w 1 s ? a contract tie-arid the Kcyc :npany for the ar.d resurfacing f the city water nrtvrd by the r .at meeting last k done by the rar to stand up er would neces-... of $3,500 to '.mated cot of rk is to be com-i" old contract. ed, : work cannot be 'in' cement and t year U chipped .re mi ruling mesn i? iiuter concrete sr j; face can then be t' : meeting was C. . . Mid he believed t. ..TON July 4-Fol n ain. Mextoo has ;rr ambassador to 1 Hie Mexican for-aud the foreign f 'tie are expected Washington to con-Ttary of 8tatc iks Hit Balkans OOtt J ; v 4 0-Amrrtcan ' t Italy number- .00 and 750 hit Noil i :d refineries and facilities- in Ru-1 ir iry and Yugoslavia equal force from - ;.cd anew at iJr rx's.c BrltUh Mos- h krd oblecllve In 'the v. is.- night. rmosa Port i Jer Attack lUri) 1IEAIXJUARTERS IN IH! PACinC. Julv 4 Al- -r at the wrrk-end IS Mara.i. nHnrlnnl ivirl . j i . i being used as a ' Japanese Churchill To Talk Of JBuzz Bombs LONDON, July 4 While buzz bombs pounded sporaaically into southern England today, rrlme Mln- later Winston Churchill dc- layed until Thursday a statement to the Moose of Commons on the weapon, nrovoklne critical niimiinn. from ment. members of Parlla- STRIKE IS SPREADING German Threats Do Not Stop Revolt of Loyal Dane Students Arretted reservoir, now undergoing pairs, is In good shape. letter said. Grand BOXING SHOW AT Staff House Dining Hall 7th Avenue Knst MAIN KVKNT Young Tommy Burns CANADIAN AIIMY vs. Ray Smith U.S. ARMY THURSDAY, JULY 6TH, 8 P.M. Reserve Setils S2.KH Himnrnl Admission $2.00 Doors Open 7:15 p.m. Auspices HoilcrmnUcrs' Athletic Club TICKKTS ON SALK AT (JKOTTO CKSAIt STORK I I ! ' . uJd be finished In STOCKHOLM. July 4 bt ; a a cost of $12,685. Danish patriots continue the t.- rnndlllons were! general strike In Copenhagen : th- failure of the jdwplte an appeal by the Oer-" fay did last year, man-controlled Danish radio for Hr 1 the council that a return to work. The Oerman jrty tunk W.000 in police have arrested several .score students. Despite Nazi sao moved that ! threats of starvation and bomb- O C Halne make ;lng. the strike has spread to " c mdIt.on of the the mainland. , 1 fjrnuh estimates I 'i j for its repair si vrk .me the reservoir i wh water. n if exico recalls i i i r Amoassaaor Arg( entina PROCEED WITH CHLORINATION National Defence authorities are going ahead with the erection of a building to house chlortnatlon equipment for Prince Rupert s water supply, the .city council, was Informed last! I night In a letter from Capt. jj P. Halg. R.C.E.. Vancouver. I Installation of the equipment A of the United will be delayed until the city The chlortnatlon will be situ ated Just south of United States Army Incinerator along the Skeena River highway. Tne council moved mat the clTf fHtfhcYr be tmSm a copy of the chlortnatlon plans before the area engineers be allowed to Interfere with the city water mains. Kurile Islands Attacked Again U 8. HEADQUARTERS Hi ALASKA, July 4 United States bombers attacked Paramushlro and Sh.mushu in the Japanese Kurtle Lslandj again at Uie week-end, City Not Using U.S. Incinerator On recommendation of Alderman Elliott the city council last night decided that the city not participate In the use of Uie US. Army incinerator, but continue to use the city dump to dispose of city garbage. ike tlOOKNOW 4 .Minsk Is Only 5S7 Miles j I'lom Capital of Germany, Ultimate Allied Objective LONDON. July 4 O The Rus slan capture yesterday of Minsk, capital of Ituwla and what was regarded as an Important Ger man stronghold, takes the Red Army to wnnin no miles of Eas' Prussia and 587 miles from Berlin, the ultimate objective. Tne ned Army has advanced 150 miles In eleven days and almost all White Russia is now back In Russian hands. .Moscow Iwued a special warning to Germany yeler-day that Nail soldiers faced certain destruction on the eastern front and thht the German nation would suffer a frightful debacle unless something was done at once about it. The Russians captured the White Russian capital of Minsk yesterday, blasting the Germans out of the last major Russian city and taking 7.150 more places as the summer offensive rolled west. Other Russians have broken Into Polotsk!, 125 miles northeast of Minsk, and others reached the outskirts of Molodeczno. strategic rail Junction In prewar Poland and forty miles of the fate of the Oerman de fenders of Minsk. HALIBUT SALES American Celling prices of 15c and 13tfec McKtnley. 56J0O0. Atlln and Booth. Pioneer. 50.000, Storage. CooMdge, 40.000. Royal and Pacific. Celling prices of 18Vc and 18tc Prosperity A.. 30,000, Pacific and Booth. Phenella. 10.000, storage. May West. 18.500. Storage. Inverran III. 20.000, Whiz. Antler 25.000, Royal. Vera Beatrice. 14.000. Atlln. H00SEG0W IS NOT A HOTEL Conditions In a Jail should leave no doubt that a Jail Is a Jail not a hotel, Aid. George Hills feels. He said so at city council meeting on Monday night. The Elizabeth fry Socloty of Vancouver started It. The sec retary wrote a letter to the coun ell asking that the "deplorable" conditions in the women s sec tion of the Jail, as revealed In a story in the Dally News or Dec ember 15, 1943, be corrected. It i might even be a good Idea to build a new women s Jail, the letter suggested. Alderman Elliott said not so. Alderman Hills agreed with Alderman Elliott. "I have Investigated the women's Jail, and find It good enough for the purpose," Alderman Hills declared. "I believe the Dally News exaggerated In , its report. People who doht wish 1 to put up with rhe discomfort should keep themselves out of Jail.'' Summer School Well Attended The number of children who attended the opening of the summer vacation school at St. Peters parish hadd, Seal Cove, yesterday wai greater than was expected nnd a shortage of books resulted, ReV. E. W. Scott, who Is in charge of the school said. More than 100 children were present yesterday and several more registered at the final registration period today. "If we cannot accommodate all the children now, we will open anotner session oi school in August," he said. the Carnival Queen Standings Eleanor Storscth (Sons of Norway. 45.000. Olive Huculnk (J.C.C.). 41,000. Betty Gielg (Gyro), 35,000. main WAR IN PACIFIC Guinea Landings Succeed ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, July 4 Allied forces have landed on Noemfoor Island off Netherlands New Guinea, leap-frog-ging one hundred miles closer to the Philippines. Within two hours they csptured the plane-littered Kamiro airdrome, most Important of three air strips on the tiny Island. Noemfoor is neit door to the last important Japanese base on New Guinea, Manok-war. The landing was only lightly opposed. Only forty -five Japanese dead were counted in the initial stages. 4 4 i clal government, while others Local Police Chief Injured NEW WESTMINSTER, northwest of Minsk. July 4 OV Staff No mention was made today1 Frank Gallagher Sergeant chief of 4 provincial notice for Prince Rupert city, was In a satis- factory condition In hos- pltal here today after suf- ''ferlng possible chest Injur- 1 ies In an automobile ac- A combined business and edu cational meeUng of the Prince Rupert Labor-Progressive Club was held Monday evening In the club headquarters. The report of the drive for election campaign funds disclosed that Anne Zarko alone had collected over $70 In less than two weeks of effort, thus setting a mark for the rest of the members to aim at The latter Dart of the meet I. O. O. F $50 Centennial Rebekah Lodge. 10 Ladles of the Moose 50 A Friend 10 Mrs. John Watson 5 K. Watson 5 Mrs. MrKcchnle 5 Mr. and Mrs. Tattersall 5 Leon Sandvar - . 5 R. N. Wlnslow 5 Mrs. Helland -. 5 Mrs. Olske 5 Mrs. George Wilson 5 Mr. and Mrs. George Thaln .... 10 John Knutson 5 Alderman G. Hills 10 Boilermakers' Union 50 Mrs. George Rudderham 10 Mrs. A. W. Burnlp 5 A Friend 5 Mr. and Mrs. Calder 5 Mrs. J. Chrlstcnsen 10 A Friend 5 Mrs. Mcintosh 25 Paul Olsen and Dad 5 Mr. and Mrs. Carrlgan 5 McEwen 5 Toe II Group 25 Major Durnford 10 Ed Lapp 10 Dry Dock Employees Ass'n.. ... 25 Ole Lead 5 Mrs, Swanson 5 61 Taxi 5 L. M. Felscnthal 10 Mr. and Mrs. O. Armstrong ... 5 Ben's Newsstand 10 I Miss Margaret Longwlll 10 Paddy Keogh 5 George Hills 5 H. A. Duhamel 5 Mrs. Slaggard : 5 B. C. Clothiers 10 Acme Clothiers 10 A Friend 5 Gordon's Hardware local Temperature Loca Trte Wednesday, July 5 63 High 0:13 21.1 feet 13:15 18.8 feet Mir.--'11 50 fa Low 6:59 2JZ feet 18:55 7.3 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COlWlMftjWS 7 r. XXXIII, No. 155 PRINCE RHPKRT. Rfl. TUESDAY. ,TI! lYYrfiS7717 PRICE FIVE CENTS ISERVOIR MRACT NCELLED Canadians Take French Town TO BERLIN WESTERN BOARD PROBLEMS OF LABOR I Comprehensive Picture of Lo cal Conditions Presented by Loral Leaders In ah atmosphere of courteous Informality that is one of the fulfilments of democracy In action, three local labor leaders presented a fairly comprehensive picture of conditions In the construction industries in this area o the Western Labor Board as A ff k II P C Its opening session on Monday. 'Al V AnLL Appearing to present briefs in ... . . . the city council chamber were III MAI V Aid. James S. Black, of the Car- 111 II ML I penters. Joiners and Shipwrights' Union. John Mulroney. of the Bridge Workers Union, and D. A. Careless, president of the Prince Rupert Labor Council. Among petitions presented by Mr. Black were the following: That holidays recognized by the 'provincial government be observed by all employers in this areaj Seme employers observed holi days recognized hy the pro7ln- I observed only Dominion statute nouaays. uonsequentiy. one group of men might work on a holiday for straight time while another group doing the same work might be getting double time, Mr. Black said. Mr. Black asked that the cost of living bonus paid by the Navy to its civilian workers here be Included in the basic wage scale and that pay differences Incurred by overtime work be retroactive to the date of the government order to that effect A similar request was made on be cldent on Pacific Highway half of civilians working for the near his farm at Lanelev. Labor-Prog. War Chest Army M(. Black also requested that before any general revision of wage or labor classifications be i this he cited a recent case where the board lowered the wages of men who lay tar and gravel roofs and. although it was not Intended to do so. the order was applied to shlnglers as well. "It took us quite a while to get It straightened around and it could have been avoided," Mr. Black asserted. Another request was that the B. C. Boiler Isnpectlon Act be (ConUnued on Page 3) ing was featured by a short talk C H fi M I A D C by the educational director on flXlH JAl J me question oi a UDerai-iaoor coalition government and what It Implies. This subject will be further elaborated on at a public educational meeting at the club-rooms In the near future. Donations To Pioneers' Home FREE INDIA Capture of I'khrul Maiks Important step in Campaign KANDY. July 4 0 Allied troops have captured Ukhrul in the India-Burma border region, It was announced today. This Is an Important step in the campaign to throw the Japanese out of India. Graduation Of Young Officers VANCOUVER. July 4 Hon. and Mrs Angus L. Macdonald arrived In Vancouver last night enroutc to Victoria where Mr. Macdonald, in his capacity as minister of the navy, will of flciate uciaie Wednesday vv t-uucMiay night nigut In m the wis: newly graduated naval officers from Royal Roads. Many interested Vancouver citizens will attend. Pay Increases For Soldiers WA9S1UNGTON. July 4 President Franklin D. Roosevelt has signed a measure providing Increases In pay for United States foot soldiers- -$5 for all except those on ctmibat service who get $10 a month more. Jail Conditions Complained Of The city council meeting last night received a letter from Uie Elizabeth Fry Society of Vancouver drawing its attention to reported conditions In the women's section of the city Jail and uvklng that these conditions be 25 corrected. Carpiquet, One To Caen, Is Forces Of Allies Surging Forward All Along Front There 15 Miles From Leghorn ROME; July 4 W Allied armies surged forward ap across Italy today with the British Eighth Army advancing to within eight miles of Arezzo, Inland communications' centre, and the Americans penetrating to within fifteen miles of Llvorno (Leghorn i on the west coast Luncheon For Labor Board Members of the Western Labor Board O. B. Henwood, II. O. MacDonald. M. Alnslle and Wil liam Carvlll of Edmonton and overturned Tuesday CoL J. F. Keen of Vancouver! Williams, Arizona. were guesU of honor at a com- pUmentary civic luncheon in the . Commodore Cafe with . May jr H. M. Dagget presiding. "Aldermen and representatives of local Industrial concerns as well as unions were among those in Following their two-day session made, union officials be con- here which Is now concluded. s Board, Edmonton, will leave tonight for Vancouver. su.u.y National League Philadelphia 1-4. Chicago 8-2. Boston 4-5, Pittburg 1-5. Brooklyn 1-2, St. Louis 2-4. New York 1-7. Cincinnati 4"-0. American League Chicago 7-6. New York 3-7. St. Louis 0-3, Boston 1-4. Cleveland 4-6, Washington 3-3. Detroit 8-0. Philadelphia 0-2. SATURDAY American League St. Louis 9. Boston 1. Chicago 3. New York 2. Detroit 9. Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 2, Washington 4. National League Boston 1. Pittsburg 5. New York 0. Cincinnati 5. Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2. Brooklyn 3. St. Louis 8. FRIDAY National League Brooklyn 0, Chicago 2. New York 7-. Pittsburg 5-9. Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 8. Boston 2. Cincinnati 3. American league St. Louis 3, New York 0. Chicago 0. Boston 11. Detroit 2. Washington 4. Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 4. Labor Requests ,mm wj 1 1 presentation of certificates at Mfirn HnllHnVQ the graduation ceremonies forlflU1 UUUJO The Western Labor Board was asked at Its session here yester day to support representations of local American Federation oi Labor unions that Victoria Day Remembrance Day and Boxing Days should be observed as gen ¬ eral holidays In Prince Rupert In addition to New Year's Day. Good Friday. Dominion Day. Labor Day. Thanksgiving Day. and Christmas Day. In other words, it was requested that holidays recognized by the pro vincial government should b? generally observed here In ad dition to the holidays set down by the federal government. Aid. James Black, spokesman for the A.F.L. unions committee, which also Included F. M. Kempton Robert T. Tuwhey and J. J. Mulroney, mentioned the confusion which now existed In regard to holidays. O. B. Henwood of Edmonton, chairman of the board, mentioned that there was similar confusion in other provinces. He believed that this was something over which the board had no Jurisdiction. EXPLOSION OF POWDER DUMP Of Keys Captured By This Dominion Important Action Synchronizes With New American Offensive Below Cherbourg Along Twenty-Mile Front SHAEF, July 4 (CP) The Normandy bridgehead roared into action at both ends, today with the Canadians capturing Carpiquet, three miles west of Caen, matching the new American offensive down Cherbourg Peninsula which is closing in on Lahaye-dupuits on a twenty-mile front. Field dispatches " said the Canadians were fight Train Wreck Kills Twelve LOS ANGELES, July 4 Oi Twelve persons were killed and twenty - six Injured when a locomotive and at least ten cars of a west- bound Santa Fe passenger ! train were derailed and near were being dropped. A terrific ing at close quarters for the Carpiquet air field. Headquar- jters announced late today that 1 the British struck forward with 'them. winning ground south of Carpiquet. and together tney aa-vanced Hi mlels today to capture Verson, due south of Carpiquet. The Canadian offensive chopped at the heart of Oerman defences about Caen but there was as yet no indication that General Montgomery had ordered an all-out offensive on Caen, I A German communique ad- . . 1 1 I 4 1 .fit.- 1 1 1 - eral penetrations on the west ern wing oi uie wormanay bridgehead but claimed that I most of the assaults in that I area were repulsed. Americans, I in Normandy Peninsula, captur-'ed Lapoterle, three miles northeast of Lehaye-Dupuits today. Ross Munro, Canadian Press war Panic in Bedford. "ew Hamp-! correspondent, reported that the shire, But No Serious Casual- .Carpiquet attack was the first Jjfjfrr.FsJt. (orIlle? jmipr Cd lan action slncMhsl, .. .. .. i tmddle of June. He safd It was , tsiutwu. new iiampsnire, a great acWevement for ths July 4 o-Tn--- - street pan- fCanacUan3 to have cracked their lcnereiasi nigniwnenapowaer -a- lnto carniauet. considered BASEBALL SCORES I dump of the John B. BfdriCK rtr nf Iris dTfwiffef nninf nn . wi1"00- TiS btf?eTJd by a Caen perimeter and one of Monday n no o games ,mM scheduled I police to have been blown up. ,. w. r, 4t,if explosion occurred but only TT 1 VT minor casualties were reportej United iiatlOnS dv nospitais to wnicn vicuras were rushed, there being no fat- i alltles up to late last night The farce of the explosion. which blew scores of houses their foundations in Bedford. rrwVpH fht nMiiv tvin nf f.m- Worcester. Further Gains On Sapian Isle PEARL HARBOR, July 4 United States troops are reported to have made further gains on the main fighting line across Salpan on the Marianas, wiping out resistance by Isolated Japanese on Nafutan Paint in the southeastern Up of the Island. The capital city of Garlpan has been raided by sea and land bombardment. About two-thirds of SalpanV seventy-two square miles Is now occupied by United States troops at the end of two weeks INCREASE GIN QUOTA VANCOUVER. July 4 The ration of domestic gin has been increased to 40 ounces a month. Other liquors will remain un changed. Imported gin will still be rationed at 26 ounces a month. Monetary and oSjFiscal Parley h cracked walls in WASHINGTON. D.C.. July 4 Nashua, fifteen miles away ! A conference of 44 United Na-driving people from their homes j tions' delegates on monetary In Fltchburg. Massachusetts, i ami fiscal matters opened In and even breaking windows at;New Hampshire Monday. Rep- resenUng Canada were Hon. J. L. Ilsley, minister of finance; Hon. J. L. St Laurent, minister : of Justice and Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada. Henry Morgenthan, United ! States secretary of treasury, is presiding. Big Repairs to Woodworth Dam A letter read before the city council last night stated that the Northern B. C. Power Company is prepared to go ahead with repairs to the Woodworth Lake dam at an estimated cost of $40,000. Clearing Ground For T Building Clearing of the ground for Uie new Young Men's Christian Association War Sertlces building to be erected at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and McBrlde Street is under way. Soon foundation work will be started with structural construction ensuing. Carnival Attraction Flower Show July 13-14 A Copy of the Prize List can be had for tho asking at Daily News, Evening Empire, Vance's Flower Shoj), Prince Rupert Florists or Ornies Ltd.