Hie
Battle
of
Africa,
which
mi;
develop
into
the
Itattle
of
IIjIt
Is
replacing
the
Itattle
of
Stalingrad
as
the
centre
of
import
inrr
In
the
war
newt.
With
the
Royal
Air
Force
keeping
up
the
rui-tilnnl
air
assault
on
cities
of
northern
Italy
for
the
third
successive
nljlit
while
the
British
Eighth
Army
keeps
up
the
offensive
against
the
Als
on
the
north
African
desert
with
good
results,
some
observer
-.u-crst
that
present
moves
of
the
Allies
are
designed
to
knock
i.i.
mi!
nf
Hie
war.
The
Ixiidon
Sunday
Kmrrts
lnii
a
Ktorkholm
dl
p.J
M
wnicn
saiu
wiai
panic
hm
ucvnoping
in
iiaiy
ana
inai
n
Allied
Invasion
of
the
"weak
sister
of
the
Axis"
was
featr'd.
Enemy
Faced
Strong
.
.
.
T)rre
Is
no
denying
the
fact
that
the
llrltish
Eighth
Army
has
i
li(f
task
ahead
of
It
in
the
offensive
in
North
Africa.
Marshal
ft
in
Itnmmrl,
the
German
commander-in-chief
in
North
Africa,
t-
climated
to
have
a
force
of
eleven
divisions
established
on
a
depth
ba.ls
of
heavy
artillery
and
mine
field
support.
The
eleven
diu
inn
,
consist
of
four
armored,
one
motoriied
and
sis
infantry.
Nevertheless,
the
llrltish
forces
continue
to
make
effective
progress
nuking
several
enctrations
in
the
J5-mlle
front.
Air
Assault
on
Italy
.
.
.
The
ICoral
Air
force
followed
up
Its
night
attacks
of
Thursday
ipd
fridav
on
the
important
northern
Italy
cities
of
Genoa,
Turin
ir.d
Savon
with
a
daylight
attack
upon
Milan
where
great
Laneas-Irr
rirri'irrv
after
successfully
crossing
over
long
lengths
of
hostile
lrrr.!rrv
In
broad
daylight,
started
diopping
heavy
cargoes
of
exploit
.1
:'
01
Saturday
afternoon,
(letting
under
clouds,
the
planes
car
)rd
nut
their
bombing
at
a
low
level
and
It
tras
very
effective.
K;r:r'i
Ures
were
started
In
the
heart
of
the
industrial
section
of
Mi
3
fu-n
t
lilts
being
made
on
the
targets.
Then
followed
the
third
rl
hi
:f
air
raiding
of
northern
Italy,
the
llrltish
bombers
again
p
-
,
motile
over
SwlUerland
where
air
raid
alarms
were
sounded
and
ai.ti
aircraft
batteries
went
Into
action.
There
have
been
(our
raids
cn
Italy
within
48
hours
by
llrltish
and
Canadian
planes.
Battle
of
Stalingrad
.
.
.
m".rr
fighting
continues
at
Stalingrad
with
the
Nail
siege
now
In
I!
jjitv
third
day.
Two
German
divisions
made
a
slight
advance
In
la
tru
trial
part
of
the
important
Soviet
city
but
it
was
at
heavy
cn
l
I
M
Naris
being
killed
and
seventeen
tanks
destroyed.
Mean-h:
the
north
of
Stalingrad,
the
lluvsians,
malnlaing
their
nan'
r
iffrnslvr.
scored
a
further
advance,
killing
7.000
Germans
and
dr
tr
ying
57
tanks
in
two
days.
Kenewed
attacks
by
the
Ger-lean-,
In
the
Moidok
and
Novoroslssk
sectors
were
repulsed.
Chance
Naval
Command
in
.
.
.
An
Imimrtsnt
week-end
development
In
the
war
In
the
South
rar'.r-
r,s,
u,r
announcement
by
the
Tnlled
States
Department
of
th
Sit
nf
a
change
in
naval
conimand.
sisty-year
old
Admiral
IV."
m
S
llaUey.
heio
of
Midway
Island
and
"other
Important
en-i;fmrnl-
taking
over
command
In
the
southern
raclflc
from
Vlce-Adrr.iral
Itolicrt
Ut
Gorley,
aged
59,
who
has
been
suddenly
relieved.
Admiral
Chester
W.
Nlmlti
continues
as
naval
comnvander-ln-chirt
lor
the
whole
Pacific
area.
The
Implications
of
the
sudden
change
of
cammand
in
the
southern
Pacific
are
at
the
moment
not
clear.
It
prohably
has
some
beailng
on
the
progress
of
affairs
In
the
Solomon
I.
lands
area.
Another
Blow
by
Navy...
The
I
nlled
States
Navy
with
a
task
force
delivered
a
new
blow
on
Satuarday
against
the
Japanese
In
the
Gilbert
Islands
1.100
miles
northrast
of
Guadalcanal.
Two
Japanese
patrol
vessels
were
sunk
and
clrtrojer
and
mcrchanlshlp
damaged.
Meanwhile,
Guadalcanal
"a
was
still
quirt
with
both
sides
apparently
Jockeying
for
position
n
be
the
vital
phase
in
the
early
expected
heavy
action
which
may
Solomon
Islands
Battle.
Slill
Attacking
Rabaul
.
.
.
r.rni-ai
11..M.U.
Mi,trihur'i
Allied
bombers
continue
Port
Dar
rwin
Bombed
Again
.
.
.
the
la
assault
on
llabaul,
Important
Japanese-occupied
port
on
the
norlli
Miai
..f
v.-
iiriinin
Cnmiiv
o
Jananese
gunboat
was
sunk
n.l
three
trans(rts
damaged
or
sunk.
Hying
fortresses
attacked
down
a
".000
tone
Japanese
seaplane
tender
Saturday
morning,
lie
vessel
burning
fiercely
and
presumbaly
doomed
to
complete
de-Uructlon.
This
followed
a
previous
raid
on
New
Britain
when
ten
Japanese
vessels,
Including
a
heavy
cruiser
and
other
Japanese
naval
ratt,
were
sunk
or
damaged.
Ut
on
New
Guinea
wns
also
attackea
v
Allied
bombers.
In
the
land
fighting
on
New
Guinea
Australian
fortes
on
the
northern
slopes
of
Owen
Stanley
Mountains
continued
o
pound
ahead
within
ten
miles
of
strategic
Japanese-held
KoUoda
acainsi
stronger
artillery
resistance
by
the
Japanese.
Ten
Japanese
bombing
planes
attacked
Tort
Darwin,
northern
Australian
port,
but
did
little
damage.
w
Many
Jan
Vessels
Sunk
.
.
.
The
United
States
Department
of
the
Navy
announces
that
"'"re
Pearl
Harbor
on
December
7
American
submarines
have
sunk
"venty-nine
Japanese
vessels
and
sunk
or
damaged
42
mrc
''arlflc
waters
from
Australia
to
Alaskn
and
along
the
China
coast.
"Hy
three
United
States
submarines
have
failed
to
return
to
their
Jkkcs
wlille
a
fourth
was
destroyed
near
Tahiti
to
prevent
H
fl"C
"to
enemy
hands.
BATTLE
OF
SOLOMONS
poured
IS
RAGING
Allies
Strike
Effective
Air
Blows
But
Fnemy.
Nevertheless,
Land
Tioops
on
Guadalcanal
SALES
ARE
Liquor
CUT
DOWN
Rationed
Day
in
at
One
Bottle
Ontario
winnvm
Oct.
26:
Effective
i
as
rrom
today,
individual
purchases
of
liquor
are
limited
to
one
bottle
per
day.
This
applies
to
whisky,
brandy,
rum
and
gin.
a
Bovernment
statement
says,
of
hoarding!
Indications
there
are
r
nmnlp
SUIHUiea
in
.in
inns
varieties
of
liquor.
f
Aiil'inS
TAKE
RAP
'LIBRARY
.
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
Mmln
(Standard
Time)
High
3:04
a.m
19.7
feet
14:55
pjn.
20.8
fect
52
Muximum
Low
8:59
a.m.
7.1
feet
Minimum
46
21:35
pjn.
3.8
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXI
No.
248
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
OCTOBER
2G,
1942
PRICE-
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CENTS
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Ruling
Egyptian
Skies
,
;
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Today's
War
Sunary
(By
Canadian
Press)
Battle
of
Italy
Next?
.
.
.
I
PRECISION
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WHAT
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luttway
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supply
r
::-;je
xay
....
bom.
tug
of
Ameman
i
ji.
ftttc.-
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Using
.
..
';;e
bt.'Sibudlcrs
piati
'its
it
dea&iy
rsgi
jl.-.;,
wuere
Uiey
will
du
the
.
ice
iic
bombs
ut
rw-t
line:-
buiiccd
freight
.-neds
und
wrecked
trains.
MAY
EXPECT
GAS
ATTACK'
Big
Hrl
I-h
Cities
Are
Warned
By'
Eminent
Scientist
LONDON'.
Oct
26:
Prof.
J.
B
.
S.
Haldane,
eminent
British
scien-.
t!st.
warns
that
0:eat
Britain
mayi
expect
large
scale
gas
attacks
I
from
Germany
wfilch
has
large
.
WASHINOTON.
D.C..
Oct.
26
0
qoantlties
of
gas
in
reserve
for'
Dispatches
from
China
and
the
homlcal
warfare.
Such
cities
as
southwest
Pacific
today
were
tes-
London
and
Birmingham
may
ex-Umonial
to
United
SUtes
aviation
-:ea
gas
attacks
whtch
would
k..
iiuniu
i
hp
rtrubblnv
Briven
irobahh-
cone
parlv
on
winter
kV..
mvoji.
-
-"
m
-
j
i
the
Japanese
in
South
Sea
bases
nights.
There
would
be
resumption
(
and
along
supply
lines,
they
have
of
heavy
bombing
of
Britain
and,
sh
troops
into
the
battle
n-w
horrors
hi
winter,
naiaane
for
Guadalcanal
in
the
Solomons.
The
United
SUtes
Navy
reported
that
Japanese
troops,
aided
by.
tanks
and
heavy
artillery,
assailed
American
lines
on
the
island
five
times
Friday
night
and
Saturday
morning
but
were
hurled
back
each
time
by
marines
and
soldiers.
The
latest
report
was
that
on
Sunday
additional
enemy
troops
were
landed.
1
I
The
aerial
offensive
under,
both
United
SUtes
Navy
and
Australian
oommand
was
credited
with
likely
hits
on
six
Japanese
fighting
ships
and
three
supply
vessels
in
the
Solomons
area,.
The
American
air
foe
in
China,
having
smashed
Japanese
lnstall-laUonf
in
the,
north
last
week,
hit
Hong
Kong
in
the
south
yesterday
and
today.
The
latest
attack
destroyed
the
north
point
power
'station
of
the
captive
crown
colony.
I
iwenty-one
of
thirty-six
Japan-
oirnnni
yesterday
were
predicted.
Five
Axis
union
$500.
Ships
Sunk
t
LONDON,
Oct.
26
Five
Axis
transports
have
been
sunk
In
the
Mediterranean
by
British
submarines.
Four
others
were
!
damaged.
Boilermakers
,
Union
Buying
$500
Of
Bonds
The
Boilermakers'
Union
No.
4,
at
a
meeting
last
night,
decided
to
brought
Purchase
Victory
Bonds
from
the
Bens
News
Stand
Is
Broken
Into
Unsuccessful
To
Attempt
Was
Blow
Safe
Made
Ben's
News
Stand
was
broken
Into
early
this
morning.
An
effort
was
made
to
blow
the
safe
but
this,
was
ineffectual.
There
was
nothing
missing.
SWISS
MILLIONAIRES
"
ZURICH,
Switzerland.
Oct.
26
0
Statistics
show
800
millionaires
living
in
Zurich
but
the
currency
nionriN
Oct.
26
O'
You
can't
considerably
affects
the
financial
"millionaire."
'millionaire."
For
Fo
et
earucts
cleaned
In
London
now
standing
of
the
S-L..J
.
eleanlng
materials
must
Instance,
n
Rumanian,
with
1,000,
yiu
be
kept
for
n
ClUrDlSnillg
tlUWJtO.
UVU
11.4
ilrtO
viiuiiu.vtiv
v
vv,ww
Bulletins
HMDS
OVEIt
ENGLAND
LONDON
There
were
hit
and
.run
raids
by
German'
planes
over
six
parts
of
England
during
the
week-end.
London
anti-aircraft
guns
blazed
today
when
a
plane
which
could
not
be
seen
from
the
ground
flew
high
over
the
city's
outskirts.
SEHBS
MASSACRED
LONDON
More
than
1100
Serbs,
including
women
and
children,
have
been
shot
in
Croatia
as
the
Naris
and
Fascists
proceed
with
their
plan
to
exterminate
loyal
Serbs.
PHOTESTS
TO
BRITAIN
LONDON
The
Vichy
government
has
sent
a
protest
to
the
British
Foreign
Office
at
an
alleged
aerial
attack
on
unoccupied
France.
It
Is
suggested
that,
if
such
an
attack
was
made,
it
was
on
railway
lines
which
are
co-operating
in
delivery
cross
France
of
Axis
supplies
to
the
ports
of
Marseilles
and
Toulon
enroute
to
North
Africa.
The
Swiss
government
has
also
protested
to
London
at
flying
of
British
planes
over
Swiss
neutral
territory
enroute
to
Italy.
DARLAN
IN
MOROCCO
FEZ,
Morocco
Admiral
Jean
Darlan
or
Vichy
France
is
conferring
here
with
with
the
the
Sultan
Sultan
oi
of
Morocco
follow
.llowing
from
Chief
lan
says
that
Dakar
is
far
stionger
today
than
it
was
two
years
ago
when
it
was
attacked
by
British
and
Free
French
forces.
HONGKONG
British
Army
Holding,
Newly
Gained
Ground,
Widens
P
enetrations
Overruns
Axis
Lines
to
a
Depth
of
Two
Miles
at
Some
Points
Rommel
is
Unable
to
Close
Caps
:-
CAIRO,
Oct.
26
(CP)
Allied
planes,
ruling
the
Ltfvntians
skies,
hammered
ceaselessly
at
Axis
forces
tod;
as
the
attacking
Army
of
the
Nile
battled
to
widen
wedges
driven
into
main
enemy
defences
in
the
first
phase
of
the
all-out
British
offensive.
Cairo
dispatches
published
in
London
newspaper
Ited
Army
Troops
Hold
Fast
to
Blackened
Stalingrad
Knemy
Loses
Newly
Gained
,
Ground
MOSCOW.
Oct
2C
(CP)
Bed
Army
troops
held
fast
in
blackened
Stalmgrad
today
as
the
Germans
launched
another
assault
after
furious
artillery
preparations
and,
in
a
fierce
engagement
which
fur
a
time
developed
into
hand-to-hand
fighting,
expelled
Nail
forces
from
a
factory
property
into
Bulgarian
Pupils
j
MOSCOW.
Oct.
26:
Taas
news,
ascy
Reports
that
twenty-two
;
students
in
Sofia,
capital
of
Bul-'
toria,'
-
have
been
sentenced
to
dath-
in
Bulgaria
for
subversice
activities.
t
i
u
,
w
a
message
V
lClOr
V
LOan
1
l
IS
BOMBED
:
-rwTAir
A
t
OR-
TTn
trv
saia
mat
Bnran
troops
naa
oye
'in
X
Wm
r
ruu
lwo
"x"
unes
in
one
sceiog
Ni
u.l.i
ZaKr
in
a
two-mile
advance
and
"oWcre
as
wiu
j.
laiu
attacking
a
third.
Enemy
defence!
TNI"!
I
7T",T
"VTTT
tnl
zone
are
said
to
be
about
DK1
VhlN
UU
1
four
miies
deep
a
communique
from
British
-
headquarters
this
morning
placed
emphasis
on
aerial
blows
against
the
enemy
and
declared
that
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
attempts
to
close
gaps
in
his
lines
had
failed.
I
British
bombers
scored
a
direct
hit
on
an
Axis
merchant
ship
at
Tobruk
yesterday.
Over
Malta
three
attacking
Axis
planes
were
brought
down
and
three
British
planes
were
lost.
which
they
penetrated
yesterday,
i
"
,
.
.
..
i
l
Wife
of.,
President
Keceiving
Hne
the
mid-day
Moscow
eommunl-
Uc
,n
BritainPromises
qu'
M,d'
.
.
Socks
and
Mail
German
infantry
,
,
moved
,
into
,
the
assault
in
the
factory
area
with
tanks
leading
the
way
but
the
Russians
reported
that
artillery
fire
had
decimated
and
put
to
ilight
an
entile
enemy
regiment.
The
Russians
then
launched
an
attack
to
drive
the
Germans
from
ground
gained
the
day
before.
ELEANOR
GREETED
!
TriVnnV
net
Mrs
VrnnV.
linD.
Roos?velt
was
greeted
with
aff:.
tionate
cries
of
"Hello
Elean
or"
when
she
visited
American
soldiers.
She
promised
the
soldiop
thicker
sox
and
faster
mail
service
from
home.
On
Saturday
Mrs.
Roosevelt
vis-
iuea
si.
rau.
s
uamearai
ana
air
cesses.
The
Queen
leaned
forward
and
kissed
Mrs.
Roosevelt
on
thf
'cheek
as
?he
left.
I
Death-Subversion
'JUitb
N
tW
A
'Ihree
thousand
Nazis
are
re-j
1313
shelters,
being
accompanied'
.virteri
slain
in
street
fbihtine
dur-
lby
tne
King
and
Queen.
ing
the
week-end
at
Stalingrad.
As
she
left
Buckingham
Palace
Three
hundred
German
soldiers
yesterday
to
vbjlt
a
Red
Cross
...
f.,nH
riMri
f
trenches
and
centre.
Mrs.
Roosevelt
was
ac-
dugouts
north
of
Stalingrad.
cgmpanied
to
the
entrance
by
the
King.
Queen
and
the
two
prin-.
TORY
HEAD
Conservatives
Favor
Colleclks
Bargaining,
Jap
Repatriation
And
Orderly
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
26
0
A.'E.
Jukes
of
Vancouver
was
elecHca
president
of
the
British
Columbia
Conservative
Association
at
"the
of
State
retain.
Dar-
.
ahnual
ahnual
meeting
meeting
here
here
on
on
Satur
Satur
IS
lTlOUniini;
da-
succeeding
Howard
Qrccn,
MP.
for
Vancouver
South.
The
convention
endorsed
resolu-
1
Saturday
night
Canada's
Third
tlons
supporting
coUective
bargain
,
Victory
Loan
subscriptions
ing.
urging
repawauon
oi
japan-I
totalled
$312,000,000
of
the
'ese
to
their
homeland
after
;the.
j
total
objective
or
$750,000,000.
war
and
asking
that
no
man
or
sventv-one
thousand
sub-
woman
be
clemoDillzcd
from
the
scribers
put
up
$53,000,000.
armea
lorces
aner
uic
war
unm
tncy
can
oe
aosorDea
mw)
gain-
tttTiui
employment.
First
Air
Attack
by
Allied
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British
Port
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KONG.
Oct.
26:--
Eight
g
aiubh
ninnps
rirooDed
incen-
a
lFHi
.'t
i
"'
diaries
on
Hong
Kong
Sunday
The
planes,
believed
to
ho
Ameri
can,
dropped
their
missiles
irom
high
altitude.
Warehouses
and
shops
were
left
in
ruins.
The
raids
by
the
Allied
planes
were
repeated
today.
It
was
the
first
air
attack
on
Hong
Kong
by
the
Allies
since
the
occupation.
The
Japanese-tjalm
to
have
repulsed
the
raldmjt
shooting
down
one
while
another
was
seen
heading
groundward
in
smoke.
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a
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a
a
5
im
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t
Toniriit;
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"
A
Knock
on
the
Ltpor,
Tuesday,
6:15
p.m.
CFPR
Pat
O.
Mandcll.
g
Wednesday.
6:15
pjn.
-CFPR-D.
O.
Borland.
Thursday,
6:10
p.m.
Bruce
Stevens.
g
o
Buy
Victory
Bonds
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