GOV'T
HAS
COLLAPSED
complete
Iron
Guard
government.
The
adblcatlon
of
King
Carol
is
considered
possible.
BOMBING
OF
ninn
.teny-a
dam-
.
KK
.-ii-rpn.tfte0
A
I
I
AK
Se
propellors
and
steering
gear.
All
JlMJAria
A
x.
attackers
escaped
safely,
Alexander
said.
This
attack
brought
the
total
Admitted
That
It
Was
French
Up
6even
of
French
capital
ships
Planes
That
Carried
Out
now
accounted
for.
Attacks
Another
Vessel
Seized
(
LONDON,
July
9.
Reuters
quoted
GRENOBLE,
France,
July
9.-The
japanese
reports
from
Singapore
French
Air
Ministry
disclosed
that
that
tne
British
had
seized
the
43,-two
French
air
squadrons,
disarmed
450-ton
liner
Ille
de
France,
by
the
armistice,
have
been
re-arm-
ti
and
Joined
Qerman-Itallan
squadrons
in
attacks
on
Oibraltar
One
British
warship,
a
destroyer,
it
is
claimed,
was
hit
by
a
lone
plane.
Raids
on
Oibraltar
have
now
been
carried
out
for
four
successive
days.
Instead
of
being
demobilized,
the
French
army
may
now
be
used
by
Germany
In
attacking
Oibraltar.
The
communique
was
published
In
the
Merscl-Heblr
action
taken
Oermany
and
Italy
were
believed
to
total
one
thousand
dead
and
missing.
HIS
TALK'
CUT
OFF
Cries
of
-Liar'
and
"Resign"
Heard
As
Japanese
Foreign
Minister
Speaks
TOKYO,
July
9:
(CP)
There
was
intense
excitement
when,
as
For
eign
Minister
Arlta
was
giving
a
"slgn,
The
broadcast
was
cut
off.
WAR
NEWS
CUT
DOWN
r'ls
to
Make
Headlines
In
New
York
Papers
for
First
Time
in
Many
Weeks
j
NEW
YORK,
July
Ur-For
the
first
tome
In
many
weeks
European
war
lews
was
releeated
to
slnele
column
Importance
on
the
front
pages
of
New
York
papers
yesterday.
The
Mexican
elections
and
a
conference
or
Postmaster
I'ostmastc-r
General
General
James
James
A.
A.
CLAIMS
OF
AIR
FORCE
Berlin
Says
That
Nazis
Have
Been
Successful
Against
British
j
BERLIN,
July
9.
The
German
by
the
British
to
prevent
de
1
ivery
Bri-of
and
nayal
atlons
agalnst
France,
surrendered
fleet
to
..
.
.
.
tlsh
naval
craft
nnd
and
merchant
mercnant
ship
shlD.
ping.
A
German
speedboat
Is
said
to
have
sunk
a
6000-ton
steamer
I
near
the
Isle
of
Wight.
Nazi
aircraft,
it
Is
stated,
set
afire
an
8,000-1
ton
vessel
near
Port
Falmouth,
also
damaging
a
destroyer
and
a
sub
marine.
British
naval
bases
on
tne
south
coast
of
England
wire
at
tacked.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
Ships
reports
are
not
available.
The
pressure
ap-
radio
broadcast,
he
was
suddenly
,
Pears
low
on
we
unu
coast.
Tho
weather
has
been
fine'
Interrupted
with
cries
declaring
he
he1
and
warm
over
the
interior
and
as
a
liar
and
demanding
that
cool
ana
snowery
on
we
tuk.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-
Moderate
to
fresh
northeast
winds.
mostly
cloudy
and
cool
with
show-
ers.
TIGHTEN
UP
ON
RATIONS
Consumption
of
Butter,
Tea,
Sugar,
Meat
and
Fish
to
be
Limited
in
England
LONDON.
July
9:
(CP)-
Great
Britain
today
ordered
Joint
butter
ihe
Petaln
Government
foH
powers
to
write
a
new
constitution.
This
would
give
the
government
the
greatest
power
since
the
foundation
ot
the
third
republic
and
making
France
a
virtual
totalitarian
dictatorship.
Among
the
Deputies
was
former
Premier
Paul
Reynaud,
his
head
wrapped
in
bandages,
making
hjs
first
public
appearance
since
his
automobile
accident
on
June
28.
Former
Premier
Edouard
Herriot
is
President
of
the
Chamber.
The
bill
1$
expected
to
be
passed
by
the
Senate
and
by
the
National
Assembly.
FRENCHMEN
BEING
HELD
Members
Of
Military
And
Naval
Missions
Not
Being
Allowed
To
Leave
London
LONDON,
July
9:
(CP)
Mem
bers
of
French
naval
and
military
missions
in
London
are
being
"held
for
repatriation'
It
was
learned,
but
are
likely
to
be
held
indefinitely
since
they
have
much
naval
and
mllltajy
information
that
Britain
would
not
wish
the
Axis
power
to
obtain,
BRITAIN
IS
ALL
READY
Three
Million
Men
UnJer
Arms-
Production
Schedule
Ahead
LONDON,
July
9.
In
readiness
for
the
expected
Invasion
attempt
by
Germany
are
two
million
army
troops
ln
addition
to
one
million
civilian
volunteers
tinder
arms.
Among
the
troops
ready
are
nine
divisions
which
Had
been,
evacuated
frnm
Diinkernue.
Production
of
war
materials'
Is
now
months
ahead
of
schedule
and
raDldlv
being
further
Increased.
The
country
Is
laden
with
large
quantities
of
food.
ZXZ
nto
ounces;
lowed
further
rationing
of
tea
fish
weekly
Pr
vfously
margarine
had
and
meat
yesterday.
Teaisratlon-r
Be.
...
La
hnd
rd
to
two
ounces
per
day.;
Cakes
peen
unruwoueu
and
ftnf.Hnni
Uou
ean
can
no
no
longer
longer
be
p
Parley
with
President
D.
Roosevelt
.been
rationed
to
four
ounce
per
conge
ffwit
j
Inorann
Thi
now
reductions
fol-
lceci
in,
wigiana.
4
-v
jjictcaence,
f"Vf'yt'7Wr
"
.
?
PROV
NCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Weather.
Forecast
fee
Tomorrows
Tides
,?
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
High
4:21
ajn.
19:4
ft.
Islands
Moderate
northea$t
17:10
p.m.
19.7
ft.
winds,
cloudy
and
cool
with
occasional
Low
10:50
am.
3.0
ft.
light
rains.
23:23
pjn.
5.8
ft.
NORTFIEUN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
114
"cl4l
Vol.
XXIX.
.No.
160.
IW
PRICE:
I
CENTS
JULY
1940.
-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.r
TUESDAY,
9,
it
r...
"Jafo.
4
U
1
British
Take
Over
French
Fleet
Royal
Navy
Controls
Units
At
Alexandria;
Great
Vessel
Blasted
Richelieu
Put
Out
of
Commission
When
it
Fails
to
Comply
With
Demands
at
Dakar
in
Africa
LONDON,
July
9:
(CP)
French
naval
authorities
1
at
Alexandria
agreed
today
to
turn
over
the
entire
French
fleet
at
Alexandria
to
the
Royal
Navy.
The
French
are
arranging
transportation
to
France
of
all
the
crews
of
the
warships.
This
French
decision
removes
the
possibility
of
repeating
the
Oran
naval
engagement
of
last
week
and
aiso
leaves
ine
unusu
weew
wee
w
move
more
power
against
the
Italians.
,
It
was
at
first
stated
that
the
French
commanders
had.
.
placed
their
ships
In
such
shape
that
they
(
could
not
proceed
to
sea
by
running
'
"
down
their
oil
supplies
and
wlth-
BUCIIAREST,
Roumanla,
July
8:
drawlng
crews
would
pre.'
(CP).
-Collapse
of
Premier
Glgur-
cede
the
Brltlsh
taklng
charge
of
;
tu'i
five-day-old
pro-German
cab-
tne
vessei3
Inet
appeared
possible
following
the
battiesh!p.
Richelieu,
one
of
itslgnatlon
yesterday
of
four
Iron
pjg
dreadnoughts,
has
been
Guard
members.
Glgurtu
either
blAStei
by
Brltlsn
deptn
Charge3
may
fill
the
vacant
posts
with
oth-
at
Dakar(
and
put
permanently
out
tr
right
extremists
or
himself
re-
of
actlon
Rt
Hon
v
Alexander,.
sign,
leaving
the
way
open
for
s.
,,.3
ot
the
Admiralty,
told
the
House
of
Commons
today.
The
bat
tleship
was
down
by
the
stern
and
listing
badly
from
an
attack
made
yesterday
when
the
French
failed
to
reply
to
British
terms.
Depth
charges
were
dropped
from
a
motor
WHERE
BRITAIN
HAS
BATTLE
FLEET
READY
IN
MEDITERRANEAN
A
British
squadron
Is
shown
at
anchor
off
Alexandria;
Egypt,
powerful
British
naval
base
in
the
eastern
end
of
the
.Mediterranean,
where
an
A
tiled
battle
fleet
has
been
concentrated
awaiting
next
moves
In
the
European
war.
The
Italian
fleet
-is1
.reported
at
the
Dodecanese
Islands
and
all
British
merchant
shipping
has
been
ordered
out
of
the
Mediterranean
by
the
British.
Admiralty,
thus
clearing
the
inland
sea
for
action.
These
British
s'iio3
undoubtedly
influenced
the
French
fleet
to
surrender.
NEW
FRANCE
4
retain
Government
Given
Full
Power
to
Write
Constitution
Axis
Plan
To
Beat
Britain
ROME.
July
9:
(CP)
Italian-German
agreement
for
.
.
.
.
a
three-fold
campaign
igalnst
VICHY,
France,
July
9:
(CP)
Qreat
Brftata
u
Ted;
by
.
The
French
Chamber
of
Deputies
lh
autnorltatWe
:FasclL
edl.
today
approyed
.
bill
framing
t
.
,
lo
Qavda.
.
ifcsavs
the
axis
partners,
are
to
at-
tempt
to
blockade
the
British
f
Isles,
break
Great
Britain's
Empire
communications
and
defeat
her
"at
home,
in
Im-
1
LONDON,
July
9
NAZIS
ARE
SUFFERING
Berlin
Claims
That
Civilians
Are
Feeling
Attacks
of
Royal
Air
;
Force
-.1
"
MATERIALS
GT.
BRITAIN
ARE
TAKEN
HOLDS
LEAD
IN
BOMBING
NEW
YORK,
July
9
British
Maintains
Blow
For
Blow
With
Broadcasting
Corporation
quoted
a
correspondent
with
the
British
forces
in
Egypt
as
saying
a
large
quantity
of
Italian
war
materials.
j
including
sixty
anti-tank
guns
and
anti-aircraft
guns
and
two
million
j
rounds
of
ammunition,
had
been
!
captured
enroute
to
Libya.
I
PARTING
OF
WAYS
1
CALLING
ON
BERLIN,
July
9.-Botween
June
1
and
July
1,
according
-to
German
JTemler.
claims,
Royal
Air
Force,
raids
on
German
territory
have
resulted
in
103
civilians
being
killed
and
140
OPPONENTS
King
Invites
From
Across
Floor
to
Sit
in
With
Cabinet
War
Committee
wounded
in
191
raids.
Eighty-three
-J
apartment
houses,
it
Is
charged.
OTTAWA.
July
9:
have
been
destroyed.
perial
territories
and
at
sea."
Australians
Fraternizing
With
French
iLOSS
IN
i
SEA
WAR
soldiers
in
England
who
have
Join-;
tons
of
Allied
shipping
and
11,340
,lam
Lyn
Mackenzie
King
told
the
'
ed
up
with
the
British
forces.
tons
of
neutral
shipping
was
Jost.
Every
Mail
And
Woman
Over
Sixteen
In
Canada
To
Be
Registered
For
War
Work
OTTAWA,
July
9:
(CP)
A
few
hours
after
he
had
been
named
head
of
the
new
Department
of
National
War
Services,
Hon.
James
G.
Gardiner
last
jiight
disclosed
plans
for
registration
in
August
of
every
man
and
woman
in
Canada
over
the
age
of
sixteen.
Letters
have
been
sent
to
chief
justices
in
all
provinces
to
name
judges
to
act
in
supervisory
capacity
for
registration
within
areas
and
over
distribution
of
man
power
after
registration
is
completed.
Registration
forms
are
being
printed
and
their
handling
in
each
constituency
will
be
under
the
direction
of
a
registrar
and
deputy
registrar
whom,
it
is
hoped,
will
be
appointed
by
the
end
of
the1
week.
Canadians
will
have
to
present
themselves
before
the
officials:
for
registration
as
no
house-to-house
canvass
will
be
mads.
Public
notice
of
registration
will
be
given
through
all
available
means
of
publicity
and
penalties
will
be
provided
for
failure
to
register.
The
government
is
to
obtain
complete
particulars
of
age,
physical
condition,
domestic
responsibilities,
trade,
occupation,
profession
and
willingness
to
serve
in
various
capacities
of
every
man
and
woman
in
the
country.
Major
General
L.
R.
LaFleche
and
Mr.
Justice
T.
C.
Davis
of
the
Saskatchewan
Court
of
Appeal
will
be
joint
deputy
ministers
of
the
new
department.
House
or
commons
that
he
pro
posed
to
ask
certain
members
of
the
Opposition
to
sit
in
with
the
war
committee
of
the
cabinet
as
as-,
soclate
members.
It
was
Intimated
establishment
of
Allied
Supplies
Limited,
a
company
concerned
with1
admlnstratlon
of
a
munitions
andi
explosive
program
on
behalf
of
the
j
British
government
and
Joint
Brl-
tlsh-Canadlan
developments.
Hon.
Nazi
Air
Raiders
As
Reich
Continues
To
Suffer
Under
Pounding
LONDON,
July
9:
(CP)
Great
Britain
maintained
the
upper
hand
over
Nazi
air
raiders
yesterday
as
its
own
fliers
returned
blow
for
blow.
Several
persons
were
believed
to
have
been
killed-
and
'some
damage
done
to
towns
In
various
parts
of
England
as
the
Germans
carried
on
raids
such,
as
,
have
continued
without
respite
except
for
one
day
since
June
18.
iThe
Royal
Air
Force
brought
down
I
at
least
eight
of
the
German
raid-
France
Completes
Break
With
Great
ers
during
the
past
twenty-four
Britain
by
Withdrawing
Its
jhours
and
twenty
others
are
be-
'
Embassy
lieved
to
have
been
so
badly
dam-
J
'aged
they
might
not
have
been
L
.
,
,
able
to
reach
home.
.r.r
LONDON.
July
9:
(CP)-
The,
lnformatlon
said
tha
an
French
.charged
affaires
Uiformedentlre
famU
of
fl
was
,
he
Foreign
Office
yesterday
that
a
bomb
ln
a
WMt
Qf
,and
he
iFrench
Is
embassy
withdrawing
town
Sunday
nlght.
Four
other
to
fulfilment
of
France.
Indicating
famllle,
were
buried
under
thelr
the
reported
French
decision
fOjcaved.ln
homes
T
reM,uu,u
Wi
There
were
further
scattered
Great
Britain.
t,
,
Li
rai
in
,.th,ct
rnnim
southeast
Scotland
during
the
night.
Incendiary
bombs
were
dropped
by
the
Nazis
but
no
serious
damage
was
done
and
'no
casualties
were
immediately
re-
(ported.
Germany
Hard
Hit
I
Naval
barracks
atGermany's
were
among
objectives
bombed
by
jthe
Royal
Air
Force
Sunday
night,
(the
Air
Ministry
sannounced.
'
The
(statement
said
that
several
'CP)
In
an-
German
-
held
airdromes
wer
nouncing
cabinet
changes
yesterday
bombed
with
two
British
aircraft
involving
me
appointment
01
rrem-
missine.
Great
damaee
was
done
ler
Angus
Macdonald
of
Nova
Scotia
to
dock
gates
ln
raids
on
Leopold
as
aeiencs
minister
xor
naval
ser-
Basin
at
Ostend
today
and
direct
vices;
the
of
Hon.
J.
L.
promotion
hit
was
made
on
a
German
sup-Illsley
from
minister
of
national
piy
snip.
revenue
to
minister
of
finance,
sue-,
Royal
Air
Force
planes,
in
day-ceedmg
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston',
now
oht
raids
on
Germany,
shot
down
minister
of
national
defence,
and
a
Messerschmldt
fighter
In
flames
LONDON,
July
9:
(CP)
Great
the
naming
of
Col.
Colin
Gibson
of
and
wrecked
a
big
four-engined
Britain
lost
six
merchant
ships
tot.-
Hamilton
and
Col.
W.
P.
Mulock
of
piane
on
the
ground.
I
ailing
30,377
gross
tons
in
week
en3-
Toronto
as
minister
of
national
Australians
are
lng
June
30,.
the
Admiralty
an-
revenue
and
Postmaster
General
p
1
p
I
fraternizing
freelv
with
French
nounced.
In
the
same
period
9,622
respectively,
rnme
Minister
wii-,A-u
1
UI5C1
Makes
Dash
For
f
Martinique
Haven
later
that
two
members
of
the
Con-,
ARUBA,
Netherlands
West
In-servatlve
party,
including
Hon.
R.
dies,
July
9.The
2400-ton
French
B.
Hanson,
the
leader,
had
been
In-
auxiliary
cruiser
Esterel
took
vlted
to
the
cabinet
committee
and
French
shore
troops
and
equipment
that
Mr.
Hanson
had
already
ac-
aboard
and
left
Aruba
ln
an
ftt-
cepted.
Other
party
representatives
tempt
to
reach
Martinique,
French
are
also
to
be
invited.
"
colonial
possession.
Premier
King
also
announced
the
,
EDITORS
CONVENE
C.
A.
Dunning,
former
minister
of,anaa,an
-
finance,
is
chairman.
sociaiion
m
session
ai
jasper.
Mr.
Macdonald
will
assume
his'
t
a
cpitt?
parir.
Jnlv
fl.Headed
naval
ministry
post
after
passage
of
.
..
n,rp
Mavor
of
trUnts-
a
bill
setting
up
the
department.
...,
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plpPtpri
nresldent
Bulletins
DUKK
AS
GOVERNOR
NEW
YORK
The
National
Broadcasting
Company
said
today
it
had
heard
a
B.R.C.
broadcast
report
that
the
Duke
of
Windsor
had
been
named
as
governor
in
chief
ot
the
Bahamas
Islands.
DAYLIGHT
RAIDS
LONDON
Eight
persons
are.
reported
to
have
been
killed
In
daylight
raids
on
Britain
today,
iof
the
Canadian
Weekly
Newspapers'
association,
a
party
of
more
than
one
hundred
weekly
editors
of
Canada
and
their
wives
was
at
Jasper.
They
arrived
via
the
newly
opened
Columbia
icefield
highway
Sunday
and,
while
most
Of
tne
party
departed
for
their
homes
yesterday
afternoon,
many
of
them
ars
lingering
here
for
a
few
days'
Every
section
of
Canada
was
represented
In
the
party
Including
A.
L.
Barrett,
of
Newfoundland,
I
The
visitors
were
thrilled
with
Canada's
latest
scenic
mountain
'.highway
and
termed
It
one
of
the
'
greatest
tourist
assets
In
the
Dominion.
The
time
at
Jasper
was
spent
on
scenic
motor
drives
with
a
large
six
in
southwest
England
a.nd
two
number
getting
in-a
couple
.of
in
wales.
games
on
the.
golf
course
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