rll
ri
assI
Cznrcmnc
Smit'ier
)
500
"d
Di
iiet
iPaclflc)
300
hern
B.C.
Power
Co.
united
Beaudin
(Terrace)
BrUbn
(Queen
Char
;tte
icy)
:ic
P
Dumas
nlak
Maksym
11
Nnrth
h.
mu
s'
Helon
P.
Wlltfnrrl
Phillnnsnn
"
Bus-
Line
N-
E.
Watson
S.
t.nln
i?
i
a
Brotherhood
of
rpentors
nrwi
Tr,i
:ls-
Edna
K,
Kilgorc
'mister
H
ChlVncrr
Mnaf
25,000
I
400
j
500
100
100
50
50
50
200
100
1,000
50
150
1,500
200
100
r-HICAGO.
Nov.
3
Hon.
C.
D
Eh.
Caadlan
minister
of
mu-
L
,
.
and
S"PPly.
addressed
I
.mauonal
conference
on
piwar
9vini.
4
IIP
!lr1irnAAi.J
.
a
.
1
,
-
"uwavtu
uie
selling
1
u
,an
lntnatlonal
authority
-iiiuuona
riylng.
Local
Tn
xlmum
53
t)L
RALSTON
VISITS
CANADIAN
inuura
in
iiali-uuring
nia
Driei
out
uiateiuuig
uii
fee".
C
"di.-n
troops
in
Italy.
Former
Defence
Minister
Ralston
saw
fighting
soldiers
from
a:ik
to
the
lowest.
Above,
Col.
Ralston
is
seen
with
one
of
the
.several
groups
or
;:
fuund
ume
to
speak
to
during
nis
visit,
uanaaian
soiaiers,
ne
iouna
are
exiremeiy
EldL
terc
':i
u
Canada's
future,
and
in
the
part
she
is
destined
to,
play
in
coming
world
affairs.
-:r
p
'ui'e-
Col.
Ralston
enjoys
an
Informal
chat
with
Gen.
Sir
Oliver
Leese,
General
fx"
Crmmanuing-in-unier
tne
uritisn
uguui
om
mm;,
wuicwiwik
uu
me
im
ui
nu
riatl)
:
a,
mKing
In
StLawrence
odent
Is
Mystery;
k.
sions,
about
ten
minutes
apart,
were
caused
by
a
boiler
blowing
up
or
enemy
torpedo.
Nazis
Are
In
Retreat
townnH.
Nov.
3
)
British
troops
and
Yugo
Slav
partlzans
have
cleared
100
miles
of
the
Yugoslav
Dalmatian
coast,
including
the
major
harbors
of
r...ut.
toflrnvt
nnri
R.ICUSa.
a
Opiilt
iiv.v..
-
.
I
rjprman
communique
announ
ced
vesterday.
To
the
south
on
the
BaiKan
Peninsula
patrols
are
pushing
nnrth
from
Salonika,
Greece
s.
KPrnnri
largest
seaport,
approxi
mately
190
miles
northwest
of
Athens,
following
its
capture
on
Wednesday.
The
advancing
Al
lies
ambushed
withdrawing
enemy
columns.
Meanwhile
the
German
radio
cniri
that
the
Russians'
lignt-
ning
Hungarian
offensive
had
cracked
German
aeiences
ai
Kunszentmikos,
28
miles
soutn
of
the
outskirts
of
the
capital
Hungarian
city
of
Budapest.
HALF
WAY
MARK
IS
NOW
PASSED
OTTAWA.
Nov.
3
)
Canada'6
Seventh
Victory
Loan
has
passed
the
half
way
mark
toward
mu
minimum
objective
of
$1,300,-000,000,
headquarters
announced
vpsterdav.
Purchases
on
Wednes
day
were
$85,284,250,
making
tin
cumulative
total
$061,097,750.
VANCOUVER
HAS
BLESSED
RAIN
UL
VV
CTLI
i-AWUJIUIIJ
,
VANCOUVER.Nov.3B-
.
.
.
J
Power
rettriciloas.-Imposed
,
"on
MTNE,
QUebec;
Nov.
?
(CVJA
British
fner--)the
Bntish
Columbia
Lower
nt
f.i.ip
was
sent
to
the
bottom
ot
tne
at.
Law-x
riv.
r
last
night,
eight
miles
off
shore.
The
;e
of
the
finking
is
unknown
but
17
survivors,
JRiit
to
Matane
early
today,
report
that
the
ship
i
f
Hnv
n
?n-rti
fwr
nr
tlirpp
pxnlnsinns.
The
fate
the
remaining
45
members
of
the
62-man
crew
is
VM
L-nmim
Tlmtr
ivn
ctlll
miBSlTUT
tf
"AV.
J"
im-J
ciw
d""
7,iv'
r
ii.L.rt
'.
1k
:
fwlffhtpr
ICE
RUPERT
ACHES
80
PER
NT
OF
QUOTA
Rupert
reached
an
80
c
cent
of
its
$725,000
11
w.ien
sales
amount-o
$3ii
(to
brought
the
cam-n
to
$580,000.
Coni-
'altvr-
'i-urr,-
fnr
tho
Sixth
!1
jv.-
mat
the
corres-
Mill
dav:,
alp
wnw
SIR
000
total
to
date
was
.900
h'
icr
:;f
air
of
Swift
Can
ton
tffln:i'
;nhwrihnrl
tls
QU!"
Titerday.
M,
Yateve
iSrr.iUie
$
50
Valley
Branch
'-
63.
Ciilindlnn
T.ptrlnn
111C
9niniii
.ui
,rvi
.
Is
"f
lOOK
place
uui
iat
...
The
seventeen
survivors
reached
Matane
after
being
for
six
hours
adrift
In
the
only
lifeboat
known
to
have
left
th
ship.
All
the
ship's
officers
are
amnnrf
those
unaccounted
for.
Mainland
last
May
were
lifted
at
4
o'clock
yesterday
afterrfoon.
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
officials
announced
that
the
restrictions
imposed
be
cause
of
power
shortage
due
to
1r.r
rainfall
nnrl
licht
Snow
In
the
mountains
last
winter
could
be
lifted
because
of
an
improve-'
ment
In
the
water
situation
fol-
I
lowing
recent
rains.
These
restrictions
had
imposed
a
partial
dlmout
here.
Blackout
regulations
are
still
in
effect
and
may
be
enforced
at
a
moment's
notice.
It
is
still
contrary
to
regula-
Survivors,
sam
mcy
wum
attended.
DOCK
LEADS
COMPETITION
Prince
Runcrt
Dry
Dock
and
Khlnvarrt
cmDlovecs
arc
still
re-
snnnrlinir
well
in
the
Seventh
Victory
Loan
campaign.
The
to
tal
amount
subscnocd
up
10
wnvpmhpr
1
was
$141,050.
This
urn
rr
ner
cent
of
the
ooiec
tlve.
The
following
13
depart
ments
have
exceeded
quota
vnrd
Labour.
234
per
cent,
Foundrv
and
Pattern
Shop,
176
per
cent.
Blacksmiths,
163
per
cent.
Pipefitters,
132
per
cent.
Dockmcn,
131
per
cent.
Steel
Checkers,
118
per
cent
ComDositlon
Layers,
111
per
wnt.t.
FJcctric
and
Chinese
Laborers,
bach
110
per
cent.
WiirWs.
107
tier
cent.
sifihmpn
nnd
Painters,
each
106
per
cent,
stnrps
103
ner
cent.
TPr.nr
nt.hpr
divisions
have
reached
DO
per
cent
or
more,
threehave
between
80
and
90
per
cent
of
their
quota
and
three
more
have
over
70
per
cent
of.
their
quota.
The
stores
Department
has
the
fine
record
that
every
member
bought
bonds
100
per
cent
of
their
employees
and
over
iuu
per
cent
of
quota.
In
the
latest
returns
for
the
Devenish
Cup,
the
trophy
open
to
the
13
divisions
or
tne
western
Region
of
the
Canadian
MoHnnni
Pniiwfivs.
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyard
still
leads,
followed
closely
by
Vio
Dr.pt
Arthur
nlvlslOll
which
All
Belgium
Is
Liberated
r
:
'
"
trTBUlBx
NORTHEiLNJlN&-fiNTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXIII,
No.
258
John
Bracken
Asks
For
in
turn
Is
one
point
ahead
of
Low
the
Smlthcrs
Division.
,
I
Schelde
Is
Cleared
Of
Germans
Nazis
Abandon
Meijcl
Allied
;.
Drive
Toward
Heart
of
Germany
PARIS,
Nov.
3
(CP)
A
Reuters,
tdisnatch
sava
.
T.
A
l
all
German
resistance
at
Zecbruggaii
ceased
today.
T.Ii
edispatch
says
the
Schelde
pocket
has
been
cleared
and
all
Belgium
has
been
liberated.
There
are
Indications
that
i
the
Germans
may
be
pulling
back
from
the
German
stronghold'
at
Meijel
on
the
eastern
fringe
of
the
Allied
salient
In
Holland.
British.
troop3
have
probed
into
the
outskirts
of
the
German
bastion
and
found
them
silent
as
a
ghost
town.
This
suggests
the
Nazis
may
have,
withdrawn
to
the
Meuse
river
eight
miles
away.
Meantime,
Allied
sources
in
Paris
are
speculating
that
American
troops
may
have
opened
a
big-scale
drive
toward
the
very
heart
of
Germany.
American
units
arc
fighting
for
the
fortified
German
village
of
Uuerte.
-sol;
i
thpast
bfAfLCfien'.
Statement
Wants
Reinforcement
Facts
Further
Resignations?
OTTAWA,
Nov.
3
CB
The
national
leader
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
party
John
to
tell
the
people
of
Canada
the
facts
about
the
reinforcement
situation.
"The
people
of
Can-
ids
"
he
declared,
"are
deeply
concerned
and
desire
to
be
told
the
truth,
be
it
good
or
bad,
in
the
frankest
possible
terms."
M.
J.
Coldwell,
C.C.F.
leader,
Joined
Mr.
Bracken
in
declar
ing
the
government
snouid
make
a
complete
statement
on
the
situation
to
the
Canadian
people
immediately.
So
far
there
has
been
no
statement
from
Col.
Ralston
and
whether
he
Intends
to
make
comment
is
not
known.
There
Is
speculation
-in
Ot
tawa
regarding
the
possibility
of
further
resignations
from
the
federal
cabinet
following
the
announcement
that
General
McNaughton
had
succeeded
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston
as
defence
min
ister.
This
speculation
centred
around
reports
that
several
ministers
supported
Col.
Ralston
on
the
reinforcement
question
that
the
Home
Defence
Army
should
be
sent
overesas
including
Finance
Minister
Ils-
ley,
State
Secretary
McLarty,
Labor
Minister
Mitchell,
Revenue
Minister
Gibson
and
Resources
Minister
Crerar.
Meanwhile,
.Prime
Minister
King
has
said
that
he
will
at
tempt
to
avoid
calling
an
election
in
tt-nrllmp
If
that
can
be
done
wlthofit
denying
the
peo
ple
to
elect
their
representa
tlves
to
theJHouse-or
Commons
every
five
years.
"
Tides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Saturday,
November
4
Hish
3:50
19.9
feet
15:35
21.0
feet
9:40
7.6
feet
22:20
3.0
feet
WAR
NEWS
Big
Aerial
Battle
LONDON
The
big
aerial
battle
over
the
Khineland
of
Germany
yesterday
was
a
record
breaking
encounter.
American
airmen
destroyed
208
enemy
planes.
The
Americans
lost,
41
bombers
and
28
fighters.
The
Air
ministry
estimates
that
British,
Canadian
and
American
boinbeis
showered
100,000
tons
of
bombs
on
Germany
during
October,
almost
twice
the
tonnage
of
any
previous
month.
Snow
on
Eastern
Front
MOSCOW
Cold
weather
and
heavy
snow
is
general
all
along
the
eastern
front
from
the
Ukraine
northward.
The
fight
is
slowed
down.
Driving
Into
Reich
LONDON
4(The
United
States'First
Army
hasiadvanced
another
two
miles
southeast
of
Aachen
and
Is
10
niiles
inside
the
Keich,
28
miles
from
Cologne.
Nazi
Destroyers
Sunk
LONDON
Two
British
destroyers
have
sunk"
three
Ger
man
destroyers
in
the
upper
Adriatic
Sea
Rangoon
is
Attacked
JJEW
DELHI
United
Statfs
superfortresses,
based
in
India,
have
attacked
railway
yards
in
Rangoon,
Burma.
Canadians
Congratulated
LONDON
The
British
Admiralty
has
congratulated
two
Canadian
frigates
for
sinking
a
German
submarine.
One
li
,the
St.
John,
commanded
by
Lieut.
Commander
wimam.
Stacey
of
Vancouver.
The
other
is
the
Swansea,
commanded
by
Lieut.
Commander
Clarence
King
of
Oliver.
Coincidentally
I
at
Ottawa
Minister
of
the
Navy
Macdonald
announced
the
frigates
had
collaborated
in
sinking
the
submarine.
Premier
Hart
Speaks
ArriKcc
nmM
of
TBVlMft
TO
Gfcl
rlNANUAL
IUNIKUL
Churchill
and
Eden
to
Paris
LONDON,
Nov.'
3
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
have
accepted
an
invitation
of
General
Charles
de
Gaulle
to
visit
Paris
"at
a
date
to
be
arranged
later."
CHINESE
TAKE
OVER
LUNGLING
But
Situation
at
Kweilin
is
Still
Serious
CHUNGKING.
Nov.
3
Japan
ese
wedges
have
been,
dug
deeper
Into
the
defences
of
Kweilin.
Fierce
fighting
con
tinues.
However,
Chinese
forces
have
PENTICTON,
Nov.
3
C10
Premier
John
Hart
told
the
Pen-ticton
Board
of
Trade
that
federal
government
authorities
are
"constantly
seeking"
to
cen
tralize
control
of
taxation
and
public
expenditures.
Declaring
that
he
would
co-operate
in
any
dominion-provincial
con
ference,
Mr.
Hart
said
the
province
should
reserve
at
least
the
right
to
a
percentage
of
income
and
corporation
taxes
it
surrenders
under
any
arrangement
with
the
dominion
government.
Mr.
Hart
declared
that
bureaucracy
at
Ottawa,
no
matter
what
strine
of
Government
it
serves
under,
is
constantly
seek
ing
to
get
control
of
the
financing
of
the
nation
as
a
whole.''
The
Premier
said
that
In
1943,
British
Columbia
paid
$156,000,-000
in
income
and
corp6ration
taxes
taALO
but
lUU
Vl"J
only
Ywwv
$12,500,000
-
was
'
retaken
the
town
of
Lungllng
j
return.d
to
the
provincial
gov
in
Yunan
province.
The
town
is
ernment
under
the
wartime
situated
on
the
Burma
Road.
Chungking
also
.announces
that
a
Japanese
destroyer
has
been
sunk
and
an
enemy
transport
severely
damaged
in
two
separate
Allied
attacks
on
an
enemy
convoy
In
the
south
China
Sea
east
of
Hainan.
BULLET
GRAZES
LEADER'S
HEAD
MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUAR
TERS,
Nov.
3
General
Doug
las
MacArthur
had
a
narrow
escape
from
death.
A
Japanese
strafinz
attack
Friday,
Phili
ppine
time,
sent
a
fifty-calibre
bullet
Into
a
wall
just
one
foot
from
General
MacArthur's
head.
The
General
noted
the
bullet-hole
In
the
wall
and-commented,
I
"Well,-
not
yet."
taxation
agreement.
WORKING
OF
SELECTEES
.7
May
be
Employed
on
Railway
Maintenance
and
Other
Jobs
Around
Toronto
TORONTO.
'Nov.
3
CB
Mili
tary
authorities
announced
in
Toronto
yesterday
that
army
selectees
will
be
employed
on
rallwav
maintenance
and
otner
civilian
work
In
the
Toronto
area.
The
announcement
fol
lowed
a
report
from
Ottawa
that
an
order-in-council
had
been
passed
opening
the
way
for
the
return
of
the
called-up
men
to
civilian
employment
without
their
leaving
the
army
M
QUOTA
RESULTS
$580,000
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER
3,
1944
HUNGARY
CAPITAL
i-
NEW
MINISTER
Gen.
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton
who.
succeeds
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston
as
minister
of
national
defence,
Clean
Up
On
Leyte
Nips
Being
Strafed
As
They
Endeavor
To
Evacxlate
'From
Lost
Island
MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUAR
TERS.
Nov.
3
0
Four
Allied
divisions
on
Leyte
Island
In
the
central
PhiliDDines
were
this
mcrnins
'cornering
the
remain
.
:
.r
it.
inju
Jftnanese.
.
ujce?
ps
;
"island.
The
----
Japanese
j
are
'
.being
r
a
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
NEAR
FALL
Revolution
And
Panic
Is
General
LONDON,
Nov.
3
Russian
;
artillery
is
now
being
heard
within
the
Hungarian
capital
city
of
Budapest
as
the
,
.
.
V.
n
nrtlW.
Kea
Army
apuruatuca
w
mm-
.,
in
a
distance
of
14
miles.
The
Hungarian
government
is
pre
paring
to
leave
the
city.
Nazi
officers
are
reported
to
be
shooting
German
soldiers
for
making
unauthorized
retreats
on
tie
way
to
Budapest.
Berlin
says
the
Soviet
forces
may
fight
their
way
into
Budapest
over
the
week-end.'
Panic
is
general
as
civilians
flee
the
city
by
all
means
possible.
.
The
Bucharest
radio
says
full
scale
revolution
has
croKen
oui
f.
in
Budapest.
Russian
troops
killed
more
than
2,000
enemy
troops
yester-
5
dav
and
knocked
out
58
enemy
1
tanks
and
mobile
guns.
OBERSAUSEN
WAS
TARGET
LONDON,
Nov.
3
CB.
An
all
Canadian
force
of
Halifax
and
Lancaster
bombers
hit
Oberhau-,nttlf
sen,
hitherto
least
bombed
city.
gK,!
from
tha
,v
?'
bombers
uuiiLucia
were
wcic
ixiMOJiig
missing
laa
-
t
pushed
toward
Ormoc,
their
last
attack
but
at
......
least
three
enemy
xi
1
port
or
iiignt
on
me
wei
uru
planes
were
claimed
destroyed.
Ul
Jicy
l',
kxuu
biic
iiciuy
ai
Ormoc
has
been
landing
troop
on
barees
and
ferrying
them
to
larger
o
escape
.
-
vessels,
APPROACHING
YUGOSLAVIA
Deiween
uxicritau
anu
utiuuaa
nlanes.
the
enemy
losing
over
200
machines
while
41
American
bombers
and
za.ngnters
were
lost.
nrtiui.
Tmnn.
a
Xnw
Onlv
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Five
Miles
Away
In
Advance
Canadian
Air
force
Domosra
Thrn.irh
r.rrprp
participated
In
the
raid
on
ROME,
Nov.
3
CB
trooDS
fighting
through
ii?h
uusseiaori
Dusseldorf
last
iasi
night,
nignt,
rainini;
ralnlns
are
within
five
miles
of
the
armaments
centre
.
.
1
i.
11.
-4
.
.
.
.
Yueosiav
Doraer
ana
lorty
mun
Twentv-one
nlanes.
elsnt
or
nnrtWoct
nf
pantlirpH
KOZanC
I
nnnAr.
frills
tn
TolllTn
I'
The
armaments
centre,
Dus-
I
seldorf
was
the
principal
target
1
I
4UL
11W
fc.
j
v
These
1
Kr.mr.tnnr
nl-anoc
-nrhlrh
ntt.nfltprl
1
fy...u...
.u.w
--.v..
.
crart
nave
ien
unaer
constant
objectives
in
Germany
lass
lire
01
Amen,
air
uugui..
nlent.
Tnls
louowed
a
great
skt
battle
vesterdav
over
Germany,
.
H
IU.M.nbU
v..
f
UlCiU
UailAUiaU,
'"u".
jt.
Allied
Datrols
derailed
a
sixty-
from
the
raid
on
Dusseldorf
and
71
coach
enemy
train
ana
iwjku
0ti,er
sorties
In
wnicn
nino
Air
Force
Beaufighters
finished
enemy
fighters
were
destroyed
tne
joo
British
down
approximately
4000
topi!
ttc--
Greece
Bulletins
REPAIRS
PROCEEDING
VICTORIA
Repair
work
is
now
progressing
well,
on
the
radiographic
survey
steamer
William
J.
Stewart,
wrecked
on
Ripple
Rock
in
June,
but
no
date
can
be
set
for
com
pletion
of
the
work.
SNOW
IN
WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG
Four
inches
of
snow
fell
overnight
in
Winnl
peg
and
has
dirrupted
traffic,
CLOSING
CAMPAIGN
NEW
YORK
President'
Roosevelt
will
speak
in
Boston
tomorrow
night
and
Thomas
Dewey
in
Madison
Square
Garden
here.
Both
pnsiden
tial
candidates
will
wind
up
thp
camnaien
with
radio
enpprhps
IWondav
nieht.
the
eve.
of
election.
HALIBUT
SALES
and
16V2C
Canadian
Lorna
H.,
12,000,
Co-op,
I8V4C
WeatJiei
Moderate
to
fresh
winds
de
creasing
to
light
then
to
moder
ate
Saturday.
Cloudy
to
over
cast
intermittent
light
rain
today.
Overcast
Saturday
with
frequent
showers.
Mild
with
slightly
higher
temperature.
SIAMESE
BRIDGE
HIT
BY
BOMBS
KANDY,
Ceylon,
Nov.
3
CB
,y.
Allied
heavy
bombers
hava
,
made
a
13-hour
flight
to
bomb
1
the
Important
railway
bridge
at
f
'
1
Dara,
in
Slam,
284
miles
north
i'
.
of
Bangkok.
The
assault
was
,
carried
out
Just
before
dusk
,
j
Wednesday
evening.
Damage
to,:,
me
bridge
wm
aisrupt
oapau-
j
.
,
ese
communications
between
.
eastern
Burma
and
northern
,
V
"
Slam.
1
SO.
VANCOUVER
GOES
OVER
TOP
VANWUVBK,
HOY.
6
Van-
couver
South
yesterday
went
over
the
too
of
Its
quota
In
thei
Seventh
Victory
Loan
campaign
ml
T
o..4U
1
liie
vuiicuuver
ouum
iiiyc-
,
ments
totalled
$1,125,350
or
100.48
1,
percent
of
quota.
It
Is
the
third
of
British
Columbia-Yukon
units
:
over
the
top.
Others
are
Lady-
fi
smith
and
Ocean
Falls-Rivera
Inlet.
"
Investments
on
Thursday
by
tie
armed
forces
and
the
gen-
enl
public
In
British,
Columbia
,
toulled
$3,86350,
nearly
one
mlhton
dollars
ahead
of
the
am
ount
nurehased
for
the
corrcs
rvin
rt.nr
rfav
n
the
nrevlous
loan.
Public
tanvass
has
now
reached
73
percmt
of
quota.