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SET
INVITATION
LONDON
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Clement
Atlec
said
today
that
United
States
and
not
Great
Britain
sent
the
invitation
to
Spain
to
attend
the
Chicago
postwar
aviation
conference
which
Russia
refused
to
attend
on
account
of
Spain
beinc
invited.
OTTAWA
Canadian
civilian
fire
fighters
who
were
sent
overseas
will
be
demobilized
because
there
Is
no
longer
need
for
them.
There
were
312
such
fire
fighters.
ACTRESS
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
Gail
Patrick,
moving
picture
actress,
arrived
in
Vancouver
to
help
in
tliQ
Victory
Loan
campaign.
She
was
met
nnd
welcomed
by
Mayor
J.
W.
Coinett.
NELSON
TO
CHINA
WASHINGTON,
D.Cv-Don-ald
.
Nelson
is
returning
to
riilna
In
set
uu
a
Chinese
wnr
production
board.
He
Is
being
sent
at
the
request
of
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek.
BATTLE
OF
LOWLANDS
LONDON
British
and
Canadian
assault
forces,
making
rapid
strides
toward
clearing
the
approaches
of
Antwerp
port,
have
hurled
stubborn
German
defence
troops
out
of
all
but
the
northern
outskirts
of
Flushing
on
Walchcrn
Island,
a
field
dispatch
said
today.
British
commandos
and
amphibious
forces
which
struck
Walchercn's
west
coast
yesterday
have
expanded
their
beachhead.
v
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jj-untt
as
a
result
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A
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Shell
Out.
cam-1
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KAINa-A-
R.
who
GOES
OVER
TOP
campaign,
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Canada
Air
Lives
went
over
tht
the
ano;
r
""a
"r",
.
seventh
Victory
Loan
no
R"Pert
at
least
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Is
Prt
....
con
ouiiicimiig
new.
nnn-
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,
-
i."n.cii
una
in
collect-fm.
The
Idea
appealed
to
suibstantlal
quantities.
Wal
Temperature
Smu"
53
at
Vi
O
ClutJV
xutouj,
-
Baldwin,
chairman
of
the
T.C.A.
system
campaign,
announced
yesterday.
Over
so
percent
ui
ui
employees
have
subscribed
to
date
and
have
exceeaea
i
quota
of
$301,000.
Hockey
Scores
1
National
League
Chicago
8,
New
York
3.
mm-mimKmmf
net
WAR'S
WRATH
BURSTS
OVER
AUGAUR
Close
by
a
landing
party
of
coast
guard
and
marine
invaders,
an
explosion
sends
ugly
black
smoke
towering
over
the
beachhead
of
Augaur
island
lrj
the
Palaus.
Jap
guns,
from
hidden
inland
emplacements
were
trained
upon
the
invaders
as
they
moved
from
coast
guard-manned
landing
barges.
kn.'t
tf
rp:;istanrr
south
of
1
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,
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n.i..'
t'lil
I
IHM
KILLED
IN
CRASH
najs
eaiuary
was
mini
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i.iimmin
rieia
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whfrt
a
NairgeiteraTan'df
Relrli'cVrman
command-1
fleer
JohnTliompson
of
cr;in
cniei
in
naiy.
"P""
to
u
have
iiwiv
been
wounded
in
an
Of
Nan
almo.
pilot
of
a
Kitty
Hawk
fighter
plane,
was
killed
when
the
craft
plunged
into
the
sea
yesterday
off
White
Rock
pier.
The
plane
struck
about
three-quarters
of
a
mile
from
shore
and
'exploded
under'
water.
The
body
of
the
pilot
was
recovered
by
a
K.CJl.F.
crash
boat.
GRANVILLE
ST..
LIT
UP
VANCOUVER
Power
restrictions
having
been
lifted
on
account
of'
heavy
rains,
Granville
st.,
will
be
lit
up
again
tonight
almost
like
pre-war
days.
OTTAWA
SHAKE-UP
OTTAWA
The
big
news
on
the
home
front
today
is
the
resignation
of
Defence
Min
ister
Ralston
from
the
federal
cabinet
on
the
question
of
reinforcements
for
Canadian
troops
overseas.
The
report
came
from
reliable
sources
in
Ottawa
and
was
later
con-
Klntr.
Later
it
was
learned
that
he
will
be
replaced
by
Gen.
A.
G.
L.
McNatighton,
former
commander
of
the
Canadian
Army
overseas.
Minister
of
Navy
Macdonald
and
Minister
of
Finance
Hsley
may
follow
Ralston
into
retirement.
VICTORY
LOAN
PROGRESS
OTTAWA
The
half-way
mark
of
the
three-week
Seventh
Victory
Loan
campaign
has
been
reached,
with
an
estimated
$645,000,000
worth
of
bonds
sold
so
far.
Official
returns
covering
the
period
up
to
Tuesday
night
amounted
to
$575,813,000.
The
Army
and
Navy
have
exceeded
their
objectives,
while
the
R.C.A.F.
is
within
$280,000
of
its
$15,000,-000
quota.
CANADIANS
ALL
RETURNED
SAFE
LONDON..
Nov.
2
Only
two
British
bombers
were
missing
after
the
heavy
raid
of
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
canaaian
Air
Fnrr.n
hombcrs
on
Cologne
Monday
night.
All
Canadian
bombers
returned
safely.
In
ad
dition
to
the
Cologne
bombing,
mosaultoes
made
two
attacks
on
Berlin
and
air
fields
over
a
wide
area
of
Germany,
were
also
attacked.
Buy
a
Vletory
Bond
today
In
On
Kill
mm
an
Royal
Navy
Wants
Hand
In
Pacific
Ready
to
Take
part
In
Final
Decisive
Blows
Against
Japs
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
2
0
Ad
miral
Sir
James
Somervllle
has
exprefised
the
hope
that
the
Roy
al
Navy
wlllibe
ln;on
the
decis
ive
blqws
tbjdefeat
Japan.
He-savs
fie
knows
of-!
no
official
reluctance
on
the'i
Dart
of
the
United
Stated
to
keep,
the
British
from
sharing
In
the
offensive
against
Japan.
But
he
adds
that
he
has
read
of
such
opposition
In
the
newspapers.
Admiral
Somervllle
Is
the
head
of
the
British
Admiralty
dele
gation
In
Washington,
RECORD
MONTH
IN
AIR
RAIDS
100
NAZIS
DOWNED
LONDON,
Nov,
2
United
States
and
British
planes-fought
a
major
battle
,over
Germany
today
arid
over
100
Nails
were
shot
down.
.
LONDON,
Nov.
2
0"
October
was
a
record
month
for
British,
Canadian
and
American
forces
in
attacking
Germany.
Mor
than
Rftnon
flights,
were-
made
"by
bomber?
aftd
.
flghterS6vcr
enemy
territory
Approximately
400
planes
were
lost.
The
attacks
are
keeping
up
without
let
up,
Hamburg
and
airfields
In
Germany
being
rSFo
rons
ot
mosquiios
auu
uigiu
fighters.
Allied
planes
were
pounding
Eurcpe
this
morning,
large
flights
of
planes
headed
out
from
Britain
toward
western
Ger
many.-
In
action
last
night,
British
Mosqultos
attacked
the
German
capital
and
also
struck
the
much
bombed
industrial
city
of
Col
ogne.
ogne.
Earlier
Earlier
in
in
the
tne
evening,
evening,
a
a
bombers
hlt
Oberhausen
In
the
Ruhr
valley.
LOAN
GOING
AHEAD
WELL
SALONIKA
HAS
BEEN
EVACUATED
ROME.
Nov.
2
)
The
Ger
man
High
Command
announced
yesterday
that
Nazi
forces
have
evacuated
Salonika,
principal
Balkan
seaport
and
second
city
of
Greece.
Allied
headquarters
had
disclosed
earlier
that
British
patrols
had
reached
the
city.
Official
confirmation
cam
from
Allied
headquarters
today
that
the
Greek
seaport
had
been
captured
"by
British
troops.
The
headquarters
report
said
the
British
were
received
enthusias
tically
by
the
populace'.
NAZIS
ARE
SENT
BACK
Counter-attacks
Foiled
Fifth
Army
in
Italy
POST-WAR
by
ROME,
Nov.
2
fli
Germans,
facing
the
Allied
Fifth
Army
on
the
central
sector
of
Bologna,
staged
a
series
of
counter-at-
iri
an
effort
to
'
wipe
out
sev
eral
Allied
salients
but
Americans,
sometimes
fighting
hand-
tp-hand,
hurled
them
all
back.
On
the
Adriatic
end
of
the
front
the
Eighth
Army
has
dtiven
the
Germans
from
twd
approaches
to
Ravenna.
Polish,
and
Indian
units
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
have
join
ed
a
bridgehead
won
by
other
British
forces
and
thev
are
now
advancing
westward
across,
the
Ronco
river
north
of
Meldola
The
British
push
is
aimed
at
the
Pn
vnllpv
Innetion
nf
Forli.
'Rnnth
nf
Bolocna
In
the
ccn
tral
sector,
Fifth
Army
troop,
riwTS.'cjcarca
.
uie-.ucrrciirn-;roni
the
town
of
Casetta.
M.
J.
Coldwell
Airs
His
Views
Ih
Regard
to
Future
of
MONTREAL.
Noy.
2t$
M.
J.
Coldwell,
C.C.F.
leader,
said
in
an
address
here
that
a
nationwide
survey
of
industry
must
be
undertaken
at
once
as
the
first
concern
of
a
new
federal
recon
struction
deDartment
to
deter-
,
m,
-
prewar
capacltles
of
ln.
strong
force
of
British
heavy
wartime
du
tr,M
tnelr
present
capacities
ana
tne
postwar
needs
of
the
nation.
"Only
by
such
overall
planning
can
jobs
for
all
become
a
reality
after
the
war,"
declared
Coldwell.
'
j
'
'
Coldwell
declared!
that
war
Dlahts
owned
bv
the
govefrf-
.
i
c.,n,
nriti!ment
should
be
retained
under
firmed
by
an
official,
an-
"
'
.
,.,,.,.,.,.
1
socialistic
control
.
of
the
state
nouncement
from
Premier
(
",tr
h
rather
than
be
turned
over
to
OTTAWA,
Nov.
-i
w
uanaaian
,
private
business.
Victory
Lioan
ouycrar
iueiuajf
subscribed
$74,343,750,
bringing
the
cumulative
total
to
$575,-813,500
as
compared
with
$553,-558.550
at
the
same
stage
last
year.
The
British
Columbia-Yukon
CITY
REACHES75
PER
CENT
QUOTA
panvacQ
mk
hlcrh
QnnY
Aalll
,
Til.A
rn..i
(...Vicnrlnllnni
Tuesday
when
public
purchases
"
75
'
t
mark
oh
totalled
$4,110,950
from
19,891
.
e
iuntln,,c
r,H
thn
armori
"cuucouajr
m
uic
utunra
....
1
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I
t-
1
tfi
forces
wept
over
the
top
of
$30,-
wry
oan
arive.
uouu
saics
iut-
000
quota
to
become
the
first
ailing
$10,350
brought
the
total
over
the
area
divisions.
Public
,
of
the
campaign
so
far
to
$546,-
u
...
onn
nnn
nf
iJuii.iiaoi.-a
ouu.uuu
o.
wu
900
sngntiy
over
the-
three-the
corresponding
clay
in
the
previous
loan.
Large
appllca-1
...
tinnB
sr.
fnr
tnijil
242
for
$38.-
On
the
corresponding
day
of
026,500
u.
or
82
per
cent
w.
of
quota,
the
...v
Sixth
Loan
.
the
day's
sale
Mrs.
Rose
Sylvester
C.
Lawrence
Smith
William
Brannctt
W.
J.
McCutcheon
Percy
R.
Smith
Douglas
Shier
Mrs.
Mabel
Shier
Mrs.
Antoinette
Armstrong
Mrs.
E.
Michaloff
jjernej
Jurjevlch
Close
To
Budapest
Fall
of
Hungarian
Capital
to
Russians
Expected
Within
Few
Days
MOSCOW.
Nov.
2
)
Russian
troops
are
now
within
30
miles
of
the
Hungarian
capital
of
TJ
11
H
i
noct
4ho
fall
nf
which
is
expected
within
a
matter
of
'
days.
The
Russian
communique
savs
that
Soviet
troops
have'
overrun
more
than
one
nun-
dred
towns
and
villages
during
one
twenty-four
hour
period.
The
communique
also
discloses
that
enemy
forces
have
been
cleared
from
the
Petsamo
region
of
Arctic
Finland.
"Pit
Lamper"
Gets
6
Months
Suspended
Edward
Riley,
a
native
of
Kit
katla.
received
si
months
sus-
nended
sentence
plus
$6
court
costs
when
he
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
under
the
Game
Act
lrf
police
court
today.
50
100
300
5u
Ridley
was
charged
with
being
In
possession
of
a
headlight
and
rifle,
better
krlown
as
"pit
lamp
lng"
equipment..
Game
Warden
Edward
,
Martin,
told
the
court
that
he
had
Xound
Ridley
in
pos
thpn
shoots
it.
It
is
described
as
an
extremely
destructive
method
of
hunting.
50
50
!
500
(
50
1
100
1000
;
50
I
50
1
50
50
100
300
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the
lne
Dog
uos
and
ana
ra
Sixty
per
cent
of
general
public
wcre
$35,650,
and
the
campaign
nas
never
tasted
beer,
mmtn
quota
had
had
'been
been
reached
readied
with
witn
.
.
,
i
,o,
.
t
t
tm,ln,
Investments
from
the
armed
I
forces
and
the
public
now
$33,-jNewson
A.
S.
Pett
$
900
a4n
nsn.
'
iMrs.
Josenhlne.
MacDonald
503
Eritish
Columbia
leaders,
John
Kuternoha
based
on
percentage
of
Individ-1
Mike
Hanlch"'
ual
sales
are:
Prince
Rupert,
Paul
Ballk
65;
Vancouver,
64.12;
New
West-
Ronald
Gaslunas
,
minster,
63.33;
Victoria,
51.16;
Romld
Gaslunas
jr.
Ladysmith,
Vancouver
Island,
Mrs.
Ronald
Gaslunas
has
reached
125
per
cent
of
Peter
Kwansyotja
quota.
LONDON,
Oct.
Oi
Canadian
Military
Headquarters
disclosed
that
the
Canadian
Army
overseas
Is
comprised
of
68.5
percent
privates,
or
their
equivalent,
21.6
percent
non-.commlssloned
pf
fleers,
7.2
percent
officers
and
2.7
percent
nursing
sisters.
BRIERLEY
HILL,
Eng.,
Q
Walter
Launcelot
Larkham,
65,
retiring
after
39
years
as
publican
Partridge,
never
smoked
since
an
early
attempt
at
the
age
of
15,
and
hates
"blondes"
who
loll
on
pub
counters
sipping
gin
and
smoking.
1
QUOTA
RESULTS
RESIGNS
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister,
of
national
defence.
YANKS
PUSH
INTO
LEYTE
Is
less
than
two
miles
away
1
GEN.
MacARTHUR'S
HQ
Nov.
2
)
Allied
Invasion
troops
In
the
Philippines
have
fought
their
way
into
the
key
north
coast
town
of
Carlgara
on
Leyte
Island.
Another
Allied
column
To
the
south,
other
Allied
troops
are
pushing
westward
session
of.
the-
equipment
on
an-
across
the
jungles,
and
some
of
arm
of
Kltkatla
Inlet
on
Porcher
tnese
umu
aie
iepui:u
island
on
OctrJber
25.
halfway
across
tne
lsiana.
The
rifle,
a
new
25-35
calibre
carbine,
and
the
headlight
were
ordered
confiscated.
.TJHinn
TlrntYTtt
itfirl
fnf
tVlD
IIO
STATEMENT
ONjARNHEM
tne
nunter
aazzies
mo
game
""r
r
.
;
with
a
powerful
beam
of
Ught,
of
thf
two
war
correspondents
who
accompanied
the
British
adrborne
troops
at
Arnhem.
Stanley
Maxted
of
the
C3.C,
is
in
Montreal
to
aid
ln
the
Victory
Loan
campaign.
'
Maxted
says
the
story
or
Arn
hem
hag
been
told
pretty
thor-puhgly
In
print
but
that
he
would
like
to'
add
one
statement.
He
savs
the
airborne
troops
have
been
disturbed
by
an
Impression
that
they
failed
at
Arnnem.
Maxted
stresses
that
they
did
not
fall.
They
gained
their
oo-
4
r,nTo
nnrl
Vtolrl
held
tthPTTI
them.
The
aecono
Army,
wnicn
was
wj
nave
joined
them,
met
with
unexpect
ed
ooDosltlon.
The
alrboim
troops
were
not
equipped
to
hold
on
for
more
than
a
few
days.
BOMBSHELL
BY
RUSSIA
This
is
How
Washington
Dip
lomats
View
Refusal
to
Join
in
Chicago
Air
Conference
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Nov.
2
Russia's
sudden
refusal
to
participate
In
the
International
air
conference
opening
at
oni-caco
yesterday
had
the
effect
of
a
bombshell
on
Washington
dip
lomats
and
even
the
best
Informed
today
seemed
at
a
loss
to
explain
it.
The
sudden
decision
to
withdraw,
after
the
head
of
the
Soviet
delegation
had
been
named
and
some
of
the
delegation
had
arrived
with
others
on
the
way,
left
in
its
wake
speculation
as
to
the
future
of
proposed
inter-
nation
co-operation
ln
other
fields.
Manv
were
reluctant
to
believe
that
the
whole
reason
was
that
given
in
Russian
com
munlcatlons
because
Invita
tions
had
nlso
been
sent
to
such
allegedly
proFasclst
and
antl-Sovlet
countries
as
Spain,
Portugal
and
Switzerland
$725,
$546,900
Col.
Ralston
Quits
Gov't
General
McNaugh-ton
Becomes
Minister
of
National
Defence
CHANGES
TAKE
PLACE
OTTAWA,
Nov.
2
(CP)
General
A.
G.
L.
Mc-Naughton,
57,
former
conimander
01
the
Canadian
Army
overseas,
wa$
sworn
in
today
a
minister
of
national
defence
and
went
directly
to
a.
meeting
of
the
Dominion
cabinet.
He
succeeds
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston
who
resigned
over
the
question'
j..
of
reinforce-
eather
Forecast
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrows
Tides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
COAST
AND
QUEEN
riirirnrA-LlRhl
mRTH
to
mod-
rrlday,
October
3
CTuk
P"tly
cloudy
to
She
L,
...
3:04
21.0
feet
.M
M:4
225
feet
C,r
scattered
light
few
with
hv
cool
with
not
Low
..4
'
8:58
6.1
feet
I
21:35
1.9
feet
iuch
change
In
temperature.
r
K7
NOVEMBER
2.
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
i
THURSDAY,
II.
iw.
-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
AHINt
I
CRISIS
AT
OTTAWA
I
,
i
H.,
,
r
,
.
"I
c
seas.,
General
MgNaugh-
,V-
tnn
?o
'
oaifl
f
n
tnkp
f.VlP.
position
that
volunteers
are
most
suitable
for
service
overseas.
He
could
enter
the
government
without
any
change
hi
present
military
service
regulations
being
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
in
announcing
me
resignaiion
or
umv
comment.
He
had
no
knowledge
of
other
resignations,
Mr.
King
said,
nor
did
he
see
the
neces
sity
of
calling
a
special
session
of
Parliament
before
next
January.
Mr.
King
said
that
Col.
Ralston
was
a
man
of
the
highest
integrity.
"I
hold
mm
in
tne
nignest
aiiec-
trouble
lay
In
the
fact
that
the
tion
and
regard."
OTTAWA,
Nov.
2
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston,,
minister
of
national
defence,
has
resigned
from
the
cabinet
highly
reliable
sources
said
last
night
although
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
had
no
immediate
state
ment
to
make
on
behalf
of
opinion
on
the
question
of
Kalston
and
theaoDOint-
,,i.
nent
of
GenfvftU.Jc-
Jjh
sbokc
tor
themselves
without
him
making
any
the
use
of
the
Home
Defence
force.
He
had
advocated
the.
dispatch
overseas
-of
Home
Defence
men.
The
cabinet
had
divided
in
opinion
on
the
method
of
reinforcement
for
Canadian
troops
overseas,
it
was
learned
icliably'.
The
senior
defence
minister
was
at
his
office
at
'a
late
hour
last
night
but
no
statement
came
from
him.i
'
Ottawa
reports
said
Col.
Ralston
would
be
replaced
by
Gen.
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton,
former
commander'
of
the
Canadian
Army
overseas,
who
was
also
not
available
for
comment;
I
1Hf
1
Col.
Ralston's
resignation
came
three
weeks
after
he'
had
returned
from
a
tour
of
European
battlefronts
where
he
heatd
opinions
of
combatants
on
subject
including
the
Home
Defence
Army.
Col.
Ralston
is
understood
to
have
favored
having
70,000
men
in
the
Home
Defence
Army
made
available
for
service
anywhere.
In
this
position
he
was
supported
by
on.
Angus
Alacdonald,
minister
of
the
navy,
and
there
is
general
speculation
that
Macdonald
may
follow
the
senior
defence
minister
into
retirement.
At
a
cabinet
meeting
today
practically
all
members
of
tlio
cabinet
were
present
including
Macdonald
but
it
was
not
known
whether
Kalston
was
present.
-
.
.the
government.
Col:
Ralston's
resignation
resulted
from
difference
of;
lH
;
t.
i
I
Si
i.