War-!
Election
t
For
Eire
DUBLIN.
May
10
The
government
of
Premier
Eamonn
de
Valerm
suffered
defeat
In
the
Dail
Blreann
by
a
margin
of
one
vote
yesterday
on
a
tranaporta-
Uon
bill
which
would
have
nationalised
Eire
railroads.
A
general
election
will
take
place
probably
on
May
30.
Three
Northern
B.C.
Men
Listed
The
names
of
three
northern
HriUsb
Ootambia
men
appear
op
jthe
latest
Armv
and
Air
Force
.casualty
UsU.
None
of
the
men
are
from
Prince
Rupert.
Listed
as
aughtly
injured
is
Private
John
Arthur
Short.
whose
father.
Leonard
Short.
lives
at
Dawson
Creek.
He
Is
with
a
British
Columbia
Regl-jment
overseas.
Listed
as
wounded
Is
Private
George
Russell
Woodward,
whose
wife.
Mrs
DerUfa
M.
Woodward
Uvea
at
Pinch!
Lake.
Private
Woodward
ward
was
also
with
a
Urn-1
Uh
Columbia
Regiment.
night
Sergeant
William
Karl
Sargent.
fLCAT..
la
luted
as
mlsstng
on
active
service
follow
ing
air
operalwsu.
He
u
the
nn
of
Mrs.
W
8.
Sargtnt,
New
HateMon.
SulletiHA-
;
will
iu:
i!1.acki.isti:i
LONDON
Neutral
nations
'
which
fail
to
co-operate
with
'
the
Allies
in
the
blockade
of
(irrman
industries
face
threat
o'
a
postwar
duckiisi,
me
I'arl
of
Srlbrrne.
minister
of
economic
warfare,
intimated
to
the
House
of
Commons.
VANCOUVER
Six
more
Doukhotrars
three
men
and
three
women
were
senlen-red
to
three
years
each
for
the
men
and
two-and-a-half
years
for
the.
women
as
a
result
of
their
nude
demonstration
In
the
Court
House
here
Monday.
ItOMItlNO
NMV
C.UINKA
ALLIED
IIKAIMIUARTERS
IN
NEW
(lUINi:V
Allied
bombers
blasted
the
enemy's
last
remaining
New
(iulnca
bases,
hitting
the
Wakrtr
aiea,
north-weft
of
Hollandia,
and
other
points
at
the
western
end
of
the
island.
DOl
ltl.ES
TALKING
TIME
OTTAWA
Dr.
Frlgon,
rhalrman
of
the
Canadian
Rroaclrasting
Corporation
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
free
time
allotment
on
netwoiks
for
political
speeches
had
been
increased
Irom
hall
an
hour
to
an
hour
for
national
political
organizations.
Subscribers
.
Victory
Loan
T.
W.
Brown
$1000
1
Harold
E.
Johnson
20!)
i
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
S.
Tlndlll
100
I
Arthur
B.
Thompson
100
Roy
Turner
Lashmar
SO
Prince
Rupert
Dally
News
'additional)
500
Prfnce
Rupert
Group
Toe
H
100
Rev.
James
A.
Donnell
300
James
T.
Harvey
500
Mrs.
Ada
Nesbitt
.100
Mlss.Kdlf
Eldse
50
G.
W.
Watmough
50
Prove
8tPlmaschuk
tr
Mr
Kathleen
D,
Rougeau
50
Norman
llfinls
100
International
Brotherhood
Elertrtenl
W.nkrM
500
AGREEMENT
WITH
DOCK
VANCOUVER,
May
10
O-The
shipyard
General
Workers'
Federation
announced
Tuesday
a
new
agreement
Is
being
drafted
'
lor
presentation
to
the
Orand
Trunk
Pacific
Development
Company,
operators
of
the
Prince
Rupert
shipyard.
The
agreement
would
conU
n
.-lauses
now
Incorporated
in
Vancouver
contracts,
par'.uu-larly
In
regard
to
a
suppleme
tary
agreement
which
is
n
in
the
continuous
prudur.
plan
In
Vancouver
shipyards.
The
Federation
Intend"
to
place
all
shipyards
In
B.C
un
der
the
same
conditions
No
Jurisdiction
Over
Civilians
OTTAWA.
May
10-
An
Of
w
;
magistrate
ruled
yesterday
i.
mlli!ar'
police
are
not
rcau.ar'
police
officers
and
have
no
juns
diction
over
civilians.
Civil
police
should
be
called.
Allan
Kergin
I
q
lirrpccfiil
13
UIUA.C001UI
Allan
3.
Kergin,
son
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
L.
W.
Kergin
of
this
city
has
paed
r
;
Mfti
vear
examinations
In
the
faculty
of
medicine
at
'.he
University
of
Toronto.
t
is
announced.
I
DISCUSS
PEACE
STRUCTURE
LONDON
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
was
present
at
yesterday's
session
of
the
Em-pile
Prime
Ministers'
conference.
The
future
peace
structure
of
the
world
was
lelleved
to
be
the
subject
under
discussion
TO
HANG
JULY
21
WINNIPEG
Albert
West-gate,
convicted
of
the
murder
of
Grace
Edith
Cook,
last
December
1,
was
sentenced
jestcrday
to
hang
on
July
31.
VICTORY
LOAN
SALES
OTTAWA
National
sales
of
Victory
Ilonds
on
Monday
totalled
$61,079,690,
making
the
aggregate
$921,116,100,
which
was
$500.00
ahead
of
the
same
stage
of
the
previous
loan.
TITO
TAKES
CITY
LONDON
Yugoslav
Partisans
have
recaptured
the
city
of
llerane,
Montenegro,
a
communique
said
today.
RATTLE
OF
CHINA
CHUNGKING
The
Chinese
announce
that
they
have
bcattu
back
two
Japanese
forces
trying
to
capture
Loy-ang
but
other
invaders
gained
in
a
drive
south
of
this
battleground
In
llonon
Province.
JAPANESE
REVERSES
Nips
are
Sim
neing
imven
Hack
In
Every
ector
oi
Indian
and
Burma
Fronts.
KANDY,
May
10
O)
The
Jap
anese
have
suffered
heavy
cas
ualties
south
01
Mogaung
in
central
Burma,
headquarters
announced
Wednesday.
It
was
the
first
Intimation
that
the
Allies
were
operating.
A
series
of
Japanese
counterattacks
la
being
pushed
back
with
heavy
lossjs.
and
the
Allied
offensive
Is
going
ahead
In
every
sector
of
the
India
and
Burma
fronts.
THE
DAILY
NEWS
PAGE
THR&
-A
PUT
VICTORY
FIRST
w
Your
Duty
-
-
Do
It
Today
vastopol
Taken
Back
By
Russians
rooo
leded
nrTf
in
Prince
sun
uicinr
lour
more
days
UtUI
necessary
to
Lriptiom
amounl-
L;
:00,000
to
brine
Ltorr
Loan
cam-.net
Kupert
up
to
'
ri.M0
rnuth
rbwriplion.
i
ni(ht
the
tumu.
(or
the
preseni
date
was
$550,-
Ud
with
$716,850
ponding
date
last
i
ini
arnmnted
for
limoanica
io
i
b
now
brine
Ik
heavy
savings
llwil
hinki
which
ralf
t'
per
cent
Llrr
Bonds
pay
The
food
buO--rtitii
tit
tome
of
this
TkUrjr
Bonds
is
:
ft
;e
was
in
the'
ti
tr.rnd
thel
ff&
r.C
F
Leader
i
U
Br.:
it
Credit
vxt
rverJ
thatlj
W
It
con-
Ration
MM
fcl
n
The
M
T
ie
Board
ImjfflMm
rth
Loan
Record
$900,150
(iUOTA
5750,000
Total
1o
Date
8350,(00
vv
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'
BEO
INNING
OF
AN
INVASION
-
As
if
directed
by
a
traffic
policeman,
an
orderly
line
of
landing
craft,
barrage
balloons
overhead,
head
for
shore
at
the
start
of
the
successful
invasion
of
the
Jap-held
Green
Islands.
In
the
background
are
warships
and
supply
vessels.
Reserve
Stages
Smart
Parade
Local
Military
Unit
Turns
Out
To
Roost
Victory
Loan
Campaign
In
support
of
the
Sixth
Victory
Loan,ampaian.
a
smart
parade
wJm
itcUlAUnlghUby
First
Reserve
Battalion,
Prince
Jtupert
Machine
Oun
Regiment,
under
the
commanding
officer,
Lieut.
o.
C.
Oswell.
With
the
reglmenU
al
brass
band
and
C.
Company
1
pipe
band
providing
the
marching
music,
the
unit
swung
smart-
i
ly
through
the
downtown
streets
I
with
a
"
March
Past"
at
the
Post
Office
where
the
salute
was
taken
by
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston
M.
C,
VD..
area
commandant
Return
to
the
Armory
was
made
by
way
of
Fourth
Avenue.
Hays
Cove
Circle
and
Sixth
Avenue.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
par
ade.
CoL
Oswell
addressed
the
regiment,
expressing
pleasure
at
:
its
appearance
and
making
cer
tain
announcements
In
regard
to
j
battalion
activities
i,n
c
1
u
d
1
n
g
sports.
Reserve
Softball
Players
Called
The
local
Reserve
unit
will
make
Its
debut
In
the
Prince
Rupert
Area
Softball
League
play
against
Barrett
Friday
night.
Manager
Tom
Meehan
Is
calling
put
the
reservists
for
a
practice
at
King
Edward
School
grounds
this
evening
when
the
team
to
j
represent
the
unit
In
the
Area
League
will
be
formed
up.
I
The
following
and
any
other
members
of
the
Reserve
who
may
be
interested
In
softball
playing
are
being
asked
to
turn
out
tonight
for
the
practice:
Lance
Corpoial
StegavFg,
Private
Reuther,
Private
Danes,
Private
Oun-a-Noot,
Corp.
Craham,
Sergeant
Smith,
Private
Alger,
Corporal
Currle,
Private
Tyson,
Private
Astoria,
Lance
Corporal
Edgar,
Private
Eby..
Private
Fitch,
Sergeant
Schneider
and
Private
Wilson.
"ANNOYED?"
If
our
front
page
today
disturbed
your
accustomed
routine
In
newspaper
reading,
we,
at
least,
hope
that
it
helped
to
draw
attention
to
the
Importance
of
you
doing
all
you"
can.
in
buying
Victory
Bonds.
If
you
have
not
yet
bought,
do
not
delay
further.
If
you
have
already
bought,
buy
more.
Buy
to
the
limit.
Vancouver
Is
Now
Over
Top
VANCOUVER,
May
10
The
first
big
city
in
Canada
to
do
so
Vancouver
went
over
the
top
in
the
Sixth
Victory
Loan
campaign
today.
Its
quota
of
$20,000,000
being
reached
at
9
am,
Montgomery-Ward
Strike
CHICAGO.
Mayt10
Employees
of
the
Montgomery-Ward
store
here
have
voted
In
favor
of
the
Congress
on
Industrial
Organization
as
bargaining
agency.
This
may
not,
however,
settle
the
dispute
between
the
company
and
its
workers
as
the
company
refuses
to
recognize
the
C.I.O.
LONDON
The
"Dally
Sketch
printed
a
photograph
of
a
Vichy
2C
-franc
bill
on
which
patriots
superimposed
a
picture
of
Adolf
Hitler.
The
catch
was
the
picture
had
been
placed
so
that
Hitler's
throat
was
being
grasped
by
the
hand
of
a
fisherman.
UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION
RESULTS
Prince
Rupert
and
District
Students
Successful
in
Studies
at
U.B.C..
LOCAL
HOY
WINS
VANCOUVER,
May
10
(CP)
Albeit
O'Neill,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill
of
Prince
Rupert,
won
the
Powell
River
Company
scholarship,
the
registrar
of
the
University
of
British
Columbia
announced
today.
VANCOUVER.
May
10
O)
-
Successful
Northern
British
Col
umWa
candidates
In
University
of
British
Columbia
examlna
tlons
follow:
ARTS
AND
SCIENCE
(First
Year)
Class
1
John
S.
Klrkaldy,
Terrace;
Edward
B.
D.
Lamb,
Prince
Rupert,
Class
2
Wm.
A.
Barron,
Prince
Rupert;
Edward
A.
Cap-stick.
Prince
Rupert;
Donald
A.
Charleson,
Ocean
Falls;
Alvln
L.
Knutson,
Prince
Rupert.
Passed
Ken
Drawn,
Ocean
Falls;
Jone
K.
D.
Lee,
Prince
Rupert.
'
Passed
with
Supplementals
David
Balllie,
Prince
Rupert
(chem.
1);
John
McP.
Barron,
Prince
Rupert
lEng.,
La..
Ben.,
Gcr
.
E.
Mary
Clark,
Ocean
HIT
PARIS
AND
BERLIN
Royal
Air
Forte
and
Royal
Can
adian
Air
Force
Out
Again
Last
Night.
LONDON-,
May
10
tt
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
hammered
both
Paris
and
Berlin
overnight
Canadian
mosquitoes
unloaded
many
four
thousand
pound
block
busters
on
Berlin.
The
Royal
Air
Force
last
seven
I
aircraft.
I
All
Canadian
nlanp.
rptnrnurt
safely.
Today
the
German
radio
said
i
uut
uaiigiifc
raiuera
opened
uie
twenty-sixth
day
of
their
pre-
invasion
air
offensive.
Air
fields
and
railway
yards
in
France
were
again
pounded
t
by
the
Allied
bombers
today.
Vienna
was
one
of
the
objec
tives
today
for
United
States
j
heavy
bombers
from
Italy.
There
were
fierce
air
battles
over
the
Alps,
PR.
RUPERT
DOES
WELL
Namesake
Frigate
Oversub
scribes
Victory
Loan
Quota
by
Almost
One
Hundred
Percent
l
The
crew
of
the
Royal
Canadian
i
Navy
frigate
bearing
the
name
H.MC.S.
Prince
Rupert
has
subscribed
a
total
of
$9,300
in
the
Sixth
Victory
Loan
campaign,
or
186
percent
of
the
assigned
objective
of
$5,000
according
to
a
communication
received
from
Acting
Captain
J.
-U
Rowland
R.&N,
Newfoundland,
by
Mayor
II.
AL
Daggett.
Men
serving
aboard
the
Navy's
fighting
ships
in
the
Newfoundland
Command
have
subscribed
on
the
average
about
$100
In
the
current
drive.
I
Vancouver
Man
Leads
Division
WITH
THE
CANADIAN'S
IN
ITALY,
May
10
Major
Gen
eral
B.
M.
Hoffmelster,
aged
36,
Vancouver,
is
commanding
a
division
of
the
Canadian
Corps
In
Italy,
it
Is
announced.
CHISLEHURST,
England
V
Camden
Place,
the
magnificent
25-year-old
mansion
where
the
last
Emperor
of
France,
Napoleon,
died
In
exile
In
1873,
was
damaged
by
Incendiaries
In
a
recent
air
raid,
it
now
can
be
disclosed.
fans
(biol.
H;
Howard
J.
Ho-
gan(
Prmce
Rupert
(chem.
1).
Home
Economics
Passed
with
Supplemental:
Ellen
V.
Mar
shall,
Ocean
Falls
tbiol.
1)1.
(Second
Year)
Passed
with
Supplementals
Kosta
J.
Klllas.
Prince
Rupert
(phys.
2).
Second
Year
Commerce,
Sec
ond
Class
William
E.
Bond,
Prince
Rupert.
FACULTY
OF
APPLIED
SCIENCE
Fourth
Year
Mechanical
Engineering
Second
Class
James
L.
Bryant,
Ocean
Falls.
Passed
with
Supplementals
William
B.
Stuart,
Ocean
Falls
(civil
31,
mech.
7,
elect
2,
elect.
3).-
Second
Year
Honors
N.
Lawrence
Larson,
Ocean
Falls.
Second
Class
Stanley
J.
Hunter.
Hazelton;
Bruce
II.
Levelton,
Bella
Coola.
vPassed
with
Supplementals,
Hugh
A,
Mackenzie,
Prince
Rupert
(chem.
2A).
FACULTY
OF
AGRICULTURE
(Third
Year)
Passed
with
Supplementals
Eleanor
II.
Bryant,
Ocean
Falls
(bact.
1,
chem.
2).
(Second
Year)
Second
Class
Virginia
A.
Wlnslow.
Prince
Rupert.
Axis
Cleaned
Out
of
Crimea
as
Important
Naval
Base
Is
Freed
Soviet
Forces
are
Released
for
Duty
Elsewhere
Enemy
arj;
Evacuating
in
Disorder.
LONDON,
May
10
(.CP)
Soviet
troops
captured
Sevastopol
late
yesterday
and
cleared
most
of
the
Axis
troops
from
the
Crimean
Peninsula.
The
fall
of
the
great
naval
base
port
to
the
Russians
came
after
a
twenty-day
siege
which
culminated
yesterday
when
it
was
announced
that
the
Soviet
forces
Nazis
Still
Withdrawing
NAPLES,
May
10
O)
-with
Still
pursuing
the
drawing
Germans,
the
Brit-
lsh
Eighth
Army
has
thrust
a
wedge
deep
into
enemy
territory
and
Is
driving
di-
rectly
toward
Sulmona,
German
base,
headquarters
announced
Wednesday.
The
Germans
offered
little
or
no
opposlUon
except
for
t
extensive
demolitions.
Fol-
lowing
a
surprise
German
withdrawal
from
a
salient
near
the
Adriatic
end
of
the
i
main
front
line
traversing
Italy,
Allied
forces
advan-
ced
their
lines
to
a
depth
of
nearly
ten
miles
yester-
day.
It
Is
presumed
the
Nazi
withdrawal
was
made
to
straighten
and
shorten
lines.
Trustees
Talk
Rats
and
Vermin
The
janitor
of
King
Edward
!
School,
which
has
been
overrun
with
rats,
has
been
asked
by
the
board
of
school
trustees
to
play
the
Pled
Piper
act.
After
Miss
Mercer
reported
the
prevalence
of
the
rodents,
the
sanitary
Inspector
paid
a
visit
and
found
openings
through
the
basement
and
boiler
through
which
the
rats
were
coming
to
feast
on
the
glue
in
book
bindings.
Mr.
Stonehouse
recommended
that
these
openings
be
closed
up.
Trustee
S.
L.
Peachy,
formerly
janitor
at
the
school,
told
how
he
used
to
get
rid
of
rats
there
by
the
use
of
poison.
In
the
course
of
the
discussion
of
the
rat
situation
at
King
Edward
School,
Mrs.
J.
A.
Ruth
erford,
secretary,
mentioned
how
her
office
in.
the
City
Hall
had
been
Infested
for
a
time
with
cockioaches
from
the
city
JalL
Election
For
Saskatchewan
REOINA.
May
10
Premier
Patterson
today
announced
that
an
order-ln-councll
had
been
passed
dissolving
the
Saskatchewan.
Legislature
and
calling
a
general
election
for
June
15.
LOWER
MINIMUM
AGE
LONDON
The
British
government
has
reduced
the
minimum
age
for
men
serving
in
the
army
overseas
from
nineteen
years
to
eighteen
and
a
half,
Reuters
News
Agency
said
yesterday.
LONDON
0
To
centralize
administration,
the
old
zone
and
group
commands
of
the
Home
Guard
have
been
replaced
by
sub
-
district
commands,
each
command
to
be
under
an
"adviser."
BROOMFIELD,
England
O
George
Knowles
has
given
1,000
($4,500)
to
endow
a
bed
at
Chelmsford
and
Essex
Hospital.
were
in
control
of
all
heights
surrounding
the
city
and
har
bor.
The
capture
of
Sevastopol
gives
the
Russians
full
control
of
the
Crimean
Peninsula
and
releases
Soviet
forces
for
use
elsewhere.
The
Germans
are
evacuating
in
disorder.
LOG
SCALE
FAR
AHEAD
Production
in
District
for
This
Year
to
Date
More
Than
Fiftv
Percent
Better
Than
1913
Log
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
present
year
Is
running
more
than
fifty
percent
ahead
of
last
year.
The
scale
for
1944
to
date
has
reach
ed
37,766,306
board
feet
as
cpin-pared
with
22,454,618
board
feet
in
the
corresponding
period
last
year.
The
scale
of
poles
and
piling
In
the
Interior
for
this
year
to
date
stands
at
705,242
lineal
feet'
compared
with
414,395
lineal
feet
in
the
first
four
months
of
1943.
Log
scaling
in
this
forestry
district
for
the
month
of
April
this
year
-nounted
to
9,827,780
board
feet
including
1,932,149
board
feel
cedar,
4.931,500
feet
spruce.
board
feet
hemlock
604,939
board
feet
jackplne
and
51,495
board
feet
balsam.
'!T
The
scale
of
poles
and
piling
In
the
Interior
was
111,157
lineal
feet
Including
91,'99
lineal
feet
cedar
and
the
balance
miscel
laneous.
Ties
totalling
2,261
pieces,
all
Jackplne,
were
recorded
while
the
wood
count
was
3,437
cords.
Railway
People
Making
Record
In
Bond
Buying
MONTREAL,
May
10
More
i
than
seven
million
dollars
have
already
been
subscribed
to
the.
Sixth
Victory
Loan
by
employees
of
the
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
and
Its
subsidiaries
and
those
responsible
for
the
can-
-vass
throughout
Canadian
lines
of
the
system
believe
that;
dur-'
tng
this
third
week
of
the
campaign
the
record
total
of
the
Fifth
Loan,
$8,599,600,
will
bo
surpassed.
Reports
compiled
in
the
three
operational
regions
Atlantic,,
'
Cental
and
Western
show
that
to
the
end
of
the
second
week
a
total
of
71,092
Individuals
purchased
bonds
valued
at
$7,061,550.
REVEALS
AID
GIVEN
SOVIET
LONDON,
May
10
O)
Britain
supplied
Russia
with
5,031
tanks,
6,778
airplanes,
and
more
than
-$360,000,000
worth
of
raw
mat-
i
ertals
and
other
supplies
from
October
10,
1941,
to
last
March.
31,
Prime
Minister
Churchill
told
-the
House
of
Commons
today.
An
Admiralty
announcement
said
that
United
Nations
shipping
hr.d
delivered
1,250,000
tons
of
war
equipment
In
the
last
six;
months
with
a
loss
of
less
than
six
tons
in
every
thousand.