Jfeather,
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Island
Moderate
to
fresh
Southeast
winds,
unsettled
and
cool
with
occasional
rain.
VOL
XIX.
No.
159,
Dictat
British
Sub
,
Sinks
Five
,
Nazi
Ships
LONDON',
July
8:
One
Bri-
Jish
submarine,
the
Snapper,
his
sunk
five
enemy
supply
ships
in
convoy
off
the
coast
I'
Norway
in.
a
single
day,
the
British
Admiralty
an-
nbunces.
The
Snapper
is
a
tlster
ship
0f
the
Spearflsh
i-hlch
Dut
the
Admiral
Scheer
out
of
commission.
i
Searching
For
Sitka
Spruce
Tofmer
Local
Forestry
Completes
Two
Weeks'
ganized.
Official
Flying
Trip
Over
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Hivlni
been
on
a
two
weeks'
trip
to
the
Oueen
Charlotte
Isl
n3s
to
look
for
stands
of
Sitka
ic-ruce
which
mluht
be
used
In
supplying
the
demand
for
this
timber
In
the
construction
of
war
Planes,
E.
E.
Gregg,
former
asslst-nt
district
forester
here
and
now
Identified
with
headquarters
staff
of
the
Forest
Branch
at
Victoria,
arrived,
in
Prince
Rupert
by
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
from
the
Islands
Saturday
afternoon
In
time
to
catch
the
steamer
Prince
Ocorge
for
Vancouver.
Mr.
Oreeg
has
been
loaned
for
the
time
being
by.
the
Forest
Branch
to
.the
Canadian
war
purchasing
HELPING
BRITISH
C6ltmlal
Resources
Of
Belgium
Arc
Being
Mobilized
Against
Aggressor
LONDON,
July
8:
Mobilization
f
Belgian
colonial
resources
In
support
0f
the
war
of
the
British
Empire
against
Nazi
Germany
nd;
Fascist
Italv
Is
belrur
or
J
New
Minister
Of
Navy
Revenue
Minister
J.
L.
Ilslcy
Rccomcs
Minister
of
FinanceCol.
Colin
Gibson
and
Col.
Mulock
Enter
Government
OTTAWA.
.Tulv
8:
(CIMAnnointmcnt
of
Premier
Anjriis
L.
Macdonald
of
Nova
Scotia
as
de-
fence
minister
for
naval
services
and
promotion
to
ministerial
rank
of
two
Liberal
mambcrs
of
the
House
of
Commons
is
announced
today
by
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
Kinp.
Minister
of
Public
Works
J.
P.
A.
Cardin
and
Munitions
Minister
C.
I).
Howe
yjll
divide
the
transport
department
portfolio
which
Howe
held
as
well
as
munitions
and
supply
for
the
past
few
months.
Revenue
Minister
J.
L.
Ilslcy
is
made
minister
of
finance
succeeding
Hon.
J.
C.
Ralston
who
went
to
tHe
Department
of
National
Defence
last
Friday.
Ilslcy
is
succeeded
by
Col.
Colin
Gibson
M.P.,
Hamilton
West,
while
Col.
W.
P.
Mulock,
M.P.
for
North
York,
becomes
Postmaster
General.
Agriculture
Minister
James
Gardiner
goes
to
the
new
national
war
services
department.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oouruwj
8.
"O.
JnaMKon
Oo.)
Vancouver'
Bib
Missouri,
.05.
Bralorne,
7.60
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.75.
Dentonla,
.01
A.
Falrvlew,
.00',!.
Geld
Belt,
.16.
Hedley
Mascot,
.30.
Mlnto,
.OlViiA.
Pend
Oreille,
1.25
A.
Pioneer,
150.
Premier,
.75
A.
Privateer,
.40.
Reeves
MacDonald,
.25
A.
Reno,
.09V4-
Relief
Arlington,
.04
V.
Salmon
Gold,
.02.
SheeD
Creek,
.78,
Cariboo
Hudson,
.01
Va-Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.OaVa-Calmonf,
.28
A.
C.
&
E..
130.
Home,
.1.58.
Pacalta,
.03.
Royal
Canadian,
.14.
Okalta,
.70.
Mercury,
.03
Vi-Prairie
Royalties,
.14.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.10
ft.
Beattle,
.72.
Central
Pat.,
1.50.
Con
Smelters,
31.00
East
Malartlc,
2.20.
Fcrnland,
.03
A.
Francoeur,
.18.
Gods
Lake,
.2814.
Hardrock,
.59.
Int.
Nickel,
.31.00Vi.
Kerr
Addison,
lfl5.
Little
Long
Lac,
1.90.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
1.10.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.88.
Moneta,
.40.
Noranda,
,42.00'2.
Pickle
Crow,
2.16.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.42.
San
Antonio,
1.45.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.51.
Uchl,
.26.
Bouscadlllac,
.02.
Mosher.
.02
'2.
Oklend,
.032.
Smelters
Gold,
.OO'v
Dominion
Bridge,
23.00.
mi..
i?An
nnhhle
R.N.
sailed
last
V14
-fUiM
.
,
night
on
the
Catala
to
make
the
round
trip
to
Stewart
and
other
northern
points.
Miss
Dobbie,
wno
Is
a
member
of
me
nursiuu
"
General
Hos
pital,
Is
on
vacation
and
will
also
pay
a
visit
to
her
home
as
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
AUSTRALIA
BUSY
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JULY
8,
1940.
BORDEAUX,
July
8:
The
German
authorities
have
ordered
all
Frenchmen
to
turn
In
firearms
of
which
they
may
be
In
possession.
British
Defeat
Italian
Column
Mechanized
Forces
In
Libya
Sutler
Reverses,
It
Is
Reported
In
Cairo
;
CAIRO,
July
8:
British
forces,
have
Inflicted
a
severe
defeat
up-i
on
a
mechanized
Italian
column
t
In
Libya.
SYDNEY.
AUSTRALIA,
July
8:!
Within
a
short
time
every
shipyard
in
Australia
will
be
busily
employed
building
destroyers
and
(sloops
for
the
British
Admiralty.
'
tacked
yesterday,
rnree
w
British
planes
are
missing
as
result
of
Sunday1
raids
on
Germany
I
inH
Holland.
Royal
Air
Force
planes
attacked
oil
supply
tanks
at
Bergen
and
set
them
as
well
as
a
tanker
afire.
They
were
dive
Domo-arc
All
returned
safely
to
their
,
hasps
from
this
attack.
'
The
Royal
Air
Force
Is
also
In-
tpnsivelv
active
In
North
Africa
with
marked
success
as
the
Italians
are
now
learning.
In
Libya
ana
elsewhere
troop
concentrations,
oil
tanks,
ships
and
submarines
nave
been
successfully
attacked.
An
Mr
Ministry
communique
yes-
oi-hov
said
that
German
aircraft,
In
a'day
long
series
of
raids
lasting
Into
the
night,
attempted
several
attacks
on
the
northeast
coasi
inn.s
Saturday
but
were
driven
off
by
anti-aircraft
defences
without,
mllltarv
objectives
being
reached.
I
In
one
village
near
the
coast
some
I
.
j
r-i
..11,.,
(cottages
were
aamagea.
wauiincs
were
small
In
number
but
Included
a
few
persons
Kinea.
wiier
m
we
day
attacks
were
essayed
In
south
east
England
but
were
similarly
ln-
effectual.
Casualties
were
light,
numbering
five
Including
a
police
man
and
children.
German
bomb
era
were
brought
down
In
flames
it
was
definitely
known
and
DESTROYER
SUNK
LONDON
The
Admiralty
announces
that
the
destroyer
Whirlwind
has
been
sunk
by
a
torpedo.
Survivors
were
rescued
by
another
warship.
DE
GAULLE
SENTENCED
LONDON
The.
French
Army
Council
In
Toulouse
sentenced
Gen.
Charles
De
Gaulle,
French
officer
in
London
attempting
to
rally
French
colonies
to
Britain's
aid
to
four
years
In
prison
and
fined
him
100
francs
in
absentia
for
disobeying
army
orders
and
inciting
soldiers
to
disobeyance.
LOSE
2500
PLANES
LONDON
According
to
a
statement
made
here
today
2500
German
airplanes
have
been
destroyed
since
the
war
began.
MALTA
IS
RAIDED
CAIRO
Nine
civilians;
were
killed
and
one
wounded
in
an
Italian
air
raid
over
Malta
yesterday,
Royal
Air
Force
headquarters
announced.
ROYAL
AIR
FORCE
TAKES
INITIATIVE
WHILE
NEXT
BLITZKREIG
IS
AWAITED
there
Blits
Meanwhile,
calmly
and
knowing
with
confidence
that
she
is
not
un
prepared,
the
United
Kingdom
awaits
Hitler's
attack
upon
these
islands.
This
Is
but
the
lull
before
the
real
storm.
It
Is
generally
be
lieved.
The
country
has
steeled
it
Canadian
Motor
Magnate
Giving
Children
Homes
an
of
nm
hnmp
nf
Wnllnrp
R
is
IlnnP
hv
Rritish
Raids
on
Military
storage.
Campbell,
president
of
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
of
Canada
I
self
for
the
real
attack
which
it
U(
believed
cannot
be
long
deferred,
and
which
some
had
expected
would
occur
even
sooner.
One
con
ception
of
the
Nazi
attack
Is
that
it
will
commence
with
mass
bommng
wave
on
wave
to
be
followed
by
sur
face
craft
endeavouring
to
mane
a
landing.
The
possibility
of
air
Infantry
and
parachute
corps
has
not
been
overlooked.
There
also
are
reports
of
the
possibility
of
sea
sleds
being
used
by
the
enemy,
eacn
car
rying
forty
or
fifty
men
ana
ma
chine
guns.
Here
Is
where
the
great
British
naval
strength
the
mam
fleet
as
well
as
the
shadow
navy,
greatly
reinforced
of
late
will
come
Into
play
with
anti-aircraft,
great
land
cuns.
mobile
home
forces
mak-
ine
anv
enemv
landings
most
sui
cidal
In
nature.
Auxiliary
cruisers,
heavllv
armed
merchantmen
and
destroyer
escorts
are
ready
In
great
concentration.
Then,
as
the
enemy
air
attacks
on
Britain
become
Intensified,
so
will
those
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
Germany
which
will,
as
Engiana
does,
beain
to
feel
In
Us
cities
ten
erally
as
well
as
in
Its
war
making
centres
feel
the
effects
of
"total
war."
According
to
a
German
corres
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
147,5u0;
pounds,
Be
and
7.5c
to
9.dc
and
7.6c.
1
Canadian
121,500
pounds,
9.9c
.and
7c
to
10.1c
and
7c.
Storage.
pondent
to
an
Italian
newspaper
Ireland
will
be
the
first
objective
of
attack
on
the
Bjitlsh
Isles
In
an
attempt
to
surround
:
the
United
Kingdom.
,
American
j
California,
19,000,
9.6c
and
7.5c,
Atlin.
1
Mltkof,
40,000.
9.1c
and
7-5c,
Booth.
I
Pacific,
40,000
age
TUllcum,
10,000,
9.6c
and
Pacific.
Eureka,
14500,
9.9c
and
,
Storage.
National,
11,000,
9.5c
and
7.5c,
Pacific.
.
..
I'
-
Canadian
"
I
Dorreen
M.,
16,000,
9.9c
and
7Ci
'outage.
.
-
'
r
-
,
,
j
!
Skeena
M.t
II,
8,500,
10.3c
and,
7c,
Storage.
Edward
r
.
.
-
t
1
l
aw
1
tj!
Nornen.
iii.iA.fiiAn
.
1.
nn
1
n
H'l
11
v
111
1
rill'
"
Lipsett,
11,000.
10c
and
7c,
Edmunds
&
Walker.
1
Clipper
i-r-
-
II,
17,500,
9.9c
and
7c,.
3,000,
10c
and
7c,
wiJji:iiiv-B
ui
unbiiij
Royal.
With
Fire
Covenant,
14,000,
9.9c
and
7c.
LONDON,
July
8.
The
Royal
Air
Force
has
assumed
Oregon,
5,000,
'9.9c
and
7c,
At-
and
is
maintaining
the
initiative
in
aerial
warfare
between
nn.
,
..may
have
been
more.
There
were
Air
attacks
have
been
conducted
Ucular
dog
fl
hts.
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
Dasea
i
Awaiting
Awaitinr
Bl
Germany,
Norway,
uoaii,
glum
and,
France.
In
all
seventy-
'
eight
poinU
have
been
bombed
In
fourteen
days.
Tnere
is
not
an
airdrome,
dock
or
arms
factory
of
the
enemy
which
Is
not
in
constant
menace
of
attack
from
tne
vigorous
offensive.
Emden
and
Kiel
were
mxnir
imnnrtant
German
bases
at-
I
r
SIX
GERMANS
DOWNED
LONDON
An
Air
Ministry
statement
tonight
said
that
six
enemy
aircraft
are
known
to
have
been
shot
down
today
in
attempted
raids
on
Great
Britain.
A
lone
raiding
plane
Identified
as
French
Is
reported
to
have
been
shot
down
in
an
attack
on
Gibraltar
yesterdiy,
the
crew
being
interned.
Weather
Forecast
the
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
t
Victoria
im
trace
supers,
inis
jore-Mat
1
campUed
from
observations
tak
fu
ftt
B
a
in.
today
ana
covers
vne
jo
hour
period
ending
at
9
p.m.
tomoorrowl
General
Synopsis
A
moderate
depression
Is
centred
west
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
weather
has
been
warm
in
tne
in
terior
of
British
Columbia
and
re
mains
ponl
on
tne
coast.
west
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Moderate
to
fresh
southeast
wini-u
shifting
to
south.
Part
cloudy
and
cool
with
showers
to
wards
night.
m.
m.
O'Brien,
chief
field
engineer
f
k
rVtncllr1arpr1
MlnlnZ
d&
nada.
One
7.5c,
been
sunk
bomber.
75c,
'
l
ward
Turkey.
lo,
,
PRICE:
I
CENTS
Talking
About
Turkey
Canadian
Cabinet
Changes
Announced!Gfrf"y
!j.ay,
Rsf
Angus
Macdonald
Of
c1Tt
Brs
Ordered
lo
lurn
Nova
C
OCOtia
I
Is
r
Lhosen
In
Their
Guns
War
News
TT
VI.IXIIIJJ
WQVMIVI
III
Regard
To
Islam
Now
I
Russian
Ambassador
Returns
to
Moscow
From
Istanbul
Following
Conference
With
Ucrman
unvoy
seven
English
refusee
children
be-
ISTANBUL,
July
8.
Russian
Ambassador
Alexei
tween
ages
of
four
and
fourteen
"ferentiev
is
reported
to
be
enroute
to
Moscow
following
a
have
arrived
here
to
be
given
hav-
itVi
Herman
ambassador
Franz
von
Pa-
wv...
v,
.
....
.
.
i
1
1
l)e.n
pen.
Informed
sources
said
that
the
amoassaaor
discussal
AnmnnAa
"Russia
iVpYnwtpd
to
make
UDon
Turkey
C
VI
u;niciivj
vkjv
x
shortly.
Foreign
diplomats
understand
that
Germany,
..
,
l-jr-r?
Italy
and
Russia
are
working
closely
together
to
decide
their
attitude
to
Submarines
RELIEVED
Kj
DROWNED
NEW
YORK,
July
8:
Per-
t
Sven
Olaf
Hedstrom
Believed
To
sons
arriving
here
from
Hall-
Have
Lost
life
On
Waterfront
9c
and
7.5c,
Stor
lax
tell
of
tw0
German
sub-
marines
having
been
sighted
.
Zarembo.
13.000.
9.7c
and
7.5c.
off
the
Atlantic
coast
or
ca-
provincial
police
have
been
drag
Royal.
Is
said
to
have
Bina
since
the
end
of
the
week
by
a
Canadian
aiong
the
harbor
shore
off
the
railway
track
about,
midway
be-
tween
Hays
Cove
and
.Seal
Cove
MANY
ON
No
GROUNDS
Less
Than
1300
Enrolled
Gyro
Activities
In
Great
Britain
and
bermany.
siani
rams
m
ot
approximately
isoo.
for
Sven
Olaf
Hedstrom
who
is
feared
to.
have
been,
drowned
there
last
Thursday
evening.
That
tragedy
had
befallen-Hedstrom
rjip
"tpeared
evident-Vhe'n
at
7:10
Friday
night
C.
J.
Norrington
report
ed
the
finding
of
his
cap
ana
sweater
coat
lying
on
the
'banks
near
one
of
the
railway
track
'retaining
walls
over
which
thure
Is
a
sheer
drop
into
the
deep
water.
Investigation
was
instituted
at
once
by
Constable
Jack
Lockle
of
the
city
police
and
the
police
boat
P
M
L
8
commenced
arag-
cessfully
completed
the
first
week
ot
the
clothing
was
definitely
es-
of
supervisea
acimwes
wim
u
tabllsnea
as
ine
sweater
pocket
accumulative
attendance
at
the
contained
Hedstrom's
military
dls-
nV.inpt
vP
in
pnpmv
or
enemv-controiiea
lerniory
are
uu-
iv.i,.o
nniv
thnss
iv,t
itorittmm
was
Uuji.vn..u
...
-j
mi
n
u!i
'
siita,
lu.oiHj,
a.HC
ana
vc,
ttoyai.
ii&uc
inc
tremendous
damage.
The
German
response,
while
0ulylk
nm
99c
and
7c
At.cnndren
actually
taking
part
in
seen
sitting
alongside
the
railway
'
'
'
persistent
is
proving
comparatively
ineffective
despite
',ln
the
activities
organized
by
the
track
at
the
point
in
question.
Nazi
ir.i"oi,im
claims
of
nf
snpppsses.
successes.
.
I
Tromn
i7nnn
in
lp.
and
7p.
'Dlavground
j
o-
staff.
Early
Friday
-
morning
the
cap
and
I
Special
events
held
on
the
coat
were
seen
tnere
dui
mue
'grounds
during
the
past
week
In-
was
thought
of
it
and
the
matter
iih
a
hprrv.nirkine
nartv
from
was
not
at
that
time
reported.
V1UUVU
mrmmj
f---
u
"
ma
Seal
Cove,
a
picnic
irom
yvesvview
oven
uwi
ncuawum
;and
a
doll
contest
at
.McClymont
years
of
age,
the
son
of
Mr.
and
Park
.Mrs.
j.
neas.rom,
aim
imu
ui
j
Miss
Jean
Krause,
from
Mcciy-
here
witn
nis
iamny
since
me
vj
mont
Park,
announces
the
follow-
eany
aays.
ne
was
uiunameu
nu
ling
list
of
prize
wlnners"ln
the
last
year
Joined
up
with
the
102nd
doll
contest;
largest
doll,
Jean
Battery
from
which
he
had
been
Calderwood;
smallest
doll,
Sylvia
.discharged
May
31
as
medically
nramst
dnti.
Harais
unnt.
lie
was
a
sieei
wuxiwci
u
Holkstad;
best
dressed
doll,
Eleanor
Fitzgerald;
funniest
doll,
,Lols
Levitt.
Planned
for
Wednesday
of
this
week
Is
a
sand-box
contest
for
all
the
grounds.
Each
playground
will
build
some
project
oi
us
own
phnipp
in
the
sand-box
on
their
own
grounds
and
the
Judges
will
visit
each
of
them
and
marie
tnem
for-
individuality,
beauty
of
composition,
attention
to
detail,
etc.
CLAIM
OF
ITALIANS
Make
Boasts
As
To
Number
or
British
Planes
Destroyed
In
North
Africa
111
Vli
v.v."wv.-
i
Smelting
Co.,
was
a
passenger
'clal
communique,
aboard
the
Catala
last
night
going
through
to
Stewart
to
pay
one
of
his
periodical
visits
to
the
Big
Mls-Bourl
'
mine.
ROME
July
8:
Destruction
of
trade
and
had
resided
recently
In
the
Knox
Hotel.
Besides
his
parents,
Hedtsrom
has
two
brothers
Bartel
ana
Archie
and
two
sisters
Slgrld
(Mrs.
Ed.
Skogma)
and
Thelma.
British
Children
In
United
States
First
Group
Of
Scventy-one
Are
Landed
From
Old
Country
In
New
York
NEW
YORK,
July
8:
The
first
of
many
which
are
expected,
seventy-one
British
children
arrived
here
yesterday
on
the
liner
Iscythla
t0
enter
American
homes
for
the
duration
or
tne
war.
iney
were
accompanied
by
parents
and
relatives.
VY
fourteen
British
planes
on
tne,
w
wuib,
"Tv.r'
ground
in
raids
by
Italian
air.
sentenced
to
three
daysMmprlson-
force
In
various
attacics
in
me
hkm
i
w
f'
"
Sudan
is
claimed
here
in
an
ol-
m.
Timothy
Edgars
and
Francis
I
.
a
J
l
t.
n.uipu
mam
rt
Tnhrtilr.
the
S10.
wltn
ODUOn
OI
live
aajs
uu-
Italians
claim,
were
unsuccessful.
,
prUonment,
for
drunkenness,
Re-three
Royal
Air
Force
chasers
be-.
Inhart
Hundelde,
for
faUing
to
stop
ing
brought
down.
'ai
a
stop
sijn,
was
.