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High
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21
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outheast
to
south
winds,
part
14:55
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ft.
cloudy
and
cool
with
showers
at
Low
.
8:45
a.m.
0.9
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p.m.
5.5
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
,
Vol.
XXIX..
No.
158.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JULY
6,
1940.
PRICE:
I
CENTS
CRISIS
FLEET
LONDON
READY
FOR
FIFTH
COLUMNERS
NO
IS
AIR
RAIDS
BOMBING
OVER
NAVY,
PUT
OUT
ON
SICILY
ENGLAND
i
trench
Vessels
Not
Attempting
to
Russians
Drive
Roumanian
War-1
.
ii.
.nrtrla
Joining
Un
tlilna
a
.i
r
I
With
British
'
stanta
on
Mack
Sea
R.A.F.
Carries
On
.British
Sink
Destroyer-Warship
Ite-ported
to
Have
Escaped
From
Oran
-Dl'NKERQUE"
BOMBED
1
LONDON,
July
6:
(CP)
British
warplanes
scored
six
hits
on
th
irounded
French
battleship
Donkerque
In
an
attack
today,
th
Admiralty
announced.
The
vessel
had
been
damaged
and
drlren
ashore
In
the
Battle
of
Orsn
Wednesday.
Two
British
aircraft
failed
to
return
from
the
slUck.
LONDON,
July
8.
There
Is
no
crlsi
between
the
British
and
rrench
navy
at
Alexandria,
It
was
declared
In
Admiralty
circles
here
today.
Units
of
the
French
fleet
there
have
not
attempted
to
break
sway
or
scuttle
themselves
but
have
been
co-operating
with
the
British.
J
At
Portsmouth,
It
Is
stated,
thoiu-1
snds
of
French
sailors
have
sworn
tllegiance
to
Great
Britain
in
continuation
of
the
war
against
Germany.
There
Is
no
statement
available
here
on
Oerman
reports
that
two
British
cruisers
sank
a
Mediterranean,
the
survivors
from
the
French
warship
being
picked
up
three
days
later
by
a
Greek
ves-
Vichy,
seat
of
French
government,
said
that
the
Frondeur
was
enroutc
to
a
French
port
according
to
terms
of
the
Oerman-French
armistice
when
It
was
met
by
the
British
wrshlps.
The
newspaper
"Petit
Dauphln-
ois
said
that
the
26.500-ton
French
bittle
cruiser
Strasbourg
reached
Tomon
naval
base
with
five
cruisers
nd
a
number
of
destroyers,
gun-
Doats
and
submarines.
Presum
Wy
these
vessels
escaped
from
the
Bnttsh
fleet
at
Oran
and
Mers
El
fablf
in
Wednesday's
great
naval
BKUt.
Wendell
Wilkie
To
Holiday
In
Colorado
State
'
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
July
6:-
wendell
Wilkie,
Republican
candidate
for
President
of
the
United
States,
following
a
conference
on
Monday
with
his
vlce-presldentlal
running
mate,
Senator
Charles
McNary
of
Oregon,
will
leave
for
Denver,
Colorado,
to
spend
a
two
weeks'
vacation
'before
starting
the
campaign.
TAKES
NEW
PORTFOLIO
H9n.
J.
L.
Ralston
Sworn
In
As
Minister
Of
National
Defence
OTTAWA.
Julv
8:
(CP)
Hon.
J.1
L-
Ralston,
minister
of
finance,
i
sworn
ln
as
minister
of
national
defence
last
night
at
Government
House
after
debate
on
the
mln
budget
motion
had
been
"ded
in
the
House
of
Commons
with
the
adoption
of
the
budget
by
a
vote
of
151
to
17.
t
was
the
first
ministerial
Rearing
in
at
which
the
Earl
of
Aihlone.
thp
npw
rjnvpmnr
Gen
eral,
officiated.
Col.
Ralston's
successor
as
minister
of
finance
will
be
announced
Monday.
CONSTANTA,
July
O.-
Drivnn
out
by
the
Russian
navy,
vessels
of
thi
Roumanian
navy
have
left
the
port
of
Constanta
on
the
Black
Sea.
I
Two
Roumanian
Newspapers
Are
I
Now
Suppressed
I
BUCHAREST.
July
6
Two
dem-
j
;ocratlc
-
inclined
newspapers
in'
Bucharest
have
been
suppressed.1
Jews
have
been
excluded
from
the
:
press
or
from
army
service,
CUT
DOWN
NEWSPRINT,
i
Australian
Publications
to
Have
Less
Paper
But
Will
Not
Curtail
Service
CANBERRA,
Australia,
July
6:
'(CP)
Australian
newspapers
will
have
to
cut
their
size
as
consumption
of
newsprint
by
the
metropolitan
dallies
is
to
be
cut
by
thlrty-
p....,,
five
per
cent
of
last
year.
Publish-
wU1
around
the
curtailment
e"
eastern'
cruiser
oil
Crete
In
the
oy
mure
tiuticin
use
ut
aputi;
wiui
smaller
type
and
smalled
adver-
c.t
Th.
Mn
I
oV,
IVin
norm
-ml
COVeragC
tlsements,
giving
the
same
news
lut'
..
.
Z
...
i.
i7in-fl
Gasoline
rationing
will
start
destroyer,
French
-Announcement
-
-
-At
Orenoble,
France,
the
French
nsry
ministry
announced
that
the
French
destroyer,
Frondeur,
was
attacked
and
sunk
"by
two
British
eruliers
off
Isle
of
Crete
In
the
Mediterranean.
A
dispatch
from
('Australia
next
month.
Bulletins
In
SATKOS
LEAVE
KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN
Paul
Satko
and
his
family
left
today
for
the
north
In
the
Ark
of
Juneau
after
a
three
weeks'
stay
here.
Their
next
stop
will
be
at
Anan
Creek,
sixty
miles
north,
where
they
may
look
for
a
cabin
site.
SUCCESSFUL
ACTION
LONDON
The
Admiralty
announces
a
"successful
action"
against
Italian
warships
in
To-
bruk,
Libya,
by
naval
and
Royal
Air
Forces.
No
details
were
giv-
I
en
but
it
was
disclosed
that
naval
planes
had
also
attacked
the
airdrome
at
Catania,
Sicily,
leaving
hangars
and
workshops
in
flames.
MORE
WAR
ORDERS
LONDON
It
Is
officially
an
nounced
that
orders
for
war
ma
terials
totalling
many
millions
of
an
Ottawa
statement
sam
treai
Britain
was
placing
further
large
orders
for
munitions
in
Canada.
JAPAN
BACKS
BRITAIN
TOKYO
Leading
statesmen
ndmlt
that
Great
Britain
was
in
the
right
in
acting
as
it
did
in
i
connection
with
the
French
neel
at
Oran.
The
Japanese
Advertiser,
Tokyo
newspaper,
supported
the
British
action
in
taking
over
the
French
fleet,
saying
it
was
"entirely
reasonable
and
justified."
The
armistice
between
Germany
and
France
the
newspaper
described
as
"astounding."
MORE
MEN
CALLED
UP
Thrce
Million
Arc
Now
Arms
In
Britain
Under
London.
Julv
6:
(CP)
Three
hundred
thousand
men
oi
mc
1909
class
were
called
to
the
colors
bringing
the
total
under
arms
up
to
more
than
three
million
men.
Barbed
wire
and
machine-guns
protect
govei
nment
offices
and
public
buildings
from
possible
seizures
by
fifth
columners
in
case
of
an
attack
upon
the
city.
The
Above
scene
was
made
outside
the
admiralty.
Purpose
ol
such
attack
from
within
would
be
to
grab
key
points
and
government
officials
and
to
open
way
for
enemy
parachute
trcjs
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Pays
Visit
To
Canadians
And
Is
Greatly
Impressed
WITH
TH&
CANADIAN
FORCES
IN
ENG-MNPJ
-
Xqirime
Minister
Wto&SSL
ChurcFilTaccompanied
by
Kl.
Hon.
Anthony
Lden,
Secretary
of
State
for
War,
General
Sir
Edmund
Ironside
and
other
ranking
British
staff
officers,
paid
a
surprise
visit
to
the
Canadian
section
of
the
home
front
today
to
see
the
result
of
mobile
experiments
carried
out
by
Major-General
A.
G.
L.
Mc-Naughton's
First
Division.
It
was
the
Prime
Minister's
first
visit
to
the
Canadians
and
he
was
so
impressed
with
the
efficiency
and
smartness
of
the
men
that
he
remained
for
an
hour
longer
than
was
scheduled.
AGAIN
OVER
PLAIN
FOOD
GIBRALTAR:
IN
BRITAIN!
Further
Flights
of
nirmALTAR.
July
8.
British
ami-nlrratt
batteries
went
into
action
again
today
as
unidentified
planes
once
more
flew
over
Gibraltar.
TiHavV
viit.
followed
four
flights
nounds
have
just
been
placed
by
i
..'..
Pnpmv
aircraft
droo-
C.rcat
Britain
with
the
Canadian
bombj
almcd
al
.-The
Rock,"
and
United
States
governments.
It
j
.
hlch
however,
found
their
was
not
disclosed
for
what
but
.
.
,
neither
casualties
nnr
damage.
j
In
Berlin
D.M.B.
News
Agency
hinted
that
French
planes
naa
carried
out
yesterday's
raids.
INVOLVING
UNCLE
SAM
New
Developments
in
Anglo-French
Relations
Perplex
United
States
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
6.
With
the
breaking
off
by
France
of
idinlomatlc
relations
With
Great
Brl
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
in.
tain,
United
States
is
iacea
wun
dtnlomatic
nroblems.
One
Is
what
will
be
done
with
$i,5UU,uih,-000
in
gold
and
credits
held
in
this
country
by
France,
this
Involving
a
decision
as
to
whether
the
govern-
Petain
is
to
be
recognized
or
the
national
committee
of
General
Charles
de
Gaulle
ln
London.
A
possible
naval
engagement
between
Great
Britain
and
France
in
the
West
Indies
jsuch
as
that
at
Oran,
Algeria,,
'might
also
ralse.questlons
,
for
United
States.
Refugee
Ship
Sailing
Delay
Formalities
Hold
Up
Liner
Washington
In
Getting
Away
From
Galway
n
T
WAV
T1
ti'
CdlUnrf
f
ff
I
liner
Washington
with
1700
American
citizens
fleeing
home
from
Europe
has
been
delayed
on
account
of
formalities
in
connection
with
the
checking
of
passenger's
papers
and
luggage.
RELEASE
GERMANS
Frocced
to
Norway
WFI!
MAT
OTTAWA,
July
6:
(CP)
Prime!
Unidentified;
r.overnmcnt
Urges
People
to
Cut
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie'
Planes
at
"Rock"
Arc
Driven
Off
Out
Luxuries
and
I
"."is
last
j
first
call
to
the
colors
under
com-nnlsnrv.
national
service
would
be
Royal
Air
Force
Carries
Out
At
tacks
on
Palermo
and
Other
(Cities
,
ROME,
July
6.
The
Royal
Air
J
Force
of
Great
Britain
is
reported
to
have
carried
out
raids
on
Paler-I
mo
and
other
points
in
Sicily.
I
Italy
claims
to
have
repulsed
two
'British
attacks
In
North
Africa.
(Subjects
Must
Report
Now
To
I
British
Police
1
police
next
Monday
or
Tuesday.
U.S.
STAND
REITERATED
Any
Attempt
to
Change
Status
Quo
of
Western
Hemisphere
Will
Be
!
Resisted
Tf
luL
llV1
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
July
6-
FIRST
CALL
'
.
mart
nPt
wppIc
The
call
would
ganlzation
ln
the
United
States
ner
Further
Visits
by
German
Planes
Over
British
Countryside
During
Night
Another
Clash
Extensive
Raids
Upon
German
Air
and
Naval
Bases
Yesterday
LONDON,
July
6.
German
war
planes
again
ranged
over
the
English
countryside
Friday
night
and
Saturday
morning,
dropping
de-molltian
and
incendiary
bombs
but
causing
no
casualties
and
doing
little,
if
any,
damage.
A
cottage
was
demolished
In
southeast
Eng-
I
land.
Enemy
planes
were
over
again
LONDON,
July
6.-A11
Germans,(
but
dropped
no
bombs.
One
It
UUns
and
Austrians
In
England
oerman
plane
was
shot
down
off
who
became
naturalized
since
1932
tne
northeast
coast
of
Scotland
a"hd.
have
been
ordered
to
report
to
the
fhere
have
wen
other
victims.
In
Berlin
It
is
claimed
that
Nazi
warplanes
have
sunk
one
British
submarine
and
merchant
vessels,
j
also
hitting
docks
at
various
points
ana
setting
a
luei
tunic
at
Plymoutn
afire.
Royal
Air
Force
planes
continued
raids
on
naval
bases
and
other
military
objectives
In
Germany
last
night,
three
falling
to
return.
Ger-
tman
airdromes
were
bombed
In
daylight
raids.
I'
Kiel
and
Wllhelmshaven
were
the
naval
bases
which
the
British
lSecretar'
of
state
Corde11
Hul1'
ln
bombers
again
raided
last
night,
the
A
viTN.vi
RVlSS
AXP
4
rriwn
a
statement
last
night
strongly
re-
Air
Ministry
announced.
Docks
at
rlJUlrx
1
Li
affirming
the
Monroe
Doctrine,
Cuxhaven
and
Hamburg
were
also
f
again
warned
Germany
and
other
attacked
and
several
fires
started.
"Cine
Haakon
of
Norway
Refuses
to
nations
that
any
attempt
to
alter
A
railway
Junction
at
Cologne
was
Comply
With
German-Inspired
the
present
status
quo
of
the
West-'bombed.
Suggestion
;
em
Hemisphere
would
meet
with
r
A
German
statement
said
that.no.,,
resistance.
M
.military
objectives
had
been
dam-
"
LONDON,
JulyA-King
Haakon
A
Secretary
of
State
Hull
threaten-'
aged
by
the
Britlslvbut
that
clvll.
inspired
suggestion
that
he
abdl-
any
other
country,
who
presumed
.
cate.
Haakon
is
how
in
England
to
interfere
with
domestic
policy
tf
nAAfimrm
rrt
reigning
in
exile
during
the
Ger-
the
United
States
ln
public
state-
K(BShrl
man
occupation
of
his
country.
ments.
would
be
ousted.
IV
V
VSDJLl
T
JLiJLt
1
It
is
reported,
however,
that
the
it
was
said
in
well-informed
cir-Premier
of
the
Norwegian
govern-
cles
here
today
that
United
States
ment
ln
exile
is
disposed
to
resign.
I
was
preparing
to
take
over
any
!
French
or
British
colonies
ln
North
IS
FAVORED
America
itself
rather
than
permit
N
Do""1"!.W,m
"e
Deme
r.prmanv
tn
An.
en
Thl.
wnnlH
ho
""uu.c
.1
lie
liuuscs
null
done
ln
consultation
with
other
Cn
rC
American
nations
if
possible
or
Un-D!li
TO
Y
IVvG,,teci
states
might
act
unilaterally.
Premier
King
Says
It
Will
Be
TunnCV
SpOHSOrS
Issued
When
Department
Of
I
National
Defence
Sees
Fit
I
Youth
Movement
As
Running
Mate
LONDON,
July
e
-
wiHw
Department
of
,to
combat
th
American
Youth
Farley
and
Senator
Burton
Wheel
V0BelZl.SrZ
Z
.National
Defence
considered
it
Congrew
which
he
claims
is
Com-
!
the
Prime
Minister
said,
;
"ssary,
y
ys
not
b
cau
e
Is
a
u
r
u-Y
..
inM(h
Meantime,
arrangements
are
go-ta8but"todtoogethe
production
qf
nc-essenUals
1
1
J
aheadir
iU-mer
toe
mllltary
yarlous
traln.
u
is
urged
that
motorists
run
their,
-
Domlnlon
of
many
thous-cars
less
and
farmers
are
urged
to
eof
CanadianS.
First
grow
more
potatoes.
wm
h
pivrn
to
the
'Canadian
Active
Service
Force.
next
members
of
the
militia
units
and
then
general
classes.
Canada
is
moving
quickly
to
bring
young
men
under
arms
.1
.
.
l-
1
.
.
...miilndtJ
n(
moot.
lne
of
defence
department
officials'
And
and
university
heads.
Male
university
students
will
start
compul
sory
military
training
next
term
and
may
be
called
for
active
duty
in
for
training
in
militia
under
Mobili
zation
Act.
No
Word
Yet
Of
Breaking
Off
Of
Relations
LONDON,
July
6:
Early
today
neither
the
British
government
ment
of
Marshal
Henri
phillippe
Sweden
Permitting
Nazi
Soldiers
to
nor
the
French
embassy
had
any
LAKE
GENEVA,
July
6:
nloht
Honlort
fViat
.th..
i
uiiuev.
juimer
worms
weight
boxing
champion,
is
behind
fancy.
HOLLAND
HELPING
AMSTERDAM,
WASHINGTON,
July
6:
The
concensus
of
opinion
on
Capitol
'Hill
Is
that
the
nomination
of
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
on
the
first
ballot
at
the
forthcoming
Democra
1
1
c
national
convention
Is
a
foregone
conclusion
pro-Ivdlng
he
consents
to
run.
Sec
retary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
will
-
Gene
be
Roosevelt's
vlce-presldentlal
heavy-
running
-
mate
ln
the
popular
the
movement
for
a
new
youth
or-f
Vice-President
John
Nance
Gar-
munlst-controlled.
,Postmaster-General
James
er
of
Montana
are
presidential
I
possibilities
on
the
Democratic
ticket
should
Roosevelt
decide
not
to
run.
Each
of
these
admit
that
'Roosevelt
can
be
renominated.
Senator
Robert
F.
Wagner
of
I
New
York
is
now
engaged
in
drafting
a
platform
for
the
Chicago
'
Tl.ln
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A.-
CUUVCUIilUii.
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Will
give
UM
Cll-
ODIT
A
IW
dorsement
t0
tne
New
Deal-
The"
I
Vlll
may
De
a
mlddle
course
ln
foreign
policy,
one
designed
to
give
the
.administration
power
to
act
freely
Germany
Charges
Dutch
Armjiunder
circumstances
as
they
may
People
With
Unloyal
Attl-'ar.se
tude
Toward
Invasion
m,
ju.y
e:
(cp-
j
Martinique
Is
The
German
military
command
er
ln
Holland
has
issued
a
communique
charging
the
Dutch
army
and
the
population
with
"unloyal"
attitude
toward
German
occupation.
The
communique
said
that
the
characvr
of
British
bombing
attacks
proved
that
Great
Britain
was
getting
information
from
the
Dutch
side.
Woman
And
Two
Children
Burn
.announcement
to
make
regarding
j
r
Knvpct
rlr"P
111
1
the
breaking
off
of
diplomatic
re-1
STOCKHOLM,
July
6.
The
Rations
between
the
Petain
govern-Swedlsh
government
has
agreed
torment
of
France
and
Great
Britain
permit
the
return
to
Norway:
of
following
the
naval
incident
at
German
soldiers
who
have
been
in?
,Oran.
That
such
a
breaking
off
ternedln
Sweden
since
the
Norweg-,
was,
however,
Impending
was
the
ian
campaign.
general
expectation.
Not
Blockaded
Categorical
Denial
Has
Been
Made
-By
British
Admiralty
I.
London
!
LONDON.
July
6:
(CP)
The
British
Admiralty
denies
categorically
that
the
Island
of
Martin
ique
in
the
West
Indies
is
under
blockade
by
the
British
Navy.
The
British
Broadcasting;
Corporation
here
said:
"It
can
be
authoritatively
stated
that
no
blockade
ex-ilsts
at
the
French
West
Indian
Is
land
of
Martinique."
The
B.B.C.
said
that
London
was
surprised
at
reports
from
Washlng-
GARDINER.
Julv
6:A
woman
ton
that
Martinique
was
biockaaea
and
her
two
children
have
been
by
the
Royal
Navy
to
prevent
con-burned
to
death
as
a
result
of
alignment
of
aircraft
(ordered
by
huge
for-ist
fire
which
Is
raging
France
from
falling
Into
German
ln
this
part
of
southwest
Oregon.
'
hands.
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