COW.
Sept.
27
ft
-Russian
a
armies
converged
on
;ie
capital
of
Latvia,
today
mturing
more
than
tnree
d
communities
m
uc
uaj.
;
practical
purposes,
Es-to
the
north,
is
already
d.
;!ie
southern
end
of
the
ant
the
Eusslans
appear
nncentratlng
new
pressure
bary.
Paris
radio
quoted
Istan
lomatlc
circles
as
saying
m
believed
only
a
ques-
hours
before
Hungary,
ling
unaer
increasing
j,
appeals
to
the
Allies
'.Turkey
for
an
armistice.
t
the
Pollsh-CzechoSlov-frder
the
Russians
battcr-
hugh
deep
fortifications
zed
Turka
and
nine
other
SUPPORT
CCORDED
JTE
ARMY
m,
Sept
27
O)
For
n
Monday
Allied
fighters
;i
air
cover
for
pocketed
:e
troops
fighting
off
more
Uo
hundred
Nazi
craft.
lour
Gc
r
m
a
n
planes
fcfjtrcyed
and
six
Allied
lire
last,
fi
does
not
take
long
to
impact
of
those
dualities
brought
him
to
the
sup-
pmmand
of
the
armies
of
:racy
M
quickly,
you
becomi
f
that
friendliness
and
!l
that
have
enrisriri
htm
Ithose
prlvtleeert
tn
nrtHrr..
Biiecttonately
as
"Ike."
not
hard
to
sense
that
h:
Prassed
bv
hi.
nnsltlnn
-
..
nunat
the
high
sound-
'e
01
supreme
comman-
4
little
too
rlrh
fnr
thi
of
this
democratic,
mid-
soldier
a
correspondent,
envor-
Hhenhower
is
as
on-
personal
V
as
t
U
rtim.
Nesslonally.
He
wants
to
newsmen
yet
he
is
eager
If
cr"tlng
any
suspicion
Plants
the
limllght.
r
the
headquarters
cor-'aents
find
themsoivpc
ut
The
general
has
"play-
,
ana
enno
rmf
i
v.
WMV
vll
Ai
lid
1,5
his
modest
v
that
rioti
P
detests
eonrerence."
He
prefer
puim
C0rresnnnHnB
j
cm
write
their
articles
as
iJUGATION
JAPS
NOT
OFF
NOW
HARnryn
ci
marines
and
in
4
of
p
,
,
CompIele
Isld
in
the
l.
'
OVU
arounH
To
iwo
en-
It,
i.
c
"lOoav
Nn.w''
t..
area
Indicating
.
th.
on
of
thB
,.i
i
far
off
"a
mign'
INDIAN
DID
$
if
they
had
dug
up
their
Infor
mation
from
any
other
source
ii.
the
world
except
from
the
sup
reme
command.
These
information
sessions
are
sheer
delight.
The
general
Is
always
punctual
and
makes
his
guest
feel
at
home
at
once.
He
appears
at
bit
shy
at
first.
After
giving
what
Information
he
has
he
settles
back
for
questions.
He-
never
parries
them
but
answers
fully
and
straightforwardly.
As
he
relaxes
he
warms
nut
and
unveils
a
keen
sense
of
humor.
You
feel
as
if
you
were
in
the
narlor
of
an
old
friend
in
stead
of
at
the
headquarters
of
the
general
who
Is
directing
the
mightiest
war
in
history.
Gen.
Elsenhower
likes
publicity
for
anyone
but
himself.
If
a
correspondent
wants
to
write
a
story,
which
makes
Joe
Doakes
appear
the
most
important
man
in
the
army
that
is
all
right
with
the
commander.
Gen.
Eisenhower
has
laid
him
seirwlde
open
to
any
cuts
the
press
might
want
to
take.
He
issued
a
directive
that
criticism
of
him
shall
not
be
censord
from
correspondent's
stories
on
the
ground
that
it
is
against
the
supreme
commander.
He
does
ask.
however,
that
ma
commanders
be
not
subjected
U.
criticism.
He
takes
the
stann
that
they
are
carrying
out
his
orders
and
if
there
is
any
blame,
he,
as
supreme
commander,
should
shoulder
it.
It
Is
amazing
how
completely
he
has
been
able
to
divest
himself
mentally
of
his
United
States
nationality.
He
thlnki
only
In
terms
of
the
Allied
armies
not
British,
American,
Cana
dlan
or
French.
In
fact,
such
references
Irk
him
considerably.
He
has
frequently
and
emphati
cally
stated
that
he
is
an
Allied
soldier.
Recently
a
British
party
visited
him
at
his
headquarters
here
at
the
general's
invitation.
He
felt
they
should
know
what
was
going
on.
Hilary
St.
George
Saunders,
assistant
librarian
in
the
House
of
Commons
and
author
of
thu
best
seller
"The
Battle
of
Britain,"
summed
up
the
party's
re-
him."
The
Germans
said
that
new
British
airborne
landings
were
made
Tuesday
southeast
of
Nakacgcn.
A
British-American
advance
was
carried
to
within
eight
miles
or
less
of
Klcve,
northern
anchor
of
the
Siegfried
Line.
Heavy
action
still
marked
the
long
American
front
from
Aachen
to
Belfort.
Infantry
forged
slowly
for
ward
southeast
or
Nancy
ana
east
of
Eplnal
where
the
Germans
said
a
new
German
of
fensive
was
under
way.
A
battle
of
heavy
guns
continued
around
Metz.
The
First
Canadian
Army
hammered
closer
towards
the
outskirts
of
Calais
as
the
little
Channel
port
smouldered
from
a
second
straight
day
of
heavy
Royal
Air
Force
combing.
The
Canadians
overran
most
heavily
fortified
perimeter
defences
west
and
southwest
of
Calais,
taking
more
than
one
thousand
prisoners.
British
forces
of
the
First
Canadian
Army
have
strengthened
their
bridgehead
across
the
Antwerp-Turnhout
Canal
in
the
area
of
Saint
Leonard.
The
Canadians
in-
the
Antwerp
area
action
thus:
.
thp
canal
in
"It
is
a
grand
tonic
to
meet
tion.
'
Southwest
of
Arnhem
the
British
Second
Army
deepened
the
wedge
into
Holland,
reaching
the
Meuse
River
at
points
along
a
forty-rhile
front
and
battled
within
three
miles
of
Germany.
The
British
advanced
on
both
sides
of
the
corridor
to
NlJ-
megen
leading,
to
the
thinner
line
to
Arnhcm.
considerable
strength.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrows
Tides
.
9
Years
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
United
States
Gives
Thursday,
September
28,
1911
High
10:34
18.0
feet
4
Time
lore
Estimate
of
Pacific
22:30
10.9
feet
War's
Length
Low
3:59
52
feet
16:18
8.0
feet
Needed
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Sept.
27
JT)
VOL.
XXXIII,
NO.
227
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
27,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
AS
ML..
or
Japs
The
job
-
mg
ed
to
ror.
bute
minimum
;
v
9
v
UL
,ipfeat
of
Germany,
the
Una
wVv.
.
print"'
.
.
..
i
.
i
.
'i.r
fice
of
War
Information
said
today
ary
Weakens
.
I
T-
ueaea
10
k
Peace
Ml
Allies
hg
Hani-Pressed
ians
Converging
liga
or.
C7,
O'
KILL
HIS
mi
&
NANALMO,
Sept.
27
Oi-
'.gln-
ald
Paul,
Sechelt
Indian,
was
acquitted
by
a
Supreme
Court
Jury
yesterday
on
a
murder
charge
laid
in
connection
with
the
death
of
his
wife
aboard
tht
celner
Freya
on
March
24,
Paui
testified
that
his
wife
fell
down
a
deep
stairway
in
the
boat
dur.
lng
a
drinking
party.
CONSTRUCTION
MEN
IN
CITY
A
party
of
Canadian
construction
executives
arrived
in
the
city
this
morning
from
Vancouver
on
an
Informal
tour
of
the
Prince
Rupert
district.
They
are
W.
C.
McOolpln,
president
Brick
and
Tile
Manufacturing
Association;
J.
W.
Gooch,
president
National
Construction
Council;
J.
C.
Rellly,
manager,
National
Construction
Council;
and
H.
C.
Nicholls,
president
Canadian
Construction
Association.
The
men
are
accompanied
by
their
wives.
This
afternoon
they
were
guests
at
a
Gyro
luncheon
meet
Local
Temperature
Maximum
64
Minimum
40
i
ing,
later
taking
a
short
trip
out
the
highway.
They
will
leave
on
tonight's
train
for
HURT
BY
ROBOMB
LONDON
Oh
Lady
Daphne
Russell,
only
daughter
of
the
Duke
of
Bedford,
was
Injured
by
a
flying
bomb
while
serving
in
a
forces
canteen
In
southern!
England.
.
-
.
EISENHOWER
IS
"MAN'S
MAN"
Y
"Ike-
Hates
Publicity,
Hookey
from
Corres-
P'ntj
and
Likes
Informal
nj
Better
fj
Marshall
Yarrow
'cti
War
Correspondent)
IANCED
ALLIED
COM
POST
Normandy,
Sept
Reuters)
A
few
minutes
.
Dwlght
D.
Elsenhowei
you
is
a
"man
las
well
as
a
"soldiers'
sol-
ALLIED
LANDINGS
MADE
ON
BALKAN
COAST
,
.
.
I
CANADIAN
SAILORS
LEND
HELPING
HAND
TO
WOUNDED
GERMANS--Canadian
seamen,
aboard
one
of
the
Canadian
ships
that
took
pan,
in
the
invasion
of
southern
Francejnan
stretchers
to
bring
burned
and
injured
German
naval
prisoners
aboard
their
ship
in
the
Mediterranean
off
the
invasion
beachhead.
The
Germans
were
picked
up
by
an
American
PT
boat
from
which
the
transfer
is
being
made.
Air
Army
Withdrawn
With
Heavy
Casualties
First
Retreat
of
Invasion,
2,000
Cross
to
South
Bank
of
Rhine.
Unable
to
Take
Wounded
LONDON,
Sept.
27
The
British
airborne
army
besieged
near
Arnhcm,
Germany,
after
they
landed
there
a
week
ago
has
been
withdrawn
to
the
south
bank
of
the
Rhine
River,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
There
was
no
official
indication
of
the
number
of
men
withdrawn,
but
the
report
said
that
jt.
was
necessary
jo
leave
the
-wounded-behind
as
prisoners.
A
National
Broadcasting
Company
correspondent,
David
Anderson,
broadcast
from
the
front
line
this
morning
that
2,000
men
had
been
rescued
from
the
Arnhcm
pocket.
He
said
that
1,200
wounded
had
been
left
behind.
The
original
airborne
army,
he
said,
was
estimated
at
between
7,000
and
8,000
men.
LONDON,
Sept.
27
)
CP)
Official
silence
still
hid
the
fate
today
of
the
British
airborne
division
in
the
Arnhem
area
but
it
was
indicated
that
the
blackout
might
be
lifted
soon.
The
Germans
claimed
the
parachutists
had
been
wiped
out
with
1500
Britons
dead,
6,540
captured
and
1700
wounded.
There
was
no
Allied
conflrma-
SIX
DRY
DOCK
MEN
JOIN
UP
Six
employees
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock,
all
members
of
the
local
reserve
unit,
left
Tues
day
night
for
Vancouver
to
seek
enlistment
in
the
Canadian
Ac-tice
Army
after
having
made
ap
plication-
through
the
Prince
Rupert
recruiting
station.
They
ure:
Gilbert
Emllc
McRae,
26,
burner,
1531
Overlook
st.
Paul
Robert
Smlgelskl,
burner,
1360
6th
ave.
E.
William
Robert
Nelson,
30,
shipwright,
1439
Sixth
ave.
E.
Kenneth
William
Llneham,
23,
plater
chargehand,
1352
Sixth
ave.
E.
Ellis
Leslie
Mogg,
26,
shipwright,
1356
Sixth
ave.
E.
John
Wellington
Mogg,
18,
joiner,
of
the
same
address.
EIGHTH
ARMY
MOVES
AHEAD
Fifth,
However,
Meets
With
Reverse
Before
Nazi
Counter-Attack
ROME.
Sept.
27
(TO
The
Brl
tish
Eighth
Army
has
extended
bridgeheads
across
the
Rubicon
an4
elements
have
advanced
into
the
outskirts
of
Bellaria,
nearly
eight
miles
northwest
of
Rimini,
A
strong
German
counter
attack
drove
the
Americans
of
thei
Allied
Fifth
Army
from
nart
HliJnelafine:IimT5assr20"mUes
south
of
Bologna.
Canadian
infantry
and
tanks
I
drove
forward
six
miles
beyond
Rimini
along
the
Adriatic
to
take
Bordonchio,
large
coastal
town
north
of
the
fallen
Gothic
Line
anchor.
Nrtmed
Killer
Esposito
Is
Cited
Killer
By
Coroner's
Jury
In
Kevin
Thompson
Killing
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
27
0
Guiseppe
(Joe)
Esposito
was
named
by
a
coroner's
jury
last
night
as
the
man
who
fired
the
shotgun
which
killed
Kevin
Thompson,
22-year
old
ex-service
man,
September
20
at
a
resort
on
East
Hastings
st.
Esposito
is
now
awaiting
preliminary
hearing
on
a
charge
of
murder.
The
coroner's
Jury
recom
mended
that
the
British
Colum
bia
Liquor
Act
be
amended
to
nrovide
Imprisonment
wlthoui
option
of
fine
because
of
the
In
crease
of
crime
due
to
illegal
sale
of
liquor.
SHAKY
COUNTRY
From
1875
to
1886
Japan
had
658
earthquakes.
War
Scene
Is
Shifting
VANGUARD
OF
CANADIAN
ARMY
FOR
PACIFIC
IS
IN
AUSTRALIA-NAVY,
AIR
FORCE
WILL
BE
NEXT
MELBOURNE,
Sept.
27
(CP)
First
Canadian
troops
to
land
in
Australia
arrived
today.
They
were
welcomed
by
the
Canadian
High
Commissioner
who
hinted
they
were
the
vanguard
of
a
Canadian
Pacific
Army.
1
Commissioner
T.
C.
Davis
also
predicted
that
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
would
soon
sec
action
in
the
Pacific
and
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
would
be
turned
against
Japan.
The
Commissioner
said
he
thouglit
the
Canadian
soldiers
would
be
associated
with
the
Australian
army.
-
.
Sea
and
Airborne
Troop
Invasion
of
Albania
and
Islands
Off
Yugo-Slavia
OFFICER
IS
CASHIERED
Winnipeg
Major
Convicted
By
Court-Martial
LONDON,
Sept.
27
Oh
Major
J.
T.
McLou.ghlin,
42,
of
Winnipeg,
commanding
officer
of
the
Canadian
General
Pioneer
Company,
is
to
be
cashiered,
it
was
announced,
today.
McLoughlin
was
convicted
by
a
court-martial
of
improper
reference
to
the
King
In
a
sergeants'
mess,
of
drunkenness,
of
improperly
consuming
liquor
in
a
sergeants'
mess
and
of
threatening
to
commit
suicide.
McLouglln,
who
rose
from
the
ranks,
spent
twenty
years
with
the
Canadian
permanent
army.
R.A.F.
Burned
Out
hitler's
Invasion
LONDON
People
of
liberated
Belgium
told
correspondent"?
that
Hitler
actually
did
begin
an
invasion
of
England
on
September
17,
1940.
The
Invasion,
the
Belgians
said,
end
ed
in
a
holocaust
provided
by
the
R.A.F.
When
German
troop
landing
ships
left
the
Belgian
coas'
RJV.F.
bombers
dropped
tons
of
oil
on
the
water,
igniting
it
with
incendiary
bullets.
Many
German
soldiers
perished,
and
others
were
still
in
Belgian
hos
pitals,
the
Belgians
said.
Rill
I
FTINv&
WEATHER
FORECAST
Light
winds,
increasing
to
moderate,
mostly
cloudy
and
mild.
Thursday
Light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudy
with
occasional
light
rain.
DIVINE
GENIUS
The
name
genius
was
given
by
the
ancients
to
divinities
to
wh'oso
charge
was
committed
the
destines
of
individual
human
beings.
Endeavoring
to
Cut
Off
Germans
Fleeing
Toward
Reich
Squeeze
Play
With
Advancing
Russians
ROME,
Sept.
27
(CP)
Allied
sea
and
airborne
troops
have
landed
in
Albania
and
on
the
islands
off
Yugoslavia,
the
Allied
Command
announced
today,
in
operation
to
block
German
detachments
fleeing
from
the
Balkans
toward
the
Reich.
No
indication
was
given
of
the
size
of
the
units
involved.
Reich
Heavily
Hit
Cities
Back
Of
Siegfried
Line
Targets
Kassel,
Ludwigshafen,
Cologne,
Mainz,
Karlsruhe
and
Frankfurt
LONDON,
Sept.
27
0
More
than
1100
American
heavy
bombers
today
attacked
railway
yards
and
industrial
plants
at
Kassel:,
Ludwigshafen,
Cologne,
Malm,
all
in
western
Germany.
It
was
the
third
straight
day
of
heavy
attacks
on
targets
behind
the
Siegfried
Line.
Overnight
the
-Royal
Air
Force
set
fires
at
the
inland
Germart
port
of
Karlsruhe
and
at
Frank
fort
at
a
cost
of
two
bombers.
It
Is
estimated
that
six
thous
and
tons
of
explosives
have
beeu
plumetted
on
.six
German
cen
tres
in
the
last
24
hours.
More
than
4.000
planes
we
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Ten
American
and
four
Britlsli
CANADIANS
REPATRIATED
JERSEY
CITY
Twenty-eight
Canadians
21
service
men
and
four
civilians
repatriated
from
Germany
where
they
have
been
prisoners
of
war
arrived
here
yesterday
from
Sweden
aboard
the
liner
Grip-sholm
and
left
immediately
for
Canada.
RAIN
ON
PRAIRIES
WINNIPEG
Rain
during
the
past
two
weeks
has
delayed
harvesting
operations.
The
grade
of
un
threshed
grain
will
be
lower
as
a
result.
WERE
AT
HYDE
PARK
LONDON
It
has
been
revealed
since
his
return
home
that
Prime
minister
Winston
Churchill
visited
Hyde
Tark
and
continued
discussions
there
with
President
Roosevelt.
AIMIE
McrilERSON
DEAD
LOS
ANGELES
Aimie
Scmple
McFherson,
colorful
evangelist
of
the
1920's
and
30's
died
here
today
at
the
age
of
53
years.
REDS
IN
HUNGARY
LONDON
A
Berlin
broadcast
heard
here
said
that
troops
of
the
Red
army
had
crossed
the
border
from
Rumania
into
Hungary.
There
was
no
confirmation
of
the
report
from
Moscow,
ALLIES
IN
ALBANIA
ROME
Powerful
Allied
airborne
landings
have
been
made
in
Albania
and
along
the
Yugoslav
Dalmatian
ceast,
it
was
announced
today.
Headquarters
also
revealed
that
waterborne
troops
have
been
making
landings
on
Dalmatian
islands,
cutting
German
retreat
lines
from
the
south.
bombers
were
lost.
At
least
four
German
fighters
were
lost.
More
Rubber
j
From
New
Guinea
j
CANBERRA,
Sept.
7
Vh
In
the
12
months
ended
June
30
this
year,
1,816
tons
of
rubber
were
produced
in
New
Guinea,
an
increase
of
about
30
percent
on
the
previous
year's
production.
An
External
Territories
Department
report
that
reveals
this
says
the
rubber
will
not
affect
the
Australian
tire
making
program
because
Australia
is
committed
to
the
world
rubber
pool,
and
New
Guinea
production
goe3
into
this
pool;
The
report
adds
that
it
has
been
necessary
to
cut
down
the
Australian
and
American
service
tires
production
this
year,
mainly
because
of
manpower
difficulties.
MUD
BATHER
The
lungflsh
of
Africa
can
sleep
in
the
mud
from
one
to
five
years.
Between
the
advancing
Rus-
slans
in
the
northeast
and
Allied
forces
on
the
coast
the
Germans
faced
prospects
of
a
march
through
mountainous
country
dotted
by
partizan
forces
both
Albanian
and
Yugoslav.
Berlin
reported
Allied
landings
from
Albania
along
the
whole
Dalmatlon
coast.
JAP
FREIGHTERS
ARE
BEING
SUNK
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NEW
GUINEA.
Sept.
27
(CB
Allied
bombers
sank
four
freighters
at
Halmahera
and
Borneo
in
an
area
in
which
invasion
forces
now
stand
within
three
hundred
miles
of
the
southern
Japs
Are
Raided
Manchuria,
Occupied
Mima
nit
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m
Out
Attacks
Without
Single
Loss
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WASHINGTON,
D.O,
Sept.
27
(CP)
A
large
force
of
superfortresses
which
struck
targets
in
Manchuria
and
occupied
China
yesterday
returned
to
their
Chinese
bases
without
loss
of
a
single
plane,
the
War
Department
reported
today.
The
aerial
gains
hit
industrial
installations
at
Anshan
in
Manchuria,
dock
areas
at
Dairen
and
military
targets
at
Loyang
and
Haifeng
in
occupied
China.
A
crew
returning
from
Loyang
and
Haefeng
reported
good
results
of
bombing
but
results
of
the
Manchuria
blows
were
not
known
because
of
heavy
cloud
cover.
BETTER
HALF
LONDON
00
Unconscious
humor
In
a
railway
notice:
"When
trains
are
divided
en
route,
the
buffet
car
will
be
available
only
to
the
portion
to
which
it
Is
attached."
XMAS
GREETINGS
TO
OUR
BOYS
!
The
Women's
Auxiliary
of
the
Seventeenth
Coast
S
Regiment,
most
of
whose
members
are
abroad
on
2?
active
service,
is
tonight
dispatching
sixty-five
parcels
W
for
Christmas
to
the
boys.
j?
Among
other
welcome
articles,
the
parcels
will
Sji?
each
contain
a
copy
of
today's
Dally
News.
M
It
may
be
interesting
for
the
boys
to
be
reminded
of
the
identity
of
the
active
and
earnest
workers
of
the
Coast
Regiment
W.A.
who
are
responsible
for
the
'
sending
of
these
parcels.
They
are:
President,
Mrs.
William
Brass.
Vice-President,
Mrs.
R.
S.
Woods.
Secretary,
Mrs.
E.
P.
Smith.
.
Treasurer,
Mrs.
Ronald
Roberts.
1
Mrs.
C.
V.
Evitt,
Mrs.
Elmer
Clark,
Mrs.
Robert
1
Gordon,
Mrs.
P.
Peterson,
Mrs.
D.
Norton,
Mrs.
V.
Houston
and
Mrs.
R.
Taper.
Mrs.
D.
Magnet
made
the
tasty
cakes
which
are
among
the
contents
of
each
parcel.
To
the
boys
of
the
local
regiment
Merry
ChrlstmasI
May
their
Job
be
soon
successfully
accomplished
and,
before
another
Christmas
comes,
may
they
be
safely
home
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