prince Rupert and Queen Char- east winds or gales, unsettled and mild with rain. i would Be Germany's Reward , Soviet For Collaborating In Drive Eastward la Cinida is Thinking About rreparations for Invasion of F accent Germany i Forced To eek Victory In F Direction Pted Press writer here ln- le present activity of Sany tO Cft Pran,. Cn1ln Jme war airainef nnif,i ine result f nmi n..i An "mrr reuuzauuii fall wure to wrest air supremacy naifl control from Great Bri- I0UBLEUP t CORPS r(l States Army Combat Groups increased and Made '"Uhly Mobile" LHINGTON, DiC.( 0ct. 25. lit, i ,8nization of the United blt? Corps to double toim. . Miucr oi comuav Kw"aka',hl8hly moblle key?.CtelntheWe5tn IIcm Li .. J? Enounced h h ttniiPH 1 .luumvr vweni - I lock .. Cannot Be Taken nnr Pan Koyal Nivy Be Defeated. Mill-tary And Political Expert Tells Local Club . ..." " " ' Plng on "The Suallon tn hJ hT nigni ma uermany the Western Medltr,in - w Russia all of Asiatic offered fore a mcetm In t. r.,L , i ttim tnr tti Hnv I. 7 " " - - - vrntnuioji defence for air, said yes- tlsh engaged the French flest at Oran, were French planes but the pilots deliberately dropped their V A D17T bombs short of the target, reluct- vAl LiiJ 8x11 to-do anything for the Axis GERMANS tar, was occupied by potential en emles and It was under British nav Kfy w uegjon uau .last nteht. Dr Bertram Met to a drive through Thomas O. B. E. cSlcd on rYcoS I jwrtern Europe. Russia Is tlons of half a lifetime S t b, r n s? the outcome of the ... . .. H"'1' T tl"1 A'Ciunu ana wear East to . .. r, negations with Spain a plcture of .J France before deciding today. her she will aid Turkey or oibraltar nrt ih n-,, ale with the Axis in wiping contml the vlta, ' ARACHUTE CORPS NOW OOiU. A I1H al blockade. It had many potential alf bases. An ugly factor was the extremist tendency of the present regime in Spain to the Axis. As far as Spain Itself was concerned, It was Impossible for It to engage In any effective attack upon Gibraltar. However, It could co-operate with Germany and Italy. j Capt. Thomas described the coun- ( try of Morocco In which he had re-sided for the past three years, leaving only a few weeks ago In view of changed International conditions. Morocco was as large as Spain. It had beautiful beaches. large mountains, rolling farm lands, attractive homes and might be Interesting to Germany as "living space. There were two races ih Moors white and dark, ah were Mohammedans and had inherent martial qualities. They preferred liberty to protection. Ceuta, Just across the Straits from Gibraltar, was a point of much strategic There were three spheres of for eign Interest In Morocco-French. Rnanlxh and international. French Morocco covered about three-quart trs of the area. Capt. Thomas told of hearing naval cannonading before he had left Morocco. He had been there at the time of the Battle of Oran. H Mrs. Ncal Carter presided. Italian ie TOCK M) thi. coast In tha rtav. raW opain was moated and mined, he said. The .tunnels and catacombs of Gibraltar Itself were filled with 10 years' supplies of ammunition, food and other necessary stores. Its armed might, too. was suffl-'clent to withstand any siege. AWA.Oct 25: (CP) Looking I know the boys at Gibraltar," ird to the time of British of- said Dr. Thomas in conclusion, i in the war, serious consider-, Lct me assure you they have n is being given to the estab- their chins up." atnt of a Canadian parachute The first planes which set out iHcn C O. Power, minister of w bomb Gibraltar after the Brt- noted military and political ex pert, told the meeting. Dr. Thomas discussed interest- fc. "7, 7 . lngly the whole Mediterranean hunerj Get Away From .,,'. .. , aJr Calgary and Third . n ... . . . frw Toronto Hospital " Crux of Situation "UCABY Oct 25: (CP)-Forest . ,u Wind Royal Canadian OW wnole weaiierranean suuauon was Police today sought two frj who escaped yesterday w'c p'"u oa. m declared Thomas. So a Drilrie intummnt r9mn. braltar. Capt. Unire Harold Llge and Rich- lon& M the Brltlsh navy waa intact fc?el both 31. They escaped and Rock held fast-there would be tne greatest aiincuity lor sunace ; i work party near the camp, From Toronto Too Clali 10 uat"- u"u 1UM'"- lORONTO. Oct. 25: (CP) A Capt. Thomas told how the col- I Oerman prisoner of war es- lapse of Prance had changed the I early today from Christie situation in regard to the Mediter- where he had been ranean and referred to the import- ' treatment for the nast three ance of present dealings between ks. How he eacaped Is unknown Germany and France and Spain. was last seen about 1 a.m. As long as Italy stayed out of the iMme was Carl Rabe. He was a war. Morocco, Spanish but a de- pal doctor, believed to have' militarized zone, would not be ln- J member of a submarine crew, volved. Now, however, Morocco, speaks perfect English with a, Just across the Straits from Glbral- 11 leatlien Eolecast Tomorrows Ticlei NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940. Bombing t The German Luftwaffe has been resumed In Great Bri- tai with attacks over a wlds- Assaults on London slackened considerably during the night but Nazi air squadrons blasted the Midlands furiously. Eight British fighters were lost but four pilots are safe. AIR CHIEF -'PRISONERS RELEASED Convicts From Devil's Island Scattering Throughout West Indies MONTREAL. Oct, 25: . continuing today with three escape as there was; alarms. An earlv rpnra inrti- no money to pay brought down. It is the first time that Italian planes have engaged in the attacks on Great Britain. Today's attacks were spread from one end of London to the other. Street cars and buses were smashed """"6 durlne the mornin? ...v..uS rush iu! uuui hour 'Hm-at Mi. 1.1 v. J.i , it . e Ge,eai- "ats and houses were demol- eo nor rmiM n hroitn. k. 1 ui"'urcu isnea and large building Jarred. .u from the a or the land. 4. About 100 ralders In all crossed the West Indies, it li said. : ENCIRCLING France Line GT. BRITAIN And Spain Expected To Up With Axis As Non-Belligerent Allies ENTER IL DUCE BERNE, Oct. 25: (CP) Diplomatic sources said today a meeting between Premier Benito Mussolini and Marshal Henri Phillipe Petain and another conference between Mussolini and Chancellor Adolf Hitler are likely In the near future. SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS TOGETHER TVitt II. I T I I ttrr .1. jiajur iiiuHii cxuiauis iiiirrtnre spread area. Swarms of Ger- Mcn-1,al Gazette, ih a disratch Between Men Who Wear Uniform man and Italian planes rtart- ' from st- Kitt fhat Pners And Those Who Do Not cn Devil's Island, notorious French . ''he attack was Intensified. Pnal cony- have hn allowed to Soldiers are employees of the no food and country, employed to do a certain :ht wardens. Job. Thev are civilians with soldier cates twelve enemy planes Th-e convicts are scatijrins through characteristics imposed upon them, In criminal law they have no im munitles. Marshal C.H. B. who cTnal Franco Blunt, com- ce and of i,- '.uJ?"" A soldier cannot be assigned n,nrfrt fh pnMi A.r tv, Hi.u. r. s pay Ion in h, France toMcmZi prior to the tYZ surender Tr fa T ajid Spain are expected to l line 'Ja'"-C up h., except A to pay m. fn his Insurance or to nf that nnf nn ha. honn lrlllpH n u. a. . K-in . ""l " an air crash. War News SEA WAIl SINKINGS Nail torpedo boat off the French coast while the destruction of an Italian ship was credited to II. M.S. Regent. The lost British destroyer was the Venetla, 1090 tons, completed in 1917, "the normal complement being 134. BELGIANS FALL IN LONDON AH Belgian shipping has been placed at the disposal of the British government by the exiled Belgian government which i "fighting with Great Britain for the liberation of Belgian and King Leopold." WARNINGS ISSUED LONDON British sources have warned France and Spain of the penalties of joining the Axis. Such a move by the Vichy government would serve to make much stronger the Free French movement, France Is told. Joining In the Axis by Spain would render that nation subject to full blockade. United States has warned Vichy that France need not expect United States aid in case of famine if France makes any concessions to help Hitler. FRENCH TERMS LONDON The London Express says that Germany is seeking of France concessions in the way of German and Italian bases In the Mediterranean, a customs union between Germany and France, right to transport German and Italian troops through French territory to Morocco and West Africa with use of Marseilles as a point of embarkation and free passage for German Iroops through all French territory. allies. No concrete results of conference are yet announced the but It is i suggested that "tremendrus a to make hls He can do it him- pouticai aavcujciage lias oxn secured over England. Spa'n's rwrd will be repossession of Gibraltar, it is said, with an Increased sphere of influence In the Mediterranean and North will give Germany permission to . - . .. . i t. A 1 t- V . 1 i ... kcupied country as far as the Seine I River. iLEAFLET It fpll 1n a flplrt of DOtatoes and. and many were raffled for the Red Cross fund. Two were secured by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vlckers' daughter who lives at Nottingham and who sent one of them on to her parents In Prinre Rupert. The text of the speech had al- :ready been published In that coun try and in Canada so there wa3 nothing new In it. Here Is an out standing paragraph which It con tains: "In this hour I feel it to be my appeal once more to reason an commonsense, In Great Britain as well as elsewhere, I consider myself In a position to make this appeal since I am not the vanquished begging for favors but the victor speaking In the name of reason." But on an of- snor"y io De signea oeiween kus- fleer has no such exemDtlons. He 9,8 ana Japan. is liable to be sued. A soldier does not need a lawyer self and it does not have to be attested. In the matter, of taxes the provincial government does not collect income tax from the soldier but Africa which Is her Just due Spain barged with the duty of carrying on the war, gives no exemption. LONDON The Admiralty an- w M j Brown said the soldiers did . . . m t trot wo rUhroltoT1 nounces the loss oi a isriusn aes- irov hv . German mine and the 1 France, It seems, Is to suffer per to not object to paying but did not sinking of a German torpedo boat m-wu .""r" . should be exempt while the army and Italian supply ships by Bri- 'Germany ana nice ana n nad tQ pay. . He fanded aU should tish submarines. ILM.S. Sword- "e omy cunewwuu u:ui5 the to her being the return of fish was credited with sinking jmade be treated alike. Limitations The person in the army could not be a director of any incorporated company without special permls-! sion. He could not write letters to 'the newspaper for publication nor ; could he publish a book or take part I (n rwiHH i rVfl finni7n The soldiers could, however, oper- II J 111 1 JLiJL ate a canteen, paying only a dollar a year for a license, and each group One Of Enemy's Abortive Efforts iad its own regimental institute To Divert The British People Seen In Prince Rupert In the country between Worksop and Redford, about 28 miles north of Nottingham, the Germans dropped a bundle of leaflets containing presided over by the commanding officer with officers and men repre sented on the board of manage-1 ment. It had the right to spend the profits from the canteen or oth-, er funds and couia maice a very when people heard of It, so great I not provided for In the army rcgu-was the rush to gat one for a latlons such as laundry equipment, souvenir that the -potato crop was In Pnce Rupert the Fusiliers put spoiled. Some of these were sold on regular Saturday night dances to wrucn tney couia Dring vueir wives or girls free of cost. The cast of this had never exceeded ten dollars In any one night. Outside of this there were auxil iary services that helped to provide j for the soldiers. There were nuts for the use of the men kept up by the United Services, Knights of Columbus and others all of which AMERICAN SEIZED PARIS United States Charge d'Affaires Barnes was seized by German authorities and held for two hours for speaking English in public. Later he was released. SOVIETS ACROSS BORDER TOKYO It is reported here that a small detachment of Soviet troops crossed the frontier into Manchoukuo and scattered Japanese troops, then returning to Russian territory. ATTEMPT ON TRAIN NEEPAWA, Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating what appears to have been an attempt to wreck a Canadian National Railways train near here. Piles of ties were laid across the tracks. VANCOUVER AIR SCHOOL VANCOUVER A second air training school, which will be one of the largest in Canada, is to be established here, Leslie J. Martin announced at a Kiwanis Club luncheon. UNITED STATES HELPING High - 9:30 ajn. 18.8 ft. 21:47 p.m. 18.7 ft. Low ; 2:46 -am. 6.1ft. 15:28' pan. 7.8 ft. I LONDON The United States is 71 . did excellent work. Tonight there ' Waltef T pearce former presldcnt Is to be a dance at the Armories to help provide a fund for the cele duty before my own conscience to bratlon of Christmas, The major spoke of those who some times might be seen to drink more than was good for them.. This sort of thing had not been So prevalent of late. Some of the men would be checking up on the national registration cards. They were more than a few months ago. RUSSIA, SNUBBED, INSISTS BUCHAREST Soviet, Russian, German and Italian delegates arrived today for a meeting of an international commission named to regulate traffic on the lower reaches of the Danube River. The commission did not at first include Russia but Moscow protested and insisted on representation. LOSS TO RUGBY S of the Rugby Union and a member of the Rugby Union committee for O K ..an. s11a4 mrlH.nlir nf V. I V. nw. ' jwa.o, uivu duuubiuj ak .1.3 ..utile 'a PRICE: I CENTS reat Britain Is Still Adamant mi GIVE RKEY TO RUSSIANS GIBRALTAR IS SOLID German Peace Move To Be Turned Down Unless War Aims Met This is Answer to Reports That Gigantic Peace Offensive is to be Instituted Out of Vichy LONDON, October 25. Great Britain will flatly any overtures for peace on behalf of Germany unles3 If they commit rrlme fhV are nref aced bv evacuation nf all Nazi-npfiiniVH pmin. nerlnT lries' ful1 indemnities to all such countries and satisfac- lffeaeT tory guarantees that would be fulfilled. This is the of-w. t. Brown of the Irish Fusiliers "Cial reaction in Great Britain to reports from political it regular luncheon yesterday af- ooseryers m vicny mat me nrsi re- who addressed the Rotary Club at fiult of the Hitler-Petaln negotia- ternoon. In the army there are cer- tlons w111 be a gigantic peace of- taln imrositlons and restrictions, fensive in which President Roose-. The toldier cannot live where he velt of the United States may be; wishes. He must wear certain asKea to participate, clothes. He cannot be punished for 1 deserting his family but part of pay may be taken to help support them. He may marry but, If he does so without permission, he cannot get an allowance for his wife. If he has more than two children he gets no allowance for the additional number. - 1 In their relation with the rest of thp rnmmnnlVv thp snlrtlpr rnnnnt. BERLIN, Oct 25: (CP)-In Ber- be sued for a sum leB than $150 lfn German officials are saying . ava,tn k -v0 oonir, IC Iflf I m !lafSo'urJtafl eAn2,lrcl5!cnen his property but his person cannot f 10 IVILLLIJ ,Br'tain by Axis PWCTS be touched; Those who give credit T-T are in full swing as a; result of do thelr to Soldlers at ' - auiuicia uu bu ai iiicii own vnu Bulletins JAPANESE SUB SINKS NEW YORK Twelve officers, thirty-eight warrant officers and an undisclosed number of seamen perished when the Japanese submarine 1-67 was lost in manoeuvres south of Tokyo Bay on August 29, the Japanese ministry announces. itatlvely here that a pact of friendship and nonaggression is GERMANY HIT HARD Intensified Air Raiding.Is Resumed On Reich Is Government Moving? Widespread Damage Number Killed in Berlin and Hamburg Reported Extremely High LONDON, Oct. 25;-Owlng to the severity of bombing by the Royal Air Force, the German; government has commenced evacuation of Its departments and officials from Berlin to a safer point. There were -unconfirmed reports to this effeci here. In a two. hour raid last night the British bombers electri works, aluminum plants4 and fbui; Berlin railway yards afire, doing heavy damage. There was also heavy and widespread damage elsewhere in Germany and German-occupied territory. Britain's fierce air offensive blasted at the foundations of German war power last night as squadron after squadron of heavy bombers de'livered destruction not only in Berlin and Hamburg but at a dozen other vital points. The Air Ministry said that British fliers, in the attack on Berlin lasting nearly three hours, hit Pulotz-Strasse and Lehrter railway stations for the second night in succession. A huge fire was started In a military objective and guided succeeding waves of planes which crossed and re-crossed the city. i A German broadcast heard In New York said that the number killed in Berlin and Hamburg was "extremely high." , - Clouds forced the Hbyal Air Force to fly lower than usual s and one failed to return. New York Stock small assessment on the members.' now sending planes to Great Bri- llTiart IS jLOWCT h n,mon Ri.hMr rvn Jniv io I little extras In the mess, could se-. per month which is five times cure entertainment or equipment . NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Stock pric-jes were down sharply on the New York exchange yesterday. Transactions for the day totalled 540,000 shares. The industrial average at closing was 131.36, off 1.04J rails, 28.65, off .47, and utilities, 22.13, off .16. The market showed continued ' weakness today. Air Base At Bella Bella Contract has been awarded for construction work at the ( Royal Canadian Air Force all to respond courteously, remem- station at Bella Bella. Cost bering that it was a Job given them wlll he approximately $307,000 to do. All should work together as and the work will be com- a team, soldier and civilian, because pleted In December, j t. the work of the nation must go on ' being given that duty and he asked as well as its defence. a