tomorrow's Tides NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Weather Forecast (PaclHC Biai""u iuui For period up to 6 p.m. tomorrow. October 3, 1941 Tuesday. Overcast and mild, with light rain, PD 14?01 23.3 feet today, becoming occasionally cloudy and showery Tuesday. Winds mod- -t" 7:59 2.4 feet erate to fresh today, decreasing Tuesday. cxxin, nosi PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1944 price five cents (EW EtVE ON SIEGFRIED LINE s ribers Do at Work iping Up Continuous iport to Land ces in France boN, Oct. 2 The Ocr. idlo reported that Allied s were over the Hanover unswick area of western y today after Royal Air fenosqultoes had attacked ick overnight. mosquitoes carried out ,han forty small attacks land canal targets In Ger- &nd Holland. iNo aircraft one thousand American (i s attacked Oerman lndus-ijectlves at Cologne and Bn the Siegfried Line area nother thousand Joined ricah First Army In as- the west wall neai British and American were idle yesterday af- ;ng one of the busiest i of the war. Heavies were Jcrmany for twenty or lays In September concen- on railway terminals with supplies for the front bissance reports say that of sealing off Nazi jug in on the Siegfried is been hlglily effective. een Ounces Month Quota ORIA, Oct. 2 Reduction British Columbia liquor to thirteen ounces of n October and November n announced, of Italy hth Army theWove vy Patrol ions Another er Crossed KE October 2 It Heavy 'actions were found on the K tront today as the Brl-H?hth Armv cleared the crmans from Savlgnano uck across the Flumcino "e the Nazis were occu ;he far bank In streneth. rican troops of the Allied Army beat back counter- on Montebattaglia, lofty dominating the road to for the ofurth consecu- y and captured nelghbor- "lecapeiia. OVer most nf thp Tfnllnt. learcd after nearly a week luent raids enabllne th(i "ancan Allied air force to a role of active support. 0R MEN OFF CONVENTIONS with (briefs which thrv pent at three labor rnn r m the south, five exe ''A C CARDINAL VILLENEUVE IN ENGLAND- -Leading Roman Catholics or the Armed Forces meet Cardinal Villcncuve on his arrival in England, In the group arc IICol. M. O'Neill, senior chaplain (RC) Canadian Army Overseas, Most Rev, William Godfrey, Apostolic Delegate to ureal uritam, uroup captain w V McCarthy, Halifax. N.S., senior R.OA.F. chaplain Overseas. Most Rev. Bernard Griffin, DD, Archbishop of Westminster, and Cardinal Villeneuve. WAR NEWS TLN THOrSANI) JAPS WIPED OUT More than ten thousand Japanese in the southern Palau area have been wiped out .since the landing of American forcrs there two weeks ago and, with the exception of a group still clinging to the "bloody nose" ridge of Paleliu Island and a small pocket of resistance on Anguar Island, all four islands on which the United States forces centred attention ate now secured. CANADIANS TAKE CALAIS CRITICAL THIRTY DAYS Military observers believe that the comlnjf thirty days will determine how long Adolf Hitler will be able to hold out in his European fortress. There is no doubt that further major Allied offensives are to be launched from cast, south and west. Recent icversrs in Holland may have delayed the end of the war for some months. Meanwhile very heavy counter-attacks which have been made by the Germans on the western front continue I to keep both British and American armies busy although they have all been held. HAMBURG IS BOMBED Hamburg and other objectives were the targets for British and Canadian bombers in concentration of the air war Sunday night. BATTLE OF ITALY Another important town on the highway between Rimini and Bologna on the Adriatic side of the Italian front has been taken by the British Eighth Army. There has been little action on the western side of the front. of Poland, and arc engaging the Germans. YANKS LOSE BASE The Japanese have taken another air base from the Americans in their drive into Kwangsi Province of China. SHIP SAILINGS PUBLISHED Shipping notice of the Royal Mail Line are being published again for the first time in over five years, indicating that the submarine menace and the Battle of the Atlantic are definitely over. PORT ALBERNI HAS BIG FIRE PORT ALBERNI, Oct. In Alhorni Cnnnl YOUNG FOLK MAROONED ACROSS HARBOR KASLO JAP CAMP IS BEING CLOSED VANCOUVER, Oct. 2 The Japanese evacuation camp at members of the Prince Kasi Is to be closed due to the ucai, Boilermakers and castward movement or Japanese IDbullHoi-o iti . Wght for Victoria and Ver TWO Will rnhtlmi. 11 to Quphiv r-u i r. Ill .1. wigr WI1C1U 111 attend the anmmi . Lifuthe Canadlan Con-. e Otanton. nrmU.H) i Nico11' E- Russe. r hu white, will nfUnrf iv,. innuai convention of the v7. f ral Workers - 1 i Vlctorln nr.tK- e e r P'nt shipyards pnnf.r.n,. r,uv on October 8. r "8 the union conven. orv.. 1 rePresent dry, "via nr n vh..ii JVt, " " "'CCling ,01 tier c. V uncouver Plir Stanton nnH -Mnni,- " litt Va i. c: me cast to attend invention from urmsn coiumoia, it is announced by George Collins of the British Columbia Security Com mission. No Trace Found Of Missing Pilot VANCOUVER, Oct. 2 Search Is being kept up by the Royal Canadian Air Force over the nearby land and sea for trace of the missing pilot from a Kitty-hawk fighter plane which crash ed and exploded on a sandsplt garden alongsldethe Frascr Rive? Jn the Kerrlsdal district of southwestern Vancouver. The pilot was the lone occupant of the nlanc. Five hundred sol Damp clothing and a sleepless night was the fate of a party of 20 young people who were marooned on Wolf Island last night. It was a windy and rainy night. The party, consisting of 10 Am erican soldiers and their com panlons, were cruising In tht harbor Sunday afternoon and went shore on rocky Wolf Island, presumably to explore. While they were ashore their boat drifted away from the previously uninhabited Island. Efforts of the party to attract .the attention of other boats were "unsuccessful. It was not until they failed to turn up .ai their Jobs this morning that they were missed. A marine rcpali launch was sent out to rescue them at 10 o'clock. Wolf Island ls across the har bor near the entrance to Mctla katla Passage. nip )invf Wn aldinc the P. H. Llnzrv sailed Saturday R.C.A.F. authorities in their cx- night for a brief business trip tensive search. to Vancouver. Vance's Purchase Mcintosh House In Westview 2 More than $10,000 damage was I done by fire which destroyed the nearby also suffered damage. .Fisherman Drowned Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Vance are moving next week into the Adam Mcintosh residence on Atlin ave., Westview, which, they recently purchased. U.S. Football Yale 7, U. S. Coastguard Academy 3. Army 46, North Carolina 0. Pennsylvania 13, Duke 7. North Carolina Pre-Flight 2i, Navy 14. Harvard 13. Worchcstcr Tech 0. Notre Dame 58, Pittsbugh 0. Tennessee 26, Kentucky 13. Georgia Tech 31, Clemson 0, Texas 20, Southwestern 0. Texas Christian 34, Southplaln A.A.F. 0. Purdue 40, Marquette V. California 6, U.C.L.A. 0. Southern California 18, College of Pacific 6. Washington 65, Whitman 6. IS ARCH ENEMY OF SOCIALISM Social Credit to Have Candidates in B.C. VERNON, Oct. 2 "Social Credit will not be satisfied until Socialism Is dead. It Is the only 'effective barrier against Social-item," declared Hon. Solon Low of Alberta In speaking here Saturday j Mr Low announced that there would be a full slate of candl-1 dates for Social Credit In British 1 Columbia In the federal election. Probing of Big Theft Disappearance of $11,000 From Local Store Still Under Investigation The disappearance of $11,000 In currency from Steve King's men's furnishings store late last week remains under investlga tiori by British Columbia police of the city detachment who lndi cate that they may have a sua ,7T, ul rJL V1 Pec in mnd- However, until ai. i Hole last night. The Port AI-1 arrest ls madc or a ch ls bcrnl Cafe and Somass Hotel ; ,,0 ., nnf hiw the name of anyone who might be under suspicion. The robbery Is believed to have , been the largest in the history to the Canadians. After a final intensive artillery and air ..dprmt o . , of Prince RuDert and is the sec bombardment, the Oerman garrison of four thousand men rjowers 65-vear-old f Isherman ! ond to occur within the week. A hoisted the white flair. live thousand prisoners already taken rnwripr, wh. tweek ago Sunday night safe- Include the Nail commander, a General Schraeder. Uiw troller hit a i aik,i Canal- PRICE FIXING IS SIMPLIFIED A new Wartime Prices and Trade Board pricing order be comes effective today. This ordei, known as No. 414, consolidates and simplifies a number of existing regulations governing the prices of all goods. It also set out the procedure for establish ing the prices of goods coming on the market for the first time since ceilings were imposed In December, 1941. To facilitate the establishing of new prices, officials have been named in each of the board's fourteen regional offices across Canada, who will REDS MARCH FORWARD (deal with such problems without The Red Army, crossing the Danube Kivcr on an 85-mile waiting for action through ad-front, has penetrated ten miles Into Yugoslavia. Three Balkan (mlnlstrative headquarters. In capitals Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna are now being men- .addition to the regional retail nrrrt hv hr rri-nt Russian drive. To Hie north Russian troons ! Pricing officer, the Wartime arc icportcd to have broken into the streets of Warsaw, capital jPrices and Trade Board's local ueurt'stiiwuives win nc auie 10 furnish the necessary Informa tion. Thus a retailer In the smallest community can get speedy action when price setting lis necessary. Local offices In Bri tish Columbia are at Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, Prince George, Kamloops, Vernon, Pen- tlcton, Trail, Nelson and Cran- brook. crackers took more than $3,000 ircnft'a'safe In the Belmont Hotel The Belmont Hotel Job was described as one of the "slickest" on recent record. However, the robbery at the King store was not of the safe cracking variety. The money was contained in a metal cash box In the store. Mr. King told the Dally News that he had kept the money In the store preparatory to going down coast with a partner to buy a piece of property and a boat. He discovered Its disappear ance Friday morning. The money was taken but the box was left behind. DEVELOPING PROPERTY Doing Work On Willoughby Creek STEWART, Oct. 2 Owney Mc Fadden, who has spent the greater part of this season at Willoughby Creek in company with engineers representing various large mining companies, came Into town last week to or crew. This crew will go out 10 Willoughby Creek this fall and build two cabins at new property and will also construct a scow for use in freighting supplies down to the south end of Mezladen Lake. It ls the inten tion to get this work done this fall In order to save time when the 1945 spring development pro gram is started. Although no details are av ailable it ls evident that very encouraging results have been obtained In this year's prospect lng of the property which lies about eight miles south of Mezl aden Lake and some forty miles east of Stewart. Miss Mary Baldwin, nutrition consultant for the Provincial Board of Health, arrived In the city at the end of the week from Victoria to direct the ob servance of Canadian Nutrition Week In Prince Rupert. Miss Baldwin ls the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Baldwin who lived here In the early days, later going to Vancouver and then to Winnipeg. She was only a small girl when she left Prince Rupert but ls meeting many old friends of the family. Miss Bald win will be here until Saturday night when she returns south. Combined Assault Results Making Breach, Reported Two-mile Penetration Along Six-mile Front, Big Nazi Counter-Attack Is Broken Up Canadians Moving from Calais to Dunkerque LONDON, Oct. 2 The American First Army has launched a big new combined assault against the Siegfried Line around Aachen and was reported to have made a penetration of two miles along a six-mile front. The line was subjected to a terrific artillery bombardment supported by clouds of Allied bombing planes. Then the in-Hfantry moved in to make the gap in enemy positions. A strong German counter-attack against the American Second Army is reported to have been crushed. The enemy resorted to every device including flame throwing in this counter-attack. Low flying Typhoon rocket planes were used to good effect against the Nazis. Determined German resistance to the Allies in Holland continues. Having captured Calais, the Canadians arc now making a final assault on Dunkerque, with its garrison of 15,000 men. This is the last remaining Channel port in enemy hands. NORTHERN MEN ARE CASUALTIES. Three Listed As Dead and Four Wounded While in Action Three dead and four wound- are contained In recent casualty lists of the Canadian Army. They are as follows: Killed in action Trooper Thomas Harry Ryan, Canadian Armored Corps; brother, Ambrose Ryan, Port Simpson. Died of wounds Lance Cor James. Died of wounds . Corporal Frank Joseph Hipp, Canadian Armored Corps; mother, Mrs. Mary Hipp, Terrace. iiiumuia lU'guutiH; lamer, wu Ham Cowell, Willow Creek. Wounded Private Alvin Phillip Watt, British Columbia Regiment; father, William Watt, Tatalrose. tlf I I T-l A. T7H 1 Grand Old Man Passes Sir William Mulock Dies Was 101 Years of Age ed solds Pf.central and i.nQrtt.-t wuunufu nivate riuya loj uu i,k- nd full Mn Ellis Hindmarch, Saskatchewan t..t lth pn anri th,. anri . i Regiment; mother, Mrs. MarlV,.VB mpH wv, Vinnrt. hfnrp ganize a small construction nindmarch, Vanderhoof Wounded but remaining on duty Gunner John William Baker, Royal Canadian Artillery; grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Sey mour, South Fort George. JAPS SUFFER SHIP LOSSES ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, Oct. 2 United States forces sank or damaged three Japanese ships off the Philippines and Celebes includ ing a ten-thousand ton tankej and coastal vessel, and 8,500 ton ship. A flying boat also sank four freighter transports and six barges off Borneo. HALIBUT SALES Canadian Chief Skugate. 7,000, I8V4C and 16'2c, B. C. Packers. Laredo, 40,000, 18ic and 16&c, Booth and Royal. Atll, 5,000, 18 'Ac and 162c, Storage. American Coolidge. 48,000, 15c and 13,iC Pacific and Atlln. man and Educationist TORONTO, Oct. 2, B Canada's grand old man, Rt. Hon. Sir William Mulock K. C, M. G, former chief justice of Ontario and sole surviving member of Sir Wil 101 years. Tne funeral will take nlace on Wednesday at Newmarket. Sir William, father of penny nostaee. and one of the nation's the plough and my face to the future. The shadows of evening lengthen about me tout morning Is in my heart, I have lived from the 40's of one century to the 30's of the next. I have had var- the fire of life. "The testimony I bear ls this: the Castle of Enchantment is not yet behind me. The rich spoils of memory are mine. Mine too are the precious things of toda. books, flowers, pictures, nature and sport. The first of May (he remained an ardent fisherman In his 90's) Is still an enchanted day for me. "The best thlw of all ls friends. The best of life ls always further on. Its real lure Is hidden from our eyes, somewhere beyond the hills of time." Worry was one of the worst diseases affecting mankind, he declared. He attributed his longevity to his choice of good healthy parents. "I have always been an op timist," he also-remarked. Even as an octbgenarlan he planted JAPS SWEEP INTO CHINA Continuing Their Drive Into Hunan and Kwangsi CHUNGKING, Oct. 2 CP! The Japanese offensive that swept through Hunan and Kwangsi provinces has driven the United States air force from a fourth base at Tanchuk. That base has been evacuated and destroyed ahead of the advance of the Japanese through the southern part of Kwangsi. Despite the k)3s of the base, United States air men struck repeatedly at the enemy In Kwangsi. Martin Van Cooten WELCOMED BY FRENCH "The French people In towns and villages we have passea through are certainly glad to see us and line the streets to cheer and pass out fruit and throw flowers," writes Martin Van fVint.pn with H..C1. A. In Franc?. i.? "we passed tnrougn. one gooa- sized town tnat naant neen wrecked very much and there elderly men lining the roads. Most of the women were young and good looking. I would havs given a lot to get lost there, CvamrarViarA imvt ffft.lVOrft firm merrof the Maqulswltttthelr: rmes.-'scouuuc.arourn inr stray. who hold out In woods to snlpo" " at convoys etc. They hold their prisoners until the army has time to take them off tliAv nands. "Things are going well and miiTA a rmmhpr nf hnmh sirps nrf " " " i overrun which relieves the pres-? poral Alexander Alexis. British ! Hurler's original cabinet, - - Columbia Regiment; mother,; died in his sleep in his Toronto lmagine lt wlu tougn goms Mrs. Sarah Alexis, Fort St. ihome yesterday at the age of (..round Jerrvland. but we will make lt OJK." "How are you all? I received your lovely parcel yesterday and was very glad to get lt. As usual it was a dandy and just what 1 Died Private George Robert leading educationists, retired as 'wanted, especially the sugar and Freeman Chamberlain, Alberta chleI justlce of Ontario in 1936, Regiment; wife, Mrs. Maureen ,at the age of 92. He was still Bell Chamberlain, Dawson Creek. vigorouSi mentaiiy and ,physl- Serlously wounded - Private callyi He continued active In the Jimmy Haggerty, Alberta Regi- duties of chancellor of the Uni-ment; mother, Mrs. Madeleine Versity of Toronto until he died. Haggerty, Vanderhoof. when ceiebratlng his 92nti Severely wounded - Rifleman blrthdaVi he remarked: "I am George Henry Cowell, British stiU at work with m nand to tea. Now we can have a cup of tea In the evening which ls a change from the powdered concoction we have ben having lately. "I have been very busy lately and continually on the move. The weather has been bad these last few days but looks brighter today which will help a lot." a large tract of his North York: estate with black walnut trees and started , broad acre3 of ths Georgian Bay district In Entering the Dominion Parliament as Liberal member for North York In 1882, Sir William was re-elected In that constituency in 1887, 1891, 1896, 1900 and and 1905. When he retired In 1905 he had the honor of never having been defeated In an election contest. Sir William Mulock organized the department of labor in Canada In 1900, and while retaining the position of postmaster-general became the head of the new department. Sir William retired- from poll-tics hi 1903, having been postmaster-general nine years and minister of labor five years. Ha then was appointed chief Justice of the exchequer division of the high court of Justice in Ontario, and later succeeded the late Sir William Ralph Meredith as chief justice of Ontario. -WANTED Local Shipyard Requires Journeymen Helpers, also Rivet Passers and Markers. Apply National Selective Service A.M. 150.