llnnn m Force Hi nM tnti - OYCU Krai ta 1 r'albn. ' (I I Am- I Jul" l ' " Vf (anada's Pacific I flliat .lir tlir f ileTcnvin, . . i.i.i ,dr directed a . in the heading n air ft. 1 t lira I r. -i id itiUsiiiii r Information oi ue Uorl Canadian Air ..u ii lw railed upon , onilrr climatic co" m. -i.ifh it U not tii !" - arricr i An enem l urtvan'i 'h the of ' d Tillage ,iirse 'ii alt-r far LET NS :1NC ISt'O. Tlir latel the drain toll a- a rr- i, -- aniniumiinn ;n !'3! I ranciseo Hay :.( i. ik i. i mi. In Hrltlih Columbia r iirr :rrou acalll. 1 i burning Just Wat: 3n Ukr In Nor- . t l as 11. ii. n loiomwa. t Nt il l! f.OOHS A It r- miiation H .ii ...r..j Cd-J along the I ,nm n. C A. I t lUSH t- Tlifrr hav been mi' Ian and Chinese "ttsve3 will not parti-in the same meeting of the continuation of I'ol'cy araliiit any c-li'th inleht melmlire rrUtlons anil neutral- , . I 1 at ers lilt nfl I NTAL Lin I I'lS OIT malniiir fifi. itrritnt ""n urnaniruiai 'Chi ; are (o be lurried account of tleclrlclly ' "i iKke K.C. of Van- li.ii lirrn amxiliitril 'f lirlthh Columbia 'ely, C 1K CRACY ikK-keyc b-.aU on the Naa stayed in ..hrlter two days during lait week and boat average were coiwiderably lower than for the previous seven days Hid weather on Sunday and Thurs day forced most of the boats to remain in port and uncertain weather condition f'r the rest of the pt liLKJ rri.rt-lly affected Ue iw of the catches. Averages for the week were 140 fre.sh fish per boat with hlgl boat bringing In 390 salmon. Two Named For Vice-President CHICAGO. July 19 The Democratic National nominating convention opened here today with interest centred in tne tholce of vice-presidential nom inees. The names oi Harry I rue- man and Justice William wai-lare have been so far offered a first and second cbolcea. President Roosevelt Is e-pected to be nominated for a fourth term on Thursday in tune to make a radio speech m tue evening. FI01IT8 BERMUDA RATS HAMILTON, Bermuda 0 W 8. Hornby, the Canadian pest control expert la here to organize a campaign against rats which have been damaging croiw and food stocks. Mr. Hoinby says the colony la "badly infested." Military Policy ned By One Of Generals in n w - ...... . iu.m uw, July iu (CP) Tiio Kiissian press ii. .1.1! II... I i I 1-11. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l: ill if I i L'Ttii itmimf in :itwitiii ii f i ill 1 1 ii i i iiv.ii ti owm.iiiv.ni uy jv;iiv;iin imiinuni " iter, Gorman tank corps commander, de- I"" th.'lt. fllW.'lirivwmifunl' nnnintf Alilf llitlnr'M ;tl:- over eastern front strategy was costing f life and manv nrisoners. Hofmeis- entized Hitler's insistance on holding lid. "lidfu.if Mn.ii.. r. : vrann -. "nun iii ivjiiii; ivilltl l lll vaiiiiimv- .linl. -.ll . . . command oi inner, iioimeisiur When irenerals'f ricil tn nninf nut. nrrnrs thev discharged, he said. a .. .v., r a Ilarrurk , Il.iii.i' K . UU.i. V pic 'hUlil', cltH-u-l from iunomt Uic 900 iUrwumen in real-(Imcr. deotc a meamre before "ttoe rtwaae." When pird by council and endorsed by tte officrr rommandlrur. Flight Olfloer Marlon Oraham of Salutoun, fomurty of Prince Kuprrt, the measure will become "law." Patrrned all' r tin um riiincnl of Canada, Um ryr.Kni kiv" airwjmcn an opportunity to havr a votrr m the mauagetnent of their own barrack 8c t. Ivubei Turpin (at extreme left band corner . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Turpin. 144 Iloae-berry at.. Winnipeg. Is president or "prime minuter." Others, left to right around the table are: Cpi Alice Seward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C Jones of Olace Uay. N A : Cpi. Lillian Cochrane, whose husbiiiid LAC. Claude Ouchrane ur overseas with RCA I1: LAW. fl. Itrvwu. daoghUr of Mrs Ka Urowa. t Hualyn ve, tsnvrsd; LAW. DwoUiy !! t hi, duughlrr of Mr R Ilee-un. 217 Quw n .t . 8t Jm. Wiuiiirvc LAW MutKdiit Aliiiby. daughter of Mr- Alla- iS'VNAAS SALMON If f IA AAA l till' i,v.-''v ..l.lliri i clficjl statement is it t known that the rnttf (lmlTit lait -c a financially sue- "fat In rlte of the inr Ial IIHRAfl A it I. .. . 1 I l Ml IIONOHI.Il still u boat Il'et r:-- .lardonald an- the award of sis mcd- -Jleen menlioiM In r ni utrnriifii mm 'it uiai trailed a er-'"r-arine blew It to the jnd j nk it with shell-t taklnr number ot T.l.!l ciri'mrt' alory tonlerrnces on ticn of a world secur-" are lo be held In rlon probably In Aug- CATCHES DOWN b:. 24 Ct. 'x ' W Zm Job:,. UB.. iikI Cpi Marnarct Popplrton. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Popple ton, Mellburg. Sask.; LAW Shirley McMaster. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McMaster. 51 4th are. Schumacher. Ont.; Cpi. Bisabeth Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Wilson. 147 Alex-andr blvd.. Toronto; Cpi. Kae Frew, sister of Mrs. N. D. C. Thompson. 7V Government rd., Klrkland Uke. Ont; LAW OeraMlne AusUn. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Austin. Halley-bury. Ont; Cpi Bun ice Adams, wife of Sgt. H. A. Adams, RCAF overseas, and daughter of Mr. F. L. Davies. Bpruifstde. Sask.: LAW Oraee Dulfield. daughter of Mrs. J. S. Duf-fleld. Lloydminster. Sask.; Cpi. Margaret Bhaw. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shaw, Point Edward. Ont; LAW. Vera Wilde, daughter, of Mrs D. Wilde. 6111 Esplanade are.. Unntreal LAW Kav Fletcher, dauzhter of Ml rt A. FieUher. 133 Dormeturt l Three IUer.i. PQ : and Cpi Marion Johnston, ; daiightrr of Mr and Mi - A. K. Johnston, B.IIiiik Bndi:. Out RCAF Photo. WAR NEWS TWO PORTS FALL KOSin Two Important Italian ports were captured from the Nail, today Lethorn on the west coast and Anrona on the eait. German resistance continues to ctumble. nm NMVS COMING SHAM It was hinted last night that news ot the hi(h-est importance may be forthcoming momentarily. It will have lo do, it Is supposed, with the new lirilbh-Canadian offensive In Noimandy which Is being featured by a great tank battle following a brcak-thioucu of Marshal Rommel's lines. POtMHMl OF GUAM WASHINGTON Continued bombardment of Guam Is reported by United Stales Navy warships and knocked put enemy antl-alrcralt guns which attempted to interfere with Allied spotter planes. Japanese soldiers numbeting 1620 were captured on conquered Savpan In the Maiiannas and IS, 800 civilian residents ot the Island, mostly Japanese, were interned. CHINESE HOLDING ON CHUNGKING Ihe Chinese ate still holding the Canton-Hankow railway junction of llentyang In the face of furious enemy assault's. Ihe Chinese attacked the Japanese on enemy approaches to the city and penetrated many Japanese positions. Hie Japanese scored a breakthrrmth Into the city but weie thrown back in fierce street Renting. BUZZ BOMBS SI ILL COMING LONDON Southern Enrjand, Including London, was hit stain last night by robot bombs. A shelter was struck and there were casualties. War Secretary Eden announces the government's unwillingness to hold a secret session to consider the situation. MOKE J AT SHIPS SUNK ALLIED IIEAIM'UARTLRS IN NEW GUINEA The newly-formed Ear Eastern air foice sank or damaged four merchantmen, three coastal vessels and several barges In continuation of attacks on Japanese shipping. This brought the total Allied bag to nine ships, five coastal craft and at least eight barges sunk or crippled In two days. NEW RUSSIAN OI I ENSIVE MOSCOW A new Ruwljn offensive in south Poland in the direction of Warsaw Is now in full swing. It has now been in progtrvs fur three days and the Big river has been reached by the Red At my. Two Recruits For Army Here Two iibw recruits for the Can .idian Armv. active force, left; here yesterday afternoon for reception centre In Vancouver. They were: Arthur Ernest Thomas, ac.od 18. son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thomas of this city, who has been employed as a sheet metal worker ut the local dry dock. Ernest Robert Dennis, 30. Port Simpson fisherman, son of Mrs. SeMna Dennis of Port Simpson. Terrace Rector For Princeton Rev. Edward W. Slater, for merly missionary skipper of the Anglican mission boat Northern Cross operating out of here and for the past couple of years located at Terrace, will be leavinc Terrace about the middle of next month to become rector of the Anglican Church at Princeton in the southern interior, Roland Hill, new ecclesiastical graduate, will succeed Mr. Slater Local Tides al Temperature Thursday, July 20 High 1:02 21.0 feet 13:59 19D feet 70 Low 7:45 1.9 feet 52 PKOVINCIAL 19:49 7.0 feet 1. UbRAHV NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER m XIII t: 163 VICTORS, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS s Sweeping Ahead In France AT WORK" FOR AIRWOMEN thrown Out iRommers Defences Are Of Meeting Lively Session In Alberta Provincial Election at Lethbridge LETHBRIDGE, .July 13 (CP J, C Landeryou, Social Credit nominee for Lethbridge in, the Alberta general provincial election, was carried bodily from a C.C.F. public meeting after he refuted to apologize to 5L J. Coldvvell, leader of the C. C. F, for a remark made during , tbe meeting. Landeryou interrupted a speech by Celdwell, calling him a liar, and Coldnell gave him five minutes to retract. When Landeryou did not retract, he was carried bodily ' ICftm the hall by ushers. FILL HOLES ON STREETS I C workmm nae bezun to hoks in the worst damaged streets ar- filled in. Allies Advance Upon Myitkyina '1TH THE ALLIES IN NORTH BUKMA. July 19 In their adtance on Mvitkvina base, the I Allies made slight advances and coivwlldated gains. 16TH CENTURY EXTLOKMt . J ' , 1 MM I VjOO. by Pedro Alvarez Cabral. Portuguese navigator. 1 iMeglioni Is In Allied Hands ROME, July 19 The Al lied Fifth Army captured sUvorno today a few hours after Polish troops of the Eighth Army had seized An- oona. Llvorno (Leghorn) lies onlv a few miles from 1 Pisa, western anchor of the i next Oerman defence line. jNo Alteration jln Exchange BRETTON WOODS. N.H.. July 19 Several Important points 1 about the future of exchange I ratan taam t r nsva smrtTAtfl VirP at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. 1. There is no likelihood of any change In the Canadian or British rate vis-a-vis U. S. dollars, until such tune as It is known definitely what the fate of the proposed International Stabilization Fund will be. 2. When any adjustment Is made in exchanse rates, the tendency will be toward "stability In the view of Lord Keynes. Keyne indicated very clearly that la his view exchange rates such as the UJC.-US. rate would tend to stay where they are now. rather than shift to a new post lion "unless there arc very im portant considerations to the contrary." He indicated that this would be the general approach all round. 3. If, as and when the Stabl lizatlon Fund Is established, Bri tain and the United States will agree on their rate. Subsequently other rates will be then flx&d j within the provisions and regu- lauons or tne lund. m is repon-rd here quite unofficially that Britain and US. are pretty well in accord on other points. At the moment there seems to be no great likelihood of any immediate change from the present $4.02 rate). Breached in Heaviest COUNCIL WILL 'POUND OTTAWA' To Keep up Pressure with View to Getting Action on Local Repairs The meeting decided to appoint the heads of the four per- iisanent HimmilteM to turn in member tor Skeena advising them of the current state of damage and urging help In Its repair. Alderman Arnold spoke of in discriminate use of city streets by Canadian and American mill- iary airrcrs. The trouble Is they wear rear out m one road, then start on one." she complained. putting gate on streets that they have icgt Ornate occasion to use to keep them from destroying them all." "Certainly we must take some I action," Alderman Hills replied, "but if we put gate on the streets we wMd als have to put guards touta&rjrate in rxistefW probably find ourselves in jail under the War Measures Act. a The department nas us over a 'barrel and the only thing we can do Is keep pounding away at Ottawa." Since some work is being done by the military and the picture Is constantly changing it was mash Since Inva moved by Alderman Sorenson that the four committee heads; communicate frequently with- Americans Take St. Lo 156,000 Germans Written Off 112 Miles of Open Country to Paris SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 19 (CP) British and Canadian troops, breaching Marshal Envin Rommel's Orne river defences in the heaviest smash of the invasion, crashed through the Caen suburb of Faubourrr de Vaucelles into open tank country, pen- A policy of continual pressure etraUng at least flte-and-a-haU , . ...xix ..... I . .... t M II-.- ! make them realize their respon-1 iTie ,0x516 is omy m 12 wuza ihmttt iaWi-h th rHv in th ;from Parts and au the matter of street uamaze by mill- M open. Oen. Bernard Montgom arv traffw. wat rt!idl on b ery, commander-in-cniei city council Monday night Of suffac?i are pocked with cratere. ( mnnthlv renarta to the Minister ,000 Germans had been "written This morning a crew poured iftf M-iiona! rvfMir and the i off In the six weeks old cam- crushed rock and pitch into boles on Fuiton 8treet on the -hill above the fire hall, working towards Sixth Avenue, where street conltions are very bad. The work will continue until Allied forces In the field, said the Allies had captured 60,000 Germans and burled 80,000 in Normandy, adding that 156,- palgn. In Western Normandy the Americans occupied St Lo and cut the St Lo-Perlers road. Chinese Fined i it p I'uvorjl'or Gambling miles! SSSk Pounding Of Six Chinese appeared in police court on Tuesday morning following a raid on a house at 818 Third Avenue West, suspected oi Deing a siaiouus uuusc uuu i Reich Kept Up LONDON, July 19" tZ Nearly two thousand heavy American bombers and fighters attacked railroad yards and air fields In southern Germany today. This followed up last night's Royal Air Force pounding oi rail centres in eastern France. Two synthetic oil Wong Kee. charged with being f fx ITinF the operator was fined 4100 or,H ArKr bf Magistrate t. w. i - w f-cihersirgedt.,.. 4 plants in the Ruhr and ro- 4- bet plane ramps on the French coast were blasted and block-Smsters were dropped on Berlin. JAP SHIPS . .... ' UliltCU OMIC) 1MUC3 VSVfc won oemg inma". " I On Vessels Trying to Break Several policemen under Staff Sergeant O. A. Johnston paruci pa ted in the raid. A quantity of gambling paraphernalia was confiscated. W. O. Fulton acted for the NOT FOR DIVORCES CANTERBURY. Kent 0 In if.. "JrJrr rf article In the Diocesan Gazette. OONVENIUfT DISCOVERY jvice should never be used where The term wooer came Into popular use In 1T70 when an j BASEBALL SCORES American League Washington 5, Detroit Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 4. Boston 4, Chicago 2. New York 0. 8t. Louis 8. National League Pittsburg 2. New York 5. St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 0. International League Jersey City 0, Baltimore 5. Newark 5, Syracuse 0. Buffalo 2. Toronto 3. American Association Columbus 9-4, Indianapolis 3-1. Kansas City 2-3. 8t Paul 3-5. .Toledo 9-4. -Louisville 14-10. Milwaukee 2, Minneapolis 3. Coast League San Francisco 3. Seattle 1. Hollywood at Portland, post poned. Sacramento 1. Oakland 2. SMOK1NO SALLY SHOCKED PERTH. Australia Sally, South Perth's aged chimpanzee Blockade ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, July 19 t7 Four Japanese merchantmen were set afire or damaged and a fifth sunk as a small force ot planes extracted a heavy price for attempts to break the Allied northwestern aerial blockade. The attack occurred on Flores Island a lime more man iuuu mues existing conditions and require- !tte1Efh,'ff l .hMS'mthnst of the Allied Dutch menu. 2E,fl New Guinea positions. The Allies of Convocation have houses rpn,rt fnrthlr Jananese nrob- A.J tVif fKtt rvo v-v-iorrss cr- - i- T . . in; attempts umor river parties has been jQulnea east ot ajtape. Enghsh artist observed the sub- Tonight's train, due from the stance's capacity to erase penal east at 10:45, was reported wis marks. afternoon to be on time. loves cigarettes and so got In trouble. She started a fire amnnc? sacks: in her cage and after It was extinguished by a keeper, crouched for hours in a comer with her fur standing on end. FIRST "TIN-TOWN-LONDON fJ A Cambridge shire hamlet shattered when an ammunition train exploded recently may become Britain's first "tin-town." The rural district council nas asked the ministry of health for 30 pre-tab-rlcatcd dwellings for the along the Drtni- ln British New IMPROVE WITH WEAR Pearls require skin moisture to show up at their best. Soviets Are At Brest-Litovsk Defences of Lwow in Old Poland Cracked By Onrushing Reds LONDON. Julv 19 (CP) The Russians today are crashinc into the outer defences of Brest-Litovsk, gateway to Warsaw. In their new southern offensive, the Soviet forces cracked uerman aeiences arouna Low in old Poland for three-day gains of 31 miles on a 125-mile front and reached the Bug river within five miles of the frontier from ' which the Germans attacked the ai a a a f TII I Soviet Union originally. Berlin Mil AM llll said the. Bug river had already been crossed by the Russians. Other Russians In the north, smashed eight miles into Latvia and are racing towards the Baltic in an effort to encircle hundreds of thousands of Nazis. NAZIS BRAWL; 16 ARE DEAD ATHENE. July 19 Sixteen Germany army officers were killed in a brawl at a meeting In a hotel in the Greek capital on Tuesday. Acordlng to reports, guns were drawn when tempers flared at the meeting, and fif teen ot the officers died as a re- .U a .IUa m m9 InlAW kv 1 'storm troop officer. UNDER FIRE Founding ot Important Pacifit Island Continued by Ships and Planes PEARL HARBOR, July 19 ffl Big United States battleships added their guns again to the at-, tack on Ouam in the fourteenth straight day of hammering o! that island by combined navat guns and bombs of carrier-based planes. American battleships, cruisers and destroyers, running close In. bombarded Guam. The fleet, w.uch helped make possible the invasion and conquest ot Salpan, contains some ot the newest and heaviest ships. The carrier planes struck at the island with rockets and bombs. m