,tt V Jul.- fi Only a short time after she :: H M.C.S. St. Laurent destroy a U-boat, . ;n a, one of the Royal Canadian Navy's ,vcd another, Hon. Aneus L Macdnnalrl. i r f rational defence for naval services, an-1 1 otfay. bwansea va8 assisted hv H.M.S. !ussians unpB orward uMO.V July S (CD - K the Kumians lungca trd "if name anu urn ;cJa today slaughtering tcin dclrndm and rap-nr a number of loans, radio icportrd Stock -n drpatchn to thr rffrrt it Adolf llltlrr had derided thrtv all hi reserves into ;iftnttr struggle on thr tern front, bf Kutsians have crashed irrr ta WHno in pre-war ind. rapturing two Initial tailvay junction on mt from Mimk. n thr Krd Armlrt rradlrd jMlt plunge Into Latvia 'CUhiinU, thrrr vrfc In- of a nrr Soviet !i'.:cr. ilmrd at I'intk and U:X in I'oUnd. RDROME INURED toi Stales l orrr Improrr 'j rc ition on Normloor II - "V J -.uv 6 c? United .li'.ured Koran-ti Noemfoor - jfier the land--d in the 1m-"f Kamlrl ar-was only minor - patrols on the Nrw Outne main- :i Hay ata are t the Japaneae-u r fH'lds. tspitals Buzz Bombs Hit 3 KHIrrf II nl 'R7 rubies Are Rescued J . v c - rootless !' b.'ic planes were r ;:an(1 last night wrir hit. In one ft iiy babies, none w -r ra.tualtlrs. al- -rjrsrs killed. - were Pelican, a Royal Navy tloon Thr kill by Swansea brings to five the successes Against U-1 boat announced by thr Minuter recently Fir to score wax the Irigatr HMCfl. Waskeslu Thr second triumph was rune up by a croup of Canadian ship In whleh the corvette Chun war nteyed the major role. Then HMCA St. Laurent, a destroyer, assisted by It M.CJB. Swan-tea wiped out another U-boat with depth charges and gun fire. Next the frigate 11MJCS. Prince Rupert assisted United State forces In sinking a submarine The minister emphasised that the first three frigates to have been built on the West Coast of Canada have all destroyed U-I boats, with Swansea sharing if lute destruction of two Thr : 'rlgats have made their kills In the order In which they wrrc OuUt. H At C-8 Waskeslu was the ; first to be commissioned and the first to make her kill .HJ.I OS Swwiuca and 1LMC.S. Prtnce Rupert made their debuts In ; that order Grand BOXING SHOW SB AT Staff House Dining Hall 7tli Avenue East MAIN LVENT Young Tommy Burns CANADIAN ARMY vs. Ray Smith II.S. ARMY - Tonight 7 PlcRorve Seals S2..rill f-ncriil Admission S2.00 Doors Open 7:15 p.m. Auspices BoilennuUers' Athletic Cluli TICKETS ON SALE AT GROTTO CIGAR STORE She Burma -Yunnan border towarf juncUon with American and Chine forces In North Burma, have reduced the gap between them to 36 miles but a mount, ainous region threatens to delay an eventual meeting. The Chinese have captured 22 miles west of the Japanese baw-al Tanachung and 26 mile aiMj least of Oeneral Joseph Still weus unusual saaon in uurma Headquarters announced that the British. Americans and Chi- nei, operating In North Burma. have killed 11.7K .Japanese pattern ich apparenUy split they launched their campaign the hull of the U-boat like r early thu year cocoa nut and forced It to th? - surface The U-boat broke the water about 1JD00 yards away from Swansea and astern of her. The frigate went round hard to starboard and ran parallel to It. ofening up with all guns which could be brought to bear. 8he was followed closely by Pelican. Both ships scored hit with their heavy guns and swept the Natl with Oerllkon .fire The submarine nrvrr fully surfaced." says Commander King. "Tlicrr was never any more than Its conning tower and a bit of its drrk show inc. It was badly damacrd when It rame up." Twelve minutes after It was blown to the surface the U-boat made Its death dive, stern first with Its bow tilth in the air. LOG SCALE MOUNTING lias Reached Over One llun-died Thousand Board In Tlrst Half of Year Lob scaling in Prince Rupert forestry district for the first half of 1944 amounted to 100,-104.700 board feet as compared with 65.678309 board feet In the corresponding period of last year. The production of poles and piling this year Is slightly In exceas of last. 743.766 lineal feet comparing with 710346 lineal feet. Log scaling during the month of June this year reached the Doth Swansea ana Pelican substantial volume of 43,096.461 n.rfi,iv innrrd whalers to board feet compared with 24.- .......V V.- ... 1 . . . . (Continued on Page 2 jaiRW ouara icri in uic same month last year. This Included 816.283 board feet of fir. 3.395 460 board feet of cedar. 27.77S. 755 board feet of spruce. 10,457, 835 board feet of hemlock, 403, 807 board feet of jackplne, 253. 265 board feet of balsam and 17.050 board feet of mlscellane ous. i Production of poles and piling in the interior was light this June at 14.415 lineal feet of cedar, compared with 169,405 ff ' . Threaten Florence Hay Ceiling Is Adjusted . ROME July Iff - In- 1 dian troops of the British Eighth Army have reached I the outskirts of Undertide In the upper Tiber Valley 4 and are threatening the main road to Florence. headquarters announced to- 4 day. Stiffening Oerman re- aistanee has brought the 4 Allied Fifth Army's advance up the Italian west coast e to a virtual standstill. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. THURSDAY, 3VTXT?12i Thj Rt iai farad :a Nav f-lgate HM&B. Swansea wh.; h rewriy de.-trorcd a German jbr.a-. le to bring her scire of U boat k ... two. The submarine was so badly damaged bv depth charge j from he Swansea and a Royai Navy sloop, which assisted in the attack Out it bare.'y broke surface before sink ng The two ships picked up survivors Moving On Nipponese I'inrrrs Movement on Japanese in North Burma Being Closed by Chinese and Americans. Tlw eomnunHliur nttT nf CHUNOK1NO. July 6 O - IMCS Swansea. Commander Chin": flfhtlng akmg the Clarence A. King. DA.O.. DS C . Legion of .Merit 'UJS.t. R.C.NJI.. of Oliver, llC. deaeribes the tussle in which the frigate played the star role as a "textbook action." Immediately the presence of the submarine became known "Action Stations' clanged throughout Swansea. The frig ate made her first run dropped a pattern of depth chart- Shortly attar, she dropped another pattern and was joined then by HH&. Pell- te- FIRE, NOT MUDPIES, BQYS' PLAYTHING 0 local Temperature Local Tides Friday, July 7 63 High 1:35 222 feet lit" JH 14:40 19.7 feet 50 Low 8:24 1.0 feet 20:28 6.1 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIAN NEWSPAPER xxx u "1 Emu: C AXAIUAN VICTOItV M.C.S. Swansea Bags Nazi Boat; Makes Fifth Enemy I Victim in Recent Weeks PRICE FIVE CENTS bot Bombers Hurt Britain feet last year. Ties numbered 10.913 pieces 1.374 spruce and 9.539 jackplne and 525 cords of wood were counted. BASEBALL SCORES National League Philadelphia 9-12, Pittsburgh 4-2. Boston 7, Chicago 2. Brooklyn 1. Cincinnati 4. New York 1. St. Louis 4. American League St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2. Chicago 1. Washington 3. Cleveland 2. New York 6. Detroit 8, Boston 1. International league Syracuse at Baltimore post- . poned. Jersey City 0, Newark 2. Rochester 6, Montreal 4. American Association St. Paul 13, Minneapolis p. Coast league Los Angeles 3, Hollywood 0. Oakland 1, San Francisco 8. Seattle 8. Portland 4. San Diego 5, Sacramento 6. 1 Tonight's train, due from the east at 10:45. was reported this afternoon fo be on time. OTTAWA. July 6 9 The War time Prices and Trade Board announces a minor adjustment In the price celling for hay sold in British Columbia. The differ ntisl holu-non th Mlhnu kxr-c and baled hay Is increased DUl n?1 Pre from 13 to 14 ner ton Th m understood by employees of the differential remains in effect ir. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. LONDON. O To show that Christianity "is not a thing of misery and cant." Rev. It. Doble, vicar of a London suburban church has founded the "League of Merry Laughter" and has dis tributed such slogans as: "Laughing Lips Never Lie:" "The Twinkle In the Eye is a Spark of Heaven In the Heart " with President Franklin D. Koosevelt. Later lie will visit Ottawa. JAPS USING GAS WASHINGTON A United States officer, assigned to investigate reports of the Japanese using poison gas against the Chinese, confirms that such was done. He found evidence of both mustard and Lewisite gas having been used. HUMAN SLAUGHTER HOUSES LONDON Brendon Bracken, British minister of information, told the House of Commons that the Nails are operating "human slaughter houses" In occupied European countries. Into them Jews are being herded to be killed. BIG CIKCUS F1IIE HARTFOKD. Conn. Several persons may have been trapped under the main tent of the Itlngling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey cirrus which took fire and collapsed today while crowded with patrons. Two rrcmbes on Seventh Avenue Cast United by Lads lesteiday Afternoon J It was not mud pies that the i six-year-old boy was talkine about when he told his com-, panlcin at play at 5 o'clock Wed-; nesdav night. "You make your? here and 111 make mine over there He was talking about, fires. So One boy proceeded to lay1 and Bent a fire under the wall at the side of a bouse at 538 Seventh Avenue Bast. The other boy started his fire under the Seventh Avenue Meat Market the building occupying the front part qf the same lot. Having somehow procured matches, they had no trouble gathering bits of paper and shingi. The fires started off well, and soon the bottoms of both buildings were burning. Then same adult had to spoil the tobytrphPWB8, department The boys, smelling trouble, decided to leave. The fire department had nr trouble putting out the fire but were unable to find the youngsters, whose conversation had Seventh Avenue Market. Winnipeg Truck Driver Held Up WINNIPEG, uly 6 9 A pay roll of $1,700 and a marked check for a substantial amount were seized by two robbers who held up Henry Saunderson. truck driver. In North Winnipeg and escaped in an automobile. bulletin A iicicii is nouni:i LONDON Upwards of 500 American bombers attacked northwestern Germany and air fields and robot bomb nest sites in France today. Overnight the Koyal Air I'orce struck in great strength at the I'as-de-Calals area and Dijon, railway centre south of Paris. DeGAULLi: IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON General Chailcs I)r Gaulle arrived in Washington today to confer Til KIT. RONS CASUALTIES V A N UO U V ER Clarence Wallace. Vancouver shipbuilder has received wind that his third son. Pilot Officer Phillip Wallace, U.C.n.. ., is missing after air action over France. Two other sons have been casualties of this war. one missing, and the other believed dead. BOARD HEAD RESIGNS OTTAWA Kejie .Morin has resigned as chairman of the board of governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He will be replaced by Howard D. Chase, of Montreal. LIBEKATED AKEA M1AEI Since June 6 the Allies have liberated 1.300 square miles of France, averaging about 43 square miles a day. CHINA'S STATE SERIOUS CHUNGKING Speaking on the anniversary of eighth year of the war with Japan, General Chiang Kal Chek told the Chinese nation today. "The military situation in China is grave, but we will continue to fight until we achieve victory." NEED NO PASSrOKT V A N COUVL K Canadian visitors to the United States are' no longer required to produce passports or visas to cross the border. A spokesman for the Immigration authorities said today that in most cases u (national registration card would be enough. This is applicable to visits of 29 days or less. BATTLE OF NORMANDY IS SAVAGE SHAEF, July 6 (CP) The British and Canadians are engaged in one of the mot savage encounters of the Ncrmandy campaign In the area around newly-captured Carpiquet where the Germans have reached a con-ceptration of one division to every three miles, it was announced today. The Americans have bypassed besieged La Haye da I'uits at the base of Gotentin Teninsula while other units are battling inside the town after capturing the railway station. Hand-to-hand fighting for an air field adjacent to Car piquet is continuing. JUNE PERMIT VALUE $12, Security Subject I.O.D.E. Address Regent Mrs. D. C. Stuart in the Storage chair. There was a fair attend ance of members. Arraiwcments were made to accept the names of volunteers to help with the Civic Centre carnival next wTek. Other business was om a routine nature. JUNE EIRES WERE FEW June was the slackest month so tar this year for the city fire Prime Minister Makes Statement to House On Effect of New Attacks So Far 2,752 Persons Have Been Killed, Mostly in London Children Being Evacuated European Campaign Will Not Suffer LONDON, July 6 (CP) German flying bombs have killed 2,752 persons and wounded 8,000 others since the blind robot attacks, centred on London, started three weeks ago, Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons today. More than 10,000 of the casualties were in London, Mr. JAPS LOSE MANY MEN Battle for Hengyang is by no Means One-sided Chinese Score Rout CHUNGKING, July 6 Cf The Japanese, attacking the railway . u-.u. tr b-ji iwwn oi uengyang in nunan UU"UU16 " ' i Province, lost more than 6.000 issued to the North Star Bottling I men tJUed ta 1Q days ol fignt Works in June, made up moreimg. than half the value of the! Chinese defenders, striking month's issue of $12.400 Jt repair, hard with air and artillery sup tnh nn the tu. cafe accounted ' port, routed the .Japanese Irom fnr onn hrr SfKl Hvf fllTUT wu it luuca Buuuicuk l alteration and repair Jobs rang- Hengyang where the Invaders r KM,rwn 1fft anrt SRflO com-I"" cuu nAiiwjw-auMHi Dieted the list Value of permits issued in June was the highest since March, although it was less than one quarter of that montli , total. Permits valued at $52,56:-were issued in March. May per mit Issue totalled $4,975. -So tar thiyear $176,060 worth 'af'theJ'cn ec r 's o f f ice For the first half of last year the total was $262,630. The following permits were issued in June: L. D. Cafe Wong Blng Fongt. Third Avenue West, repairs, $4500. J H: Hall. Sixth Avenue East, addition, $100. North Star BotUlng Works. Second Avenue West, new building. $6,250. J. S. Black. Fifth Avenue West., addition, $400. H. B. M. Valentin, Atlln Avenue, repairs, $100. Overwaltea Co., Third Avenue West, alterations. $800. John Moatad, Ninth Avenue West, repairs, $250. Railway. Disaster In Mine From 4Q to 75 .Men Believed Dead in Ohio Colliery BELLAIRE, Ohia, July 6 An unknown number of miners, variously estimated at from 40 to 75, is imprisoned by fire in the Powhatan mine. Nine, hours later an official ortUie United Mine Workeis expressed doubt if any would be' 'reached alive. Hope was later abandoned of rescuing any alive. The official said there was no way of getting the men back of the shaft without forcing carbon monoxide gas into the chamber where they are. Government Taking Over B.C. Electric VANCOUVER, July 6 Pre- , , , , . mler John Hart has submitted Think twice before you speak ; an of BrlUsh columDia of security matters, then say government to take over and very little." Captain R- ThUtle. operate the British Columbia area army intelligence officer, ' pJptrip Railu-av nn. Annmvui guest speaker, told a meeting of the Queen Mary Chapter I.OD.E. last night. He said that a great deal of damage could be done by careless people who happen on matters of military Importance. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. S. Pierce, with of the municipalities concerned is sought HALIBUT SALES American Thor. 50.000. 15c and 13 Vic, Atlin and Pacific. Aleutian, 50.000, 15c and 13 Vic Hazel H., 27,000. 15c and 13tic Booth. Canadian Ankar A., 10,000, 18Vc and 16V4C Whiz. Venture IL. 18,000, 18 Vic and 16Vfcc, Royal. DEGREES TO NATIVES CAPE TOWN, 0 At the annual graduation ceremony of the South African Native College at Fort Hare, B. A.'s were conferred the degree of Bachelor of department, only five calls being Science, one being the first na-received. Total number of calls tlve woman to take this degree, received so far this year Is 58. 1 There were nine calls In May. I Last year the department answered eight calls In June, and the six-month total was 68 calls !N'o appreciable damage was done by an" of the fires last month. However, the fire department is not taking any exceptional credit for the dearth of fires. Chief II. T. Lock has come toi the conclusion that fires occur, in cycles. "A cycle of bad fires might : start any time, and it is best! for the public and the depart-men tot 'w;v n!c,-t " he say. i Churchill said. The Prime Mln- lster announced that children were t-eing sent from the capital as In the blitz days four years ago. More Britons have been killed by the flying bombs in southern England than were killed in the first 15 days of the blitz, Mr. Churchill disclosed. "It would be a mistake to underestimate the serious nature of the attacks," he said. The government was doing everything in its power to combat them and had not failed yet. One hundred to 150 of the robots were coming ov; dally but a great many pfrthein failed to cross the cnannei ana many were being shot down before they reached the capital. The average was about one person killed for each bomb that came over, there having been 2,750 of the robots so far. "We shall not allow batUe operations in Normandy or th: attacks on Europe to suffer. They must came first," Mr. Churchni stated.' about 50,000 tons of Allied bombs have been dropped on robot launching bases in Francee. The House cheered when Mr. Churchill, declaring that the government would not leave London, said: "Here we began the war. Here we will see it end. ATTORNEY GENERAL VISITOR Hon. R. L. Maitland, attorney general, and T. W. S. Parsons, commissioner of British Columbia Police, are visiting the city on official business. Mr. Malt-land arrived In the city on last night's train from Edmonton. Commissioner Parsons came ,'jn last night from Stewart. They will proceed south from here to Victoria as soon as they have cleaned up such matters as require attention in Prince Rupert. This morning Mr. Maitland and Commissioner Parsons were in session with the mayor and city officials to discuss city policing. The attorney general was the speaker at the regular weekly luncheon of the Prince Rupert Rotary Club today. Farmers Are Predominant REG IN A, July 6 O) The first C.CJ". government In history will take office in Saskatchewan July 10 with a 12-men cabinet led by Premier-elect T. C. Douglas, aged 39, one of the youngest political leaders in the dominion. r-i 1. t. 1 n mil mS on 30 students, live of whoni - -,7 a. JA. UUlUbCl , flU Ika U Ail slid VrflV- Five studenU toe were women. flTe Iarmerj) three xhool teachers, one lawyer, one railwayman and one co-operative expert Carnival Attraction Flower Show - July 13-14 A Copy of the Prize List-can be had for the asking at Daily News, Evening Empire, Vance's Flower Shop, Prince Rupert Florists or Ormes Ltd. I i