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AND
CENTRAL
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COLUMBIA'S
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NO.
217
NTY-EIGHT
IS
MEMBER
c
;t
coast
the
Allied
by
captured
Monte-
I
Pontcdlmorlano,
both
'
mlle3
north
of
Lucca
mlle3
from
the
Ital-
fcoast
ETY
IN
RATION
:tory
Ins
V
concern
that
the
is
marking
the
coming
sover
Germany
might
generate
into
an
orgy
pness,
the
Prince
Rup-erla
Association
at
Its
n
First
Presbyterian
ah
week
appointed
a
consisting
of
llev.
J.
ft,
Pastor
Llnney
and
MacSwecn
to
make
an
the
public
to
observe
in
in
a
seemly
and
ap-
anner,
Arranirements
lug
made
for
a
special
y
service
of
thanks-pc
held
when
the
vic-
iounccd.
of
appreciation
was
)
the
CBC
and
the
PR
for
the
eoiirtesv
ration
received
during
me
presentation
of
rogram
"Morning
Dc-
lscusslons
are
belnz
regarding
the
hour
av
program
Is
to
be
pres-
c
iiuure.
Olbson
and
Rev.
A.
F.
Were
acraln
rrtnrnprt
nt
and
secretary
for
l
year
The
association
ily
accepted
the
lnvl-
e
American
chaplains
next
meeting
In
the
cropolls
Hill.
'
LONG
VOYAGE
I
U)
-
Thp
.MiVimciHnn
Itlclan
recently
return-
p
waters
after
voyaging
N
in
19
months.
Mr.
Pattullo
Expresses
A'
vTuation
To
Prir
$b,.
Twer
J30.
a
gencr
.
tion
was
Columbia.
At
v
Or,
T
D.
Pattullo
wi.
mC
-ty
by
Prlnco
Rupert
co.
'
ency
as
Its
member.
SU
then
Mr.
Pattullo
has
been
successfully
re
-
e
1
e
c
t
c
d.
Long
since
he
has
been
the
dean
of
the
Legislature
In
point
of
continuous
years
of
service.
He
has
also
achieved
the
distinction
of
having
given
British
Columbia
the
longest
service
as
a
cabinet
minister
and
Premier,
The
following
message
was
received
at
the
Dally
News
office
today
from
Mr
Pattullo:
"Twentv-cleht
years
ago
stiinpncv
elected
me
to
the
provincial
ture
and
has
re
elected
me
successively
ever
since.
Sou
please
convey
my
deep
appreciation
ana
pest,
Marano
River
Rut
One
Mile
umini
ALLIES
HAVE
JOB
IN
BURMA
Driving
Japanese
From
Bunkers
and
Foxholes
Is
Quite
A
Task
'
KANDY.
Sept.
15
0
Heavy
artillery
and
aircraft
support
la
being
given
units
of
the
Fifth
.
.
n
W
r..io
B
pat
15
-Canadian
nrnMn
,
.
.
.
1
IlUiUll
1-
?
IJiUll
Vt
tww-(,
L
7J
?
Japanese
strong
points
along
th,
the
Adriatic
a
.
..
sector
of
f
,
,
nm
at
-
lVllLlllLlUt
IVKVi
lit
-
1
IrorU
nav?
c.rossca.
tackers
are
faced
with
driving
River
with
tames
ana
,.
.
.m
himlr,..
.
and
have
driven
to
...
.
.
mile
of
Rim
nl
air
,
some
laces
alon?
;
.
.
i
I
U1C
liuuuii
iuau.
pin
Army
uisu
tiuaicu
tio-San
Savlno
ridge
hed
Nazi
counter-at-
infantry
battalions
ario.
onor
Xrom
the
;
and
Maritime
tanks
ft
of
the
division
com-
Gcncral
Hoffmclster
cr
which
captured
the
BRITISH
TRADE
COMMISSIONER
VISITS
RUPERT
On
his
wav
to
Northern
British
Columbia
and
the
Yukon
to
see
conditions
and
possibilities
there
at
first
hand,
J.
II.
Sleous,
uritisn
Trade
Commissioner
for
British
Columbia
and
Alberta
with
head
nuarters
in
Vancouver,
was
here
for
.a
few
hours
on
Monaay
mnmlni?
of
this
week.
He
was
shown
around
local
port
facili
ties
and
Industries
by
W.
J.
Scott,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
NO
JANITOR,
SCHOOL
OUT
Tlir
re
was
no
Janitor
at
Booth
Memorial
School
this
morning.
TUii
rirnnrn
W(l
C
imllt
And
LllG
excused
from
their
studlea
nnMi
Mnnriav
mornlnc
by
which
umn
It
Is
hofaed
the
Janitorial
crisis
will
have
been
settled.
Bulletins
SIRENS
TO
HERALD
PEACE
V
A
N
C
0
U
V
E
R
Air
raid
sirens
will
be
used
In
British
Columbia
to
signalize
the
announcement
of
the
end
of
the
war
with
Germany.
There
will
be
three
blasts
of
one
minute
each
with
ten
to
fifteen
second
intervals
between.
PREMIER
STRICKEN
HELSINKI
The
Premier
of
Finland,
while
attending
a
peace
conference
in
Moscow,
has
been
stricken
with
a
hemorrhage.
A
special
meeting
of
the
cabinet
has
been
called.
GOEIUJELS
TO
JAPAN
BERLIN
In
a
message
to
Japan
today,
Joseph
Gocbbcls
said
that
"Germany
will
not
surrender
and'cannot
be
conquered."
The
Reich
would
soon
come
up
with
"tremendous
new
weapons."
NOMAD
POPULATION
The
population
of
Transjordan
Is
largely
nomad.
IILES
INTO
GERMANY-
.HE
SIEGFRIED
LINE,
Sept.
15
(CP)
throuirh
tho
firuf'
hoH
nf
thp.
Sicirfricd
Itions.
the
Amor-ip-ma
nn
Frirhiv
drove
ten
L
Germanv
nnrth
nf
Trir.
CANADIANS
YIELD
ALLIED
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS,
Sept.
1
5(CP)
Canadian
Infantry
were
forced
to
give
up
a
narrow
bridgehead
th
innnld
aCnal
near
Brugfs
In
fac'e'of
'stronf
Cer
man
resistance,
front
line
dispatches
said
today.
at.T.TKD
SUPREME
HEAD
QUARTERS
IN
FRANCE.
Sept.
15
CO
Battlefront
dispatches
say
that
the
half-hearted
defence
b
the
Germans
in
the
outer
reacne3
of
the
Siegfried
Line
suggests
that
the
enemy
command
realizes
it
probably
will
have
to
fall
back
at
least
to
the
Rhine
River
for
a
death
stand,
ine
niucu
forces
continue
to
advance
In
all
sectors
against
feeble
resistance.
The
Canadians
nad
cro&acu
Leopold
Canal
near
Moerkere,
five
miles
nortneasi
oi
orasw
and
two
miles
from
the
Netherlands
border.
The
Canadians
advanced
under
heavy
machine
.run
anrt
liiui
mortar
uiv
-
u'
mi;
iuuiftv
-
gull
ttliu
classrooms
were
cold
when
the
ioprmans.it
is
believed
that
more
nils
arrived.
They
werf
iv,n
fnnr
thousands
Germans
I'
1
-
I
WIHit
remain
on
the
west
hank
and
the
Canadians
and
Poles
are
gradually
mopping'
up
this
force
In
their
drive
towards
the
Scncldc.
The
Canadians
also
continue
to
draw
the
net
tighter
about
the
Channel
ports
of
Dunkerque,
Calais
and
Boulogne.
The
Geramns
say
that
thu
Third
Army
has
advanced
to
linPviilP.
fifteen
miles
further
to
the
northeast
from
Charves
on
the
Moselle
River.
Near
the
Swiss
frontier
a
rencn
troops
have
advanced
up
wic
Mame
River
to
within
fifteen
miles
lies
u
of
uniuv..-
Chamount.
rt
many,
has
drawn
nearer
with
the
American
entrance
to
Vlller-
sexel
and
the
French
capture
m
Pontderoldc.
Vlllcrscvcl
Is
20
nllles
east
of
Belfort.
JAP
LOSSES
HEAVY
NOW
Carrier
Aircraft
of
U.S.
Navy
Continue
Strikes
At
Philippines
ppapt.
HARBOR.
Sent.
15
0)
Trl
Btnfna
'MilVV
1'eDOrtS
lilt;
uuuvu
umv.i
w
n
two
more
days
of
carrier
aircrait
.
VTTU
UlUtw
v
J
J
w
cMVoo
ntralnst
the
Philippines
with
the
slnklrig
or
damaging
of
84
more
surface
ships
ana
uie
destroying
of
approximately
233
more
aircraft.
The
announcement
brought
enemy
losses
for
the
Philippine
raids
beginning
September
8
to
501
aircraft
and
135
ships
exclusive
of
the
Salpans.
WAR
NEWS
Members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
held
their
first
dinner
meeting
of
the
1944-15
season
last
night
in
Reid's
Cafe,
electing
a
new
slate
of
officers
and
attending
to
other
business
in
-a
four-
hour
session.
It
was
the
first
meeting
of
the
hodv
since
June
although
there
have
been
meetlncs
of
the
ex
ecutive
in
the
interval.
Present
iupw
were
is
members
and
their
Thp
Allied
assault
on
Helton,
....
prPSidPnt
L.
M.
Fel-
.
i
...N.ifVnvestprn
cnntnwesiern
ua
Ger-
I
...
i
ii..
---t
sentnai
was
in
me
uia.
Business
following
the
dinner
culminated
In
the
election
of
n
officers.
Former
First
Vice-President
Colin
McCarthy
was
elected
president
by
unanimous
vote,
replacing
L.
M.
Fel-
scnthal
who
completed
a
sue
ccssful
year.
C.
G.
Ham
was
unanlmoush
elected
first
vice-president
ana
the
post
of
second
vice-president
was
won
by
D.
Wood.
By
unani
mous
vote
the
position
of
sec
rotary
went
to
R.
B.
Birch
and
that
of
treasurer
to
A.
J.
Dom
lnato.
Members
of
the
new
executive
are
T.
N.
Youngs,
O.
Havcroy,
Dr.
Knlne.
S.
Currlc
lr..
a.
Dybhavn,
Rev.
A.
F
MacSween
and
L.
M.
Felscnthal
In
a
brief
speech
of
acceptance
of
the
presidency,
Colin
McCar
thy
expressed
his
appreciation
to
the
members
and
stated
that
the
coming
year
promises
to
be
one
of
the
best
that
Prince
Rupert
has
seen
in
a
long
time.
"With
the
war
in
Europe
coin-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
15,
1944
i
ii
imBm
ii
i
w
iiiniiiinnriri
!
recently
have
been
there
:
before
from
Dieppe
CANADIANS
who
chased
Jerry
THE
MANY
OP
who
died
then
and
marched
solemnly
Sghe
raid
of
1942.
They
remembered
comrades
and
proudly
as
they
formally
entered
the
city.
Rhine
River
Death
Stand
Looming
Ud
FINNS
FIGHTING
GERMANS
STOCKHOLM,
Sept.
15
(CP)
A
dispatch
from
Helsinki
tcday
said
that
an
official
Finnish;
communique
announcing
island
of
Hogland
and
a
German
attack
on
the
Finnish
Finnish
measures
to
repel
the
attack
is
intended
to
mean
state
exists
between
Finland
and
Germany.
that
a
of
war
now
The
Germans
were
repulsed
at
all
points
but
one.
NANCY
FALLS
TO
AMERICANS
ALLIED
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS
Nancy,
key
city
in
the
defence
of
Northern
France.
fell
to
American
infantry
without
a
shot
being
fired.
The.
Germas
fled
during
the
night.
f,
w
'
-
'N
EN'
AIER
I
t'ANTStNb
ING
S
"
'
PEARL
HARBOR
American
assault
forces,
converging
on
the
Philippines
from
south
and
east,
landed
at
unidentified
points
on
fortress-like
Palau
islands
and
at
MorotU
In
Halmsera
islands
today
on
the
heels
of
crushing
aerial
bombardment.
Tokyo
radio
said
the
invasion
of
Palau
islands
took
place
on
the
southwest
coast
of
Peleiu
island,
600
miles
cast
of
the
Philippines.
GERMANY
BOMBER
AGAIN
LONDON
Allied
bombers
attacked
northwestern
Germany
today,
the
Nazis
reported,
after
a
night
of
weather-enforced
idleness.
Royal
Air
Forca
planes
blew
up
an
escort
vessel
and
set
afire
three
merchant
ships
in
a
German
convoy
which
was
surprised
off
southern
Norway
Thursday
night.
New
Officers
Elected
JUNIOR
CHAMBER
MAKING
ITS
PLANS
FOR
VICTORY
YEAR
inir
to
an
end
attention
will
focus
on
the
enemy
in
the
Pa
cific.
This
mav
mean
the
turn
Inir
Tuilni
in
the
dcstinv
01
-
-
rrince
Rupert.
It
is
unfortun'
ate
that
a
war
is
required
to
bring
this
about,
but
since
it
is
ro,
the
Junior
Chamber
oi
Commerce
should
be
prepared
to
take
full
advantage
of
H,
he
declared
To
Kiinnlpment
standing
com-
-
1
I
-
mlttees.
Mr.
McCarthy
announc
pd
he
intended
to
stimulate
In
tercst
In
attendance,
publicity,
public
health,
public
speaking
committees.
Norton
Youngs
Zb!
emphasized
ths
(Continued
on
page
2)
SURVIVED
AIR
WAR
TO
PERISH
IN
TRAIN
CRASH
cxDress
train
north
of
here
yes
terday.
About
forty
others
were
Injured
Including
more
Air
Force
veterans.
Thev
had
lust
com-
jpleted
thirty
days
leave.
ON
JAPAN
Plans
Are
Completed
German
Knock-out
Considered
tsinns
rplatlne
to
the
war
against
Japan
were
made
in
short
order
by
the
President
and
Prime
Minister.
It
is
taken
for
granted
that
plans
for
moving
great
Allied
forces
from
the
European
theatre
to
the
Far
East
are
virtually
complete.
Today
is
expected
to
be
tne
last
full
day
of
the
Quebec
conference
proper
although
Anglo-Canadian
meetings
may
last
longer.
The
Roosevelt-Churchill
discussions
"In
Quebec"
are
ex
pected
to
end
at
noon
tomorrow.
Canadian-British
staff
taiKs
have
been
proceeding
to
work
out
the
role
Canadian
iorces
will
play
In
an
over-all
plan
for
American,
British
Empire
ana
other
forces
in
the
Pacific
war.
HURRICANE
FANS
OUT
Twenty
Deaths
and
Heavy
Damage
Blows
Move
Into
Atlantic
NEW
YORK.
Sept.
15
00
A
hurricane,
leaving
a
trall'Of
des
truction
from
North
Carolina
to
.
.
..j
on
soumern
Maine
euwy
iuuajr.
cnamoer
ana
appeaiea
ioi
m
attrlbuted
to
ncwed
activity
on
the
part
of
old
.
me.!n.bers-
thousand
miles
of
the
Atlantic
-
nereare-a
numoer
oiyuu
8
one
business
men
in
Prince
Rupert
.
.
.
li
I
11UI1U1LU
111411.0
fkl
-
wnom
tne
city
nas
aone
a
qi,
u
.....
r
.
s
:lnned
bulldlnc.
ill
tVVtllll
JftUl
11V
WMtHt
tore
down
Dower
and
telephone
lines
and
uprooted
thousands
of
trees.
Damage
Is
estimated
at
$30,000,000.
Sevea
of
the
recorded
deaths
were
in
Greater
New
York.
One
ocean-going
vessel
was
lost
In
the
hurricane.
The
crew
was
rpsp.upd
bv
the
coastguard.
Halifax
renortcd
the
hurrlcant
tvMiii
nwsrH
St
i
was
iiiuvjiis
"'""J
"wii
ii.twAM,
"'
I
-i
I
j
unit,
IN
cw
DlUUn.At
i.m
"
"
is
lTVpnLV-mur
Air
(uiti.
unnt
nm
nin
inn
inin
oi
oi,
v
-
.villbllluc
iitvw
ii..w
.
-
1
.
.
i
1
A
1
n
1
I
vcteiaiis
wno
naa
compivuru
u
Lawrence.
10
iiny
missions
in
overseas
cum-
.
bat
were
among
twenty-seven!
.
rinnprAST
persons
killed
in
the
head-on
mwwuuiv
i
m
t
t.nin
ort
otrKRN
OIIARLOTTES:
Mod-
i
ijiiiiiiini
in
n.
1
1
iiLr
i
Liuiii
uttu
.
erate
to
fresh
winds.
Cloudy
t6
overcast
with
scattered
showers
today.
Saturday:
Light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudy
with
showers
i
arid
continuing
cool.
Weather
Forecast
Moderate
to
fresh
winds,
overcast
and
cool,
with
light
continuous
rain
during
morning,
becoming
cloudy
with
scattered
showers
during
afternoon
and
evening.
Saturday:
Light
to
mod.
winds,
mostly
cloudy,
scattered
showers,
little
change
in
temperature.
convention
of
the
Shipyard
General
Workers
Federation
of
British,
Columbia
at
Victoria
on
October
6
and
the'
fifth
national
convention
of
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
at
Quebec
on
October
16
will
be
leaving
the
city
shortly.
The
delegates
to
I
the
Victoria
convention
will
be
W.
White,
E.
Russell,
James
Nlcol,
Norman
Smith,
George
Stanton
and
Angus
MacPhee.
The
delegates
to
Quebec
will
be
Mr.
Stanton
and
Mt.
MacPhee
who
will
proceed
east
from
Vic
toria.
The
party
will
leave
for
the
south
September
30.
One
of
the
resolutions
adopted
locally
calls
for
a
thirty-hour
week.
Another
demands
a
per
manent
and
Impartial
labor
policy
for
Canada.
A
third
resolution
holds
that
depression
and
war
demonstrates
that
contra
dictions
of
the
present
social
svstem
cannot
be
lenored
and
that
the
only
solution
is
social
ownershlD
of
the
means
of
nro
ductlon
as
now
existing
in
the
Soviet
Union.
Other
resolutions
are
being
drafted.
U.N.R.R.A.
PARLEY
OPENS
MONDAY
MONTREAL,
Sept.
15
The
T
1
in
h
Massachussetts'
blew
out
t0
sea
United
Nations
Relief
and
for
for
new
memoers
in
tne
,anD
on,iv
inrtM.
i.u,,,...,..
.
habllltation
Association
confer
ence.
with
forty-four
nations
represented,
will
get
under
way
here
next
Monday.
The
sessions
are
being
held.
In
the
Windsor
Hotel.
London
Lights
On
Again
Sunday
LONDON.
SeDt.
15
The
lights
of
London,
after
being
dimmed
for
five
years,
will
be
turnpd
on
acaln
this
Sunday.
There
Is
great
Jubilation
at
the
prospect.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Reds
Storming
Into
Warsaw
Russians
Over-running
Transylvania;
Send
Forty
New
Divisions
Into
Baltic
CANUCKS
IN
LANDING
ON
PACIFIC
ISLE
Campagn
Going
Well
For
Soviets
In
All
Parts
of
Eastern
Front
MOSCOW,
Sept.
15
(CP)
Russian
and
Polish
troops
are
believed
to
be
storming
into
Warsaw-proper
today
from
the
captured
industrial
suburb
of
Pratra.
Dispatches
from
the
front
said
that
four
Vicrnln
Rivpr
hrifip-ps
were
still
standincr.
Other
HSifSSwtwEiS
Russians,
thirty
miles
to
the
south,
are
across
the
Canadian
Army
officers
weni
viiuui
u
c
aia
ashore
with
United
States
com-
are
threatening
to
outflank
War-
Chinese
Take
Bastion
mando
troops
yesterday
in
an
saw.
Invasion
of
Mortal
Island
In
the
Still
other
Russians
overran
one-third
tp
one-half
of-
the,
Moluccas
group
as
the
first
Dom-
Inion
men
to
study
Allied
teen-
iiaiiajivaiu
'j
nlque
in
the
South
Pacific.
They
Adolf
Hitler
assigned
to
Hungary
Col.
r.
aim
which
mic
xvUOoi
i.a.v
were
led
by
Lieut.
Henry
promised
to
restore
to
Ru-
Cotton
of
Vancouver.
The
group
went
along
not
only
mania,
as
observers
but
as
actual
mem-
Strong
Russian
patrols
have
thrustlnto
the
east
Beskid
bers
of
the
commando
unit.
Quebec
onrerence
partizans
TURN
WAR
Red
Army
forces
also
advanc
ed
across
the
Narew
River
from
captured
Nowograd
toward
East
Prussia.
The
Germans
report
that
the
Russians
have
launched
a
new
offensive
In
the
Baltic
area
with
40
divisions.
QUEBEC.
Sent.
15
CO
Foreign
T
A
Tl
ilin
!
Rpirptarv
Anthonv
Eden
sat
In
HI
lKAVrl
Ion
tne
yueDec
coniercutc
wujr
LABORITES
following
his
arrival
yesieruaj
ij.IJ.Li.
Ueiecates
UOintT
Lby
Plane
from
Jtogland
and
It
dnOuM
I
was
Recapture
Tengchung
Japanese
Lose
Important
Stronghold
Guarding
Burma
Road
CHUNGKING,
Sept.
15
09
The
Chinese
yesterday
recaptur-led
Tengchung,
Japaiiese
bastion
commanding
the
approaches
to
the
Burma
road
and
one
of
the
Main
Japanese
strongholds
In
Army
spokesman
announced
LOCAL
FLIERS
RETURNING
HOME
FROM
OVERSEAS
Two
Prince
Rupert
filers
are
back
In
Canada
from
over
seas
and
homeward
bound
on
leave.
They
are:
Flying
Officer
A.
E.
Franklin,
who
has
had
a
tour
of
operaUons
as
navigator"
with
the
City
of
Edmonton
squad
ron,
home
address,
1328
Elghtn
Avenue
East,
Prince
Rupert.
Pilot
Officer
A.
J.
Ludwlg,
15
months
in
Mediterranean.
BIG
AMERICAN
OIL
COMPANY
COMES
TO
B.C.
VICTORIA,
Sept.
15
The
So
.
.:
western
Yunnan
Province.
The
v
capture
came
after
Allied
bomb-
ers
gave
heavy
support.
More
than
three
thousand
Japanese
were
killed.
1
Tengchung
had
been
In
enemy
(
hands
for
two
years
and
the
Japanese
had
been
defending
it
.
-
-.!!
-I.
W
1
since
june
irom
ni"s3,LBil.';.-
abnarerit
that
Prime
Minis-
,
pwu..uv.vw
umi.
no
v.-
ter
Winston
Churchill
and
Presi-
With
Resolutions
between
Chinese
rorees
m
or
dent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
IBurma
and
Yunnan
wotim
the
Chinese
are
in
full
con-
a
SWllCneu
UlCir
UClltrcianuJw
i
nuutu
mini
iEouiui.iviu
I
the
Pacific
war
to
the
speedy
up
by
local
affiliate
bodies
of
the
trol
pf
a
trail
between
Myiticy-
ira
and
Tenechune.
a
Chines
Canadian
of
Labor,
downfall
of
Germany.
There
are
Indications
that
de-
delegates
Congress
to
the
first
annual
cony
Vacuum
Co.,
important
United
States
petroleum
concern,
has
taken
put
extraprovlnclal
In
corporation
In
this
provlnce.vlt
will
carry
out
geological
and
ex
ploration
activity
In
Northern
British
Columbia.
TWENTY
KILLED
BY
EXPLOSION
'
LONDON,
Sept.
15
W)
A
mysterious
explosion
In
a
secret
shell
ftlllnz
Dlant
In
northwest
Eng
land
killed
possibly
twenty
men
and.
women
today.
AND
ALL
THAT
SYDNEY,
Australia
0
New
South
Wales
state
lottery
No.
1066
was
opened
on
the
day
the
Allies
landed'
In
Normandy.
Wanted
Local
Shipyard
Requires
Journeymen
.Helpers,
also
Women
and
Boys
as
Rivet
Passers
and
Markers.
-
Apply
National
Selective
Service
A.M.
150.
i