Ea'urday
af-'::er
half
had
'
f
C
anadlan
Fish
.
car.ier
m
the
"
w.ttjout
d.ow
was
the
biggest
:
Rupert
for
I
fart,
at
far
wis
the
biggest
any
western
lie
recalled
i
jrAt
to
Prince
:
r
.ago.
.1
'
big
Seatl
l
7
heit'.
1.9
!
er
ioads."
!
'
made
four
r
unloading
g
,j
and
once
in
d
trip
iht
':j
.
-,;.ds
to
the
i
d
Saturday
Klilc
Island
-
x
of
Area
3.
Jacobson
ex-
i
'
trot
brought
i
Rupert
be
age
in
price
sell
in
Ket
there
were
t.:
a
and
that
ke
our
load,
Pr.nce
Ru-
-'
iy
10-man
d.d
not
feel
j
by
selling
?
ine
Rupert
L
kan
in
spite
3
of
a
cent
zt
ailowed
by
?PA,
here
:'i
to
justify
making
the
i:
-ted.
"Now.
'
A
t
-1
a;low
Prince
'
pay
a
cent
and
buyers
claim
why
then
African
boats
'ooked
sur-t
'
if
he
were
'
(
""!y
back
to
I?,
t:'
-c
'y
not
We
g
again
We
get
in
three
the
season
'
O
nt
bellre
the
a
w
uld
be
filled
-
"
'
week
in
Oc-
t
'
'
mand
announced
t:
'
'hat
Russians
on
;
-"-
ik
nf
the
Vistula
f
-
nove
to
outflank
.T.
.ated
remnants
of
rn
divisions
toUl-I'Wy
15.000
men.
g'mmunique
said
most
circled
NaiU
were
kill-m
refused
to
surrender
p
aw
p
repulsed
heavy
I'
number
nf
n.mi...
ffn
out
of
the
Rdsslan
r,
Na
armies
In
"ape
was
marfn
u,hii
Warahlna
nft
II
,
ooviet
armv
nn.it
inn.
f
VIVillll
WITH
lUtlTISH
FORCES
FRANCE.
Aug.
ft
ICri-Ofn,
Sir
Bernard
Montgomery
told
hif
troops
tonight
that
"the
end
of
the
war
Is
In
sight.
Let
record
time."
.Montgomery
said
that
the
us
flnUh
off
the
business
In
victory
In
northwest
Fiance
had
been
"definite,
complete
and
decisive,"
and
added
that
there
still
be
many
surprises
In
store
for
the
fleeing
German
remnants.
.
''Sergeants
Employ
"COLONEL
BLIMP"
ON
WAR
TO
COME
Jam
Tins,
Pans
to
Extinguish
Blaze
A
hasUly
formed
bucket
brigade
of
Cifliadlan
Army
ser
grants
using
dish
pans
and
Jam
J
Una
to
carry
water,
was
respon
'
stble
for
putting
out
a
fire
that
i
prices
of
broke
out
In
the
home
of
B.
i
Simpson.
5th
are.
and
McBrldd
st.
at
noon
Sunday.
When
the
roof
was
seen
burning
by
Sgt
Hugh
Allen
from
the
lisergeantsV
Quarters,
across.
Me.-
unoc
si.,
nc
cum
o-Swlcks,
James
Perry.
Otto
Nord-llne.
Charles
Borton.
and
an
ar-
i
Ullery
sergeant
known
merely
as
-Bill."
They
rounded
up
a
miscellaneous
assortment
of
containers
which
they
passed
from
hand
to
hand
and
extinguished
the
blaring
shtngles
before
much
damage
was
done.
The
siren
serccanUr
were
con
gratulated
by
the
owner
of
the
house
and
by
members
of
the
City
Fire
Department,
which
retponded
to
tne
can.
Smash
Jap
StrenRth
Over
Moluccas
Islands
West
of
New
Guinea
PEARL
HARBOR,
Aug.
21-
Oeneral
Douglas
MacArthur
has
nnounced
that
the
Japanese
strencth
over
the
Moluccas
inlands,
off
the
northwest
coast
ians
Wipe
Out
15,000
Germans
bnoeuvre
to
0
utf
lank
Warsaw
Refuses
to
Rurremler
Force
Trapped
ENsil
T
Lxeapes
M.
At'
?1
rn
Tlif.
Railways
in
nt
i,lnstmas
TWa
l
'
Trade
Board
officials
rH,'
I
olner
Bovern-rda
have
decided
rail-
uCn
needed
for
"
1
1
Lit
i
r
tMAi.i.i.
a
"1IUWHQ
frt
An..
as
Li-
-
,
,u7.
..."
'
of
New
Oulnea,
has
been
smashed.
Allied
plane
ranging
over
the
Islands
are
meeting
practically
no
resistance.
The
Moluccas
form
a
springboard
for
a
concentrated
drive
on
the
Philippines.
GLASGOW.
Aug.
21
tT
Roger
Llvesay.
British
stage
and
screen
actor
who
nortrayed
Col
onel
Bllmn
In
the
movie
of
the
same
name,
mode
this
forecast
about
the
next
war
In
a
speech
at
an
army
equipment
cxhlbl-
Uon.
'The
next
war,"
he
said,
"will
last
about
20
minutes.
On
the
declaration
of
war
someone
will
press
a
button
on
one
side
and
send
over
a
conUnent
buster.
Simultaneously
someone
on
the
other
side
will
press
a
button,
and
release
a
continent
buster.
"At
the
same
time
planes
wlll
set
off
from
bpnoslng
camps
to
search
for
the
Island
In
the
Pacific
on
which
the
men
who
led
the
world
to
war
will
be
sheltering
and
drop
Island
busters.
And
that
will
bo
the
end
of
everything."
Capture
Escaped
Prisoner
of
War
I.ETHBRIDGE,
Alta..
Aug.
21
A
prisoner
of
war,
who
escaped
from
an
Internment
camp
near
here,
was
captured
Saturday
a
mile
from
the
town
pf
Tabor.
8h
Local
Tidet
'
al
Temperature
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Tuesday,
August
23
68
High
-
3:05
19.7
feet
15:31
19.4
feet
47
Low
..
925
4.0
feet
I
-
-
-
-i
'
Oil-"
r
1
1
21:44
5.9
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY,
AUGUST
21,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Incomer
Path
To
Robot
Bomb
Coast
4h
L
i
wen
ixecorL.
.
i
ars
to
Upset
Calm
of
Seattle
ier
After
36
Years
of
Fishing
Unn
fJaVimrr
fnr
Sfi
vnnrR
vnti
ril
J
...
.
i
tn
rrn
very
cxictea
anoui
wringing
in
iw.uw
of
halibut
in
one
load,
even
if
that
load
is
rfi;
i
he
bluest
that
has
tecn
brought
to
any
!,
the
coaBt
this
season.
At
least,
that
is
the
;;n
E'jven
by
Captain
Peter
Jacobson,
skipper
.
Brattle
hall-
1
catch
herc'KNI)
OF
WAR
NOW
IN
SIGHT,
MONTY
Y.TELLS
HIS
ARMY
t
fj
.nessman
as
-
(.
h
handler
,
W000
pound!
!
'
schooner
at
'
With
Reserves
at
Victoria
Col,
A.
FJ.
Sparling,
D.S.O.,
commanding
the
30th
(Reserve)
Brigade,
in
top
picture,
reviews
1st
(R.)
Bn.
Prince
Rupert
Regt
(M.G.)
at
Gordon
Head
camp,
near
Victoria,
where
the
unit
underwent
summer
training.
Lt-Col.
G.
C.
Oswcll,
E.D.,
officer
commanding,
is
at
the
extreme
left...
Col.
Sparling,
lower
photograph,
is
shown
inspecting
"A"
Company,
with
Lieut.
W.
A.
McIJoom
following.
Company
SgL-Major
Ted
Smith
is
at
the
left.
Planes
Raining
Bombs
On
Escaping
Germans
RASEHALL
SCORES
SATURDAY
'
.National
Iague
Brooklyn
3.
Cincinnati
2.
Boston
4,
Chicago
2.
PitWhurgh
5,
Philadelphia
3.
St
Louis
8.
New
York
4.
American
League
Washington
3.
Chicago
2.
New
York
8.
Cleveland
3.
Boston
9.
Detroit
1.
Philadelphia
4.
St.
Louis
3.
Pacific
Coast
Los
Angeles
4.
Oakland
2.
San
Francisco
7.
Hollywood
4.
Sacramento
4.
San
Diego
3.
Seattle
5.
Portland
1.
International
League
Toronto
7.
Baltimore
0.
Newark
14,
Buffalo
8.
Montreal
4.
Jersey
City
0.
Jersey
City
2.
Montreal
1.
Rochester
7.
Syracuse
1.
Rochester
6.
Byracuse
4.
American
Association
Milwaukee
11.
Indianapolis
9
Columbus
8.
St.
Paul
2.
Toledo
6.
Minneapolis
3.
Louisville
14.
Kansas
City
10.
SUNDAY
National
League
St.
Louis
15-3.
Boston
5-5.
Pittsburgh
10-7.
Brooklyn
7-1
Cincinnati
2-1.
Philadelphia
-4
.
.
Chicago
7-1.
New
York
4-3.
American
League
iinstnn
8-11.
Cleveland
6-4.
Detroit
4-9.
New
York
3-8.
Washington
4-12.
St.
Louis
2-1.
Chicago
3-3.
Philadelphia
2-8.
Pacific
Coast
San
Diego
6-1,
Sacramento
2-0
Portland
4-4,
Seattle
3
0.
Los
Angeles
5-0.
Oakland
0-1.
Holywood
3-0,
San
Francisco
1-3.
International
League
Newark
0-6,
Jersey
City
5-1.
Buffalo
8-7.
Syracuse
7-5.
Toronto
5-4.
Montreal
3-2.
Rochester
12-1.
Baltimore
11-3.
Ameriraii
Association
,
Milwaukee
11-12,
IndlanapolU
1-2.
,
,
St.
Paul
8-0,
Columbus
4-4.
Toledo
3-11.
Minneapolis
0-1.
Louisville
6-12,
Kansas
City
5-7.
Allies
Seeking
to
Snap
Shut
New
Trap
on
Enemy
Near
Seine
River
LONDON,
Aug.
21
0
Moving
to
close
the
great
new
trap
on
the
battered
Germans
In
France
after
a
week
of
sustained
air
scourging
In
warfare's
history.
Allied
bombers
rained
explosives
on
Nazis
trying
to
cross
the
Solne
River.
Sunday.
Allied
fighter
bombers,
mean
while,
ranged
up
and
down
the
Seine
River
breaking
-
up
pon
toon
spans,
ferries
and
barge
concentrations.
PAGODA
IN
IJURMA
CHANGES
COLOR
IN
AERIAL
ATTACK
LONDON,
Aug.
21
tT
Be-
'
fore
the
Japanese
ravaged
i
Burma
a
tiny
white
pagoda
at
Mogaung
was
a
mecca
for
i
pilgrims.
Disregarding
its
religious
,
significance,
the
Japanese
,
turned
'
the
shrine
Into
a
snipers
sanctuary
and
direct
air
support
was
announced
j
10
remove
me
suongpoini
from
the
path
of
our
advancing
army.
Two
Mustangs
dropped
500
-
pound
.
bombs
plump
on
the
target.
"The
bombs
had
shattered
the
outer
white
crust,
leaving
the
inner
shell
still
slvlng
the
familiar
pagoda
silhouette
but
with
a
complete
change
of
color."
The
story
was
told
by
air
sources
In
London.
Youth
in
Hospital
Following
Fracas
Rowdyism,
which
broke
out
among
a
group
of
natives
of
Juvenile
age
at
Port,
Edward
early
Sunday
morning,
resulted
in
one
of
the
group
being
sent
to
hos
,
pltal
suffering
from
bruises.
I
Police
Investigating
the
affair
I
say
his
condition
is
not
serious.
Beau
Brummel
lived
the
last
10
years
of
his
life
In
Caen,
anu
died
there
in
an
Insane
asylum.
Earlier
End
To
Conflict
Is
Forecast
WITH
EIOHTH
ARMY
NEAR
end
of
the
war
much
nearer.
I
cannot
predict
an
earl
,
end
to
the
war,"
the
British
leader
said.
But
I
could
guarantee
against
it
ending
sooner
than
we
hate
allowed
ourselves
to
fhope
"
Bulletins
CAPTURE
TOULOUSE
LONDON
Reports
from
the
French
underground
forces
say
they
hae
taken
over
the
city
of
Toulouse.
The
French
Ma
qui
leader
claims
one
France
is
now
in
the
the
underground.
MAQUIS
REPORTED
CONTROLLING
ALL
PYRENEES
REGION
PORTBOU,
Spain,
Aug.
21
(CP)
The
entire
Pyrenees
region
of
Southwestern
France
from
the
Atlantic
to
the
Med-iteiranean
now
Is
either
in
Maquis
hands
or
under,
their
control,
according
to
reports
reaching
Portbou.
FLORENCE,
Aug
21
-Prime
Minuter
Winston
Churchill
told
RT
IT
PlOMl
Canadian
tankmen
Sunday
that
,
lYIOVe
II
ar
I
iailtS
tne
great
cattle
raging
in
Nor.-mandy
premises
to
bring
the
From
London
to
Escape
Robots
LOSrX)N,
Aug.
2i
7
Germans
fired
more
flying
bombs
on
Southern
England
Monday,
adding
to
Sunday's
casualties
which
included
at
least
11
killed,
two
of
them
Canadian
soldiers,
It
was
disclosed.
There
has
been
a
drop
In
war
production
In
some
sections
of
i
the
London
area
and
the
gov
ernment
is
Won
tract
plants
to
safer
areas.
,
Flying
bombs
Sunday
wrecked
a
block
of
tenements.
hahnd,o!
!
Superfortresses
EDEN
IN
FRANCE
C
II
E
IlltOU
K
(i
Anthony
Eden,
British
foreign
secretary!
Is
In
France
conferring
with
Allied
commanders
on
the
question
of
establishing
stable;
control
in
the
vent
of
a
sudden
German
collapse.
SINK
ANOTHER
19
WAS
II
1
NO
TO
N
United
States
submarines
have
accounted
for
another
19
Japanese
ships,
including
a
medium
cruiser
and
escort
vessel.
This
additional
bag
brings
the
United
States
toll
to
Japanese
vessels
since
hostilities
PARIS
IS
OUTFLANKED
L
O
N
IK)
N
The
American
Third
Army
has
smashed
into
important
positions
northeast
as
well
as
southeast
of
Paris
and
that
city
is
now
effectively
outflanked.
VS.
AMBASSADOR
VICTORIA
United
States
Ambassador
Ray
vC
Atherton
today
inspected
naval
and
military
establishments
In
Victoria
district.
.
WILL
QUIT
GERMANY
UONDUtN
Diplomatic
circles
here
anticipate
Bulgaria
breaking
off
relations
tomorrow
with
Germany
and
making
peace
overtures
to
the
United
States
and
Great
Britain.
BOMB
NAZI
CENTRES
ROME
Allied
bombers
swarmed
out
from
Italian
bases
today
to
carry
havoc
and
destruction
to
German
airfields
in
Central
Yugoslavia
and
Hungary.
CROSS
VISTULA
AGAIN
.MOSCOW
The
Russian
armies
have
established
their
third
bridgehead
across
the
Vistula
River.
Carry
Fight
to
Japanese
Cities
!
WASHINGTON.
Aug.
21
0
'.American
Superfortresses
ham-
mered
Japanese
home
Industries
1
twice
Sunday.
Four
planes
were
reported
lost
due
to
enemy
action.
The
Japanese
radio
claimed
25
out
of
a
total
of
77
planes
were
destroyed
in
the
first
raid.
An
Allied
communique
said
12
Japanese
fighters
were
destroy
er.
12
probably
destroyed
and
10
damaged.
Prisoner
Taken
Near
New
Westminster
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Aug.
21
The
third
of
three
prisoners
of
war,
who
escaped
from
an
Alberta
thternmerlt
camp
was
picked
up
Sunday
evening
on
King
George
Highway,
near
New
Westminster.
He
had
been
working
on
a
Surrey
district
farm.
The
other
two
Germans
were
taken
Friday
in
B.C.
PRODUCTION
UPPED
ACCRA,
Gold
Coast
tt
Con
slderable
progress
in
vegetable
growing
has
been
made
In
the
fn.lA
"Vir4
nnrl
Vle
rr
rrr
Americans
Establish-
Firm
Bridgehead
Over
Seine
River
At
Nantes
Enemy
Making
Desperate
Attempt
to
Fight'
Way
Out
of
Mid-Normandy
Trap
Paris
Seething
With
Revolt
in
Anticipation
of
Liberation
ALLIED
SUPREME
HQ.,
Aug.
21
(CP)
Amer
icans
have
firmly
established
a
bridgehead
over
the
Seine
River
at
Nantes,
opening
a
path
to
the
coast,
90
mjles
farther
north
where
robot
bomb
bases
are
established.
Meanwhile,
a
desperate
attempt
is
being
made
by
i
the
Germans
to
fight
their
way
111
Health
Delays
Visit
to
Rupert
of
Lieutenant-Governor
I
III
health
forbids
the
schedul-
sub-
'
"eut.
Governor
W.
O
movlng
seme
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
has
been
Informed.
Mr.
Woodward
had
expected
to
vrslt
the
city
and
Port
Simpson
on
August
31
but
has
been
advised
against
It
oy
his
doctors.
The
lieutenant
governor's
letter
stated
that
he
hopes
to
be
able
to
make
the
trip
early
next
year.
WEATHER
FORECAST
For
the
north
coast
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
up
to
6-p.m.
Tuesday.
Issued
by
the
Meteorological
Service
In
Canada.
Fair
fair
and
ana
mud
mua
this
mis
morn
trtes
in
Yawata
-and
Kyushu.
If
ALIRIIT
SALES
ana
results
or
me
iirsi
aiiacc
were
reported
good.
out
of
the
mid-Normandy
trap.
They
are
being
smashed
by
the
Canadian
Army
and
typhoon
rocket
firing
fighters.
Canadian
arUllery
poured
dev-astaUng
fire
into
the
enemy
pocketed
around
Chambols.
United
States
Third
Army
fought
Germans
near
Versailles,
within
10
miles
of
Paris,
and
established
themselves
along
the
Seine
River,
southeast
of
the
French
capital
Parts
is
reported
to
be
seething
with
revolt
in
anticipation
of
liberation.
Dispatches
from
Spain
said
Germans
are
fleeing
north
in
an
effort
to
get
out
of
France,
and
it
appeared
as
though
the
Nazis
were
abandoning
all
France
south
of
Paris.
Germans
Promise
morn-
m
n
f
ing.
becoming
fair
to
partly
I
Q
U
Snare
1
1
all
SHS
cloudy
and
warm
in
after-
JFlc
noon;
partly
cloudy
in
evening.
Partly
cloudy
and
warm
Tuesday.
Wind
light
to
mod
erate.
American
!
Atlantic.
35.000.
15c
and
13Vic
'
Royal.
Havana.
60.000,
15c
and
13c,
I
Royal
and
Pacilic.
Attu.
60,000,
15c
and
lStfec,
I
B.C.
Packers.
LONDON,
Aug.
21
W
A
Ger
man
foreign
onice
spoKesman
said
today:
"Paris
will
be
spared
during,
military
operations
lust
Gen.
De
Gaulle
Goes
Rack
to
French
Soil
CHERBOURG.
Aug.
21
General
De
Gaulle,
leader
of
the:
Free
French,
is
reported
to
have
returned
to
France.
Port
of
Toulon
Almost
Encircled
By
French
Free
French
Forces
Battling
Nails
Within
Three
Miles
of
Naval
Base
"icer
October.
1942.
encircled
Toulon,
breakin;
duction
from
government
farms
I
P"
ally
is
estimated
at
1.000,000
compared
with
300,000
pounds
for
the
previous
year.
ARTIST
KILLED
LONDON
tt
Rex
Whistler,
39.
promlnenUy
known
In
Great
Britain
as
a
scenic
artist
and
Illustrator,
was
killed
In
action
in
Normandy.
Press
Officer
Dies
j
LONDON.
Sherle.
47,
months
illness.
Aug.
21
OV-Fenn
i
.
Hrf
Dominions
Office
The
Strand
and
was
once
assist
ant
ediwr
of
The
Humorist.
CANADIAN
TANKMEN
CLEAR
WAY
FOR
BRITISH
INFANTRY
On
the
main
road
leading
Into
the
Italian
village
of
Montespertoll.
Cansilan
tanks
halt,
while
British
infantry
moves
past
to
mop
up
the
town.
The
tanks
already
had
blasted
the
town
but
the
"P.B.I."
had
to
clear
the
enemy
from
buildings.
Ing
French
troops
have
vlrtu-
Whitehall.
'
of
naval
base.
me
American
iiuaaiuy
has
.
.
.
t
In
free
lance
Sherle
engaged
fanned
out
tbtmitl
Durance
died
in
hospital
after
several
j
valley
and
headed
for
the
journalism,
scenario
writing
and
Rhone
River
against
dlsorgan-play
writing.
He
served
eight
;
ized
enemy
resistance.
..,,,
oicnt
or
Prtitnr
nf
:
Americans
sped
forward
on
J1"'"
"
"
Kih.lrfoe
f
,.
trm-i,
r,f
taf
ituls,
across
the
Durance
River,
and
Joined
the
French
patriots
!
who
had
surrounded
the
Nazi
I
troops
within
the
town.
Germans
have
given
no
ln-,
dication
of
their
strength
or
determlnatien
to
make
a
real
stand
at
or
near
the
mouth
1
of
the
Rhone
Valley,
the
natural
Invasion
highway
for
a
junction
with
General
Eisenhower
In
Northern
France.
'
Disorganization
among
Germans
indicated
Nazi
command
may
be
resigned
to
eventual
liquidation
of
the
entire
area
and
can
hope
to
salvage
only
a
portion
of
its
beleaguered
units,
i
The
Americans
have
captured
Valensole,
50
airline
miles
1
north
of
Toulon.
Other
American
forces
have
entered
Toulon,
:
strategic
southern
French
naval
base.
Forward
elements
of
the
advancing
Americans
are
only
nine
miles
from
Marseielle.
Asking
No
Loss
of
;
Italian
Colonies
ROME,
Aug.
21
An
Italian
I
cabinet
member
Is
starting
an
1
agitation
to
win
assurance
from
I
the
Allies
that
Italy
will
not
I
lose
her
colonics
after
the
war.
PORT
SIMPSON
MAN
REPORTED
WOUNDED
Pte.
Edward
Brentzcn,
son
of
Mrs.
Agnes
Brentzcn,
of
Port
Simpson,
has
been
wounded
while
serving
overseas
with
a
British.
Columbia
regiment.
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