u
EAOLE
IN
BRITAIN
Tim
BBC
weekly
program
'
m-'
v
vi.ar.
designed
as
a
link
between
United
me
.i.
Bntatn
and
their
famllie
in
America,
was
Buu.h
BroadcaUng
Corporation
In
connection
r
.
Squaaron
of
VS.
volunteer!
la
the
Royal
Air
Dwiitht
Darld
Eisenhower.
Supreme
Commander
A
Expeditionary
Forces
in
Europe,
recently
visited
s
C
'
ner
Club.
London,
during
one
of
these
pro-;
in
front
of
the
BBC
microphone,
laying
a
t-ie
men
present.
ir.
Mi:.snir,
bpmg
uzz
With
Bombs
rit.'crm'j
at
Calais
Ale
Malfd
by
Thousand
of
Ifcntt.
Iefrnce
Effective
SHLW
June
:0
(CD
More
u
1:00
American
heavy
iWn
today
simultaneously
ijuiti
rocket
bomb
plat-
near
Pas
de
Calais
and
in
in
mitral
Germany
irom
oil
mineries
to
jae
and
tank
plants.
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('
htf
r
erorl.
the
sky
lulled
more
than'
2,000
probably
the
greatest
Itnrs,
t
la
h!
lory
Ukhc!m
reported
that
16
b;mbm
made
forred
M:a;
In
Sweden.
I
Mnnuhi'.r
atk-ack
guns
hi
fighter
btattrd
duirns
of
Nail
mot
planes
out
Vy
omnight
and
baloon
"rages
and
turn
defence
Ireunled
for
others.
the
Allies
now
appear
to
be
I'lunj
Hit
range
of
the
new
fipon
on
the
sixth
diy
of
P
bun
bomb"
Mill.
The
hi
aepl
the
robots
tomlnc
fi
LntUnd
today.
pETTER
RADIO
1AI
SOUGHT
(
duijcII
Barks
Up
Itepre-JJtlve
For
Direct
Hook-Up
,,!h
National
Network
i.t
x
up
representations
b(
:i
made
by
the
?
r-".
Chamber
of
Com-"ir
C
anadian
Broad-"
p;u
at
ion
for
an
early
'
or
the
local
radio
v
i!i:vr
wire
connection
i.a'uinal
network,
thus
u
pledge
tha
was
a
year
ago
on
behalf
iratiun,
the
city
coun-bt
decided
to
com-w
ni
Augustus
Krlgon,
I'-ul
manager
of
the
The
city
council
"
'
in
touch
on
the
h
Olof
Hanion,
M.P.
a.
a.-klng
that
he
foU
;'
'
ic
matter.
Al'
x
Slnrlnlr
In
movlnir
it":
representations
of
the
!
tif
Commerce
be
sup-
f.Orr.pH
Ihn
nnlnlnn
"
mmLsion
had
been
cx-1'
W
In
meeting
Its
-
l
ive
Prince
Rupert
'"nci
tion
with
the
nct-The
consensus
nf
nnlnlon
:;
c
un.:tl
was
that
Prince
iici
not
been
treated
v
111
the
matter
of
radio
scr-and
tint
i.
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9
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bppll
nvorlw
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sir-
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t)tldrv
havp
hnpii
riUlrlhnf.
r
mong
tlle
.
av
d
lorce
auxiliaries,
the
wo-'and
army
and
the
nurs-
Casualties
Less
Than
Anticipated
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS
OF
THE
ALLIED
EXPEDITION
ARY
FORCE,
June
20
The
Ruvul
Army
Medical
Corps
announces
that
casualties
In
the
invasion
of
France
have
been
much
lighter
than
were
expect-(ed
Of
the
wounded
less
than
I
one
per
cent
have
died
after
i
reaching
dressing
stations.
Reservoir
Work
j
!
To
Be
Resumed
i
The
KeayA
Cfurtu,c,Uon,
Co
j
aavised
the
city
council
In
H)
U
iter
last
night
that
it
was
the
i
Intention
to
start
work
in
the
near
luture
on
completion
ot
gunnlting
o(
Acropolis
Hill
reser
voir
which
was
interrupted
last
fall
by
unfavorable
weather.
The
company's
superintendent
will
be
here
soon
to
direct
the
work.
Bulletins
lUlt.WAY
WAGE
INCREASE
OTTAWA
The
National
War
I-abor
Board
announced
yesterday
that
approval
of
the
application
for
wage
increases
by
Canadian
employees
of
United
Stales
railways
operating
In
Canada
does
not
affect
the
general
application
of
Canadian
railway
workers
for
Increases
to
the
level
of
Canadian
and
United
States
railway
wages.
WAI.LU
i:
IN
CHUNGKING
Cllt
MiKINti
Vice-President
Henry
A.
Wallace
of
the
United
States
arrived
in
Chungking
today
and
was
welcomed
by
Generalissimo
Chiang
Koi-Shrk,
OAIX-IIP
liXTENDlJI
OITAUA
-
The
military
call-up
In
Canada
Is
extended
tit
men
born
in
192C
H
is
estimated
this
will
make
100,000
more
men
available.
2
TO
1
FOU
C.C.F.
Ki:C.IN.
C.C.F.
candidates
In
the
Saskatchewan
general
election
polled
about
two
voles
to
cyerj
one
for
the
other
two
major
parties
in
early
returns
of
the
soldier
vote.
The
soldier
vote
reduced
the
plurality
of
Premier
W.
J.
Patterson
In
Canningloii
fiom
thirty
to
eigtliern
voles
over
Mrs.
Gladys
Strum,
C.C.F.
CEIMNGS
ON
CIILKKILS
OTTAWA
The
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
today
announced
ceilings
on
Canadian-grown
cherries
of
all
types
for
the
first
time
and
celling
on
Imported
cherries
during
the
period
of
July
30
to
September
30.
The
order
brings
cherries
under
the
same
price
and
mark-up
control
as
now
In
effect
for
most
other
domestic
fruits
and
vegetables.
It
would
result
In
consumer
prices
slightly
lower
than
last
year.
Among
the
first
public
contributions
toward
financing
a
new
Pioneers'
Home
in
the
city
was
for
$2,
turned
over
to
the
Daily
News
by
S.
B.
Caulder,
supervisor
of
the
present
Home,
on
behalf
of
an
Inmate
who
preferred
to
have
his
name
remain
unknown.
"The
man
who
gave
it
is
one
of
four
here
who
receives
an
old
age
pension,"
Mr.
Caulder
explained.
"I
think
it
Is
a
pretty
clear
indication
of
how
the
men
themselves
feel
about
getting
a
new
Home."
Mr.
Caulder
revealed
that
the
pensioners
turn
in
$15
each
(
month
to
contribute
to
their
keep,
retaining
the
balance
for
their
own
uses.
Those'
who
have
no
income
are
provided
lor
wholly
by
the
city.
None
of
the
men,
whose
ages
range
from
56
to
81
years.
Is
able
to
work.
The
youngest
Is
a
disabled
war
veteran,
afflicted
with
a
nervous
disorder
from
his
battle
experience.
The
oldest
is
bedridden.
Among
the
others
is
a
man
who
operated
the
pile
driver
which
helped
to
build
the
first
wharf
on
the
Prince
Rupert
waterfront
In
1907.
He
worked
on
the
waterfront
for
years
afterward.
"This
Island
was
covered
with
virgin
timber
when
I
first
landed
here
from
Vancouver,"
he
recalled.
Another
man
worked
In
mines
in
this
district
after
coming
here
In
1909.
AM
are
extremely
Interested
in
the-
city
council's
decision
to
build
a
new
Home.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
At
ceiling
prices,
15c
and
13
Vs.
Frlgldland,
05,000,
Storage.
Albatros,
80.000,
going
to
Seattle.
Canadian
At
celling
prices,
18Uc
to
16Vic.
Vera
Beatrice,
11.000,
Wiuz.
Antler,
20,000,
Royal.
B.C.
Troller,
20,000,
Faclflc.
Arctic
I.
24,000,
Atljn
E.
Llpsctt,
18,000,
'Booth,
j.
R.,
9,000,
Storage.
Hccla,
3.500,
Royal.
Morr'x
H.
ai-000.
Co-op.
WAR
NEWS
BATTLE
OF
SAIPAN
ISLAND
PEAHL
IIAKHOfC
United
States
Marines
and
army
troops
raptured
Asllto
alidrome
and
drove
eastward
across
Saipan
Island
to
the
shore
of
Magislenne
Hay
while
an
estimated
300
Japanese
planes,
attacking
an
American
carrier
task
force,
was
destroyed
In
the
greatest
Pacific
air
battle
since
Midway.
Work
troops
are
already
putting
the
airdrome
into
operation.
The
Japanese
planes
are
believed
to
have
been
launched
from
carriers
and
nearby
shore
bases
were
used
for
shuttle
landings.
CANADIAN
CASUALTIES
OTTAWA
Asked
in
the
House
of
Commons
last
nlf
lit
as
to
Canadian
casualties
in
the
invasion
of
Kurope,
Minister
of
National
Defence
said
they
were
"moderate"
and
"lower
than
espected."
For
security
reasons
he
was
not
able
to
release
the
figures
yet.
CHANGSHA
HAS
FALLEN
NEW
VOKK
A
Japanese
news
agency
today
declared
that
the
Japanese
had
completely
Occupied
Changsha
but
were
still
fighting;
Chinese
remnants
in
the
city.
Later
Chung
king
officially
announced
the
fall
of
Changsha.
The
Japanese
made
more
progress
in
a
drive
pointed
at
Ilengchang
railway
junction
In
lower
Hunan
Province
and
the
Chinese
acknowledged
a
setback
In
Yunan
Province
In
the
loss
of
Lungiing
on
the
Burma
Uoad.
CLOSING
ON
CHERBOURG
SHALT
The
Americans
plunged
to
within
three-and-a-half
miles
of
Cherbourg
today
in
their
lightning
drive
and
selied
Valognes,
10
miles
southeast,
while
British
forces
in
the
eastern
sector
occupied
Hottot
after
capturing
Tilly-sur-Suellcs.
GREATEST
BRITISH
HEADWAY
KANDY
The
British,
striking
south
from
Kohima
to-ward
Impahl,
advanced
17
miles,
the
greatest
single
day
of
progress
In
the
counter-offensive
to
knock
the
Japanese
from
northeastern
India
border
regions.
It
was
announced
today
that
the
Chinese
had
captured
Tiangiup,
heavily
defended,
Japanese
stronghold
in
North
Burma.
Gift
From
Pensioner
Opening
Contribution
to
Pioneers'
Home
From
One
ot
Inmates
LONDON
The
governing
bodies
of
the
Royal
Academy
of
Music
have
conferred
honorary
fellowship
on
L.
Ouerney
Par-ott.
who
was
appointed
sccre-
commanding
companies
of
the
13th
Essex
Home
Ouard,
died
In
hospital
from
injuries
received
In
a
motor
accident
LONDON
0
Bertram
T.
Rumble,
honorary
secretary
to
the
Appeals
Committee
of
the
RAF.
Benevolent
Fund,
was
elected
to
the
council
and
has
succeeded
Air
Commodore
B.
C.
O.
Drew
as
honorary
treasurcr-cr
of
the
fund.
Air
Vice
Marshal
F
V
Heakes
who
has
been
appoint
ed
Air
Officer
Commanding
Western
Air
Command,
Vancouver.
B.C.
Formerly
Air
Officer
Commanding
a
group
on
the
East
Coast.
Air
Vice
Marshal
Heakes
succeeds
Air
Vice
Marshal
L.
F.
Stevenson,
C.B.,
of
Winnipeg
who
has
been
called
to
R.C.A.F.
headquarters
at
Ottawa
for
special
duties.
A
veteran
of
the
last
war,
A.V.M.
Heakes
was
a
pioneer
member
of
the
R.C.A.F.
and
held
many
Important
positions
In
Canada.
Before
the
outbreak
of
the
present
war
he
went
overseas
and
became
R.C.A.F.
Liaison
Officer
with
the
British
Air
Ministry.
He
wan
born
In
Toronto
In
1891.
WOMAN
M.P.'S
HOMEWORK
local
Temperature
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
June
21
59
High
1:17
21.8
feet
Max
14;1519.2
feet
48
Low
8:01
'1.0
feet
Ml
20:04
7.0
leet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
NO.
144
jOCXZSI
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
JUNE
20,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Lot
bTO&fe
Finns
Are
Completely
On
Run
Lady
Frances
Joan
Davidson,
Member
of
British
Commons,1
Knows
Something
of
Ordinary
Housewife's
Problems
LONDON.
June
20
O)
A
woman
politician's
lot
la
not
a
lazy
one
as
Lady
Frances
Joan
'
Davidson
win
prove
to
you
any
day
In
the
week.
The
Conservative
viscountess
iwho
Is
a
member
for
Hemel
Hempstead,
is
a
housewife
as
well
as
a
parliamentarian.
When
her
home
in
Westminster
was!
bombed
she
moved
her
family
tc
a
country
house
and
now
being
a
rural
chatelaine
Is
another
of
her
headaches.
When
she
first
entered
the
HotLiC
of
Commons
In
1937
her
,
children
were
little
more
than
babies,
so
she
used
to
wheel
the
two
joungest
in
a
pram
to
ths
House
and
park
them
with
a
co-cperatlve
policeman
who
looked
after
them
while
the
mother
got
on
with
her
Job.
The
babies
are
schoolboys
now,
,
but
the
Davidson
home
still
Is
packed
to
the
roof.
A
married
daughter
with
her
baby
and
several
small
boy
evacuees
are
Tegular
members
of
the
household,
an
A.T.S.
daughter
Is
there
for
leaves,
and
the
young
sons
are
home
for
holidays.
Lady
Davidson
plans
all
the
meali,
manages
the
household,
does
the
-shopping
and
queues
up
for
fish
on
the
way
home
from
the
House.
She
does
her
housekeeping
before
she
catches
the
8:50
am.
:
train,
to
London
with
her
secre
tary
who
takes
dictation
during
the
hour's
Journey.
.
I
Omccrles
are
picked
up
on
the
land
tt
Major
L.
C.
Dickens,
nnfthiiaifpr
hprp
nnrt
nfflnpr
dlfmer
she
does
most
of
the
putting
of
the
evacuees
to
bed.
'
..
i
....
,j
j
r
,
Lady
Davidson
doesn't
sorry
for
herself.
"Running
a
house
and
bringing
up
a
family
is
a
great
advantage
to
a
woman
MP,"
she
says.
"You
know
wha.t
an
ordinary
housewife's
problems
are."
LONDON
Frederick
W.
Brown,
solicitor,
said
In
probate
court
he
was
one
of
the
few
practitioners
surviving
who
saw
the
Law
Courts
opened
by
Queen
Victoria
in
1883.
been
necessary
to
re-route
by
way
of
Calgary
and
the
Cana
dlan
Pacific.
A
special
train
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
last
night
from
the
East,
having
come
here
from
Edmonton
via
Calgary
and
Kamloops.
PRE-HISTORIC
GEAR
Red
salmon
and
chlnook
sal
mon
are
largely
caught
by
gill
nets,
a
type
of
fishing
near
dating
back
almost
to
the
dawn
of
history.
rt
Stockholm
Reports
Viipuri
Yielded
To
-Oncoming
Red
Army
t
Nazi
Rout
t
In
Italy
ROME,
June
20
Vi
The
British
have
occupied
Per-
ugla,
major
communications
centre
85
miles
north
of
Rome
with
the
Fifth
and
ElKhth
armies
in
general
advance
again
after
the
German
,
position
In
the
north
was
weakened
by
the
conquest
of
the
Island
of
Elba
which
Is
now
com-
nlete.
the
French
havlne
taken
1800
prisoners.
Rain
has
muddled
the
ground.
Winch
Home
Was
Robbed
VANCOUVER,
June
20
Har
old
Winch.
C.C.F.
leader,
re
turned
to
Vancouver
'from
Sas
katchewan,
claiming
that
his
house
had
been
ransacked
for
papers
while
he
was
away
and
his
wife
had
received
a
threatening
telephone
call.
John
Bracken
Coming
Here
OTTAWA,
June
20
John
Bracken,
national
leader
of
the
Progressive
Conservative
party,
will
pay
a
visit
to
Skeena
constituency
about
the
middle
or
end
of
July,
It
Is
announced.
Before'
going
to
Skeena,
Mr.
Bracken
will
make
a
trip
inta
the
Peace
River
district.
From
Prince
Rupert
he
will
proceed
to
Vancouver.
BASEBALL
SCORES
National
League
New
York
10,
Brooklyn
2.
American
League
Washington
at
New
York
postponed.
No
other
games
scheduled.
International
League
Newark
11-1,
Toronto
10-5.
Baltimore
4,
Rochester
5.
Buffalo
at
Syracuse
postponed
American
Association
Minneapolis
4,
Columbus
14.
.
St.
Paul
6,
Toledo
0.
Milwaukee
6.
Louisville
8.
Kansas
City
6,
Indianapolis
4
Coast
League
Los
Angeles
5,
Portland
1.
Carnival
Queen
Standings
Eleanor
Storseth
juuve
uucuiaiv
i
Betty
Orelg
22,000
15,000
15.000
Civic
Centre
Carnival,
July
10
to
15
Bathing
Beauty
Contest
First
Prize
....
$100
Second
Prize
..
60
Third
Prize
...
40
And
a
Free
Bathing
Suit
of
your
own
choice
supplied
to
every
entrant.
Entrv
Forms
and
Bathing
Suits
available
at
the
following
stores:
Annette
Ladies'
Wear
Dry
Goods
Novelty
Shop
Rupert
Peoples
Store
Star
Shop
Wallace's.
Enter
and
select
your
Suit
NOW
I
Retreat
Has
Developed
Into
Debacle
Feverish
Dip
lomatic
Activity
at
Helsinki
Appears
to
Presage
Capitulation
STOCKHOLM,
June
10
(CP)
Reports
reach-
mg
a
reliable
bwedisn
source
said
today
mat
tne
Finns
had
yielded
Vnpuri
to
the
Russians.
Overnight
the
Finnish
retreat
before
the
oncoming
Red
Army
developed
into
a
complete
debacle,
villages
being
abandoned
by
the
hundreds
with
no
attepipt
at
de
Drive
For
Road
Work
City
Council
Making
Representations
to
Provincial
Government
Along
Lines
of
Co-operation
With
Ottawa
Following
receipt
of
advice
from
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.,
advising
that
the
federal
government
was
prepared
to
go
fifty-fifty
with
the
provincial
government,
on
the
cost
of
rebuilding-
the
section
of
the
Skeena
Highway
between
Kit-wan
ga
and
Hazelton
so
that
it
would
be
brought
up
to
the
standard
of
the
rest
of
this
highway
now
nearing
com-kjJcliamrthfccUycaiMttilvlatt.
night
decided,
to
get
in
touch
with
the
provincial
government
at
once
with
a
view
to
having
the
work
on
this
link
carried
out
without
delay
before
the
road
building
equipment
in
the
area
Is
removed.
The
council
is
getting
in
touch
immediately
with
Premier
John
Hart,
T.
D.
Pattullo,
M.UA.
for
Prince
Rupert,
and
all
other
northern
members
and
is
also
enlisting
the
support
of
all
chambers
of
commerce
and
other
public
bodies
in
the
area
affected.
traction.
Finland's
third
and
last
main
defence
system
was
broken
through
yesterday
under
assault
of
Leningrad
front
troops
which
seized
lines
of
the
western
coast
anchor
of
the
Mannerhelm
Line
at
Koivosto
and
stormed
rapidly
towards
Vllpurl.
the
key
to
Helsinki,
the
capital
city.
There
Is
reported
to
be
great
political
activity
at
Helsinki
and
it
Is
generally
expected
that
there
will
be
an
early
Finnish
capitulation.
To
Check
Up
On
Electric
Wiring
Here
The
question
of
electrical
Inspection
in
the
city
came
in
lor,
considerable
discussion
at
last
council,
culminating
In
the
de
cision
that
Superintendent
of
Utilities
Samuel
Massey
carry
out
during
the
next
two
months
a
general
Inspection
of
wiring
in
the
No.
1
fire
limits
area
with
a
view
to
tightening
up
from
the
safety
standpoint.
Wiring
In
many
old
buildings',
it
was
stated,
was
now
overloaded
and
constituted
a
fire
hazard.
The
utilities
committee
had
recommended
that
a
full
time
Inspector
be
employed
for
such
length
of
time
as
might
be
necessary
to
check
existing
electrical
Installations.
Are
Within
Four
Miles
of
Cherbourg
HEADS
WESTERN
AIR
COMMAND
Railway
Line
Still
Tied
Up
Special
Train
Arrives
Here
by
Way
of
Calgary
and
Kamloops
Railway
service
between
Edmonton
and
the
coast
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
line
Is
still
disrupted
on
account
of
floods
west
of
here.
It
has
Main
Defenses
of
Great
Port
Are
Pounded
By
Deadly
Artillery
Attack
SHEAF,
June
20
(CP)
The
British
captured
Tilly-sur-Seulles
today
while
the
Americans
re-took
Montebourg
and
were
within
three
and
a
half
miles
of
besieged
Cherbourg.
The
Americans
have
assaulted
the
main
defences
of
Cherbourg,
subjecting
up
to
50,000
trapped
and
disorganized
Germans
to
deadly
To
Look
Into
Sewer
Outlet
There
was
a
letter
before
the
city
council
last
night
from
M.
A.
Burbank,
divisional
engineer
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
placing
an
estimate
of
$7500
as
the
cost
of
building
a
36-lnch
concrete
drain
alongside
the
railway
track
as
a
means
of
carrying
off
sewerage
from
a
broken
line
below
First
Avenue
In
the
neighborhood,
of
the
round
house.
It
was
suggested
that
the
city
might
bear
a
portion
of
the
cost.
Some
question
being
raised
as
to
whether
this
project
would
actually
be
part
of
a
permanent
sewer
outlet,
It
was
decided
to
refer
the
matter
to
the
board
of
works
and
city
engineer
for
report.
Miss
Ina
Robertson
left
last
night
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
artillery
barrage
which
promises
to
annihilate
them.
The
Oer-
man
TransOcean
news
agency
reports
that
the
Germans
have
withdrawn
to
a
fortified
area
south
of
Cherbourg.
There
were
no
developments
from
the
Caen
sector
held
by
British
and
Canadians.
The
Germans
report
that
the
British
are
massing
fresh
forces
In
great
strength
between
Tilly
and
Caen.
One
report
was
that
Caen
was
evacuated.
Strawberry
Picking
Off
VANCOUVER,
June
20
Practically
all
strawberry
picking
ceased
in
the
Fraser
Valley
yesterday
following
the
application
of
the
new
price
celling
of
$2.88
per
crate
Instead
ot
$3.15.
The
bulk
ot
the
crop
will
go
to
the
processers
and
Jau
factories.