Greatest
111
1
t
Nazis
Continue
Drive
Against
British
Isles;
Fury
Is
Undiminished
German
Raiders
Sweep
Length
and
Breadth
of
Country
and
Subject
Industrial
Midlands
to
Severest
Bombing
Yet
LONDON,
August
14.
In
the
war
in
the
air,
thej
Royal
Air
Force
is
now
destroying
German
planes
at
a
greater
rate
than
the
Reich
can
produce
them.
If
the
present
rate
of
destruction
continues,
a
total
of
2124
Ger-'
man
planes
will
have
been
disposed
of
in
a
month
whereas
the
rate
of
production
is
placed
at
1800
per
month.
Ger-1
SMALL
NAVY
UNITS
MOVE
LONDON,
Aug.
14:
(CP)
The
British
Admiralty
announced
that
British
motor
torpedo
boats
last
night
fought
a
series
of
actions
with
larger
enemy
surface
craft
The
fighting
took
place
during
the
darkness.
One
enemy
boat
was
rammed
and
another
engaged
with
machine
guns
and
grenades
at
close
range
-with
considerable
effect
Bulletins
LOCAL
BOY
DROWNED
TETAFURA
KADONAGA,
well
known
Jocal
High
School
boy,
wat
drowned
in
the
Skeena
River
near
Haysport
yesterday
when
he
fell
into
the
Skeena
River
from
AUSTRALIA
ELECTION
CANBERRA
The
loss
of
three
members
of
the
Australian
war
cabinet
In
an
airplane
crash
may
bring
on
a
general
election
which
has
been
pending
for
some
time.
CRASHED
INTO
SEA
BRISBANE
A
Royal
Australian
Air
Force
plane
Is
believed
to
have
crashed
into
the
sea
while
on
a
flight
from
here
with
sfx
airmen
aboard.
WINS
AUSSIE
CUP
'
many
is
estimated
to
have
a
total
I
of
from
10,000
to
12,000
planes
cf
!
all
types,
half
of
which.
It
Is
be-lleved.
Marshal
Herman
Goering
i
would
be
prepared
to
sacrifice.;
Since
last
Thursday
260
Nazi
planes'
IMTTi
rif,TJTare
estimated
to
have
been
brought
in
iv
nuiii
down
in
attacks
against
the
British
Isles,
seventy-eight
yesterday
alone.
Yesterday's
air
battle
was
the
great-'
est
so
far
in
the
war.
j
The
battle
entered
its
fourth
sue-!
cessive
day
today
commencing
with1
undiminished
intensity
but
later
easing
up
for
a
time
to
continue
again
this
afternoon
in
a
gigantic
lttack
which
the
Royal
Air
Force
was
successful
to
large
extent
in
beaUng
off
although
several
baloon
barrages
were
brought
down
and
some
damage
done.
There
was
another
big
battle
between
opposing
aircraft
off
the
southwest
coast.
his
fathers
fish
boat.
He
was
points
attacked,
its
radio
station
"considerable
proportions
seventeen
years
of
age
and
the
j
going,
oil
the
air.
Berlin
also
hadftne
next
few
months,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
Kadonaga,
air
raid
alarms
hut.
nn
homh
worn
1529
Atlin
Avenue.
The
body
was
'dropped
on
the
German
capital.
recovered
and
brought
into
the
The
Air
Ministry
officially
an-
city.
REPAIRING
SCHOOL
Henry
Whittaker,
provincial
architect,
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
Victoria.
He
is
here
to
make
an
inspection
of
the
Booth
Memorial
School
which
is
being
repaired.
Carrying
out
of
the
work
may
delay
the
reopening
of
school
for
at
least
some
classes
this
fall.
POLICING
SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI
Admiral
Thomas
Hart,
commander-in-chief
of
the
tain1
United
States
Asiatic
fleet,
arrived
here
today.
A
meeting
is
being
held
under
Admiral
Hart's
chairmanship
today
to
arrange
for
taking
over
policing
of
the
international
settlement
following
withdrawal
of
British
forces.
Japan
has
intimated
that
it
desires
to
take
over
but
other
nations
feel
that
Japan
would
take
advantage
of
such
an
opportunity
for
exploitation
of
its
interests.
REGISTER
FOREARMS
VICTORIA
A
census
of
all
firearms
in
British
Columbia
is
to
be
taken
by
Setember
15.
In
cases
where
the
registrations
are
not
approved,
the
weapons
must
be
surrendered.
Those
failing
to
register
arms
will
be
subject
to
prosecution.
nounced
today
that
a
totaT
fseventy-eight
German
planes
had
.been
destroyed
yesterday
ana
thirteen
British
fighters
lost
in'
.continuation
of
the
air
fighting1
in
the
course
of
the
"Battle
of
I
Britain."
Southampton
was
bombed
In
three
waves
and
several
J
fires
were
started.
;
Coming
over
wave
after
wave.
hundreds
of
German
raiders
con--tlnued
their
attacks
on
Great
Bri-i
(tain
all
day
yesterday
and
far
lntn
tha
nlcrhf
nc
tVia
TlrHlcV.
n,..a
-
'
"
O
"
-
.
V.
CM
.warned
that
the
'Battle
of
Bri-
had
how
begun.
In
addition
to
the
announcement
of
the
destruction
of
seventy-eight
plane's
I
for
the
day
with
thirteen
British
fighters
downed,
the
British
communique
acknowledged
that
twelve
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
had
failed
to
return
from
extensive
,raids
on
the
continent.
Ten
airmen
from
the
thirteen
downed
British
planes
are
safe,
three
be
ing
injured.
Unofficial
reports
placed
the
number
of
raiders
brought
.
down
at
even
greater
than
the
official
I
communique
stated.
The
official
British
communiques,
It
Is
well
known,
are
Usually
conservative
In
their
estimates.
Owing
to
the
large
number
of
olanes
being
used
by
the
Nazis'
In
their
dally
raids
now,
alarms
are
caused
over
a
wide
area,
embracing
Inland
gunnery
stations.
Greenville
House
Is
Burned
Down
Residence
of
John
Nelson
at
Naas
River
Village
Destroyed
by
Fire
Dominion
Constable
A.
J.
Watkln-son
has
left
aboard
the
Indian
Department
cruiser
Naskeena
for
Greenville
on
the
Naas
Rivef
to
in
vestigate
the
destruction
by
fire
of
General
Attack
in
British
Somllland
Meets
With
Failure
!
'
CAIRO,
August
14
The
British
command
announces
that
a
gen-
eral
Italian'
attack
on
British
po-
I
sitions
covering
Jugarnean
Pass
j
in
British
Somaliland
was
repell-
ed
in
spite
of
intense
support
by
.
low
flying
enemy
aircraft.
The
attacks
where
broken
up
and
re-
!
pulsed
by
British
artillery
and
i
small
arms
fire.
I
In
one
place
the
enemy
obtain-
I
ed
a
small
local
advantage
but
,
was
immediately
counter-attacked.
British
light
naval
forces
bombarded
Italian
troop
concentration
along
the
Somaliland
coast
yesterday.
One
large
bomber
was
brought
down
by
infantry
fire.
ENTER
LIBYA
The
British
command
announced
today
that
a
British
patrol
penetrated
35
miles
into
Italian
Libya
yesterday,
fought
an
Italian
patrol
and
compelled
its
retreat.
Turns
Misfortune
To
Good
Account
LONDON,
Aug.
14:
(CP)
Shortage
of
oxygen
brought
luck,
not
misfortune,
to
a
British
fighter
pilot
oatrolllng
with
a
section
of
Spitfires
over
France.
The
pilot,
a
flying
officer,
was
forced
down
from
about
24,000
feet
to
15,000
feet
by
oxygen
shortage
and
compelled1
to
continue
a
lone
patrol.
Just
before
returning
to
his
base
he
dropped
through
layers
of
cloud
to
3,000
feet
Emerging
from
the
clouds
he
FLEMINGTON
Australia.
August
John
G.
Nelson's
residence
there,
found
an
airdrome
with
three
Junk-
14:
(CP)
T.
S.
Ryder's
Blackford
Passerby
noticed
tne
smouiaermg
er
oi
a
ana
one
junsers
an
pancea.
won
the:
$7,000
Australian
Grand
embers
of
Nelson's
house
and
made
National
steeplechase
over
3Vi
report
to
the
Indian
Agent's
office
miles
on
the
famous
Flemlngton
here.
The
village
was
entirely
emp-race
course
here
beating
J.
S.'
ty
of
its
population
at
the
time
as
Ford's
Man
of
Ayr
by
half
a
far
as
known,
all
the
people
being
length.
away
at
the
canneries.
Before
the
ground
defences'
went
Into
action
he
dived
several
times
to
100
feet
and
raked
the
aircraft
with
'
machine
gun
bullets.
Smoke
was
pouring
from
them
as
he
ON
HEELS
OF
NAZI
RAIDERS
Britain's
efficient
A.R.P.
Is
mainly
responsible
far
the
comparative
small
loss
of
life
during
the
Nazi
air
raids
upon
towns
and
cities
throughout
the
nation.
Each
area
is
under
close
supervision
of
a
central
control
station
and
rescue
workers
fellow
closely
the
progress
of
the
planes,
reaching
a
stricken
spot
almost
immediately.
Here
is
a
squad
on
scene
of
a
recent
raid,
systematically
combing
the
ruins
for
dead
or
Injured.
This
was
made
in
southeastern
England,
scene
of
constant
raids
the
past
few
days.
OVERSEAS
CHILDREN
There
were
reports
of
eleven
par-
P"3'
Canadian
Advisory
Commit-achutlsts
having
dropped
from
en-
lee
to
be
Set
UD
u
,s
Announced
emv
nlanes
in
the
Midlands,
seven
1
'being
picked
up.
These
were
prob-
OTTAWA,
Aug.
13:
(CP)
Hon.
'ably
airmen
who
bailed
out
of
T-
A-
Crerar,
minister
of
natural
re-idownc6mlng
raiders.
sources,
announced
the
formation
In
addition
to
defending
Britain'!
of
a
national
advisory
committee
Ishores,
Royal.Air
Force
planes
were
for
children
from
overseas
headed
table
to
ctafinue
glving
attention
to
bv
Dr
R-
S.
"Wallace,
principal
of
Germany
with
extensive
raids
on
Queen's
University,
and
.said
that
northwestern
Germany,
France
and
the
movement
from
the
United
'Holland.
Bremen
was
amonz
the
Kingdom
to
Canada
may
attain
J
ITALIANS
within
REPELLED
War
News
!
MALTA
RAIDED
two
Italian
air
raids
on
Malta
during
the
night.
Bombs
did
little
damage
and
there''
was
only
one
casualty.
EASIER
TOENLIST
OTTAWA-
physical
requirement?
for
enlistment
are
being
dropped,
it
is
announced.
Grounds
for
rejection
are,
being
reduced.
Those
of
Class
Ct-category
may
now
get
into
active
service.
PLANES
FOR
BRITAIN
WASHINGTON
Arthur
Purvis,
chief
British
purchasing
agent,
disclosed
yesterday
that
the
United
States
has
offered
to
supply
Great
Britain
with
between
1300
and
1400
of
3,000
fighting
planes
reeuested
monthly,"
Delivery
wonid
nnt
however,
start
before
late
in
1941.
NAVAL
ACTION
LONDON
Two
British
destroyer?
hit
three
German
naval
units
in
an
engagement
early
today
and
it
is
thought
one
armed
trawler
and
one
Germin
speedboat
were
sunk,
the
Admiralty
announced.
SWEDISH
SHIP
SUNK
LONDON
Reuters
News
Agency,
in
a
dispatch
from
Stockholm,
reports
the
sinking
of
the
1300-ton
Swedish
steamer
Varia
in
an
air
attack
in
the
English
Channel.
Ten
were
saved
and
eight
are
missing.
In
a
recent
week
75,000
tons,
of
British
and
neutral
shipping
was
sunk
thirteen
British
shins,
one
Allied
and
five
BOUT
IS
deferred:
jl:M.ti"--iB".Hl,KliliMl
'l-fi-Mf
FAQ
I
TWO
THE
DAILY
(fKWl
Wodnsdayt
AuguM
if
l910
Battle
In
History
IS
PLAYING
CRISIS
IS
LARGE
PART
MOVING
TO
New
Zealand's
Men
Win
High
Honors
in
All
Branches
of
the
Fighting
Services
By
J.
C.
GRAHAM
-Canadian
Press
Correspondent
AUCKLAND,
Aug.
14:
(CP)
In
HEAD
NOW
Italy
Indicates
It
Has
Designs
Against
Both
Greece
And
Yugoslavia
ROME.
Aug.
14:
(CP)-
.
Friction
latlon.
New
Zealand
has
already
reported
by
the
Fascist
press
yes-made
a
notable
contribution
to
Brl-
tefday
as
Italian-Greek
tension
tain's
war
effort.
But
it
is
only
apparently
moved
toward
a
crisis
now
at
the
end
of
almost
a
year
of
The
Yugoslav
difficulty,
according
war
that
the
country
is
approaching
to
the
newspaper
La
Trlbuna,
was
an
organization
which
will
ensure
over
the
killing
of
minor
Fascist
the
putting
forth
of
a
maximum
officials
in
the
Italian
town
of
effort
Much
more
will
be
done
Zara
on
tht
Yugoslav
coast
next
year
and
in
succeeding
years
Authoritative
Italian
circles
ln-if
necessary.
dicated
that
Italy
would
claim
Already
the
smallest
Dominion
slices
of
Oreek,
and
Yugoslav
ter
has
some
fine
war
achievements,
ritory
sooner
or
later
us
due
While
numbers
cannot
be
given,
Italian-ruled
Albania
in
a
"gen-New
Zealand
has
trained,
armed
eral
settlement."
and
sent
overseas
large
contingents
Meantime
diplomatic
sources
in
of
all
arms
both
to
Egypt
and
to
Athens
last
night
said
that
Pre-Fngland.
The
latter
troops
in-
mier
General
John
Metaxas
has
elude
a
Maori
battalion,
with
1U
turned
down
the
Rome-Berlin
town
officers,
which
has
made
such
"suggesUon"
that
Greece
formally
a
line
imnresslon
in
Britain.
renounce
Great
Britain's
guaran-
Over
and
above
the
troops
New
tee
of
her
independence
and
ter-(Zealand
undertook
to
provide,
she
rltorlal
Integrity.
has
sent
urgently
needed
auxiliary
i
nlti,
such
as
forestry,
railway
sur-
HP
1
D
l
vey
and
construction
contingent!.
1
OOK
i
lCtUfCS
Prime
Minister
iier
Peter
raer
Fraser
Fraser
cently
said
T3de
available
ble
re-
...
Mor5
unad
IT1
Ui
Waterfront;
to
Britain
than
'
cculd
t
placed
at
present.
UJo
In
loJl
Of
the
Dominion's
two
cruisers.
iCUIiSO
111
mil
cne,
the
Achilles,
rendered
fine
sit-'
.
vice
in
the
Graf
Spee
action
off
David
Ramaae,
giving
his
occupa-
-
-
Montevideo
In
December.
A
number
tlon
as
an
artist,
was
taken
info
Conn-Pastor
Fight
Postponed
From
auxiliary
vessels
have
been
arm-
custody
here
at
the
end
of
the
week
'
Last
Night
on
Account
of
Kaln
ed
for
naval
use
in
New
Zealand.
when
found
taklnir
nletures
around
VELETTA.
Malta
There
were
i
New
Zealand
continsents
for
th
'
NFW
YORK.
Aug.
14
The
light-
to,ai
Aur
orce.
wnich
have
been
rollo?
under
Defence
of
Canada
heavyweight
boxing
bout
between'
yendln&
to
England
for
some
years,
regulations.
Rimage
establish
.
Billy
Conn
and
Bob
Pastor,
sched-
have
a,ready
made
their
mark
in
to
the
satisfaction
of
th?
authorities
I
uled
for
last
night,
was
postponed1
'
r
flhtln?.
The
late
Flylng-or-,
'hat
he
was
not
aware
tt
was
illegal
'.on
account
of
rain.
Transferred
:
ricer
J-
'Cobber)
Kaln
was
only
tr
take
pictures
of
the
local
water
I
from
the
Pol0
Grounds
to
Madison
Pne
'
'
number
of
New
Zealand
frcnt
and
that-he
had'taken
th
Square
Garden,
it
will
now
take
pilots
who
nave
become
aces
in
the
pictures
merely
for
their
unique
i
place
September
5.
Postponement
eseiu
war
Larse
additional
de-
vIue.
He
was
liberated
after
the
of
the
bout
will
delay
the
orojected
meeting
for
the
title
of
the
winner
with
the
heavyweight
champion,
Joe
LouLs.
Stock
Market
State
Nervous
Values
Slide
Under
Pressure
Heavy
Selling
Movement
British
Airmen
Cross
Alps
And
Drop
Their
Bombs
On
Vital
Aircraft
Factories
LONDON,
August
14:
(CP)
Rome
confirms
heavy
bombings
of
Milan
and
Turin,
important
northern
Italian
industrial
centres,
by
the
Royal
Air
Forcd,
complaining
that
22
civilians
were
killed
and
sixty
injured.
.Heavy
damage
was
done
on
military
objectives
and
all
British
planes
returned
home
safely
except
one
which
made
a
forced
landing
in
the
st.'i
near
home,
the
crew
being
rescued.
The
Air
Ministry
announces
,that
Caproni.
factory
at
Milan
and
the
Fiat
plant
at
Turin,
two
of
Italy's
most
vital
aircraft
works,
were
seriously
damaged
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
which
flew
1600
miles
in
a
couble
crossing
of
the
Alps.
of
'
market
was
nervous
yesterday
with
the
heaviest
decline
in
weeks
under
nresmre
of
heavy
selling.
During
the
first
two
hours
410.000
shares
changed
hands.
The
Industrial
average
fell
off
3-58
to
123.68
and
rails
were
off
.68
at
21.61.
Wheat
and
copper
prices
dropped.
The
British
pound
sterling
was
quoted
at
$3
98V4
and
London
silver
at
23
V2
pence.
WANT
LESS
SPORT
ADELAIDE,
AugliSt
14:
(CP)
Don
Bradman,
Australian
test
cricket
captain,
now
In
the
Australian
Air
Force,
urges
a
curtailed
sports
program
In
wartime.
He
has
gone
on
record
as
favoring
cancellation
of
the
Sheffield
Shield
competition
for
th?
duration
of
the
war.
hments
of
fliers
have
been
sent
fi'T?
had
b?en
confiscated.
Fngland
since
war
started
Expect
1010
Peak
Efforts
in
all
branches
of
the
s?r-'Ices
will
not
reach
their
maximum
mtll
next
year.
Power
has
been
taken
to
conscript
men,
wealth
and
property
for
war
purposes
and
oe
con
scripted.
Thi
Is
not
through
any
lack
of
volunteers.
Sufficient
!''
Ramage
was
passing
through
the
c'tv
enroute
from
United
States
'o
Alaska.
He
way
born
in
London
England,
and,
a
naturalized
American,
had
served
with
American
forcer
In
the
last
war.
Trowing
realization
of
the
need
for'
f
A
1)1)0
IP
preparedness
In
the
Pacific,
as
weii
VVivl
U
lU
as
the
utmost
supoort
for
Britain,
vlll
ensure
that
extensive
use
U.
EMI
ADrPH
iiade
of
these
powers.
LinLAlVULilJ
uiumuiy
rtcruuing
lor
mllltU
".r
overseas
service
has
ceased
and
Local
Clvlliair
Unit
To
Get
Separate
NPW
VflRir
Am
li
TVi.
tnlr
henceforth
nil
Vnon
n.m
v,
j
.
A
.
.
..
And
Larger
Quarters,
Doubling
Up
On
Drill
Nights
waiting
to
fill
all
expeditionary
The
Canadian
Legion
Defence
rce
drafts
for
months
to
Corps,
come.
recently
organized
in
Prince
onscrlptlon
Is
considered
fairer
Rupert,
has
assumed
such
propor-nan
the
voluntary
system.
Re-
tlons
now
that
the
local
armory
turned
soldiers
and
mounted
de-
is
not
large
enough
to
accomodate
achment.
of
farmers
are
being
re-Jail
members
at
once
for
their
drills
crulted
to
support
the
militia
In
so
arrangements
are
now
being
home
defence
and
free
younger
men
d-
to
obtain
separate
quarters
or
overseas
service.
and
to
hold
drills
twice
Instead
of
Biggest
steps
of
all
arc
being
tak-ince
weekly,
en
in
Air
Force
expansion.
It
was
Formed
Into
four
platoons
last
-ecently
announced
that
there
were
night
at
the
regular
weekly
drill,
n
the
country
sufficient
planes
and
tne
CorP
was.
again
put
through
ombs
to
dsal
with
any
anticipated
s.uad
drill
under
the
general
dir-"ale
of
attack.
Large
numbers
of
ectln
of
Regimental
Sergeant
"ditlonal
aircraft
are
being
put
MaJr
Slmpklns
of
the
Irish
operation
under
the
Empire
lUexs
and
showed
adaptability
raining
Scheme
and
It
Is
antfcl-
to
the
rudiments
of
infantry
train-ated
that
before
long
New
Zealand
,lng;'
In
fact.
there
was
possibly
an
vlll
be
able
to
supply
personnel
for
""expected
degree
of
smartness,
advanced
training
at
the
rate
of
Men
ranging
in
age
from
sixteen
too
annually.
Supply
Minister
D.to
slty
several
probably
.
ouuivan
nas
just
completed
l00K
Pa-
i
Ausirana
which
will
ensure
'hat
the
two
southern
Dominions
m
oe
co-ordinated
for
munition
wy
ana
oeience
purposes
at
a
-ingle
unit.
Increasingly
self
H
Until
recently
the
war
effort
has
Ven
handlcaped
to
some
degree
hrough
lack
of
nolltlat
u...
he
formation
of
a
war
cabinet
of!
,
""ieni
members
and
two
from
the
national
opposition
has
Ven
a
long
step
forward.
HaliW
Sales
American
I
Harding,
10.000,
10c
and
Ec,
stor-l
are.
,
T"oma,
25,000,
Booth.
older-
Following
the
drill.
Regimental
Sergeant
Major
Slmpklns
gave
a
lecture
on
military
Jaw.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
New
York
1,
Boston
4.
Philadelphia-Brooklyn,
postpon
ed.
Cincinnati
4,
Pittsburg
3.
St
Louis
5,
Chicago
1.
American
Leagne
Boston
1-8,
New
York
9-19.
Washington
3.
Philadelphia
6.
Detroit
5,
Cleveland
6.
Chicago
4,
St.
Louis
3.
ACTING
CHAIRMAN
108c
and
Sc,
VICTORIA,.
August
14.-
L.
W
Antler,
'Patmore
has
been
named
a$
chalr'
24.000.
12.6c
and
8c
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n,!
Canadian
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nnd.
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uonuoi
uoara
aunn?
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Covenant,
0,000,
11
5c
nH
Storage.
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aosece
on
vacation
or
ur.
w
n.
arromers.