Sides
make
puzzling
reading
fort
average
citizen.
Potato
neU'
r
example,
"dollies,"
"housewives,"
bullet
weighting
machines.
3ther
items
in
the
record
Include
films,
palms,
sirens,
.
green
tanette
for
the
dental
r
-
-iui
aprons
i.i4w
uMi,w,
o
Return
Home
Requested
to
Confer
With
President
Roosevelt
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Aug
10:
CP)
Acting
Secretary
of
States
Sumner
Wells
said
yesterday
that
lohn
Cudahy,
United
States
ambas-
saor
to
Belgium,
has
been
request-
to
Teturn
to
the
United
States
mediately
for
consultation
at
the.
Predion
of
President
Franklin
D.
loosevelt.
He
left
Heston,
England,
day
by
plane
for
Lisbon
whence
9
Will
flv
tn
VnHfA
Rtnlea
Mondav.
I
At
Heston
today,
Cudahy
denied
Mention
of
criticizing
Great
Brl-
Mn
regarding
conditions
in
.Bel-
pum
or
of
praising
Germany.
i
on
the
other
hand,
the
Dally
'ill
Quoted
Cudahv
as
savlne
"I
it
retract
one
word
of
what
aid."
1
of
the
sensation-creating
tatements
which
Cudahy
Is
pur
Ported
to
have
made
was
that,
in
ne
occupation
of
Belelum.
German
loidlers
had
acauitted
themselves
Pftter
than
would
have
American.
also
advocated
that
the
United
pates
feed
Nazi
occupied
countries,
FORD
AND
LINDBERGH
DEARBORN.
Ford
anfi
ri
rimri..
a
i.tnil.
Ytth
conferred
at
the
Ford
resilience
for
the
'IVVltll
Ulj
.
"
"
"
J
l'0nnirtlnn
...In.
..
inn
t.
..
I
.
.
"iu
it
new
isvu
11.1',
I
plane
engli,
uvi
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
10:
(CP
.
Thurman
Arnold,
assistant
Attorney
Oeneral
of
the
United
States,)
said
yesterday
that
a
special
grand
i
Jury
had
uncovered
considerable
evidence
tending
to
show
that
patents
vital
to
United
States
war
in-
dustries
are
German-controlled.
I
Bulletins
NEW
POLICE
CHIEF
Instead
of
Sergeant
J.
II.
Mc-
Clinton,
who
had
been
originally
I
announced
as
the
new
chief
of
city
police
here.
Sergeant
O.
L.
"Hall
Is
coming
from
Rossland
to
Prince
Kupert.
Sergeant
Hall
is
no
stranger
in
Prince
Kupert
and
district.
Several
years
ago
he
was
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
here.
Accompanied
by
his
wife,
Sergeant
Hall
is
expected
here
soon,
DOBRUJA
YIELDED
NEW
YORK
The
British
Broadcasting
Broadcasting
Corporation
Corporation
report-
repon-
Bulgarian
lieved
to
have
approved
an
agreement
ceding
part
of
the
Rumanian
province
of
Dobruja
to
Bulgaria.
BIG
PLANE
SAFE
HOME
SOMEWHERE
IN
ENGLAND
The
British
Overseas
Airways
fly-
of
schedule
America.
on
its
return
from
SHORTAGE
OF
SCRAP
NEW
YORK
United
Stales
munitions
manufacturers
complain
of
a
serious
shortage
of
,,m
metal
owinr
to
the
ex
six
timnlv
nf
Kuril
material
in
this
I
'"t'i'v
-
I
country.
j
ITALIAN
COUNCIL
MEETS
ROME
The
Italian
council
of
ministers
sat
today
and
authorized
the
seizure
of
all
British
property
In
North
Africa,
the
repairing
of
damage
to
Italian
occupied
parts
of
South
Africa
and'
the
sorting
of
ail
garbage
with
a
view
to
saving
war
materials.
RETURNS
TO
MOSCOW
SAN
FRANCISCO
Lawrence
A.
Stelnhardt,
United
States
ambassador
to
Soviet
Russia,
sailed
from
hero
yesterday
on
his
return
to
Moscow
by
way
of
Japan
and
Siberia.
MAY
USE
FORCE
TOKYO
It
is
stated
today
that
Japan
is
preparing
to
use
force,
if
necessary,
to
obtain
bases
In
1
French
Indo-Chlna.
The
French
1
Asiatic
squadron
li
reported
to
All
raiders
returned
to
their
home
al.
have
been
made
to
Japan.
There
Booth,
...
.
.
.
l
weeks
.!,.
1
U
ald
to
De
oniv
a
Halibut
Sales
'American
Kanaga,
40,000,
10.6c
and
8c,
Roy
ceedingly
hcar
shipments
which
j
Betty
Jane,
32,000,
10c
and
8c,
Canadian
P.
Doreen,
7,500,
1034c
and
7.5c,
Atlin.
Clipper
II.,
17,000,
10.8c
and
7.5c,
Storage.
Lois
N.,
36,000,
10.4c
and
7.oc,
Storage.
have
left
for
an
unnamed
destination
and,
in
some
quarters,
was
reported,
in
co-operation
with
the
Chinese,
ready
to
resist
Invasion,
of
French
Indo-Chlna.
Half
a
million
Chinese
troops
arc
reported
concentrated
on
the
French
Indo-
China
border,
PRESIDENT
ON
TRIP
PORTSMOUTH,
New
Hampshire
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
arrived
at
Portsmouth
today
commencing
a
three-day
Inspection
tour
of
New
England
naval
de-fences,
lie
visited
the
Portsmouth
navy
yard
where
new
naval
buildings
to
the.
extent
or
?27,O00,0OO
is
under
way,
i
PROVINC
IAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B,C.
Weather,
forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
o,w
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and
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High
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am.
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AND
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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
vol
XXIX-
No.
188.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
AUGUST
10,
1940.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
ir
Attacks
Become
More
Intense
'AR
ORDERS
OF
INTEREST
..
v.i
nnt
hum
Tin
t
Ila
v
m
AKOl
""V
4
Rnm
md
Bath
Mats
For
Sure
OTTAWA,
Aug.
10:
tun-uaaj
M
ends
to
fill
the
smaller
neecu
I
the
armed
forces
of
the
Dominion
I
listed
In
the
record
or
contract
tards
of
the
munitions
and
supply
tpartment
for
a
single
month
ake
up
the
numerical
dui.
oi
iis-u
filling
a
'300
page
book
and
frovide
an
Intriguing
insight
Into
Be
details
of
defence
department
etivitles.
Iwhlle
most
reports
of
contracts
lal
with
only
the
more
Important
ems,
such
as
clothing,
munitions.
hi
construction
orders,
the
corn-
record
Is
made
up
of
thous-
bdsof
little
things,
like
bath
maU,
water
bottles
and
bay
rum.
rht
supply
department
must
Is
le
a
contract
for
everything
It
or-
Irs,
however
small
and
list
.
the
mj
carefully,
noting
the
name
the
contractor,
commodity,
date
order
and
destination,
date
of
de-
and
the
amount
of
the
con-
Consequently,
the
orders
run
as
as
50
cents
and
have
a
surprls-
range-
-tent
pins,
hack
saws.
rrors,
scissors,
puiows,
tnimoies
tntrs.
mosquito
oil,
mop
wring-
,
canned
clams,
blue
and
rolling
it.
During
April
one
urgent
order
i
placed
with
a
button
company
lulling
$7.58
worth
of
pants
but-
tt
the
National
Defence
in-1
fcuon
room
at
imawa
immeu-
Wjr.
Another
was
to
the
Bil-
admiralty
for
$792
worth
of.
rhon.
I
Most
obscure
Itflrrj
phe
M
per-
le,
khs.k.
ai.au
ojucr
lot
k:ii
kti
elbtjiki'
For
sheer
incoher-
cy
ah
order
for
"Tyeos
mercur-
tphygomanometers"
(medical
Itruments)
topped
the
list.
i
Many
of
the
names
given
for
the
CHUNGKING
I
IS
BOMBED
Sixty-Four
Planes
Give
Chinese'
Provisional
Capital
Worst
j
Strafing
In
Week
CHUNGKING,
China,
Aug.
10:
(CP)
Large
fires
were
started
near
the
United
States
embassy
on
the
south
bank
of
the
Yangtze
River
when
sixty-four
Japanese
war
planes
gave
Chungking
the
worst
bombing
in
several
weeks.
It
is
feared
the
casualties
were
heavy.:
Nine
hundred
buildings
are
cstlm-l
ated
to
have
been
destroyed.
GERMANY
IS
IN
CONTROL
Investigation
Indicates
That
Reich
Got
Patents
From
United
.
.States
GIANT
FLYING
BOATS
OF
R.C.A.F.
KEEP
CONSTANT
VIGIL
OFF
CANADIAN
COASTS
Day
after
day,
in
fair
weather
and
foul,
giant
Stranraer
flying
b
j
s
ci
the
R.C.A.J
.,
sach
as
the
one,
upper
right,
patrols
the
vast
stretches
of
ocean
oh
Canada's
eastern
codst.
Flying
hundreds
of
m
les
out
to
sea,
they
are
the
eyes
of
not
only
the
coastal
defences,
but
also
of
the
vital
convoys
they
help
to
shepherd
through
Canadian
waters.
Just
Wee
any
other
ocean-goin$
craft,
the
Stranraer
has
Its
wireless
cabin
and
"Sparks"
is
shown
at
his
key,
upper
left,
a
o
keeps
in
tcuch
with
the
home
base
while
the
giant
flying
boat
scarghcsJ,thcj;eatv.f9r.hostUe.cra;t.
TJtiejujigltprDb
.U
where
dense
fogs
roll
Tn
and
out
with
treacherous
swiftness.
Chart
..A
the
course
of
his
flying
boat
is
this
navigating
officer,
lower
left.
In
the
course
of
long
patrols,
a
spot
of
tea
is
always
welcome
and
a
n
airman
is
shown,
lower
right,
making
a
pot
of.
tea
on
the
compact
stove
of
a
Stranraen
while
flying
high
above
the
Atlantic:
AIR
FIGHT
NAVAL
ACTIVITY
LEADS
IN
AFRICA
WEST
COAST
WAR
WORK
Britain
is
stiu
Pounding
at
Enemy
1rit;sh
Columbia
Gives
Her
Sons
to
Navy
and
Army
and!
m
ubya
mo
mihop
,
Sends
Steady
Flow
orMatcrials
Eastward
Also
Busy
cairo,
Aug.
lo.-British
bombers'
British
Columbia,
one
of
the
most
defence-conscious
continue
active
-
against
-
Italian
nav-
0f
Canadian
w
.....-
-
provinces
,
.
.
in
the
days
of
peace,
.threw
its
tun
against
lamsi
Sudan
auoan
a
and
Somaliland,
-
.r
tfam
i-
uri...
...
,
.
!..,
bases
safely.
hasp
tndav.
ninety
ramuio
i
nnl
vpssp!
and
leaving,
k
afire,
ens.
IS-
been
-"""
employed,
but
a
steady
flow
of
towards
local
defence
as
well
as
combat
in
Europe.
For
the
army,
recruiting
started
with
the
outbreak
of
war
and
slackened
off
when
units
for
the
1st
and
2nd
divisions
reached
war
strength.
It
started
again
In
June
when
units
were
mobilized
for
the
3rd
and
4th
divisions
and
continued
actively
as
the
non-
permanent
active
militia
prepared
to
send
all
volunteers
who
offered
themselves
to
summer
training
camps.
Naval
headquarters
at
Esqui
mau
on
Vancouver
Island
were
kept
busy
taking
on-
men
for
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy,
many
-of
Air
Activity
So
far
British
Columbia
bases
are
contemplated
at
Uclue-
let
oh
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
and
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Factories
and
shipyards
on
the
west
coast
are
busy
on
war
orders
Work
under
way
in
marine
in
dustrial
establishments
Includes
construction
of
anti-submarine
boats,
minesweepers,
refueling
scows
and
cranes,
'destroyers,
patrol
ships
and
mine-
produced
at
Trail
and
-British
'Col
WORK
ON
HIGHWAY
Work
On
Highway
From
Manson
Creek
To
Pincher
Creek
Goes
(
r
To
W.
C.
Arnett
i
;
1
i
irps
sou'wester
hats,
contracts
for
i
,
(od
(hat
the
Kumanian
and
al
and
air
bases,
troop
concentra-
wejght
Jnt0
the
Empire
effort
OB
the
outbreak
,
,
of
war
1
The
contracting
.
firm
of
irbage
removal,
rubber
stamps'
..,.i:
rm,t
he-
'
Uons
tions
and
and
munition
muniuon
and
ana
suppiy
supply
has-
uj
,
last
tS
September.
t
mL.p
Thp
The
fortifications
fortifications
.and
and
defence
defence
battcfiesW.
batteh6SW.
C.
C.
Arnett
Arnett
of
of
Vancouver,
Vancouver,
low
low
li
i
.
I
luifct.i.
hw.
governr
"
-
A
.
.
,
t
1
rtVilnnln
1
1
1
m
1
n
(7
.
.
-
.
.
-
.
.
..
na
ies
ior
color
blindness.
ludahy
Ordered
es.!lM
fSta
likewise
which
were
installed
in
the
Pacific
Coast
area
in
the
years
tenderer,
has
been
given
jhe
xon-
success
are
claimed
.by
Italy
leading
up
to
the
outbreak
of
the
conflict
have
not
yet
tract
to.
construct
a
road
ten
miles,
from
Manson
Creek
highway
to
Pincher
Pincner
Creek
ureeK
at
at
a
a
cost
cost
of
ox.i
$23,202,
.
RrU
sweepers
serving
on
the
Atlantic.
BrltUh
aircran
are
reponeu
w
.
V
"
i
this
work
to
be
t
4
rushed
UOUCU
and
com-
Will-
have
raided
ltanan
5i"pp"iB
"
.uu.m
.
Tobruk
Harbor,
scoring
direct
hits
areas
where
war
Is
waged
or
threat-
Two
BLITZ
NOW
EVIDENTLY
UNDER
WAY
Extensive
Air
Attacks
On
British
Isles
Today
But
Everywhere
Enemy
Is
Successfully
Repelled
LONDON,
Aug.
10:
Germany
today
launched
most
widespread
raids
of
this
week
of
anticipated
blitzkrieg
against
the
British
Isles
but
everywhere,
by
sea,
land
and
air,
the
attacks
were
repelled
During
the
night,
again
this
morning
and
into
this
afternoon
German
air
raiders
blazed
over
England,
Scotland
and
Wales.
There
I
were
large
attacks
on
southeast,
.southwest,
northeast
and
north
west
England.
The
Oermans
resumed
the
raids
on
southeast
England
this
afternoon
after
a
series
of
widespread
!
attacks
during
the
night
which
con-I
tinued
until
dawn.
Early
reports
showed
two
men
killed
and
several
persons
injured
-
'with
"some"
damage
in
a
northeast
English
town
early
today.
I
"Whistling"'
bombs
dropped
in
a
J
"terror"
raid
on,
the
northwest
coast
killed
four,
injured
two
and
causeM
.property
damage.
Bombers
struck
at
barragt
balloons
flown
from
ships
off
the
southeast
coast
but
reports
said
the
attacks
were
unsuccessful.
-
Nazi
Ships
Sunk
Meanwhile,
the
Royal
Air
Force
was
penetrating
deep,
into
enemy
territory
both
German;;
-
and
;
German-occupied.
British
planes
dropped
mines
into
at
least
two
German
harbors,
sinking
twelve
German
vessels
including,
it
is
claimed,
one
warship.
On
the
basis
of
fuller
reports,
the
Air
Ministry
confirms
reports
that
sixty
German
planes
were
destroyed
and
many
others
damaged
in
Thursday's
great
air
battle
along
the
English
Channel,
Three
of
sixteen
missing
British
fighter
pilots
have
been
reported
safe,
two
of
these
are
wounded.
Nazi
attacks
continued
during
yesterday,
two
German
bombers
being
shot
down.
Railway
Head
Coming
West
k
.
C
1
linn
tfnJ
a.
Y
aiva
Vnm
m
Vm
flff
XI
i
a
pleted
within
six
to
eight
weeks.
"u"s"v"
"
r
Pnict
A
ronmni
m
tri
Ilv
TV
R
caterpillars
and
a
quantity
'
..
.
'
.
u..h,-j
i,
(
v,-aiitmfcr.t
of
material
have
already
been
A
few
hours
arter
the
outoreaK
oi
;
'dipped
to
Manson
Creek
and
It
is
hostilities
ships
of
the
Royal
Can-
of
scho
tue
British
Com
wwk
r
adian
Navy
stationed
on
the
west
monwealth
Air
Training
nan
An
coast
were
on
their
way
to
the
At-
elementary
flying
training
school
nnaer
ay.
lantlc
by
way
of
the
Panama
Canal,
was
set
up
at
Vancouver.
The
Some
of
them
have
since
crossed
P
nce
falls
under
the
X
11
p
;
the
Atlantic
to
work
In
British
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wlth
headquarters
at
Reglna.
named
after
ters
and
the
Fraser,
the
BrltUh
Columbia
river,
went
to'
Headquarters
of
Western
Alri
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defence
of
western
Canada,
Is
at
While
Canadian
preparations
for
Victoria
and
under
It
an
extensive
action
overseas
and
for
the
defence
'program
of
bettering
defences
Is
of
the
Eastern
shores
somewhat
ov-
junder
way.
At
Patricia
Bay,
east
vershatjowed
the
Pacific
defence
jof
Victoria,
an
air
base
to
cost
problem,
the
latter
has
not
been
ne-
$1,500,000
is
under
construction
glected.
Military,
naval
and
air
ef-!"
will
accomodate
squadrons
of
fort
In
British
Columbia
Is
directed
.both
sea
and
land
planes.
Other
Area
Of
Shanghai
Walton
MONTREAL,
August
10:
S.
J.
;Hungerford,
chairman
and
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
left
last
night
'on
the
Continental
Limited
for
a
tour,
of
inspection
of
the
western
lines
of
the
National
system.
He
was.
accompanied
by
N.
B.
Walton,
vice-president
In
charge
of
operation,
maintenance
and
construction.
Mr.
Hungerford
will
Inspect
the
lines
and
facilities
of
the
railway
from
the
head
of
the
lakes
to
the
LONDON,
Aug.
10:
(CP)-
With
Paclflc
t
the
War
Office
announcing
yester-
day
that
"British
troops
at
present
j
if
J
f
stationed
in
Shanghai
and
North
.UrOnanCe
Head
In
China,
are
oeing
wunorawn
ior
ser
vice
elsewhere,"
the
total
troops
ef-
I
nnann
Ic
MnTYlPri
fected
being
about
1500,
protection
vuimuw
u
imv
of
British
interests
in
that
area
is'
now
left
to
British
naval
units
and
international
police
force.
umbla's
gold
production
helps
to
maintain
Canada's
foreign
exchange
position.
Voter!in
-
nf
thi
last
wflrl
nf
Home
Guard
and
Its
reserve
com
panies
and
many
found
placei
In
the
Canadian
Active
Service
Force.
The
most
notable
Is
MaJ.-Gen.
Victor
W.
Odium
of
Vancouver,
P.
A.
Chester
of
Hudson
Bay
Co.
Gets
Important
War
Appointment
nthcr
faptnrips
arp.
tiroduclne
o,vinm
nrituvi
rninmhia
hat
manv
Ibeen
appointed
acting
Iflaster-gen-
tents,
flags
and
ensigns,
blankets.
Responded
generously
to
the
call'eral
of
ordnance,
the
Department
army
uniforms,
overcoats,
doow,
alrcrafc,
rope,
and
dlesel
engines.
B.
C.
mines
and
forests
are
Important
sources
of
essential
.materials.
Large
quantities
of
timber
are
being
shipped
to
Great
i
Britain
and
to
Eastern
Canada,
whom
moved
eastwards
to
manjeopper
and
other
base,
metals
are
OTTAWA.
Aug.
10:
(CPJ
P.
A.
Chester
of
Winnipeg,
general
man-aeer
of
the
Hudson
Bay
Co,.,
has
for
volunteers
for
the
Veteran's
nawuuai
yesterday.
JUGO-SLAV
SHIP
SINKS
LONDON
The
Jugo-Slav
freighter
Radd
is
reported
to
have
rnmmander
of
lh
2nd
overseas
I
been
Sunk
off
SU
Ymcenf.
.
The
division.
'
crew
of
twenty-hine!
was
saved.
I
i
'X
1!