IR
MIGHT
IS
APPLIED
ON
BRITAIN
p..t.
Full
Weight
Into
.,,k
iinon
British
Isles
use
169
Planes
In
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fighters
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mit
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beinr
sale.
The
MinKtrjr
news
service
said
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fin
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night
of
August
27
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er
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the
morning
train.
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t
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ror
egistration
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i
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fa
i
in
vi
a
wavis
'
Kttionil
Count
In
Trlnco
Rupert
Next
Week
hrta
of
forms
for
the
na
ocivice
registration
wnicn
is
'
place
next
week
has
de
PMi
the
registrar
for
Skcena
f'ct,
T
w.
Drown,
states.
Twice
Mdltional
suddIIcs
of
forms
e
had
to
be
wired
for.
Outside
nnr
.
i
uuuiu
nave
now
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'ty
well
t.
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me
onenme
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readiness
'he
receiving
of
the
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&um.
ew
Canadian
uly
Launched
itP).
-Launchlne
of
the
new
"'n
minesweeper
H.
M.
C.
S.
a
took
place
yesterday.
Mrs,
R,
Bulleti
ns
ILLEGAL
GOLD
EXPORT
Ole
Johnson
has
been
given
two
fines
of
(500,
with
six
months'
option
of
imprisonment,
by
Stipendiary
Magistrate
II.
F.
Glassey
of
Atlin
on
two
counts
of
taking
gold
out
of
Canada
without
permit.
In
the
event
of
failure
to
pay
the
fines,
Johnson
will
have
to
serve
three
months'
extra.
lie
pleaded
guilty.
SHIPS
HELD
IN
POUT
ATHENS
The
Greek
govt,
acting
shortly
after
the
sinking
of
the
twenty-one
hundred-ton
Greek
cruiser
Ilelle
by
an
unidentified
submarine
was
announced,
Issued
an
order
last
night
forbidding
all
Greek
ships
to
leave
port.
BASES
FOR
UNCLE
SAM
LONDON
United
States
proposals
for
leasing
air
bases
on
a
British
West
Indies
Island
may
be
under
discussion
and
certainly
will
be
received
"with
interest
and
sympathy,"
a
Foreign
Office
spokesman
said
today
although
dissociating
this
with
a
deal
whereby
Great
Britain
would
obtain
fifty
destroyers
front
United
States.
CALLING
OUT
GUARDS
WASHINGTON
Legislation
authorizing
President
Roosevelt
to
train
396,000
National
men
and
organized
army
reserv
ists
was
passed
yesterday
by
the
House
of
Representatives.
It
now
will
go
before'
the
Senate
for
sideration
of
the
House
FRANCE
ASKS
MERCY
VICHY
The
French
government
has
asked
Great
Britain
to
lift
the
blockade
in
order
to
get
much-needed
supplies
from
abroad.
The
French
government
guarantees
that
nothing
will
be
trans-shipped
to
Germany.
Resignation
From
Secretary
Wallace
Situation
Between
Greece
And
Italv
Still
Tense
rcs'.gned
yesterday
In
order
to
get
tendance
to
pay
final
respects.
actively
Into
the
campaign,
uo.
Rev
j
c
jacicSon,
pastor
oi
rirsi
for
the
coming
into
encci
m
w
united
Church,
olliciatea
ana
Mrs.
registration
was
left
blank,
Halibut
Sales
i
American
Brisk,
36,000,
10.5c
and
8c,
Pacific.
Cameras
Forbidden
In
English
Waters
tnunnM.
Auir.
16:
Admiralty
has
Issued
an
order
res
tricting
photograpmng
"-"
territorial
waters
of
the
United
Kingdom.
Under
the
order
Psen-
gers
and
crews
in
any
ling
in
either
direction
between
n-An-
rtr.
foln
nnrt
ft
DOCV
u'""'
including
Eire,
Northern
Ireland
j
tein
nf
Man.
rnuai
their
cameras
to
the
captain
who
will
retain
them
so
long
as
the
ship
Is
In
British
waters,
TRANSFERRED
TO
NANAlMO
f
made
of
"i
ue
oi
uommuuui
o
j
...
.
,.,
James
Olllett
presided
at
the
organ.
The
Port
Simpson
Band
took
art
in
the
proceedings
and
pallbearers
were
members
of
the
Port
the
i
transfer
to
city
detachment
at
Nan
f
rvmsfnM
T.
A.
Stewart
or,
"
.
.
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i
...in
m
CrDll'H
I.
Mill
christened
the
police
nere.
uonn
v,
,,.
"bf
be
leaving
soon
for
the
soutn.
Simpson
Athletic
CluD.
knowing
the
service,
there
was
a
procession
to
the
waterfront,
the
remains
be-Ins
nlaced
aboard
the
boat
Horse
shoe
which,
with
other
boats,
took
mourners
to
Port
Simpson.
Mrs.
Beynon
was
well
known
in
.both
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
Simpson
as
elsewhere
along
the
roast.
Besides
the
widower,
she
(CP)
The.
is
survived
by
a
daughter,
Miss
Ethel
Beynon,
ana
son.
wiuiam
(Sonny)
Beynon.
WHEAT
PRICES
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
Wheat
prices
were
off
tic
to
5aC
today
with
December
quoted
this
morning
at
7234c
NEW
YORK
COHKER
NEW
YORK
Aug.
16:
The
price
of
'copper
was
off
.03c
on
the
New
Vnrk
metal
market
today
with
December
at
9.44
per
pound
this
morning.
STERLING
FIRM
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
16:
Sterling
.
,
(iM(,Ad
firm
rn
trip
impw
Ynric
foreign
exchange
market,
Deing
up
3ic
this
morning
to
$4.0254.
Mussolini
Seeks
Trouble
'
'
A
ATHENS,
August
16:
(CP)
The
GJeek
destroyers
Vasilevs
Georgios
I.
and
Vasilissa.Qlga
were
attacked
from
the
air
today
by
unidentified
war-planes
as
they
steamer
toward
the
island
of
Tinos
where
the
Greek
cruiser
Helle
was
sunk
yesterday
by
an
unidentified
submarine.
The
destrbyers
escaped
damage
by
zigzagging
at
full
speej
and
did
not
fire
on
the
planes.
A
high
authority
quoted
commanders
of
the
Greek
destroyers
as
.saying
the
attacking
planes
were
Italian.
Greek
shipping
sources
said
the
Greek
vessel
Appeti,
with
400
passengers
aboard,
was
halted
by
an
Italian
warship
and
taken
to
Palermo,
Sicily.
With
Italian
troops
still
reported
concentrating
on
the
Albanian
frontier
of
Greece,
the
situation
between
the
two
countries
continues
tense.
Great
Britain
and
Turkey
assure
Greece
of
their
support
if
attacked
by
Italy.
BASES
ARE
PROTECTED
Canada
To
Put
Million
Dollars
Into
Safeguarding
Gander
Lake
and
Botwood
j
'
OTTAWA,
Aug.
16:
iCP
Newfoundland's
strategically
placed
land
and
seaplane
basesat
Qander
'Lake
and
Bolwoocl
"guarded
by
Canadian
troops
since
early
In
I
the
war,
will
be
strengthened
by
expenditure
of
close
to
$1,000,000
by
the
Canadian
government
In
the
near
future,
Hon.
C.
O.
Power,
minister
of
national
defence
for
alr,
announces.
Final
Respects
Are
Paid
Here
'Service
For
Late
.Mrs.
William
Bcynon
Prior
To
Sending
Remains
To
Tort
Simpson
Prlnr
in
t.hp
taking
of
the
rt-
Vlce-Presidentlal
Running
Mate
malnJ
t(J
port
simpson
wnere
In-Of
Roosevelt
Prepares
For
terment
villi
be
made
Saturday.
Campaign
(there
was
a
funeral
service
for
the
late
Mrs.
Sarah
Beynon,
wife
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Aug.
16:
ot
Wllliam
Beynon,
from
the
(CP)
Henry
A.
Wallace,
who
ls,cnapei
0
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
tn
bo
vice-presldentlal
running
at
noon
today.
Many
friends
of
mate
with
President
Franklin
D.
deceased,
who
died
suddenly
Roosevelt
in
the
national
election,
caruer
in
the
week,
were
In
at-
War
News
CRITICAL
SITUATION
LONDON
The
British
military
situation
in
Somaliland,
remains
:
critical.
British
forces
are
now
defending
heights
around
Berber
and
may
be
foreid,
to
f
all
back
into
the
city,
an
authoritative
source
disclosed
today.
Cairo
reports
say
the
Italian
advance
has
been
slowed
up.
The
British
are
greatly
outnumbered
and
cannot
be
reinforced.
SHELLING
BRITISH
COAST
LONDON
Evidence
supporting
reports
that
the
southeastern
British
coast
has
been
shelled
by
long
range
artillery
across,
the
English
Channel
was
disclosed
by
authoritative
quarters
today.
ITALY
BOMBED
AGAIN
'
ROME
British
planes
bombed
cities
of
northern
Italy
for
the
,
second
time
in
three
days
today,
'
Italians
authorities
reported,
claiming
one
plane
had
been
shot
(
down
over
Turin.
SHIP
IN
DISTRESS
,
NEW
YORK
A
distress
call
was
picked
np
by
the'National
Broadcasting
Company
last
night
from
the
Norwegian
freighter
"Thermopylae.''
The
message,
said
that
she
was
being
attacked
by
a
mystery
ship
at
a
position
well
within
the
neutrality
tone
set
up
by
the
21
American
republics.
The
ship's
first
message
indicated
a
submarine
attack
but
later
messages
said
that
she
was
in
no
immediate
distress.
BRITAIN
CHUCKLES
-LONDON
Britons
chuckled
yesterday
over
reports
published
in
newspapers
that
members
of
the
German
gestapo
have
been
sent
over
in
raiding
planes
to
see
the
Germans
fight.
There
is
one
story
of
how
a
plane
crew
dumped
a
gestapo
man
overboard
from
a
life
boat.
Tacamo
Beats
Vancouver
Caps
Score'
of
Eleven
to
Ten
Last
Night
in
Pacific
International
Baseball
League
TACOMA.Aug.16!
(CP)
Tacoma
Tigers
defeated
Vancouver
Capllan-os
by
a
score
of
11
to
10
last
night
In'
Pacific
International
League
baseball
here.
feather
F.orecasi
Tomorrows
Tides
Prince
nupert
and.
Queen
'Ch?-.
High
0:36
ajn.
20.5
ft
...
T.i.nrt.
Moderate
wi-tyv
13:20
p.m.
19.0
ft.
Sting
to
southeastpart
c'
Low
.-
-
7:10
am.
2.6
ft.
,
Jnd
somewhat
warmer.
V?
19:24
p.m.
5.3
ft.
NORTIIEttN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
1
Jti
-rrr.i.
-
no.
193.
AUGUST
1940.
PRICE:
I
CENTS
OCIX.
j
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.TFRIDAY,
16,
7
ighty
Air
Battle
Is
Going
On
.,
4
1
II.
II
Twenty-Five
Hundred
German
Planes
Take
Part
As
Hitler
Makes
Supreme
Air
Effort
NO
PART
OF
BRITAIN
ESCAPES
TOTAL
OF
169,
ENEMY
MACHINES
BROUGHT
DOWN
YESTERDAY
WHILE
ROYAL
AIR
FORCE
LOSES
BUT
THIRTY-FOUR
LONDON,
August
1G:
(CP)
Following
yesterday's
mighty
air
Jjattle
which
resulted
in
169
German
airplanes
being
officially
announced
as
shot
down
while
the
British
lost
but
31,
the
Air.
Ministry
today
announced
renewal
on
a
wide
scale
of
the
Nazi
air
attack
upon
Great
Britain
with
at
least
2500
planes
taking
part.
In
southwest
England
early
today
explosions
sounding
like
shcllf
ire
could
be
heard.
As
the
air
armada
lashed
at
Great
Britain
atrain
today,
it
appeared
to
be
Hitler's
supreme
effort
to
crush
the
island
centre
of
the
Empire.
The
German
war
planes
crossed
the
coast
all
the
way
from
north
to
south
in
a
follow-up
of
yesterday's
attacks.
Four
hundred
planes,
coming
in
six
waves
at
five
minute
intervals,
flew
over
one
southeastern
port.
The
chief
authorized
a
dispatch
stating
that
German
planes
had
flown
high
over
London
this
morning.
An
authorized
source
in
Berlin
boasted
that
German
air
squadrons
were
enroute
to
bomb
military
objectives
around
London
as
a
follow
up
to
ycstcrdayVCroyddrt
"raid.
The
Southeast
coast
bore
the
brunt
of
today's
attacks
but
no
part
of
Great
Britain
was
immune.
Early
reports
said
at
least
twelve
Germans
were
down.
A
fierce
battle
took
place
over
a
southeast
English
town.
A
number
of
planes
crashed
and
crews
bailed
out.
Croydon
was
not
as
badly
damaged
in
yesterday's
raid
as
had
been
at
first
feared.
All
news
is
being
heavily
censored.
Further
details
of
the
German
raids
over
the
British
Isles
were
made
public
late
last
night.
Daring
Spitfire
and
Hurricane
fighter
planes
drove
off
the
attackers,
with
it
withering
fire
after
some
bombs
had'been
dropped.
Some
smoke
rising
from
the
Croydon
airdrome
could
be
seen
from
London.
A
perfume
factory
near
Croydon
suffered
some
damage
by
bombs.
In
one
fight
over
the
southeast
coast
alone
more
than
twenty
German
planes
were
shot
down.
A
large
number
of
German
pilots
have
been
captured
in
various
sections
of
Britain
after
they
had
bailed
out
of
their
falling
planes.
Since
June
18
no
less
than
70S
German
planes
arc
estimated
to
have
been
brought
down
in
attacks
on.
Britain,
441-during
the
past
week.
The
British
losses
in
planes
for
the
week
are
placed
at
101.
Flag
Ceremony
At
Post
Office
Ceremonial
Retreat
to
be
Demon
strated
by
Irish
Fusiliers-Church
Parade
on
Sunday
rprpmonlal
retreat
parade,
the
sundown
ceremony
of
lowering
thu
1
flag,
a
dally
routine
under
military
rules,
will
be
demonstrated
from
6
to
6:20
this
evening
at
the
Post
oi-flce
Grounds
on
Third
Avenue
by
a
retail
from
the
Irish
Fusiliers.
The
bugle
and
drum
band
of
the
Fusl
Hers
wlifalso
take
part
lii
the
cere
MINE
BOY
IS
CARDIFF
I
Germany
Is
t
i
Heavily
Hit
t
it
'
MAYOR
Welsh
City's
Governing
Body
face
in
the
day-time
and
at
night
studied
in
his
mother's
humble
cottage
to
become
a
mining
engineer.
After
taking
his
degree
he
went
to
mo-ny,
...
.i
India
as
chief
engineer
and
gener-
on
Bunaay
morning
wi
"
j
manager
for
a
iarBe
mming
firm.
tne
regular
monuuy
paiauc
ui
local
garrison
units,
on
this
occasion
to
First
United
Church.
Church
On
returning
to
Cardiff
he
be
came
a
city
councillor.
When
he
moves
into
the
Mansion
as
xora
parades
have
now
been
Instituted
i
of
the
one4lme
mlne
for
the
local
garrison
10
oe
neiu.drawa
saiaryof
$5,562
annually
and
regularly
on
the
third
Sunday
of
have
an
automobile
and
chauffeur
each
month.
,
;
provided
by
the
city.
LONDON,
Aug.
16.
Royal
Air
Force
bomb-
ers
yesterday
attacked
oil
depots,
refinery
plants,
railroads
and
power
plants
throughout
German
-
occupied
France
and
sections
of
Germany.
A
number
of
airdromes
were
also
successfully
bombed.
A
statement
of
the
Air
Ministry
stated
that
four
British-planes
were
lost
during
the
raids.
i
LANDS
IN
ENGLAND
Lieut.
James
Bryant
of
Thli
CHy'
Among
Reservists
Who
Hare
Reached
Old
Land
,
OTTAWA,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
Arrival
of
a
draft
of
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
officers
in
England
Is
announced
by
naval
service
headquarters.
The
group
Included
Lieut.
James
A.
Bryant
of
Prince
i
Rupert.
WHERETO
REGISTER
Further
Particulars
Announced
In
Regard
to
Count
Next
Week
It
Is
officially
announced
today
that,
for
the
purposes
of
national
registration,
there
will
be
three
divisions
In
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert.
Residents
of
the
city
to
the
west
of
McBrlde
Street
will
register
either
at
the
Borden
Street
School
or
on
the
first
floor
upstairs
at
the
City
Hail
as
they
prefer.
1
Residents
of
the
city
living
to
the
east
of
McBrlde
Street
and
the
west
of
Immanuei
Street
will
register
at
the
Booth
Memorial
High
School.
Residents
of
Seal
Cove,
all
the
area
east
of
Immanuei
Street,
will
register
at
the
Seal
Cove
School.
Persons
may
register
at
any
registration
booth
which
Is
most
con
venient
but
It
Is
advisable
for
each
person
to
register
In
his
own
district
at
the
booth
nearest
his
ordinary
residence.
In
the
last
Dominion
election
there
was
a
polling
division
called
Galloway
Rapids.
This
Included
I
the
mainland
at
the
back
of
Kaien
.Island
and
the
area
along
the
road
.
Aid
McCale
Elevated
to
Head
0f
'
towara
uauoway
napitu.
Jtvesi-I
dets
In
this
area
may
now
register
In
Prince
Rupert,
preferably
at
Seal
CARDIFF,
Aug.
16:
(CP)
An
ex-1
cove,
pit
boy,
Alderman
C.
H.
McCale,
will
There
has
been
a
gratifying
res-be
the
next
Lord
Mayor
of
Cardiff.'
ponse
to
the
call
for
voluntary
As
a
boy
he
worked
at
the
coal
workers
but
it
Is
anticipated
that
a
.
.
.
.
.
1
tl
.
.
'--
J
great
many
more
can
De
usea
in
audition,
to
those
who
haV
already
volunteered.
Good
writers!
are,
Ja
especial
demand.
TherS
VU1
also
be
more
paid
deputy"
registrars
necessary
than
those
who
at
present
applied
for
those
positions.
In
connection
with:
the"
national
registration
locally,
a
meeting
of
deputy
registrars
and
voluntary
assistant
registrars
will
be.
held
In
the
City
Hall
this
and;
tomorrow
even-
.
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