vjs" tp it,.,. HrfthT nnMtltu rtrttmn lha nivf .-ai . . . i il... in ft rBtirirr i ii u mi ii himlii lis closure as a- measure of safe 1-t n t . i -j 0 vjnjtuvui it i . . mM a. i O has been translated by Rev. J. H. Myrwang of Prince Rupert. "It la of greatest Importance that the facts regarding Hitler's occupation of Norway and of all other countries that have fallen under this overwhelming power and tyr-' annlcal methods be known to the rest of the world. It has been pro-1 claimed that the Nazi victories be came possible through inner betray al. It Is true In most cases It has been through such betrayal but. as( far as Norway Is concerned, I am: chine. To make It appear that the I betrayal was done by citizens of the country in question has been the most vicious part In the entire pro- I paganda. Hitler and his men have u tr..i. ... m' ini.t.vr understood that there Is nothing v w i r m a en n n at toati uai i . t . rwv a frorlnce From This Standpoint. roregone conclusion inaiinree Aislslant Chief Forester Says tf63 a people-thaa- Baltic StatesAirBe Accepted I to snread the rumors that the coun-. itv iiu i VICTORIA, July 23: j .'i j irv nas Deen neiravea dv ils own. other smaller nations that have plans yesterday for state suffered the same fate, the rumors of property. Industry and banks have been most unrighteous and after voting . to petition Soviet false. I Russia for membership. Approval The situation 1 nnrtlcularlv serl- -. i ... - I it n-AAtHA. -a ft I a ami, svt-. A H-r Mnn, e 1 l ft , n"i ttri a a tmr,e- ImnAt. T?eft ir.thnn nn I 4 T I o ofvlo f vli onn onn T.I 1 .IT (nil n 9 a nfa nig. I to know If the ships were French, I English or German. The ships did , not carry the German' Hag. mostly jeW ArffUiTient I the French. When the ships reach- ed Bergen, the officers, who spoke A War Sland I Iluent English, Jnformed the patrol ' Vll If al Uiail I boats that the eskadron was a Brl-1 tlsh exDedition that came to help rniish Writer Not So Sure Of AntnvsA Vi-teti'Air arrftlncf tha rior.. flaMolian- I'artlnn fit Th I l"l r uuk v, J 1U. t 7i I mans. n rvtuuaiuauu, nic Nor- y 7 r"cmc" wegian fleet, consisting of only a LONDON, July 23: (CP) H. L. NEW WESTMINSTER, July 23.-' few snlps' rePulsed the Invaders Mencken, American writer, imes Lonsdale. traDDed in mill tmmnm th w country were invaded." . the allU aoiliv uuioti t.(n w lliuugliw lie ' liau ouuicwim ruhe and some smauer snips. tua- ne interpreted tne urss crop oi Thev should, therefore, ..... not . fire. In nmk H. it. i.- r In rir MAMBnto o T1AM a fir PIO nTv v u in if 1 1 1 r i u w i mwm im rritr i n irrw ii mini ii u a iwaau, w . r j Both in Prairie And East I German destroyers came into ths under the American flag. It filled with German soldiers. Yes, we were betrayed, but not by Norwegians. We were betrayed by the Germans. German officials, consuls, business men, had been ac tive In the extensive preparations for this betrayal preceding the attack. In Oslo, where many Germani lived as traveling salesmen, they ...1. I IVia ninrn tiff flT Kabiicicu Cttliv ill m o o w"l... provincial MjPi 9 If LIBRARYMf x -V 1 leather. ro,V Tomorrow's Tides and Queen Cu.J prince Rupert High 3:59 ajn. 13.5 It. J. northwest Islands- -Moderate 15:39 pan. 18.6 It. mostly (air and cool JJ winds, t Low 10:20 am. 45 It. with tog patches. 22:52 ajn. 6.8 It. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMbJA'S NEWSPAPER XXIX. No. 17Z. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1940. price: f cents undamental Tax Changes Coming i i w iLt i iu n in im Al I . i III" VJVjUUI M I Hill - - fiv OF NORWAY BY GERMAN INVADERS DISCLOSED . I .1 f llnr inniDnt Kntl' in I hia I'mintrv 'IVillfl ,niv... -- ... , , .. . . Story uccp intrigue arm ucccpiion Dr Carl J. Hambro, president of the Parliament of! '..finir jttim in i i i 1 1 1 i a ii uiii jijiuiijii rtiii Liitii ill ini-vv ... tV.o llnitpfl states, ine lonowinp is a nress inter-, . i - .1 SH rl VntLr nnnnco than i r thn ntnrA Wnv ly"'r . f.i. iii i! ni.! ...t?.i.' AMANitnn wrcifi it i r rsw siniiin'ivMn 1 1 1 r 't i ni rninn CK Id 11 ww- ' - CD i ... nl re Hard Hit LILUJM V mm - . - - TralagI1w HE YORK, July 23: (CP) qus- ?ss of the money lenders on reign exchange has fallen of! al- . i a aw i si nruo rinu rui 1 1 1. n foreien currencies have- en- .. ji .. . ,-1 nf (ho Z.J U00J-iv. - r Tht urilisn Eovemmeni n amnd down a tlaht control on rrWnt. B.C. BAD MONTREAL LAUNCHES' SUI1-CUASEK TO AID ItOYALNAVY slang" slang" for lor his nis the commanding Norwegian English war coun- lremen hn fir- rl-,-denly, .SJ". !lhf" "'n,,!3; officer received a telegram from the trymen. But Lionel Hale, In "The -,. nit nuciivi v. nn. .1.1 iu. T . l r -.u I.t k.M MnlraH ! luerman mii, in me iwicsii iiewa viuuuu.ii; nt-, v"v. naval code, that they were at the Mr. Mencken's translation ol new head of a large number of British .colloquialisms. "to be browned off term which derives MONTREAL, July 23. -A sleek new submarine chaser, .one of the new fleet being built lor the protection bf Canadian waters, was launched at a Montreal shipyard yesterday with Lady Campbell, wife of Sir Gerald Campbell, Canadian High Commissioner, officiating. The ship will serve under the ensign of the British Royal Navy. This is the same type of vessel as are under construction at Prince Rupert dry dock. Insurance Pool - On Prairies Is Being Provided In position to prove by documentary ' evidences that the betrayal was not OTTAWA, July 23: (CP) Legls-on the part of so-called "fifth col- latlon tb provide for the pooling of umnlsts" within the country Itself. I Insurance except life ' In the To spread such information has prairie provinces has been Intro-been one of the most sinister and duced. effective plans of the Hitler ma- PETITION TO SOVIET : meaning " Is dls- waser heard ot it." "Ana i aouut n you have euncr, ne cnaueiis his readers. Mencken was too hastv in Including "vacicie' ior evacuee. The word was used in the early days of the war but was not Donular, Mencken explains "to brown -oil" is "to be fed up." He's partly It Is an army from the hot April 9 at the .Jnma Eood slang rom where they m"ched ove to, he central Norwegian radio station &h wrUer to lane over an Droaacasims. "t" the first German motorized unit '(Continued' on Parte F.ovr). Two of them are "to get cracking," and "to lay It on." But he negiests to explain what they mf an. t , t Best Fishing In Ten Years Salmon glllnetters are mak- lng their heaviest catches In ten years on the Skeena River, according to reports reaching the Dominion Fisheries offices here. Last week boat! on the Skeena River averaged 275 sockeye dally with the high boat getting 800 fish. So far this season the hlah boat for a single day has been 1900 fish. Best fishing Is around' Stand- i ard cannery, the Oap and Eddy ; .tPass.-"" - - ; I men, even py lugn uuiciais anu( kiua, Latvia, July 23: (CP) : military leaders. Not only In the Communist Parliaments of Es- fTTff w mr 4 wmi case or Norway but, in most of the thonia, Latvia and Lithuania sped W III I M-nL control. nfrnt t I AJUJU A JLJL 1111 CIVILIANS Just consider what happened In of the petitions, with which dele- i Norwak. We had received no ultl- gates were expected to depart for Formation Of Local Defence Corps matum. We had received no warn- Moscow later In the day, was re-1 To Be Proceeded With ing. At midnight. April - 9, there " ap- garded --- as a foregone conclusion r . . . neared at tne same nour alone tne and union witn Russia was acceDt-i . . ,u. - ...m... ' . whnlA iwvt rit Nnru;av fnrplffn nav. prf n nn nrpnmnllshpd fart Tallin.:... .. . n -t,.., . .mn .n m. nirxnen ann narn win-n nnn Kaunas me caniLais 01 , nM, u. . . . i . ann r,An, i " - i i. eveuiiiu further plans were fAM th 9nwmi ft I w4 r F al . . .i ,. . i De in co-operaiion wmi umt;r -units already formed. A meeting Is Jcalled for Thursday evening In Jthe Legion clubrooms and to this are invited those who registered '.under the local voluntary registra tion plan as well as any others who are interested. Arrangements are being made to proceed with active drills with In structors lent Irom the local mill tary units. There will be Instruc Flying School At Vancouver Has Started here yesterday under Air Training Scheme. : MILITARY lion in anu-gas measures, uie uac irxMa 0f the bomber oi gas-masKs ana acuia. ; lCOmmander read: ence of passing tnrougn gas-nuea. chambers under the protection or gas-masks. Light physical training exercises will form a part of the activities. First-aid and signalling and French destroyers that cam.e to To begin with, " 'Flap, meaning Jinstructlon will also be provided. provide the citizens with a desir able outlet for their activities. It is anticipated that the Legion Defence Corps will provide the trained but the committee Is anxious that the male citizens of Prince Rupert should feel that this Is their opportunity to show that right but Hale says the phrase is th are keenly deslrous 0f doing what they can. BAR UOIJI LONDON. (CP) The Montreal price of bar gold on the London market was unchanged today at $37.54 per fine ounce.'R , the Empire I BUILDINGS LONDON, July 23: (CP) The story of a British bomber pilot who brought his flaming plane to earth In order to save the life of his wounded gunner Is revealed hi an official Royal Air Force report. The act of outstanding bravery occurred Just before the R. A. F. withdrew rrom France. The re squadron- "One of my pilots was leading a bombing raid on strong enemy i pilot found cover in a' cloud. On emerging, however, the bomber was again attacked by a stray Messerschmldtt 110 from a more the air-gunner saw his op ponent burst into flames and dive nucleus of the organization as theheadlong to the ground The QeN ex-service man is airway y viue man pUot hadi however, scored a of his" training to a large extent number of hltl which set the'porl petrol tank on fire. The order was given to abandon aircraft. The oo- server Jumped and made a sale landing. The pilot stood on the wing and was about to Jump when he saw that his rear-gunner was All! Inside wounded. Without hesi tation the pilot got back Into the aircraft and brought the naming mass safely to earth. He then helped his gunner out Within a few minutes of their getting clear, the aircraft blew up." WEEKEND INREVIEW Churthill Expected To Reiterate "No Compromise" Today Prin cipal Events Of Last Three Days Summarlitd LONDON, July 23; (CP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill, it is expected, may declare anew the British government's stand on the war in answer to Chancellor Adolf i Hitler's "last" peace offer when he appears before the House of Commons today. A final and resounding "No" Is anticipated. Churchill's speech today will follow that of Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax who, as had been taken for granted, yesterday re plied lii the negative to Hitler's peace overtures. As expected, it was a "no compromise" reply that Halifax made to Hitler. Halifax address was addressed to the British Empire and the United States and was heard by radio at 12" noon Pacific standard time. Outstanding developments of the war at, sea and In the air over the week-end as recorded In the Daily tr.rTr, , , . News were as follows: VANCOUVER. July 23: (CP)- alr baUle ovef th, llsh Eleven months ahead of schedule !Channel Sund , wnlch slx BrI. an elementary flying school started ;tlsn urricane flghte drove off an enemy bombing squadron of I eighty planes themselves. without loss to j The destruction of twenty-one Extensive Protect on .Sixth Avenue Qerman naval base Of .1 Just Wet of McBride Street 1 haven and other targets In Ham- pltal Is another project in connection with local military Stuck To Plane, local civil defence corps. This will ovpri I nmraflP I burg, Bremen, the Ruhr district and Nazi-occuDied Norway. Hoi- Clearing of ground is proceeding iand anci Belgium during the ' oh both sides' of Sixth Avenue be- week-end. eleven British planes tween McBride Street and Duns-being lost. muir Street for new barracks build-, Tne British Admiralty announce-. eous record, long overdue witn a TAXES ARE INCREASED Income Impost In EnfUnd Boosted To Forty-Two and One-Hall Per Cent LONDON, July 23: (CP) Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Kingsley Wood presented his first emergency war budget today, calling for vastly increased taxes to meet with an estimated annual expenditure of three billion pounds, or more than thirteen billion dollars.. The income tax is increased one shilling to eight shillings six pence per pound' or lorty-two and one half per cent. Sir Kingsley said that the proposed sales tax was being withdrawn and a new measure Involving fundamental change weuld be Introduced. House May Be $ ' Able Next ; Week To Rise .f j OTTAWA. July 23, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King expressed the belle! that Parlla-I ment may be able to prorogue next ,week. Morning sessions are about to commence In order to lacllltate he sPeedlnS of 'Sunday and two or possibly three UP more Monday morning when they , ... , . The Prime MlnUter ,mMH n, o um in nuih.t urges 1. Royal- .Al.ForcejEaidsthaHauws ". ' . . plprtions. wimeims-i that there be a minimum of political ac- DAMAGE IS NOT GREAT Ings on an extensive scale for troops ment of the loss of the destroyer. already stationed here and more Brazen, damaged in an air attack; r,erman Air Raids Not Having Much which are coming. A military hos-,the submarine Salmon, of courag-i vltmrt pr,rh with n.A.F. crew of twenty-four, and the small mine-sweeping .Crestflower with LONDON, July 23. Far Hung two seamen. The Brazen sank German air raids during ine nigm i while being towed to port follow- extending from the Thames estu-jtng an aerial attack. There was ary on the east to Wales on the no loss of life. She had shot down west and from northern Scotland to three oi her attackers.. i southern England caused litue ma- Damaging of supply ships and terlal damage and resulted in no blowing up of an enemy oil tanker fatalities although some housea and Jn the Mediterranean area by Brl-1 civilian property were hit and a few tish planes. I people Injured, the government an LOSSES IN SHIPPING nounced today. High explosive ana incendiary bombs were dropped in midland Industrial areas but fell wide of their objectives. Twelve enemy planes flew over Wales, the largest number to be seen there so far In the war. r j The enemy seemed to be partlcu- Britlsh Destroyer Strength Greater lar,y interested in attacking shlp-Than it Was in September , plng i During the night one Scottish LONDON; July 23: (CP) The Ad-J t0 was w twice and several per- imlraltv announced today that nine were injured. Houses and columns. After the task had beenSj-uuv, merchant shins totalling al-!u maeri completed his aircraft was attacked by seven Messerschmldtt 109s. In the course of the pursuit the most thirty thousand tons, four al- aerieral Charles DeGaulle an-lied ships, totalling more than seven1 nounced that French filers took . II.. n-lnlnat-aH nHth the Air. .... .w.l 11 ,. . " " thnlisnntl t.nnS. ana SIX I1CUU iU Olliuo, nort tnr the iirsr. ' lime wim ins ncip vnem asaiiwi. wc uuiuwu a oia.c, uwB...v ...... ... .lne COmmuiee ieil hbi mc people Ppflr.ffnnpr shnf rinwn nne Mp. . . y " . ... , who soon would come to Norway, men," according to Mencken. But of Prlnce Rupert woukl be as"""" '7' . more iL than twenty thous-'Royal Alr Force In successful air c. ...rA n-iitinotoi in n . .L . - -serscnmiQH in names ana aisauiea and, ... were sunk sunk hv by enemv enemy action action 0n n t.nir, tanks, horirec barges, ships sVilne ana an.l Iharhnr. all under the French flag, use for years. MONTREAL, July 23: (CP) The i Self-evldently, the city was help- Mencken's " 'Bllztflu us of a.rlculture is Increasing notably., that Salts of these harvesting lmple-mits rose .97 percent last year. Most of the combines are used to the prairie provinces but tly & coming Into extensive employment In eastern Canada. In 1939 an official bulletin reported over M combine harvesters in use In fasttm Canada". WORRIED OVER INVASION LOWESTOFT. Ene.. JulV 23: (CPU .suicide while the balance of his mind was, disturbed was 'he verdict of a coroner's Jury in vestigating the hanging of a DCr puiy Commissioner of Agriculture worried 0ver his family l iiie came into the harbor Hale says the word .originated anxi0UJ to equip themselves asnnnfhpr An ttl9t thp RrltIsh tha Hum n t Hie heclnnlnff or tne ., .,.. m .,, .i .i" - - niv. " a morousiiiy lor an cmcifccui-ica u century and has been In common those In the British Isles who are the IK.' .nmhln combine In in Panad Canadian an I less less. At At. Narvik, Narvik, the the largest lareest DOaria suuueu ui ,u, vtiv vviiiuiiiv ... - - r - i -- j ia."-. turns missed Dy naie, wno aaiu nc ucr fighting our battles In the front line. This organization hopes to raids on during the week ending July 14. other objectives in Germany and ' Naval correspondents at London ana German-occupied territory, say that, while losses have been ofI the Danish coast ai 14,000-tonv heavy In destroyers, the navy's des- enemy supply ship was successfully trnver strencth is Greater now than Kkn, if leact. nne Merman range of only 50 yards The attack ,t was at the outbreak of .war in plane was brought down during the was at once returned and once;Bcntpmh S WAR ON WEKDS LONDON, July 23: (CP) Inva sion or no Invasion, the Minister of Agriculture has warned English building estates must not permit weeds on. It cannot readily be built INDIA STOrS EXPORT DELHI, July 23: (CP) An "ex traordinary" official gazette has prohibited taking, out of India, by land Or sea, any arms, munitions, military stores, chemicals and chemical preparations. ,day. Sank Ship at Bergen The Admiralty announced today that British naval dive bombers attacked a German base at Bergen and, although hampered by-'ad- I verse weather and poor Visibility In land to become so overgrown wlth!strlkmg ol their" objectives, succeeded In sinking an anti-aircraft ship. The 24-foot yawl Hunter, Alaska-bound from Seattle with A couple of men on board, Is tied up at the Canadian National Recreation Association Yacht Club floats, having arrived yesterday alternoon . k r-