mnrcT
nlfTfrnct
n.'irhln
KnUfr
1
rt
PanoM-
SS
Cabinet
in
Athens
MK
Orrck
cabinet
members
are
expected
to
airive
i
Greek
capital
of
Athens
some
time
today,
and
mili-
iid
naval
commanders
arc
expected
to
accompany
the
Lts
to
the
city.
During
the
last
days
of
German
control
Brce.
more
than
500
civilians
aie
said
to
have
been
c-gunncd
by
the
Germans
and
many
buildings
burned.
Gains
in
Italy
BMK
Slight
new
gains
have
beeri
made
by
British
I
Army
forces
fighting
in
Italy's
I'o
Kiver
valley.
The
forres
have
taken
a
few
more
yards
of
the
Rimini-a
highway
and
closed
in
on
Cesena
from
the
cast
and
Kith,
Fifth
Aimy
troops,
meanwhile,
have
advanced
Ra
mile
north
of
captured
Livergnano
on
highway
65.
1th
Army
goal,
is
the
City
of
'Bologna.
ins
in
East
Prussia
N))A
late
bulletin
from
London
says
the
Germans
that
the
Russian
army
has
invaded
the
province
of
russia,
Berlin
states
that
the
new
Soviet
army
offensive
s
fiont
the
Baltic
states
southward
to
Schirwindt,
one
hide
Germany.
Dead
Admirals
iNDOX
A
Berlin
broadcast
quoted
Tokyo
dispatch
to-porting
the
deaths
of
three
vice-admirals
of
the
Japan-rt.
One
died
of
illness
at
the
front,
and
two
died
in
iEnter
Czechoslovakia
KSCOVY
Itussian
Armies
have
ciossed
the
Carpathian
Bains
in
force,
and
are
invading
CzechoSlocakia,
Premier
announced
In
an
order
of,
the
day.
ine
Hit
Today
bNDOXlndustrlal
targets
and
railway
yards
In
the
"
and
Kassel
areas
of
Germany
were
attacked
today
frc
than
550
heavy
American
bombers.
This
is
the
fourth
on
Cologne
In
five
days.
s
Fear
wings
on
lippines
-
HARBOR,
Oct.
18
Vh
tyo
'adlo
has
voiced
its
at
the
Allies
will
soon
he
Philippines.
But
it
Pled
nuch
words
of
fear
'.hat
the
American
rce-
suffered
heavily
in
cnt
Formosa
attacks.
claims
have
been
fpmv
Nimitz,
I"
refuted
by
Admiral
the
Pacific
Naval
de
announced
that
the
(':
'lune
attacks
have
been
"8
against
enemy
tar-
I
me
Philippines.
Ifrom
another
sector
of
lflc
comes
In
a.
report
Pining
that
American
Handed
without
opposl-
uuu
Atoll
In
the
west-lollnes
on
September
20
The
lagoon
of
the
Ullthl
f1
"tremely
good
naval
falia
Able
ransfer
Men
Jobs
to
Army
EIRA,
Australia
nM
us
kindreds
of
unskilled
Tom
factories
tn
the
forces.
This
in
the
withdrawal
f
vi
....
wa
r"
oiacrs
for
spare
parts.
Li
r.
.ancJ
repairs.
The
r'uea
workers
will
be
Foa
w
high
.priority
Jobs.
Parents
Complain
Of
Sons'
Transfer
From
RCAF
to
Army
CALGARY,
Oct.
18
dOWCom-plalnts
by
parents
of
Calgary
boys
facing
transfer
from
the
Air
Force
to
the
Army
will
be
placed
before
government
officials
by
two
Calgary
M.P.'s.
Air
Minister
Power
said
recently
that
recruiting
for
the
R.C.A.F.
had
been
suspended
and
that
men
who
had
not
started
their
training
would
be
transferred
to
the
Army.
Only
Third
of
Women
Laid
Off
Seeking
Jobs
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Oct.
18
0
Ernest
Welch,
manager
of
Selective
Service
offices
hero
said
that
only
one-third
of
the
women
laid
off
at
the
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
repair
plant
hero
are
seeking
other
Jobs.
Another
third
arc
not
going
back
to
work.
Many
of
these
are
married
women
anxious
to
get
back
to
their
homes.
The
remaining
third,
now
drawing
unemployment
insurance
benefits,
have
hot
expressed
their
plans.
POST-WAR
AIRLINES
CANBERRA
HEP)
The
government
Is
planning
an
airline
scheme
to
.bring
any
place
in
Australia
within
.24
hours
travel
of
any
other
place.
It
is
hoped
to
establish
22
centres
linked
by
trunk
services,
each
serving
a
300-mlle
radius
by
air
or
surface
transport.
Scrapfaggot
Reburies
Witch,
Hopes
For
Best
SCRAPFAGGOT
GREEN,
Eng.,
vs
iuci.
-iu
w
for
ine
second
time
4i
I
in
200
years,
the
people
of
the
"
TOssex
villa
'
;reen
have
hnrlrrt
o
urltrli
th
h:porf
ferrJes
which
the
Dominion
is
turning
out
.afne
one
law
Above,
the
first
of
the
large
vessels
to
slide
w
.y'f
peace
and
and
iclv.v"
Her
null
Dullt
,n
record
tlme
by
Canadian
Vick-fted
Montreal,
i
the
first
of
this
particular
typo
in
the
rue;?
transport
ferries
which
are
being
built
in
several
om
tnc
Si
jjawrcnte
uiiu
uu
uiu
vYuai
VOUM,
lorm
pan
:
(lotilla
of
ships
designed
for
amphibious
operations.
WAR
NEWS
I
Robot
Damage
jpON
ficrtnan
flying
bombs
hit
London
and
soulh-
E
gland
last
night.
It
was
the
seventh)
consecutive
night
li
buzz
bombs
had
been
sent
over.
Some
of
the
bombs
Lot
down,
but
the
others
caused
damage
and
casualties.
both
times.
All
was
quiet
after
the
first
burial
for
quite
some
time
In
fact
for
200
years
until
this
summer
when
an
army
bulldozer
made
the
mistake
of
moving
the
bolder
which
had
kept
the
old
witch
in
her
place.
Since
then,
there
have
been
strange
doings
in
Scrapfaggot
Green,
and
everyone's
nerves
were
rapldi.
going
to
pieces.
The
witch
or
somebody
heaved
beams
around,
played
marbles
with
boulders,
and
rang
the
church
bell
at
odd
hours.
They
buried
the
witch's
splrU
yesterday
In
a
public
ceremony
but
it's
a
good
guess
that
the
villagers
will
have
their
finger3
crossed,
on
the
outcome
for
the
next
few
weeks.
3,000
GET
NEW
RATION
BOOKS
ON
FIRST
DAY
Prince
Rupert
ration
book
holders
turned
out
in
a
,big
way
to
get
their
Number
Five
books
yesterday
the
first
of
the
four-day
distribution
period
which
closes
Friday.
About
3,000
books
were
distrib
uted
at
the
City
Hall
and
Seal
Cove
centres.
At
.the
city
hall,
volunteer
attendants
were
busy
afternoon
and
everting
giving
out
245D
books,
Mrs.
J.
A.
Teng,
city
ration
book
officer,
said
this
morning.
The
Seal
Cove
centre
under
the
charge
of
Mrs.
J.
E.
Boddlc.
distributed
about
500
books.
Warning
Is
Issued
by
H.
F.
Olassey,
ration
administrator,
that
if
citizens
do
not
get
their
ration
books
during
the
present
period,
they
will
have
to
wall
for
them
until
November
6.
"We
are
too
busy
immediately
after
the
distribution
period
to
look
after
late-comers,
he
says.
Last
spring.
Ration
Book
Number
Four
was
distributed
to
10,094
people
In
the
city.
Legion
Head
Urges
Even
Break
for
Returning
Soldiers
QUEBEC,
Oct.
18
(CP)
The
general
secretary
of
the
Canadian
Legion,
J.
C.
C.
Herwlg,
urged
delegates
to
the
Fifth
Annual
Convention
of
the
Cana
dian
Congress
of
Labor
In
Quebec
yesterday
to
endorse
a
program
aimed
at
giving
vet
erans
of
the
present
war
an
even
break
in
unionized
Industry.
Mr.
Herwlg
contended
that
all
wartime
Jobs
should
be
considered
temporary.
English
money,
and
the
Eng-
I
llsh
habit
of
underestimating
walking
distances
were
among
I
the
difficulties
encountered
overseas
by
AB
Charles
Sund-berg,
20,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Sundberg,
314
Sixth
Av
enue
West,
who
returned
home
last
night
after
11
months
of
naval
service
overseas.
He
was
met
at
the
C.N.R,
depot
by
his
parents,
two
sisters
and
friends,
and
will
remain
nere
10
spend
a
28-day
leave.
Seaman
Sundberg,
who
was
born
In
the
city,
took
part
in
American
hcachhead
landings
in
France.
He
says
he
was
amazed
at
the-
accuracy
of
the
antiaircraft
gunners,
who
were
able
to
bring
numbers
of
German
planes
down
nt
night.
"The
guns
would
.bark,
and
there
would
be
a
blast
in
the
air
where
a
German
plane
had
ex
ploded."
he
recounted.
"You
would
wonder
how
they
did
It."
Paydays
were
periods
of
complete
confusion
for
Seaman
Sundberg
and
other
Canadian
sailors.
When
they
wanted
to
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrows
Tides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Thursday,
October
19
Che
High
2:21
19.9
feet
14:15
21.1
feet
Low
8:20
6.1
feet
20:47
3.9
ieet
VOL.
XXXIII.
No.
244
PRINCE
'RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER
18,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Auto
Ferry
to
Alaska
Urge
NEWLY
ORGANIZED
GROUP
WOULD,
BUILD
HOMES
HERE
UNDER
N.H.A.
Immediate
application
in
Prince
Rupert
of
facilities
of
the
Federal
government's
revised
National
Housing
Act
will
be
sought
by
a
group
of
Prince
Ru
pert
citizens,
22
of
whom
met
last
night
to
organize
women
war
workers
apparent
the
nucleus
of
what
they
hope
will
be
a
much
larger
iy
differ
greatly,
on
the
whole
body
of
prospective
modern
home
owners.
The
group
Hungarians
Marching
on
Budapest
By
the
Canadian
rress
LONDON
Berlin
rays
the
commanders
of
the
First
and
Second
Hungarian
armies
hate
been
ousted
by
the
Nazis.
Adding
that
the
commander
of
the
First
Army
has
gone
over
to
the
Itussian
side,
along
with
his
staff.
Neutral
sources,
meantime,
say
the
First
Hungarian
Army
has
been
marching
on
the
Hungarian
capital
of
Budapest
with
the
intention
of
throwing
out
the
pro-Nazi
premier
as
well
as
the
German
military
forces
in
the
city.
This
report
has
not
been
confirmed
by
official
Allied
sources.
CHARGES
UNION
HEAD
WITH
INCITING
STRIKE
VANCOUVER,
Octt
18
Wi
ll.
McLean,
president
of
Canada
Packers,
charged
F.
W.
Dowlln
director
of
the
United
Packing
House
workers
with
trying
to
incite
union
locals
to
strike
ac
tion
in
packing
plants
across
Canada
by
statements
"mislead-
lng
both
to
the
employees
and
trie
public."
McLean,
said
that
his
company
had
scrupulously
observed
the
terms
of
its
agreement
with
the
union,
and
that
company
representatives
had
been
unable
to
attend
the
Toronto
conference
with
the
union
because
of
a
previous
engagement
in
Winnipeg.
DECORATE
SWEDISH
AIRMEN
STOCKHOLM
5
For
risking
their
lives
to
help
the
crew
of
a
burning
American
bombing
plane
at
Bulltofa
air
field
in
southern
Sweden
three
noncommissioned
officers
of
the
Royal
Swedish
Air
Force
have
been
decorated
for
bravery
by
the
Swedish
government.
ENGLISH
MONEY,
DISTANCES
WERE
BANE
OF
LOCAL
SAILOR
OVERSEAS
buy
things
they
held
out
a
hand
ful
of
English
money
and
let
the
shopkeeper
take
his
change.
"We
didn't
understand
the
money,
but
we
believe
the
mer
chants
always
treated
us
honestly,"
he
says.
A
large
part
of
his.
money
was
spent
In
tmyln?
film,,
and'
having
Innumerable1
photographs
developed.
"When
an
Englishman
tells
you
a
place
Is
a
"short
way
down
the
road
it
is
liable
to
turn
out
to
be
five
mlles,"
the
youns
veteran
recalls.
"They
are
so
used
to
walking
that
'distance
doesn't
mean
anthlng
to
them."
Charles
enlisted
in
the
navy
here
two
years
ago,
and
Has
attached
to
the
Prince
Rupert
base
before
going
overses.
WEATHER
FORECAST
North
Coast:
Light
winds,
partly
cloudy
southern
portion,
and
cloudy
,
with
intermittent
rain
northern
portion.
Que'en
Charlottes:
Light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudy
with
Intermittent
rain
or
drizzle.
Partly
cloudy
Thursday.
will
sound
out
the
possibilities
of.
using
the
machinery
of
thb
Housing
Act
to
erect
a
commu
nity
of
modern
homes,
and
Its
members
are
eager
that
all
others
who
are
similarly
Inclined
should
Join
the
group.
organized
dv
v,
u.
Stevenson
arid
Maurice
Brydges,
the
meet-
i
,
.
t
,
1
r
iik
was
neia
in
me
unices
ui
tnc
Northern
B.C.
Power
Com-
iqny.
Mr.
Brydges
sounded
the
keynote
of
the
meeting.
VWe
have
enoush
faith
In
i
,
.
Prince
Rupert
to
make
our
homes
here
hut
we
must
build
those
homes,"
he
said.
Must
Have
Sub-division
In
explaining
the
purpose
ot
the
meeting,
Mr.
Stevenson
said
that
his
Idea
was
the
creation
ot
a
sub-division
of
modern
inoperatiorfc
When
the
Information
is
re
eelved,
it
will
be
digested
by
a
committee,
and
presented
at
a
public
meeting.
Members
of
the
committee
are
D.
C.
Stevenson,
Maurice
Brydges,
A.
S.
Nickerson,
George
Role
and
Dr.
J.
A.
McDonald.
"Selection
of
the
site
oi
ine
sub-dlvlslon
would
be
of
vital
concern
to
the
city,
and
we
will
take
up
with
the
council
when
we
have
more
information
on
the
matter,"
Mr.
Stevenson,
the
chairman,
explained.
Zoning
Important
Careful
choice
of
a
site
for
such
a
project
was
considered
important
since
it
is
believed
unlikely
that
the
government
would
assent
to.
financing
the
erection
of
homes
which
st6od
In
danger
of
depreciation
because
their
location
in
time
proved
undesirable.
Under
the
terms
of
the
redesigned
act,
which
was
passed
by
parliament
last
May,
the
government
will
lend
pros
pective
home
builders
up
to
95
per
cent
of
the
cost
of
a
home
not
exceeding
$5,000.
Principal
and
interest
would
be
retire'd
over
a
20-year
period
at
three
per
cent.
Actually,
the
home
builder
would
pay
for
his
home
on
a
moderate
rental
basis.
Present
at
the
meeting
were.
T.
Fraser,
A.
S.
Nickerson,
C.
Kel-let,
B.
Dodds,
Ray
McLean.
Dr.
J.
A.
McDonald,
Charles
Collins,
Allan
Morgan,
A.
J.
Domlnato,
Georcre
Rorle.
D.
McCallum,
J
Bremner.
S.
Elklns,
Maurice
Brydges
and
D.
C.
Stevenson
Canadian
Post-war
Air
Plan
Accepted
By
Britain-U.S.
OTTAWA.
Oct.
18
0)-Cana-
dlan
and
British
officials
see
eye
to
eye
on
proposals
for
Interna
tional
regulation
of
civil
aviation.
This
Is
indicated
by
the
publication
yesterday
of
a
British
government
White
Paper
which
enbodies
pratlcally
all
ot
the
principles
In
the
Canadian
Draft
Convention
prepared
early
this
year.
In
the
two
proposals,
the
setting
up
of
an
international
authority
is
favored.
BROUGHT
WIFE
ALONG
LONDON
A
German
prisoner
captured
by
the
British
2nd
Army
In
France
arrived
at
the
prisoners
enclosure
with
his
wife.
Views
Differ
on
Return
to
Home
I
Life
After
War
KITCHENER,
Ont:,
Oct.
18
The
post-war
plans
of
Cana
dian
C.WJV.C.'s
and
Canadian
the
service
women
seem
to
fa
vor
married
life,
while
the
fac
tory
women
want
Jobs.
Informal
discussions
be
tween
service
women
and
factory
workers
at
the
C.W.A.C.
basic
training
camp
at
Kit
chener,
Ontario,
reveal
that
most
army
girls
consider
the
place
fof
the
post-war
woman
Is
In
the
home,
whjle
most
women
war
workers
think
they
won't
be
able
to
settle
down
to
the
home
routine.
homes
owned
and
duui
Dy
in-i
rwnnw
nt
m
nflrr..
dlylduals
with
the
assistance
of
dlan
troops'
driving
through
the
me
nauonai
mousing
aamuus-
schelde
pocket
in
southern
Hol-
iraiion.
"However,
we
must
first
find
out
if
the
Housing
Act
is
applicable
in
Prince
Rupert,
and
also
if.
the
city
council
is
will-
.
ing
to
set
aside
a
sub-division
for.
the
erection
of
a
group
of
modern
homes,"
he
added.
CANADIAN
ARMY
STILL
ADVANCES
IN
HOLLAND
Lland
have
reached
the
area
of
IJzendike
and
have
advanced
westward
about
a
mile
north
of
the.
town.
The
Germans
have
attacked
the
Canadians
in
the
causeway
linking
south
Beveland
to
the
Dutch
mainland,
but
all
thesp
enemv
assaults
were
Maurice
Brydges,
who
was
,urr.wn
va-i.
niven
temporary
appointment
as
..
nUnr
hhPPn
secretary
was
Instructed
to
write
,
n
hm,rs
aTmnA
hp
I
-J
UULntlAM
I
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10
ine
mousing
Dutch
town
of
Venray.
eight
to;
get
iniormauon
on
vne
au,
mlles
from
the
German
Irontier,
and
also
to
rnnce
ucoib-
m
Rr,M-b
RpprmA
rmv
units
in
where
Us
benefits
are
Lhls
Vancouver,
area
nave
taken
the
town
and
"
ad'varice3"severaT
"nuTes
southeastward.
On
.the
American
front,
the
Germans
have
at
least
temporarily
halted
their
attempts
to
break
through
the
American
lines
surrounding
the
German
frontier
city
of
Aachen
and
In
the
city
itself,
Yank
troops
are
continuing
their
house-to-house
advance.
The
Berlin
radio
said
today
that
British
forces
were
fighting
inside
Aachen.
This
is
the
first
intimation
that
anyone
but
Americans
were
engaged
in
that
part
of
the
front.
The
Germans
say
that
Elsen
hower
is
planning
an
all-out
offensive
against
Cologne
after
capturing
Aachen.
The
American
Third
Army
ad
vanced
nearly
a
mile
north
of
Nancy-sur
-Moselle
to
within
four
miles
of
Metz.'
In
the
Vosges
foothills,
the
American
Sixth
Army
advanced
south
of
Bruyeres
against
stub
born
enemy
resistance.
LONDON
B
Manufacture
of
blackout
curtains
has
been
sus
pended
m
oreat
Britain.
Railway
Exhibits
Graphic
Victory
Loan
Displays
MONTREAL,
Oct.
18
Travel
lers
throughout
the
Canadian
National
system
are
urged
to
subscribe
to
Canada's
Seventh
Victory
Loan
by
means
of
special
decorations
and
displays
which
have
been
placed
In
the
principal
station
In,
Canada.
The
work
of
placing
these
special
exhibits
was
completed
today.
They
are
prominently
shown
In
windows
of
over
one
hundred
offices
throughout
the
Dominion.
Victory
Loan
posters
are
also
on
display
in
all
railway
shops,
roundhouses,
freight
sheds,
fruit
terminals,
steamship
docks,
at
National
Railway
Munitions
Ltd.,
the
big
naval
gun
and
field
artillery
gun
carriage
plant
here
operated
by
the
C.N.R.
and
In
the
railway's
shipbuilding
plant
In
Prince
Rupert.
TransCanada
Air
Lines
offices
are
also
featuring
the
compalgn
with
special
exhibits
and
posters.
LONDON'S
ALERTS
LONDON
)
Since
the
war
began
London
has
had
1,141
air
raid
alerts,
407
caused
by
flying
bombs.
match
folders,
and
how
he
had
already
received
several
of
French
and
German
origin.
Somewhere
in
Italy,
a
former
Pas
man
Captain
Ben
Grim
melt
read
the
item.
lie
prompt
ly
mailed
his
fellow
townsman
ari
Indian
match-cover
to
add
to
his
collection.
Stevenson
May
Lead
Force
of
Far
East
Fliers
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
18
CR
A
newspaper
dispatch
from
Van
ioliverVeports'
trra'l
the-
Air'
Of
fleer
formerly
commanding
Western
Air
Command,
Air
Vice-Marshal
Lee
F.
Stevenson,
soon
will
head
an
R.C.A.F.
group
in
the
Far
Eastern
war
theatre.
The
Vancouver
Province
say3
Stevenson
.will
command
an
Air
Force
In
the
China-Burma-India
campaign
against
the
Japanese.
He
was
head
of
an
R.C.A.F.
mission
which
just
completed
a
three-month
study
of
tropical
warfare
and
the
use
of
special
air
force
equipment
in
that
area.
Canadian
Ships
Destroy
U-boat
OTTAWA,
Oct.
18
0)
Announcement
of
a
successful
action
by
Canadian
destroyers
against
a
German
U-boat
in
the
English
Channel
was
made
by
Navy
Minister
MacDonald
today.
The
minister
said
that
the
destroyers
Ottawa
and
Kootenay
and
the
British
corvette
Statlce
scored
the
kill
after
a
depth
charge
attack
which
brought
debris
to
the
surface.
f
l
Major
General
G.
R.
Turner,
C.B.,
M.C.,
D.C.M.,
54,
of
Ottawa,
who
has
been
appointed
special
assistant
to
the
Department
of
Pensions
and
National
Health.
General
Tur-
ner,
who
recently
returned
from
overseas,
has
been
on
retirement-leave
from
the
Canadian
Army..
Fast
Steamers
Would
Make
City
Terminus
of
Tourist
Trade
With
Alaska
Cities
Chamber
of
Commerce
Party
Hears
Proposal
at
Juneau
on
Northern
Trip
JUNEAU,
Alaska,
Oct.
18
(CP)
A
fleet
of
fast
automobile
passenger
ferry
steamers
plying
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Skagway
an
dother
southeastern
Alaska
ports
is
being
actively
proposed
as
an
important
feature
of
,the.post-var
tourist
service
plans.
.
The
PHpce
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
party,
Manila-Boy
Learns
Power
Of
Newspaper
THE
PAS,
Man.,
Oct.
18
IB-Young
Malcolm.
McKlnnon
of
The
Pas,
Manitoba,
Is
one
person
who
has
learned
of
the
power
of
the
press.
The
newspapers
told
of
the
boy's
hobby,
collecting
touring
the
Alaska
towns
learned
of
the
proposal
and
also
that
the
servoce
should
be
supplemented
by
adequate
hotel
facilities,
particularly
at
Prince
Rupert,
and
the
development
encourage
travellers
to
remain
longer
in
various
northland
of
local
attractions
which
would
areas.
At
Juneau
the
Prince
Rupert
party
was
entertained
at
the
Baranoff
Hotel
at
a
reception
at
which
the
Juneau
mayor
and
Chamber
of
Commerce
president
took
leading
parts.
Community
leaders
turned
out
to
welcome
the
party
to
the
Skagway
port
of
entry
to
the
Klondike
and
central
Alaska
during
the
gold
rush
days.
Dur
ing
the
stay
at
Skagway,
the
Prince
Rupert
party
was
guest
of
the
U.S.
Army
on
a
14-inlle
boat
trip
to
Haines.
Idea
behind
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
tour
is
ap.
Interchange
of
ideas
and
goodwill
between
Prince
Ruper'and
south
eastern,
AiasKai
.
Hitler
Sets
Up
Armed
Home
Guard
LONDON,
Oct.
18
09
Hitler
today
established
an
armed
German
Home
Guard
of
all
civilian
men
between
16
and
63,
the
Berlin
radio
announced,
as
Allied
armies
beat
against
the
Reich
from
the
west,
east,
south
east
and
south.
The
broadcast
said
that
the
significance
of
the
home
guard
becomes
obvious
when
the
possi
bility
of
a
break
through
on
tho
fighting
fronts
or
air-borne
bandings
In
the
Interior
are
taken
Into
account.
"Today
we
are
standing
alone,
Just
as
we
did
in
1939,"
the
broadcast
said.
LADY
NELSON
BACK
AGAIN
WITH
WOUNDED
HALIFAX.
Oct.
18
m
The
j
j
hospital
ship
Lady
(Nelson
arrived
in
iianiax
last
nignt
wun
a
compliment
of
five-hundred
Cana
dian
wounded
from
Britain.
On
board
was
the
former
command
er
of
the
Canadian
Third
Division,
Major-General
R.
F.
L.
Keller.
The
General
Is
the
first
Canadian
officer
of
his
rank,
to
be
Invalided
home
because
of
I
wounds.
He
Is
scheduled
to
de-!
liver
a
series
of
speeches
on
be-
half
of
the
Seventh
Victory
u)ani
HURRICANE
SWEEPS
GULF
OF
MEXICO
MIAMI,
Florida,
Oct.
18
O)
r-Hurrlcane
winds
up
to
140
and
160
mlles
an
hour
lashed
Havana
today
beforo
the
severo
tropical
storm
moved
out
into
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
and
sent
advance
gales
sweeping
the
Florida
Keys.
Preliminary
reports
showed
no
casualties.
t