if 1 (JfClSITT IlM . .i ..miininr Intact In trie lace or strong .ai counter- Vf uu . ... ..miltil In alr.iH. ..If..-.. jhe fiirnij ait . j luidiTu . l The American occupation at Chrrbourr r'n'niuli is report be complete. Berlin aays that a larie lirdlnt force of 300 vessels U off the mouth of the 0n, ritrr and that U Havre appears to be the next Invasion WIDESPREAD AIR ATTACKS mMiO.V There are new and widespread attacks by kombfti of the Royal Air Force baed in Great Itrllaln and hilj fire hundred planes attacked German rocket bombing iBjUllillon on the Trench coat yesterday. Allied bombers iid in Italy struck at oil installations In Budapest at well .ih Uriels In Hungary and Yugoslavia. BEDS DRIVE WESTWARD MOSCOW The Red Armjr Is pouring along all the main pidi brtond Mintk and some columns are already miles lit; The German forces are lleelng In panic, the rapidity of Ibfif flilht brine so great that the Mutilans are finding It iiffmlt to krep up. Tlie fall of .Minsk, as expected, occurred DANISH REVOLUTION LONDON' The Germans hare placed cordons of troops ird Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, where there has ttt Krioat disorders, assuming the proportions of a revolution at Danith patriots battle with the Nail police. The peo-tlrsf Prnmark are being wanted that they will be starred iiVn the f rnrral strike ends Immediately. Notwithstanding lit tmble h extending beyond the capital city. FIRE IIENGYANC FROM AIR Cllt'M.KING The Chinese garrison at llengyang Is still Mdmf out in spile of a great fire raid by Japanese bombers Bsfcvb thousands of Incendiaries were dropped. Western Labor Board in Session Here; Representations Are Made Today by Local Labor Interests Ik ' HT f ! m KOtiion in Prince Rucrt It opened ' in tho city council chamber and. will ' roughout the day and into tomorrow or fATHER I S NFAVORABLE OR BOMBING r s ij M :... 8!:or.t: b 3 f -Difficult nreaUmed to-' A . fd aerial sup-S rmandy invasion !ii:nimum for the . day. wore struck 8un-b"mb platforms 1 fT.l- rf I'J tx.mbera hit oil I.' ' uy yards and tn- near nudaprt. ;i fiRhU over the V adihead, Canadian i C' : ,,d 19 of 21 Nazi knocHed down. "A pianea were lost AP ISLAND II AGAIN T,t ind Airdrome of Japan-Mrifrd by Allied Honiblng 5f!ED HEADUARTETtS IN w GfLEA July 3 0, yap W: ! hit at thp u-rek.pnri 'h rd consecutive day by ii fltfl a . i-usicrn air lorce nlrn imislipd tmun anA air. '"""my nlani.. uri. hn 7?'U AUled ,086M- T' .'ipanesc planes were u. vnithwest of Yap. vas J ,;t by AUled Iwmbcrs. if'0 lsl;,d U seven hundred Muuiwestof Salpan. 4 i . . . T Copies Store Takes Wallaces . C o. Minns announced U?i nl hC had 80ld out aC, relLk,,own S. Wal- w r? bu-,lneM to the Pro- UL Te oranlzation. Mr. " fc!111 nc be remaining In Rupert for the time re win continue to oper- Col. J. F. Kren. Vancoursr, repreenUnc the province of Hrttuh Columbia. H. O. MaeDonald, Edmonton. representing employers. M. Alrulle. Edmonton, rrpre- senUng emptoycea. William Carvlll, EdmonUm. Selective Service officer. Other here in connecfloti with Uic session are Major H. R. Ttiurston. United States Army. Edmonton. United States government consulant to the board, and V. 3. Mae kiln of Edmon ton, executive officer of the board. First to appear before the board at the loeal seaston was J. S. Black who welcomed the board on behalf of the Allied Labor Council and presented a memorandum on behalf of a committee repreeonUng the Am erica n Federation of Unions In Trlnce Rupert. IIAMHUT SALKS MONDAY American (Celling price. 15c and 13MtC Pacific. 50.000. Royal and Atlln Rainier. 46.000, Cold Storage. Eureka, 11.000. Pacific. Canadian (Celling price. 18Vc and 16c) Skccna M.. 1000. and Lorna ' K.. 18.000, Atlln. Dorgund. 11.000, Co-operative. Atll. 30.000. Cape Race. 12.500. Melville. 35,000. Cold Storage Oldflcld. 10.000. Whiz, dulvlk. 22,000. Paciric. Sundown, 1,500, Royal. n.C. Troller. 21.000, Booth. Sclma II.. 17.000, Booth and Whiz. SATURDAY Canadian (Celling price, ISl'iC and lflttci Kalen, 22.000. and Kyrclle. 13- 000, Cold Storage. Embla, 22,000, Booth and Pacific. MorrU II.. 21,000, Co-opcratlve Seamaid, 10,000, B.C. Packers. Reward. 16,000, Atlln. MR. MAITLAND COMINtt Hon. R. L. IMaltfand, Attorney General, Is expected to pay a visit shortly on government business following n visit to Edmonton and Rcgiiu. BOYS WRITE FROM ITALY Newsy Letters Express Appreciation of Cigarettes From Home Letters from two local boys, now with the central Mediterranean Force, ahow their gratitude for cigarettes sent them by the Women Auxiliary of the Coast Ri-gtmenL Raising fund for this service presents Increasing difficulty as there are now 66 or more boys to I whom It is endeavored to send a monthly package of 300 cigarettes. It It not always possible to send them regularly but the 'service still continues as often a funds permit. Prom Corp. C. D. Inman comes purpose of looking into local labor con-l foUo1ng Mtct dalcd May rr especially me employment meinous 0I -i received the cigarettes you 1 S'atcs government here, the Western I-a- peopJe nt a few days ago and decided to write and thank you tor them and let you know that we- ar quHc-wrH-OTfr here The Itrtoc conditions are bad Until business IS completed. ;but we have had loTely weather The personnel ol the board lsime uun iew weeiu ana us occn at follows: big help. We were Issued our O n. 1 1 en wood of Edmonton, jsnmraer clothing some time ago chairman, repmentinf the 'and a tot of boys are walking nmvlnce of Alberta. ! around with good tans. We had to be careful at first and not take much of the sun at once because sunburns are classed as self-inflicted wounds out here. I believe the next few months will be the hardest any of us will have to go through and, It we get through It In one piece, well be a lucky bunch of boys. We were quite surprised to see Bill Greenfield over here. He paid us a visit about two weeks ago and to looking well. He's In the R.CE.s and seems to think they are a good thing. Dick Armstrong Is camped right beside us at present and Is doing fine. He Is a corporal now and, from reports from the rest of Uie men In his platoon, he Is a good man In the front lines. He Is the same as ever not I very excitable and that Is a big I factor In the work he's doing. Labor I He has had some real experi ences up there, and tells some great yarns." There ts also a letter of ap- nrectatlon from Ounncr Dan Magnet. INTERIOR MEMORIAL SERVICE FRANCOIS LAKE, July 3 reople of this district filled Fran cois Lake church on Sunday to attend a memorial service for the late Ounner William Stanton, who was killed In action In Italy on May 21. Rev. A. W Atkinson, of Burns Lake, conducted the service. Break Relations With Argentina LONDON, July 3 Great Britain broke oft diplomatic relations with the nationalist government of Argentina on Sat twin local Temperature Local Tidet Tuesday, juiy 4 si Iuh .- 12.50 17 feet 3.8 feet 50 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ol xxxin PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1911 HHCE FIVE CENTS 'r. WAR NEWS TIIK BATTLE OK FRANCE iU' Tank forces under General Bernard Montgom-... .i.u and Marshal Krwln Rommtll on the other tr'"1 . i.i 11 If near Tarn, a battle uhlrli ma loin n I ' f" , ,..(... II,. I1MI nf Irinrr 11,111.1. II.. Extending Bridgehead k A mmm Btfe Hsssv . f Minsk Is laken Kv Russians reat vrerman Aua - I f k A I , Another Vital City Has Fallen To Soviet Forces LONDON, July 8 (CP) Three hundred thousand German defenders of Minsk are being clampd in a steel vise as Russian columns snap two main escape railways leading to Poland following their capture today of this important enemy bastion in White Russia. Krasnoe, just across the border in Poland, has been seized and the railway from Minsk to Wlino severed. Another Red Army drive 35 miles Into Poland and 'overran a town only 50 miles from Latvia. I The gateway to Poland, East Prussia and Baltic States Is now open for the Russians. D I D J.. lVUdU lACdUY t By July 15 July 15 is the latest date set by O. D. Archibald, en- glneer In charge of Skcena River Highway construction for the Department ol Mines and Natural Re- sources, for the completion of the road from Prince Rupext to Kltwanga at least as far as the possibility of traffic going over it Is con- cerned. This Is about ten 4- days earlier than previous estimates for the opening of the road. Robot Blitz Is Kept Up LONDON, July 3 (CD The Hermans resumed rocket bomb attacks on southern England today and augmented their assaults with scattered raids by aircraft. The German controlled Paris radio claimed that Plymouth and Portsmouth were the principal targets of the robot blitx and said that both cities suffered heavy damage. The Allies admitted that a large general store was hit and a number of casualties recorded. Another bomb blasted a row of stores and dwellings in another area, causing numerous casualties. DENMARK QUIETER LONDON. July 3 Riots and bloodshed held sway In the Dan lsh capital ot Copenhagen over the week-end and continued today as 15.000 workers went on strike against German tyranny Reports reaching London said that at least 20 people were killed and 1,000 wounded resist ing Oerman troops on Saturday The Oestapo has arrested three of Coocnhacen's five burgomas ters and threaten to shoot them unless the rioting stops. Two Northern Airmen Listed The names of two northern British Columbia airmen are contained in the latest Royal Canadian Air Force casualty list. ' Listed as killed on acUve service Is Pilot Officer Rudolph Fllmore Warne, whose parents. urday, recalling Sir David Kelly, iMr. and Mrs. Frank Warne, live minister to the South American at 1114 Tenth Avenue East, city, country. The move followed The list records Sergeant Wal-dosc on the heels of n similar lace Watson Crum, whose next-United States ncUon and has of-kln Is given as Mrs. O. A. created a major sensation In Peck, his mother, of Dawson other Latin American states, ICrcck. Bulletins .IMPROVE POSITIONS SIIAEF The British have not only held but have improved their position around Caen in Normandy In the face of strong German counterattacks. The Second Army has thrown back further counterattacks of seven rratk Nazi panzer divisions south of Caen. The British are facing the heaviest enemy forces since the beginning of the invasion. Marshal Erwin Rommel is said to be in personal command. Allied mineswepers have entered Cherbourg to clear the channel lor Allied shipping. The British Fifty-First Highland JHVL'Jon, including the famous Black Watch, Is fighting on the Normandy front. ROCKET BOMBS LONDON An increasing number of rocket bombs came over Britain Friday night and again Saturday to cause more casualties and damage. One of the bombers was shot down in an area of business and residential buildings. ROYAL AIR FORCE ACTIVE LONDON There were further heavy bombing raids by the Royal Air Force over France and Germany Friday night. Sixteen planes failed to return The raids were kept up Saturday. LONDON The Red Army is continuing to make spectacular advances against the demoralized Nazis both in White Russia and Finland. During ment of the new Soviet offen-i-i 23M raptured, Moscow states. The Russian forces continue from north and south after taking lin, being now some miles distant in outflanking operations. The Nad general in command of forces in Finland is reported to have been killed. ADVANCING LN ITALY ROME The Allied armies are advancing everywhere on the Italian front east, west and in the centre. On the east the Eighth Army is ten miles from Anrona and on the west the Fifth Army is 20 miles from Leghorn. GOVERNMENT RESIGNS ANKARA The government of Iicbanon in Asia Minor has resigned after a week's crisis. REVOLT IN DENLRK LONDON Fifteen thousand loyal Danes are in revolt in Denmark today and there Is violent fighting in the streets with the Nail authorities. Widespread acts of sabotage are reported. Communications between Denmark and Sweden are cut off. FARM PRICE FLOOR OTTAWA Hon. J. G. Gardiner, minister ot agriculture, announces that legislation Is being prepared to put a floor under prices of farm products. MONOPOLY CHARGED OTTAWA Tom Reid. Liberal, New Westminster, charged that the MacMlllan Interests had a monopoly on the timber Industry of British Columbia. The provincial government had been silent as had been the C.C.F. 11. R. Mac-Mlllan had been able to obtain more ships for his goods than had any others In, Industry, DICTATOR FALLS GUATAMELA Dictator Georg Umblco of Guatamda resigned on Saturday after the people of the Central American "banana republic" had rioted continuously for a week against his rule. ADVANCING ON WEWAK Australians Moving Forward I Rapidly 200 Miles From j Americans ! ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, July 3 1 The Australians have advanced SO miles in 23 days to within seven 'miles of Wewak, New Oulnea; ' compressing a trap on thousands of Japanese who are overrun- jnmg strategic Hansa Bay and l seizins much booty. ! Th Aiusies !artM frcm Bu- nabun Harbor May 31 and reached the enouth or the Seplk River where they are less than 290 miles from American forces on jAltape to the northwest, i The advance on Wewak Is con- , tinulng. Alberni Has Lumber Fire ALBERNI. July 3-Fanned by , a high wind, a waienroni lire destroyed 500 feet of dock and 500,000 feet of lumber here at the week-end. The fire raged for (several hours. CLEAR JAPS FROM INDIA Allied Forces are Increasing Pressure With View to A 1 (S - in aen Area Are xmm Back as Fast asThey Come SHAEF, July 3 (CP) Americans on Cherbourg Peninsula opened a new offensive today to extend and deepen the Allied bridgehead in Normandy while in the eastern sector British artillery crushed ,the twenty-fifth counter-attack by the Germans against the British salient across the Odon river. There are Big Wind On Prairie Centred Around Moose Jaw Constable Electrocuted in Saskatchewan SASKATOON, July 3 (CD-Cyclonic wihd swept through parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta during the week-end, causing at least one death and thousands of dollars damage to crops and property. Hail storms accompanied the wind. The hardest hit part was around Moose Jaw where cabins were toppled over and the city was without light and power for several hours Saturday night. Just south of Edmonton was another peak storm area. Constable Harry Smith was electrocuted during a storm near Wynward, 110 miles southwest of here, when he accidentally touched fallen Driving rWCmptefeIyt PwrUinci, - Out KANDY, July 3 W The Al lied forces are Increasing their Pieces of buildings In some areas were hurled 400 to 600 yards. pressure on Ukhrul. northeast Impahl in Manlpur Province of rAl. Dnilxlklfv India, as mopping up operations MinHniipH past nf lh Kn- sive White Russia in 18I3(M,, .T,u, A 44 SA6CS) 4i411a44 A Germans have been killed or Japanese forces wst 0, the road have been mopped up now and growing indications are that the Japanese are preparing for a further offensive from the south in a bid to .capture Impahl supply and air base. The Chinese on the Salween front captured Mlehchien, narrowing to 64 miles the gap separating them from the Allied forces at Myltkyina in North Burma, the Chinese High Command announced. CARPENTER SHORTAGE Numerous building projects In the city are being hampered by a shortage of carpenters other workers. E. V. WhlUng, cal Selective Service officer, tells the Dally News. He said that he had unfilled applications for about 30 carpenters and several more for unskilled workers In the building trades. "There Just doesnt seem to be any around the city and I am told that conditions are the same In Vancouver' and Edmonton," he said, adding that the Prince Rupert office showed a great need for experienced help In all essential industries. Greatest local demand for carpenters is by the Royal Canadian Engineers who have put in applications for ten. A contrac- s IWUJIMU REGATTA Big Harbor Event in Observance of Dominion Day Here Dull weather did little to put a chill on participants or the numerous spectators in the Navy Dominion Day regatta under directions of Chief Petty Officer Sid Norman. Men and women from all departments of the senior service as well as some from the Army luffed sails, pulled on oars, rode rafts, defied calculated obstacles, and generally had a rousing time In a series of competitions, grave and nonsensical, which lasted the whole day. Topping off the sailing, rowing, raft, obstacle, and other races, and features such as tug-of-wars, greasy pole climbing, and a gymnastic cocktail known nnj as a pentathelon, was a Jitter- i , . i . i i , i .. . tne arm nau in tne evening. Invasion Is Going Well OTTAWA, July 3 The lnva sion of France has gone beyond the most optimistic expectations, Indications that the Nazis BATTLE OF ITALY SIENA IS OCCUPIED CITATION FOR ' LOCAL SEAMAN are regrouping In the Caen sector. An Allied mommunlque said that, apart from the repulse of German counter-attacks in the Odon salient, there was no other report today. Allied Armies Making Ad- vances Everywhere on Italian Front : ROME, July 3 tt The French ! occupied Siena, key communl-. j cations centre 31 miles south of; i Florence, today, j The British Eighth Army made rapid advance west of Lake Trasimene- and along the Adri atic The Allied Fifth Army on the west coast captured Ceclna. Ceremony Honoring A. B. Mel-vin Sisson of II. M. C. S. Chatham Mentioned in a despatch for 'distinguished service" with the Fishermen's Reserve, Able Sea man aieivin Ray sisson, Vancouver, of H.M.CJ5. Chatham, was awarded a citation by Commander C. M. Cree, naval officer In charge. Prince Rupert. - The presentation made at Prime Minister Peter Frascr of have just arrlved before a Joint session of House of Commons and Senate here Friday. In the course of his address, Mr. Fraser expressed the hope that Prime Minister William tor who Is about to begin a large Lyon Mackenzie King would pay building down town has made j a visit to New Zealand after the an application for six. Several defeat of Germany has been other applications have been ! completed and full Allied at-madc. I tentlon will be turned to Japan. Meanwhile, other parts cf the country are crying for various types of workersi The prairie meat packing Industry was allowed a quota of 400 men from British Columbia some time ago and so far the' order has been only half filled. Of the 200 men who have gone to work In meat paeJclng plants from B. C. sixty have gone from Prince Rupert. Mr. Whiting revealed that the government is becoming anxious about farm labor to help with the coming harvest. the conclusion of divisions in the Naval Drill Hall, marked the" first time that a rating stationed here has been so honored. Although the citation failed to name any specific action. Able Seaman Sisson took part In the salvaging of a number of fish ing boats which sank early In 1942. Born in Woodstock, Ontario, AB. Sisson has spent almost all ljls life on the west coast engaged in the fishing Industry. His home Is in Vancouver. The citation reads as follows: "By the King's order the name of Melvin Ray Sisson, R.CNJt. (Fit.), Able Seaman, on FR 370, was published in the "Canada Gazette" on January 1, 1943, as mentioned in a despatch for distinguished service. "I am charged to record His Majesty's high appreciation .0 the services rendered. "A. L. MaeDonald, minister of national Defence for Naval Service." ; AB. Sisson was mentioned in the despatch two years ago but the citation and oak leaf decor- DISENFRANCHISEMENT OTTAWA The Senate Friday approved the House of Commons 'bill disenfranchising: persons of Japanese origin although there was a long debate. Senator Griesback of Edmonton said that in self-defence Canada would have to get rid of the Japanese. The bill was endorsed 13 to 9. Carnival Attraction Flower Show July 13-14 A Copy of the Prize List can be had for the askine at Daily News, Evening Empire, Vance's Flower Shop, Prince Rupert Florists . or Ormes Ltd.