfl
rlrpnin
I
offer
mv
heart-
mf
Jiauons.
"
e
communities
along
the
route
I
com-
n
f
1
I
tivn
f
f
V
n
.ttnniMinil
ins
nni'
nf
Inrrl.
fl
rft)n
I
i.
n
I
Akx.uni.asM
mCCmm
.II
Tj
lonvard
to
its
rightful.
destiny.
YAl
JOHV
iiat.
rtr
Ini
j
f
11
T
TI
t
'YK-ivn
oi
me
rnnce
nuperi-icrrHtc
n?".-'
be
highly
gratifying
to
the
com-v-,jcfc
it.
serves
Apart
from
its
primary
rf
!
'rengthening
coastal
defence,
it
-will
added
advantage
of
assisting
to
open
up
j
ttiM
oi
iTince
uupcru
i
ieei
suru
inuv.
'".
m
piay
an
important
roiu
in
iiic
of
the
northern
part
of
the
province.
IFIMirifT
a
vermin
nilrr
if
VuU
U'nrbc.
.
infill
1IWIH.T.
0!'lfl
lllrn
in
nvlnnil
in
flin
iinnnln
nf
T'rilirO
aflU
nflinront
Inrrilnrif
vnrv
Viimrtv
Pllll.
-J"
V
VII.
ItllUll
1
1V.I
1
1IV
v.,
"
'
UOn:-',
fin
tVin
muminn
nf
tr
nnlK
lllrrlni'nV
niv
UI'VIIIIIU
Ui
LIIV
IIUH
UIUIMM"
,
nriCe
Hlinprf
n
TnrrnKO
Tliio
will
irlVO
thO
--"vav
VV
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k
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aiio
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tho
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tiu
till
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UVIIV.1
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tVin
M.l,
nvtintiflc!
ita
1nolnf
l.
--
i
w
bin;
him
lii
itaiiiiiiii.1
iui
iil.
i
v.iyi'
ill
be
nf
t
f
he
North
looks
brighter
todnv
than
at
lod
in
the
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titi
j
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not
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r
w.
i
mviw
i
,
ICUirv
in
l,.riM
I
1
...J
f
mankind
in
peace
have
depended
upon
atlS
Of
tr:inanft
nml
nnmmliniffniinn
line
1
.
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V,Vllllllll.lv.i,
.
v'
UV
btrrnnviitc
TUn
.n,iWt-i,i
nf
ilin
,,.
ii
jro.
illt
V.UIIIJ1II.H""
ui
Highway
will
afford
communication
and
opportunities
throughout
British
Columbia
-
iiuiii
r.
i
1
1
1
ii
it
i
iirrn
i
:n
111
i
hit
iiii
ted
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v.
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wt
ini;i
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fl(l(l
tr
fiiiiiiinl
iti1itc?f
orirlitifT
nvirl
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iiiukUtU
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ill
iici
nnmmiiHiriAfl
ir
ri.ni'nrcfiu
ManpO
fVin
V,....!
i
i
i
r
il.
,
mv
jui
minii'ss
nnii
Knnwipnrrn
m
liiu
vhn
win
,r
;
-
upu
us
excellent
laciuties.
JTTPI.LO,'
rr
Prince
Hupcrt:
n,
1
di0'n
n
felicitations
upon
the
comnle-e
Skeena
River
Highway.
I
trust
a
full
,
expectations
mnv
ho
rrn1?7n1
and
tn
n
1
Ii
..
.
;
."
M10U
(1
il
oiui
nim
lincf
nffnrta
Al
'Ilowgkadks
and
I
'litis
llllln
frrx
T
f
tM
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r
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rttf
f
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liilU
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i
V
niiri:piui'ii.
nil
iiciLL-iiLiunn
iuu
viniiuiNi
'
-
-
r
v
ICIIV
v.
O."
ENTIRE
ROUTE
Economy
of
tiansportatlon,
which
on
railways
and
high-ways
alike,
depend
on
(he
gradients
enrountrred
by
ve-hlrals,
It
In
no
dancer
of
be-Ing
outrated
by
the
alln
menti
of
the
Skeena
Rirer
lll(hway.
In
Terjr
few
placet
In
rtrlt-lh
Columbia
it
It
potlble
to
tratel
o
far
and
encounter
to
few
hllli.
DUcuuinc
tle
fubjret,
a
hl(hay
rncineer
tald:
There
aie
one
or
two
short
strrtchVt
where
there
are
8
per-cent
trades
and
30
decree
curves,
but
the
ceneral
alienments
are
cod.
and
well
within
the
llmitt
of
standard'
hlchwar
construction.
At
some
points
risibility
Is
limited,
but
Jn
all
rate
it
can
be
Improved
by
future
wideninc."
Sever
Japanese
Communications
OnSiahgRWer
CHUNOKINO.
Sept
2
O
Chi
nese
forrrs
driving
southwest
from
captured
Hencyang
are
progressing
and
Japanese
are
reported
to
be
employing
(ouri
columns
in
an
effort
to
envel
ope
the
Chinese
threatening
the
WLtan.toncUoriVcHyr--iJ
Chinese,
sun
astride
ine
IIunan-K-angse
railway,
have
countered
a
threat
to
their
farces
outside
Ilengyang
by
pen
etraUng
from
the
east,
and
by
occupying
Uiree
points
on
the
Canton-Hankow
railway
ThU
move
severs
Japanese
communication!
on
that
sector
of
the
Slang
lUver.
City
Woman
Ixses
Brother
in
Normandy
Pie.
Elmer
OUen.
of
Mission,
DC.
brother
of
Mrs.
II.
Rem
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
killed
In
Bdlon
Irr
Normandy,
the
De
partment
of
National
Defence
has
announced.
Gnr.
Martin
Edwin
Slmrosr,
brother
of
Relnhard
Slmrose.
of
Cinema
on
the
Cariboo
Highway
In
Central
B.C..
Is
reported
wounded.
Air
.Marshal
Bishop
Posted
to
Reserve
OTTAWA,
Sept.
2
AIr
Mar
shal
Bishop
is
retiring
from
ac
tive
service
as
R.C-A.F.
recruiting
head.
He
will
be
posted
to
the
reserve.
The
Victoria
Cross
winner
and
First
Oreat
War
ace
will
step
down
In
the
autumn
and
will
return
to
his
civilian
Job
as
vice-president
of
McColl
Fron
tenac
Oil
Company.
British
Are
4
Miles
Into
Gothic
Line
ROME.
Sept.
2
0!
Opening
an
offensive
to
drive
the
Ger
mans
from
Italy,
the
BrlUsh
Eighth
Army
has
pushed
lour
miles
Into
the
'Gothic
line
on
a
28-mlle
front
near
the
Adrla
tld
and
the
Allied
FUUi
Army
haa
leaped
across
the
Arno
River
from
Florence
west
to
the
sea,
It
was
announced
today.
Germans
have
brought
up
reinforcements
and
heavy
fighting
Is
In
progress.
Doug
How,
Canadian
Press
war
correspondent,
reported
Canadians
are
taking
part
In
the
Eighth
Army
offensive.
Tho
veterans
Canadian
Infantry
was
committed
to
battle
August
24,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAITriSHCCdLIJMBIA?S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrows
Tides
EDITORIAL
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Sunday,
September
3
FOK
WAK
AND
PEACE
She
High
1:15
23.0
feet
13:51
22.0
feet
the
peril:
of
war
and
the
danger
of
attack
Low
7:41
IX)
feett-3.0
id
air,
witn
me
iinpucuuuu
01
invasion,
20:00
feet,
.
jorth
America,
the
construction
of
the
k-pr
Hiirhway
was
but
a
vision
in
the
minds
VOL.
XXXIII,
No.
207
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
2,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CZJTT3
itimitic
citizens
mcy
wno
uream
ureams
'
idiculed
for
their
foresight
and
faith,
onday,
however,
when
the
opening
of
the
t0
is
a
celebrated,
Northern
those
iran8.provnignwavi
among
j&Lwho
looked
Allies
Over
German
Border
,
Prince
Rupert,
with
0
&$feot
the
and
C
anada
can
juswy
m
pome
true.
.
ek;
svHZr
bv
those
of
all
the
communities
ofC
Iff
'f
I
s
a
grand
idea
to
hold
the
celebration-
sjiner
iam
:t
The
publicity
alone
will
be
worth
aft
Third
Avenue
will
experience
concentration
of
automobiles
UP
TO
HALF
BOMB
and
excitement
will
run
high
In
i
1TES
TAKEN
IN
the
block
In
front
of
the
post
i
vnlTlIpn
v
Fn.yrP
iiUKllibKi
r
KAiLEj
office
before
8
o'clock
Monday
morning
as
the
caravan
to
take
LONDON,
Sept
t
One-third
52
invited
guests
from
Prince
tQ
one-half
of
the
Nail
bomb
Rupert
prepares
to
hit
the
new
highway
for
the
opening
cele
bration
at
Terrace.
For
all
but
a
few
of
the
travel
lers.
It
will
be
their
first
trip
over
the
road.
Scheduled
to
leave
the
city
sharp
at
8
o'clock,
the
caravan
will
contain
the
following
guests.
Government,
Army
'UJS.
and
Canadian),
Navy
and
Air
Force
Lt.-Col.
J.
11.
Horn,
Col.
and
Mrs.
D.
B.
Martyn,
Col.
T.
J.
Weed,
Col.
F.
W.
Stewart,
Com
mander
C.
M.
Cree.
Lt.-Com-mander
R.
F.
Astbury,
Wing
Commander
Tourgls,
D.
M.
Lowe.
engineer,
O.
D.
Archibald.
Mr.
Armstrong
and
Mr.
Walker.
Vancouver,
press
and
publicity
Leo
Sweeney.
Vancouver
city,
H.
F.
Bird,
B.C.
Auto
Associa
tion;
A.
L.
Williamson.
Vancou
ver
News-Herald;
Cliff
MacKa,
Vancouver
Sun;
Bruce
Stevens,
Evening
Empire;
J.
K.
McLeod.
Dally
News;
R.
E.
Cobby.
De
partment
of
Trade
and
Industry;
Flt.-Sgt.
Hugh
Walker.
R.C.A.F.:
Jack
Lindsay,
Associated
Screen
News;
Hon.
H.
G.
Perry.
B.C.
Government;
W.
R.
Tooth,
Stewart,
B.C.
Mayor
and
Mrs.
H.
M.
Daggett,
A.
Brooksbank,
Alderman
J.
S.
Black,
Alderman
George
Hills,
Aid.
and
Mrs.
G.
Ruddcrham.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
E.
Boddle,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
E.
Parker,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Scott,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
Orme,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
A.
Careless,
A.
Wallln.
L.
M.
Felsenthal,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
M.
Watts.
Dr.
and
Mrs.
Bamford,
Canadian
Legion;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
N.
1.
Bird,
Trades
and
Labor
Council;
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween
and
D.
Wood,
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Mitchell,
and
A.
Flaten,
Chamber
of
Com
Units
Have
Taken
Towns
In
Belgium
1
P
rin
Rupert
The
Gateway
to
Worth-Central
British
Columbia
salutes
the
completiorrof
The
New
RUPERT
4HAZELT0N
r
(HIGHWAY
.
,
As
another
example
of
the
irresistable
expansion
Official
Road:
Caravan
Leaving
City
Post-Office
8
'a.m.1
Monday
sites
alonr
the
roast
of
Northern
France
have
been
taken
by
the
Allies.
German
leaders
in
Berlin
arelboasting
of
a
more
powerful
robot
capable
of
exterminating
all
the
enemies
of
the
Reich.
They
claim
Germany
has
perfected
chemical
that'
may
be
dropped
to
form
a
cloud
which
bursts
Into
flame
when
ignited,
and
they
tell
of
a
new
armor-piercing
shell.
Tpr.
T.
H.
Ryan
is
Killed
Overseas
Tpr.
Thomas
Harry
Ryan,
known
in
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
Simpson,
has
been
killed
In
action
overseas,
according
to
word
received
here
by
his
aunt,
Mrs.
Florence
E.
Wilson.
He
Joined
the
armed
services
two
years
ago
last
month.
Besides
his
aunt,
Tpr.
Ryan
is
survived
by
his
grandmother,
Mrs.
Esther
Wesley,
Port
Simpson;
two
borthcrs,
Ambrose
and
Godfrey,
Port
Simpson,
and
five
sisters.
merce;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Russell.
Trades'and
Labor
Council;
Theo.
Collart,
Belgian
Consul;
Dr.
and
Mrs,
Jens
Munthe,
Norwegian
Consul;
N.
A.
Watt,
Government
agent;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
M.
Stevens,
sheriff;
Dr.
R.
G.
Knlpe,
Provincial
Government
Health
Unit;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
D.
Thaln.
city
clerk;
O.
S.
Hanes,
city
engineer;
Aid.
W.
H.
Brett;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Robert
Oordon;
H.
F.
Glas-sey,
ration
controller;
Inspector
and
Mrs,
E.
Gammon.
B.C.
Police;
J.
c.
Brady.
B.C
Government
engineer:
George
Casey
I
Important
Federal
'
Cabinet
Assembly
Starts
Speculation
OTTAWA,
Sept.
2
01
A
meet
lne
of
the
Federal
cabinet
is
scheduled
for
Tuesday,
and
re
ports
spread
through
political
circles
today
that
it
would
be
"of
the
utmost
Importance."
The
reports
said
that
the
meeting
would
be
the
first
full
gathering
of
the
cabinet
since
the
end
ol
the
parliamentary
session
Aug.
14.
One
report
said
that
reports
on
the
meeting
had
resurrected
talk
of
a
general
election.
ii
r-
i
ii
r
ii
ivimy
Kiage
nas
raiien
To
British
Pushing
On
Armetieres
and
Lille
NEW
YORK
Allied
tanks
crossed
tfie
German
border
this
afternoon,
said
the
radio
Atlantic,
clandestine
transmUn
ter,
in
a
bioadcast
beard
by
NBC
;J
TANKS
INTO
BELGIUM
N
E
W
YORK
Radio
Atlantic
declared
vanre
tank
units
have
crossed
the
PRINCE
GEORGE
'CHOSEN
SITE
OF
PLYWOOD
PIANT
rnocc
ucurge
wui
uc
uic
site
of
a
(400,000
plywood
plant
utl
Uiing
Cottonwood
and
Jack
pine
according
to
information
releas
ed
there
Thursday.
Wertern
frryirooct,
en"riyrthcoi
puTate
if
company
with
headquarters
In
Vancouver,
intends
to
build
a
factory
at
the
interior
city
where
forest
products
are
available.
The
timber
will
be
drawn
from
lands
not
required
by
the
directors
of
the
Veterans'
Land
Act
as
part
of
the
1,000,000
acres
offered
by
B.C.
to
returning
sol
diers.
The
project
was
conceived
by
John
Bene,
president
and
man
aging
director.
Vice-president
is
Dr.
Leslie
L.
Schalfer.
former
director
of
the
experimental
and
research
laboratory
of
Paclfk
Veneer.
Ltd..
Vancouver.
The
board
of
directors
consists
of
P.
T.
Rogers
and
Forrest
Rogers,
of
the
B.C.
Sugar
Refining
Company,
and
Allen
McGregor
Robertson.
According
to
tentative
plans,
the
plant
will
employ
105
factory
employees,
and
up
to
200
seasonal
workers
In
the
woods.
HALIBUT
SALES
Canadian
18Uc
and
16Hc
Lois
N
86,000,
Co-op.
AMERICANS
ENTER
BREST
LONDON
Berlin
radio
said
today
the
Americans
have
entered
the
western
part
of
the
big
Brittany
port
of
Brest
after
a
heavy
attack.
HEAVY
BOMB
DAMAGE
LONDON
British
Mosquitoes
hit
the
northwestern
German
port
of
Bremen
Thursday
night
piling
more
dstruction
on
a
three-mile
stretch
of
wreckage
on
the
docks.
Heavy
bombers
had
devastated
the
area
August
25.
The
mosquitoes
also
destroyed
two
enemy
aircraft.
No
mosquitoes
were
lost.
HITLER
TO
BROADCAST
LISBON
Hitler
will
broadcast
"a
sensational
speech"
some
time
Sunday,
German
diplomats
said.
CANADIAN
rARACIIUTE
TROOPS
LONDON
Canadian
parachute
troops
have,
been
dropp.'d
to
reinforce
French
forces
of
the
interior,
fighting
In
the
Lo-,mont
district
on
the
Swiss
frontier,
it
was
reported
today.
A
Reuters
correspondent
said
that
French
patriots
told
him
that
Canadians
are
fighting
valiahtly
and
getting
on
splendidly
with
the
Maquis.
MASS
NAZI
FLICSfT
ROME
American
heavy
bombers
hammered
rail
communications
while
fighters
strafed
Nail
transport
jamming
highways
in
Yugoslavia
as
the
Germans
apparently
began
a
mass
flight
out
of
the
Balkans.
CLOSE
TO
BELGIUM
ALLIED
HQ,
France
Battlefront
dispatches
reported
today
Americans
had
reached
Charleville
and
llirson,
and
were
within
five
to
eight
miles
of
Belgium
on
a
30-mile
front,
Ulll,
west
of
Sedan.
ed
beyond
Saint
To
the
east
Ami
today
ad-
Beleiom
borders
and
'
reached
Namnr
and
CharleroL
ALLIED
SUPREME
HQ.,
Sept.
2
(CP)
The
British
Second
Army
in
a
surging
new
advance
towards
Flanders
has
seized
Vimy
Ridge
scene
-of
;
one
of
the
greatest
Canadian
victories
in
1917-if
was
disclosed
today.
The
First
Canadian
Army,
reaching
the
Somme
River
a
few
miles
south
of
Abbeville,
lc
ed
at
German
stragglers
fleeing'toward
tj
land.
I
dun
at
a
pace
which
coma
xatr
them
to
the
German
frontier
in
fcSsr
hours.
American
patrols
were
driving
toward
Moseiie
River.
20
miles
from
the
German
border.
The
Nazi
News
Agency,
DU3
said
Americana
-were
only
11
nriles
from
Germany.
There
were
unconfirmed
reports
that
the
Germans
-were
erj
cnrrtlnr
Nanfyict
While
Canadian
armorsd
units
were
poised
on
the
Somme
River
after
a
spectacular
6-mlle
advance
from
captured
Rouen
in
two
days,
other
Canadians
were
probing
within
two
miles
of
Le
Havre,
vital
Channel
port.
Only
a
brief
delaying
action
was
thrown
against
Canadians
near
AbbevGle.
Ross
Munro,
Canadian
Press
war
correspondent,
said
German
elements
were
straggling"
back
to
the
Reich
"in
what
Is
fast
approaching
a
rout."
British
forces
captured
Arras
and
were
plunging
along
the
remaining
14
miles
to
Belgium
border,
while
the
Americans
to
the
north
were
deploying
over
a
broad
front
within
20
miles
of
the
same
frontier.
The
British
pushed
eight
miles
northwest
of
Arras
over
histgjU
Vlmy
Ridge
to
Cambigneul
'.and
thrust
patrols
to
Lens
and
Pixae
within
18
miles
of
ArmentWfes
and
Lille.
.
,
German
reports
of
Americans
hi
the
Moselle
River
area
placea
Allied
spearheads
within
20
miles
of
the
Saar
River
outposts
of
a
chain
of
forts
m
OermaiylS
Siegfried
line
and
almost
ailiihe
way
through
the
former
French
Maglnot
line.
The
same
reports
placed
Americans
only
two
miles
from
the
Luxembourg
Border.
Ross
Munro
reported
strong
Canadian
Infantry
forces
pushed
on
from
Neufchatel
toward
the
Channel
coast,
20
miles
east-ol
Dieppe
ocoupled
yesterday
with-out
resistance.
Goering
Stripped
Of
Air
Command
BASEL,
Switzerland,
Sept.
2
0)
The
Geneva
Tribune
today
reported
a
German
radio
announcement
that
Hitler
"Nm
stripping
Goering
of
the
air
defence
command
and
would
en
trust
that
task
to
the
Nazi
party
chiefs.
An
informant
from
Germany
said
there
was
no
direct
evidence
that
Goerins
participated
in
the
July
20
attempt
upon
Hltlec's
life,
but
It
was
suspected
..because
many
of
his
co-workers
were
Involved
and
some
of
litem
were
executed.
NO
PAPER
MONDAY
In
obserranct
of
the
hol
day
on
Monday,
Labor
Day..
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