tive
service
legislation.
'EAKER
IS
DEAD
Bim
B.
Bankhead
Succumbs
To
Itmorrhiie
At
Baltimore
fromlnent
Alabaman
IASHINOTON,
t.
C,
Sept.
16:
Established
With
Two
Hangars
Pje
contract
for
the
plumbing
re
ceai
cove
Airport
has
been
I
Barr
Si
Anrtorsnn
T.t.rl.
of
pcouver.
l"
1J
Dart
nt
tho
unfrock
nf
ana
miuwjf
4
t0Qm
J.
L.
ILSLEY,
Minister
of
Finance
Last
Monday
we
began
the
task
of
raising
$300,000,000
to
arm
and
-v,
.uuauiucu
any.
ouy
mure
Dunas,
unless
your
called
outoiiiuu
icaiij
euecks
your
aDiiuy
10
iena.
Especially
do
I
direct
this
message
to
all
those
hundreds
of
thousands
of
men
and
women
of
moderate
earnings
and
modest
means.
It
is
for
them
that
the
books
are
open,
Their
subscriptions,
in
vast
numbers,
not
only
register
this
nation's
patriotic
unity,
but
help
ensure
a
wider
and
healthier
war-time
and
post-war
distribution
of
purchasing
power
in
the
form
of
earnlnzs.
Safe
and
Income
earning
Investment
though
your
subscription
Is,
lt
is
In
another
sense
the
greatest,
soundest
investment
ODDorunltv
vou
Ift
died
early
yesterday
In
,
solemn
appeal;
recruit
your
earnings,
your
savings,
quickly
to
the
colors.
press
SLnn
I
hosDllal
here.
Slxtv-stx
years.
..
t
.
-
.
-jaDan
r
'
-
-
w
.
-
1
1
v
-
Tt
ni
uun
ii
k
nm
via.
Em.
Mr
Rankhrart
had
been
a
I
L
is
being
speedily
run
up
on
both
sides
of
Sixth
Afcnue
on
the
two
blocks
Just
ytit
of
Mc-Drlde
Street
for
the
local
"war
station"
of
the
Irish
Fusiliers,
headquarters
of
which
were
recently
moved
from
Vancouver
to
Frince
Rupert.
Largest
of
the
structures
is
a
model
cook
kitchen
with
two
wings
which,
on
completion,
will
have
accomodation
for
between
four
hundred
and
five
hundred
men
In
one
sitting.
The
site
of
this
is
Immediately
below
English
Hill.
In
all.
there
will
be
between
fifteen
barrack
.or
sleeping
huts,
t..niin.
In
Westvlew
near
Seventeenth
Street
construction
of
signallers'
headquarters
buildings
Is
proceeding.
Conviction
Is
Quashed
PROV
-iC.
.L
LIBRARY
up.
VICTOr
weathefi
Eorjecasi
!
Tomorrow
sT
ides
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
to
t
:h
High
1:30
ajn.
205
ft.
.
cniith
wind
i
J?ri.
13:49
pjiu
20,7
ft.
V
Low
7:47
a.m.
4.0
ft!
and
cool
with
showers.
,
f
'
'
20:07
pjn.
3.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
,
XXIX.:
No.
218,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER
16,
1940.
PRICE:
t
CENTS
Britons
Are
Far
Superior
In
Air
RAFT
IS
NOW
LAW
(idtntial
Signature
l.iven
Important
United
States
Measure
Today
To
rASHINOTON,
D-
C..
Sept.
16:
'I.
.Setting
In
motion
machln-to
send,
75.000
draftees
to
ips.
in
November,
President
nklln
P.
Roosevelt
today
gave
cttng
signature
to
peacetime
ft
legislation
requiring
regls-Uon
of
approximately
16,500,000
i
from
21
to
35
years
of
age
for
Itary
service.
The
president's
sature
followed
first
the
Senate
Lval
Saturday
and
soon
there-r
that
of
the
House
for
the
jnded
draft
bill.
frrsldent
Roosevelt,
In
a
state-t
Saturday,
said
that
due
ar-
emenU
naa
oeen
maae
to
ct
insurance,
all
social
gains
rights
of
workers
under
the
MINISTER
OF
FINANCE
CALLS
UPON
CANADIANS
TO
MAKE
LOAN
SUCCESS
THIS
CALL
TO
SUFFICE
Classes
21
To
24
Yean
Should
Meet
Canada's.
Needs
In
Meantime
OTTAWA,
Sept.
16:
(CP)
Hon.
James
G.
Gardiner,
minister
of
equip
Canada's
fighting
forces.
That
task
Is
still
uncompleted.
I
have
national
services,
siid
last
nlcht
therefore
asked
the
press
of
Canada
for
their
co-operation
In
enabling"
,nat
lt
was
expected,
the
four
me
to
make
this
serious
appeal
to
all
Canadians.
classes
of
men
21-24
now
being
Orave
events
transpire
across
the
seas;grave
events
impend.
In
the
called-UP
w
training
would
pro-ultimate
issues
our
all
is
at
stake.
vlde
alt
the
recruits
needed
by
Canada
needs
you
to
put
your
money
behind
your
men,
for
airplanes,
Canada
military
service
this
tanks,
ships,
guns,
munitions.
That
Is
the
reason
you
were
asked
to
Ynlnnnlt
13
e"ctf4
ht
fs
subscribe
the
Second
War
Loan.
400000
men
1,111
Tcn
In
these
I
urge
al
of
you
at
home
who
have
not
yet
subscribed,
to
hasten
,0l!Jfcl;n
a,vu
i.i
IgporUnt
duty.
Hearten
our
comrade,
Delay
can
only
hearten
toLkeLme1o
SSS
t
hnc
h
v,.
...kik-j
t
men
to
relieve
those
absent
to
be
CONFERENCE
ON
BOMBING
could
seize;
an
lnvesment
in
human
freedom,
for
you
and
your
children.
Canadian
Charee
d'Affaires
Aks"
In
this
hour
we
fight
to
save
all
we
have
from
destruction,
ourselves
Further
Explanation
In
Regard
Dnccn
RinnTcli
from
enslavement.
We-flght
for
the
precious,
brlceless.
riaht
to
live
our
To
Empress
Of
'Asia
lUo5Ul
lillllMi
Uvea
In
liberty.
.,
(
It
is
for
this
country,
this
freedom,
that
our
men
in
arms
are
risking
-giving-their
lives.
In
the
air.
on
the
sea.
and
on
the
land
Thr
nt
TOKYO,
Sept.
16:
The
Cana-
us
who
do
not
bear
arms
must
bear
our
dollars
to
the
colors
to
support
dlan
charee
d'affaires
has
asked
those
who
do.
and
will
receive
another
confer-
Large
subscribers,
institution.
rornnrnHnns
fo,nnnr
ni,i.vin
ence
wltn
the
Japanese
foreign
Ota
Brockman
Dankhead
of
encouragingly-sure
evidence
of
their
sense
of
safe
Investment
value
as
"tajst".
Yosuke
Mateuoka.
in
re-.
Alabama.
Speaker
of
theU-eii
.
th-ir
nt
natritu
a,,
eard
to
the
bombing
last
week
of
-T
.
i
ihtpsl
iiuw
in
iiuiiia.il
irepuum.
1.1
u...i.i
m
from
sciatica.
He
had
I
'"ey
aeciarea
acciaeniai.
to
Baltimore
last
Thursday
!
t
-
Bellver
a
speech
on
behalf
of
Bdent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
s
Ipaign
and
there
he
suffered
Borthage
from
ah
.
abdominal
vessel.
His
critical
condition
I
a
turn
for
the
worse
Saturday
he
expired
at
1:35
a.m.
Sun-,
v
v
r
f
niTl
khead,
noted
screen
actress.
ate
funeral
was
held
here
to-
rand
burial
wHl'take
place
at
P,
President
F:
D.
Roose-
leadlng
the
nation's
tribute
fcotb,
senlces.
pngressman
Sam
Rayburn,
t
supporter
of
the
admlnlstra-
and
for
thirteen
years
a
fiber
of
Congress
from
Texas,
i
today
named
as
successor
to
Bankhead.
Ma
Forecasts
More
Intensive
Axis
Assault
OME,
Sept.
16;
A
new
and
of
the
Axis
powers
on
Great;
Is
Impending,
declares
Vlr-
iiin
Oayda,
authorltetlve
Fascist
r
There
.Is
no
point
in
the
'Sh
Iscles
that
pan
rnnslrlir
P
exempt
from
air
attack,
de-
I"
Oayda.
umbing
Let
or
Seal
Cove
Airport
Buildings
Port
At
Bella
Coola
Also
To
BUILDINGS
i
i
Local
Headquarters
Of
Irish
Fusi
liers
Being
Rushed
To
Com-An
Imposing
array
of
buildings
Nazis
Take
Worst
Defeat
So
Far
In
War
Of
Their
Four
Persons
Lose
Lives
As
Small
Boat
Swamps
South
Of
Burns
Lake
Sunday
As
ni
QUARTER
BILLION
IS
SUBSCRIBED
Hooks
On
Seccir
U'ar
Loan
To
Be
Kept
Open
Into
This
.Week
OTTAWA,
Sept.
16:
Subscrip
tlons
to
Canada's
second
war
loan!
up
to
last
night
had
reached
$248,-
200,000
out
of
$300,000,000.
Books;
will
be
kept
open
until
the
early
part
of
this
week.
,
..4ict:iiitui
tii
uiiiici-iiun
tfiin
wie
liiiiu
uuic
ciruay,
uam-c
Transportation
Is
Signed
States
House
of
Represen-'
To
those
of
more
modest
means,
as
to
all
Canadians
I
stress
this
the
Canfadlaf
Paflc
tfamer
!T
MOSCOW.
Sept.
16:-A
pf
Asia
oft
Yokohama.
Th
"if'm.'nt
has
been
signed
be-
e
nav
olroo
ti
.
nffllQllv
fnrA6n
T3
it
eel
'
n
t-
4
mwlnnat-
TVI
Local
Official
and
Wife
Drown
No
Less
a
n
rianes
rxz
rxz
orou
aging
the
private
apartments
of
Queen
Elizabeth
wno,
with
the
'
King,
was
absent
at
the
time.
None
railway
were
hurt.
British
hnmhpr
struct
,
heavily
.
Saturdaynight
sand
'
early
apologized
for
the
Incident
which
will
simplify
operation
of
railway
."
.f
8;
T
traffic
through
to
Sweden.
7?T
?Z
J
"
and
stores
which
the
Nazis
had
as-
?
sembled
in
ChanneJ
ports
of
Hol
land,
France
and
Belgium.
A
Royal.
Cahadian
Air
Force
Hurricane
squadron
shot
down
three
bombers
and
probably
de-i
Than
185
own
Straits
of
Dover
Stormy
Today
as
Attempt
of
Germans
to
Stage
Invasion
of
England
Still
Considered
Imminent
CHURCHILL
ENCOURAGED
LONDON,
Sept.
16:
(CP)
Prime
.Minister
Winston
Churchill
said
today
that
successes
of
the
fighter
command
against
the
Lustwaffe
on
Sunday
"exceeded
all
expectations
and
give
Just
and
sober
confidence
for
the
approaching
struggle."
The
fifth
air
raid
alarm
today
sounded
at
8:09
tonight
(11:09
Pacific
Stan-darm
time).
The
Germans
dropped
bombs
blindly
out
of
an
overcast
sky.
An
official
statement
said
that
air
raid
casualties
in
London
area
during
last
night's
bombing
were
a
little
greater
than
the
recent
toll
of
air
attacks
but
much
less
than
on
the
opening
night,
September
7-8,
when
they
were
300.
German
shells
shook
Dover
today
with
the
British
heavy
guns
replying.
Shells
fell
in
Dover
streets
and
injured
eleven
persons
as
correspondents
reported
movement
of
German
troop
carriers
close
along
the
French
and
Belgian
coasts
under
cover
of
night
and
mists.
Liverpool
was
also
heavily
bombed
yesterday.
LONDON,
Sept.
16:
(CP)
Royal
Air
Force
and
;
ground
deiences
on
Sunday
shot
down
185
German
raid-
Pt'S
lis
fivprit
Rvitnin
nntnrnfl
f
Via
u-aaU
,.V,;U
.
u
-
-
mi
ii
tta
tv
iiiui
iiiciny
quail-
Railway
Pad
f,led
b.rYers,
beli?ve
may
brinS
the
attempted
invasion.
J
i
he
British
plane
losses
numbered
only
twenty-five
with
i
twelve
nilots
safe.
German
bomhs
hit.
Rupfe!
.
.
......
-
.u-
.....
buiiflia(.c
ADMIRATION
'
OF
GANDHI
Indian
Nationalist
Leader
rajs
Tribute
to
London
Under
Stress.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Donald
Crerar.
O.
Palumbo
and
Alex
55
years
ago
and
joining
tht
who
were
saved
parachuted
with!
Prevent
it,
there
would
be
no
mass
.
'
Erickson
Victims
of
Tragedy
in
North
British
Railway
at
Glasgow
out
mishap
to
earthy
tSSStSr
escaped
with
their
lives.
The
bodies
had
not
been
recovered
up
to
noon
tragedy
from
Burns
Lake
and
Smlthers
to
conduct
dragging
operations.
Survivor
Tells
Story
aI
IUa
nnAlnant
O
Q
rt
1
T
f
ed
over
long
distance
teiepnone
last'
night
from
Bums
Lake
to
Conviction
by
c.
u.
Pogson,
'"
'
boat
turned
sharply.
Ks
the
tne
.
Justice
of
the
peace
at
Port
slngton.
against
T.
joikuiw
M,h.rt
fnr
t.hP.
animal.
charge
of
permitting
liquor
to
thereupon
turned
over
kent
ln
In
a
a
restaurant
rpstnnranL
was
was
uua..v-
quasnca
-
...,,
,
.
.
tu
..
ln
County
Court'
ana
we
u
four
of
the
six
people
went
$50
and
costs
was
ordered
returned.
Ja
dccp
wftter
of
the
T.
W.
Brown
acted
as
counsel
for
the
appellant
while
C.
H.
McLean
acted
for
the
.crown.
lake
Immediately,
TUncnVi
1
Un
1900.
Mr.
Crerar
camP
to
Prince
ul
103
UHMn
AVIIVJIIIIUL
i.uivi:
.
'
Prince
Rupert
by
L.
McLennan,
clerk
to
the
roadmaster
at
Burns
Lake
and
one
of
the
survivors,
re
vealed
that
the
between
12
and
1
o'clock
about
a
mile
from
shore.
McLennan's
story
was
to
the
effect
that
a
laree
Labrador
dog
belonging
to
I
Don
.Crerar
became
excited
when
Mrs.
dog
ln
,uu
IOr
.n.H.
ll..-iVnt
"-'""s
imm"-"."!"
:
"7
picVkt
suaaeniy
mrowmg
w
.
.
.
.
...
w
deluding
a
double
sea-Ion
appeal
by
Judge
w.
As
far
as
McLennan
knows
e
hangar,
fifteen
bed
hospital,
W
r,orKsnop,
stores,
12-car
ers
Quarters,
officers'.
o.s
quarters,
men's
vt.innnin
Hpsorihtnff
nis
own
4VlllJV.ii....
,
"
-
.
escape,
fold
of
clinging
to
the'
Klil-vlvnr
T
.T
Fvcrptt.
twtlnn
'
.
i
j
I
four
other
persons
after
it
was
turned
right
side
up
on
being
taken
ashore.
Gum
boots
and
heavy
hunting
SIMLA.
India.
Serit.
16.
Address-
s.royea
at
least
mree
more
bun-
mg.
the
All-India
Congress,
Mahat-
day
in
contributing
to
what
the
raa
Gandhi
yesterday
paid
tribute
Air
Ministry
called
the
British
to
the
conduct
of
the
Brltlsh
people.
fighter
command's
"greatest
vie
ln
the
tlnie
of
crlsiS-
AU
the
world
tory
over
the
Luftwaffe."
Spitfires
watch-ed
the
Battle
of
London
wlth
f,
kCSk
Ped
?t..2r
ba,ed
breath
and
admiration,
he
third
cf
the
bombers
as
the-
fight-
,
.nrfvntPnLJtf
"Jh
andhI
jessed
belief
that
not
evidently
intended
to
k
be
the
heav-
,
,
.
.
,.
.
.
,j
lest
attack
on
London.
Enemy
A
m
ln.M
of
nlnnps
wr
cover,
tn
rmo
uu"
"M
tuuv.uc
iuc
A
LU.MASM
to
the
British.
Instead
of
dumping
e'lon
to
liberatf
e
"ati,on
rfi?rnnnn
WhniAMt.
destruction
.rfn,
n
on
tmJ
London,
,
.which
were
now
under
the
heel
of
II
tVI
II
W
I
I
the
raiders
had
to
fight
a
major
i
battle.
The
twelve
British
pilots
Nazi
domination.
Gandhi
promised
that
If
he
could
brought,
down
yesterday
was
the'was
ln
Press.
Rupert
from
Scotland
some
twenty-
torgest
for
any
slnle
day
slnce'
The
Congress
inited
Gandhi
to
Donald
Crerar,
local
freight
agent
for
the
Canadian
flgh
fff
s
fll0ttnd
soo,n
befe
tne
war
began.
The
previous
high
sume
leadership
and
passed
a
National
Railways
at
Prince
Rupert,
and
Mrs.
Crerar,
Stlena
Unt
5"toS
aJd
day
had
been
August
15
when
180
SSS,181-
fat
Brltain
its
and
endurance.
Mo'-i1
Sh..r..were
courage
ntfavtann
Palmr.n
r-na.lmncfnv
r,,l,
downed.
In
addition
to
the
uuuiimuu
uiuitiuu
a
vcv4A4iuijwvA
a
j
i
tnc
j
i
i
u
i
c
ii
iiu'.i
runK
racinc
it
u
ii
way
t
worKing
tU.
1
l
ien.
tional
Railways
at
Burns
Lake,
and
Alex
Erickson,
-also
up
to
the
position
of
local
freight
I
tralned
flymg
men
Anti-aircraft
1
of
Burns
Lake,
lost
their
lives
by
drowning
at
'noon
yes-
aeent-
He
went
overseas
and
sery-
guns
accounted
for
seven
0I
the
c.
P.
R.
steamer
Princess
Louise,,
terday
at
Tchesinkut
Lake,
eight
miles
SOUth
of
Burns
?d
a
,ry
l"
France
in:
enemy
raiders
and
Royal
Air
Force
Capt.
S.
K.
Gray,
arrived
in
port
Lake.
The
quadruple
tragedy
oc-
r
.
.itne
f1"'
afeat
;var-
Tnree
yea"iflghters
for
the
balance.
at
3:30
Saturday
afternoon
from
curred
when
a
small
boat
capsized
and
they
were
thrown
Into
the
lake.
three
of
which
were
completed
"".?.
""..V
"
.
some
time
ago
and
have
since
been
in
use.
Still
other
structures
Include
administration
and
quartermasters
stores
buildings.
At
the
northeast
corner
of
McBrlde
Street
and
Sixth
Avenue
ground
has
been
prepared
for
a
military
hospital
building,
aeo
he
went
back
to
France
with
stern
of
the
boat
while
the
other
ithe
Vlmy
Pilgrimage.
He
was
a
Two
waves
of
some
400
planes
Alaska
and
sailed
at
5
p.m.
for
came
""?
over
yesterday
but,
finding
Vancouver.
The
vessel
was
twenty-
fnrVrnan
n
f
Ti
ravi
Vi
1
1
n
?
u
f
h
.1
-T"
,,"e
cost
of
mass
attack
again
too
four
hours
late
going
north
buf
hnm
ti,o
Kton.
it..
nir.rii-n.
r
.j...
..aear,
me
uermans
once
wtt.
.
.
u
nuiu
wan
.
wivi.uiii-
ed
'craft
towards
shore
and
about
.the
Prince
today
but
provincial
police
officers
Jan
hour
later
the
two
men
werelrjiub
r""
year.
He
was
past
president
of
Rupert
,
Rod
&
Gun
-
"-
tions.
:
passengers,
most
of
them
north-.
...
..
,'
......
...
were
converging
on
the
scene
of
the
picked
up
by
a
cabin
cruiser
which
'rrmr
Crerar
m
was
nronrle
Droorletress
tress
of
of
the
the
In-1
In-
also
took
the
capsized
rowboat
ln-lander
Rooming
House
and
was'
er
eonm
ions
on
tne
Eng-
tow.
There
were
no
traces'
of
the
-nuallv
well
known,
havine
alsois
unannei
toaay
are
most
un-
-
.,J.t
.
.i
vi-
k-
,t.
eignt
went
uDoara
ai
mis
port
porc
Rupert
since
early
railway
con-'vasion
0f
England
by
the
Nazis.;
structlon
days.
She
was
bom
In
Allhough
this
ls
the
night
of
the
more
made
up
the
time
and
was
run-
changed
their
tactics
and
came
nlng
right
on
time
again
south-'
over
singly
and
in
small
forma-
bound.
The
vessel
had
aboard
155
uiiu
iismiiig
tiuuiuis
uciiik
one
son.
Alistair.
acea
iiiteen.
ffi
t.,a
i
ocno
Minnesota
They
are
survived
by
L
Mt
m
aff
ftt
laat
.
twenty-toll
hours,
bringing
worn
by
some
of
the
people.
Palumbo
was
fifty
years
of
ago"
their
highest
the
sea
Is
very
rough,
"
"
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Crerar
had
left
and
a
native
of
Italy.
He
ls
sur-land
choppy.
There
are
low
clouds
"Th7
H
Z
q,mia,
'
Prince
Rupert
only
last
Friday'vlvcd
by
a
wldow.
the'
former
Eve-
and
mist
vemng
or
-
me
on
a
-
noi
-
of
TelKwa.
Better
-rZ
tragedy
occured
,
iyn
Chapman
w
tain
th
Roval
Air
Force.
In
addl-
aay
nsnmg
ana
nunung
inp
io;known
as
Mike,
ne
naa
Deen
mi"
...U(,U
-
"M
'
n
nam
i
nptivifv.tlon
to
shootuie
down
175
German
T.,.-
..u
t
.
.
.
viori
faitori
nminir
frt
tho
u.e
i&cs
jjiitntw
uuu.
ui
tmni3ltne
maintenance
01
way
service
or
.
'"'',..,
t,,p
mTrt(l
made
large
scale
spat
vid
raWs
on.-Lake.
It
was
in
the
course
of
this,
the
railway
since
1914.
He
has
a
of
the
British
Navy
and
Royal
Pje
,
on
that
the
tragedy
occurred.
Mr.
Crerar
was
an
ardent
angler
and
hunter.
All
Well
Known
News,
of
the
tragedy
came
as
a
great
shock
to
many
friends
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Crerar
for
both
were
pioneer
residents
of
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Palumbo,
long
Identified
with
the
railway
service
ln
this
district,
was
also
very
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert,
Danny,
a
member
of
the
,
--"7-7,-"::
son,
p"
and
the
mt0
Canadian
Scottish
Regiment
nov1
While
the
Royal
Air
Force
ton"les
across
Alps
ln
Victoria.
Palumbo
had
recently
'tlnued
its
merciless
pounding
of
"If
,
n.H.
In
North
Africa
also
the
British
..:
...-J
i
...
iu
n
noci
of
th.
v.t.
oi
at
Smlmers
after
having
been
'the
Channel
coast
and
to
the
rear.
JSTuiS'
located
at
various
points
along
the.ln
the
Lowlands
and
Germany,
the
?
t",,
line
ln
many
capacities.
A
fewiNazls
kept
up
their
air
raids
on
"rv;
months
ago
he
had
been
promoted
London
and
elsewhere
in
England;-"-""-"0
'
.
,m
to
the
position
of
roadmaster
at
Burns
Lake
in
succession
to
Dennis
Deneen.
Alex
Erickson
was
a
mink
faw
fences.
Born
at
Pitlochry,
Perthshire,
mer
near
Burns
Lake.
but
with
somewhat
less
intensity
1
;
last
night
owing
to
the
growing
rlShtecafe
across
and
were
at,
effectiveness
of
the
British
de-
once
attacked
by
Prltlsh-'tlghtcrs.
Nr.
Ipss
..than.
IRA
v.,1
'numucis
Ui
ucuyiu
1
WW
uu-
planes
have
been
shot
down
ln
the
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