lfical
Temperature
h
m
NGKING,
June
24
(CIM
Thousands
of
ner-
ro
fleeing
the
railway
junction
of
Hengyang
;
Japanese
close
in
within
"twenty-five
miles
of
-I
n
a
drive
which
may
become
a
virtual
battle
drive
to
spilt
the
in
was
stabilised
p.
.
Hnnan
Province
OllUatlOn
;
:ure
01
umrpoo
ry
?
Lr.i
m
f
id
Loyang
;rmy-hf
RQME
June
24
M
ad
Storm
the
toll
of
windstorm
ami
rdo
that
twUted
thtoujh
htbnlrrn
Pennsylvania
and
rnh
antral
Virginia
lat
liht,
leatlnr
hundreds
home-
nd
rrowillnr
hospitals
Injured.
There
has
been
-"ujfj
running
Into
millions
dollars.
ffffi
were
unrooted
and
tt
and
rommunlilitloti
Nlitirs
Impaired
while
the
"n
rated
at
Us
hcUht
for
pfn
minutes
at
nightfall.
lOREJAp"
IIPSARE
OW
SUNK
1:
IJJED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
"
UUINPA
Iunn
94
tfl
:'d
bombers
sank
Japanese
antmen
off
Sorong
on
the
-tern
tin
of
Netherlands
Oulnca
in
a
drive
against
I
'
l&'t
effective
Japanese
air
-
on
New
Guinea.
Five
coast-
,r
-d,
and
three
barges
were
h
-unk,
I
Trinidad
Island
produces
pir
and
cacao
crops,
and
as-
Irom
a
pitch
lake.
X
llfth
ArMtt
m
mntlnn.
4
headquarters
said
today.
BLITZING'
OF
REICH
Railway
Bridges,
Railway
llotllfnrrks,
lljlng
IWnnb
Installations
Hit
SAEF.
June
24
0;
American
bombers
hammered
at
ran
ay
bridges,
air
fields
and
other
en
emy
installations
bemna
me
Normandy
beachhead
today.
Overnight
the
Royal
Air
Force
hit
Nail
railway
bottlenecks.
Hie
Royal
Air
Force
attacked
flying
bomb
Installations
In
France.
,
.
In
a
twenty-four
hour
period
ending
at
dawn
today
twenty-nine
Allied
pianos
were
lost.
Eighteen
Ocrnun
planes
were
destroyed.
Donations
To
Pioneers'
Home
D.
Ello
W.
Hansen
Grotto
Cigar
Store
Frlstnd
II,
s.
Wallace
Co.
N.
Sherwood
(Terrace)
$50
5
.
5
5
Carnival
Attraction
July
10
15
1944
BATHING
BEAUTIES
Third
and
a
I
ree
M00.00
l
irst
Prl:
$f.0.00
Second
;
$10.00
llathlng
Suit
for
every
contestant.
,
Entry
forms
and
choice
of
suits
at
Annette's
Ladles'
Wear,
Dry
Goods
and
Novelty
Shop,
Peoples
Store,
Star
6rop,
Wallace's.
Enter
NOW.
.
10
i
She
business."
declared
Arthur
T.
Tindle,
District
Manager
of
Dun
&
Bradsirect
of
Canada,
Vancouver,
in
speaking
to
the
Prince
"CV
CV
Character.
Character,
Capacity
Capacity
and
and
!u
advance
alon,
the
irlcal
appliances
and
auto-
Italian
west
coast,
taking
!
two
smore
towns,
but
the
!
Bonrlal
situation
Is
un-
P.
,
chahfefd
with
the
Germans
T3TC
continuing
to
otfer
rcsUt-
Toriudo
Hits
Pennsjlvanla
nd
Vlrlnla
on
Friday
Mht
NTTSlUuo,
June
21
-
t
130
persons
are
dead
Irmuful
cessful
It
It
U
Is
nwessarv
necessary
to
to
have
have
at
least
two.
"Credit
has
enabled
John
Pub
lic
to
purchase
radios,
other
el
mobiles,
thus
providing
em
ployment
for
many.
"With
changing
conditions,
rationing
etc.,
the
average
business
man
today
has
few
credit
.
.
:nrnhlmi
1fi
Hn
an
nvirsnnnlv
ance
in
the
central
lbkc
"
-
-
-
Translmeno
area.
Ainea
-."
chandUc
but
that
will
change
after
peace
comes
and
It
behoves
the
merchant
to
keep
his
position
liquid
and
watch
his
buying.
"After
the
war
I
think
we
will
of
necessity
have
to
revert
to
some
of
our
former
credit
policies,
with
the
regular
finance
companies
taking
over
more
and
more
of
the
financing
a
tendency
10
sometimes
raice
on
payments
beyond
his
ability
to
easily
liquidate.
No
retailer
Is
fulfilling
his
function
If
he
tries
to
sell
a
customer
more
i
than
he
knows
the
purchaser
can
successfully
take
care
of.
"The
post-war
era
Is
definitely
going
to
present
a
variety
of
problems.
They
will
no
doubt
be
numerous
and
complicated.
As
well
as
the
human
adjustment
of
troops
and
civilians,
there
will
be
business
adjust
ments
and
on
the
successful
adjustment
of
the
latter
I
think
the
former
depends.
Leaders
In
the
government
and
business
field
are
giving
this
earnest
consideration.
Just
because
our
national
debt
Is
held
by
our
selves
for
the
mast
part,
we
still
should
see
that
the
money
is
spent
efficiently
as
It
will
all
have
to
be
raised
primarily
from
business
ln
honest
dollars.
"To
the
efficient
planning
and
successful
stabilizing
of
business
the
security
and
existence
of
free
enterprise
might
well
rest
In
our
democratic
world
of
com
petition,
endeavor
and
reward
"It
Is
my
firm
conviction
and
belief
that
we
can
lick
our
future
difficulties
u
we
as
Can
adlans
will
continue
to
put
the
same
effort
and
determination
ln
the
post-war
period
as
we
have
done
ln
the
present
war
effort.
When
we
criticize
let
us
criticize
constructively.
Our
leaders
are
only
human.
If
labor
and
capital
will
co-operate
and
learn
each
other's
problems,
work
together
to
their
mutual
.benefits,
we
cannot
fvll"
wmln
In
company
with
Tom
McEwen,
organizer
for
British
Columbia,
Rupert
Rotary
Club
on
Thurs-
wlio
has
returned
to
Vancouver
day.
from
the
Interior.
The
contest.
"Like
all
other
good
things,,
said
Mr.
Mlckleburgh.
appeared
credit
has
its
uses
and
abuses.
I
to
be
the'CCF.
and
the
Labor-
A
properly
administered
credit
progressives.
is
something
every
business
man
should
strive
to
attain.
It
provides
him
with
additional
work-
All
points
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Endako
were
visited
by
Mr.
Mlckleburgh
and
Mr.
ling
capital
and
enables
him
to.McEwen.
Three
Labor-Pro-
"
,
,
.
,
.
.
.
.,
,.
expand
much
more
rapidly
than.
gressive
Clubs
were
organized
ader
poured
reinforcements
into
the
fight
lnc
could
If
held
to
strlcUy
cash
at
Decker
Lake.
Tatalrose
and
w
with
the
ch...
ln
Itay
111
T
.
01
Of
8ungshten,
oungsnicn,
i
'
terms.
There
Is
a
cardinal
rule
for
business
known
as
the
Three
Grassy
Plains.
Others
are
ln
process
of
being
formed
Speaking
of
the
crop
situation.
Robot
Bombs
Still
Coming
LONDON,
June
24
Oh
The
Germans
continued
to
fire
flying
bombs
at
England
but
changed
their
tactics
from
steady
firing
to
waves
at
"less
frequent
intervals
obviously
to
cover
more
ground
and
air
defences
which
TAKE
ISLAND
CITY
PEARL
HARBOR
United
Slates
troops
entered
Maripan,
key
city
on
the
Marianas
today
with
very
little
opposition.
The
entry
was
made
while
another
Rroup
were
locked
In
bitter
fighting-
not
far
from
the
city.
ITALIAN
WORKERS
STRIKE
ROME
Reports
reaching
Rome
say
that
strikes
and
street
fiRhtlng
have
broken
out
In
Milan
and
Bolotna,
German
held
Italian
cities.
Botli
arc
great
industrial
centres.
STRONG
HUN
RKARGUARO
ROME
In
spile
of
strong
delaying
actions
put
up
by
the
retreating
Germans
in
Italy,
the
Fifth
Army
has
advanced
six
miles
at
the
western
end
of
the
line,
and
In
the
east
the
Eighth
has
pushed
to
within
20
miles
of
Aneona.
INTERRUPT
CONVOY
SHAEF
British
warships
have
interrupted
a
German
t
convoy
-sneaking
from
a
northern
French
port,
and
Inflicted
unannounced
damage
to
it.
The
convoy
consisted
of
seven
warships
escorting
a
number
of
merchant
vessels.
QUEBEC
POWER
i
HEAD
OUSTED
QUEBEC,
June
24
Premier
Godbout
of
Quebec
announced
on
Friday
that
Senator
T.
D.
Bouchard
had
been
relieved
of
his
duties
as
chairman
of
the
Quebec
Hydro
Power
Commission;
a
position
he
assumed
two
months
ago.
The
announcement
came
two
days
after
Bouchard,
ln
his
maiden
speech
In
the
Sen
ate,
attacked
the
order
of
"not
withdrawing
anything
what
he
said
In
the
Senate."
J
Mr.
Mlckleburgh
said
that
hay
m
.
yi
pltalnd'tormtlysiJLWam
gfflri'Tnthg
I&K
District
SiQPQYS
lOY
.
I
vat
was
Knlnf
being
hiirnprf
burned
un
up
at
at
short
short!
growth
on
account
of
lack
of
rain.
However,
there
was
some
rain
as
he
left
but
It
was
a
question
whether
It
would
be
early
enoush.
Grasshoppers
wer
playing
havoc
with
the
timothy
seed.
Hospital
Out
of
Raising
funds
to
support
the
worthy
activities
of
the
Wo-
mens
Hospiiai
Auxiliary
some
20
children
are
out
ln
downtown
streets
today
selling
tags.
DirecUng
the
children
is
a
committee
consisting
of
Mrs.
F.
vln
Paulson,
Tommy
Holt,
Dale
Laird,
Robert
Haudenschlld,
or
gooas.
tJtpenence
nas
snown
have
blasting
more
and
j
AuCe
.Paulson.
null
Air.
isuiiauuii-r
is
iiuiciriii.-ly
honest
and
will
pay
but
has
H.
Paulson,
whose
headquarters
are
ln
the
Legion
rooms.
Following
Is
a
list
of
the
children
who
are
selling
tags:
Jlmmle
Evans,
Mary
Calder,
Ethel
Calder,
Diane
Gilker.
Dick
Gilker,
William
Calder.
Gloria
Sawka,
Edna
Gardiner,
Florence
Terpsma,
Harold
Paulson,
Mel-
Hazel
Paulson.
i
more
of
the
robots
out
of
the
Yvonne
Kelldal,
Irene
Kelldal,
i
.
.
I..
,.,-
SKy.
uarvey
weiss.
WALLACE-CHIANG
STATEMENT
CHUNGKING
Untied
States
Vice-President
Henry
Wallace,
and
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kat
Slick
have
issued
a
Joint
statement
saying
that
the
initial
Job
of
the
two
countries
is
the
rigid
prosecution
of
the
war
against
Japan.
The
statement
adds
that
the
objective
of
the
war
is
the
establishment
of
a
democratic
peace
based
on
the
welfare
of
the
people.
BREAK
50-MILE
GAP
MOSCOW
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
announced
tanight
that
the
Russians
have
extended
their
break-through
northwest
of
Vitebsk
In
White
Russia
to
a
width
of
50
miles.
CYCLONE
IN
ONTARIO
LONDON
Western
Ontario
has
had
the
worst
cyclone
in
its
history,
and
one
man
is
dead
and
undetermined
damage
done
by
the
high
wind.
Starting
near
Strathroy
the
storm
swept
south
and
eastward,
wrecking
crops
and
buildings
before
it
played
itself
out.
The
man
was
killed
when
struck
by
flying
debris.
Death
toll
of
a
tornado
which
swept
across
Pennsylvania
yesterday
Is
set
at
103.
The
following
lists
show
the
grades
of
the
pupils
for
the
year
beginning
September
1944
at
King
Edward
School.
GRADE
7
(Junior
High
School)
Arthur
Acheson,
Ruth
Archer,
John
Bergman,
Vlto
Campagnola,
Cella
Cheeseman,
Valerie
Craig,
Juanita
Delaney,
Oordon
Dixon,
Fred
Eddy,
Harold
Eidsvik,
De-,
,
lores
Engstrom,
Arthur
Foltz,
!
Norma
Oeddes,
David
Gillanders.
i
Margaret
Oraham,
Marion,
Oreenwood,
Helen
Hamilton,
!
Irene
Hansen,
Ray
Ingham,
Arne
j
Johnson,
Fred
Johnson,
Kather-
j
ine
Johnson,
Jennifer
Kelly,;
Allen
Kelsey,
Ruth
Ketcheson,
Lawrence
Krlstmanson,
William
Leask,
Gerd
Lien,
Frank
Mc-
Fadden,
Jack
McKenzle,
Malcolm
Parkinson,
Olive
Pastuk,
Ruth
Payne.
Lloyd
Petersen,
Helen
Pipke,
Charles
Place,
Betty
Prince,
May
Robinson,
Shirley
Saunders,
Sydney
Scherk,
Charles
Schllberg,
Hans
Schmidt,
Jacqueline
Smith,
Murray
Smith,
William
Smith,
Dorothy
Stacey,
Betty
Thompson,
Lawrence
Van
Pykstra,
Vivian
Wayward,
Blyth
Webster,
Richard
Wesch,
Robert
Williams,
George
Woods.
Jacques
Cartlcr
as
a
secret
or-i(J,ADE
6
dcr.
Bouchard,
at
that
time.
Is-
Joan
Adcock,
Marion
Amund-
j
sued
a
staiemem
saying
ne
was;
son,
Aaa
uagsiiaw,
lajuuiu
mm
vette,
Gudrun
Braun,
Lorraine
Branch,
Heather
Brewer,
Carole
Brooks,
Robert
Callaghan,
Patsy
Charleston.
CarLDanelulk.
Rose-
marie
Desrocher,
Dick"
Dodd.I
Ernest
Elliott,
Magnus
Eyolfson,
Beryl
Fraser.
Marjorie
Fraser.
j
Diane
Gilker,
Doreen
Goard,
Donald
Gillanders,
Jeanette
Hal-llday
Lois'
Herbert,
Joyce
Hol-brook,
Marlon
Hood,
Shirley
Hudson,
Garry
Ingham,
Jane
Inter-mela,
George
Jeffery,
Eileen
Jer-stad,
Joyce
Johnston,
Margaret
Keays,
John
Ketcheson,
Dorothy
V
1
1
Dale
Laird,
Lorna
Lar-
Evans.
'Mrs.
S.
V.
Cox.
and
Mrs.
'fn.
Doreen
Lindsay,
Hilda
Meuf-
Donald,
Norma
McDonald,
Ken
neth
McDonald,
Elsie
McGuin-ness,
Susan
Nash,
Norma
Nelson,
Elvina
Oden,
Gordon
Ormlston,
Alice
Paulson,
Leona
Pcrrault,
Joyce
Peterson,
Donald
Prender-gast,
Janet
Rackow,
Mary
Rich
ards,
Ronald
Rothwell,
Gordon
Russell,
Phoebe
Sankey,
Bernice
Scarr,
Use
Schmidt.
Marie
Skal
-
merud,
Jack
Sharpe,
Joyce
Scherk,
Joan
Shelton,
Colleen
Sites,
Sonja
Sorenson,
Adelc
enpur
area
following
Allied
clear
ing
of
the
Kchima-Impahl
road.
Japanese
north
of
Impahl
ln
scattered
parties
remain
the
only
enemy
left
to
clear
up
the
vital
Impahl
area.
HALIBUT
SALES
Celling
price,
18
'c
and
16V2c.
Canadian
Mae
West,
21,000,
Storage.
Skeena
M.,
10,500,
Royal.
Balsac
I,
20,000,
Storage.
Gony,
20,000,
Storage.
Takla
O..
5,500,
Storage.
Sundown,
2,000,
Royal.
DUE
BACK
FROM
HUNT
Stonehouse.
Barbara
Teng.
Billy
party,
consisting
Toderas.
William
Toews,
iiazei
Tweed,
Loretta
Washburn,
Anne
Whiting.
Harvey
Wllsey,
Benlta
Wlndle.
GRADE
5
Robert
Lindsay,
Mary
Addison,
Shirley
Allan,
Delbert
Amundsen,
Nancy
Anderberg
Ethel
Bagshaw,
Donald
Berthe-let,
Ann
Borland,
Ernest
Bra-man,
Margot
Brown,
James
Car-
dall.
Grace
Cheeseman,
Robert
Craig,
Alan
Currle,
Donna
Den-nlson,
Clarence
Dlebold,
Gerald
Dodd,
Kay
Dwyer,
Roald
Fen-ness.
Jack
Flewin,
Muriel
Fraser,
Donna
Gardiner,
David
Geddes,
Ross
Gillanders,
Alice
Hatton,
Nancy
Hill,
Patsy
Holmes,
Eleanor
Hood,
Leslie
Johnson,
Richard
Kilborn,
Alvin
Kimball,
Magnus
Knutson,
Mae
Leask,
Victor
Lindsay,
Delores
Lyncss,
Christine
MacDougall,
Alex
MacFarlane,
Robert
Mac-Farlane,
Gael
MacRae,
Jean
McGulre,
Christine
McWhlnnle,
Tommy
McWhlnnle.
Karl
Mar-kl,
Beverley
Matson,
Harold
Marshall,
Muriel
Mitchell,
Joan
Moler,
Eric
Moore,
Billy
Morrison,
John
Moser,
Judith
Nil-son,
Evelyn
Oden,
Marlys
Olson,
(Continued
on
Page
3)
Carnival
Queen
Standings
Olive
Huculak
28.000.
Betty
Grelg
27,000.
Eleanor
Storseth
22,000.
Terrace
Officer
Expected
in
After
Search
up
Exstew
for
Missing
Native
Trapper
TERRACE,
June
24
Provin
cial
Constable
William
Herbert
Richmond
Is
due
back
In
Ter
race
today
from
the
Exstew
River
country
where
he
has
been
for
the
past
couple
of
days
on
a
search
trln
for
Peter
A.
Weslev.
native
trapper
from
Port
Simp-'
son,
who
has
been
missing
on1
his
trapline
since
March.
The
search
was
Instituted
after
other
natives
found
Wesley's
lunch
pail
on
a
log
Jam
in
the
Exstew
River
with
no
sign
of
the
man
or
a
canvass
boat
which
he
had
been
using.
It
was
feared
that
he
might
have
fallen
Into
the
river
and
been
drowned.
The
objective
of
the
search
Local
Tides
Sunday,
June
25
High
3:54
18A
feeC
16:59
18.0
feet
Low
10:34
3.9
feet
22:
SO
8.4
feet
KiOVlNCIAL
C5
1JRTARY
j
61
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No.
148
XXXIH
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
SATURDAY,
JUNE
24,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
r
M
"as
peace
time
luxury
linen,
now
with
the
Royal
Navy
as
H.MC.S.
"Prince
David"
and
II.M.CJS.
II;
:y
'
were
converted
Into
mighty
landing
ships
Pictures
taken
by
Royal
Canadian
Navy
photo-t
.i
something
of
the
magnitude
of
the
job
they
i
on
to
undertake
on
the
dawn
of
Invasion
day
-
days
that
followed.
a.;jr
from
II.M.C.S.
"Prince
David"
secure
British
i
r
'etchers
on
board
the
L.C.T.
that
brought
them
?
Normandy
beachhead.
The
men.
wounded
In
the
Z
e
later
transferred
to
the
"Prince
David."
Battle
For
China
Is
On
As
Japs
Try
to
Split
Country
Cherbourg
Defences
Crumble
FINAL
SCORE
OF
SEA
FIGHT
IN
AREA
EAST
OF
PHILIPPINES
PEARL
HARBOR,
June
24
(CP)
The
extent
of
Japanese
naval
losses
in
the
Philippines
sea
battles
increased
when
it
was
disclosed
officially
today
that
one
of
the
biggest
and
newest
of
enemy
aircraft
carriers
probably
was
sunk
by
a
United
States
submarine.
The
announcement
also
listed
the
definite
sinking
of
one
destroyer,
bringing
the
score
to
one
destroyer
and
three
tankers
definitely
sunk,
a
carrier
probably
sunk,
a
carrier
left
burning,
and
a
carrier,
a
battleship,
a
cruiser,
two
destroyers
and
two
tankers
damaged.
CREDIT
IS
IMPORTANT
Conditions
Will
Be
Chintfd
Afler
War.
Cluli
Smakrr
Invasion
Spurs
Up
Interest
Interest
in
political
affairs
In
,
I
i
.
i
1
I
V...
ime
interior
nas
uteii
spuueu
ujr
ii.
,i
-the
invasion
of
Europe,
says
Bruce
Mlckleburgh,
Labor
Pro-
"Credit
Is
one
of
the
most
lm-
gressive
candidate
for
Skeena,
I
portant
factors
In
present
day
(who
returned
to
the
city
this
i
morning
irom
a
tnree
weeny
campaign
tour
as
far
as
Endako
Offensive
Under
Way
LONDON,
June
21
(CP)
The
Russians
have
crashed
into
the
German
lines
on
two
sides
of
'
Vitebsk
in
White
Russia
In
the
opening
of
the
Soviet
summer
offensive,
and
Moscow
announced
that
enormous
losses
have
Jeen
Inflicted
on
the
enemy.
Artillery
and
aircraft
Joined
the
ground
forces
with
a
terrific
bombardment.
The
Russians
have
gained
nearly
10
miles
in
the
first
days
of
the
fllthling.
The
Finnish
offensive
is
still
progressing
with
the
Russians
crossing
the
Svir
River
and
advancing
north
of
Viipuri
at
the
top
of
the
Karelian
PROMOTIONS
ANNOUNCED
Where
King
Edward
School
Pupils
Will
Be
After
Summer
Vacation
More
Allied
Landings
Are
Made
In
Normandy
German
Convoy,
Attempting
to
Make
Getaway
With
Troops,
Is
Almost
Wiped
Out
SHAEF,
June
24
(CP)
The
Americans
drove
today
within
two
thousand
yards
of
Cherbourg
on
the
south
and
"enemy
defences
showed
signs
of
crumbling,"
a
field
dispatch
said.
The
British
in
the
Caen
area
also
advanced.
The
German-controlled
Paris
radio
said
that
important
Allied
naval
forces
Japanese
Withdraw
In
India
KANDY,
June
24
There
Is
McPhcrson,
Katie
Martin,
Joan
evidence
of
still
more
Japanese
Moser,
Allan
Mostad,
Kenneth
i
wttndr
a
wals
In
the
Indian
Olson,
Dick
Ormlnston,
Clifford
j
theatre,
particularly
In
the
Blsh-
of
Constable
Richmond
and
three
native
companions,
In
addition
to
a
general
hunt,
was
an
upper
cab-In
on
Wesley's
trapline,
this
be
ing
some
eighteen
miles
up
the
river
from
the
railway
line.
The
searchers
were
to
make
part
of
the
trip
up
the
Exstew
"River
by
canoe,
taking
to
trail
for
the
remainder
of
the
distance.
They
left
the
railway
at
Exstew
at
3
o'clock
Thursday
afternoon.
BASEBALL
SCORES
American
Washington
7,
Boston
1.
New
York
5,
Philadelphia
1.
Cleveland
5,
Chicago
1.
Detroit
0,
St.
Louis
5.
National
St.
Louis
5,
Pittsburgh
5
(14-lnnlng
tie).
Chicago
3,
Cincinnati
1.
Philadelphia
0.
Brooklyn
2.
International
Baltimore
at
Buffalo,
double-header,
postponed.
Rochester
at
Syracuse,
postponed.
Montreal
4.
Newark
3.
Toronto
at
Jersey
City,
postponed.
American
Association
'
Milwaukee
4-4,
Indianapolis
1-2.
Toleda
7,
Minneapolis
I.
Louisville
7,
Kansas
City
2.
St.
Paul
2,
Columbus
1.
Coast
San
Francisco
1,
Sacramento
2.
Tort
land
15,
Los
Angeles
6.
Hollywood
I,
San
Diego
2.
Qnly
games
scheduled.
new
troops
east
of
the
(landed
Orne
River
In
Normandy.
There
was
no
Allied
confirmation
of
rthls.
,
Tank-escorted
British
troop3
took
Ste.
Honorlne
la
Chardon-
netette,
four
miles
northwest
of
Caen.
The
British
destroyed
twenty
of
thirty-five
German
tanks.
British
losses
were
small.
In
Cherbourg
fighting
an
Am
erican
spearhead
punctured
stub
born
Nazi
defences
southwest
of
Octeville,
fortress
Just
southwest
of
Cherbourg.
The
Germans
re
sisted
frantically.
A
German
convoy
attempted
to
escape
from
Cherbourg
Fri
day
night,
presumably
with
troops,
and
live
of
seven
German
merchant
ships
were
sunk
or
damaged.
Nine
Million
iPounds
From
Area
Three
Halibut
landings
in
Area
Two
totalled
9350,000
pounds
from
thestart
of
the
fishing
season
Commission
announced
today.
Of
this
total',
8,000,000
pounds
were
landed
ln
June.
Area
Three
landings
up
to
June
15
totalled
2,500,000
pounds.
Pupils
Enjoy
School
Year
Agree
at
Closing
Exercises
'
That
Teachers
Had
Made
Term
Interesting
Pupils
and
teachers
of
Borden
Street
School
put
the
final
period
to
the
1943-44
term
when
they
gathered
in
the
school
main
hall
on
Friday
morning
to
take
part
in
the
term
closing
exercises.
Some
230
pupils
heard
Princi
pal
S.
A.
Cheeseman
bring
Into
vivid
review
the
highlights
of
the
ten-month
period
and
all
agreed
that
it
had
been
a
pleas
ant
and
Interesting
term.
Grade
Six
pupils,
all
of
whom
have
graduated
into
junior
high
school,
elected
David
Blackball
to
make
a
farewell
address
to
Mr.
Cheeseman
and
other
staff
members
and
pupils.
Tommy
Holt,
Grade
Five
pupil,
replied
In
behalf
of
the
school
Among
the
graduating
clasi
are
lo
wno
oegan
meir
scnoi-
lng
at
Borden
Street,
and
these
were
congratulated
by
Mr.
Cheeseman.
They
are
Ann
Pet-roff,
Patricia
Smith,
Edna
Ron
ald,
Mary
Strachan,
Helen
Hlb-
bard,
Edna
Oardiner,
Dorothy
Edgar,
Robert
Smith,
Melvln
Ratchford,
Danny
Bill,
Charley
Webster,
Henry
Martlnsen,
Burns
Pierce,
Harry
KUlas,
Billy
Har
vey,
and
David
macKnaii.
In
reviewing
the
work
accom
plished
by
the
school
during
the
term,
Mr.
Cheeseman
revealed
that
the
school
had
averaged
$11
per
pupil
ln
victory
bond
and
war
savings.
The
school
had
saved
$1856.75
in
War
Sav
ings
stamps,
and
$700
in
victory
bonds,
a
total
of
$2556.75.
Grade
Six
alone,
he
revealed,
had
bought
$700
in
war
savings
and
$325
ln
victory
bonds.
A
high
point
of
pride,
Mf.
Cheeseman
stated,
was
the
money
the
school
had
turned
over
to
the
Red
Cross.
By
various
methods,
mainly
by
reclaiming
tea
and
coffee
package
coupons,
$415
had
been
given
to
the
Red
Cross.
Of
this,
$275
had
been
raised
by
reclaiming
coupons.
One
girl
alone,
Clara
Rell,
had
brought
ln
1200
coupons
during
the
year.