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the
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of
Montreal.
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city
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two
or
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summer
home
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body
I
5
when
the
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a
few
motor
--
j
up
on
their
gai
be
able
to
drive
f
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as
aoon
as
wey
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iota
or
'
dr've
to
Bmlthen
:
-e
F:ipert
in
six
U
,
'ngues
'he
people
z
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rears
have
hac1
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t;
fhe
long
,
j
there
:
.
f
tops
Mr
Black
-3
i
drought
condl-i
i
the
early
part
of
shunted
me
nay
.:it
as
much
of
1
H
la
the
fields
af
a
big
rain
an
-a
came
up
and
:
tie
hay
sttuatb
good
However,
pros
le
gram
and
field
-e
;
4
u
siacrarj.
t
a
good
deal
of
rain
E.i
tiby
was
away,
t
1
t:;:
3
are
remaln-;t
Ka
:.lii;ti
for
several
K
has
quite
a
i!
'
v
thu
mm-
wtu
be
.
Sunday
night
:e
next
Thurs-
v.
I
alii
ins
Mr
II
-..ng
ne
twroer
ana
ne
e
:-al
scenery
was,
1
llr
Keller
left
soon
:
ie
1ea;
to
return
t'
1
wtii
arrive
here
'
-
e
date
to
take
up
'i-ro
overlooks
Tyee
r-1:
u
10
miles
from
a
"
f
e
r
took
place
;
real
estate
firm
of
lf..
aria
Armv
""V
Missing
Brcnbadler
Hugh
Mor-
"
of
Wistaria,
la
;ing
while
serving
wi'.h
the
Roval
Can-
ting
Homes
.v
....
arian
Army
casualty
'Aer
of
a
well
known
tam.'v
he
was
a
farmer
mrn
He
U
the
son
Ehelford
whn
nwr-
'r
farm
In
the
district
I
llPfQ
Aiftnnn
HER!
Tiilit
tt
T
r
T
Kenney
arrived
home
a'
w
tai;uraay
on
completed
his
Ele-
v
lrainiris
cour
in
th
"'.Rtlon
at
Abbotsford.
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Ernnimtpn
am
lent
Unnn
nnw
v
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li
if
in;
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i
1
KonnrtVi
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wwiuouu
aim
iiu
ii'
i
iint
nr-r-ivnn
iu
uii
a
visiL
wnn
Mr
J
M.
Colll.mn
tinrnnt
Mlhon,
"
-unnny
uunlop
of
the
in
New
Brunswick,
and
-na;-
Botham.
who
has
kmiT
n
.....
.
.
.
vuurse
oi
iraining
1
c
also
arrived
homo
on
n'
10
VlIlH
With
Hiolr
here
Tc
WOMEN
M.D.'S
BEING
USED
Canada
lias
Three
FMO'i
At
Work
in
Army
Hospital
in
rtrltaln
and
They
Are
Anxious
to
Go
to
France
-i
'v
each
aa
rjf
M
put
homes,
u
In
charge
g
until
later
In
0f
the
lab
and
under
her
the
bio
Bhomme
Fisher
t"
Is
Sold
a
-
?
f
Treat
V.D.
At
Digby
Dy
MAROARET
ECKER
'
Canadian
Fret
at!(
Writer
!
WITH
A
CANADIAN
OENERAL
HOSPITAL
IN
EH
0
LAND.
July
22
O
Canada
mar
send
some
of
the
first
FMO's
women
army
'
doctors
across
to
serve
In
Normandy.
With
Canadian
Oeneral
Hos-1
pltal
that
has
already
done
1
considerable
amount
HI
moving
about
Engl
awl
since
Its
arrival
in
May
are
three
Canadian
women
medical
officers,
as
well
as
a
bacteriologist.
All
four
want
to
go
pterseas.
i
Meanwhile,
in
thu
large
unrt.i
they
ate
privileged
women
When
the
nursing
sisters
eat
In
meir
own
mess,
me
iour
wn
wear
khaki
instead
of
blue
ute;
the
spacious
medical
officers'
mess
and
have
other
rights
aar-
i
red
previously
only
to
men
of
the
medical
corps.
1
"The
fact
that
the
army
has;
accepted
women
doctors
on
equal
terms
should
be
a
big
help
to
the
future
of
women
tn
the
medl-1
eal
profession."
Ma).
Violet
Rae
,
commented
as
she
bent
over
a
microscope
In
the
hospitals
pathology
lab.
Major
Rae.
who
can
xlalrn
Hamilton.
Ont
.
Toronto
and
Cal-
chemical
testing
la
carried
out.
blood
teU
are
made
as
well
as
UMue
examinations
and
the
occasional
poat-mortem.
"A
lab
tn
a
military
hospital
U
never
dull."
said
the
kindly.
attractive
woman
doctor.
VARIETY
Of
WORK
"We
don't
see
many
patieats.
hut
we
have
a
wide
varies
o
tt-Oneofmork."
1
lest
ranches
i
Ma
tor
Rae
malored
In
path-
ley
changed
logy
at
the
University
of
Toronto
f
'
when
the
alter
ahe
completed
her
medical
fc'wiwn
as
the
training
at
the
Unlveralty
of
Al-
1
Fisher
Farm"
berta
In
Edmonton.
Later,
the
A.
V
Flaher
to
worked
In
the
lab
at
the
Moan-
!
C
Keller
of
uin
Ssnltorlum.
Hamilton.
Ont
:
The
farm
Working
with
the
major
was
t
-e
v
of
which
Ueut
Jean
Amot
who
before
her
tre
under
eul-
marriage
to
Capt.
Fred
Arnot
of
i
we.!
equipped
the
dental
corps,
wu
Jean
Ban-
--arv
buildings
nfj
of
Victoria.
Being
one
of
,e
dwelling.
the
first
women
bacteriologiaU
c:'.hused
with
from
Canada
to
serve
overseas
and
foreee
gave
Mrs.
Amot
a
chance
to
se
the
district.
hr
huiband
for
the
first
time
"
r.
::
appreciative
of
'
in
more
than
a
year.
Mrs.
Arnot
was
getting
ready
to
move
wain
her
hospital
unit
but
she
would
be
followed
in
the
lab
by
Ueut
Mary
Otbwn
of
Vancouver,
whc
also
attended
U.B.C.
at
the
same
time
Hospital
Attorney
General
Avks
Old
Hullding
Be
Ke-opened
to
Treat
NatUe
Cases
VICTORIA,
July
Zl
(CD-Attorney
Oeneral
R.
U
Mall-land
has
written
the
Federal
Minister
of
Pension
and
National
Health.
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie,
suggesting
that
the
I'ig-by
Island
hospital
now
vacant
at
Prince
Rupert,
be
used
for
treatment
of
venereal
disease
rases.
Maltland
told
the
minister
that
during
a
recent
trip
t"
the
Prince
Rupert
area
he
ha
learned
of
the
serious
problem
arHne
from
the
presence
f
many
Indians,
and
that
the
Department
of
Indian
Affairs
had
no
place
to
take
care
of
Indian
rases.
Provincial
Secretary
(Jeorge
Pearson
has
approved
the
plan
Ut
use
the
lilcby
hospital
for
treatment,
BRITISH
PASS
'HOTEL
DE
RO.'.ES
III
CASS
NO
British
trdops
of
the
8th
Army
file
past
the
nun
of
the
Hotel
de
Ruses"
in
battered
Caccino
after
the
long-besieged
town
fell
May
18.
trapping
part
of
the
first
parachute
dlvlskn
who
surrendered.
TANK
EPITOMIZES
FURY
AND
HUMDRUM
OF
BATTLE
Joys
and
Cares
of
Hardy
Canadians
Symbolized
in
Talc
of
Veteran
Land
Hattlewagon
on
Italian
Front
By
DOUG
HOW
Canadian
Press
War
Correspondent
WITH
THE
EIGHTH
ARMY
IN
ITALY,
July
22
(CP)
The
"Commando"
sat
under
a
great,
anrau'ltnrr
thrpp
everv
uppI
innh
nf
her
the
hattle
llursejSheiiad-Feen
thines,
done
thinrti,
the
-
Com
mando,"
in
the
year
since
they
ent
her
snorting
into
her
first
actions
m
the
dust
of
Sicily.
MonthB
ago
she
had
done
her
ledth
Italian
I
Indian-Italian
and
got
answer
mile
and
now
ahe
la
better
than
halfway
to
another
1.000.
j
8teilv.
the
pursuit
through
the
wrath,
the
Moro
Valley
and
then
that
five-day
brawl
tn
the
few
ml
lea
betweon
the
Rap
Wo
river
and
Plgnataro,
the
Oerman's
Ouatav
Line.
The
"Commando"
knew
them
all.
had
pitched
and
burked
and
killed
In
them
all
until
she
had
that
sane.
sure.
oaken
took
that
comes
to
a
great
battleship
that
has
known
frequent
trial
and
recurrent
success.
The
shock
of
an
exploding
mine
beneath
her
solid
belly,
the
feel
of
the
fitter
s
tools
about
hr
trariH
!mI
thi
rhanclne
The
fact
that
capt
u.
Crew.
the
changing
squadrorw
of
Kitchener.
Ont.
wa
skiuefl,
fcar
unfiuatered
voice
of
tn
Internal
medicine
gave
ner
a
toUmfi
0Ver
the
Intercom-chance
to
come
to
England
m
jnuntio,,
iyttm
that
gav
cany
on
ner
joo
ana
rc
ci
uu-Kanri
cDt.
J.
Hannay.
after
o
lone
seraratlon
he
la
on
me
general
medical
staff.
She
received
her
degree
at
the
Unlveralty
of
Toronto
and
later
did
postgraduate
work
In
England.
Capt.
Bhlrley
Fleming
of
Toronto
is
the
anesthetist
here
and
spends
most
of
her
time
in
the
operating
rooms.
She
Is
also
a
graduate
of
the
University
of
Toronto,
guidanre
and
leadership
to
th
five
harried
men
within
her.
The
rolonel
was
gone
now.
gone
bae!
to
England
to
have
an
operation
on
the
leg
he
d
had
in
a
leatnr
brace
all
Uirough
uie
doings
in
me
Oustav
Line.
She
had
known
men.
the
Commando."
She
had
knowi
most
of
them
that
were
shoot
lug
one
another
here
In
Italy,
the
durable,
happy
lltUe
Ourkha
who
chattered
to
her
crew
in
ed
In
Canadian-Italian;
the
stolid,
tireless
Tommy
from
Eng
land.
Scotland.
Ireland
or
Wales.
the
reckless.
Impatient
Canadian:
the
unpredictable
German
who
fought
like
a
fool
one
time
and
gave
up
with-
a
grin
the
next
A
LESSER
MOMENT
And
she
had
known
ths
lesser
moments.
This
was
one
under
the
tree
with
her
sergeant
and
troopers
sprawled
on
the
ground
beside
her.
talking
and
smok
and
one
of
her
troopers,
E.
L
Henderson,
Carleton
Place.
Cnt
aid
"won't
be
long
now."
The
be
turned
and
asked
"bow
far
are
we
from
the
front?"
Another
one.
A.
L.
William,
CBds.
Atta.
cursed,
"those
damn
guns.
I
hate
every
one
of
them."
It
was
nine
o'clock.
BBC
news
time
and
Tpr.
C.
3.
Heath,
Montreal,
climbed
Inside
the
"Commando's
turret
and
snap
ped
on
her
wireless
set
Every
thing
was
clear
until
nine
sharp,
then
the
Oermans
jammed
the
sir
and
Heath
climbed
dowr
and
cursed
them.
The
-Qornmando7
.listened
them
taix.
words
like
mat
the
trooper
who
chuckled
about
the
miles
he
was
going
to
rur
If
there's
any
of
those
75s
or
B&s
blattln'
around
up
there
and
the
wistful
voice
thai
told
about
the
sergeant
who
had
lost
some
'fingers
this
day
and
would
probably
"get
his
ticket
home."
They
didnt
want
to
go
into
action
again.
They'd
been
In
ac
tion
a
year
and
that
was
long
enough.
But
come
the
morrow
and
these
three
and
Sgt.
J.
Orson
of
Prince
Qeorge,
B.C.,
and
Tpr.
L.
F.
"McLean.
Conrich,
Alta..
would
fight
her
in
the
same
hard,
true
way
she
had
always
been
fought.
ing
and
yarning.
w,,,r
Tomorrow
or
the
next
day
or.MAiuunit
uu.l
the
day
after
they
would
take
'SYDNEY,
Australia,
July
22
O:
the
"Commando"
back
into
ae-
Marjorie
Lawrence.
Australian
Uon
and
she
would
trartor
soprano,
has
arrived
here
from
across
the
Italian
farmlands
the
United
States.
She
will
and
recoil
with
her
guns
and
spend
four
months
here
with
do
all
th
old
familiar
things
her
husband.
Dr.
Thomas
King,
But
tonight
she
sat
beneath
a
I
of
New
York,
and
hopes
to
be
tree
because
her
crew
had
run
back
In
the
States
for
the
Met-her
too
long
(three
hours"
ropolitan
Opera
season
begin-without
a
break
and
the
heat
nlng
in
November.
Her
main
had
burned
the
rubber
off
one
object
In
reluming
to
Australia
of
her
bogey
wheels
and
im
is
-to
sing
for
members
of
the
mobilized
her.
Inghtlng
errlces,
but
she
will
They
were
moving
up
from
also
give
a
series
of
public
con-one
harbor
area
to
another
certs.
near
the
front
but
now
sntr
walied
for
the
fitters
to
mend
her
so
she
could
go
on.
The
guns
beat
the
distant
sky
I
world.
The
first
Spanish
explorers
v!awaraaaViaaaaaaaaaaC3aa9aHftHa.'
m
fafllpBstfrwrWaMaaraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
NAZI
ROLLINO
STOCK
IS
BOMBED
TO
JUNK
StriklnR
evidence
of
the
efficacy
or
Allied
bombings
of
German
railroads
and
German-operated
railroads
In
occupied
countries
in
this
picture,
taken
from
a
captured
German
film
and
incorporated
in
"March
of
Time's"
nws-rec-1
"underground
report"
Multiply
this
by
i
thousand
and
you
may
have
an
ldi
a
of
that
Allied
bombi
have
done
to
rail
centres
in
pre-invaslon
bombings
of
Nazi
communications.
New
Japanese
Premier
Named
NEW
YORK,
July
22
fX
The
Tokyo
radio
announced
today
that
Oeneral
Kuniakl
Klosl
former
Governor
Gen-
eral
of
Korea
has
been
named
succe
reslznatlon
followed
a
series
of
Japanese
military
set-
backs.
An
earlier
broadcast
said
that
KoUl
expected
to
submit
to
the
Empire
to-
day
a
list
of
names
for
his
new
cabinet.
4
FACE
DISASTER
ON
EAST
FRONT
MOSCOW,
Jury
22
OV-Making
a
supreme
bid
to
capture
the
Polish
capital
of
Warsaw
the
Russians
have
rolled
back
the
Oermans
today
on
a
200-mlle
front
and
are
less
than
90
miles
from
the
former
Polish
city.
Brest,
Lltovsk
and
Lwow,
are
also
In
grave
danger
of
be
ing
taken
by
the
Htd
Army.
In
the
Baltic
area
the
Rus
The
Red
Army
poured
through
breaches
In
the
make
shift
German
line,
onto
the
Polish
plains,
and
enemy
troops
appear
to
be
facing
disaster.
N.
M.
McLean,
Pioneer,
Passes
Norman
Murdoch
McLean.
Trueman
Wins
Nomination
CHICAGO,
July
22
fX
Senator
Harry
Trueman
of
Missouri
-was
nominated
for
Vice-President
orr
the
second
ballot
by
the
Demo-
cratlc
National
Convention
Friday
night
The
Missouri
senator
has
replaced
Henry
Local
Tides
Sunday,
July
23
High
2:51
..0.0
feet
15:45
19D
feet
Low
8:28
3.0
leet
21:39
7.0
feet
toca
Temperature
6$
M
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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22,
1944
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I
OHIA.
B.Qv
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Generals
Shot
4:Naval
Uprisings
and
Establishment
Of
New
Government
Reported
LONDON
Julv
22
fCPi
A
welter
of
rennrta
ffiwStiltS1??.116
Gemati
censorship
indicate
mat.
ine
neicn
is
in
a
virtual
state
oi
seige
as
nimni-ler's
Gestapo
men
sort
through
the
German
officers'
corps
picking
out
members
suspected
of
disaffection
to
Hitler.
Through
Switzerland
come
uncon
Wallace
as
running
mate
for
r
President
Roosevelt
for
the
fourth
term.
Wallace
led
on
the
first
ballot,
but
one
after
another
the
state
delegation
firmed
reports
of
the
slaughter
of
some
of
the
most
illustrious
figures
in
the
army,
Including
generals
von
Brauchltsch,
von
jRundstrdt.
List,
and
Mannesteln.
have
been
taken
Into
custody.
Cleavage
within
the
army
b
Indicated
by
an
order-of-the-day
by
Hitler,
in
-which
he
credited
army
officers
and
men
with
putting
down
civil
war.
Other
unconfirmed
reports
tell
of
unrest
In
the
navy
as
well.
Stockholm
dispatches
speak
of
uprisings
at
the
naval
bases
of
Kell
and
Stettin.
Mas3
arrests
are
reported
In
Berlin.
Dr.
Robert
Ley.
Nazi
labor
chief,
told
a
thousand
armament
workers
today
oi
"an
Idiotic
no-
sian.
have
taken
Ostrov.
.and
I
i
K
tlirtto
it
betf.
have
nearly
surrounded
Pskov.
('
-
u
our
dQ
than
nlot
against
.ao
"iau
P1Uk
s"
the
second
vote.
t-v..
t,-j
has
i,..
.
a
on
1
feuhrer.
!
4.
i
Ley
attacked
the
Jews,
pluto-
icrats
an.J
foreigners
as
thvln-.
'.M.I
A.
WITNESSED
he
w
frrTKliTlal
All
idoes
not
meaa-that
the
paw;,
DESTRUCTION
ON
rjssnrs
k
I
A
C
U
k
lt
UUf
k
M
lOerman
underground
radio
sta-Al
Ar
A
HlhHW
AY
Stlon
"AttanUtV
broadcast
that
Mkriiri
nvinin.
v,
.-,
nloneer
resident
of
Prince
RuDert'
PRINCTiJEOBOajJuly
23
0V-1
Hitler's
net
had
establish'
and
operator
of
a
boat
building
I
Mrs.
"Dorothy
Eteevra.
r.C
F.inew
Imaerlal
government
business
at
Seal
Cove
Tor
miiir'member
for
North
Vaneotrter-in
years,
passed
away
In
the
Prince
,
an
address
here
charged
that
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospital
short-
i
there
was
"a
horrible
wastage,
lv
before
noon
today
after
an
including
the
destruction
of
food-lilness
which
had
kept
him
in
I
stuffs"
occuring
along
the
Al-
hospital
for
the
last
three
weeks.
He
was
53
years
old.
The
late
Mr.
McLean
was
born
at
Murray
River.
PHI.,
and
came
to
this
district
in
1909.
working
as
a
building
contractor
at
Stewart.
Smlthers
and
Prince
Rupert.
He
built
many
of
the
houses
which
now
stand
in
the
city.
In
1916
he
started
a
boat
building
works
at
Cow
Bay.
working
there
until
1926.
when
he
moved
to
the
present
site
at
ISeal
Cove.
Many
of
the
boats
operating
out
of
this
port
are
his
handiwork
He
was
a
well
known
and
popular
figure
In
the
city.
He
is
survived
by
his
wife
and
three
brothers.
Archie
and
Peter
In
Vancouver,
and
Allan
at
Murray
River,
two
sisters.
Mrs.
John
Olddlngs
of
Vancouver,
and
Mrs.
Will
Olddlngs.
Trenton,
N5
two
sons.
Wilfred
and
William,
and
a
daughter.
Mrs.
Rita
Rogerson,
all
of
Prince
Rupert.
There
are
three
grandchildren.
Funeral
arrangements
will
be
announced
later.
Leslie
Farkes
returned
to
the
ity
on
Wednesday
from
a
trip
to
Edmonton,
Calgary
and
brought
the
peach
to
the
newjBaj,ff
M
Edmonton
nf
visUed
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Harry
Thrupp.
zie
King,
the
Hon.
T.
A.
Crerar
Minister
of
Mines
and
Kenourc".
Hon.
lan
Mackenale,
Minister
of
Pensions
and
National
Hnalth.
Olof
Hanson,
MI.
and
any
Tunjean,
M.P
.
Premier
John
Hart,
and
members
of
the
pro
aska
highway
"Through
the
seemingly
lax
ity
of
the
Canadian
government
huge
piles
of
foodstuffs
including
sugar,
are
burning
away,"
she
said.
Ehe
charged
that
hundreds
of
trucks
and
stoves
had
been
abandoned,
and
that
near
Cara-cross
she
had
seen
a
huge
pile
of
tires
burning.
FIGHTING
ON
GUAM
LIGHT
PEARL
HARBOR,
July
22
ffi
United
States
forces
have
es-
TERRACE
PLANS
BIG
CELEBRATION
Terrace
is
going
all-out
to
celebrate
the
opening
of
the
new
Skeena
River
Highway
next
m-nh.
A
a
msstlng
cf
a
program
i
iTOimittes
appointed
by
H.
King.
president
of
the
Terrace
Board
nf
T-ade,
plans
were
laid
which
may
make
the
celebration
the
m
ist
outstanding
ever
held
In
he
central
part
of
the
province.
The
committee
will
send
in
Stations
to
illustrious
people
U)
Ottawa,
Victoria,
Vancouver,
and
the
mayors
and
commissioners
of
central
B.C.
towns
and
villages,
and
the
members
of
various
Boards
of
Trade.
Invitations
will
be
extended
to
th
?mmandants
of
the
Canadian
and
American
armed
services
In
Prince
Rupert
and
to
news-oapermen
of
Vancouver,
Edmon-
on,
and
Calgary.
Among
those
Invited
to
attend
will
be
Trlme
Minister
Macken
vincial
cabinet.
Mayor
Cornet
of
Vancouver,
and
the
Boards
of
Trade
of
northern
and
centra)
towns.
The
committee
decided
to
hold
a
luncheon
lor
ths
oiicuj
visitors,
and
will
contact
Major
Dow,
Terrace
area
camp
com
mandant,
to
allow
an
Inspection
of
the
camp,
camp
hospital,
and
the
airport.
They
will
also
ask
that
a
military
band
be
in
at
tendance.
The
official
opening
ceremony
will
be
held
at
the
schoj!
a
mile
and
&
half
west
of
the
town.
The
committee
will
request
that
a
baseball
game
be
placed
between
Territe
and
Prince
Rupert
army
teams
to
provide
added
entertainment.
There
will
be
a
dance
In
the
evening
The
chairman
of
the
Frlnce
Rupert
highway
committee
will
be
asked
to
confer
with
the
Terrace
committee
with
the
view
of
co-ordlnatlnz
plans.
Members
of
the
Terrace
committee
are
as
follows:
Chairman.
G.
McArtnnta;
S'o
rc4ary.
D.
K.
Kerr;
J.
If.
flmlth.
E.
Hiusland.
o.
T.
flundal,
and
Mr
Stovens
of
the
YJVf.CA.,
Ter
race.
ARRESTED
FOR
PREMIER
THEFT
d
a
LITTLE
ACTION
IN
NORMANDY
SHAEF.
Jury
22
Action
on
the
Normandy
front
has
been
virtually
brought
to
a
standstill
by
mud
as
heavy
rains
continue.
Oeneral
Elsenhower's
headquarters
today
issued
the
shortest
communlqiie
of
the
campaign,
"Nothing
to
report"
However,
correspondents
dispatches
say
that
small
local
atolons
continue
in
advance
positions,
with
troops
fighting
from
water-4111ed
slit
trenches.
Air
action
along
the
front
also
has
been
paralyzed
by
clouds
and
ground
fog,
German
reports
say
that
the
British
are
taking
advantage
of
the
lull
to
prepare
for
a
major
are,11""
tong
the
Orne
River.
Guam,
and
additional
troops
landing
against
light
initial
Japanese
resistance.
Fighting
began
Friday
morning
for
the
first
reconquest
of
an
American
former
base
which
had
been
softened
up
by
weeks
of
shelling
the
Marianas.
The
soldiers
met
little
opposition
in
the
main
landing.
He
also
attended
the
Calgary
Stampede,
an
event
which
he
found
of
much
interest
and
of
which
he
brought
back
a
num
ber
of
pictures.
British
Columola
police
Fri
day
arrested
Ronald
John
West,
20,
formerly
of
Premier,
and
charged
him
with
theft
of
money
and
cheques
from
the
store
or
Sllbak-Premler
mining
company
at
Premier.
The
theft
which
also
Involved
break
and
entry,
was
alleged
to
have
taken
place
on
July
14.
West
left
Premier
a
tew
flays
after
the
theft
took
place
and
came
to
Prince
Rupert,
where
he
was
working
for
a
fish
packing
company
when
taken
into
cus
tody
by
Sergeant
O.
L.
Hall.
The
amount
cf
money
involved
was
not
disclosed.
It
was
said
that
West,
whose
home
Is
at
New
Westminster,
had
worked
tor
the
mining
company
for
only
a
short
time.
He
will
be
taken
to
Stewart
for
trial
Smithers
Gets
New
Fire
Pump
SMITHERS,
July
22-Cmlthers
fire
equipment
was
recently
aug
mented
by
the
arrival
of
a
150-
gallon-per-mlnute
Blckle
pump
sent
here
for
the
use
of
the
Civilian
Protection
Committee.
Ac
companying
the
pump
was
2000
feet
of
hose
and
three
nozzles.
This
addition
to
fire
fighting
apparatus
should
be
of
good
use
during
the
periods
of
the
year
when
water
Is
available
tn
the
local
canal.
HA
UliUT
SALES
American
Portluck,
50,000,
15c
and
B.C.
Packers,
&
S3
Kit