XXXIII, No- ibo :l 1 R c a.: i f neither the t avy will the de--?t the plans for ' 1 tnirK. m.A - a uai growth. B,)Mn owv Mi-v '' - Alllrd bomher. WMhelr coime bomb. a almUn officers ,r""'"' and men. ARKKST VON VAMK i,.' "' "". von Papen, wvrr t rosi H r.i.n ions. v TITO aff ,.fr ""ois, ana "NOKIl lions "n. Vl-i,,. f ll,r;Unl rally ren- a u ,,""r". me r b held. an no Unite Rattle IIQUIUM wiiiw u'uvmw hrough Second Line of r r .1 r r )e ence ioutn r ?&.aen Anns Reported Past U-mans- 'arri .... ! I. L. . . - 'O. V 'no lies Set I liciroijjiiis iur i ana zis Being a YYIIUC Russians !" A i LONDON. Aug. 9 armor and tnfa smashed through th second defence line td .a 1 15 mile below Caen tot, , ! Berlin reported Amevicani broke Into Lemans. 110 mile, I south of Parts, and plunged pastj he city. , The Oerman capital also announced the Nazi garrison in the North Ilreton port of 81 jMalo was yielding alter a four- 8 y Germans Canadians had tattered for- rrai- f '""- ward more than 10 miles, crack -,a V au of uk UlJf though lhc enemy barrier e n front twi guar(Jmc tne road to Parts, tak-' Mk! ng hundred of prisoners. ; and that the The British on the Cana-ri stm inedUnJk. lelt wcrc also rorging t, drawing hear- Lheld ' j f-.tra! reserves. - :r "iie Naia an af.acki wert , , ' r- jmed their ....... . . , ' , r k lit 1 J III KKC OK PEACE - Br'1! Switzerland. B representative rt i anru m r r; A V A highly f the com-? 1940 of the r ' a-vti oer t; armuuee. jor C. A. Nixon Served Here, Is Killed in France Major Cyril A. Nixon, second In command of Calgary Hlgh- 8Utjlan1 and s-ln-law of Mr i tnlted ; r-.tcung in. that J" M"; " LwS.l0j location of rimrr uupcrt, nu orru nurro In action while serving In France, according to word received by Mr. McLood. Major Nixon served in Prlnr Rupert as a lieutenant in th Irish Fusiliers of Vancouver In the early part of the war. He was married to Margaret Mc- j i recent. - aA"- wiwt tviiii wi- cabinet &oas w,tn Calgary regiment n ... ..Vr-iln November. 1940. An aocountant- Major Nixon at the ex -l , a ' was working in Los AuseJes when ' the army. , ..i... . , . ,,,, j . WIVI, Ml v X I III iv - f w " "" .. ,torla. Major Nlxon'a parent. Mr. ;;tCSe0nhr Abford. bicH of mak-1 :.: iblc Impact' the earliest .'.rd that the :i f f.he war. and ; ' r pcriority on all t ts he low rate would permit the size of the l : . ganization. So ? of men delg-f A.F atr crews, as RAF regiment. ' ' service duties Even with thcac i vMe reserve of " i f -rws will con- he training Vment for air : op. but it will ;mber.s and the ' t-':eptance will be :'en. of the Air for bojs wlU not HASERALL SCORES National league New York 8. Pittsburgh 4. Coast league Seattle 3. Hollywood 2. Oakland 7. San Diego 2. Portland 7. San Francisco 2. Sacramento 4, Los Angeles 3. American Association Columbus 9. St. Paul 0. St Paul 8. Columbus 2 Louisville 2-8. Kansas City 1-3. Toledo 6-7. Minneapolis 4-4, Milwaukee 17. Indianapolis 8, International league Montreal 10-0. Syracuse 3-8. Rochester 6-5. Baltimore 5-2. Buffalo 9. Jersey City 6. Newark 5-6, Toronto 0-3, Churchill Attain Sees Normandy JIattlefield CHERBOURG. Aug. 9 Prime Minister Winston Churchill has made a second visit to the Not mandy battlefield and is receiving first hand accounts of ttu battles and progress of the Allies. ci:.vnn.s aiii: noMnr.o CIII.KItOUKti A British military official, commenting on Hie rapid, powerful drive of the Allies In Caen area, said "HiU looks like the real thing." So rapid has been the advance that (icrmans have had to hurriedly withdraw their dangerous 8ft mm guns. Allied aerial bombardments have been so Intense that the enemy It having difficulty In withdrawing their forces. COI.LAl'SK CI.UTAIK MOSCOW icriiiaiii hemmed In the Baltic states by the fierce Husslan offensive appear to have derided agaln&t CM-apIng by sea. Eventual collapse, of defenders Is a certainty, ptuAMan spokesmen claimed. MOITINO .UP GUAM I'KAItl, HAimOUThc battle for Guam is going Into Its final stage and Hie end of the small Japanese pocket Is only a mailer of a few days. A ITER ALL... IT'S NOT THAT HAD IN PRINCE RUPERT Life in Prince Rupert may hare Its problems, but their magnitude In no way approaches that anltclpated by a woman who recently arrived from a refined southern city to spend a visit with friends here. Alter apparently hear in e stones, exaggerated by time ! and distance, of weather and I food conditions In Prince Ru-' port, she decided to take no chances. Included In her lugga?e were the following Indications of forethought: a supply of woolen underclothing, heavy suit fur coat, trunkful of groceries. Including a copious supply of all rationed foods. Himmler Killing armored units. Oil Aj;rccment WA8HINOTON. Au. 9- Britain and United States signed an international oil agreement today looking forward to a postwar policy Tills is planned to supply the world with petroleum at a fair price. Student Pilots Given Breather During Summer Ready to enter the final phase of their training to become RC. A.K. bomber and fighter pilots, more than 200 young fliers arc spending their time during th; summer months until courses reopen, working with outdoor maintenance and construction j crews of Western Air Command along the Pacific Coast. Increase of time of courses at Service Hying Tuning Schools 1 from five to seven months, and 1 closing of several schools of the British Commonwealth Atr (Training Plan in recent weeks, are the 'reasons why the airmen , cannot continue their training1 Immediately. A healthy vacation away from i studies is the way some of the pilot trainees talk of their tern-1 porary Jobs. Disappointment li. having to slow down in me race to win their "wings" and get into action Is felt by the lads, but on the whole they are enjoying their "breather" from hard studies. "We'll sure be in good shape when the time comes to go back to school." sold LAC Dick Mans field. Vancouver, who is one of several aircrew trainees assigned to work with bush crews main-tatning R.C.A.F. telephone com' munlcatlons'In coastal forest re glons. Like others who are awaiting courses to open again, Mansfield has 80 hours of flying to hU credit after completing Elementary Flying Training School courses. Some of the boys working In the same section are LAC Gavlr, Mead, 100 4th avc. W of Prince Rupert; MC Frank Lawrcnct, Gait. Ont.; LAC Bill Hert. Vancouver; LAC Jack Husband, Long Lac. Ont.; LAC Ray Logan, Sault Bte. Marie. Ont. With experienced R. C. A. F. bushmcn, they are living at small rnmns nlonir the coast, clearing trails and assisting In keeplnt I'ommunlcatiuns lines open. Qfrtrtr OicoMinf orl !eaU stUl doubtful In the tabu- UlUlJ UldtUUUlcU 'laUon of votes In Tuesday's LONDON. Aug. 9 O-Drltlsh officials said today they had found nothing concrete to confirm that Hclnrieh Himmler, Oestapo chief, had been a Marinated, as related by a Oerman army intelligence officer captured by the British In France. They said not much credence is placed in the story. India's Record Army BOMBAY-Indla's army-2.-000.000 strong Is the largest volunteer army In the world. Nearly a fourth of this total has been on active service overseas. Up to the battle of El Ala-meln in October. 1942. one Indian division, the redoubtable "PLffhdnir tVuirtti hoH uiffr4 kj the. wtr broke 0t He ' uTnHiirc'Kfvcr 'Valley . s Tk- f..r.IUx Fusiliers of which he , V r , t ?,.Ji. ink !" a lieutenant before the war already j .n , CHBRBOimO. Aug 9 Air- HAY are b-1 , .. ,. . . . . to follow up deep thrusts of the UJIIII. I iu I IK4 llVfCl icil tin ; . , , general election. It was assumed, however, the Union Nationale would come Into power. Dupleasjs himself indicated he would form a government , A possibility existed, however., that the lieutenant-governor . will call on Premier Oodbou ' with shrunken Liberal support to carry on with the second la: -geat group In the legislature Balance of power is expected to He wtlh the Bloc Populalre Oodbout. Duplessis and Andre 1 Laurendeau. Bloc Populalre leader, all were elected, Of 88 conceded seats. Union . ' Nationale today hold 45, Mb- eraH 38, llloc Kopulaire 4, and C.C.P. and Nationalist 1 apiece. The Liberal candidate u lead 15.000 casualties but had cap-1 , in .one rtd.ln- Un,c - lurtvl and mad. nriwinrr. mrr I Nationale standard bearer in 100 Oermans and Italian. lniRnoter, VotJy- tn anoUier sea! I K. t.' . T,. n.knn. was deferred. ' Fourth" crowned IU achievements by capturing the Nazi Oeneral von Amlm; It Is now in Italy together with the Eighth Division. Airlwrnc TriMips Iand Prowlers Take Nothbg in Store Marauders who broke Iqtp. thefj F. E. Hunt Ship Chandlery store : on the Oovernment wharf on -Monday niftht apparently did so Unded in e LoTe mver vaTeV I which they did not rind. Mone AKKfco 1 1 AiMJ In the cash register was left un- TAKE WEAPONS ONS touched M. F Nlckeraon. manaeer of the store, reported the break-in ' occurred between 10 o'clock onj Monday night and 7 o'clock Tues-1 day morning, but said that asl far as he could determine noth,- , tne was suuen. , Entry by the prowlers was apparently made through a sjde door, but three doors In the building were open when they left. Commissioner For Palestine Wounded Local Tide$ Thursday, August 10 High 5:39 18.0 feet 18:11' 19.2 feet Low . 11:41 5.7 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1944 Social Creditors Sweep Alberta; Union Nationale Eke Out Quebec Victory ONE SEAT WILL GIVE MAJORITY IN LEGISLATURE QUEBEC, Aug. 9 'F -Mauric " ; DuplessiJi and the Union Na i finnnlf larlrMl nnlv a clncrlA fnt. j today for a bare majority In then ! Quebec legislature, with two. HIS FIRST BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION Th fair -haired little French boy standing between two members of the Guard of Honor watches the Canadian Bastille Day celebration in a village in Normandy. It was his first celebration of France's Day of Freedom. IN ELECTION RIOTS .MONTREAL, Aug. 9 (CD-Provincial Police announced today they had arretted 71 persons and seized a large number of guns, knives and blackjacks as an aftermath of two election day riots in Montreal's east end. It was estimated 19 persons suffered gunshot wounds in clashes between two rival gangs. Fire are in hospital. LONDON. Aug. 9 A report re- No It Up In Air KS 5tBarmsf SK !Trainin Proram commissioner to Palestine, waj ; VICTORIA, Aug. 9 Air Mar-wounded Tuesday in an ambush shal Leckie said here that al-attack on his car His wound wai though the Allies had superiority not serious Injury also was suf- in the air In Europe there woulu fered by his secretary Lad.- be no let-up in the air training McMlchael escaped injury plan. Tightening Rino Arnnnrl CANADA TURNS OUT DIVE BOMBERS- Heaviest and largest dive bomber used by any of the American forces, as fast as a fighter and extremely manoeuvrable, the Curtiss Helldlver Is being produced In Canada for the United Siates Navy to the tune of one fourth of Its total production. One of the two Canadian plants producing this heavily armed plune Is the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. Ltd., at Fort William, employing 5.500 workers. Picture shows bay of plant with camera' eye directed along long line of nearly -completed Helldlvets. S.C. PARTY HAS 39 SEATS, LEAD IN ANOTHER 10 EDMONTON, Aug. 9 Q Al berta's Social Credit government and all nine cabinet ministers were re-elected In the provincial voting Tuesday. Victory was conceded less than half an hour after urban polls closed. I James Walker, leader of the Independents, was defeated in the Warner riding by Provincial Treasurer Low. ' Elmer Roper, C.C.F. leader. was one of the leaders for five Edmonton seats, but It will not be known until late today whether he Is elected. Premier Ernest C. Manning was assured of re-election in Edmonton. Today 41 Social Cieditors had been elected and they were leading in eight others of the 57 legislature seats. Independents were leading In five. C.C.F were leading In two, and Veterans' candidates In one. HI YO SILVER! HORSE THIEVES IX VANCOUVER VANCOUVER, Aug. 9 Horse thieves started their depredations hfre this morning In the best wild west manner. Two young men attacked attendants at a riding stable and overpowered them. When the dust of battle had settled dies of the two best horses and galloped away. They were aprehended later in the morning in New Westminster. 12 miles away. The action to be taken by authorities has not been announced. r I , i iArmy Bakers Are DaitK AreaS ,Doing Grand Job j hygiene enforced among army baking staffs. Each man must J take a dally shower bath under the strict supervision of a responsible N.C.O. A thorough ; medical examination every week ' Is an Inflexible rule. In spotless cleanliness, the big army bakeries lose nothing In comparison 'with a modern hospital. What Is more, the staffs take unusual i pride In keeping them that I way. j "In making the Canadian soldier the best fed. the most Intelligently fed and the most In- Itelllgent in his eating habits." ,says Lt.-Col. Ralph Webb, as sistant quartermaster general I (catering and messing), "na group of men has contributed I more, or had a tougher Job, i than the unsung 'Joes' of the army bakeries," Canadian Tanks in Hattlc for Florence ROME, Aug. 9 It has been re vealed for the first time that Canadian tank units are opcrat Ing around Florence In support of Indian forces, f RICE FIVE CENTO Allies Halt Evacuation Of Germans French Patriots Forcing Nazis to Destroy Material They Had Hoped to Take Out IRUN, Spain,, Aug. 9 K Ger man attempts to evacuate men and equipment from Southwest ern France were outflanked by Allied troops. Farther north they are being seriously disrupted by French patriots, the Maquis, who are sabotaging communications and spreading panic among the Nazis. The maquis are declared to be forcing the Germans to destroy much of the material they had hoped to rescue from Southern France. Ernest Manning Youngest Man To Lead Province By The Canadian Press Hon. Ernest C. Manning Is to continue a! premier of Alberta by virtue of the Social Credit Party's overwhelming vote hi that province Tuesday. Seventeen years ago. xiluJ minded Mr. Manning bought radio and listened In at his farm In Rose town, SaslL, to the broadcast of William Aberhart, leader of the Prophetic Bible Insti tute at Calgary. That purchase paved the way for his present position as premier of Alberta and leader of the Social Credit forces. Deeply Impressed by the words of Mr. Aberhart, the 18-year ola farm youth left his home ana went to Calgary, became a student at the Institute and a close friend of Mr. and Mrs. Aberhart and wa "adopted" by the couple. staying at .their, home. 7. .7 , i Mannmz ana Are doctrine. Social Credit, and when this new political philosophy swept the province in the 193i general election, William Aberhart became premier and "young" Manning took over the portfolios of provincial secretary and trade and industry. He was, at 2t, the youngest cabinet minister In the British Empire. Eight years later May 23, 194S Premier Aberhart died ana Manning was called upon to form .... ,. . i .l uiriiiuiEut. lie Luum. uiii ... w Mnivnw Amr o .nnetiii : f Kccruitea irom an wants oi - . . , . ., 1,Ie- canaaas -oawrs in oai- today tightened the noose around the German Baltic 1 "caress" are aoing a great joo. forces, once estimated at 300. Among them youll find master 000 men and smashed a deeperl bakefs from some of the lar- wedge through Poland toward esl basing concerns in me ao- Gcrman Silesia, west of the Vis tula river. Three Soviet columns pressed on Riga from three sides for possibly the biggest kill of the summer campaign. CHINESE TOWER minion. And working alongside master bakers who Joined up as green apprentices and won their laurels solely as a result of the army's excellent training. But whether master baker, first or second class baker or humblest helper, all have at premiership at 34, the youngest man In the cabinet and the youngest prime minister in the British Empire. He still retains the post of minister of trade and industry. On becoming premier. Mm. Manning said it wes his Intention to carry on the campaign of the late Mr. Aberhart "for thu security of the people." He adopted many of the man . nerisms of his teacher, copying even Mr. Aberhart's low, reson ant voice. And like his predeces The Porcelain Tower of Nan- J"' tvo V6 , , I Hi sor. Mr. Manning has taken over king was buUt in the early part.E?" ""J J ?uf Hf 'the late premier's weekly radio of the 15th century. hLi ow" b?,kIn& H?"' an,f h ! broadcasts, berating monopolies man is, mow ui I onrt wmWn.t All have had basic training and if the needs arose could grab rifle, Brcn or Tommy gun and use it with professional bKIIL Long hours and continuous labor make a baker's Job one of the least enviable In the army. He must be A or B category to I make the grade. Day In and day jout, seven days a week, the army baker must be on hl3 toes. There is no such thing as regular time off until the bread Job Is over. j Nothing In civilian life can compare with the rigid rules of Burdened with the two cabinet posts in 1935. Mr. Manning said he was "too busy" to get married but soon after he married Muriel Aileen Preston, who played tha organ in Mr. Aberhart's Bible In stitute. They have two children. Born at Carndulf, Sask.. Sept. 20, 1908, hU family moved tn Rosetown, Sask.. the following year. He was educated at Rosa-town. Mr. Manning's hobby Is fishing but he hasn't had much time since he entered public life anu when he does find some frw hours he spends It with the 2nd Battalion, Edmonton Regiment. In which he holds the rank of captain. Military Airports tor Peace-time Use OTTAWA. Aug. 9 Hon. O. D. Howe, minister of munitions and supply, has announced that the Hudson's Bay route of air bases may form a slow air route to Europe In the post-war period. Where feasible, he' added, air ports built for war will be used as peacetime frying depots. HALIBUT SALES American Celling price 15 and Wt Ka'naga, 60.000, B.C. Packers. Eagle, 75,000, Storage Mltkog, 55,000, Booth and Pacific. Northern, 62,000, Royal and Whb;. Armany, 62,000, Atlln. Canada's navy consumes more than 2,150,000 gallons of fuel per week. n 1 1 1? 1