17
hO
The
Nazi
set
up
hew
r
A
i-Sur-Ome.
They
were
:I
4
j
f
wo
laas
capiurra
mu
n&i.
,1..
Left
to
right:
Ptc.
L.
B.
IU
I
It
L
Parker,
Ottawa.
rw
wi-;.
-.urir
gun
facing
the
enemy,
I
r
v
c;
'hi
way
to
the
front
Car
if
t
a----
ulung
the
road.
r
'3BLEM
OF
CANADIANS
IN
ITALY
-
View
t
of
the
Canadian
Army
on
a
Sacco
r
P
'.
i!
Italy
Pumps
arc
used
to
bring
the
anil
caavos
vats
Water
trurk.s
are
lined
Cl.
v
raUoiv
for
their
respective
units.
'T
BEHIND
By
NAZIS
IN
FRANCE
There
wasa
.
"
m
oj
equipment
left
behind
by
the
Germans
"I
13
:;ortrf.
in
iL.
..
.
.....
...
"
i
me
iNormanay
iignung.
women
s
!.:
'hlng.
probably
loot,
were
found
by
advan-Bappcr
J.
a.
Morreau,
Blind
River,
Ont.,
and
-
-X
Lowtr
Ridge,
N.B
sort
out
the
stuff.
on
the
Seine
River
south
of
Rouen.
Elements
of
six
German
divisions
itlll
west
of
the
Seine
are
confined
to
a
narrow
sector
bounced
by
Risle
and
Seine
Rivers
and
Canadian.
L1tUh
and
Americans
troops.
DIEPPErRAID
PAVKI)
ROAD
TO
INVASION
The
heavy
losses
of
Canadians
and
British
in
the
Dieppe
raid
two
years
ago
were
not
fruitless.
The
experience
of
Dieppe
paved
the
way
for
sue-
icesstul
invasion
of
the
contin-
i
ent
last
June.
Lt-Col
Edgar
L.
i
Morris.
XJS.
Army
intelligence
I
officer,
said
In
a
BBC
broadcast
"If
Allied
landings,
despite
terrific
enemy
opposition,
seemed
to
proceed
smoothly
according
plan,
then
it
was
because
there
had
been
a
Dieppe
two
years
ago."
he
said.
"We
had
determined
to'
go
onto
the
continent
this
time
for
'
keeps,
and
with
our
eyes
open
"
Hon.
T.
A.
Crerar
Unable
to
Attend
Highway
Opening
r.fforli
Being
Made
to
Have
Bands
eo
from
Here
(
Terrace
Sept,
4
'
Olof
Hanson.
MP,
wUl,reprc-,
sent-
the
Federal
Gpvernment
jjt
the
highway
opening
celebrations
at
Terrace.
September
4,
according
to
latest
word
receiv
ed
by
the
local
highway
committee
Both
Mines
and
Resources
Minister
T.
A.
Crerar
and
Pensions
Minister
Ian
Mae-
'
kenzle
will
be
unable
to
attend.
:
However,
a
senior
official
of
the
resources
department
will
be
present.
Hon.
H.
O.
Perry
will
represent
the
provincial
government
Lt
Col.
J.
H.
Horn,
general
staff.
Pacific
Command,
will
rcpii-sent
LtOcn.
O.
R.
Pearkf?
at
the
ceremony.
Two
delegates
from
Terrace.
Duncan
Kerr
and
J.
H.
Smith,
attended
the
meeUng
Thursday
j
night
and
took
part
in
the
discussion.
Cost
of
transportation
by
car
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Terrace
has
been
set
at
J6
per
passenger
on
the
recommendation
of
the
transportaUon
committee.
The
transportation
committee
also
recommended
that
prospective
guests
be
requested
to
get
their
seating
Uckets
early.
Cars
will
be
numbered
according
to
their
positions
In
the
procession.
The
caravan
will
leave
Prince
Rupert
at
8
ajn..
September
4.
The
committee
hopes
to
receive
some
concession
to
ease
the
gasoline
sltuaUon.
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
reported
he
had
discussed
ne
question
of
bands
with
Col.
D.
B.
Mar-tyh,
and
revealed
that
the
U.S.
Army
Band
and
Royal
Canadian
Navy
Band
would
like
to
go
to
Terrace
as
a
massed
band.
San
Diego
Thought
End
of
War
Had
Come
SAN
DIEGO,
Aug.
26
Em
ployees
of
a
San
Diego
department
store
thought
the
war
had
come
to
an
end
today.
A
siren
installed
In
the
store
to
be
sounded
when
peace
was
declared
developed
a
short
circuit
and
blared
forth.
Clerks
hurnea
customers
out
of
the
building
and
prevented
others
from
entering;.
Tears
rolled
down
the
cheeks
of
many
clerks
who
have
husbands
overseas.
Rumor
spread
widely
through
the
city.
German
Forces
Overwhelmed
Within
City
of
Bucharest
LONDON,
Aug,
26
(CP)
Rumania
declared
war
on
Germany
Friday
after
Nazis
bombers
raided
Bucharest,
radio
reports
said.
German
ground
troops
iwithin
Bucharest
were
overwhelmed
by
Rumanians.
The
new
government
called
upon
all
Rumanians
to
rise
and
fight
the
Germans.
MOSCOW,
Aug.
26
(GP)
Rumanian
troops
were
reported
turning
orj
the
Germans,
killing
and
taking
them
prisoners,
as
Russians
sped
through
the
Galata
Gap
today
toward
Bucharest
at
a
pace
which
should
carry
them
to
the
Rumanian
capital
by
Sunday
night
When
last
reported,
the
Russians
were
only
75
miles
from
Ploesti
oil
fields.
Two
Russian
Armies
Contact
In
Rumania
REPORT
VON
KLUGE
HAS
BEEN
KILLED
STOCKHOLM.
Aug.
2S
rifld
.Marshal
Gtn
Von
Kluge
has
htm
killed,
a
Stockholm
newspaper
said
today.
Von
Kluge
has
had
command
of
German
armies
in
tbr
Western
Front
since
early
July.
There
was
na
immediate
confirmation-!!!
i
ellbVr
Ax!i"oT"1
official
quarters
of
the
death
of
the
commander
of
the
German
Setenth
Army.
A
Hundred
Thousand
Germans
Have
Been
Killed
In
Six
Days
of
Campaign
jLONDON.-Aug.
26
r
Two
Russian
armies
Friday
contacted
in
a
head-on
dash
into
Rumania
and
were
slightly
more
than
100
miles
from
Bucharest,
Moscow
announced.
One
hundred
thousand
Nazis
hive
be
rnl
ed
utnee
th
r,
.
Ru
manian
campaign
began
six
day
ago
and
105,000
captured
on
the
Estonian
front
Russians
captured
Tartu
and
60
other
populated
places.
Bulletin
j
i
L
ALLIES
NEAR
TURIN
ROME
Allied
troops
in
southeastern
France
have
liberated
all
French
terriiory
south
of
the
cily
of
Avignon,
and
east
of
the
Rhone
river.
They
are
now
within
50
miles
of
the
Italian
industrial
centre
of
Turin.
ROYAL
SOX
BORN
I-ONION
A
son
was
born
today
to
the
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Glouchester.
The
child
Is
fifth
In
line
of
succession
to
the
throne.
The
Duke,
who
Is
the
King's
younger
brother,
Is
Governor
General
designate
of
Australia.
RUSS
ADMIT
ARMISTICE
MOSCOW
The
Russians
today
admitted
that
Rumania
had
arcepted
an
armistice
with
the
Soviet
Union
as
announced
several
days
ago
by
the
Rumanian
government.
RUMANIANS
KILL
NAZIS
MOSCOW
As
proof
that
the
Rumanians
have
re-entered
the
war
at
the
side
of
the
Allies,
Soviet
soldiers
witnessed
a
pitched
battle
between
Rumanian
and
German
troops
in
which
360
Germans
were
killed.
BOMB
OIL
CENTRES
LONDON
The
latest
Allied
aerial
offensive
against
Germany
went
into
its
third
day
when
nearly
1.000
planes
struck
out
at
oil
centres
throughout
the
Reich.
RETREAT
IN
ITALY
ROME
Germans
are
falling
back
slowly
in
the
upper
Tiber
River
and
(he
Arno
River
regions.
Allied
officers
report
the
enemy
is
putting
up
Utile
resistance.
EISENHOWER
WARNING
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
France
General
Elsenhower
has
issued
a
warning
to
civilians
of
the
French
province
of
Alsace-Lorraine
and
the
Duchy
,
of
Luxembourg
that
those
areas
are
in
the
immediate
rear
of
the
front
lines,
and
that
communications
there
will
be
subject
to
bombings
"as
severe
as
those
carried
out
in
the
Invasion
of
Normandy."
He
urged
them
to
shun
canals,
railways
and
communications
centres,
and
to
keep
strict
record
of
atrocities
committed
against
civilians
by
the
Germans.
STRIKE
IS
OVER
HALIFAX
The
Halifax
shipyard
strike
has
ended
and
the
workers
will
return
to
their
jobs
Monday.
The
decision
to
return
was
the
outcome"
of
a
meeting
of
representatives
of
workers,
employers
and
government
officials.
ALL-OUT
ASSAULT
CHERBOURG
The
port
of
Brest
is
the
object
today
of
an
all-out
assault
by
the
Allies.
H
has
been
under
siege
for
several
weeks.
BULGARIA
NEUTRAL
ROME
The
Bulgarian
government
is
reported
to-
have
informed
Germany
she
intends
to
observe
strict
neutrality
and
Is
asking
the
Reich
to
withdraw
Nail
troops.
TOULON
FALLS
ROME
All
German
resistance
at
the
French
naval
base
of
Toulon
has
ended,
according
to
official
reports
received
here.
HITLER
CALLS
MEETING
LONDON'
Reports
from
Cairo
state
Hitler
has
called
a
special
conference
of
political
and
military
leaders
at
his
Bavarian
Alps
retreat.
HELSINKI
RAIDS
HELSINKI
rolice
blocked
all
roads
leading
out
of
this
Finnish
capital
and
have
conducted
a
series
of
raids.
Reason
for
this
action
was
not
given.
Some
500
persons,
found
without
identification
cards,
are
being
questioned.
Tomorrows
Tides
She
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
High
7:21
14.9
fret
19:25
17.3
ieet
Low
0:55
12
feet
12:50
9.0
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXIII.
No.
201
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
SATURDAY,
AUGUST
26,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Allies
Are
Driving
Fast
On
200
Mile
Front;
Canadians
In
Whirlwind
Sweep
On
Rouen
Canadians
Expand
Their
Bridgehead
Over
Risle
River
l
WITH
CANADIANS
IN
FRANCE.
Aug
26
O-Cana-idlaru
and
British
under
U
-
Oen.
Crerar
have
expanded
the
bridgehead'
over
the
Risle
River
Friday.
They
spurted
eastward
10
to
!
20
miles
to
link
with
Americans
WEATHER
FORECAST
Light
to
moderate
winds.
Cloudy
during
morning
becom
ing;
partly
coludy
In
afternoon
with
not
much
change
in
tem
perature
today
and
Sunday.
Allies
Sink
Five
Japanese
Ships
ALLIED
HQ.
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
Aug.
26
Allied
planes
left
a
light
Japanese
cruiser
ablaze
and
sank
five
Japanese
medium
freighters
near
Celebes,
headquarters
announced
today.
MAJ.-GEN.
L.
F.
PAGE
DIES
AT
HALIFAX
HALIFAX,
Aug.
25
MaJ.-
Oen.
L.'
E.
Page,
60,
general
of
fleer
commander-in-chief
of
the
Atlantic
Command,
died
today
following
a
brief
illness.
Crash
of
Bomber
on
English
School
Has
Caused
Death
of
59
FRECKLETON.
Eng.
Aug.
26
Oi
Two
more
deaths
Friday
brought
to
59
deaths
the
toll
in
the
crash
of
an
American
Liberator
bomber
upon
a
school
house
Wednesday.
Thirty-seven
children
will
be
buried
today
in
one
grave.
C
L
A
IM
"
ANTON
ESCU
ASSASSINATED
BERNE.
Aug.
26
Q
Swiss-
Italian
border
dispatches
today
said
Marshal
Ion
Antonescu,
de
posed
Rumanian
premier,
was
:
assasstnatcQguTlrgeTrotnJ
that
placed
Rumania
in
the
Al
lied
camp.
Lieut.
T.
A.
Phelps
Killed
Overseas
Recorded
in
the
latest
Canadian
Army
casualty
list
as
killed
in
action
while
serving
overseas
is
Lieut
Thomas
Andrew
Phelps,
whose
wife.
Mrs.
Helen
M.
Phelps,
lives
In
Prince
Rupert.
Her
address
is
given
as
P.O.
Box
1583.
Lt.
Phelps
served
with
a
BC
regiment
CAPITULATION
COMPLETE
PARIS
Final
capitulation
of
the
German-raris
garrison
was
effected
last
night
at
6
o'clock
when
articles
were
signed
in
the
baggagemaster's
compartment
of
a
Taris
railway
station.
Gen.
de
Gaulle
b
reported
to
have
set
up
his
headquarters
in
the
city
and
more
Allied
troops
are
pouring
in.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
61
Minimum
54
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Ira
II,
38,000.
15c
and
13
c,
Booth.
Nazis
Donning
Civilian
Garb
To
Escape
Capture
ALLIED
SUPREME
HQ.,
Aug.
26
(CP)
Gen.
Eisenhower's
forces
drove
northward
and
eastward
on
a
200-mile
wide
front
toward
Germany
and
Belgium
today
on
the
heels
of
fleeing
Germans
trying
to
get
out
of
France.
The
Seine
River
had
been
crossed
in
half
a
dozen
places.
Canadians
in
a
whirlwind
advance
reached
the
Seine
and
were
closing
in
on
Rouen,
where
the
Germans
were
frantically
trying
to
cross
the
river
and
were
suffering
terrible
losses
under
a
storm
of
bombs
and
shells.
Cpl.
G.
L.
Twiss
Given
B.E.M.
for
Rescue
at
Rupert
For
rescuing
an
airman
trap
ped
in
a
flying
boat
which
crashed
and
later
burned
in
Prince
Rupert
harbor
In
April,
Cpl.
G.
L.
Twiss,
R.C-AJ".,
was
awarded
the
British
Empire
Meaai
in
me
rung
s
tunnaay
honors
list,
according
to
an
Air
Force
release
today.
CpL
Twiss,
crewman
on
a
crash
boat,
entered
the
wrecked
aircraft
Just
before
its
gasoline
load
caught
fire,
and
released
the
engineer
officer.
His
act
was
cited
as
"outstanding
In
that
the
rescue
was
carried
out
with
exceptional
coolness
in
the
face
QfangeotacaOTUne.
eTOlo.iig
si
on.
He
is
the
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
O.
Twiss,
Galiano
Island.
His
Russians,
however.
today!
wife
lives
in
Vancouver.
CpL
claimed
Antonescu
had
been
placed
under
arrest
at
Twiss
Was
posted
to
the
southern
part
of
the
province
in
May.
Flying
Officer
Jack
Lindsay
of
Prince
Rupert
a
crew
member,
received
Injuries
in
the
crash.
TAKE
YOUR
PICNIC
BASKET
TO
TERRACE
FOR
ROAD
OPENING
Prince
Rupert
residents
who
plan
to
attend
the
Sept
4
Skeena
Highway
opening
ceremonies
at
Terrace
are
advised
to
take
picnic
lunches
as
eating
accomodation
at
the
Interior
town
for
the
day
will
be
limited.
The
local
Prince
Rupert-IIaz-elton
Highway
committee
announced
that
on
the
official
"delegation
from
here
will
be
Mayor
H.
I.
Daggett,
city
aldermen,
and
two
delegates
each
from
Senior
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Junior
Chamber
of
Com-erce.
Trades
and
Labor
Council,
Prince
Rupert
Labor
Council
and
the
Canadian
Legion.
The
public
is
Invited
to
participate
but
must
arrange
their
own
transportation.
No
busses
or
trucks
will
be
permitted
on
the
highway
for
this
occasion,
however.
Senate
Appoints
Board
To
Sell
War
Materials
WASHINGTON.
Aug.
26
The
United
States
Senate
has
appointed
an
elght-mah
board
to
dispose
of
surplus
war
materials.
Money
realized
will
be
used
to
help
reduce
the
national
debt
U.S.
Forces
Take
Town
Near
Italian
Frontier
Ottawa
Not
Cancelling
Veterans'
Indebtedness
OTTAWA,
Aug.
265
Requests
of
the
Soldier
Settlement
Association
for
a
clear
title
to
veterans
land
and
that
the
$8,000.-C00
debt
of
First
Oreat
War
soldier
settlers
be
cancelled
have
been
turned
down
by
the
Dominion
government.
The
great
Improvement
In
the
agricultural
conditions
in
the
last
five
years
was
given
as
one
of
the
reasons
for
the
refusals.
Other
Units
Pushing
Toward
Nice
Another
Took
Rhone
Valley
Key
Centre
ROME,
Aug.
26
Wi
Americans
have
occupied
the
Alpine
town
of
Brlancon.
near
the
Italian
frontier.
-Other
forces
drove
Into
Avigon,
key
centre
in
the
Rhone
Valley.
At
the
eastern
coastal
end
of
the
invasion
front.
Allies
are
fighting
less
than
20
miles
from
the
Italian
frontier.
They
are
pushing
forward
on
Nice
from
Antlbes,
which
fell
Friday.
The
Allied
drive
north
toward
Pas-de-Calais
coast
coincided
with
a
lull
In
the
flying
bomb
attacks
on
London
and
South-em
England.
But
lt
is
not
known
whether
the
Germans
already
have
been
moving
their
launching
platforms
out
of
range
of
advancing
armies.
Allied
pilots
reported
the
Germans
had
taken
out
at
least
part
of
their
forces
from
the
rocket
coast
fortifications.
The
state
of
Nazi
disintegration
in
France
was
evidenced
In
a
report
of
an
Associated
Press
correspondent
who
said
that
confusion,
disorganization
and
panic
ruled
as
German
soldiers
sought
to
escape
In
civilian
clothes.
Gen.
Eisenhower
today
broadcast
an
oider
to
the
French
in
Alsace-Lorraine
telling
them
that
already
they
are
in
"rear
area
of
military
operations"
and
may
soon
be
in
the
theatre
of
war.
Field
dispatches
today
disclosed
the
Canadian
Fourth
Armored
Division
has
been
fighting
in
France
and
participated
In
an
attack
down
the
Caen-"al-
Reports
on
Charge
of
Alaska
Road
Wastage
WASHINGTON.
Aug.
26
Report
of
CoL
Pratt,
of
the
US.
army
service
corps,
who
investigated
charges
of
waste
of
United
States
material
on
the
Alaska
Highway,
has
been
made
public
He
said
only
those
suppplies
and
materials
no
longer
required
by
construction
camps
and
which
were
not
worth
returning
to
the
United
States
"had
been
dumped.
In
some
cases,
he
found,
serviceable
tires
had
not
been
removed
from
wrecked
vehicles.
This
matter
would
be
remedied.
Views
of
the
army
and
the
district
residents
as
to
what
was
salvaged
did
not
always
agree,
he
said.
In
future
every
effort
will
be
made
to
salvage
and
return
to
the
United
States
everything
worth
Quarter
Million
German
Prisoners
(NEW
YORK,
Aug.
26
C1
BBC
said
today
it
is
unofficially
stated
that
so
far
250,000
Ger
man
soldiers,
Including
11
gen
erals,
have
been
made
prisoners
of
war.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
TO
YOU
WHAM
ON
ITALIAN
FRONT,
Aug.
26
General
Heydrich,
commander
of
the
fanatical
First
Parachute
Division
that
defeated
Florence,
had
the
most
exciting
and
most
pleasant
birthday
party
of
his
life.
He
held
It
in
a
lovly
house
about
10
miles
behind
the
front.
He
and
his
fellow
officer?
were
having
a
grand
time
when
Dss
-ert
Alrforce
fighter
-
bombers
came
over
as
unexpected
guests
and
broke
up
the
party,
housts
and
everything
else.
Some
jdays
before
the
party
was
held,
details
of
all
the
arrangements
tot
lt
reached
forward
headquarters
of
a
certain
Eighth
Army
division.
The
Desert
Alrforce
was
Instantly
Informed
in
a
message
which
ran
as
follows:
"General
Heydrich
is
holding
a
blrthda
party.
The
dat,
July
29,
the
time,
8
pm.
The
company
of
the
Desert
Alrforce
Is
cordially
invited
and
it
is
hoped
tails
and
decorations
will
be
worn."
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!
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!
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