I cars ijmmo taw. ubui kc iniiv Next Then Hazelton and Coast t ill lio vour own fault the fault of the iwnnlp nart of the country if thi PROVINCIAL oov Runcrt and Terrace is not pav Provincial una nv i. Drtnn T?iinnrt. night after having i .- A .1 C lor me past, year uuu nd Resources or con- , Vio nmir rnmnlpt.rri lirst irsi "v ' . . I River Highway. "You ...IIUIh iUn Knuf I 1VC Wlllllll vc years a system oi tapping all the natural tributary to Prince irt rntral nritishCol- of which you nave .i i .... , ana ucvihujiiujii, u - i.. i .. rchlbald, in a farewell with the Dally News ore nis ncpmiuic, ui- a UlUtTll rta pal u vt . r effnrt. t.hnt would hl value as a peacetime ler ine war was over Skccna River High- nH In mnklne that II 1 UU UUb lAHUUt OUV.ll Irojccts as Arvlda in the Sarnla synthetic Want the Alaska Hlgh- Canol," kvrlopment and open-, of this district has ii) long deferred, dc-lr, Archibald. "You y behind the times. 1 ... ! - 1. 1 1 . . lure iiiieiil ndvu scciii- lave cone down in nlc with Sir Charles in 1911 but, with nuimrni ana rcius- s brought to Prince ami district youaro. ideal position to cor- that now providing vircin ninienana wic the timber, the farm vorld, development of liilt exieiuion oi uiu r;jtem tributary to eastward from Prince first things first," i i r i in Tn nri r inniiri i Tin ted road north from Lit II IT" I f I TT fist direct connection ighway He mentioned 0I, ,a" that a survey of this OhWOW V H A Ikn Irl all had been now com- ill! LlltT fXl'I'I III fill III ( rtni" tin ff n n nn 0 1 "O iivvu m ; ilC Northprn nnnsfriir- iltlH T MT Cin i. work well in hand and week in October was to see it completed. stabilization of the w w "Tli . uiumuge siruciurc the bridges are good. Lr in 1 "ft Mnnn(....ll I IS. Is a COUntrv miticrn m( liCllluaiU . inai will be a lob maintenance crews." maintenance crews aVO llinl. 1 . f' 1 WWW MMmytmtm G. I). AUCIIIItALI) at Terrace, the engineer explained, and they would be provided with the necessary equipment just as soon as it could be released. The maintenance office would be operated at Terrace as long- as the highway was in the hands of the federal government. Eventually, of course, the road would be turned over to the province and become its responsibility. Delving Into history of the surveys which had been made of routes to carry the hlghwa out of Prince Rupert and up the Skeena River, Mr. Archibald enumerated scyen of them: 1. Dcnlse Arm to Skeena City. 2. North side of Prudhomme Lake entailing the crossing of a 1200-foot summit involving quite a number of switchbacks. 3. Rainbow Lake north to Wark Channel. 4. Diana Lake to Rainbow Lake. ' J5,.- YUk-Ppj-t .. Edward.. And (Continued on Page Two) STEWART BANK TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE STEWART, Sept. 18 The Stewart branch of the Bank of Montreal is tomorrow observing the twenty-fifth anniversary of its establishment. The branch was opened on September 19, 1919. At that time, the town was strictly a mining camp v.lth a population of 250. Growing up with the town, the bank has been an active partner In its progress, providing the community with the efficient nnrl irvt n-rll t o hflllkiniT KPrVlPPS wide In scope, F. W. Harvey was the first of the managers of the branch. The present manager is H. E. W. Woodford. Local Temperature Maximum 61 Minimum 49 NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS tax sale for nia wlt.hln thfi Cltv - -vJV b win du iii'in in Liiu Luuiii:n vyiiuiiiw, ' w XVUUCll. I 1AJ.. Ub ill .1 1 1 U 1 "iti i,v fTumnc ...1-1 1 nm a... MH ntinv mm i i -ttivoa Uri ill nn t nrn CAntnmhaK hi uia H. M. FOOTE, Acting Collector. Conference Sequel NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIAS-NE-WSEAEER, Ctu" - Tomorrows Tides crete Surfacing To (Pacific Standard Time) Tuesday, September 19, 1944 High 20.09 205 feet Jk "1 1 14:21 20.6 feet rate id nuuuLULtu Low 8:24 4.3 feet 20:40 4.6 feet n J I I II n b - v mm mm w mm u m w m m m m m a m m mm VOL XXXIII, No. 219 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Should Bo Provided Inside Ten New Air Invasion By Allies of ten years and it will be be , 31 " M . J P" I J 1 f sleet) if the next twenty-five i construction of a road connecting Hazelton ! Alaska Highway and 4. -..J one runner west uuu the coast and south-iska," asserted O, D. city engineer of Sas- Declaration of War on Germany CIVILIAN SABOTEURS ARE SHOT IN CHINA KUNMING, Sept. 18 0 Hundreds of Japanese saboteurs In civilian clothes were reliably ported today to have filtered in-,to the key city of Kwellen. They were being rounded up and sum-jmarllly shot. New Orders In Winding Ud of War Complete Agreement Between Roosevelt and Churchill On Future Plans QUEBEC, Sept. 18 (CP) Orders incidental to vast new war developments were sifting: out to the fighting fronts, war factories and governmental officials today following the Roosevelt - Churchill conference. The meeting ended in complete agreement on plans for the winding up of the European war, adjustment of military and quasi-military questions tn Europe after the end of' hostilities and unloosing of a giant combined offensive on the Japanese in the Far East. An announcement made at the conclusion of the conference was that a single com mand-in-chief in the Pacific was considered impracticable, mainly owing to the great ROME PRISONER SLAIN BY MOB Infuriated At Postponement of Trial of Former Police Chief ROME, Sept. 18 CT) A mob, infuriated by the postponement of the trial of Pletro Caruso, former police chief In Rome, dragged him out of the courtroom today and killed him, throwing the body into the Tiber River. Allied authorities, fearing riots, had ordered posponcment of the trial. Caruso was police chief in Rome during the last four months of the Nazi regime. ASSIZE COURT Five divorce cases will come before Mr. Justice A. J. MacFar-lane In the fall sitting of Assize court which opened today. They are: Granby William Watmaugh, petitioner, versus Florence Wat-mough, Vlncenf Langdon, corespondent. Alex Edward Pongracz, petitioner, versus Mildred Janet Pongracz, Leonard Cretney, corespondent. Dora Annie White, petitioner, versus George White, Port Simpson. Robert Henry Phillips, petitioner, versus Elnnos Alegra Phillips, George C. Soames, corespondent. Rose Violet Magner, petitioner versus Albert Lee Magner. Nazis Burn Villa ges and Farms Navy A ttacks Islands STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18 ... . (CP)-A formal Finnish n Batt,c of e Italv declaration of war against Germany appeared lmin-ent today as Finnish fury mounted against German troops who wontonly burned villages and farms as they withdrew from northern Fin land. The Finnish cabinet met and there were strong indications that action could be expected momentarily. The Finnish press asserted flately that a state of war al ready exists with Germany. Stockholm newspapers reported that several German destroyers and a cruiser were observed In the vicinity of strategic Aland island which the Finns have fortified strongly and gunfire suggested the pos sibility that the islands might be under attack. Assize Court Opens FALES DEFENDS SELF IN THEFT HEARING TODAY Defendant In the only criminal case to appear before Mr. Justice A. D. McFarlane of Victoria in fall session of Assize Court which opened here this morning. George Dewey Faleswill act as counsel on his own behalf. Fales, a former C.N.R. tele graph operator, Is charged with theft of $295 from his employers on February 25. His case was or iginally scheduled to have been heard In the Spring Assizes but was set over by Mr. Justice J. O. Wilson when Fales did not Bond of $1,500, on which hi had been freed, was estreated by the couft. Fales returned to Prince Rupert from the United States in August. The present session, which opened at 11 o'clock this morning, was adjourned until 3 o'clock due to a lack of jurors. T. W. Brown Is crown counsel. Following Is the list of jurora so far called: Hector Adamson, II. A. Allan, D. G. Borland, Mrs. J. C. Boulter, Axel Hansen, D. L. Jones, C. F. Loper, J B. May, R. H. McClare, Mrs. Jean McCly-mont, T. A. McMeekln, jr., J. P. McNeil, Peter McWllllam, Paul Nellson, Arthur Palmer, George Phllllpson, C. R. Raabe, James Rhodes, Mrs. Emily Rothwcll, O. R. Shenton, William Stuart, L. H. Swanson, Allen Syverson, Carl Warn. Reds Are Driving Into Baltic States UNITED STATES BOMBER CRASHES IN PEACE RIVER EDMONTON, Sept. 18 A United States Army bomber, on the way to Russia, crashed 65 miles southeast of Grande Prairie. There were two men on board but planes which sighted the wreck saw no signs of life. HALIBUT SALES American Rainier, 40,000, Storage, 15 and 132. RIGA IS NEWEST OBJECTIVE OF INTENSIVE ATTACK; EVERY NAZI POSITION TO BE CLEANED UP MOSCOW, Sept. 18 m "A mounting Russian offensive In Jelgava near the Latvian capital of Riga has smothered violent German counter-attacks marked by the reckless use of large numbers of tanks, front line dispatches .said today. Berlin said that the Germans had advanceu to within fourteen miles of Riga In the new offensive. Meanwhile Moscow report that the Red Army was consolidating and building up the last phase of preparations for the coming assault on every Nazi-held position on the eastern front. Capture of more localities in the drive Into Transylvania was reported by Moscow. The Moscow communique did not mention the battle for Fighting Is Very Fierce Both Fifth and Eighth Army Pounding At Nazi Defences ROME, Sept. 18 Q Fierct fighting raged today all along the Italian front after powerful assaults by the British Eighth and Allied Fifth Armies against heavily fortified German lines, diahs and Greeks fought forward a few hundred yards to reach the northwestern corner of Rimini air field. British and American Fifth Army units hammered at the Ggthlc Line after repulsing Nazi counter-attacks and inflicting heavy damage on the enemy. WEATHER FORECAST Queen Charlottes and North Coast: Mostly fair and mud ex cept locally. Cloudy in morning and becoming partly cloudy Tuesday. Mod. to fresh winds lo caily. Light sheltered areas CLOSING ON PHILIPPINES Further Important Island Con quests by Allies in Southwest Pacific PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 18 iff) United States Marines advanced north one-third of a mile on Pelellu and army troops occupied the entire northeast curve of Angaur against heavy enem opposition. Official communiques Indicated that United States forces were speeding towards a conquest of the two Islands in the Palau group. These islands are important in connection with the campaign which is closing in on the BIG STORM BLOWN OUT NEW YORK, Sept. 18 0 At least 39 persons lost their lives Pn the Adriatic coast Cana I in the hurricane which swept up the Atlantic Coast last Thursday, causing damage estimated at between $30,000,000 and $53,000,000. The tall-end of the storm wa6 blowing across the Maritime Provinces Saturday and was los ing force although causing sonu damage in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. EIGHT ENEMY SHIPS SUNK ROME, Sept. 18 iff) An- Allied task force, including aircraft carriers, has sunk more than eight enemy ships in the Aegean Sea off Greece, it was announced today ...... - WAR NEWS AIR ARMY IN HOLLAND LONDON The first airborne army consisting of strong Allied forces has been landed in Holland. Landings were made in three regions. Canadians are included in the forces. General Dwight P. Eisenhower, Allied commander-in-chief, broad cast a message to Dutch patriots saying: 'The hour for which you have waited so long has struck." GERMAN DEFENCES CRACKING -ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS The Siegfried Line has been pierced by the Allies in at least six places and the Nazis are withdrawing toward the Rhine River on the east bank of which" they are expected to make a death stand in defence of the Reish. The United States First Army, after a breakthrough, is now within 23 miles of the great industrial city of Cologne. The Seventh is reported to have reached Belfort and the Third is fifteen miles from Saar. Around Aarhen there is stiff fighting. United States forrcs entered the city bu were foiced to withdraw. German counterattacks between Metz and Nancy have been repulsed and the fall of Metz to the Allies is expected momentarily. The Battle of Germany is proceeding along a 50-mile ftont between Switzerland and the Netherlands. HITLER APPEALS TO JAPS STOCKHOLM There is an unconfirmed report here that Adolf Hitler has asked the Japanese ambassador to Berlin to aid Germany in making peace with Russia. RUSSIANS ENTER SOFIA LONDON In their diive down the Balkans toward Yugoslavia the Russian forces have entered Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. GERMANS EVACUATING WARSAW MOSCOW The Germans are reported to be blowing up utilities, barracks and other installations in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, indicating that an evacuation is taking place. The Red Army is now throwing pontoons across the Vistula iUver from the industrial suburb of Praga. JAPANESE QUITTING PHILIPPINES TOKIO U js reported here that the Japanese are evacuating the big port of Davao on Mindanao Islad in the Philippines. The Manila radio has warned the people, there that they should prepare air raid shelters at once. CANADIANS IN ITALY ROME In Italy the Canadians are attacking the village of San Marinto, two miles from Rimini. TITO IN DALMATIANS ANKARA Marshal Tito's Yugoslav loyalist forces have captured two islands in the Dalmatian group in their campaign to cut off the Germans in the Balkans. IN CELEBES AND CERAM ALLIED. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA Three Japanese ships were destroyed and another was beached In aerial attacks on the Celebes and Ceram by Allied bombers. Allied objectives on the perimeter of Morotal Island invaded September 15 have been reached. ALLIED DEFEAT IN CHINA CHUNGKING The Allies suffered a strategic defeat at the hands of the Japanese today with their withdrawal from air bases at Kweilen which they had spent two years in preparing. However, all the installations were completely destroyed and the city is in ruins. Move to Open Way To Berlin Around Westwall Defence CANADIANS REACH BOULOGNE DOCKS AND FALL OF IMPORTANT CHANNEL PORT IS IMMINENT . LONDON, Sept. 18 (CP) The Paris radio reported today that Allied airborne troops have occupied Tilburg, Niginegen and Eidoven in Holland, all points at which the Germans said Allied troops had landed. Meanwhile a great armada of bombers and transport planes fed supplies to the airborne army and destroyed twenty-seven of 1 fS ,?S?."ehK" ""ch!l'Klin(T Ite-occupicd- Additional airborne reinforcements and supplies were landed by glider in Holland today. Supreme headquarters an nounced that the airborne army which landed Sunday had won the first round in the battle; to lay open flat lands of north Germany for an Invasion around tne Siegfried Line in the dlr- ectlon of Berlin. ! The British Second Army has plunged forward from bridgeheads across the Schelde-Meuse Canal, the offensive being aimed at Unking with the airborne army in Holland. A front line dispatch said that the First Canadian Army had reached the dock area of Boul ogne where some four thousand German "are believed to be hold Ing out. Although Boulogne is not yet officially announced to have been captured, its fall can-holTbe 'farawSy;' "There Is ho change in the-position of the besieged ports of Dunkerque and Calais. New Air Blows IN WAKE OF INVASION OF NETHERLANDS No Respite Given Reich Big Fires In Bremen LONDON, Sept. 18 ff) The German radio indicated that a series of big new alr blows were falling on Germany today 5pth north and south in the wake of Sunday's airborne land-' lngs in Holland and overnight Royal Air Force mosquito at tacks on Bremen. I Many big fires were reported! In Bremen. Royal Air Force fighters strafed enemy airfields and destroyed two Nazi fighters. Spearheads of the First American Army which had pierced the Siegfried Line south of en circled Aachen held oh grimly today to positions 20' to 25 miles from Cologne. The Third Army along the Mo selle River In eastern Franco hammered eastward into the Vosgies Mountains. Since the formation of the First Canadian Army In France July 23 It has taken 52,971 pris oners, it was announced today SOUTH AFRICAN MINES PRETORIA P) It is expected that two new collieries to be opened in the Transvaal will produce about 100,000 tons of Japs Being Driven Out Campaign in Burma Is Going Favorably For Allies CUNGKING, Sept. 18 CB The Chinese command announces that Chinese forces have reoccu- pled the Important Burma road base of Lungllng in Yunnan Province after the Japanese withdrawal. The United States air force, meanwhile, destroyed and ylr-, tually abandoned bases near Kwellin, provisional capital In invaded Kwangsl Province, lnlhe facoof gravis 'Japihescthreat oh that city and on the whole structure of United States military effort in China. Indian troops, driving close to Tiddim, Japanese jumping oft base for last winter's Invasion of India, have crossed the Manlpur river against light resistance in the Arakan area of southern Burma. S British troops beat oft four night attacks on forward positions south of Maungdaw as the Japanese attempted to recover territory lost in a new drive of invasion. Bulletins LIGHTS OF LONDON LONDON Lights went on again in London last night but it was only for a short time because soon there was an air raid alert and buzz bombs, supposedly shot from planes, started landing. Theatres and cafes had their lights burning brightly for a time but few street lights were turned on as switching, after the long blackout, has not yet been reorganized. 800 AT UNIVERSITY VANCOUVER The University of British Columbia has reopened with a record enrolment of new students estimated at 800, more than 100 more than last year. CIVIL DEFENCE VANCOUVER Leaving on his return to Ottav.fa. after a visit here, Hon. Ian Mackenzie said he hoped for an early relaxation of civilian defence measures. He would make representations to Ottawa with that end in view. a month at the start. After I Vaccination was discovered by three years the output should be Edward Jenner, an English phy-about 295,000 tons monthly. slclan. Wanted Local Shipyard Requires Journeymen Helpers, also Women and Boys as Rivet Passers and Markers. Apply National Selective Service A.M. 150. 1 r4 As! si 1. t