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in
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Sept.
9
CD
Quebec
given,
Prime
Minister
and
President
Frank-
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meeting
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Sept,
9
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Royal
and
American
heavy
are
concentrating
on
in
the
upper
Rhine
te
the
American
ny
which
is.
massing
2500
tons
of
bombs
dronnprl
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trip
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on
the
Oermans
bot-
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VUUUUIU
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aj
uuiuDt'rs,
escorted
than
250
fighters,
today
at
industrial
nnd
t
mi
r
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i
f
I'tUIIIKtV'lli
U1IU
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uvermgnt
Royal
Air
SHI
rnno
mnrVtnl
and
hit
Drest,
Le
Boulogne.
ING
APS
F
BURMA
h
Forces
MppHno-
T
.
CJ
resistance
on
.TV
n
ltrnir
Sept.
9
(CP)
British
advancing
down
the
y
Railway
from
Mo-
PYGr1
v,
i
...
striking
JaDanese
re-
A'
Hopln
the
British
-seven
miles
north
ot
PVt
hl
.LI
..it
.
...
T.h
f
hniMi&i.
.
"ie
Japanese
conquer
two
years
atrn.
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o
already
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11
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This
will
k
..
Vk.ooten-
tially
Imports
Vv
''any
meetings
betwet
Roosevelt,
partlct.
y
'''"j
of
the
possibility
i
pse
of
German
resistance
at
any
moment.
&
come
Showdown
Battle
Is
Coming
Up
Siege
of
Siegfried
Line
Appears
About
to
CommenceFour
Great
Armies
Close
on
Aachen
Canadians
Seize
Two
More
Belgian
Ports;
Ostend
and
Nieuport
ALLIED
SUPREME
HQ..
Sept.
9
tt
Four
great
Allied
armles-Brltlsh
and
American
are
poised
today
for
showdown
battles
in
outposts
of
the
Siegfried
Line.
They
are
closing
toward
the
key
sector
around
the
German
border
city
of
Aachen
while
the
First
Canadian
Army
continues
lti
steady
clean-up
of
the
Isolated
rocket-bomb
-coast
nnd
seized
two
more
Belgian
ports
Ostend
ana
Nieuport.
An
Allied
communique
said
that
the
British
Second
Army
had
met
growing
enemy
resistance
in
an
expanding
bridgehead
over
the
Albert
Can
al
aimed
at
German
strongholds
near
the
mouth
of
the
Rhine.
Bourg-Leopold
was
captured,
an
unconfirmed
BBC
broadcast
said.
Another
crossing
of
the
Albert
Canal
was
made
25
miles
east
of
Antwerp.
Canadians
seized
Ostend
and
Nieuport
without
a
struggle,
and
hemmed
the
Germans
tighter
Into
pockets
at
Boulogne
Calaise,
Dunkerqut
and
Zcebrugge.
The
Anierican
First
Army
drove
to
within
18
miles
of
the
Ocrman
frontier
in
the
vicinity
of
Aacheri,
while
the
Canadians
pushed
close
to
the
sea
at
Calais
and
Boulogne.
The
American
Seventh
Army
advanced
rapidly
through
the
Doubs
River
valley
from
Besanr
con.
Strong
Gprman
forces
attacked
the
British
line
between
Lille
and
Ghent
in
a
desperate
attempt
to
break
out
of
their
coast
al
entrapment
but
were
repelled
after
furious
fighting.
The
Paris
radio
reported
that
Allied
patrols,
presumably
part
of
the
Canadian
First
Army,
had
broken
through
the
Inner
de
fences
of
Boulogne.
Rois
Munro,
Canadian
Press
war
correspondent,
reported
that
the
Canadians
are
closing
In
on
Bruges,
10
miles
west
of
tht
Netherlands
border,
and
12
miles
south
of
Zecbrugge.
Lt.-Gen.
Crerar,
commander
of
the
Canadian
First
Army
has
visited
Ynres.
and
hundreds
turned
out
to
welcome
him.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Constitution.
57,000,
15c
and
13V'2C,
Royal
and
Booth.
Wanted
I
.Mlnt.nu.1
Tl
!
.
T
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i.r
Women
and
Bovs
as
Rivet
Passers
and
"tit,.
Apply
National
Selective
bcrvice
15a.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
.BRITISH
QOLUMBIA'S
NEW$PAPgRARL
Tomorrows
Tides
Coast
ana
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
m
moderate
winds,
fair
and
hecomlne
cloudy
Sunday,
September
10
in
norinern
porwoii.
ouu-
Ik
Wmm
High
8:00
16.0
feet
loudy
and
cool
wun
scauereu
19:59
17.5
feet
rs
in
northern
portion,
fair
and
Low
1:16
5.8
feet
in
southern
portion.
13:30
9.6
feet
PRINCE
B.C.
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
9,
1944
mi.
nv.
"
RUPERT,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
LKANS
SOON
FREE
OF
NAZIS
PRINCESS
JULIANA
NOW
IN
BRITAIN
Canadian
Casualties
Total
is
33,239
Including
9.510
Killed
OTTAWA,
Sept.
9
CP;
Carta
dJan
Army
casualties
as-
at
July
31
increased
by
3,768
over
the
previously
announced
total
of
29,471
which
included
figures
for
all
theatres
up
to
June
30
and
Normandy
campaign
to
July
20,
the
Department
of
National
De
fence
discloses.
Since
the
war
started
up
to
July
31
army
casualties
totalled
33,239
composed
of
9,510
killed
in
action,
287
presumed
dead,
1,308
missing,
3300
prisoners
of
war
and
18,343
wounded.
LONDON,
Sept.
9
GO
Princess
Juliana
of
the
Netherlands
has
arrived
In
Britain
from
Canada,
it
was
announced
today.
Her
mother,
Queen
Wllhelmlna,
ex
pects
to
be
returning
to
Holland
oon..
Juliana's
three
children
are
remaining
in
Canada
for
the
time
being.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
70
Minimum
48
Bulletins
CANNING
SUGAR
COUPONS
OTAWA
Wartime
Prices
Board
announced
today
that
milliliter
KtlPar
COIIDOnS
F-l
to
n
.
F-10
would
remain
valid
un
til
December
31,
Each
coupon
will
be
cood
for
one
pound
f
nirai
nr
mav
be
used
for
nrcscrves.
The
move
was
de
signed
to
forestall
a
msn
or
niRar
biiyiiiK
before
the
expiry
date
of
the
coupons.
COMMANDER
DISMISSED
WASHINGTON
Major
Gen.
Ralph
Smith
has
been
dismissed
as
commander
of
United
Stales
forces
on
Salpan
Island.
.
ARMY
SELLING
CARS
OTTAWA
Thirty
thousand
army
vehicles,
includins
2000
passenger
cars,
are
to
be
sold
to
the
public.
CONN1I5
SMYHIE
PREXIE?
TORONTO
Major
Connie
Smythe,
manager
of
the
Toronto
Maple
Leafs,
has
been
offered
the
presidency
of
the
National
Hockey
League.
from
Manchuria
to
Singapore
The
invaders
Teached
slx'miles
northeast
of
Tungan,
less
than
ten
jnlles
from
the
Kwangsl
Province
border.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
Mines
VANCOUVER
B.
R.
Con.
.08
'2
Bralorne
14.25
Cariboo
Gold
Quartz
2.27
Hedley
Mnscot
.72
Pend
Oreille
1.30
Pioneer
4.00
Premier
1.35
Privateer
.43V2
Reno
.05
V
-
Reeves
Macdonald
.24a
Sheep
Creek
1.10
Whitewater
.033,i
Oils
'
Calmont
r
.20
'
C.
&
E.
1.70
Home
.
.,
3.00
Royal
Canadian
.03
V
TORONTO
Seattle
1.84
Con.
Smelters
50.00
Central
Patricia
2.15b
Giant
Yellowknlfe
8.75
Hardrock
.92
Kerr
Addison
.lO's
Little
Long
Lac
1.20b
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.20
McLeod
Cockshutt
2.70
McKcnzie
Red
Lake
1.41b
Moneta
,62
Pickle
Crow
2.80b
Preston
East
Dome
2.73b
San
Antonio
4.10b
Sherrltt
Gordon
.71b
Steep
Rock
3.85
When
horticulturists
cross
pure-bred
dwarf
varieties,
the
off-spring
are
tall.
Am
FRESH
TROOPS
ARRIVE
IN
NORMANDY
FROM
ENGLAND
jFresh
troops
from
England
arrive
in
Normandy
to
join
the
Second
Army
in
operations
In.
the
Caen
sector.
Picture
shows
men
marching
up
the
beach
to
an
assembly
area.
Toll
of
War
OPENING
OF
NEW
ARMY
BALL
PARK
JAP
ADVANCE
IN
CWANGSI
PROVINCE
CHUNGKING,
Sept.
9
0;
Tht,
United
States
air
base
at
Ling-ling
fell
Thursday
before
a
strong
Japanese
.force
streaming
down
the
Hunan-Kwangsi
railway
in
a
drive
intended
to
help
estab
lish
arf
overland
military
toute'
McBride
Street
Sports
"Rendezvous
to
be
Inaugurated
Wee.k
from
Sunday
Official
opening
ot
Algoma
Park,
built
by
and
for
army
personnel,
will
be
postponed
-until,
a
week
from,
tomorrow.
It
was
revealed
today
by
Lt.
pVarburton,.
sports
officer
in
Charge
of
construction.
Reason
for
deferring
the
opening
is
that
a
large
program
of
sports
is
scheduled
to
be
held
tomorrow
on
Acropolis
Hill.
The
usual
baseball
game
will
be
held
in
the
afternoon,
and
a.
softball
fixture
is
to
b
eplayed
at
night.
An
exhibition
softball
engagement
will
mark
the
opening
of
the
.park.
This
fine
new
rendezvous
for
sport
enthusiasts
is
located
on
McBride
Street,
south
of
Ninth
Avenue.
YANKS
MOVE
ON
BELFORT
Germans
Appear
Determined
to
Defend
Route
ROME,
Sept.
9
CP)
The
Am
ericans,
driving
northeast
from
Besacon,
have
reached
a
point
less
than
twenty-five
miles
from
the
Belfort
Gap
route
Into
southwestern
Germany,
headquarters
announced
today.
A
Swiss
frontier
dispatch
said
that
three
Allied
motorized
columns
were
approaching
Belfort
with
the
most
advanced
only
ten
miles
distant.
The
Germans
ap
pear
determined
to
defend
the
gap.
Potatoes
were
not
used
as
food
In
Europe
until
100
years
after
their
discovery
in
South
Wage
Earners
Get
$78
Million
More
Than
in
1942
VICTORIA,
Sept.
9
British
Columbia
wage
earners
received
almost
$400,000,000
in
1943,
according
to
figures
released
today
by
the
Provincial
Department
of
Labor.
The
figure
Is
$78,000,-
000
more
than
in
1942.
Average
weekly
rate
for
work
ers
In
the
province
was
$37.19,
nearly
$2
per
week
higher
than
In
the,
previous
year.
Highest
paid
group
was
jew
elry
workers,
who
received
an
average
of
slightly
more
than
$41
per
week.
Shipyard
workers
averaged
$40
per
week.
There
were
55,000
women
working
throughout
the
prov
ince,
10,500
more
than
in
1942
Their
average
weekly
rate
ot
pay
was
$15.
Battle
of
Italy-
YANKS"
NEAR
GOTHIC
LINE
Germans
Fighting
Savagely
to
Prevent
Casualties
ROME,
Sept.
9
GO
Near
the
western
end
ot
the
Italian
front,
the
Americans
have
advanced
to
within
two
miles
ot
Pistoia,
last
important
city
south
of
the
Gothic
Line
remaining
in
Nazi
hands.
Meanwhile
a
savage
battle
still
Is
raging
for
Rimini
and
the
gateway
to
the
Po
Valley
without
substantial
change
In
positions,
headquarters
an
nounced
today.
Heavy
casualties
are
being
suffered
by
both
the
Germans
and
the
British
Eighth
Army.
Gambling
to
prevent
a
breakthrough
that
would
enable
the
Allies
to
sweep
into
northern
Italy
and
envelop
the
whole
Gothic
Line,
the
German
commander
threw
heavy
forces
ln-toi
counter-attacks
yesterday.
NAZIS
FIND
YUGOSLAVIA
IS
UNTENABLE
ROME,
Sept.
9
(CP)
The
free
Yugo
Slav
radio
says
that
mass
uprisings
on
an
unprecedented
scale
have
started
against
Nazi
occupation
forces.
Yugoslavia's
railway
system
is
so
devastated
that
organized
resistance
to.
the
Russian
thrust
towaids
the
Adriatic
from
Rumania
will
be
GERMAN
PRISONERS
STREAM
BACK
FROM.
FALAISE
Line
of
German
prisoners
stream
back
from
the
area
of
Falalse,-France,
where
they
were
captured
by
Canadian
troops,
as
Canadian
tanks,
rear,
move
forward
to
give
support
to
advancing
British
forces.
Bulgaria's
Request
for
Armistice
Granted
by
Russians;
Soviets
Enter
East
Prussia,
Taking
Back
Prisoners
REDS
ARE
PUSHING
OFFENSIVE
SWIFTLY
TO
MOP
UP
ON
GERMANS
IN
SOUTHEAST
EUROPE
MOSCOW,
Sept.
9.
(CP)
The
Russian
offensive
through
Bulgaria,
coupled
with
combined
operations
of
Marshal
Tito's
partizans
and
Allied
commando
units
in
Yugoslavia,
appeared
likely
today
to
free
he
Balkan
Peninsula
entirely
of
Germans
in
less
than
a
week.
The
Russians,
driving
through
Transyl
DIES
IN
EAST
COMMANDER
NICHOLLS
Well
known
in
Pacific
Coast
circles.
Commander
A.-
-S.--M
Nlcholls.
O.B.E..
ED,
RJJjR.
marine
superintendent,
Cana
dian
National
Steamships,
Montreal
(above)
died
recently
after
a
short
Illness.
He
was
In
his
64th
year
and
Is
survived
toy
his
widow
and
a
son,
Lt.-Comm.
Denis
Kevin
Nlcholls,
R.C.N.V.R.
In
1930,
Commander
Nlcholls
was
transferred
to
Vancouver
as
marine
superintendent
of
the
Pacific
Coast
services
of
the
company.
In
1932,
he
went
to
Sydney,
Australia,
retaining
the
title
of
marine
superintendent
and,
Jn
1936,
he
returned
to
Canada
as
marine
superintendent
at
Halifax,
transferring
to
Montreal
the
following
year
In
the
same
capacity.
PASSING
PARADE
In
the
Services
SOLDIER
OF
THE
WEEK
Reg.
Kings
of
the
R.CJV..
known
from
Victoria
to
Prince
Rupert
for
his
entertaining
talents,
Is
according
to
the
moc
casin
telegraph,
leaving
shortly
for
an
"interview"
ior
the
Army
Show.
Sergeant
Kings
comes
from
a
family
already
well
known
In
"show
business"
and
for
many
months
has
been
the
life
of
the
party
at
the
Area
Sergeants'
Mess.
His
dispensing
of
laughter
starts
before
breakfast
and
known
no
cessation
until
lights
are
low.
His
Barrack
Box
Skit
In
the
dormitory
has
won
him
local
fame.
Reg.
has
been
entertaining
the
services
in
every
camp
where
he
has
been
stationed
and
always
put
on
a
"grand
show."
Being
selected
for
the
Army
Show
Is
more
than
well
merited.
HLs
legion
of
friends
in
the
Services
will
wish
him
the
best
In
the
world
and
Rupert
will
have
another
signal
honor
added
to
Its
already
long
list
contributed
by
the
forces.
Nominations
for
"Soldier
of
the
Week"
are
requested
and
any
one
with
the
urge
to
throw
a
little
ink
on
paper
are
asked
to
send
in
their
contributions
to
Sgt.
O.
Nordllng
of
the
R.C.A
S.C.
The
R.C.A.S.C.
has
been
taken
off
the
priority
list
and
new
"copy"
from
all
other
Units
will
be
appreciated
The
Area
Sergeants'
Mess
Is
breaking
into
the
Social
lime
light
in
a
(big
way
tonight
and
has
a
tolg
night
In
store
for
their
guests.
vania,
pushed
to
within
128
miles
of
the
Hungarian
frontier.
No
hostilities
Jarred
the
Rus
sian
advance
across
Bulgaria
as
Russia
accepted
Bulgaria's
request
for
an
armistice.
Meanwhile
the
Berlin
radio
said
that
the
Russians
had
opened
a
new
offensive
In
the
area
of
Przymsl,
55
miles
west
of
Lwow,
Poland
and
Krosno,
further
west.
A
Reuter's
News
Agency
dis
patch
said
Russian
patriots
had
crossed
Into
East
Prussia
and
returned
with
prisoners.
Community
Is
Menaced
Citizens
of
West
Vancouver
Demand
Protective,
Action,
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
9
A
forest
fire
at
Eagle
Harbor
near
Horseshoe
Bay,
ten
miles
northwest
of
here,
threatened
to
get
completely
out
of
hand
as
residents
packed
In
readiness
to
leave
their
homes
In
the
patri
ot
the
flames.
Municipal
authorities
have
been
approached
by
citizens
demanding
organized
aid
against
the
fires.
YANKS
POUND
JAP
ISLANDS
PEARL
HARBOR,
Sept.
9
05
.
United
Press
planes
bombed
and
strafed
Yap
and
Ullthl
Islands
In
the
western
Carolines,
destroying
a
cable
station
on
Yap.
Raids
on
the
Carolines,
Marl-anas
and
Marshall
islands
aia
also
announced.
The
Berlin
.radld
claimed
that
Palau
and
Yap
had
been
attacked
for
three
days
by
from,
four
hundred
to
five
hundred
carrier
bombers.
BASEBALL
SCORES
American
League
St.
Louis'
5.
Chicago
9.
New
York
7,
Boston
6.
Philadelphia
0,
Washington
4.
National
League
Brooklyn
4,
Philadelphia
3.
International
League
f
Baltimore
3,
Jersey
City
4.
Rochester
2,
Montreal
3.
Newark
3,
Syracuse
4.
Buffalo
2,
Toronto
5.
American
Association
St.
Paul
1,
Milwaukee
4.
Minneapolis
5-9,
Kansas
City
2-11.
Louisville
0,
Columbus
1.
Indianapolis
1,
Toledo
6.
Coast
League
Los
Angeles
3,
Hollywood
1.
Seattle
5,
San
Diego
3.
(Second
game
postponed).
Oakland
3-4,
San
Francisco
4-2.
Portland
0-5,
Sacramento
2-4.
TELEPHONE
DIRECTORY
Notification
as
to
new
listings,
changes
or
corrections
to
be
made
In
writing
to
the
'
Telephone
Dept.
not
later
than
September
15lh.
ft
4
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