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rebuild
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Churchill
said:
"We
must
not
imagine
the
situation
Is
not
grave
because
we
feel
assurance
of
victory."
Discussion
of
the
bill
had
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OCTOBER
6,
1944
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attended
th
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of
the
mbia
Medical
iS?
Deen
proiongea
py
numerous
amendments,
chiefly
by
Conservative
members
concerned
about
!
the
question
of
compensation.
Royal
Air
Force
Keeps
up
Support
LONDON,
Oct.
6
Q
The
aer-
ial
offensive
against
German
ia
continued
today
after
the
Royal
jSubmarine5
and
submarine
pens
Air
Force
overnight
hammereo
Saarbrucken's
vital
railways
In
support
of
the
American
erotind
assault
on
the
Siegfried
Llne.L
api-
.J-
?ame,s;
C1"C
,
.,
Command
signals
officer
and
Royal
Air
Force
mosquitoes
formerly
stationed
here,
arrived
made
a
night
raid
on
Berlin.
In
the
city
this
morning
i
Bulletin
A
YANKS
WIDEN
BK!wCM
LONDON
The
Americans
have
widened
their
breach
in
the
Slegfrcd
Line
and
one
of
the
fiercest
tank
battles
of
the
war
is
going
on.
I'ACKINfl
HOUSE
STRIKE
TORONTO
Robert
Dow-ling,
Canadian
director
of
the
C.I.O.
Tacking
House
Work-eis
of
America,
left
for
Ottawa
today
to
confer
with
the
Department
of
Labor
on
the
packing
house
strike
which
is
a
couple
of
weeks
old.
The
union
is
asking
for
a
master
contract
among
packing
house
employees
numbering
10,000
in
plants
across
the
Dominion.
Eleven
plants,
including
three
In
Vancouver,
have
voted
in
favor
of
striking
to
enforce
demands.
CANADIAN
CASUALTIES
OTTAWA
Canadian
casu
allies
since
the
start
of
the
war
total
43,000
including
1200
dead,
IC00
missing
and
300
presumed
dead.
WILIJV
PLEADS
C.UILTY
NEW
YORK
Ralph
Wilby,
who
was
arrested
in
British
Columbia
last
March,
has
pleaded
guilty
to
grand
larceny
charges
involving
alleged
theft
of
half
a
million
dollars
from
a
department
store.
NEUTRALS
WORRIED
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
and
British
governments
have
sent
notes
to
neutral
countries
requesting
that
they
prevent
Axis
leaders
from
"retaining
their
loot"
oi
finding
a
safe
haven
for
their
wealth
in
neutral
territories.
Meanwhile
in
London,
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
told
Commons
that
Spain
has
assured
Britain
she
will
not
provide
asylum
for
war
criminals.
BALTIMORE
WINS
BALTIMORE
Baltimore
has
forged
its
way
into
the
Little
World
Series
for
the
first
time
since
1925
by
taking
the
seventh
game
of
the
final
International
League
playoffs
fron
Newark
6-3.
Newark
made
three
runs,
12
hits
and
two
errors.
Baltimore
made
six
runs,
10
hits
and
one
error.
Batteries;
Newark,
Johnson,
her,
West
and
Lollar.
To
Be
Shed
Battle
of
Italy
INDIANS
HAVE
WON
GROUND
Take
Virnola,
Over-
lookinir
Rimini
Yanks
(
Take
Road
Junction
I
ROME,
Oct.
6
0)
India.
'
Troops
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
have
taken
Virnola
on
high
ground
west
of
Rimini
on
the
Adriatic
sector,
It
was
announced
today.
Americans
of
the
Allied
Fifth
Army
In
the
central
sector
havt
;
captured
Lolano,
vital
road
Junction
on
the
Florence-Bolognu
highway.
The
Americans
have
also
cleared
Monzumo,
three
miles
west
of
Lolano.
BERGEN
SUB
BASE
BOMBED
LONDON,
Oct.
6
Royal
Air
Force
heavy
bombers
made
j
'
concentrated
attacK
on
Nazi,
at
Bergen,
Norway.
One
bomber
failed
to
return.
NEW
BRITISH
LANDINGS
ROME
There
are
reports
ot
new
Allied
landings
on
the
island
of
Rhodes
in
the
Mediterranean
and
on
the
mainland
of
Albania
opposite
the
bland
of
Corfu.
BERLIN
BOMBED
AGAIN
LONDON
Berlin
was
bombed
again
today
when
one
of
the
heaviest
assaults
of
the
war
was
made
on
other
objectives
in
the
Reich.
More
than
1060
heavies
took
part.
POLISH
AMBITION
MOSCOW
The
Polish
committee
of
national
liberation
here
says
it
is
the
intention
to
take
over
German
territory
as
far
as
the
Oder
river,
Including
the
city
of
Stettin,
not
as
an
act
of
"vengeance"
but
of
"historic
justice."
DEEPER
IN
KURILES
TOKIO
American
bomber
have
made
their
deepest
attack
In
the
Kuriles,
310
miles
from
the
Japanese
island
of
1
Hokaiddo.
PI.ANE
IN
MOUNTAINS
VICTORIA
An
ascent
is
being
made
of
a
mountain
on
Salt
Spring
Island
where
wreckage
of
a
lost
R.C.A.F.
plane
is
believed
to
have
been
found.
NEW
MONTREAL
HOTEL
MONTREAL
The
Windsor
Hotel
interests
plan
a
new-tower
hotel
building
in
Montreal,
Construction
will
start
as
soon
as
federal
permit
has
been
obtained.
WILLKIE
SERIOUSLY
ILL
NEW
YORK
Wendell
Willkic
Is
seriously
ill
in
hospital
here
with
congestion
of
the
lungs
and
septic
throat.
His
temper-ature
was
101
yesterday
but
h
has
responded
to
pencilin
and
it
dropped
to
102.
CAROL
TO
RETURN
MEXICO
Former
King
Carol
of
Rumania
is
planning
to
return
to
his
native
land
via
Lisbon,
it
is
reported.
YANKS
START
VOTING
SYDNEY
United
States
Soldiers
in
Australia
started
voting
in
the
presidential
election
today.
Operation
in
r-.Tro
mncora
-rap
ctTTMP
L.
Montgomery.
British
commander
in
Europe,
shown
when
he
crossed
the
Seine
river
in
his
car,
near
Vernon,
France.
The
m
1.
1
II'
.1
I
a
qui.
-u
vui
t
AUSTRIA
IN
REVOLT
AGAINST
NAZIS
Is
Sentenced
to
j
Hang
February
4
HAMILTON,
Ont..
Oct.
6
Harold
Ferguson,
aged
38,
of
Hamilton,
was
convicted
of
murdering
Abraham
Rosenberg,
I
Hamllton
tallort
last
February
4
altle
and
arrests
have
been
re
and
-was-'
StfrtteiJcVdto'
deaTlprTe;?Brit
after
a
jury
deliberated
five
Comoration
said
last
nleht.
hours
and
returned
a
verdict
j
of
guilty
as
charged.
BALIKPAPAN
HIT
AGAIN
United
States
Bombers
Make
Second
Attack
on
Borneo
Oil
Centre
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NEW
GUINEA.
Oct.
6
ff
United
States
bombers
hit
the
major
Japanese
oil
centre
at
Balik-papan.
Borneo,
with
forty
tons
,
of
bombs
while
nineteen
Japan-'
ese
fighters
were
brought
down!
and
seven
Allied
bombers
lost
in
j
a
one-hour
battle
over
the
ob-1
jectlve.
It
was
the
second
Allied
I
heavy
attack
on
the
vital
ob
j
jective
in
four
days.
MOOSE
50
MILES
FROM
THIS
CITY
It
looks
likn
the
newlv
built
Skeena
River
Highway
is
bring-
lng
tourists
of
the
quadruped""
ine
U1
variety
Prince
Rupertwards.
Not!
tbe
government.
so
many
years
ago
moose
were
regarded
as
a
rarity
west
oi
Burns
Lake
which
is
more
than
300
miles
from
here.
They
have
been
gradually
appearing
jn
l
greater
numbers
.
further
wes:
i
Seen!dermlne
e
American
system
oi
and
Just
recently
one
was
nn
hf.
mart
within
Hft.v
government
or
the
American
miles
of
Prince
Rupert.
SMITHERS
MAN
i
IS
CASUALTY
i
SMITHERS,
Oct.
6
James
P.
Downey
received
a
telegram
on
Wednesday
advising
him
that
his
son,
Lieut.
Pat
J.
Downey,
had
been
wounded
on
September
25
while
serving
with
his
regiment
in
France.
.
Pat
Downey
went
overseas
with
the
Canadian
Scottish
and,
after
considerable
service
In
England,
'he
returned
to
Canada
where
he
took
a
further
course.
'Upon
returning
to
England
some
months
ago
he
was
loaned
to
the
British
Army
with
which
he
has
been
in
service
through'
the
fighting
in
France
and
Belgium
since
June.
Churchill
TTlpIrl
Marshal
Rlr
Upmarrt
je
Uprising
in
Vienna
and
Elsewhere
Following
Eisenhower
Appeal
LONDON,
Oct.
6
O
Revolts
,h"ave
broken
out
In
Vienna
and
elsewhere
in
Austria
and
casu-
neports
of
uprisings
in
Aus
tria
came
two
days
after
Gen
eral
Dwight
P.
Eisenhower,
Allied
commander-in-chief,
and
Moscow,
told
the
Austrlans
that
the
time
had
come
to
disassociate
themselves
from
their
German
masters.
President
Roosevelt
Repudiates
Communism
Not
in
Favor
of
Foreign
Ideology
Charges
Republicans
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Oct.
b
W
President
Franklin
Roose
velt,
In
a
broadcast
Thursday
night,
disowned
Communisi
support
for
a
fourth
term
bid
and
declared
that
his
Republi
can
opponents
were
spreading,
,
j.
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propaganua
aiauH
m
!hl
administration
is
plotting
to
jvir.
uooseveiit
saiu.
x
nave
never
sought
and
I
do
not
welcome
the
support
of
any
persou
or
group
committed
to
commun-
ism
or
fascism
or
any
other
for
eign
ideology
which
wouiq
un
system
of
free
competition
in
enterprise
and
private
property.'
The
Democratic
candidate
emphasized
that,
this
attitude
did
not
In
the
least'
interfere
with
America's
friendly
relations
with
Russia,
adding
that
the
kind
of
economy
that
suits
the
Russian
people
Is
their
own
affair.
Moose
Roaming
in
Smithers
Streets
SMITHERS,
Oct.
6
The
moose,
locally,
are
not
showing
much
respect
for
the
abilities
of
the
local
hunters.
A
few
days
ago
J.
E.
Klrby
saw
a
big
bull
moose
cross
Main
st.
near
his
house,
sauntering
nonchalantly
along.
Large
game
seems
to
be
quite
plentiful
throughout
the
district
but
hunters
for
grouse
have
not
had
very
good
luck.
The
Invasion
succeeded
be
cause
security
was
understood,
Canucks
Cross
Leopold
Canal
With
Object
of
Clearing
Out
Nazis
from
Antwerp
Entrance
In
Balkans
BATTLE
NOW
AT
BELGRADE
Russians
and
Yugoslav
Patriots
Now
in
wuubiuiuj
MOSCOW.
Oct.
6
0-Russians
and
Yugoslavs
are
fighting
the
Germans
In
the
outskirts
of
Be
grade
today.
Front
line
dispatches
indicate
that
patrols
crossed
the
Danube
river
from
captured
Pancevo,
less
than
nine
miles
from
the
capital.
In
northern
Yugoslavia
along
the
Icza
river
other
Russians
werB
'CSS
man
miles
aCTOSS
flat
Hungarian
country
from
e
sJond
lar&est
Hungarian
Former
Resident
Of
Prince
Rupert
Dies
in
Rhodesia
Former
friends
In
Prince
Ru
pert
will
regret
to
learn
of
the
death
which
took
place
August
20
In
Southern
Rhodesia
of
Miss
Emily
Davles
who
years
ago
was
employed
by
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
here.
Miss
Davies
was
the
sister
of
Mrs.
W.
O.
Hughes,
also
for
merly
of
this
city
and
now
llv
ingniVweiferCT!LowiotVEng
land.
JAP
POSITIONS
NOW
STRONGER
Hunan-Kwangsi
Rail-
way
Situation
Has
Become
Safeguarded
CHUNGKING,
Oct.
6
(TO
The
Chinese
announce
that
all
communications
with
thp
rtpfpnrfere
of
0ffPu,shing
for
the
Zses
oua
Paoching
have
been
cut
for
14
hours,
Indicating
the
loss
of
that
Important
centre
on
the
right
flank
of
the
Japanese
advance
on
Kweilin.
The
fall'
of
Paoching
woula
safeguard
Japanese
positions
along
the
Hunan-Kwangsi
railway
In
a
drive
against
Kweilin.
The
Japanese
have
been
heavily
reinforced
on
the
left
flank.
The
Japanese,
InVading
Fu-klen
Province,
have
reached
the
northwestern
suburbs
of
Foo-chow,
the
Chinese
High
Command
said
today.
itri.i
c;n
uuuu
oli
lira
Browns
Up
Once
More
Score
of
6
to
2
in
Third
Game
Today
ST.
LOUIS,
Oct.
6
Behind
sterling
pitching
of
John
Henry
Kramer
of
New
Orleans
who
struck
out
ten'
batters,
St.
Louis
Browns
today
won
the
third
tame
of
the
World
Series
by
a
score
of
6
to
2.
This
puts
the
Browns
up
two
to
one
on
the
game
count.
The
Cards
had
to
dig-
into
the
relief
pitching
staff
but
it
was
to
no
avail
as
the
Browns
bunched
their
batting
nicely
in
the
third
and
seventh
innings,
score
by
innings:
R
II
C
Cards
100
000
1003
7
1
Browns
001
000
20x
6
8
2
RADIO
SENSITIVITY
I
Sensitivity
In
radio
is
a
term!
used
to
define
tyie
degree
to
which
a
radio
receiving
set
re-'
sponds
to
signals
of
the
fre-
quency
to
which
It
is
tuned.
tlolland
Allied
Armies
on
Western
Front
Meeting
With
Determined
German
Resistance
but
Making
Headway
LONDON,
Oct.
6
(CP)
First
Canadian
Army
troops
launched
a
spectacular
new
operation
today
in
Holland,
driving
across
Leopold
Canal
in
the
wake
of
a
violent
flame
barrage
to
establish
a
limited
bridgehead
and
burst
into
a
German
pocket
south
of
the
mouth
of
the
Schelde
River.
Ross
Munro,
Cana
dian
Press
correspondent,
said
the
assart
was
launched
be-
ween
Br"fs
V
clo
and
the
opposition
did
not
prove
as
heavy
as
had
been
anticipated.
The
object
of
the
operation
Is
to
clear
the
Germans
from
the
Schelde
estuary
and
enable
the
Allies
to
use
supply
facilities
of
the
great
port
pf
Antwerp.
Supreme
headquarters
said
that
the
Canadians
advanced
three
miles
north
of
Baarlenassay
to
the
vicinity
of
Alphen,
six
miles
south
of
the
main
Hlburg-Breda
road,
In
Holland.
Meanwhile
dispatches
from
the
front
said
that
American
First
Army
troops
which
entered
Beggendorf,
east
of
Ubach,
Thursday
had
to
pull
back
to
day
under
heavy
enemy
pres
sure.
The
Germans
reported
more
Allied
parachutists
were
drop
ped
In
Holland
to
reinforce
the
British
Second
Army's
western
loop
between
the
fNeder-Rhlne
and
Waal,
west
of
Arnhcm
The
Germans
acknowledged
another
breakthrough
by
the
.
,
.
.
.
m
i
American
xnira
Army
norin
oii
Thpl
RritiJh
TqprSnrf-
Afmv
rp-
I
pulsed
five
German
counterattacks
In
heavy
fighting
on
the
fringes
of
Nijmegen
salient.
The
truce
at
Dunkerque
ended
at
10
ajn.
after
19.000
civilians
were
evacuated
and
the
Germans
allowed
twflve
more
hours
to
re-mine
the
road
and
re-establish
defence
lines.
Dunkerque
Is
the
last
of
the
German-held
Channel
ports.
There
Is
no
news
from
the
other
end
of
the
front
where
the
American
Seventh
Army
is
tain
passes
near
Belfort.
The
Germans
said
that
a
great
Allied
offensive
Is
surely
in
course
of
preparation.
Summer
in
England
Battle
of
Greece
Nazis
Being
Overcome
Patrai
Captured
and
Enemy
Surrendering
at
Other
Points
ROME.
Oct.
6
ffl
British
In
vaslon
troops
in
Greece,
striking
along
the
north
shore
of
Pelo
ponnesus
from
captured
Patrai,
have
overwhelmed
the
fortified
port
of
Rlon
guarding
the
narrow
entrance
to
the
Gulf
of
Corinth,
headquarters
announc
ed
today.
Fifteen
hundred
prisoners
were
taken
at
Patrai
arid
the
British
turned
captured
coastal
guns
against
large
numbers
of
smau
craiv
in
wnicn
me
uer-
man
wpfp
n
r.fjmTi:.
nt
in
Pran
-
y"""T:::"r.:i
,
ii
Kood
results
were
obtained,
v:,
1
INNES
PLEADS
GUILTY
TO.
THEFT
CHARGE
Silas
Innes,
youthful
native,
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
theft
when
he
appeared
for
election
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court
yesterday.
Ha
was
remanded
for
sentence
until
October
9.
j
Innes
Is
charged
with
theft
of
$117
from
the
fishing
boat
Misty
on
Monday
morning.
The
boat,
owned
by
Roy
Arthur
Johnson,
was
moored
at
the
Cow
Bay
floats.
of
Americans
who
know
us
in
PREPARATIONS
FOR
INVASION
ARE
DESCRIBED
-ROBOTS
AND
RATIONS
A
brief
record
of
England'.:
summer
invasion
summer
Is
contained
In
a
series
of
letters
received
on
this
continent
from
an
English
couple
who
describe
and
comment
on
the
Invasion
of
France,
the
arrival
of
the
flying
bombs
and
the
Issuing
of
new
ration
books.
"We
can
now
say
how
for
months
and
we
almost
feel
like
saying
years
before
the
invasion,
the
roads
and
railways
were
full
night
and
day
with
such
vast
quantities
of
everything,
such
numbers
of
motor
vehicles,
guns
and
tanks,
that
we
began
to
think
that
we
were
being
run
around
the
country
Just
to
keep
warm.
"Americans
arrived
In
corresponding
numbers,
until
every
(house
must
have
had
two
or
three
or
more.
And
this
has
been
one
of
the
best
outcomes
of
the
war.
because
now
there
!
must
be
hundreds
of
thousands
our
homes,
and
we
have
got
to
like
them
well
and
to
know
that
between
us
there
only
superficial
differences.
"The
flying
bombs
are
very
nervewracklng
at"
first,
but
'we
can't
keep
up
a
constant
state
of
awareness,
and
are
Just
becoming
dulled
and
fatalistic
about
it.
"Everyone
feels
chAred
at
the
thought
that
HltleV
should
be
wasting
his
precious
materials
and
manpower
on
something
that
cannot
have
a
bearing
on
the
progress
of
the
war.
"Morale
Is
amazingly
good
and
It
really
was
epic
to
see,
a3
I
did,
a
queue
of
housewives
at
the
fish
shop
far
more
concentrated
on
their
prospects
of
getting
some
kippers
than
they
were
on
a
"doodle-bug"
which
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on
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