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10,
1945
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Labor
Fed-
ration
candidate,
who
filed
last
However,
Thomas
B.
Black.
v,
had
elven
unofficial
in-
rntion
of
contesting
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,lntlr,n
Mr
Tllnrlf
fa-n
hniirs
after
tr
Casey
naa
presemca
ius
at
In
o'clock.
Nominations
ciosea
at
o'clock
this
afternoon.
The
candidates
are
seeking
wtinn
to
the
seat
from
which
ormcr
Aiuti
as
disqualified
two
weeKS
ago.
The
election
will
taice
place
He
t
the
City
Hall
on
July
12.
Mr,
Casey,
who
Is
running
on
n
indcDendent
ticket,
which,
he
,
is
aimed
aealnst
"factlon-
An1
HlopArH
rand
Inr
u
..-(tni
r.itv
"
urns
nnm
naiea
dv
William
J,
McCutcheon
and
seconded
by
William
Oarllck.
'Mr,
Black,
who
Is
supported
nv
me
won-rarutaii
iumkwmuii.
.
.
.
w
ir
,
U
HflDcn
Mcrvay
ana
a-uuuuiu.w
Alexander
MacKenzie.
Mr.
Black
is
a
superintendent
for
the
Northern
B.C
Power
Company.
BORNEO
NOW
'
HAVING
LULL
of
of
MANILA,
July
9
There
has
at
been
a
lull
In
the
fighting
In
southeast
Borneo.
The
Australians
have
secured
all
of
their
objectives
around
Ballkpapan,
Including
cncupatlpn-
of
the
big
oil
port
Itself
and
the
seizure
of
the
dnly
two
arrslrlpflifthej-rf1''
?ion.
it
ront
enspatcnes
say
jnat
one
column
of
the
Aussics
Is
driving
inland
toward
the
only
;najur
on
wens
in
me
region
still
held
by
the
Japanese.
Allied
naval
vessels
are
still
flinging
shells
Into
Borneo.
UAkiv
r
Aiiiirir
I
"An
I
UWULIYJ
OH
GREAT
SHIPS
HALIFAX.
Julv
9
O)
Steam-
ing
over
the
Atlantic
today
are
wo
giant
pre
war
luxury
liners
winging
home
16,350
Canadian
fighting
men.
The
ships
are
the
He
de
France
and
the
Queen
Mary,
The
He
de
France
docks
In
utiuax
on
Saturday.
me
Oueen
Marv
nrrlvns
In
New
York
on
Wednesday.
Ihere
arc
737
veterans
for
British
Columbia
among
the
.6195
Canadians
arriving
on
the
Queen
Mary.
EXCHANGE
OF
NATIONALITY
MOSCOW,
July
9
t
11
has
wen
announced
that
Russia
and
wiand
have
signed
an
agreement
permitting
the
exchange
"
nationality
and
residence
by
nuzens
of
either
country.
The
Jjrecment
opens
the
way
for
the
return
to
Poland
of
many
persons
now
living
In
the
Soviet
union.
According
to
the
new
Pt,
all
Poles
and
Polish
Jews
ho
were
citizens
of
Russia
be-wre
September
17,
1939,
are
v
fn
P"mlsslon
to
abandon
Soto
citizenship
and
settle
In
lsh
territory
Pr
vate
widar
Sandhals,
son
Mr
and
Mrs.
J.
Sandhals
of
"age
Cove,
and
brother
of
Mrs.
yrne,
jr.,
of
this
city,
frnm
on
the
Catala
yesterday
He
was
with
the
,
a.8c
Highlanders
and
"as
a
prlsonei.
of
ww
Jn
0cr
..jr.
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nomination
papers
ml
mum.
Truman
Is
On
His
Way
United
Stales
Chief
Executive
Leaves
Washington
For
.
Ilig
Three
Meeting
WASHINGTON,
July
9
0
It
announced
that
President
Truman
is
on
hLs
way
to
the
Big
Three
meeting
In
Europe
to
help
the
formulation
of
another
International
plan.
Radio
commentator
Drew
Pearson
last
night
reported
that
the
presl
dent
left
Washington
for
his
meeting
with
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
Premier
Stalin.
sailed
Saturday
night
from
Norfolk
with
Secretary
of
State
James
Byrnes
and
large
official
party.
RACE
FOR
SPAWNING
Chief
McKay
Tells
of
Phenomenon
Among
Salmon
This
Year
Cohoes,
pinks
and
chums
have
already
joined
the
sockeye
In
a
race
to
the
rivers
and
streams
which
are
the
spawning
grounds
.the
salmon
and
this
Is
a
sign
a
bumper
run,
says
Chief
Mark
McKay
of
Kitselas,
who
Is
Port
Edward
cannery
for
the
summer.
Normally
the
sociceye
come
first,
then
the
cohoes.
pinks
and
chums,
but
this
year
they
seem
to
be
coming
auo
cether
as
thev
do
once
In
a
while.
"Chlir7MCKay
Tallln3rat'
the.
Dallv
News
office
today,
said
there
is
a
heavy
run
of
sockeye,
one
friend
of
his
from
Port
Simpson
getting
1,000
pounds
a
day.
Succeeded
In
Stunt
"lied"
Hill
Runs
Niagara
Rapids,
Tolicc
Order
Notwithstanding
NIAGARA
FALLS,
Ont..
July
9
(CI1)
Dare-devil
William
"Red"
Hill
today
nuises
a
severely
injured
and
bruised
left
arm
as
the
memento
of
his
two-hour
ride
in
a
barrel
yes-terday
through
the
rapids
of
the
Niagara
River.
Hill
took
the
lidc
to
raise
funds
for
a
double
memorial
to
his
father
consisting
of
a
permanent
memorial
and
mobile
life
saving
equipment
to
carry
out
rescue
work
in
the
river.
He
used
the
same
750-pound
bar
rel
in
which,
his
father
had
run
the
rapids
in
1910,
1930
and
1931.
One
hundred
thousand
nrnnle
lined
the
shores
of
Niagara
River
to
see
the
32-jear-old
Hill
accomplish
the
feat
in
defiance
of
a
police
notification
that
he
should
not
attempt
the
stunt
withou
a
permi.
The
police
were
waiting
at
Maid
of
the
Mist
Landing,
where
he
had
intended
to
start,
so,
instead,
he
climbed
into
the
barrel
fuither
downstream
at
the
whirlpool
bridge.
Twice
during
the
run
he
opened
the
hatch
of
the
bariel
and
waved.
Once
a
boat
came
alongside
and
pumped
water
out
of
it.
The
seven-mile
ride
through
the
rapids
to
Queenston
dock
took
two
hours.
Hill
may
be
arrested
on
an
attempted
suicide
charge,
it
was
suggested,
War
News
Highlights
Mre
Jap
Resistance
UAM
The.
hard-pressed
Japanese
are
beginning
to
put
ud
p
more
resistance,
both
over
their
battered
homeland
and
J
"vaded
Borneo
in
the
southwest
Pacific.
Two
Island-based
targetsSS
met
opposltlon
wnen
they
sWCPl
over
homeland
JPanese
Vessels
Sunk
ra
nyAM-u's-
navy
and
marine
aircraft
from
Okinawa
Tianf
0ver
JaPan's
home
waters
In
strikes
that
sank
or
imaged
M
enemy
coastal
vessels.
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ARMY
FIGHTING
FIRES
The
Canadian
Army
from
Camp
Nanaimo
is
moving
to
help
out
the
grimy,
dog-tired
hundreds
of,
fire
fighters
on
Vancouver
Island
who
have
been
fighting
four
uncontrolled
I
blazes
near
Lidysmith,
Cow-
'
khan
Lake
and
just
south
of
Nanaimo.
AUSTRALIANS
ADVANCE
Fanning
out
in
all
direc
tions
from
their
beachhead,
A,ustta!ian
troops
have
now
advanced
six
miles
beyond
Balik-papan
in
their
latest
invasion
of
Borneo
which
is
proceeding
fatisfactorily.
JAP
BOMBING
KEPT
UP
Six
hundred
IJ-29's
again
dropped
thousands
of
tons
of
bombs
on
the
main
Japanese
island
Sunday
in
the
thirty-third
consecutive
day
of
attack.
Refugees
in
the
thousands
were
seen
leaving
Tokyo.
RUSSIA
AND
GERMANY
Soviet
Russia
has
assured
the
western
Allies
that
no
attempt
will
be
made
to
coin-munize
Germany,
no
matter
how
long
the
Red
occupational
armies
may
have
to
remain
in
Germany.
WHEAT
TO
GERMANY
The
first
shipment
of
Canadian
wheat
to
Germany
was
made
Saturday
when
the
steamer
Sam
Hope
sailed
with
one-third
of
a
million
bushels.
It
was
the
first
ship
to
sail
direct
from
Canada
to
Germany
in
six
years.
YOUNG
AMERY
ACCUSED
John
A
m
cry,
son
of
Rt.
Hon.
L.
M.
C.
S.
Amery,
has
been
teturned
to
England
to
fare
trial
on
charges
of
making
pro-Nazi
broadcasts
in
Italy.
ODESSA
IS
GRATEFUL
Great
Black
Sea
Port
Now
Handles
Pre-War
Volume
Of
Cargo
LONDON,
July
9
W
The
great
seaport
of
Odessa,
on
the
Black
Sea,
now
handles
as
much
cargo
as
before
the
war,
writes
Peter
Shari,
a
native
of
the
city.
Odessa
was
freed
from
German-Romanian
bccupatlon
April
10,
1944,
after
30
months
of
bond
age.
Sharl,
in
a
story
entitled
"In
Vancouver's
Adopted
City,"1
distributed
by
Soviet
News,
writes
that
"knowing
hqjv
vitally
important
the
harbor
Is
to
the
city,
the
Germans
.
and
Romanians
took
particular
care
to
reduce
It
to
ruins."
Much
prepress
has
been
made
In
the
past
year,
however.
"The
harbor
lives
today.
Ships
sailing
in
from
British
and
American
ports,
unload
and
load
cargo
at
its
moorings.
.
.
.
The
harbor
is
being
both
reconstructed
and
expanded.
In
the
very
near
future
it
will
be
possible
for
such
ocean
liners
as
the
Normandle
to
anchor
here
.
.
.
projects
for
hotels,
restaurants,
concert
halls
and
various
recreation
places
are
being
drawn
up.
.
.
."
Reconstruction
o
f
Odessa's
shipyards
is
also
in
progress.
Sharl
reports
that
news
of
a
contribution
of
$50,000
from
the
Vancouver
Canadian
Friendship
Council
to
the
Odessa
fund
was
met
with
great
rejoicing.
Halibut
Sales
American
(15c
and
132c)
Mltkof,
.62.000,
Atlln.
Pacific,
58,000,
Storage.
Canadian
(183,4C
and
16'.'2c)
Kaare
II,
54,000,
Co-op.
Zapora,
55,000,
Atlln.'
Embla
(Black
Cod)
20,000,
Atlin.
Gony
(Black
Cod)
19,000,
Co-op.
Capt.
and
Mrs.
Earl
Norrls
arrived
In
the
city
today
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
from
Victoria
for
a
visit
with
Mrs.
Norrls'
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
H.
McL'eod.
Capt.
Norrls
Is
on
a
month's
leave
from
his
duties
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Artillery
near
Victoria.
DOOLITTLE
RAID
Trie
.first
bembs
that
.'ever
fell
upon
Japan
in
2,600
years
of
its
history
were
dropped
In
the
famed
Jimmy
Doolittle
raid
four
months
and
11
days
after
Pearl
Harbor.
DUTCH
NAZIS
AND
S.S.
MEN
R'OUNDED
UP
BY
PATRIOTS-
walked
Into
Holland,
Dutch
Nazis,
and
S.S.
men
are
rounded
up
movement.
They
have
waited
long
for
this
dayl
,
PIONEER
WOMAN,
MRS.
L.ESSEN,
PASSES
AWAY
One
of
Prince
Rupert's
pion
eer
women,
Mrs.
Lisa
B.
Essen,
passed
away
at
her
home
at
539
Eighth
Avenue
-West
Saturday
night
at
the
age
of
69.
Born
in
Sweden,
Mrs.
Essen
had
been
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
since
1903.
Mrs.
Essen
came
to
Canada
as
,
as
young
rnarrjedwornanin
J
02,
living
with
her
husband
at
Winnipeg,
befcl-c
they
moved
to
Prince
Rupert
six
years
later.
Formerly
a
fisherman,
Mr.
Essen
retired
several
years
ago.
A
popular
woman
in
the
corn-community,
Mrs.
Essen
was
a
member
of
Valhalla
Lodge.
Surviving
are
her
husband,
Victor
J.
Essen,
a
son,
Helge,
both
o'f
Prince
Rupert,
and
three
daughters,
Mrs.
Ina
Chrlsten-scn,
of
Prince
Rupert,
Mrs.
Torn
Dybhavn,
of
Vancouver,
and
Mrs.
II.
P.
Barringer,
with
the
U.S.
Army
Nursing
Corps,
overseas.
LOCAL
RESERVISTS
ENJOYING
CAMP
AT
NANAIMO;
"AT
HOME"
IS
HELD
NANAIMO,
July
9
Reservists
from
Prince
Rupert,
New
Westminster
and
Victoria,
wjio
are
in
annual
training
camp
at
Camp
Nanaimo,
were
rtat
home"
to
their
friends
yesterday
and
the
camp
was
the
gathering
point
of
many
visitors.
The
blistering
ii
i
.
i
i
-
;
i
l
l.
warm
weacner
wnicn
nas
the
arrival
of
the
personnel
of
the
Canadian
Scottish,
Westminster
Relgment
.
and
Prince
Rupert
Regiment
continued
for
the
reception
day.
In
the
morning
there
was
a
mass
divine
service
on
the
parade
ground.
The
regiment
got
settled
down
In
camp
last
Monday
after
an
enjoyable
trip
down
the
coast
to
Vancouver
aboard
the
steamer
Cardena.
Sunday
was
a
particu-
larly
lovely
day
when
all
ranks
were
able
to
take
full
enjoyment
of
the
grand
scenery
and
bracing
sea
breezes.
There
were
no
untoward
Incidents
enroute
although
no
less
a
personage
than
the.
Officer
Commanding
and'
one'
of
the
men
almost
got
left
behind
at
Alert
Bay.
They
had
gone
up
to
the
hospital
so
that
the
man
might
receive
attention
for
a
slight
eye
Injury.
About
to
pull
his.
shjp
away
from
the
dock
to
make
way
for
the
Princess
Adelaide
which
was
waiting
to
dock,
Capt.
Boden
did
not
know
that
all
were
not
aboard
the
Cardena.
When
It
was
reported
to
the
skipper
that
two
of
his
passengers
were
missing,
the
air
was
"nautical"
for
a
few
minutes
but
Fisheries
Supervisor
D.
S.
Cameron
(formerly
of
Prince
Rupert)
rushed
to
the
hospital
to
fetch
Major
Toombs
and
the
casualty.
There
were
sighs
of
relief,
the1
captain
smiled
again
and
the
Cardena
was
off.
,
On
the
way
down
the
coast
some
of
the
boys
suffered
with
mal-de-mer
which
overcame
Three
Warships
Are
Launched
On
Atlantic
Coast
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
9
The
launching
of
three
new
war
-
shins
for
the
United
States
NaVy
took
place
yesterday
in
Eastern
United
States
ports.
CHINESE
MAKE
FURTHER
GAINS
CHUNGKING,
July
9
(CP)
It
has
been
announced
in
Chung-
fkYftfr
that-Chinese-troops'
nave
made
further
gains
along
the
railroad
and
highway
leading
to
the
former
air
base
of
Kweilin.
The
Chinese
high
command
says
that
Chinese
forces
pushing
along
the
Hunan-Kwansi
railroad
have
captured
a
point
six
miles,
from
Lojung,
20
miles
northeast
of
Lluchow.
A
sister,
Mrs.
Hans
Hansen,
lives
at
Ajo,
Arizona.
Funeral
services
will
be
held
from
Grcnville
Court
Chapel
of
B.C.
Undertakers
on
Thursday
afternoon.
pruvuuuu
nuiu
uvci
suitu
them
as
they
were
doing
justice
to
a
splendid
meal
On
the
Saturday
night
there
vias
an
Impromptu.
sing-Kong
aboard
ship.
On
Sunday
there
were
services
morning
and
eve
ning,
the
officers
and
men
gathering
around
the
piano
in
i
the
after
saloon
with
Sergeant
I
Lien
playing
for
the
singing
of
the
favorite
hymns.
Arriving
In
Vancouver,
all
ranks
were
given
an
hour's
leave
during
which
time
quite
a
few
Prince
Rupert
people
were
met.
The
Princess
Elaine,
aboard
which
the
last
lap
of
the
trip
was
made,
was
rather
crowded
but
the
weather
was
par
excel
lencc.
Bill
Manson,
formerly
an
officer
of
the
regiment
at
Prince
Rupert,
hailed
his
former
!
regimental
friends
as
he
board
ed
the
Elaine
at
Nanaimo
for
the
return
trip
to
Vancouver,
Camp
Nanaimo
is
in
a
beautiful
location
on
high
ground
just
north
of
the
city
and
overlooking
the
Gulf
of
Georgia.
Capt.
Phil
Lyons
of
Prince
Rupert,
who
was
assigned
to
the
camp
as
Bofors
Instructor
at
Gordon
Head
last,
summer,
has
been
back
(ln
this
year's
camp
here.
The
unit
is
now
started
on
the
second
week
of
camp
which
will
break
up
this
Friday
after
a
general
Inspection
and
sports
day.
The
personnel
will
start
mov-
ing
northward
commencing
with
i
the
Catala
from
Vancouver
Frl
day
night.
Five
years
after
th,c
Germans
by
the
resolute
underground
No
Let-Up
In
Bombs
on
Japan
SAN
FRANCISCO,
July
9
D
Tokyo
radio
says
that
about
150
American
Mustang
fighter
planes,
shepherded
by
three
Su-
perforts
have,
attacked
a
1
r
-
fields
In
the
Tokyo
area.
The
unconfirmed
enemy
(broadcast
Eays
that
the
raids
took
place
on
Sunday,
Japanese
Time.
Ac
cording
to
the
Tokyo
radio,
two
groups
of
the
raiders
shot
up
airfields
and
other
military
In
stallations
north
of
the
Japan
esc
capital.
A
third
group
Is
said.taJveJashedat-Wuleld?J3t
between
Tokyo
and
Yokohama,
Allied
headquarters
has
announced
that
Mustang
fighters
of
the
Fifth!
Air
force
now
based
on
Okinawa
yesterday
carried
out
a
number
of
sweeps
over
the
enemy
home
Island
of
Kyushu.
Four
enemy
planes
definitely
were
destroyed
during
these
forays
and
two
others
are
listed
as
probables.
Air
force
headquarters
on
Guam
has
announced
that
not
a
single
Superfort
was
lost
in
the
big
raid
on
Saturday
against
Industrial
targets
on
the
enemy
home
Islands.
This
is
considered
remarkable,
considering
that
nearly
600
of
the
iblg.
planes
took
part
In
the
sweep.
Returning
pilots
say
that
anti-aircraft
fire
was
both
meagre
and
inaccurate.
For
the
third
successive
day
Kyushu
Island
was
bombed,
both
coasts
being
lashed.
The
attacking
planes,
from
Okinawa
met
with,
practically
no
Japanese
opposition.
The
widespread
activities
of
the
Allied
bombers
included
attacks
on
enemy
shipping
off
Honshu,
air
bases
on
the
Ryukus,
targets
in
Formosa
.
and
other
bases
and
shipping
in
the
southwest
Pacific.
Air
power
based
on
Iwo
Jlma
and
Okinawa
Is
gradually
gain
ing
control
of
the
Japanese
homeland.
NAVY
PART
IN
PACIFIC
Hope
Is
to
Raise
39,000
Volunteers
To
Demobilize
On
First
In,
First
Out
Basis
OTTAWA.
July
9
'(CP)
Naval
Service
headquarters
Is
hopeful
eventually
of
having
39,000
volunteers
for
the
Navy's
part
In
the
war
In
the
Pacific,
it
was
learned
Saturday.
This
would
provide
13,500
men
for
service
afloat
and
23,500
for
reinforcements
and
service
ashore.
In
the
meantime,
it
will
be
necessary
to
continue
with
non-volunteers,
particularly
among
personnel
ashore,
during
the
change-over
period,
and
to
carry
out
a
policy
of
demobilization
on
a
basis
of
first
in,
first
out.
MASONIC
DISTRICT
DEPUTY
Norman
II.
Klip
a
trick
of
Smithers
was
named
district
deputy
grand
master
for
this
,
nart
of
the
province
at
recent
j
Masonic
Orand
Lodge
sessions
in
!
Vancouver,
i
Fire
Situation
Still
Serious
On
Mainland
and
Island
Little
Town
in
Cowichan
District
Is
Evacuated
Logger
May
Have
Been
Entrapped
By
Conflagration
VICTORIA,
July
9
(CP)
Forests
on
Vancouver
Island,
in
the
Fraser
Valley
and
along
the
Lower
Mainland
from
Knights
Inlet
south
will
be
closed
to
the
public
and
to
logging
as
from
midnight
tonight
under
an
order
issued
today
by
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands.
The
order
is
made
necessary
be
FROM
EUROPE
TO
FAR
EAST
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
July
9
Forty-two
out
of
68
United
on
States
Infantry
divisions
which
fought
in
Europe
are
being
returned
to
this
country
for
redeployment
to
the
Pacific.
ECLIPSE
IS
OBSERVED
WAS
"ECLIPSED"
HERE
Many
Piince
Rupert
people
set
their
alarm
clocks
for
around
5
o'clock
this
morning
in
the
hope
of
getting
a
view
of
the
partial
eclipse
of
the
sun
but
it
was
a
case
of
the
eclipse
being
eclipsed.
The
skies
were
overcast
with
heavy
low
clouds
which
later-
gave
forth
drizzling
rain.
At
least
some
of
the
housewives
got
an
early
stait
with
the
Monday
washing
even
though
it
was
poor
drying
weather.
Vancouver
and
Edmonton
people
were
able
to
see
the-eclipse.
many
isauauiaiis
-were
aim;
w
see
a
rare
event
the
eclipse
of
the
sun.
In
parts
of
Saskatchewan
and
Manitoba
the
eclipse
was
total.
It
was.
visible
in
the
United
States
as
well
as
in
Greenland,
Norway,
Sweden
and
Russia.
Hundreds
of
scientists
were
out.
to
take
part
in
the
great
number
of
expeditions
to
study
the
crossing
of
the
sun
by
the
moon
from
several
different
aspects.
In
Russia,
there
were
20
expeditions
in
addition
Uo
200
scientists
and
students
w,no
took
part
In
the
observations.
ARE
LOOKING
FOR
AIRMEN
LONDON,
July
9
fl
The
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
and
other
allied
air
forces
are
not
content
with
listing
some
of
their
airmen
as
"missing"
and
now
are
checking
up
on
the
fate
of
these
fliers
now
that
the
European
war
is
over.
The
R.C-A.F.
missing
research
and
Inquiry
service
is
operating
in
co-operation
with
the
services
of
the
other
allied
air
forces.
Each
air
force
sends
Its
agents
into
the
field
and
these
men
check
up
on
every
available
source
of
information.
Any
facts
discovered
concerning
a
Canadian,
for
instance,
would
be
turnover
over
to
the
R.C.A.F.'
headquarters
by
the
air
forces
Inquiry
service
joint
headquarters
in
London.
Right
now,
Canadian
agents
are
working
night
and
day
In
Belgium
and
France.
From
these
two
countries
their
search
will
shortly
extend
Itself
Into
the
other
possibly
Involved
countries
of
Europe
Including
Germany.
Weather
Forecast
Moderate
winds,
mostly
cloudy
and
mild
this
morning,
with
local
light
rain
or
drizzle.
Generally
clear
this
afternoon
with
a
few
fog
patches
over
open
water
and
locally
exposed
areas.
Tuesday:
Partly
cloudy
and
mild.
FIRST
CANADIAN
PAPER
The
Halifax
Gazette,
established
in
1132
by
John
Bushnell,
is
believed
to
be
the
first
paper
to
bc
published
in
what
is
now
the
Dominion
of
Canada.
MARK
YOUR
BALLOT
BLACK,
Thomas
(Endorsed
by
cause
of
an
extreme
fire
haz-
ard
which
shows
no
sign
of
diminishing
as'
several
huge
blazes
rage
uncontrolled
on
Vancouver
Island
and
elsewhere.
Three
new
fires
broke
out
on
Vancouver
Island
Sunday,
bringing
to
five
the
number
raging
the
Island
and
sending
100
fire
fighters,
including
troop3
from
Camp
Nanaimo,
to
battle
the
flames.
Even
last
night
the
situation
was
such
that
forestry
officials
were
expected
to
close
forested
areas
to
the
public
un
less
there
was
an
Improvement
soon.
Eighteen
families
were
evacu
ated
from
the
little
logging
town
of
Rounds,
near
Lake
Cowichan,
Sunday
after
an
uncontrolled
fire
continued
to
sweep
through
the
property
of
the
Lake
Logging
Co.
The
fire
began
late
Saturday.
A
logger
is
missing
In
that
area
and
is
feared
to
have
been
trapped
by
fires.
Meanwhile
the
huge
blaze
In'
Comox
Logging
Co.
property
near
Ladysmlth
is
'still
being
fanned
by
brisk
winds
and!
fought
by
an
army
of
more
than
five
hundred
men,
More
than
4,000,000
feet
of
lumber
and
some
machinery
Is
already
destroyed.
Company
officials
sail
today
the
fire
had
been
brought
under
control
but
were
still
nervou3
.01
Exlteaislon
and
Port
Neville,
centre
of
the
historic
forest
fire
on
Vancouver
Island
several
years
ago,
are
points
near
which
latest
fires
have
broken
out.
NIP
SCHOOL
CHILDREN
TO
JOIN
FIGHT
SAN
FRANCISCO,
July
9
W
The
Japanese
Domel
News
Agency
says
in
a
broadcast
that
Nipponese
students
of
high
school
age
have
been
called
on
to
prepare
to
take
part
in
the
defence
of
the
home
Islands.
The
broadcast
asserted
that
Okinawa
high
school
students
who
are
said
to
have
died
fighting
against
the
Americans
will
be
honored
and
that
they
will
be
emulated
by
the
schoolchildren
in
Japan.
Bryant
Boys
In
Thick
of
War
Lieutenant
Commander
James
Bryant,
In
the
Navy,
and
Capt.
Wizner
Bryant,
in
the
Army,
have
been
in
the
thick
of
war
these
last
five
years.
After
having
spent
the
early
days
of
the
war
on
duty
on
such
vessels
as
motor
torpedo
boats
In
the
English
Channel,
Lieut.
Commander
James
Bryant
Is
now
second
In
command
of
a
destroyer
on
the
Atlantic.
Capt.
Wizner
Bryant
has
seen
an
unusual
amount
of
action
in
the
Army
Including
Dieppe,
North.
Africa,
Italy
and
Germany.
At
Dieppe
he
suffered
a
leg
injury
but
otherwise
came
through
unscatched.
lie
expect3
to
return
to
Canada
within
the
coming
month.
Recently
he
has
been
with
the
Tank
Corps.
REDS
TO
SEIZE
TURK
ISLANDS?
ISTANBUL,
July
9
CP-Newspapers
in
Turkey
are
playing
up
rumors
that
Russia
has
designs
on
two
of
Turkey's
eastern
provinces.
The
unconfirmed
rumor,
which
have
been
attributed
to
the
Paris
radio,
are
to
the
effect
that
the
Russians
will
seize
the
provinces
of
Kars
and
Artvln
by
force
unless
Turkey
surrenders
them
peacefully.
THUS
ON
THURSDAY:
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