FAVORED png Resolution Alberta Dral Convention i b!ut.;n emanating from a -nvuntum at MacLcn- bcrta, strongly supporting By which would run tiU-.rd across the prairie over exiting lines with ilc .Lea of certain links to a.cs River country and thrcugh to the Pacific Prince Rupert by the rt!on of a new outlet line ms Receipts in September iu tn 1943. ID NEW 'S HERE omorrow s Tides NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Weather Forecast (Pacific Standard Time) For period up to 6 p.m. tomorrow. Ufdnfsday. October 4, 1911 North Coast and Queen Charlottes: Overcast and mild, becoming cloudy Hh 14:41 23.0 feet In afternoon today and Wednesday. 8:39 3.2 feet Occasional light rain showers. Wind 21:10 1.3 feet moderate. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TESDY, OCIQBER 3, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS ED JEEP PENETRATES "DRAGON'S TEETH"OF SIEGFRIED Allied forces, seem to find ! difficulty In penetrating the much vaunted "dragon's teeth" of the Siegfried Line. Here jchine-gun -carrying Jeep drives through a gap In the line near Aachen, Germany, where kmerican First Army has penetrated. It's on Its way to Berlin. River Outlet RUPERT I by the Prince Rup4 nber of Commerce at Its iast night. resolution referred to hat had been made by Minister Mackenzie Kins , 1928 and 1930 respecting Bnj of Pacific Coast rail tl:t o the Peace River. he had now arrived when era) government should gored to have the railway lies pool their Interest. Bid the railway from Wln-Ihrough the Peace River Rupert. "Any govcrn- hat Ignores that route Is ling fair with the northern declared the resolution. c:olutlon was referred to fcce River outlet commit- m collections at the Port we Rupert totalled $8,- ounns September, a de Df almost $6,000 below th.. month, ExceDt for Feb- Mien receipts were $35332. bnth's collections were the fhis year pine month total this year at $424,818.69, as against -cntations are to bf mnd. Prince Rupert Chamber of 'ce to Canadian National hlne .. 1 . . urgine tn.it. new which th( PPlatcs blllldincr to rAniA ki " V piUWV pee Rupert and Prince e ouiit at the company's ,1Cre in Prince Rupert of the Chamber by W. s and the matter will be turuier by Presidem POST-WAR REHABI LITATION COUNCIL Permanent Organization to Be Formed in Prince Rupert A permanent Joint Post-War Rehabilitation Council Is to bo formed In Prince Rupert at the Instance of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce. The organization meeting is called fo October 24, representatives of various Interested bodies in thw city being asked to send theh representatives. Last night representatives ot the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Legion and the Prince Rupert Rotar Club were fn session to start irt motion the machinery for the lormauon oi me locai uenaoui- tatlon Council. J. J. Little acted as chairman protem and D. McN. Lowe as secretary. Others present were Dr. R. C. Bamford, W. J. Scott, W. F. Stone and William Gordon. After a discussion of the alms and objects It was decided that these could best be served by united action of all the repres At Naysport- ESSINGTON MAN FEARED DROWNED Provincial police of the mar ine detachment left this morn Ing for Haysport on the P.M.L. 15 to Investigate the disappear ance of Arthur Bolton, 38, a native of Port Essington, whom they fear may have lost his Ilk in the Skeena River after slip ping from the Haysport wharf Friday night. The report was turned in to thi district police office Monday af ternoon by officials of Carlisle cannery where Bolton was em ployed. Bolton left Port Essington Fri day nftcrnoon in the boat Car lisle 199, docked at the Haysport wharf, and was last seen at the Post Office. Later In the day hU boat was found tied up to the wharf but Bolton was not about. At first It was believed that he had gone to visit friends, but Liter It was feared that he may have drowned and a report was. turned In to police. The waters at Haysport are sa!d to be so torn by currents that th?re is little hope of anyone getting safely out after falling in. TALL DIE YOUNG A compilation made a number of years ago showed that abnormally tall men'tend to die young. !:: WANTED cal Shipyard Requires Journeymen Helpers, f Pvivet I'assers and Markers. Annly. Na- M Selective Service A.M. 150. entative organizations of the city and it was resolved that the following organizations each be Invited to appoint a committee of 1 three members for the purpose of forming a Joint Rehabilita tion Committee: Gyro Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce,. City Council, Trades and Labor Council, Canadian Congress of Labor, I.OD.E., Women's Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion and any other organizations interested in the problems of assisting in the rehabilitation of returned soldiers and that a Joint meeting of all committees U 1 1 J m. . I n .. -- U - ni Bulletins BATTLE OF ITALY HOME The British Eighth Army's attack on the Adriatic sector was brought to a standstill by the flooded Fiunicino Kiver behind which the Germans arc stiongly entrenched, headquarters said today. The Americans of the Fifth Army captured Mong-hidoro, important road junction, 18 miles south of Bologna. LANDINGS ON CRETE LONDON Strong Allied fotrcs have, landed on the northwest part of Crete, the Morocco radio said without giving details. NO DF.C1SON REACHED LONDON rrime Minister Winston Churchill told Parliament today that no decision had yd been reached as to payments of rcpcratlons and Indemnities by Germany after the war. FIGHTING IN BELGRADE LONDON Furious fighting is reported within Belgrade as the forces of Marshal Tito close around the Nazi-held capital of Jugoslavia. AL SMITH WEAKER NEW YORK The condition of former Governor Al Smith of New York, who is seriously ill, is becoming weaker. NEW JAP LANDINGS TOKYO The Japanese have made a landing near Foochow, opposite Formosa, last important Chinese-held port on the mainland. FIRE AT NANAIMO NANA1MO The tug Wasp, with gasoline, was virtually destroyed by fire. Damage is estimated at $30,000. She was cut loose from the wharf. Polish Forces In Warsaw Give Up HOUSING ACT IS INADEQUATE City Council Going Into Proposakof City of Winnipeg The National Housing Act of 1944 is inadequate and shoulu be revised to make broader pro visions for families In lower income brackets, City Council was told last hlght in a letter from the city clerk of Winnipeg. Th. letter, w.hlch urged council to endorse a more sweeping conception of' the purpose of the Act, was received with mixed feelings by council members and was referred to the housing committee for discussion. It urged tint urban municipalities be allowed to set up housing authorities empowered to build low rental homes with funds provided by the federal government. Rental of these homes would be on the basis of one-fifth of the income of thi tenant. There were several . thousand families In Winnipeg with in comes of less than $900 a year, the letter said. Alderman Sinclair favored en dorsement of the resolution. "It Is a very valuable resolu tlon and I think we ought to support It," he told members. On the motion of Alderman Sorenson it was referred to the Housing Committee. Soldier Tried On Assault Charge Court martial proceedings against an American soldier charged with assault on a local woman began In military court The purpose of this meeting' alWpH t hnvP,w,n Pom. LwlllJe to. consider genejaLnrq cedure and to appoint sub-committees to gather and collect data useful to the work of thejsccuto commiuce. It was resolved that the three organizations represented at the meeting be requested to donate a sum not exceeding $10 each for the purpose of meeting preliminary expenses of the Joint committee. rrfltted'InnHeIrlV' room-' threw weeks ago. T. W. Brown is con ducting a watching brief as pro- SOVIETS DRIVE TO YUGOSLAVIA MOSCOW, Oct. 3 KK Russian fighter-bombers swarmed over Yugoslavia In round-the-clock raids on German forces as Soviet ground troops gained steadily Monday along the mountainous front, southeast of Belgrade In a drive bottling up an estimated 200,000 Nazis in the lower Balkans. An unconfirmed Budapest des patch' from Turkey said that Soviet, and Rumanian troops had penetrated 22 miles into south eastern Hungary In an offensive aimed at Budapest, the Magyar capital, less than 100 miles dls tant. PRESSING FOR SNOW SURVEY Hart informed the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, in a letter read at last night's meeting, that he .could give no definite undertaking to carry out a survey of snow conditions In the Bell Irving-Upper Naas River country through which a road from Hazelton to Telegraph Creek connecting the central in terior with the Alaska Highway would pass. The Chamber has been alklng for such a survey to clear up statements which are believed to be unwarranted of excesslye snowfall in that coun try. The Premier stated that the government was having diffi culty In securing men to carry out a survey of the projected road northward to the Peace River from Prince George. At the suggestion of S. E. Parker, it was decided to reply to Mr. Hart sug gesting that the technical men might not be necessary but that the desired Information might be secured from practical men such as trappers who could be secured at such places as Stewart and Telegraph Creek, Local Temperature Maximum 59 Minimum 55 Western Front Yanks Hold New Ground New Assault Considered Preliminary Gains Elsewhere LONDON, Oct. 3 ! The Am erican First Army was today holding at least some of the crbund It Gained yesteufefV when the strongest German counter attacks In the western cam paign, broadened their corridor in Holland. The American: Seventh Army has closed further into the entrance of Bclfort Gap. The American Third Army ad vanced east of Nancy. Infantrymen and fliers, be ginning one of the greatest combined assaults of the European campaign, ended stalemate of almost two weeks In the Aachen, area during which Nazi off while the mighty punch was prepared. Fliers dropped thous ands of tons of explosives on entrenched Nazis. A heavily concentrated artillery barrage preceded advance by infantry. The British Second Army won a Jive-mile front commanding the enemy defence line three mitps from Hprt.nepnhnsph Tn 1 salient between the Nijmegen corridor and the Holland front. A correspondent reported increasing signs of a Nazi pull-out through the tightening gap. There was no immediate indication of mass withdrawal from Holland, however. Trying to Hold Up Canadians The Germans are making in creasingly strong efforts to block the First Canadian afmy drive Into Holland from the Antwerp-Turnhout area. It was estimated Monday that there are 25 German divisions facing the Canadians along the 30 - mile sector. North of Turnhout the Canadians have reached the Netherlands frontier at two. points. After completing the occupation of Calais the Canadians began the reduction of Dunkerque. The Brussels radio said that Allied batteries are hammering the outer defences of Dunkerque, which Is defended by 15,000 Germans. The Canadians took more than 7,000 prisoners at Calais in the nlno to thn rtlfflnlilttr nf r,V,. ac,c "CU IWO Willi U1C UCr- man surrender Saturday night tninincr thni! mnn tn n,r out such work, Premier John nd .nal mopping up SUP clay. Of the channel ports only Dunkerque remains In German hands. Fewer Fire Alarms During This Year City fire department answered nine fire calls during September, three of which were false alarms. The other calls were to minor fires, none of which did any ap. prcclable damage. The department has answered 81 calls to iires so far this year. During the same period last year 99 calls were answered. 10,000 JAPS KILLED IN PALAU FIGHT PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 3 W More than 10,000 Japanese were killed in fighting on the southern Palau group, where U.S forces now control Peleliu, Angaur, Ngesebus, Konhauru and five smaller Islands just 515 miles east of the Philippines. A military government has been established on Angaur Island BIG SERIES COMMENCING Browns and Cards to Do Battle for World's Baseball Championship ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3 O) With the firs.t exclusive St. Louis World Series scheduled to commence tomorrow, the national i in . 1 i i i' i i i hnt.t.lp fnr t.hp wnrlrt's rhnm- ii.. iauntiivu gieai, air aim lanu - attacks against the Siegfried i Plonship. Line in the Aachen area and 1 The Browns won the American pehetrated to a depth of two;LeaSue pennant for the first miles long a six-mile front. The . tlme wnen tney defeated New assault was taken as a prelimin ary to an all-out offensive on the Siegfried Line which may bei coming soon. British troops, crushing two of professional pastime Is the all- absorbing topic in this midwest metropolis today. It will be the first time in baseball history that two St. Louis teams will do pennant. counter - attacks were beaten ; tacks. York Yankees Sunday while the Detroit Tigers, who were in the fight right up to the end, were losing to Washington to break a deadlock. Weeks ago the Cardinals had 'Inrhrvl ttip Mntlnnnl T.nafrnr COMMANDOS IN GREECE LONDON. Oct. 3 The Germans, are reported to have evacuated three Islands off the southern tip of Greece in the face of British commando at- Other reports say that Allied troops had landed in northwest ern Greece on tne Albanian frontier and partlzans were fighting In the vicinity of Athens. FIREWORKS iMreeGermans fi V J A V . were attempting to keep the VI l F lHI City Fathers Impressed With Sales Letter But Take No Action Such fireworks as romai. candles, parachute flares an soaring pinwheels took brk. flight in the Imagination of City Council members last night as acting City Clerk Audrey Wrath-all read a letter from a fireworks company urging fiie city to stock up on fireworks in preparation for the V-day celebration. "In a few weeks everyone in Canada will be buying fireworks for V-day, 'the letter predicted. "and to get the best you must or der early. The government has found Itself able to release linv Red supplies, etc., etc." It concluded with an Inspired description of a flare which went up to 700 feet, then with the aid of a parachute, eased earthward, brightening the nlgnt tor a iuu 20 minutes. The letter was filed without comment. Unable to Wrest Capital City From Nazi Invaders Russian Armies Are Still Across Vistula River-Moscow Claims There Was No Co-ordination LONDON, Oct. 3 (CP) Polish resistance forces have given up the struggle to wrest besieged Warsaw from the Germans, Polish Army headquarters announced today. This confirmed earlier reports from both Berlin and Moscow that fighting inside the Polish capital was ended. The Russians in Praga, ALL PROVINCES HAVE LIOUOR STOCKS WITHHELD VANCOUVER, Oct. 4 0) A spokesman in Ottawa said today that all the other provinces are in a similar position to B.C. in regard to bonded liquor supplies. He said that before the federal government Imposed an Order-in-Council reducing liquor consumption to 70 per cent of the bonded stock, all provinces had huge reserves in bond. The Vancouver News-Herald said that the B.C. Liquor Control Board owned a stock of 1C0.O00 gallons of rum stored at its expense in a bonded ware house at New Westminster and in the West Indies, but that it was unavailable to the public because of federal rtstrlctions Imposed before It could be released from bond. Half the shipment is stored at New Westminster. The paper quoted W. F. Ken nedy, Liquor Board chairman, as saying that the stock -would be "more than sufficient" to meet the demands for a whole customer took spirits instead of beer. INVESTIGATING TERRACE THEFT Investigation into, the robbery of $1,100 from a safe in the Phil-bert Hotel at Terrace Thursday night Is being continued by B.C. Police in the interior town. The safe was opened by combination and the money taken vithout disturbing occupants of tht hotel. The theft was discovered Friday morning. Two Stores Robbed At Prince George PRINCE GEORGE, Oct. 3 Thieves who broke Into two business establishments here Sunday night escaped with $110 in cash and a small quantity of goods. McCullogh's store was robbed oi $50 and $60 was takert from the Prince George Creamery, along with some creamery articles. MARCH DOWN CHAMPS ELYSEE Parisians line the Champs Elysees cheer to massed Allied infantry junlts as they march in review towards the Arc de'Trlomphe during the celebration of the liberation of the French capital from Nazi occupation. industrial eastern suburb of, Warsaw, are separated from the main city by the broad Vistula River. Confusion after two months of desperate street fighting was reflected by German radio reports which first announced resistance had ceased and later reported fighting was resumed. The Moscow Polish group which has been denouncing some members of the Polish government in London as criminals said the Warsaw uprising began without any co-ordination with tne Polish or Russian army commands. Tweedsmuir Park Can't Sleep For Moose Local Huntsmen Had Fine Two Weeks East of Oootsa Lake The moose are so thick hvilK! Tweedsmuir Park country to tlje southeast of Ootsa Lake that they disturb one's sleep alight stomping about while he tried to sleep was the sole complaint that R. G. Van der Sluys has to make of a hunting and fishing trip to that area from which, with G. W. Abbott, he ha,s Just returned, 'The blamed things came right up to our tent and all but stele their heads in the flap," he re ports. The moose and deer were so thick everywhere that the local holiday-makers In that great sportsman's paradise land did not even bother drying to shoot them. They confined their acti vities to shooting geese, ducks and grouse which were also re markably plentiful. They also had fine fishing. "The big trout there are so easy to catch that we filed the barbs off our hooka and then we got them as fast as we could haul them In," Van revealed from a barber's chair yesterday. Mr. Van der Sluys, who says he will be going back there agairi next year, tells of a considerabls number of American hunters be ing in the area this fall. There Is also a good deal ot activity in locating placer gola property in the lake and river region south of Ootsa Lake. Tom McKlhley of Ootsa Lake acted as guide for the local men who travelled eastward from Ootsa Lake, down the Ootsa River and to the headwaters oi the Nechako before returning to Ootsa Landing and thence back out to the railway , at Burns Lake. It was a wonderful two weeki holiday. Fourteen Lots Sold at City's Annual Tax Sale Fourteen pieces of property were bought by citizens at the annual tax sale of lots held in the city hall Saturday. Thirty-five lots were up for sale. All property was sold at the upset price set by the city. Purchasers and property were; H. (A. Nelson, lots 7-8-9; block 7, section 2. Peter Lien, lots 7-8, block 8, section 5. David Zllle, lots 42-43, block 14, section 5. John Storseth, lots 40-42, block 22, section 5. William Robb, lot 8, block 30, section 8. H. G. Helgerson Ltd., lot 31, block 23, section 8.