in
iiiiiiw
RUIUIJUhJ
OF
NAZIS
Hard
At
Nazis
LONDON,
Oct.
26:
The
7il
Air
Force
continued
owpread
and
fierce
assault
Germany,
Nazi-occupied
Tjr
and
the
Channel
t
aremen
and
cux-
BVttM
A.
'
'
""servers
on
the
Eng-
coast
this
afternoon
re-
i
.
"'a'
uouioune
wa.
still
"8
om
last
night's
fur-
attacks
.
-
MV4",H'
w
Wild
Nnf
y
Hieher
uuiuig
me
rugni,
pouna-
t
"WQ
at
many
military
ob-
VOa
IT.,..
rt
J
"UKC
All
CO
tVVlb
ted
in
factories,
military
......
awuil
UU1UL3
eve.
IWIIIU
1
were
made
on
a
power
tlon
at
Kiel
nnrt
f
Irp.
start-
1
usiupDuiidlng
yards
there
tr.A
rrvin...
n
t
ii
.
J.
on
Germany
last
night.
1
uhof
power
station
at
Ham-
l
was
also
heavily
bombed
-
"its
were
siarten
nmane
-r
'
es.
a
pall
of
smoke
MR
OYrr
the.
j
(i
j.
.
"vii
vii
tut;
riLiiuii
lessaff,
.u
7
'
,n
Janu"y
Jast
'
conti;
"
uieaauthorlty
under
ctease
authorizes
the
oral
.
Wiwce
w.
M.
Martin,
dayi
rent
controller,
stated
yes-
LOCAL
DRAFT
VICHY,
October
26:
(CP)
Marshal
Henri
Philliime
tain
and
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
agreed
today
on
"col-,
oration
in
principle"
for
reconstruction
of'neace
in
I)
tl
.......
nffininll.t
1
i
1
If
.
rODc.
h
uiiiiuuiituu
LuiiimiL.
ivieans
01
1
iMnr
trip
ntrreemnct
will
he
fixaminnrl
c-jirl
fViol
communique.
Hitler
and
Petaln
held
a
"general
examination
of
the
I
situation,"
It
was
said.
Just
what
are
the
terms
of
the
agreement
reached
between
Hitler
and
Petaln
Is
as
much
a
mystery
as
ever
today.
There
appears
now,
i
however,
to
be
little
doubt
of
the
i
tilt
I--
11
T'L
.
I
.
.
I
EI
-
--
.
a
t'klA
WVIIIU11UU
Ull
laV
L
J
Mkl
ll.L.
.WY
I
Expense
Of
I
ranee
"the
Nazi
dictum
under
duress
of
1
immediate
penalty
threats
Includ
ing
the
taking
over
of
the
rest
of
participation
Itself
m
of
French
people
falling
under
the
nr
against
Orcat
Britain
but
Nazis
following
the
collapse,
operating
with
the
Axis
The
French
government
met
vn
inn
wav
nr
aivintr
nnci
strain
innav
vnn
,
SMinn
nx
rnp
;rj
and
permitting
the,
council
of
ministers
scheduled
for
.
Spalns
stands
to
derive
I
There
Is
still
no
reason
to
believe
territorial
gains,
It
Is
that
France
will
be
drawn
directly
official
quarters
here,
into
conflict
with
Great
Britain.
iitn
l.
.
i
i
n
..
t
u
.
.
.1
ii--
T
i
r..lnn
i
France
Including
por-
standard
suggested
that
the
aged
tench
Morocco
and
Al-
Petaln
might
resign
the
Premler-
al
h(
lmpontant
ports
of
ship
rather
than
submit
to
further
to
and
Oran
respectively,
humiliation
at
the
hands
of
Hitler.
This
would
pave
the
way
for
the
accession
of
Vice-Premier
Pierre
Laval
who
has
already
sold
out
en-
j
tlrely
to
Germany
for
what
he
can
personally
gain.
Conferences
between
ler
Laval
and
Foreign
Minister
Cl-
ano
of
Italy
are
now
pending.
CANADIANS
AT
FRONT
Men
From
Ontario,
Quebec
and
Maritlmes
Take
Up
Important
Positions
on
English
Coast
-
SOMEWHERE
IN
ENGLAND,
Oct.
2G:
(CP)
A
considerable
number
ot
Canadian
troops
have
been
moved
Into
the
front
line
of
Great
Britain's
mighty
defence
bulwark
and
for
the
first
time
the
Dominion!!
fighters
are
holding
an
Important
sector
on
the
English
coast.
They
are
relieving
British
units
in
these
coastal
positions.
The
men
to
whom
the
honor
has
fallen
are
from
Ontario,
Quebec
and
the
Maritime
Provinces.
FOR
OVERSEAS
j
i
Ton
Rlpn
Of
102nd.
And
econu,
Searchlight
Batteries
Liave
Tn
sftrPCiUYtii
and
six
gunners
of
the
102nd.
Heavy
Battery
and
two
gunners
from
the
secona
RpurrfillBhl
Batfcerv
left
on
last
I
T-
.
...
ICLJIUIK
H
W.
....
.
J
tlllery
in
Great
Britain.
They
were
ne
ot
the
eastbound
passenger
train
which
plunged
into
Lome
Creek
last
Saturday
night,
supposedly
carrying
Engineer
J.
C.
Carpenter,
Fireman
S.
J.
Mayer
and
two
transients
to
their
deaths,
might
be
hauled
back
onto
the
track
this
week-end,
possibly
to-day
Up
to
noon
today
no
bodies
had
been
recovered.
Provincial
police
announce
definitely
that
Percy
Stirrett
of
Kitwanga,
a
fifth
man
who
was
feared
to
have
been
in
the
wreck,
was
not
on
the
train.
PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
WASHINGTON
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
it
was
announced
today,
has
sent
a
message
to
the
Vichy
'
government
formally
warning
it
against
making
any
change
in
the
status
quo
of
French
possessions
in
the
western
hemisphere.
RED
CROSS
GOING
OVER
TORONTO
Six
provinces
have
gone
over
the
top
in
the
Red
Cross
campaign.
The
total
has
s
reached
$1,800,000
out
of
the
ob
icctlve
of
S5.000.000.
British
Col
umbia's
total
Is
now
$300,000.
The
drive
in
Alberta
has
yet
to
start.
ANZACS
ARRIVE
AT
A
WESTERN
CANADIAN
PORT
A
contingent
of
Austral-Ian
and
New
Zealand
airmen
arrived
yesterday
enroute
to
training
schools
in
the
east
to
complete
training
under
the
Empire
air
training
plan.
R.C.A.F.
CRASH
KIRKLAND
LAKE
Sergeant
Harry
McDonald
of
Winnipeg
and
Aircraftsman
W.
M.
Stutz
of
St.
James,
Manitoba,
were
killed
yesterday
when
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane,
being
flown
from
Winnipeg
to
Camp
Borden,
crashed
fifteen
miles
cast
of
here.
'GERMAN
IS
RECAPTURED
Lake
Ontario
TORONTO,
Oct.
26:
(CP)-Carl
Rabe,
German
U-boat
warrant
officer,
was
In
custody
today
after
a
bid
for
freedom
from
Internment
..
"""I
VJCl.
7A
Tonnnti
111
mm-,
nf
Iho
1
IKnrt
WHO
UlC
...
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m
PM...J
.
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--
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iwh
ph
tooK
mm
out
on
we
wavcw
-v,vi,in
k
11
.
,
,
L
I
i
I
.
4
ihA
Hravv
rvi'i
.
.
rtrr.
.
"i
mu
ipnrrai
rent
nresciiu
oi.iv
inn
m
.
,
-t.i
iM
n
rftwhiMT..
hp
"ui
lnrino,,..
.
it...
.
.
r
Sgt.
(Bertl)
J.
II.
Cross,
bgi.
J,.,
anA
was
endeavJ
Alvey.
Gnr.
J.
McCartney,
Onr
E.
a
two...
rint-
.t
t
n
n
rtps.
Gnr.
onr.
J.
P.
Roch,
Gnr.
H.
M.
Scaton.
Onr.
C.
M.
Shelford,
Gnr.
J.
C.
O.
Smith
and
Gnr.
G.
A.
Sweder.
i
.
b.tJ
t
-
v.n1rn
Vile
jjnV
fn
-'
-
-
j.iuu"'bi
.
the
United
States
wnen
ne
was
driven
back
by
fog
and
captured
by
two
civilians.
I.
11
LIBRARY
1
f
11
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Reported
sunk
by
German,
aerial
attack
off
coast
of
Ireland.
I
.
WOKKIKG
O.N
WRECK
!
It
is
hoped
at
Canadian
Nation-
Btinr
Lured
Bv
Territorial
Vlrhv
rov.mmpnt'.
,an.fian,,
l
al
railways
oiuces
mat
the
en-
KING
CAROL
SEEKS
HELP
Heads
With
United
States
To
Intercede
On
His
Behalf
Against
Extradition
WASHINGTON.
D.
C,
Oct.
26:
(CPt
The
exlkd
former
King
of
Rumania.
Carol.
ar?pea'd
lo
the
Unltrd
Statf
frovernmrnt
yrster-day
to
Intercede
on
behalf
of
him
self
and
paiity
monbers
mow
de-
the
war.
f'alrKd
In
Savilhr
StIiv
.a'atast
extradition
proceeding
back
""to
Rumania.
NEXT
MOVE
ON
GREECE
nmip
rf
oft-
irx
Danubian
Parley
Starting
Monday
BUCHAREST,
Rumania,
Oct.
26:
The
Danubian
control
confer-
nop
In
which
T?.ii.k1a's
richts
have
U-Boat
Officer
Who
Escaped
From
b
reCoenlzcd
by
admission
Toronto
Hospital
Tried
to
Cross
of
the
Soviet
to
the
parley,
will
commence
on
Monday.
Military
Training
In
Mexico
Schools
MEXICO
CITY,
Oct.
26:
Military
instruction
for
boys
will
be
Instituted
fa,
all
Mexican
.schools
as
a
national
defence
measure.
President
Cardenas
announced
yesterday.
eathenEo'i:ecast
Tomorrow
sTFdes
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
latte
Islands-Strong
east
to
south-,5,
Low
10:20
ajn.
19.9
It.
winds
or
galas,
unsettled
and
22:45
p.m.
19.7
ft
pUd
with
rain.
Low
.......
3:51
a.m.
5.8
ft.
16:33
p.m.
6.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIX.
No.
i.
,
-w
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER
26,
1940.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
.Phi
-
-
.Me..
rcat
Meamer
Is
Reported
Sunk
azi-French
Agreement
Made
Berlin
Claims
ichy
and
berlm
I
o
Collaborate
In
Peace
Move,
Announced
..1
T.t-mo
T
A
nrrnnmnnf
A
wn
IInnrAinn
At
I.
Mystery
as
hver
Accession
of
Power
of
French
"Quisling"
is
Foreseen
Empress
Of
Britain
Britain
Is
NAVAL
BASE
UNDER
FIRE
LONDON.
Oct.
26:
(CP)
German
air
raiders
gave
London
sis
alarms
today
from
daybreak
to
carlv
afternoon
following
a
night
Ion?
alarm.
Bombs
dropped
in
the
fourth
alarm,
exoloded
in
a
central
city
district.
One
fell
in
a
shopping
crowd
and
several'
person?
were
believed
bnriid
in
debri
of
a
tenement
block
hit
by
a
bomb.
One
hundred
and
twenty
persons
crawled
unharmed
from
the
damaged
shelter.
During
the
third
alarm
a
single
bomb
was
dropped
in
a
shopping
district
and
sir
persons
were
killed.
The
rixth
alarm
of
the
day,
sounding
at
3:30
run.
and
ending
a
few
minutes
later,
was
the
265th
ot
Defences
were
effective'
and
almost
all
the
day's
attacks
were
held
away
frowtheJnirtrT
-polis
only
the
odd'
enemy
plane
:
getting
through.
j
LONDON.
Oct.
26:
Net
only
Italian
London
but
the
Firth
of
Forth
on
the
east
coast
of
Scotland,
where
lr-
located
important
Rosyth
naval
i
i
ii
.
ti.
i
i
j
cars,
wrecking
them
and
killing',
,8nd
injuring
more
than
a
score
of.
persons.
Other
high
explosives!
struck
leor
a
police
station,
wreck-
lng
nearby
structures
and
near
an
:alr
raid
shelter,
leaving
many
In
jured
in
the
street.
In
one
section
a
bomb
wrecked
a
row
of
shops
over
which
some
persons
In
apart-
Admission
Of
Russia
Taken
As
ments
were
Injured.
The
Royal
Air!
Admission
By
Axis
Of
Soviet
Force
fended
off
numerous
raiders.
Rights
before
they
reached
London.
It
i
was
not
until
late
afternoon
thatl
Empress
Victim
Message
From
x
Mrs.
Roosevelt
Guardian.
,
.A.
,
rony-ninin
straignt
"
nignt
oi
air
was
"n
"
reported
to
be
movin?
to
Brindlsl
.
.
.
i
,.
T
f
ft.
fo.o.
ra
dinS-
It
li?htetird
"uo
aftsr
mid-
blow
to
EMBASSY
IS
ENDANGERED
CHUNGKING,
China,
Oct.
26:!
HrkmKa
foil
Wn.tromiislv
.flV;
tfl
'
night.
The
renewed
Intensification
of
the
attack
ended
an
easing
up
of
two
or
three
days
during
which
w.ather
for
aerial
operations
was
quite
unfavorable.
British
defences
functioned
well
in
the
night
attack,:
shooting
down
eight
Nazi
bombers.
(
t,,.w..o
nnmu
raii
P,riin..ir
Three
large
waves
of
Nazi
raid-
Close
In
Chungking
S'
i
Firth
of
Forth.
I
Yesterday's
Raids
Bombs
rained
out
of
a
cloud-
iTirwi
Rfate.
niKDnv
"eckcd
sky
in
a
series
of
day-
another
severe
attack
upon
provisional
capital
of
China.
this
TO
RESUME
of
of
Air
Attack
Off
Irish
Coast
Bombers
Said
to
Have
Scored
Direct
Hits
on
Canada's
Largest
Liner
No
British
Confirmation
at
First
Not
Carrying
Canadian
Troops
BERLIN,
October
26:
(CP)
Informed
miarter
tn.
PROM
W
A
71
Q
day
rePrted
the
Canadian
Pacific
liner
Empress
of
Bri-riJlYl
1jt1.'.IiJ
.ain
had
been
attacked
by
German
combat
planes
north
Firth
Of
Forth
Shared.
Attack
Last
Night
With
London
Ke-newed
Assault
Continues
ot
Ireland
this
morning
and
claimed
that
the
ship
was
sinking
after
the
crew
had
abandoned
her.
Bombing
planes
were
claimed
to
have
scored
direct
hits.
If
the
report
Is
true
It
would
be
the
great-
est
single
marine
casualty
so
far
In
'
the
war
as
far
as
actual
shipping
is
concerned.
1
The
Empress
of
Britain
is
a
vessel
of
42,348
tons,
760
y2
feet
long
and
was
the
largest
vessel
ever
to
ply
MANCHESTER,
Oct.
26:
A
belween
Great
Britain
and
Can-
message
of
goodwill
and
gbod'jada-
The
flagship
of
the
Canadian
chwr
has
been
sent
to
the
1
Pacific
ocean
fleet,
she
was
built
at
women
of
England
by
Mrs.
John
Brown
yards
on
the
Clyde,
her
Frpmklin
D.
Roo?evelt,
wife
1
f,rst
keel
Plate
being
laid
Novem-
of
the
President
of
the
United
ber
28
1928
and
her
first
trip
down
t
States.
The
message
is
pub-
the
River
Clyde
being
made
on
Vrbed
In
.the
Manchester
APri
5-
The
launching
took
place
at
Clydebank,
June
11,
1930,
with
the
then
Prince
of
Wales,
now
f
the
Duke
of
Windsor,
officlatlng.-
The
Empress
of
Britain
carried
the
King
and.
Queen
on
their
return
trip
to
England
after
the
Hour,
ot
Canada
in
1939.
In
1932
she
brought
INlA
to
Canada
Including
Premier
Stan-
Hl
V
AlJlLfillley
Baldwin
and
Chancellor
of
the
.Exchequer
Neville
Chamberlain.
March
In
Egypt
To
Be.
She
held
the
record
land-to-lahd
Renewed,
Mussolini's
piece
Says
ras?.
were
mvuy
aiia:sra
aur-
ROME.
Oit.
26:
Th
Italian
In
Sudden
or
tne
n'ni-
droPPS
lar??
quan-
Alexandria
and
Suez,
according
to
Isuspension
oMtalian
air
service
to
oi
eslxe
a"d
!"liary
Virginlo
Gayda,
editorial
spokes-Ir.rL
caus3d
of
Premier
Benito
Mussollno.
M.,iI
foreign
observers
to
wh:ch
-'M:aabl3
man
wondr
today
If
a
showdown
with
--sc
wu
ine
nome
ramo
saia
loaay
tnai
immediate
"
was
a
coninusucn
of
a
new
Italian
offensive
in
Egypt
is
that
nation
was
on
h
rtlI(,
one
of
the
heaviest
day
attacks
in
imminent.
It
said
that
Marshal
have
been
cut
off
for
months.
Mouth-
Atlantic
passage
of
three
days,
one
M
.Tfii,M;i.n..
Fcr
London
tt
was
Uvi
Graziani's
army
in
North
Africa
Italians
"now
ready
to
deal
a
final
the
British
In
Egypt."
War
Materials
To
Great
Britain
And
United
States
Only;
!
OUT
FOR
WILLKIE
John
L.
Lewis
Will
Resign
as
C.I.O.
Cliief
If
Roosevelt
Re-Elected;
He
Promises
the
aU
clear
was
sounded.
The
l
."'
"
Press
Association
said
that
about
.
'
.
,
.,u
,..
,u
,
,
,,
.
Industrial
Organization,
last
night
one
hundred
raiders
,u,
in
all
crossed
.....
.
.
,
.
..
.
his
support
to
Wendell
L
the
coast
in
the
day's
raids.
Two
public
shelters
were
reported
small.
P.G.E.
OPENING
Tali.
1
I
IV
aiilVAC.
IVVUMIIHtl
VUltUIUnbV
til
hit
in
onel,..
.
',.:..,
Midlands
town
but
loss
of
life
was
I
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
26.
'Traffic
over
the
Pacific-
Great;
Eastern
Railway
from
Squamlsh
toQucsnel
will
be
resumed
on
Monday
after
having
been
Interrupted,
for
ten
days
owlns
to
flood
condition,
it
is
me
lormcomuig
presiaentiai
election,
stating
that
he
would
resign
If
Wlllkle
was
defeated.
Lewis
charged
President
Roosevelt
with
breaking
faith
with
organized
labor
and
with
having
war
as
his
objective.
I
hour
and
thirty
minutes
from
Btsh-.
op's
Rock
to
Belle
Isle.
,
.
The
British
Admlraity
and
Can-
to
the
nlsthft
by
German
a'r
raid-
ion
of
Egypt,
which
has
been
adlan
Pacific
head,
offices
had
no
Indications
in
Italy
That
This
May
Midlands
and
Liverpool
but
damage
wh4le
the
Mr
Force
and
ported
slnkIng
of
the
Empress,
(
'
Be
Next
on
Mediterranean
was
said
to
be
not
heavy.
British
Navy
has
been
pounding
It
was
said
at
Ottawa
that
no
;
Schedule
Mao'iss
of
Nazi
bombars
came
hard
at
Its
spearhead,
is
about
to
Canadian
troops
were
aboard.
I
"
over
Lcadan
du-.:ng
Lhe
eai.ly
part
be
resumed
in
the
direction
of,
,
CASUALTIES
INFLICTED
Suffer
Another
Reverse
At
Hands
Of
British
In
Anglo-Egyptian'
Sudan
CAIRO,
Oc.
26:
(CP)
A
British
patrol
inflicted
casualties
on
an
Italian
unit
and
put
it
to
flight
In
an
engagement
outside
Kassala
In
the
Anglo-Egyptian
'Sudan,
British
headquarters
announced.
Fit
tv
Italian
soldiers
were
killed
and
four
hundred
wounded
while
the
OTTAWA,
Oct.
26.
Canadian
ex-'British
lost
none..
It
was
the
sec-ports
of
war
materials
are
now
be-
'ond
British
6uccess
in
this
region
lng
made
almost
exclusively
to
m
two
days.
The
Royal
Air
Force
Great
Britain
and
United
States,
it!
has
also
boen
carrying
out
success-
s
stated
In
official
quarters.
Shln-lful
operations
against
Italian
yesterday
as
the
Japanese
staged
ms
"
.Lo51fa?
,yesteday:!aients
of
aviation
fuel
to
Japan,
transports
and
other
objectives
in
the
neighborhood
of
Sldt
Barannl.
Shelling
of
Italian
positions
east
of
Sldl
Barranl
on
the
north
Egyptian
coast
by
British
warships
is
officially
reported
in
an
Italian
communique
from
Rome.
At
the
same
time
there
have
been
further
heavy
raids
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
Italian
North
African
bases
Including
Asmara,
Bengasi
and
Dura.
Troop
concentrations
and
stores
were
hit.
BASE
FOR
ITALIANS
11
Duce's
Planes
Operating
From
Channel
Coast
In
Raids
Upon
Great
Britain
-c:
ROME,
Oct.
26:
(CP)
The
a
snowaown
ngni
lor
millions
oi
.newspaper
Gtornaie
a'ltaua
re-United
States
labor
votes
develops
.ported
yesterday
.that
an
air
base
In
the
presidential
campaign
as
a,
had
been
setabllshed
on
the
result
of
Lewis'
statement
of
un-,Prench
coast
or
the
English
Chan
qualified
support
to
Wlllkle.
The
nel
and
that
Italian;
bombers
have
announced
by
W.
H.
Tobey.
general
statement
splits
the
Congress
on
In-
come
back
with
"marks
of
combat"
manager
of
the
line.
j
dustrlal
Organization.
'from
forays
on
Lujudon.