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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRA
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
TtXlX.
No.
223,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
21,
1940.
PRICE:
6
CENTS
British
Planes
Wrea
German
Day
Attack
Again
D,
1
-b
nt5t'l
usbir.
Broken
Up;
Casualties
In
(ED
CROSS
C0MAND
Night
Attack
Were
Lower
TftNDON.
Sept.
21:
(CP)
Formations
of
German
CAMPAIGN
.
V
A
fnr
nrif
In
tia
up"""
frlnte
Rupert
JNexi
wee
m
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Red
Cross
Society
will
be
Matting
its
annual
drive
ior
-di
next
week.,
the
effort
being
hanmon
with
the
rest
of
Canada.
Inold
fllten
campaign
man-
tind
the
city
has
been
divided
h
irtu
with
canvass
captains
I
Wol
McBrlde
Street
Otto
In
I
Wa
Street
to
WestVlew
Mrs.
l&Wwrtght
fteiMged
in
the
press.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Vancouver
l&tUiMiurl,
.04.
Salome
8.83.
Ciflxw
Quartz.
2.00
(bid).
Dstonlo.
M
usk).
I
J!
Belt
22,
Mascot,
,45
(bid).
Vffle
Nickel.
.08
(ask).
WOreiUe.
1.55.
Soeer,
2.05.
'wilier,
.95.
tter.
.43.
Sn$
MacDonald,
.25
(ask).
H
'ask).
ArUngton,
.02V4.
IWlef
on
Oold,
.02.
Cwio
Hudson,
.02Vi
(ask).
Iif
Con..
,13.
l-Wermae.
10
little.
j)5.
Oils
E,
1.42
(hid!
3ie
185
(bid).
I'!!
Canadian
11
0kK,
.85
(bid).
-04
Vi,
IWT,
We
Royalties.
.12
(ask).
Tnrnn4n
;fatral
pat,.
1.85.
1
Smelters.
38..
IMalartlc,
3.25.
"Wand,
.m
I'fwcoeur,
,3a
1
Lake.
34.
wrdrock,
.93.
If
Nickel.
37,14.
1;
Addison,
2.75.
'
Long
Lac.
2.00.
I;
d
Cockshutt,
2.39.
Red
Lake.
.44
Sr1
m
Lakc.
-98-
'
?0neta,
.62.
58.
!'t5
East.
Dome.
1.05.
AMonlo.
1.95.
r0ordon'
-7
(bid).
IwHllac,
JD6V.
.02
""uge,
(Did).
IN
ENGLAND
t
?AWA.
Air
rnmmn.lnrft
I-
tdlan
na
the
Royal
Ca-
in
Ptintc
Kupcrt),
Appointed
to
School
Staff
Miss
Margaret
Shlet
Transferred
to
Junior
High
and
Miss
w
Jones
Named
to
Borden
St.
Miss
Lillian
Jones
has
IVESSEL
IS
TORPEDOED
British
Freighter
Elmbank
Is
Vic
tim
of
Enemy
Submarine
mmlanes
crossed
the
Kent
coast
before
dawn
todav
and
new
york,
sept.
21.
Mackay
'
I
I
1
.....
nt
.n
...nfl
U
11
1
D.JI.
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ere
met
oy
neav
mm
autictit
uurrage
as
wen
as
oy
"ouiu
"""""
jm1""
oval
Air
Force
fighters.
Three
raiders
were
seen
to
IT"
the
J3!"
up
of
message
f18
after-
from
DELIVERY
'
OF
SHIPS
All
Fifty
Destroyers
Will
Have
Been
Transferred
By
Christmas,
It
Is
Expected
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Sept.
21:'
It
Is
expected
that
delivery
ol
all
British
steamer
Elmbank
stat-'Mty
destroyers
obtained
by
Great
Kt
and
later
a
lone
Mcrschmidt
turned
back.
At
XZS2f
,TK
ik
bKiiwu
ciicm.T
t
uwugukuumi
uy
uutxiaiiu-
pedoed
600
miles
due
west
of
the
UI
nu4U
j
aircrau
nits,
une
group
01
raiaers
Irsh
coast.
The
Elmbank
is
a
ves-
concessions
win
nay
uei
wauc
appeared
over
London
after
a
sei
of
five
thousand
tons
reelstered
W
nsimas.
night-long
series
of
attacks
and
British
counter-assaults
on
Nazi-
.
I
LJn.U.t-
Vlnn
held
Invasion
ports.
j
An
official
announcement
by
the
air
and
home
security
ministries
said
that
last
night's
attacks
caused
casualties
"rather
less
than
on
previous
night"
East,
central
and
south
London
and
the
Thames
area
bore
the
brunt
of
the
fourteenth
ITALIANS
HELD
UP
ALEXANDRIA,
Sept.
consecutive
dusk-to-dawn
assault.
Nlni
nrnant
were
iniured
in
a
raid
liuiiuui
uaito
American
Galveston,
29.000,
HL5c
and
8i.
'
Storage.
'
Canadian
i
Rose
Spit,
16,030,
lf.8c
arid
8c,
:i:
(CP)
jAtlln.
.
Houses
and
Industrial
premises
in
by
Italian
planes
on
Alexandria
to-
j
WnfVipr
FnrPrat
the
neighborhood
of
the
Thames
day.
Most
of
the
bombs
fell
harm-'
iTCdUlCI
I
UI
CV.d3l
River
were
damaged.
1
lessly
Into
the
sea.
The
raid
lasted
i
One
heavy
bomb
fell
early
this
only
fifteen
minutes.
I
General
synopsis
A
deep
depres-
mornlng
near
a
famous
football
In
view
of
heavy
damage
that
has
sIon
is
appearing
west
outhe
Queen
field,
demolishing
twelve
houses
'been
caused
by
Royal
Air
Force
and
charlotte
Islands,
whll.
the
pr?-
BiinMS
section-
-W.
R.
McAfee.
I
and
causing
a
number
of
casualties,
naval
attacks
on
their
bases
both
sure
continues
high
oyer
British
fefiCOTC
-Mn
J
E.
Boddlc.
j
Anotner
causca
wiaespreaa
carnage
in
LJDya
ana
newiy-uixuyicu
uoiumDia.
inn
weawiet
uus
u
lutol
McBrlde
Street
Mrs.
L.jwnen
11
"n
an
apartment
nouse.
it
13
not
expectea
any
mruier
au-
iair
ana
some""
Ji"i"
ine
government
saia
mat
in
vance
Dy
iana
wm
ov
aiurmpieu
uj
turouguout
11113
ihuvuik.
other
parts
of
the
British
Isles
the
Italians
for
a
few
days
at
least.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-there
was
very
little
night
activity.
Further
heavy
damage
has
been
Fresh
southwest
winds!?,
with
ln-
Whlle
the
Nazi
day
assault
was
done
to
trfe
Italians
at
Benghasl,
creasing
cloudiness
and
showers
once
again
pretty
well
broken
up
Torbruk
and
other
points.
tonight.
,1
tern
residential
section
-!by
anti-aircraft
fire
and
Royal
Air
n
Miller
;.
.)
2W
v
WW"'.I
-T
LUJ
?
:o
U,i
.U
of
$10
and
oYCrjwlU
be
alarms
locay-tnc
jootn.
iu,,tn
ana
UUllCUlJCI
VitC3
1IUI
13
luoiu
01
uie
war.
iiuwcvci,
nc
actual
daylight
aerial
activity
was
relatively
light.
The
enemy.
It
was
thought,
would
be
awaiting
again
for
dark.
Some
people
thought
the
air
at-
j
tack
might
actually
be
petering
out.
Others
believed
the
blitzkrieg
Carrying
On
Fine
Work
1
For
Fighting
Men
-Here!
Ing
during
the
big
attack
over
Kent
waJ
rorthcomlrig.
IV4jU
J
Sj
k
V
.11
1
n'fett,
mna
tnAaef
11tr
HIcrwircoH
.
..
i
I
n.nt,.
..uo
av
auw.M.u..j
UUKv.ov
wttn
tne
ever
incrcuiuig
uum-i
.
TTfirrn
t
IS
i
'
with
enemy
planes
dropping
into
w,
nf
fiffhtln2
forces
being
sta-!
A
I
W
I
1
A
9
K
A
!
I
the
sea
and
ashore.
Only
two
bombs
innPfi
tn
this
area
it
was
evident'
XJLlJkJ
1
Ii"a.ijli"l
were
dropped
on
London
yesterday.
tnat
one
0f
the
most
pressing
Jobs
One
statement
last
night
said
was
tne
organizing
of
recreational
May
Be
l
ew
nays
ueiore
craici
that
seven
Royal
Air
Force
planes
(aciuttes
for
the
men
when
off
,
Under
Proportional
Represen-and
four
Nazis
had
been
shot
down
Hntv
Thtv
foundation
of
this
work
tation
Is
Known
yesterday.
MORE
SHIPS
TO
BRITAIN
Furchase
From
has,
we
think,
been
weu
iaia
Dy
the
opening
a
few
weeks
ago
otj
the
United
Services
Hut
on
Second
Avenue.
This
project
w
uiuC
-
AlIstr!1,ln.s
.n.rj,.
DOSS.
nf
th
ladles'
maintenance
com
mlttee
(composed
of
appointed
members
from
the
various
women's
onranizations
in
the
city)
'
Toe
H.
Captain
R.
C
H.
Durnford,
Twenty-five
Freighters
garrison
chaplain,
the
Young
iTnH,H
siatM
For
M.n's
christian
Association
and
$8,000,000
.
r
n
c.nt
91
sprlblne
It
as
WAsmnuiun,
u.
v,.,
!.
..rto
n,
,,
citizen.,
of
Negotiations
are
reported
aDouijComum
completed
whereby
area
1
rough
Idea
of
what
ZJ-$t-to
United
Services
Hat
provides
fnSJ
!
frSers
were
it
will
not
be
amiss
to
mention
a
a
".vuv,,'-"'.
".
.
.
,ir.
f.n,
Hornl
s
which
snOUld
and
will
be
used
to
augment
the
hiterestu
nriH.vi
merchant
marine,
uni
ting
recent
recent
man
itacks,
I
Am
tTlAI-
Into
two
sections.
One
is
the
main
recreational
room,
containing
mi-
Hard
table,
two
tame
tennis
&ew,,
shuffle
board,
darts,
etc.
The
other
section
Is
the
dry
canteen
wnere
tea,
coffee
and
light
refreshments
are
served
at
a
nominal
cost,
also
h,
Mnriv
and
"doq"
on
nriation
with
Card
tables
and
,.,n
Kicked
book
and
magazine
been
ap-!shclves.
A
piano
is
.
also
.
provided
Borden
Street
School,
iub
Shlel
who
sing-song
or
the
high
place
of
Miss
Margaret
lmpromptu
r
.
tn
Booth;u..,,,
nraetce
his
classical
nas
Been
uuiuiciiv"
.
,
'wun
Memorial
Junior
High
Scnow
w
b
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
en-
g
lw0
lal.ge
rooms
is
llstment
or
James
ciarh..
CANBERRA,
Australia,
Sept.
21.
-It
may
be
several
days
before
de-
Ible
by
the
combine
rta,
-
election
are
known.
Voting
was
un
der
the
proportional
representation
system.
DIES
AT
WALES
ISLAND
WALES
ISLAND.
Sept.
21:
Mrs.
1
the
officers
and
men
of
the
vari-
(sophle
Johnson,
well
known
native!
ous
units
stauonea
ncic.
m
woman,
died
here
yesterday
morn-;
one
might
be
more
correct
in
de-lngi
the
result
of
the
may
find
refuge
and,
in
this
quiet:
prove
atmosphere
and
surroundings,
(write
those
long
delayed
letters
to.
The
whole
of
the
ground
floor
(relatives
and
friends
at
home.
nf
the
StOrK
UIOCK,
WlWi
a-u
ul-auo
iwiii
i
nwcu
a-Au
losses
owing
,
f
of
50
by
100
lindlvldual
desks,
with
writing
pap-
submarine
ana
wV
-
"ii
occupled:
This
is
divided
the
quiet
room
where
those
who,
are
Inclined
to
flee
"the
madding;
crowds
and
busy
haunts
of
men"!
er
and
envelopes,
etc.
supplied
free.
Or
one
may
take
a
book
or
magazine
and
lounge
in
one
of
the
many
comfortable
chairs
and
travel
the
lanes
of
adventure
and
romance
with
that,
favorite
author,
Just
as
one
would
if
he
were
at
home.
Friday
night
is
special
games
.':
h
nhiMned.
Tlicre
is
also
night
when
bridge,
crlbbage,
bit
H.C
.
...
.
ll'llnJ
nJ
aII...
tniiMiom-nl.
nn
1,1
1
h
1
room
a
picntuui
stauus
u""'"iw
vn
ut;
uiuuigm
lll'Mjr
n
nj
bale
to
enter.
It
Is
hoped
to
make
Thursday
night
a
guest
night
when
a
dance
or
bridge
drive
or
other
form
of
entertainment
can
be
arranged
and
each
man
will
be
able
to
bring
his
lady
friend.
Norman
McEwen
of
the
Y.
M.
C.
(Continued
on
Pago
Four)
king
Bulletins
MILLAR
HOUSE
SOLD
Sale
Is
announced
of
the
well
known
residential
property
on
Sixth
Avenue
East
of
William
Millar
to
M.
Valderhaug.
Mr.
and
Mr?.
Millar
are
leaving
next
week
for
the
south
to
take
up
future
residence.
nniniimv!
nnt.
rin
man
LONDON.
Sept.
21:
(CP)
Today
it
was
announced
believed
to
be
a
Royal
canafliirf
'that-Royal
Air
Force
bombers
had
smashed
two
supply
Air
Force
mechanic
named
For-
!
ships
in
nieht-lontr
raids
on
both
b
rench
and
Belgian
ter
was
killed
when
two
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
from
Trenton
collided
in
mid-air
and
crashed.
The
planes
were
be.
lieved
to
have
locked
wings
when
they
struck
an
air
pocket.
Other
cccupants
landed
safely.
DETROIT
AHEAD
DETROIT.
Detroit
Tigers
moved
a
came
ahead
in
the
American
League
pennant
race
yesterday
when
they
came
from
behind
to
knock
Bob
Feller
from
the
mound
in
the
eighth
inning
and
beat
Cleveland
6
to
5.
The
only
other
Big
League
game
yesterday
wai
a
nihter
at
Chicago
in
which
Washington
won
7
to
5.
LOAN
OVERSUBSCRIBED
OTTAWA,
The
Bank
of
Can
'
ada
announced
that
oversubscrlp-
tion
of
(Canada'
n"s
$300,000,080
-war
ly
after
"subscription
boolts
were
due
to
close
today.
A
statement
will
be
issued
later.
READY
TO
FAY
RANSOM
HILLSBOROUGH,
Cat,
Safety
cf
kidnapped
Marc
de
Tristan,
jr.,
Prince
Rupert,
like
many
other
communities
in
Can-,
was
placed
ahead
of
other
consid
it
it
l
?
1
99
1.1
1
i.
1
.
raKnna
f
Afliv
n
iha
ihraa.rAi
f
might
b.
wamrt
nth
renewed
ada,
had
the
"even
tenor
of
its
way"
suddenly
stepped
up
";
u.
to
a
higher
tempo
by
the
advent
of
the
seeond.world
m.
S?rS
Zn
six
heavy
bombs
exploded
last
The
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
were
not
long
m
reahzingl
r,m
,.um
...s.ik
me
tnat
iney
COUlU
no
longer
carry
un
m
uieir
usual
easy
from
the
scene
and
gave
the
fam-
Some
southeast
England
tows
were
.
j
natuml
that
there
big
job
await-
way;
was
a
iiv
a
free
hand
to
contact
the
lutimy
pomocQ
minus
wic
iiiRUi..
j-n
tliem
wnlch
every
member
,
,
There
was
only
one
raid
warning
C0Uld
take
part,
f
the
communlty
.during
the
day
yesterday,
this
be-
.
.
wa3
necessary
that
this
help
yiripf
U
U
VJ
Tf
1
1
rrfi
I
V4
XT
m
kidnapper
who
snatched
the
boy
yesterday.
GERMAN
RECAPTURED
PORT
ARTHUR.
Fritz
Fuchs,
German
civilian
prisoner,
who
escaped
last
Sunday
from
a
northwestern
Ontario
internment
camp,
is
under
arrest,
Police
Chief
George
Taylor
announced
today.
Taylor
said
the
man
had
been
apprehended
last
Tuesday
by
a
Canadian
National
Railways
constable
near
Port
Arthur
round
hcuse,
admitting
that
he
was
the
escaped
prisoner.
SITUATION
WORSE
TODAY
HANOI
The
French
Indochina
government
reported
a
turn
for
the
worse
today
in
negotiations
with
Japan.
A
com
munique
sai
dthat
a
"new
.shift
has
compromised"
negotiations
and
new
Japanese
demands
had
put
a
monkey
wrench
in
the
pro-
.
ceedings.
Today's
statement
came
in
spite
of
reports
last
night
that
t
Japan
had
modified
its
demands
;
and
withdrawn
a
deadline
cxpir-
!
ing
Sunday,
FREE
MASONS
BANNED
OSLO.
.Masonic
lodges
have
been
banned
in
Germany
occu-.
pied
Norway,
It
is
leancd.
LONDON
CHURCH
DESTROYED
LONDON.
One
of
London's
largest
and
most
famous
nonconformist
churches
was
burned
out
by
incendiary
bombs
last
night.
The
church
is,
apparently,
Christ
Church
on
Westminster
Bridge
road.
NEW
HEBRIDES
FREE
VICHY.
The
colonial
administration
of
the
New
Hebrides,
French
island
in
the
Pacific,
has
gone
over
to
General
Charles
DcGaulle,
a
French
spokesman
said.
OIL
SU1TLY
HARD
HIT
Havoc
Royal
Air
Force
Is
Still
Pounding
Hard
At
Nazi-Held
Coast
Unrelenting
Attacks
at
Many
Important
Points
of
Vital
Importance
to
Enemy
in
War
Campaign
.
Channel
ports.
Again
the
British
planes
attacked
Dortmund-Ems
Canal,
inside
Germany,
and
raided
many
dis-
itribution
centres
in
the
Reich
and
Belgium.
Channel
j
ports
attacked
were
Antwerp,
Zee-
Til
I
C
brugge,
Ostend,
Flushing,
Dun-
'VvilJ.avlr.
Il
ikerque,
Calais
and
Boulogne.
In
A2J3UA.a.ij
;
Germany
a
supply
train,
munitions
I
fT
'lHTf
C
O
'
factory
an
several
airdromes
were
1
IN
rKlotu.jr,
Republican
Candidate
Gets
thusiastic
Reception
Today
in
City
of
Golden
Gate
8AN
FRANCISCO.
Sept.
21.
Wendell
Wilkie,
Republican
candi
night's
operations.
The
Royal
Air
Force
also
again
pounded
at'Germati
battlements
on
the
Channel
coast
last
night,
heavy
gun
emplacements
as
well
as
other
military
objectives
being
singled
out
for
effective
attack.
Again
huge
fires
could
be
seen
from
the
British
date
for
president
of
the
United
j
side
to
be
burning
for
a
long
dls-States,
is
in
San
Francisco
today,
tance
on
the
opposite
coast.
He
arrived
this
morning
and
head-
There
had
been
devastating
raids
ed
a
parade
throughout
the
streets
by
the
British
the
night
previous
which-was
miles
long,
the
reception
on
the
vital
Dortmund-Ems
Canal
balr
ai:
'Thlsaf-
In
Ihe-
heart
of
the--Westphalia
:Md.btemeaUhrt
Acting
the
district.
Fair
at
Treasure
Island
and
tonight
The
Thursday
attack
against
the
will
speak
at
the
Civic
Auditorium.
Channel
ports
lasted
three
hours
lhe
Republican!
candidate
came
and
not
a
single
British
plane
was
here
from
Los
Angeles
where
he
re-
lost.
ceived
a
big
recption
yesterday.
On
A
gale,
accompanied
by
wisps
of
th
way
north,
however,
he
met
some
fog
and
choppy
sea,
made
the
hostile
audiences
which
he
met
Channel-
unsafe
for
barges
last
from
the
rear
platform
of
his
train,
night.
LOW
NAZI
MORALE
NEW
YORK.
Arrivals
here
yesterday
from
Europe
said
that
morale
was
low
among
the
Nazi
invading
forces
due
to
heavy
losses
they
have
suffered
in
manoeuvres.
Bodies
of
German
foldiers
are
being
washed
ashore
every
day
from
barges
and
transports
as
a
result
of
the
British
air
force
bombardments.
An
attempt
at
invasion
now
is
unlikely.
The
radio
station
at
the
port
of
Bremen
went
off
the
air
at
10:15
a.m.
today
and
was
still
silent
at
1:30
p.m.,
a
possible
indication
of
sustained
Royal
Air
Force
bombardment.
A
Norwegian
tanker
at
Hamburg
is
reported
to
have
been'
sunk
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
attack.
MANCHESTER,
Sept.
21:
(CP)
The
Red
Cross
and
St.
John
War
organizations
plan
to
establish
another
10.000
beds
for
convalescent
purposes
In
private
homes.
Every
Right-Thinking
Person
In
United
States
Is
Back
of
Britain,
Declares
Rex
Beach
MONTREAL,
Sept.
21.
Without
exception,
every
right-thinking
person
in
the
United
States
is
behind
Great
Britain
in
the
war,
according
to
Rex
Beach,
noted
American
sportsman
and
novelist,
who
was
in
Montreal
a
short
time
last
night
on
his
way
to
Regina.
Mr.
Beach,
who
knows
Canada
through
hunting
and
fishing
trips
that
Force
has
"visited
and
bombed"
ninety
per
cent,
of
Germany's
synthetic
oil
plants
and
eighty
per
cent,
of
the
Reich's
regular
oil
refineries,
Rt.
Hon.
Hugh
Dalton,
minister
of
economic
warfare,
declared
today.
GLOUCESTER
VISITS
LONDON.
The
Duke
of
Gloucester
paid
a
visit
to
positions
occupied
by
Canadian
troops
yesterday.
There
was
an
air
raid
alarm
during
the
inspection
but
the
Duke
proceeded
un-;
perturbed.
CHURCHILL'S
PRO.MISE
LONDON.
Paying
a
visit
to
the
Battersea
area
yesterday,
Trime
Minister
Churchill
promises
that
the
"Nazis
shall
suffer
for
Uicsc
raids.
Don't
worry.
They
will
get
it
back."
The
Prime
Minister
was
accompanied
by
Sir
Kingsley
Wood,
Chancellor
of
the
DURHAM,
Eng
The
Royal
Air
J
Exchequer,
j
have
taken
him
from
coast
to
coast,
I
showed
great
solicitude
for
the
Brl-!
tish
cause
and
gave
assurances
that
!
the
United
States
would
give
every
.assistance
possible
in
the
fight
against
Hitlerlsm.
By
no
means
a
'supporter
of
President
Roosevelt
tn
fact,
he
predicts
a
defeat
for
i
him
In
November
the
novelist
nevertheless
gave
him
full
credit
for
his
attitude
toward
Britain.
Fire
Loss
In
City
Is
Very
"
Light
to
Date
So
far
this
year
there
have
been
thirty-three
fire
alarms
In
Prince
Rupert
but
damago
for
the"
entire
year
to
date
has
amounted
to
a
mere
$25.
Last
year
up
to
this
tima
1
there
were
twenty-two
alarms.
During
this
August
Jtacrd,
faCro'
five
alarms
as
compared
wltli
on.6
In
tho
same
month
last
year.
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if
n