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August
31
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
ttEVVSPAPPR
No
204
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
30,
1944
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with
his
Canadian
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makes
a
special
friend
of
8appcr
Wlnard
Klane.
Mice
KiA,
lit
u
proud
of
his
Scotch
balmoral.
Bulletin
(JlItlKC
I'ltEMIER
SWORN'
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it
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in
as
premier
01
wutoee.
lie
win
aio
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tfwnl.
ask
snirriNo
restrictions
.in.s
Kestriction
or
roastinr
trade
or
Canada
to
B
twittered
In
Canada
and
hereafter
built
In
the
NOW
R0
MILES
FROM
REICH
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run
ladio
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announced
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American
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M.
WEI
It
HACK
TO
U.B.C.
it,
.M,
Weir,
former
nrofessor
of
the
University
ill
return
to
Ihe
rolleee
in
September,
having
fe-
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It,.
lV.(r.l
wi
aim
iirami.
HL.MOIH1.IZ1NO
SOLDIERS
'BFRR.
Thirty
thousand
Australian
soldiers
and
numbers
of
the
Itoyal
Australian
Air
Force
will
be
re-'fora
the
armed
services
to
work
In
essential
war
In-
rvi.
I
I
rEACU
r.RTV
AT
CAIRO
airo
A
Bulgarian
armistice
paity
has
arrUrd
here
to
Allifd
olliclilv
KENEW
WARSAW
ACTIVITY
rivtwif
......
"rmn
reports
a
Durst
or
activity
by
tne
nus-
around
the
rnlUh
ranllal
i.f
Uiruir.
ullh
minor
rains
IP
Kf
COLlSIMtL'SSIAN
UNDERSTAND1NO
fw-
.
'"iiUPremtfr
of
(he
eilJfd
ro(Kt
0Tfrnnlfnt
n
has
announced
the
reaching
of
an
understanding
with
"'t
I'nlon,
that
reoulres
the
shuffllnr
of
the
Polish
na
tne
signing
of
a
long-term
agreement.
HOLSTER
NAZI
Iir.KKNcKS
vi.!it,
t:trmin
,nTr.
,
,
,
.,.
unit"
i
v
i
-
ii
n
Depot
Raided
HQ
8.W
radtlc.
Aug.
"t0
ambers
made
a
1
Ambolne
Island
In
the
a5
eroup,
just
west
nf
-
uuiucu,
icav-
Tlnc
Arracks
and
har-
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flames
and
setting
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m
tne
Wton
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l
a
suffered
no
losses,
bomber.,
struck
at
uur
and
niMr
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oiat.
v.
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i
a
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ij
imo
trance
and
is
engaging
Allied
units.
I
EARLY
USE
OF
GAS
FOR
WAR
IS
FEARED
'
LONDON,
Aug.
30
-Fears
have
been
expressed
here
Uiat
Germany
will
shortly
resort
to
the
use
of
poison
gas.
Reports
from
the
Reich
suggest
that
the
Germans
have
a
new
secret
weapon
which
they
claim
will
win
the
war
for
them
In
a
few
months.
Big
Uncontrolled
Fire
West
of
Los
Angeles
After
Plane
Crashed
LOS
ANGELES,
Aug.
30
0
A
brush
five
burned
uncontrolled
In
the
Tarzana
Glrdard
area
west
of
here
blackening
hundreds
of
rugged
terrain.
It
Is
reported
50
homes
were
destroyed
In
the
fire
area
and
ashes
were
deposited
on
down
town
streets
In
Los
Angeles.
The
blaze
started
when
a
fighter
plane
crashed
and
cx
ploded.
Nazis
in
South
France
it.
y
,empt
Sea
Escape
to
Safety
in
North
Italy
Retreating
Enemy
Forces
arc
Locked
in
Heavy
Battle
ltli
Americans
in
Rhone
Valley.
12
Miles
North
CZECH
PATRIOT
ARMY
RISES
UP
IN
FOUR
AREAS
LONDON',
Aug.
30
(CD
CicchoIovakla
underground
army
came
Into
the
open
today
a
a
fighting
unit.
I(
first
communique
reported
the
rapture
of
one
town
and
fierce
fighting
against
the
German
In
four
areas.
CHARGE
TURKEY
WITH
HARBORING
GERMAN
SPIES
MOSCOW.
Aug.
30
Q
-
TheJ
peml-olflrial
newspaper
Pravda
today
accused
Turkey
of
harbor-Insr
German
splca
and
turning
the
diplomatic
break
with
the
Nazis
Into
a
"friendly
rupture."
With
Russians
closer
to
the
Dardanelles
than
at
any
time
alnce
the
Pint
Great
War.
Pravda
declared
German
diplo
matic,
military,
aviation
and
commercial
attache
were
still
In
Ankara
20
dayi
after
their
scheduled
departure.
DONALD
GORDONTO
SPEAK
TO
WOMEN
ON
SUPPLY
SITUATION
Donald
Oordon,
chiarman
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
will
speak
Thursday
at
5:30
p.m.
Pacific
War
Time,
over
the
national
network
of
CBC.
and
release
here
through
station
CFPR.
Mr.
Oordon's
remarks,
directed
particularly
to
the
women
of
Canada,
will
deal
with
the
Dominion's
supply
situation.
Beaten
Huns
Flee
From
Black
Sea
Russians
Appeal
to
Hulgars
lor
Support
to
(Julckly
Liberate
Balkans
MOSCOW.
Aug.
30
0
-Beaten
Germans
fled
today
from
the
last
strongholds
on
the
Black
Sea.
Russians,
with
troops
within
30
miles
of
Bulgaria,
appealed
to
Bulgars
for
support
In
quick
lib
eration
of
the
Balkans.
Canturc
of
Constanta,
ku-
manla's
largest
port,
yesterday,
appeared
likely
to
be
followed
within
n
few
hours
by
a
com-
LONDON,
Aug.
30
One
of"
the
crcatcst
British
air
fleets
dispatched
over
Germany
In
recent
days
hammered
Stettin,
Konlgsbcrg.
Berlin
ana
Hamburg
during
the
night.
Todny
waves
of
Allied
planes
braved
bad
weather
for
new
attacks
on
continental
targets..
More
than
1000
heavy
bombers
parUclpatcd
In
overnight
attacks,
unloading
approximately
1500
tons
of
hlRh
explosives
and
Incendiaries
upon
Stettin.
Another
great
load
of
bombs
was
dropped
on
Konlgsbcrg.
Both
Berlin
nnd
Hamburg
wcc
hit
by
Mosquitoes
which
carried
4000
tons
of
bombs.
of
Montelimar
I
ROME,
Aug.
30
O,
-German
fleeing
up
the
Rhone
Valley
from
j
Southern
France
were
locked
In
a
heavy
battle
today
with
Am
cricans
12
miles
north
of
cap-'
aured
Montelimar.
I
Near
the
Italian
frontier.
Am-'
erlcans
were
forced
back
to
thei
outskirts
of
Briancon.
A
naval
announcement
indl-
cated
the
Germans
are
fleeing-Southern
France
by
sea
in
at
.
tempts
to
get
to
Northern
Italy
The
announcement
said
many
been
captured.
Allied
headquarters
said
the
prisoner
total
has
passed
the
45,000
mark,
more
than
10.000
being
taken
In
the
Marseille
area
alone.
Thursday
Deadline
For
Registration
Of
Highway
Guests
Prince
Rupert
people
travelling
In
the
official
caravan
to
Terrace
September
4
will
meet
In
front
of
the
Post
Office
at
8
ajn.
Monday,
the
Prince
Rupert
highway
committee
'
advues.
To
dale,
the
response
to
the
Invitations
sent
out
has
been
uncertain.
Only
a
few
of
those
to
whom
Invitations
have
been
sent
have
declared
their
ln-
urged
to
advise
Arthur
Brooksbank,
committee
secretary,
before
Thursday
Japs
Term
as
False
Reports
Germany
Has
Peace
Feelers
Out
PEARL
HARBOR,
Aug.
30
Tokyo
radio
has
quoted
Oerman
sources
as
denying
reports
that
the
Reich
had
sent
out
peace
feelers.
The
same
broadcast
claimed
the
Allies
were
compelling
captured
Nazi
SS
troops
to
carry
out
the
dangerous
work
of
removing
detonators
from
uncx-ploded
bombs.
Lt.-Gen.
Bradley
to
Have
Status
Equal
To
Gen.
Montgomery
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
30
0
-New
command
organization
in
France
giving
Lt.-Gen.
Bradley
equal
status
with
Gen.
Montgomery
as
army
group
commander
was
reported
today
to
be
nenrly
ready
for
formal
TAKEN
WITH
PITCHFORK
CAPE
TOWN
O
Lt.
Archie
Turnbull
of
the
South
African
HBsVll
i
OETTINO
READY
FOR
BATTLE
Trooper
G.
Hendrick,
Ottawa,
'nd
Tpr.
K.
Rlls,
Waunah,
Alta.,
checking
ammunlUon
belts
before
going
"up
the
line"
In
Normandy.
Mass
Band
Concert
Is
(toad
Open
Feature
Massed
bands
of
Prince
Rupert
area
will
play
their
final
concert
of
the
.
.nUqQsUi4-coramlvteeMonday,I
rjoray,
Those
desiring-
to
go
are
committee
leaders
was
noon
by
Gordon
.Webb,
of
1.JM.L.A.
war
services.
Arrangements
to
this
effect
have
been
made
byl
Sixth
Division
recently
cap-i
tured
an
Italian
position
"iln
j
Allied
Food
Arrives
a
pucniorK.
wounaeo.
ana
wun-out
his
pistol,
he
attacked
a
Oerman
machine-gun
nest
In
niM
mnn-im
of
Oermans
In
the
one
of
the
buildings
with
a
Bucharcst-PlOCStl
zone.
'
I
pucmorn.
umu
it
suimiutiw.
BRITISH
POURING
EXPLOSIVES
ON
KEY
POINTS
OF
NAZI
WAR
EFFORT
Prefabricated
Homes
Will
Be
Made
in
B.C.
To
Meet
British
Need
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
30
Thous-ands
of
prefabricated
houses
will
be
made
In
"British
Columbia
for
England,
lt
has
been
announced.
The
structures
have
been
designed
by
the
Dominion
Construction
Co.
Each
house
Is
2rx26
and
will
last
10
years,
during
which
time
Britain
will
be
able
to
build
permanent
homes.
the
armed
services,
he
said.
The
concert,
involving
100
bandsmen,
was
originally
scheduled
to
be
held
In
Prince
Rupert
Sunday
afternoon,
but
will
now
be
a
feature
of
the
highway
opening
celebraUon.
Transportation
for
bandsmen
will
be
provided
by
Canadian
and
American
military
services.
Drivers
of
automobiles,
who
have
been
worried
about
buy
ing
gasoline
in
Terrace
on
Labor
Day,
may
now
relax.
The
committee
has
been
advised
by
the
director
of
gasoline
rationing,
Toionto,
that
it
is
permissible
for
gasoline
to
be
sold
on
holidays
providing
other
regulations
are
observed.
Leo
Sweeney,
president
of
Vancouver
Tourist
Bureau,
and
B.C.
Automobile
Association,
will
represent
Mayor
Cornett
of
Vancouver,
at
the
opening
celebraUon,
the
meeting
learned.
The
town
of
Stewart
will
be
represented
by
W.
R.
Tooth,
chief
commissioner.
S.
E.
Parker,
chairman
of
the
finance
committee,
was
instructed
to
send
$500,
on
account,
to
Terrace
to
help
cover
expenses.
For
Liberated
Ports
ROME.
Aug.
30
Close
upon
the
Allied
taking
of
the
French
ports
of
Marseille
and
Toulon
have
come
food
supplies
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
famished
civilian
populations.
'New
Gold
Rush
South
Of
Kirkland
Lake,
Ont.
TORONTO,
Aug.
30
-A
gold
rush
Is
In
progress
In
a
district
some
50
miles
south
of
the
Kirkland
Lake
gold
field.
THOUSANDS
CHEER
SYDNEY,
Australia
New-South
Wales
school
children
are
to
have
less
homework.
Edu
caUon
Minister
Cllve
Evatt
explained
that
he
would
not
allow
the
health
of
school
children
to
be
undermined
by
excessive
amounts.
In
some
cases,
lt
has
been
established
that
physical
and
mental
breakdowns
among
children
had
been
caused.
Vancouver
Merchants
Will
Close
on
V-Day
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
30
O
Merchants
of
Vancouver
have
submitted
a
plan
to
Mayor
Cornett
for
closing
the
stores
when
V-Day
arrives.
Should
word
of
the
signing
of
the
armistice
come
In
the
morning,
stores
will
be
closed
for
the
afternoon.
In
the
event
of
the
report
arriving
in
the
afternoon,
stores
will
close
immediately
and
remain
closed
the
following
day.
Barricades
and
wire
screens
will
be
erected
to
protect
the
windows
from
exuberant
crowds
on
the
Our
Invasion
casualties
were
light
because
there
were
no
blabber
mouths
to
tip
off
the
enemy.
Berlin
Broadcast
Says
Troops
Have
Evacuated
Rouen
ALLIED
SUPREME
HQ.,
Aug.
30
(CP)
American
armored
units
reached
Rheims
today
and
stormy
ed
across
the
Vesle
River.
Rheims
is
50
miles
south
of
Belgium
and
100
miles
from
the
German
border.
Meanwhile,
a
Berlin
broadcast
'admitted
the
ROBOTS
RESUME
OVER
ENGLAND
LONDON,
Aug.
30
(CP)
New
waves
of
Oeiman
flying
bombs
hurtled
against
Lon
don
and
Southern
England
during
the
night,
I
The
attacks
ended
a
lull
I
which
has
continued
for
two
successive
nights.
Jap
Communications
lonp
Siang
River
Being
Threatened
CHUNGKINO,
Aug.
30
Chi
nese
captured
Suchow
on
ine
Canton
-
Hankow
railway,
55
miles
north
of
the
enemy-held
bastion
of
Hengyang.
This
has
increased
the
Chi
nese
threat
to
Japanese
commu
nications,
along
the
vital
Slang
River.
The
Siang
River
is
the
main
In
an
attempt
to
smash
the
Chinese.
SNIPINO
THE
ENEMY
Taking
turns
at
potUng
the
enemy
arc
two
Canadian
Infantrymen-
R.
P.
Schwabe
of
Medicine
Hat
(flrlngi
and
S.
G.
Quick
of
Vancouver,
B.C.
They
are
behind
the
wall
of
an
old
French
barracks
which
the
Germans
turned
Into
a
fortress,
and
Is
now
occupied
by
Canadians.
Nazis
had
evacuated
Rouen
and
said
the
German
Seven
th'Army
is
now
on
the
eastern
bank
of
the
Seine
River
after
"disengaging
movements."
A
Berlin
commentator
said
Rouen,
toward
which
Canadians
have
been
advancing,
was
evacuated
after
destruction
of
all
military
establishments.
Allied
Supreme
Headquarters
said
Americans
who
had
crossed
the
Aisne
River
in
two
places
bad
driven
north
of
Chernliylndawies
Road
to
within
i
miles
of
Belgium,
threatening
to
outflank
the
German
Fifteenth
Army.
Germans
were
faced
with
&
new
pressure
on
the
west
end
of
the
Allied
line
by
a
British
drive
beyond
the
Seine
River.
Advance
elements
of
the
American
Third
Army
were
nearly
20
miles
northeast
of
Soissons
and
only
33
miles
from
Belgium.
Ross
Munro.
Canadian
Press
war
correspondent,
reported
Ontario
and
Maritime
Infantry
were
near
the
southeastern
out
skirts
of
Rouen
today,
after
season
at
Terrace,
this
SUDDlY
Une
IsrJananese
forces
1.'
,rft-H,.
'
.
mreung
Jot
:;nignwaysttii
Sa3'
informed
yesterday
after-1
The
enemy
met
stiff
resistance
captured
Boos,
four
miles
south-
smash
the
east
of
Rouen
and
on
the
main
TAKE
IT-OR
LEAVE
IT!
road
leading
into
Rouen.
NO
FOOLING
WITH
BULGARIA
Finland
Has
Sent
Message
to
Moscow
STOCKHOLM,
Aug.
30
The
Mannerhelm
government
of
Finland,
repeatedly
rumored
preparing
to
get
out
of
its
war
with
Russia,
has
sent
a
message
to
Moscow.
Details
of
the
message
have
not
ben
revealed.
TIMELY
LIBERATION
LONDON
Sqdn.
Ldr.
Philippe
Llvry,
DP.C.
and
Bar,
French
observer
in
the
R.A.F..
spent
his
leave
In
his
own
chateau
In
Normandy,
liberated
by
Gen.
Montgomery's
advancing
troops.
LONDON,
Aug.
30
O
A
proposal
for
an
armistice,
couched
in
take-lt-or
-leave-It
terms
probably
will
be
handed
to
Bulgarian
emissaries
within
the
next
few
days
and
under
present
plans
probably
will
be
signed
In
Cairo,
a
dispatch
from
Cairo
said
today.
Reports
Indicated
that
any
suggestion
of
"negotiations"
has
been
avoided
carefully.
Meanwhile
a
new
government
has
been
Installed
in
Hungary
In
an
apparent
German
attempt
to
restore
the
Nazis
last
defences
against
the
Russian
offensive
in
the
Balkans.
8th
Army
Again
Marches
Forward
ROME,
Aug.
30
05
Smashing
through
veteran
German
para-
blown
attack
on
the
Italian
front
in
recent
weeks,
British
and
Polish
forces
are
driving
Nazis
off
their
last
hill
positions
before
the
AdrlaUc
end
of
the
Gothic
line
and
are
within
IS
miles
of
the
Po
Valley
rim.
Heavy
fighting
was
reported
as
the
British
Eighth
Army
dislodged
parachutists
from
a
ridge
overlooking
the
Foglla
River.
Kiel
and
Bremen
Suffer
Poundings
LONDON,
Aug.
30
Of)
Large
formations
of
American
bombers
battered
the
continent
Wednesday,
bombing
the
German
ports
of
Kiel
and
Bremen.
Robot
platforms
In
Northern
France
also
were
pounded.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Portlockt
39,000,
15c
and
131'c,
Storage.