hleather
Forecast
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,AND
CENTRAL
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NEWSPAPER
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Tides
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COAST
AND
CHAR-,ArrES
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I
prKVIKJT
1AL
Overcast
with
occa-fji
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
light
rain,
cloudy
Wednes-frJSi
Wednesday,
November
1
scattered
light
rain
High
1:34
22.1
feet
ILr'
MUd
with
not
much
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temperature,
light
to
Low
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crate
20:09
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XXXIII,
No-
255
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
31,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENT3-
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i'cr
WIr
:n
Churchill
took
prt
hand
;ay
in
steering
.
h.
nmisp
nf
Commons
m
eYtpnrt
the
llffi
of
aiiut
y
j
-
present
Parliament
for
an-
rir
ana
ena
lmmcuiaic
.i
i
i
in
i;:ar.d.
T.e
Mi.
:
ter
Churchill,
in
t
the
House
of
Commons
Ihe
life
of
parliament
for
.
1.A.
'T
iKt
much
whether
parliament
hit
:d
long."
ChurliU.
tald
that
Brlt-
.'
r-rUme
roalitlon
uovern-
;u!d
not
be
broken
be-
jjlt
:m
i
defeated.
:i
the
House
of
ay
that
Germany's
14
l.i
luiut;
uvwiv
;aimc.'
and
that
It
might
.
.
a
n
it.
if
K.
is
monins
aiier
r
.
downfall
to
beat
Japan.
:!'
.-'!'
Mr
Churchill
held
"t.i
t:
?c
of
political
con-:
i
Germany
which
1
"ic
war
to
a
speedy
a
s:
'.me
.
n-
i
.....
i
.
i
e
n,.Tie
Minuter
luucueu
brfc"'
on
military
opera-
I.I.Ll
I
If
111
ii
ir
l
i
f
ni
AI-SHEK
2a
strongly
urglrux
Chiang
Kai-Shek,
t-!
'.he
narrow
dlctator-
Mrt
and
to
recast
his
gov-.
.i
cn
a
more
democratic
fepre;entinz
all
antl-
wrccj
in
China,
Cimmunists,
besides
"iiiir.j
the
Army
command
'he
blockade
of
Red
Pft
tt.
n.
J
1
11
1
.
"j
ui.-pjitiivu
iaai
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a
u
i
.
.
.
e
Labor-Pragrcsslve"
club
n5
mcr'.mg.
crcsldcd
over
bv
R
Blakev
he.irri
nnipe
lcburgh
give
an
exhaustive
of
the
reasons'
for
defeats,
NFFITC
flF
PFPANMHATinN
-
niwnnvii
CTORIA,
Oct
31
OV-A
dele-of
the
British
Columbia
11
Council
of
Public'
Em
fJwa
told
yesterday
by
the
'"wi
secretary.
Hon.
G.
S.
vnn
u
i.
mat
anv
ehnnfos
in
thP
pi,,..
.
.
'"'j-
provisions
cf
the
''iJai
superannuation
"'c
must
be
arraneement
,
ul
employees
and
muni.
"ur
t)Ut
minor
nHmln.
"c
-nanies
rnn
M
ho
.miH
-
ntuanes
saw
no
ctojec-
A
J
-
a
"D
he
grounds
that
nrovln-
I
In.
.
.
iituiuviMui
-
u
iiir
rriRir
mim
a.
"
v
vra
vnerefore
relieving
the
ZTtSot
part
01
the
bur-'wthe
servieM
RRITAIrfl
i
Una
aln
in
Wartime."
Exnerltnces
LOAN
STILL
WELL
AHEAD
ARTIME
IS
DESCRIBED
BY
BRuiOdEDICAL
WOMAN
-
-
-
i
Local
Women'
Canadian
Club
Hears
Fine
Address
Graphic
and
Good-humored
Vivid
word
picture
and
charming
good
humor
enriched
one
of
the
finest
addresses
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
has
had
in
many
a
day
when
Dr.
Winifred
Cullis,
M.B.E..
noted
Enelish
medical
woman
and
university
professor,
spoke
last
night
in
First
Presbyterian
Church
on
the
subject
of
"Brit-
and
Impressions
were
graphically
related
by
the
charming
speaker
who
held
her
audience
in
rapt
attention
with
her
inspiring
account
of
how
the
people
j)f
Drltain
had
weathered
the
full
Impact
of
war
and,
with
the
end
not
yet,
were
still
imbued
with
the
same
courage,
energy
and
endurance
which
had
so
far
brought
them
safely
through.
Many
phases
of
wartime
life
In
the
Old
Land
were
depicted
and
throughout
there
was
a
tone
of
delightfully
good-natured
philosophy.
Dr.
Cullis
had
left
London
only
on
September
9
of
this
year
so
her
story
of
wartime
Britain
Is
right
!
up-to-date
even
including
the
latest
era
of
the
flying
bomb3,
the
problem
of
combatting
which
which
had
been
largely
solved
now
just
as
had
been
done
in
the
case
of
each
of
the
enemy's
diabolical
new
war
weapons
as
they
had
come
up.
Mrs.
James
A.
Donnell
pre
sided
over
the
meeting
which,
despite
inclement
weather,
was
excellently
attended.
The
eve
ning's
program
Included
accept
able
vocal
solos
"Cloths
of
Heaven"
and
"My
Lady's
Shoes"
by
Miss.
Connors,
accompanied
by
Miss
Peggy
Large.
Dr.
Cullis
started
at
the
be
ginning
In
1939
and
described
the
original
dispersal
of
population
from
London
which
it
had
been
expected
would
be,
the
target
of
iritensiye
.
bombing
attack,
this,
however,
having
hot
materialized.'
until
,1940.
Sho
compared
the
first
mass
evacuation
In
1939
with
that
of
the
present
year
when
the
robot
bomb
attacks
had
commenced.
Children
who
had
experienced
the
first
evacuation
in
1939
with
that
of
the
prci-ent
year
IN
QUANTITY
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
31
0
Pace
slackened
in
the
British
Columbia-Yukon
area
as
figures
for
the
seventh
day
of
the
Seventh
Victory
Loan
fell
below
last
loan
figures
for
the
same
day
but
the
overall
campaign
is
still
well
ahead
of
the
last
loan
with
more
than
50
per
cent
of
the
$130,000,000
quota
accounted
for.
Investments
to
date
total
$87,750,750
including
armed
forces,
general
public,
large
investors
and
national
Already
53.35
per
cent
of
public
quota
has
been
reached
and
78
per
cent
of
large
Investments
quota.
Roosevelt
Post
War
Econoiyiy
CHICAGO,
Oct.
31
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
speaking
here
Saturday
night,
outlined
a
post-war
economic
program.
There
should
be
vast
opportunities
for
Industrial
development
after
the
war,
he
declared.
$725,
$439,800
had
commenced.
Children
who
had
experienced
the
first
evacuation
with
nervousness
and
timidity
had
gone
on
the
sec
ond
with
smiles
and
happiness
as
if
anticipating
a
picnic
In'
the
country.
BATTLE
The
speaker
described
the
blackout
as
"a
most
tiresome
thing"
and
said
its
removal
would
be
"a
most
happy
thing.''
Incidents
In
blackout
were
recalled
by
Dr.
Cullis
In
the
cheers
ful
vein
which
characterized!
her
address
throughout.
Finest
Crop
Of
Babies
Yet
Food
rationing
had
been
car
ried
out
with
remarkable
success.
While
there
was
scarcity
of
some
of
the
things
to
which
Britons
had
become
used,
nevertheless
they
had
been
adequately
fed
and
the
essentials'
had
been
provided.
-As
testimony-
to
the
effectiveness
of
the
rationing,
Dr.
Cullis
referred
to
the
"finest
crop
of
babies"
Britain
had
ever
had.
The
children
had
been
particularly
well
looked
after,
first
consideration
being
always
given
to
them.
General
health
of
the
people
as
a
whole
had;
..continuedextraordinarily
good
and,
due
to
excellent
public
health
service
and
the
mercy
of
God,
there
had
been
no
epi
demics.
Dr.
Cullis'
description
of
life
in
the
shelters
was
highly
in
teresting.
In
these
shelters
had
been
bjillt
up
a
"tremendous
amount
of
community
,
life."
Several
amusing
incidents
were
recounted
such
as
the
Coqkney
woman
who
had
prayed
that,
If
the
fliers
overhead
were
"our
boys.
Ood
bless
them
but.
If
they
are
Jerries,
to
hell
with
(Continued
on
Page
3)
Bulletins
ASSAULT
HUNKERQUE
LONDON
The
Berlin
radio
says
that
a
new
Allied
assault
has
been
started
against
Dun-kerque.
CANNOT
GO
TO'
SEATTLE
VANCOUVER
National
Sel-ectivc
Service
announces
it
cannot
permit
aircraft
workers
to
jfo
from
here
to
Seattle
as
they
may
lie
needed
In
th
East.
OVERSEAS
MAIL
LOST
ST.
JOHN,
N.B.
Several
bags
of
overseas
mail
have
been
destroyed
in
a
fire
aboard
a
ship
here.
RUSSIA
WITHDRAWS
MOSCOW
Russia
has
withdrawn
from
the
International
air
conference
to
be
held
In
Chicago
because
nations
unfriendly
to
Russia
have
been
invited.
NO
CHANGE
IN
RATION
VICTORIA
The
liquor
ration
In
November
will
be
unchanged
from
October.
This
provides
for
13
ounces
of
spirits.
STILWELL'S
SUCCESSOR
WASHINGTON
From
Chungking
it
Is
announced
that
Major
General
Albert
Wedemcyer
of
Omaha
has
arrived
to
assume
the
post
of
commander
o
f
American
forces
In
China
in
succession
to
Lieut.
General
Joseph
Local
Temperature
Maximum
Minimum
57
48
Cologne
Hard
Hit
NoRfesDite
In
Bombing
Of
Germany
Spectacular
and
Devastating
Raids
LONDON,
Oct.
31
The
great
when
the
robot
bomb
attacks
1
German
industrial
city
of
Col
I
offne
was
last
nleht
stnirk
for
the
sixth
time
within
two
days
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
with
great
bombing
attack.
Hundreds
qf
planes
found
the
city
still
in
flames
from
the
previous
attacks.-
Since
the
week-end
20,000
tons,
of
bombs
have
been
drop-ped
on
Cologne.
Berlin
was
also
a
target
last
night.
At
least
3,500
Allied
planes
staged
spectacular
raids
on
Germany
over
the
week-end
and
yesterday
.
and
last
night
the
record-breaking
assaults
were
continuing
in
full
swing.
Royal
Air'
Force
mosquitoes
over
the
week-end
knocked
out
at
least
14
trains
and
left
several
others
burning.
From
more
than
a
dozen
operations
by
British,
American
and
Canadian
planes
during
the
week-end,
fewer
than
15
bombers
and
fighters
were
missing.
The'
German
battleship
Tir-'
pitz'was
hit
by
at
least
one
12,-000-ton
bomb
as
It
was
caught
trying
to
sneak
from
Norway
to
Kiel.
ARMY-STANDINGS
Pacific
Command
standing
In
Army
Victory
Loan
subscrip
tions:
Prince
Rupert
90
N.
Vancouver
Island
84.4
Chllliwack
Vancouver
area
Terrace
Vernon
Prince
George
85.3
82
82.1
72.9
68.1
S.
Vancouver
Island
66.5
55.9
58
58.8
50.3
66.8
LABORITES
QUIT
POSTWAR
PARLEY
VICTORIA,
Oct.
31
'
The
Vancouver
Island
Joint
labor
conference
by
vote
of
22
to
10,
liFt
.night
endorsed
its
execu-
r
tlve's
action
In
withdrawing
from
the
continuing
committee
of
the
Lower
Mainland
)'
Reconstruction
and
Rehabilitation
Conference
because
of
what
the
executive
termed
C.C.F.
pressure
politics."
D0UKH0B0RS
ARE
EATING
VICTORIA,
Oct.
31
W
Six
Doukhcbors
who
yesterday
Jgln
d'
hunger
strikers
today
lost
In
erest
in
the
project
and.
aban-loned
the
strike,
according
to
advices
received
here.
Five
other
Doukhobors
who
Joined
the
trlke
two
weeks
ago
also
ap
peared
to
nave
lost
inieresk
anu
Were
thought
to
be
secretly
taxing
food.
Tamelin
and
his
wife
aro
IMike
n
an
Improved
condition
after
'
Camelln
accepted
a
'little
nour-shment.
Physicians
examining
ttrs.
Tamelin
said
she
had
been
aking
food
secretly.
Up
to
yesterday
provincial
tuthorlties
had
failed
In
an
effort
to
induce
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mike
Tamelin
of
Crestova
to
accept
medical
assistance
but
it
wai
indicated
that
the
hunger-striking
couple
had
probabl)
taken
nourishment
some
lime
Surlns
the
23-day
last,
Attorney
General
R.
U
Maltland
s&,V
'mit,
"medical
"health
i
the
couple
were
in
a
condition
of
severe
malnutrition.
.
GUARD
AGAINST
BIGAMY
LONDON,
Oi
All
persons
in
Britain
giving
'civil
notice
of
marriage
will
In
future
be
ob-
53.2
,
liged
to
sign
a
form
of
declara-52.1
tlon
containing
a
warning
46
against
bigamy.
WAR
NEWS
Cologne
Pounded
Again
LONDON
The
German
city
of
Cologne
was
pounded
again
last
night
by
R.C.A.F.
jnd
R.A.F.
Halifaxes
and
Lancaster.
The
air
giants
dropped
4,000
tons
of
bombs
on
the
most
heavily-bombed
of
German
cities.
More
Flying
Bombs
.
v
'
'LONDON
The
Germans
launched
a,
flying
bomb
attack
against
southern
England
early
today.
One
of
the
,
bombs
.demolished
a
crowded
hotel
and
buried
a
number
of
persons,
hi,
the
ruins.
Battle
of
Holland
Ending
PARIS
The
Rattle
of
Southwest
Holland
Is
almost
over.
Field
Marshal
Model
has
withdrawn
the
bulk
of
his
forces
north
of
the
Meuse
River
and
has
left
only
a
screen
of
perhaps
10,000
to
20,000
troops
to
fight
delaying
rearguard
actions.
Canadian
First
Army
troops
have
wiped
out
enemy
resistance
on
the
south
bank
of
the
Scheldc
estuary
and
on
south
Veve-land
and
the
Dominion
troops
are
now
preparing
to
attack
the
Germans
on
Walchercn
Island.
American
forces
have
completely
cleared
the
enemy
from
the
Malzlcres
Les
Metz,
a
stronghold
six
miles
north
of
Mclz.
New
Russian
Offensive
MOSCOW
Berlin
reports
a
new
major
Russian
offensive
launched
across
the
Tisza
river
on
a
broad
ftont
50
miles
from
the
Hungarian
capital
of
Budapest.
Moscow
Is
silent
on
this
action.
Storms
have
struck
the
eastern
front,
slowing
mechanized
Russian
forces.
Despite
this,
Soviet
troops
advancing
in
the
northeastern
corner
of
Hungary,
have
taken
a
town
HPfnllcs
south
of
Cop,
the
captured
rail
junction
in
Czechoslovakia,
and
the
capture
of
seven
other
localities
has
been
announced
by
Moscow.
Greeks
Near
Yugoslavia
ROME
Greek
patriots
have
captured
the
town
of
Ar-nlssa,
only
seven
miles
from
the
southen
border
of
Yugoslavia.
Atnissa
is
about
40
miles
north
of
Kozaue,
which
was
captured
by
British
troops.
Indians
in
Italy
ROME
Indian
forces
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
fighting
In
Italy
have
thrown
a
bridgehead
across
the
Ronco
River
soutli
of
the
Bologna
Highway.
This
move
Is
a
flanking
threat
to
Fotli.
Showdwn
On
Leyte
PEARL
HARBOR
Allied
invasion
troops
in
the
Philippines
have
driven
across
the
northern
end
of
Leyte
Island
for
a
final
showdown
battle
with
the
Japanese
hemmed
In
at
Caricara
Bay.
The
Allies
have
had
to
fight
a
75-mile-an-hour
typhoon
in
their
push
across
the
Island.
During
the
first
10
days
of
fighting
on
the
island,'
the
Japanese
have
lost
21,000
men;
NEAR
'OVER
CITY
REACHED
60
PER
CENT
QUOTA
MONDAY
Prince
Rupert
reached
60
per
cent
of
Its
Seventh
Victory
Loan
quota
Monday
when
sales
totalling
$55,000
brought
the
campaign
total
to
$439300
Comparative
figures
for
the
Sixth
Loan
show
that
sales
for
the
corresponding
day
were
$40,'
Victory
For
British
And
Canadian
Forces
German
Forces
Continue
in
Full
Flight
John
Bulger
Lt.
$6.000
1
;
Mrs.
Edna
C.
Vander
Wouden
500
M.
pr:RJ.
"ia
Ollie
Johnson
(Port
Edward)
400
Miss
Jean
Sadoway
50
Albert
&
McCaffery
Ltd.
2,500
George
Cowie
-Mitchell
50Q'
Northern
Fishermen's
Cold
'
Storage
Ltd.
2,500
Pide
Andersen
100
Reginald
L.
Newcomb
500
Mrs.
Elly
Lien
50
Norton
W.
Youngs
50
Miss
Dorothy
Newcomb
100
Prince
Rupert
Lodge
No.
63,
I.O.O.F.
Sung
Lin
Golam
Rasuljr
H.
a
Wong
William
Wong
Wallie
Wong'
Miss
Betty
Wong
Miss
Janet
Wong
Miss
Theresa"
Wong
Louie
Hock
Chow
Len
Yen
-
Eddie
Mah
t
Tom
Lee
&
Son
Fred
Chin
'
.
Kue
Wong
Shee
:
Mah
Seung
Wong
Chee
,
Wong
Ship
Sal
Wong
Tal
Big
John
W.Odowes.,,
Ling
Gam
Wong
Kan
Wing
Chin
Yuen
Bentlnn
Lamb
Wong
Gin
Art
Mah
Nang
Mah
Fung
Mah
Ning
Kung
The
Star
Store
"
Mah'
Tan
"i'ir-.t'
Wong
Foo
Y.
S.
Yun
Mah
Key
Master
Dennis
E.
Chan
Master
Leonard
O.
Chan
Mah
Jung
Chin
Jon
Chong
Gor
Fow
Sam
Lee
Fong
Ton
Sing
Jone
(K.
D.)
Lee
Kim
Yuen
Lee
Ktlss
Margaret
Lee
Yun
Dun-
Kee
David
Lee
v
'
'
L.
P,Mah
Hugb.Wong,
Grand
Cafe
Wong
Look
Wong
Yue
Dun
Ling
Bo
Shong
Master
Lewis
Chow
Miss
.Violet
Lee
Mrs.
Suzanne
Lee
George
Quan
Wong
Blng
Fung
Lew
Tong
Jung
Yuen
Sheck
Frank
Wong
Lee
Lem
1,000
100
300
100
100
100
100
200
500
500
200
100
500
100
200
2,000
100
50
500
100
200
100
100
100
500
100
350
100
100
50
50
200
100
100
200
100
100
100
100
200
100
ioo
100
600
100
1,000
100
100
100
100
300
100
200
.
100
200
500
LOAN
REACHES
HALF
BILLION
Increased
Buying
Marks
Opening
of
Second
Week
OTTAWA,
Oct,
31
W
-
War
finance
committee
officials
reported
increased
buying
of
Seventh
Victory
Loan
bonds
for
the
first
day
of
the
second
week
of
the
drive.
It
Is
hoped
that,
when
returns
are
In
for
Mon
day's
sales,
the
total
will
be
around
the
half-bllllon-dollar
mark.
The
armed
forces
continue
to
show
the
way
in
bond
purchases,
with
total
subscriptions
of
$836,558,000,
or
76
per
cent
of
their
final
figure
of
$47,853,000
In
the
last
loan.
CUT
DOWN
BY
NAZIS
Before
Hitler's
rise
to
power,
the
Jewish
population
of
Germany
was
numbered
at
about
500.000.
Last
Obstructions
to
Antwerp
Being
Cleared
LONDON,
Oct.
31
(CP)
Under
cover
of
heavy
fog
which
shrouded
Allied
aircraft,
the
German
Fifteenth
Army,
retreating
from
southwestern
Holland
where
the
battle
is
ending
in
victory
for
the
British
250
and
the
campaign
total.
to
and
the
Canadians,
was
fleeing
across
the
Meuse
.
.
.
.......
I
T!
1
AI.
TT11
J
1-
1
n
'
1
.
1
tne
same
aate
was
jiow.
i
niver
ana
me
nonanascnaie
toaay.
supreme
neaa-
France
Is
Troublous
DeGaulle
Decree
in
Regard
to
Arms
Meets
With
Opposition
PARIS,
Oct.
31
CM
Predictions
pf
Tiatlon-wide
demonstration
were
accented
yester-
100
1
day
as
an
incipient
crisis
was
100
precipitated
by
the
DeGaulle
200
government's
action
In
forbld-
100
ding
everyone
except
the-regu-
lar
army
and
police
to
bear
arms.
The
order,
apparently,
direct-
ed
at
communist
partlzan
ele
ments
who
have
defied
the
gov
ernment's
authority,
particular
ly
In
southern
France,
met
with
instant
opposition
from
the
influential
national
reslst-
bfllcer,
said
I
ai
wong
-
-
iuuiTencnaaergrouna
auringnc.
the
DeGaulle
delegation
Insist
ed
at
a
conference
that
the
decree
be.
respected.
CASUALTIES
WERE
LESS
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
31
O
Canadian
casualties
on
the
Normandy
beachhead
on
D-Day
were
less
than
one-third
ofwhat
were
expected,
Major
General
R.
F.
L.
Keller,
commander
of
the
Canadian
Third
Division,
Invalided
home
from
overseas,
told
a
Canadian
Club
and
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
meeting
here
yesterday.
He
told
of
lntenslvw
training
that
had
been
given
Canadians
prior
to
D-Day.
General
Keller
Is
on
his
way
to
his
home
at
Kelowna.
SALVATION
ARMY
DRIVE
Mrs.
Vernon
D.
Casley
$25
Women
of
the
Moose,
Chap.
211
-
10
L.
Basso-Bert
5
Sam
Lee
2
Jim
Wong
2
Lew
Yuen
2
Star
Store
5
Wong
Chuck
Fan
5
Lee.Yee
Kum
5
Ling
Bo
Shong
5
Rupert
Butchers
10
Wing
Shin
Yuen
2
Half
Moon
Snack
5
Wong
Tal
2
Pacific
Cafe
5
Grand
Cafe'
20
King
George
Cafe
5
Tom
Lee
&
Son
5
M.
T.
Lee
5
International
Cafe
5
Ting
Hal
,,.
5
Foo
Loy
5
L.
D.
Cafe
5
Tal
Lee
10
West
End
Cafe.
5
3
ddna"tions"$V
3
Total
.to
date
$3,783.67
NEW
OFFENSIVE
KANDY,
Ceylon,
Oct.
31
O)
The
new
Allied
offensive
In
northern
Burma
by
the
Chinese,
striking
in
one
direction,
and
the
British
In
another,
continues
in
full
swing.
It
was
disclosed
last
night
that
the
new
offen
slve
had
been
in
progress
for
a
fortnight.
quarters
reported
that
British
troops
had
reached
the
Meuse
and
converging
columns
arc
closing
In
on
the
German
escape
bridge
north
of
Geertruidenburg,
10
miles
northeast
of
Breda.
"
The
escape
route
to
the
bridgo
Is
probably
under
fire.
Ross
Munro,
Canadian
Presj
war
correspondent,
reports
that
the
Canadians
and
British
today
completely
cleared
tha
Germans
from
South
Beveland
Island,
north
of
the
Schelde
es
tuary,
and
on
the
mainland
of
southwjes?-.
'
'
JazH
continued
then
withara'wal
to
i
the
lower
Rhine.
The
German
.
defeat
means
that
the
Allies
will
soon
obtain
use
of
the
port
of
Antwerp
as
a
supply
base.
German
occupation
period,
but
nounced.
A
front
line
dispatch
saldLxlf
was
estimated
that
perhaps,
only
10
to
20,000
Germans
were
left
south
of
the,
Meuse
to
attempt
to
slow
up
pursuit
of
the
vic
torious
First
Canadian
and
British
Second
armies.
A
British
spokesman
said
that
the-
bulk
of
the
enemy
probably
would
es
4
cape
across
the
water
barrlerf
i-Jj!
East
of
Eindhoven
the
strong
fp-i
German
counler-attack.
ycV
launched
on
the
western
IronS
maae
:no
headway
yesterday.
.
A
Nazi
tally
also
fallsd
blunt
the
offensive
north
Antwerp.
to
oi
A
front
line
disDafch
said
lhat
an
attack
across
the
causeway
t,
t
,
i
1-
,
1
.
..
uimi
suuui
oeveianu
to
waicn-
eren
Island
was
launched
today
and
met.
with
heavy
German
fire.
A
German
communlcma
said
that
attempts
to
thrust
onto
waicheren
island
were
re
pulsed.
On
American
sectors
of
.the
1
western
front,
the
French
city,:
',.
of
Amzleresles
Metz,
six
mll93
i;1
north
of
Metz,
was
cleared
after
"
,
three
weeks
of
bitter
street
fighting.
Otherwise
there
was
little
but
patrol
activity
from
Aachan.
to
the
Swiss
border.
The
German
stand
in
the
southwestern
Lowlands,
was
cut
CONVENTION
OF
CO-OPERATIVES
IS
COMING
HERE
As
many
as
sixty
delegates
from
various
parts
of
British
Columbia
and
possibly
from
other
provinces
may
visit
Prince
Rupert
November
15
when
a
convention
of
the
co-operatlvu
movement
Is
to
be
held
here.
The
convention,
plans
for
which
are
now
nearlng
completion,
will
be
held
In
the
Oddfellows'
Hall.
The
.general
ccf-operatlve
convention
will
be
followed
by
a
session
o
fishermen's
co-operatives
with
delegates
from
the
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands,
West
Coast
of
Van
couver
Island
and
Vancouver.
Ml
Into
four
dwindling
pockets
yes-
,
terday
and
the
Germans
south
f
v
of
the
Meuse
were
disengaged
1
1
under
concentrated
air
attack
and
the
drive
of
British
and
ft
Canadian
armies
racing
to
the.'Vl-Moerdijk
escape
bridge
only
six
S1
miles
away.
The
four
pockets
3r
were
south
of
the
Meuse
where
'f
the
chief
resistance
centre
of
t-t!v
Breda
had
been
takn.
J?-.
Details
of
New
Ship
Contracts
VANCOUVER,'Oct.3l
CR-Con-structlon
details
of
eight
small
"
coastal
vessels
to
be
built
at
North
Van
Ship
Repairs
and
Vic-
&l
torla
Machinery
Depot
have
been
revealed.
The
vessels
will
be
350-
$j
tonners,
140
feet
in
length
and
.
'J
will
cost
$450,000
each.
"jf