in
l
lines
uirr
in
Pats
On
Towards
Mantes
IRIS.
June
7
-A
large
number
ri
bomber
and
pursuit
planes
...
-i
..
ttrwii
'
were
still
twenty
miles
off
to
tdt'Tj
air
raid
alarms
were
i?i
and
sent
Parurtans
acurry-
f,helr
shelter
Anti-aircraft
t:
pursuit
punes
went
inw'
fcad
attacked
that
city.
MING
IN
FOR
SURE
I
I
I
WAR
AIMS
fth
h
Out
To
Annlhllalc
France
And
Great
Britain,
It
Is
Admitted
BERLIN
June
7:
(CP)
-
Oer-
J
real
war
alms
were
re
via
r
14
1
M
44
I
if
nvw
nce
and
annihilation
of
Eng-
a.
Ail
else
fl
beside
the
point."
Germany
would
now
reject
j
peace
offers
"until
the
military
t
of
France
and
Orcat
Brl-
i
has
been
destroyed.
To
smash
V
and
and
France
was
the
ob-
nd
the
war
would
be
pur-until
they
were
knocked
cut.
rmany
would
not
accept
peace
!;1
the
war
had
been
fought
to
e
bitter
end.
The
KDokesman
boasted
that
the
nR
blockade
had
already
f1
turned
from
fJermnnv
to
tni
and
that
England
would
518
nungry
like
Germany
was
In
The
British
Broadcasting
Cor-f'fation
had
reported
last
night
f'
Ofrmany
was
making
a
new
:,tfmpt
for
a
separate
peace
with
-nce
declaring
that
France
had
deserted
hv
nritnln
nfler
the
p"e
of
HandefS.
She
France
depends
upon
your
tena
city."
Cannonading
from
the
ground
and
air
it
credited
with
destruction
of
about
four
hundreo
tanks
In
the
first
two
days'
offensive.
Coanon
-
carrying
French
planes
are
reported
to
have
weak
apoU
on
the
tops
of
Nazi
tanks.
German
dive
bomb
are
reported
Snl
Orders
Italian
Ships
Off
dropatog
out
pt
action.
The
O
ex
it)
Se
Brllih
and
French
man
are
estimated
to
be
using
480
-
tabastfes
Oolng
Home?
.
060
men
in
an
effort
to
turn
th
flanks
of
the
line.
CINCH
FOR
MUSSOLINI
Premier
Paul
Reynaud
told
the'
17
.,
1
1
V
n
l
Senate
nate
army
commission
that
there
II
Cain6l
1
OTCCSSl
Is
"reason
to
have
confidence
in
the
development
of
operations
now
un-'
der
way.'
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Ouutwmj
8
D
Jnt4oa
On.
I
Vancouver
Big
Missouri.
.07.
Bralorne,
8.06.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.95.
Dentonla,
.0114.
Falrvlew,
.09.
Gold
Belt.
.19.
Hedley
Mascot,
.34.
Mmto.
.0214.
Pend
Ortelle,
1.45.
Pioneer,
1.80.
Premier,
.78.
Privateer,
.45.
Reeves
McDonald,
.'35.
Reno,
.19.
Relief
Arlington.
.05ft.
Salmon
OoW,
.02.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.10
V4.
Calmont,
.20.
C.
I
E.,
1.12.
Home,
.1.43.
Pacalta,
.05.
r
-
-
today
by
a
Nail
spokesman
I
Royal
Can-
.13ft
tw
fold
-
"annihilation
of
,
Okalta,
.62.
Mercury,
.03.
Prairie
Royaltle.
.15.
Toronto
Aldcrmac,
.15.
Beattlc,
.85.
Central
Pat.,
1.68.
Conr.
Smelters,
30.00.
East
Malartic,
2.20.
Fcrnland,
.02.
Francocur,
.20.
Gods
Lake,
.27
Vi.
Hardrock,
.70.
Int.
Nickel,
29.75.
Kerr
Addison,
1.40.
Little
Long
Lac,
1.95.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.15.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.29.
McKcnzIe
Red
Lake,
.86.
Moneta,
.49.
Noranda,
40.00
Pickle
Crow,
2.50.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.52.
San
Antonio,
1.40.
Sherrlt
Oordon,
.05.
'Uchl,
.32.
&
General
Synopsls-The
pressure
appears
to
be
high
from
the
Queen
i
Charlotte
Islands
southwards
and
j
low
In
the
southern
Interior.
The
,
weainer
has
been
cool
with
scattered
showers
in
many
parts
of
British
Columbia.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
island-Fresh
northwest
to
west
winds.
,
mostly
fair
with
not
much
change
In
temperature.
EGYPT
WITH
GT.
BRITAIN
bii
Reassuring
.Messace
Sent
to
London
Would
Help
in
Defending
Sues
Canal
I
CARIO,
June
7.
The
government
(of
Egypt
has
forwarded
a
message
'to
Great
Britain
assuring
Its
unswerving
support
In
any
war
de
velopments
In
the
Mediterranean
arena.
This
would
be
of
particular
Importance
In
the
event
of
an
Italian
stroke
towards
the
Suez
Canal.
"Egypt
must
sink
or
swim
with
Great
Britain,"
said
the
message.
Expenditure
of
Another
$13,000,000
is
to
be
Made
in
Canada,
It
is
Announced
OTTAWA,
June
7:
(CP)
Work
has
begun
on
a
new
military
motor
vehicle
order
Involving
expenditure
of
$13,000,000.
&
government
an
nouncement
today
said.
The
new
order
Is
In
addition
to
one
for
$13,-600,000
which
was
placed
March
20.
Bouscadlllac,
.03.
Mosher,
.0315.
Oklcnd,
.03
U.
Dominion
Bridge,
24.50.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
ter
of
Aircraft
ProdiicUon
Lord
Beaverbrook
said
today
that
Oreatj
Britain
had
more
than
made
good
its
air
losses
in
Flanders
and
had
started
building
a
new
bomber
t
which
was
the
"largest
In
the
world."
Tests
of
this
gTeat
fighting
machine
had
already
been
successful
but
it
would
'be
a
time
before
there
could
be
any
considerable
production.
Details
of
this
machine,
for
obvious
reasons,
were
nnt
riVMlrt
Beaverbrook
disclosed
official'
'estimates
which
had
beep
obtained
a
in
fLmrrr
anv't
alp
mrn
t
V
TVi
PAKIS,
June
7:
(CP)
One-fifth
of
the
2,000-tank
Nazis,
he
revealed,
had
11.675
a;id
the
sound
of
aerial
arniada
that
Germanv
has
thrust
into
the
Wevrrnml
Linp
fleh'lne
nianes.
two-fifths
of
Er
rouio.
oe
ncara
in
inc
wecu
t
i,
l.i..
..
:
-
i
:i;L
mh
k
to...i
.diui
Soon
the
enemy
air-
"rtS
"ia'ltu
"lu
,,Ui.Vuv
li
!
f
rencn
iniiiiaiy
spoKes-
uT7JZ':
vung
off
to
the
wward
tn
ft
"
W"".
T
UPn
?"
of
Thorn
had
haTex
;XTUUn
OI
AUIIIO
UUl
II
WM
lll.o
IU
liwut
Vit,lll.
IU
VIIV
cull
Ul
I
lilllkL-.
Ill
rtll
UII11I
nr.
.mrfor
tlma
mnrfltlnn.
?.
.
.
.L
1.1.
A-..
T
1
i
l
l
il
i
..m,
-
,
.
"v
p.mcauwy
Known
wneuier
01
me
ciay,
neyganu
loiu
me
troops:
ine
IUtUre
01
These
figures
took
I
from
the
United
States.
Intd
account
Nazi
plane
losses
in
Flanders.
Five
hundred
of
these
planes.'
Beaverbrook
said,
were
capable
of
setting
down
abroad
atfimy
lime
an
expeditionary
force
which.'
with
'fifth
columnists
would,
number
25.000
men.
4
The
minister,
for
military
rea-
II
Duce
Not
Coming
Into
War
Un-
sons,
did
not
disclose
eiact
tig-les
He
Can
Sneak
Up
From
.
urt
uL-th
Allied
wairastrtngth
.
Behind,
Berlin
Sustests
although
stating
that
Just
recent-
iy
there
had
been
a
62
percent
BERLIN.
June
7:
CP
Informed
Increase
In
Oreat
Britain
for
alr-
arr..
June
7
.M
skin
it
even
I
It
U
reported
unofficially
that
German
sources
said
today
that
craft
production
and
a
30
percent
ttrtain
that
Italy's
entry
Weygaod
has
aown
the
entire
are
Italy's
entry
Into
the
war
was
de-
Increase
of
engine
production.
(it
war
Is
imminent,
rremier
-lit
Mussolini
today
ordered
I
lUllan
vessels
off
the
hi(h
ii
Pratlirally
all
the
nations
irk
liners
are
now
in
their
if
ports.
Vessels
now
in
neu-
!
ports
are
ordered
to
remain
rtt
and
those
at
sea
are
in-
rwtfd
lo
proceed
at
once
to
the
umt
neutral
port.
At
Balbao
the
ranama
Canal
tone
one
lUn
liner
received
Instructions
I
rtmaln
In
port.
In
New
Yor
!
Vrrrando.
manarrr
there
the
Italian
Line,
said
an
order
tome
direct
from
Rome
for
I
Italian
ships
on
the
tilth
seas
isrweed
Into
neutral
ports.
Ut
li
reported
that
British
and
'nth
embassy
staffs
In
Rome
e
received
their
passports
to
Itsrn
home.
'
1EAL
NAZI
between
the
Somme-Alsne
battle-
pendent
on
destruction
of
the
There
was
also
a
large
Increase
front
and
the
Seine
River
above
French
air
force
and
distraction
of
In
the
number
of
planes
being
ob-Part
with
anti-tank
defence
nests
French
attention
by
a
gigantic
oD-'talned
from
the
Dominion
and
Roads
have
been
barricaded
and
e
ration
such
as
the
siege
of
Paris,
strong
support
potU
set
up.
I
Lord
Beaverbrook
singled
out
for
:
praise
the
Hudson
-
Lockheed
.bomber
made
in
the
United
States.
TO
WATCH
MIGRATION
Canadians.
After
July
1.
Must
Have
Passports
and
Visas
Upon
Visiting
United
States
1
OTTAWA,
June
7:
(CP
Officials
of
the
Department
of
External
Affairs
are
preparing
for
an
Increased
leather.
Forecast
I
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
2:14
ajn.
212
It.
pr
;
-e
jiupcrv
biiu
uccn
unar-
15:14
am
19D
ft
j,te
i
ands
Moderate
wind,
Low
9:00
a.m.
1.8
ft.
liorthwest,
(air
and
cool.
21:04
pjn.
0.9
ft
NOKTIIEtN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
CENTS
'0l
XXIX
No.
134.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JUNE
7,
1940.
PRICE:
axis
Tank
Fleet
Being
Destroyed
A
ermans
rxz
Resistance
Froi
Starting
to
Droj.
R
RAIDS
IN
FRANCE
6
V.
ning
Into
Real
v
5
1
.
wencn;
n
anes
ut
of
Action
Whole
Country
South
of
Sommc-Aisnc
Front
Reins
Sown
With
Anti-Tank
Nests
Premier
Rcynaud
n
Sees
Good
Reason
for
Confidence
GERMANS
CHECKED
EVERYWHERE
PARIS,
June
7:
(CP)
A
War
Office
spokesman
said
that
the
Germans
had
!een
checked
everywhere
along
the
Sommc
front
today
although
a
French
High
Command
announcement
said
tonight
that
Allied
advance
guards
had
fallen
back
all
along
that
front.
The
spokefman
said
that
a
terrific
German
attempt
to
cross
the
Aisne
River
had
l)een
repulsed
and
scores
of
additional
Nazi
tanks
destroyed.
OLD
LAND
AIR
FORCE
INCREASED
Some
Interesting
Information
Is
Given
By
Lord
Beaverbrook
Today
LONDON.
June
7:
CP
Minis-1
FINAL
BULLETINS
ARK
IS
UNREPORTED
The
Ark
of
Juneau,
crude
craft
In
which
Paul
Satko
and
family
are
travelling
from
Puzet
Sound
to
Alaska,
has
not
been
reported
for
several
days
since
crossing
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
bound
for
Butedale.
It
lias
not
et
arrived
at
Butedale
and
there
was
no
in
of
it
at
Prince
Rupert
up
to
this
afternoon.
surveying
Alaska
highway
PRINCE
GEORGE
Flrsl
'Alaska
Highway
surrey
parties
of
the
sex-hi
Icit
tulay
for
Northern
British
Columbia
and
the
Yukon
to
do
Iriaugulatlon
and
topographical
work
from
Sifton
Pass
to
Liard
River.
AWARDED
VICTORIA
CROSS
LONDON
First
Victoria
Cross
of
the
war
is
awarded
posthumously
to
Capt.
B.
A.
W.
Warburton-Lee
for
gallantry
and
daring
as
commander
of
the
destroyer
flotilla
which
attacked
the
Germans
in
the
First
Battle
of
Narvik
April
10.
He
took
rcsponJbillty
for
ordering
the
attack
and
was
wounded
mortally
when
a
shell
struck
the
bridge
of
the
destroyer
Hardy.
LIGHTNING
HITS
ENVOY'S
PLANE
LONDON
A
Reuters
dispatch
says
that
the
airplane
of
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
new
British
ambassador
to
Russia,
was
struck
by
iUhtning.
Cripp
was
not
hurt
and
the
plane
landed
safely
at
Bucharest.
TO
HELP
ALLIES
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
disclosed
today
that
he
i
asking
Congress
for
legislation
permitting
the
United
States
government
to
trade
in
old
types
of
guns
and
complete
thn
government's
power
to
turn
back
large
stores
of
United
States
war
supplies
available
to
the
Armies
from
private
firms
just
as
Navy
planes
were
turned
in
yesterday.
BOOSTING
STERLING
LONDON
The
British
Treasury
announces
regulations
designed
to
ensure
all
current
foreign
business
is
conducted
"at
official
sterling
rates.
AU
esports
fYomJhe
United
Kingdom,
to
the
United
States
and
Switierland
in
future
must
be
paid
in
Sterling
obtained
from
British
exchange
control
at
official
rates
or
else
in
United
States
dollais
or
Swiss
francs.
PRECAUTIONS
TAKEN
LONDON
The
Admiralty
took
a
drastic
precaution
against
surprise
night
invasion
today
by
forbidding
ships
to
enter
a
three-mile
zone
around
the
United
Kingdom
between
sunset
and
sunrise
unless
in
organized
convoys.
ACTRESS
DIES
HOLLYWOOD
Florence
Roberts,
69,
popular
actress,
probably
best
known
as
the
"Grandma"
of
Jones
Family
comedies,
died
yesterday.
COMPULSORY
TRAINING
WASHINGTON
Compulsory
military
training
may
be
the
next
phase
of
the
United
States
preparedness
program.
RUDDY
RAER
WINS
NEW
YORK
Fighting
at
Madison
Square
Garden
last
night.
Buddy
Baer,
216
pounds,
knocked
out
Valentin
Campolo.
of
Argentina,
25
pounds,
in
one
minute
and
53
seconds
of
the
first
round.
demand
for
passports
In
view
of
the
United
States
ruling
that
all
Can-
ttZfSJSSXSJZ
Timber
Production
This
Year
quire
passports
from
Canada
and
visas
from
the
United
States
before
entering
the
country.
Newfoundland,
Mexico
and
other
North
American
countries
are
also
Included
In
the
same
tightening
up
of
American
Immigration
regula
tions
which
have
been
Imposed
as
In
Prince
Rupert
District
Is
Still
Showing
Great
Increase
months
of
1939.
The
big
bulk
of
the
saw
log
production,
of
course,
con
tinues
to
be
from
the
Moresby
Island
camps
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
OKIlKKn
rllK
Bombers
Ranged
Over
Wide
Islands
here
considerably
Increas
t
a
wire
UFDE
LONDON,
June
7.
Nazi
bombing
planes
soared
over
eastern
England
all
the
way
from
Durham
County
on
the
north
to
Hampshire
on
the
south
through
Yorkshire
and
Dovsr
late
yesterday.
There
was
antiaircraft
fire
at
all
points
but
few
casualties
or
damage
were
reported.
Air
raid
alarms
at
some
points
lasted
for
an
hour
and
a
half.
The
German
raids
on
England
during
the
night
resulted
In
the
death
of
one
airman
when
bombs
lidiiutu
udica
American
Lituya
24.000,
9.6c
and
7.5c.
Royal.
Spray,
26,000,
9.6c
and
7.5c.
Coid
Storage.
Onah,
13,000,
9.8c
and
7.5c,
B.UC
GOLD
dropped
on
an
airdrome
flare
path.'
LONDON,
tCP)
The
Montreal
Bombs
also
fell
on
the
outskirts
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
of
a
small
town
In
north
Yorkshire
market
was
unchanged
today
at
bul
caused
no
damage.
'
$37.54
per
fine
ounce.
Local
Signal
Draft
Leaves
Ten
Men
To
Depart
On
This
Evening's
Train
For
Camp
Barrie-field,
Ontario
BIG
BATTLE
PROCEEDING
IN
FRANCE
Stabbornly
Fighting
French
Forces
Launch
Vigorous
Counter-Attacks
Emulate
Nazi
Tactics
Weygand
Pleased
French
Commander-in-Chief
Cony
gratulates
Forces
Royal
Air
Force
Doing
Effective
Work
PARIS,
June
7:
(CP)
Stubbornly
fighting
French
troops,
thrown
'.back
on
the
right
and
left
flanks
of
the
120-mile
fighting
front
from
the
mouth
of
the
Somme
River
'to
the
Aisne
by
the
savage
Oer-jman
offensive,
last
night
launched
vigorous
counter-attacks.
The
-Naz-lls
were
reported
to
have
fallen
back
towards
Abbeville
but
held
j
their
newly
taken
positions
around
Amiens
and
Solssons.
The
gigantic
German
assault
was
renewed
to-jday
(
from
the
coast
to
Solssons
and
was
especially
heavy
In
Per-.onne
area
where
It
was
estimated
1000
tanks
were
used,
j
During
yesterday
the
Germans
jhad
evidently
advanced
as
much
as
seventeen
miles
south
of
Abbe-
In
the
drive
along
the
Channel
Ivllle
coast
but
later
had
to
yield
back,
somewhat
British
troops
were
In
.the
Jhick
of
the
fight
?south
of
Atibevrile
whlcwasvbe-ing
waged
in
the
almost
tropical
heat
of
a
blazing
sun.
Following
the
example
of
the
Germans,
the
French
are
now
us-jlng
dive
bombing
tactics,
swooping
down
with
some
effectiveness
on
Oerman
positions.
French
75s
and
aircraft
pounded
the
Nazi
tanks
without
mercy
and
took
heavy
toll
of
enemy
mechanized
equipment.
.
Weygand
Pleased
'
General
Maxime
Weygana,
commander-in-chief
of
the
French
army,
sent
a
message
of
congratulations
to
the
forces
last
night
on
the
tenacity
with
wltlch
they
had
carried
0ut
his
Instructions
In
an
order
of
the
day
earlier
In
the
week
wherein
he
had
commanded
them
to
"ding
to
their
ground
and
look
only
forward."
Weygand,
declaring
that
there
was
no
intention
of
withdrawing,
told
the
forces
that
courage
and
determination
would
always
win
out
"The
high
command
has
taken
np
its
position
behind
to
support
your
declared
weygand.
Military
circles
In
London
declared
that
-the
situation
along
ne
somme-Aisne
line
is
not
too
,
l
yet
certain
there
may
not
be
a
The
1940
log
scale
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district!
m
nT
nef,
,
a
continues
to
climh
hv
leans
and
hminfl
i
further
precaution
against
"fifth
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Tll.
The
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i.
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claiming
advances
all
board
column-
activities.
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f
Jn
.
W
WHS
21,991,109
along
the
line,
the
German
High
feet
as
compared
with
9,102,814
board
feet
in
Mav
1939,
command
for
the
first
time
last
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which
board
feet
as
against
13,072,130
board
feet
in
the
first
five
!re
bei?g
e.ncountered
the
Somme-Alsne
front.
The
British
Royal
Air
Force
Is
continuing
constant
heavy
and
effective
raids
with
Its
bombing
planes
behind
the
German
llnej
and
well
Into
Germany.
During
the
night
Abbeville
was
concentrated
upon,
destroying
main
roads
and
railway
lines
and
virtually
wrecking
the
city.
Important
bridges
were
hit
and
motorized
unit
movements
were
disrupted.
The
first
members
of
the
Royal
Further
afield
in
Germany
direct
Canadian
Corps
of
Signals
from
hits
on
railways
and
highways
British
Columbia
to
leave
for
the
were
reported
and
at
Hamburg
East,
Signalmen
Jack
Tyerman,-
oil
tanks
were
set
afire.
At
sea
Oeorge
Booth.
Clarence
Taylor,
transports
were
attacked
and,
Frank
Mantle.
C.
C.
Johnson,
Wll-
during
yesterday,
It
was
estimated
Ham
Howard.
Jack
Blair.
Larry
.that
36
Nazi
planes
had
been
shot
Reld.
Gordon
Robertson
and
O.
down
and
seventy
damaged.
-
Trip,
all
of
Vancouver,
who
have
been
here
since
last
August,
comprise
a
draft
which
Is
leaving
Prince
Rupert
on
this
evening's
train
for
Camp
Barrlefleld,
Old
Country
Soccer
South
C
Southampton
2,
Fulham
I.