Attack Wake Island Go to Sea Abbott, minister of affairs, announced today nnn nf ha tntai rr :7 ikmi l-J r- l r l ....! I LIILII ItlJUIlL'lIlCUUl made up of non-volun a'snimcd that isomc of'the fii'niin inn rum -i mnpp ujiii only volunteers will v serve In the slxtv-mlD fleet whicli -will require nipmpm. nr i:irMn mpn. 1 . .... . aea as replacements, re and administrative .pcr- NH SALMON IS GOOD oannorv nnprAmrs in Vancouver with rep .( iudo r r inn ii 'i i. v (ThrvkH nf nn anri Pish a ana Aiuea worKt-rs to arrive at a mutually an n nrlnrt f nr ktk pvp rw J4 wwnvj before the opening of n inn nmthArn rttroru n rn oKcena ana waas rivers LflPrp io q hnavv WMIPPTl W 0 1IVU J wVWr PPe Vtnta fl ... itin MI1.1 tVU 4J u nsn nnn iv ppnrs are brlneine 11 cents a nrPcuAri inn ntna onnrc 4UUI1U, wee itupert arc onnging mm wv ecu to a yuuiiwi cond grade red salmon. a pouna nere. u V...D0 """; wj uesu west ".3i,ciiy winas increasing: fong northwesterly winds In exposed areas In a period '!, tl . . , "ic ttiiernoon. viuuay anu "n a lew ecaiweicu ers. LtGION SAT1SFIKII '"u.x The president oi Canadian Legion, Alex " aiu yesieraav in lAtw llht rn.j. i vyaiiauiaii bcrviiciiicii crv.. .. .,.... -"iax annua. ti'M r.iicii.n "'c renaDiuiaiion icgisia- i"Marea tor tncm. lie saia wuld recommend further n"'ts on his return to Can- Laurie waiKer oi accompanied by her niece, "y mnarp, arrived in me "i Tuesday night's train will Jng at thp M. Poote. Borden Street, says VA 00 broadcast, which has not been confln. 1 4Urviiir - " vu wit iui i; Lildll V Alaska Highway s Essential. OLYMPIA, June 21 -Presi dent Truman today said that he considered the Alaska Highway an essential post-war project which was 600 miles short of being completed. He Intended, he said, to revitalize the Alaska Highway Com mission. HOFFMEISTEK. ARRIVES VANCOUVER -a- "Major-Gen. Hoffmeister arrived in Van couver by plane at 1:45 this afternoon. He was met by civic and military officials as well as by. relatiycsj. States Army here, and aaugn-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Stein Dld rickson, 608 Fourth Avenue East. Her selection as Carnival Queen candidate Is believed to be the first to be made by any organization In the city. Proud of their choice ana bursting with Dlans to place her pn the coronation throne on the final nlcht of uic v;ivic oenuu carnival, the Junior Chamber rrrmmlttee olans to put on a campaign of publicity and ticket sales which will assure Miss Dldrickson of victory. I Consulted at her home after the committee had pondered solemnly on the choice of a candidate, Beatrice did not know what to make of the proposal at first but agreed to run aner her hastily-advanced protests failed to Impress the four committee members. Rom In Copenhagen. Den- maik on Jurte 12, 1926, Beatrice K. hfunette. slender, and of a warm vivacious personality. ,Shc came to Canada with her fam-iiv in 1929. coins: with them to Winnipeg where she received her schooling. She has lived In Prince Runert several years where her father is a partner In the Crawley and Didrlckson hnat works at Cow Bay. A tele phone switchboard operator iui the U.S. Army here, she has a host of friends throughout me city. .. t She has a younger brother, Stein, age 17, and a sister, Katy, 15 going to hign scnooi. Beatrice isn't sure that she wants to enter the bathing beauty contest which will be a new feature of the carnival this year, but the Junior Chamber committee hope she will agree to enter that, too. Members of the Junior Chamber carnival committee are Lloyd Morris, George Dlbb, Roger Bell, Edward Garner, Bruce Stevens and J. K. McLeod. ninf TTanxnn arrived in the ritv nn Tup.wiav nieht from Smithers and leaves tonight for Vancouver. j Vancouver Storm Kjw i anker Is Sinking Doubtful If Tanker Shellco Will Be Able to Make Tort After Being; Caught in Gale TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy of S. D. Johnston) VANCOUVER Bralornc 16.75 B.R. Consolidated .19 B.R.X -iovz Cariboo Quartz 2.70 tin Dentonla ""'2 Grull Wlhksne 18 Hedley Mascot 87 Minto 14 Pend Oreille 1-95 Pioneer 6.00 Premier Border .07 Vt Premier Gold L7u Privateer j 52 Pacific Eastern 00 Vz Heeves McDonald z Reno 09 Salmon Gold Taylor Bridge Sheen Creek 1-26 Whitewater 01 Vananda ' nils A.P. Consolidated MVi Calmont 2b C. and E 1'86 Foothills - I-40 Home 3Jm TORONTO Brattle MO Buffalo Canadian 32 consolidated Smelters .. 67.75 Giant Yellowknlfe 6.75 Kerr Addison 14-50 i.lttlc Lon2 Lac 1-85 ITardrock .Tl Madsen Red Lake 2.65 McLeod Cockshutt 3.05 Donalda I-75 Moneta '75 Pickle Crow - 3.80 Jollet Quebec -60 San Antonio 4.70 Sherrlt Gordon 72 Steep Rock 2.90 Senator Rouyn 77 Homer 37 Jacknlfe - - -30 Bobjo 18 God's Lake 54 Lynx i - 02 Unlisted J Jensen ..j 7 8 Lasalle ..! 27 31 Mate 17 20 Reglna 9 10 Sunbear 11 13 Kamlac 39 42 J BRlMS PROVINCIAL COLUMBIAN NEWSPAPER day's Temperature NORTHERN AND C: Tomorrous Tide emperatures fr the Prince (Pacific Btndrd Time) ictrirt for todav read: Friday, June 22, 195 laxlmum 56 Iflgh 11:41 16.7 fft linlmum 47 23:20 19.8 feet Low . 5:36 5.7 feet 17:20 8.4 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 144. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1045 PRICE FIVE CENTS smrsOKNAWA BATTLE tNUb Ufa Hit . irnin y-. v. VinvA hlh trip nnrf.h Himnci --f T ? dropped 200 tons of bombs on harbor installations k JLlJtVlvut ' www httvVt'lAll IJLli UlVlLt,U iiiuj uii ..w wvuuw uuiwit w t i ui xvdii, rum - t .anainsr un nurnuo 'II LUC i V V UllVi JU Ail UU1 IIL'U. L11CV lliiVK I t tVin ni-i 1 1 rn t)ii n tl tin.. . A 1 1 1 . i 1 ti t aiu ui nw vwv- wtuiiw ua v aica. xiiicu iLiiciaib iiiivi; uo attacks on the oil centre of Ballkapan and Japanese rasis uic Miuwuiu mci easing concern udoul tne nossi of an invasion move in that part of Borneo. Abandon Luzon - Unnrlnnlnn 4ViaIh 1m- 'Lt 111-. 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 -1 1 anff insni oeiore me American anvanrp. I I 111 1L1 L11C A U11U L1L. UL1L11UL1H il U Llir Illl.lT 111 I IrM I I V .III II I W if if m mmm w lunteers Xot Yet Fully Met, . . . . , i . JAP TARGETS . RE PICKED 'Jed Planes Reconnoitre Nip islands in Preparation For Bombing and Possible Invasion SAN FRANCISCO, June 21 0) Tokyo radio reported today that southern Japan was scouted for two hours today by 56 assorted aircraft gathering data for further bombing attacks. Report of strange reconnoiter-lng expeditions over most of Kvui.hu Island and the southern jtip of Honshu came at the end of a series of Tokyo broadcasts! telling of American carrier i strikes, Invasion preparations,' I super! ort successes and Okinawa fiffhtlntr I SCENES IN BATTLE 1 ttd FnnHT with LEATHERNECKS ON OKINAWA ISLEHere Is front-line action on a ridge 21Thc ! about two miles north of Naha, capital city of O clnawa, as U, S. marines battle strong enemy VANCOUVER June z V1C ' forces, f. -rh. ine tiht hprp nere went ,pnh nn on for xur 48 hours before uci the - Jap position was taken. Shells are 75.fn..t ShMt Oil Co.'s tanker ngni Shellco was sinking early this afternoon off Point Grey just outside Vancouver Island. She developed a leak during; a sudden gale in the Gulf of Georgia and started to go down. Her fuel cargo was dumped oveiboard as naval vessels and tugs endeavoured to tow her into port. Her stern was down and decks awash and it was considered doubtful whether she could make port. Other tugs are also reported in trouble in the storm just outside Vancouver harbor. JUNIOR CHAMBER SELECTS BEATRICE DIDRICKSON AS QUEEN CANDIDATE With all forecasts pointing toward a season of irlamour- arain this summer, members ot tne uarni- va OiiPRii committee ot tne rnnce nunert juiuur Chamber of Commerce piloted tne trend last nigni-bv selecting their candidate for the royal throne at the Civic Centre carnival to ne neid August o iu u. she Is 19-vear-old Beatrice! Dldrickson, petite telephone exchange operator for the United bursting In the background as the Leathernecks pour rifle fire Into the Jap position. n.TTM rrtvvr trades BLOWS WITH JAPS IN OKINAWA--On the slope of a hill on Okinawa, a marine gun crew has placed its 37 mm. weapon to trade blows with Japanese pillboxes across the way. Marines of the 6th Division repulsed an enemy counter attack as they pushed forward through the rubbled and mined s'treets-of the capital city of Naha. BLUE CROSS DESIRES TO COME HERE The Associated Hospital Ser vices of British Columbia, a group prepaid hospitalization as- sciiatlon knewn as im mus SultetiHA ' I K (rint tn l-riflnv t u- ikANvJ nf ri rritnre nr ai i itimi: i t ! - j w be taken directly to the General Hos-' the Prince Rupert c.vinff ennncnrnhln from Colireum at the Canadian Na- jia.i ov-kn0 f the losal hospital such as it en- joys with the Vancouver General ( Hospital ana several oiner nu-pltals on Vancouver Island and' the Lower Mainland. The Assccl-1 atlon operates a simple hospital- j ization insurance scheme where-1 under there are regular fees' which entitle members to hos-' pital treatment If required. The hospitals receive tneir reguian rates and are not required to accept patients of the Association beyond tne umit oi tneir capa-1 city. I The matter was reierrea to ine , executive committee. . , rOLES SENTENCED MOSCOW The commander of the Polish Home Army, Major General Bionislaw Oku-licki, has been sentenced to serve a ten-year term for alleged Fifth Column activities behind Red Army lines. In all, twelve of the sixteen Poles accused of subversive actions against the Russians have been found guilty. ' LAC Peter Brass is leaving' tonight for Vancouver on his way bac kto Tofino, Vancouver Island, after spending the last two weeks visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Brass, Sixth Avenue West. EDITORIAL HELPMATE All of Mark Twain's manuscripts were edited by his wife TORONTO GRI'.ETS AIRMEN TORONTO When relurnini: servicemen arrive in their home town they want to sec their relatives waiting- to greet them. 1200 R.C.A.FH personnel tional Exhibition grounds, Instead of to the station. The Coliseum will accommodate 10,000 people. CABINET TO CARRY ON OTTAWA The date of Canada's 20lh Parliament opening; set for August 23, Trimc Minister Mackenzie King has outlined the Immediate post-election program of his government. Mr. King; says that his cabinet is to carry on for the time being; as it is organized at present. He also fays that a Domlnion-I'rovinrial conference is set to meet on August 6 for a preliminary session. NAZI FIFTH COLUMN WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate committee has disclosed that a Nazi fifth column plans to function through world industry. Secret German documents are said to have been obtained showing; how the Nazis intend to hide out In strategic industries while plotting- a third attempt at world conquest. INVESTIGATE RACKETS MONTREAL Rackets in Montreal are being investijat-ed by specially chosen officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in an' effort to safeguard the rehabilitation grants made to ex-servicemen. All of the R.CJVI.P. officers carrying out the investigations are themselves war veterans. 1 1 UN G A K I AN 1 N 0 KM N I T IES MOSCOW The Soviets have announced that Hungary has signed an agreement to ,pay war indemnities to Russia amounting- to $200,000,000. The payments will be made in machinery, vessels, grain and cattle. i FRANCO "BROTHERLY" MADRID The Spanish chieftain, General Franco, asserted that Spain wants to fester the rpirit of brotherly harmony among- Spanish-speaking; nations. He declared that Spain b misunderstood abroad, while admitting "we cannot be called leftist or ccntreist," AIRPLANE-TRUCK COLLIDE KINGSTON, Ont-A low-flying- airplane collided with an army truck on the highway between Ganonoque and Brorkvillc yesterday. Two men were killed. One was an airman from No. 11 S.F.T.S. at Colins Bay, near Kingston, Ont., and the other was an army officer from Barrieficld. NEW COMMANDER NEEDED Strategic Island Taken by Yanks After Hard Fight All Organized Resistance of Enemy Ends Japanese Have Admitted It As Turning Point in Pacific War GUAM. June 21 (CI) End of the Okinawa campaign was announced today by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 82 days after American soldiers invaded the island which is 325 miles south of Japan. A special communique announced successful com-pJction(of the canipaign in which riibr than 00,000 enemy: troops were killed or captured. jll Organized cnem, resistance has ceased and Japanese garrisons in two small pockets are being mopped up. Tokyo has admitted that the loss of Okinawa would be the turning point in the war in the Pacific. FIGHTING INFLATION ire Necessary Now Than er, Local Council Hears of local organizations who co- Poles Arc Sentenced Terms of Up to feu years Imposed By Moscow Cou.t oI; The urgent Importance , strictly adhering to anU - In- MOSCOW, June 21 Twelve ot flatlonary measures In the crl- sixteen Polish leaders, accused tical post-war economic period of antl-Sovlct activities, were was emphasized by Mrs. An- found guilty and sentenced' to drew Thompson, chairman ol. terms of Imprisonment up to the Prince Rupert consumers' ten years. General Bronlslaw sub-committee of the Wartime Okullckl received ten years and Prices and Trade Board, who vice-Premier Jan Jancowski, reported to the committee at eight years. Three of the ac-a recent meeting on her at- cused were acquitted and one tendance at a reeionai corner- t vpt. in hp tried. Thp .nneuflipr,' ciih.(nmmlHftftl 1? comprised of representatives PARLIAMENT TO Wartime Prices and Trade Board Mrrl A Mill l I IS with a view to promoting far, lTILL 1 HUvMVl LJ ?nd V!1 admlnistra.t4a Id tAWA ,np - . ft iune wun jocai conditions. . ?i .- r I Mrs. Thompson told how. at session oi me new nruunroi the Vancouver conference. W.B;. lonowing ine eiecuon wui com-nnui-pv wni-Hmp Prip nnri mence August 23, Prime Minister Trade Board head for British W. L. Mackenzie King jounced Columbia, had given great credit 'last n,&nt- A Uomlnion-proyln-i to women for their co-operation ciai comcicuue wuh which had greatly contributed , to tne success of the Board ini its fight against inflation. Mr. Dowrey had warned against any-1 thing In the way of relaxation! at this time. Mrs. Irene Gougeon, national supervisor of the conservation program, had congratulated' British Columbia women In lead-1 lng the way In the financing of "remake" centres. There -were nqV; 183, such "remake" centres In Canada with 53 paid super visors and 140 volunteer lnstruc-: tors. Last year 300,000 garments , had been made over in these centres. Underwear shortage had been to a great extent relieved by this means. The continued Importance of the "remake" centres was emphasized In view of the probability of an even greater shortage of tex tiles. Halibut Sales American (15c and 13!2c Omaney. 53,000. Storage. Thor, 45,000, Atlin and Booth. Canadian (18ic and 16!2c) Chief Skugate. 60,000. Kaare IL, 47,000, Co-op. NEW BRIDGE ENGINEER ON CAN. NATIONAL WINNIPECi, June 21 Harry S. Rlmmlngton, who has been In .the engineering department of the McKenzle and Mann Com- The possibility of opening- a pany, the Canadian Northern "remake" centre in Pilnce Ru- jand Canadian National Railways pert was canvassed and will i since 1907, has been appointed be further considered at the bridge engineer for the western next meeting-. region, Canadian National Rail- Shortages must be accepted ways' according to W. C. Owens, as part or the war effort, it Kcuciiu hiis u. W1C w...-was pointed out, and anything Pany. Mr. Rlmmlngton succeeds VV. Walkden who retired recent-overbuying In the way of overstocking or should be dlacour- under the pension rules of aged so there might be fair dis-. l"e company, trlbutlon for all. Mr- Rlmmlngton started rail- Due to European needs, It was way wrk r(man Win' likely there would be a meat 'PeS 'In 1907 and later became shortage here, the meeting draughtsman. For several years heard. Poultry and fish were he carried on this work with avaiiahip nnri pnnid ho nspri as the Canadian Northern and Mc- substltutes for meat. POTATOES ARE "MUST" " STRATFORD, Onl It looks as if potatoes are listed as a "must" for banquets given to returned servicemen. Officials of the Stratford, Ont., district Canadian Legion have postponed a banquet planned for the returned vetere.ns because of the shortage. It will be held In September when officials expect the tubers to be more plentiful. , Kcnzle and Mann Inc. In, 1912 The world's sugar supply was ne ,was P"101 J aiBnin5 not good and would not Improve engineer and remained at this this .work until 1932 when he was year. Hart hu'ttpr not. horn rat.innpd. appointed assistant engineer. He OTTAWA An announcement lhc prjco wouiti jyp jumped to lleld tills position until his re-will probably be made in a few a pouncii u was ic ,cent appointment as bridge en- days to reveal the successor to j Air Vice-Marshal "Black Mike" McEwen who has failed to make the necessary gfrade on the eve of taking- over command of the Canadian Air Force Pacific squadrons. ' SERVICEMEN WELCOMED HALIFAX This east Canadian pert welcomed back more than 8,000 servicemen last night. In the group was the First Canadian Parachute Battalion. There were also 3,100 airmen from the R.C.A.F. No. G overseas bomber group and 450 Canadian sailors. The supply of rice was also B"cr n uc wbkiii limited. I 1 LOCAL PEOPLE INVITED TO KETCHIKAN Mayor Daggett has received an Invitation for himself and the citizens of Prince Rupert I to attend July 4 celebrations at Ketchikan. The InvltaUon cornea from Harry T. Cowan, chairman of Ketchikan's July 4 committee, and offers an abundance of entertainment ,at their "grlorloua celebration and events." 1 . ';hi .