NiTy
And
Air
Force
Go
Into
Action
In
North
Africa.
Demonstrating
Their
Mastery
ALEXANDRIA,
Sept.
20:
The.
Royal
Air
Force
and
the
air
arm
I
A
British
naval
spokesman
said
yesterday
that
Great
Britain
was
demonstrating
In
the
campaign
In
Egypt,
her
complete
mastery
of
a
and
air
In
the
Mediterranean
rea.
The
Italian
fleet
was
still
evading
meeting
the
British
Navy
which
was
moving
freely
all
about
the
Mediterranean
without
encountering
any
resistance.
Rome
admits
widespread
and
heavy
attacks
by
the
British.
NEW
YORK
COPPER
NEW
YORK,
Sept.
20:
Copper
prices
were
.13c
,to
.28c
higher
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today
with
December
at
10.50c
per
pound.
4.
Japs
Attack
British
Ship
SHANGHAI,
Sept.
20.
The
British
coastlnir
vessel
Marie
Mohler,
493
tons,
was
struck
by
a
Shell
frnm
a
.TnnnnPSO
war
srlp
In
the
Yangtse
River.
The
vessel
cot
nwnv
hut.
wa.
later
detained
by
Japanese
navel
authorities.
TRANSPORT
She
HANOI,
French
Indo-China,
Sept.
20:
(Cp)
With
all
Japanese
civilian
nationals
moved
from
this
French
colonial
capital
and
Japan
placing
a
time
limit
for
the
settlement
of
military
demands,
negotiations
with
Japan
1
1
J
?
1
C
X.
L
1
111
reacnea
a
crisis
u
not
an
aciuai
.DreaKUown
today.
Major
General
Nishihara,
head
of
the
Japanese
mis
flOn
uyu'B
lu
wul
out
uciam
ui
the
Vichy-authorized
grant
ot
"limited
facilities"
for
Japanese
troops,
has
terminated
negotiations
and
Is
preparing
to
leave.
"When
I
leave
you
may
say
a
crisis
has
been
reached,"
he
stated.
The
deadline
set
for
acceptance
of
Japanese
demands
Is
Sunday.
Negotiations,
It
Is
said,
reached
a
deadlock
after
Japan
demanded
naval
and
air
base
sites
In
Indo-China
as
well
as
permission
to
let
troops
go
through
to
fight
against
China.
In
Washington
It
is
suggested
that
United
States
may
move
It
Japan
violates
the
status
quo
of
Indo-China.
Such
a
move
might
uie
me
iorm
01
transierring
me
lilted
States
Pacific
fleet
from
Honolulu
to
Singapore.
BRITISH
CONTROL
NAZIS
ARE
GETTING
IT
Germans
Tell
How
Many
Civilians
Have
Suffered
But
Do
Not
Disclose
the
Military
Loss
BERLIN,
Sept.
20:
(CD-Six
hundred
German
civilians
have
been
killed
and
1100
have
been
Injured
In
British
air
raids
on
Germany
since
the
start
of
the
war,
informed
sources
cla.im.
There
is
no
estimate
of
the
number
of
military
killed
and
injured
which
is
probably
extensive
since
the
British,
In
their
air
attacks,
have
concentrated
on
military
rather
than
civilian
WAS
SUNK
of
the
British
Navy
are
now
en-
London
Gives
Confirmation
gaged
with
marked
success
In
the,
Swedish
Report
Of
British
first
major
effort
to
stem
the
I
Submarine's
Feat
Italian
advance
along
the
Medlter-.
ranean
coast
In
Egypt
towards!
'
Mersa
Matruh,
150
miles
Inside
LONDON,
Sept.
20:
CP
-
The
the
frontier
and
the
enemy
Is
be-'British
Admiralty
officially
an-Ing
held
at
Sldl
Barranl.
Indeed,
flounces
that
the
submarine
Stur-..
the
British
have
now
assumed
a
en
sank
a
10,000-ton
German
off
the
north
point
counter-offensive
and
there
have
transport
ship
been
heavy
and
damaging
attacks''
Denmark
on
September
2.
A
both
communique
said
that
a
heavily
by
naval
bombardment
and
laden"
transpor
su
fered
torpedo
aerial
bombing
upon
Sldl
Barranl.
'
there
was
heavy
aerial
combat
high
j
In
the
skies
as
the
air
Invaders
Were
beaten
back.
London
had
Its
105th
air
raid
alarm
of
the
war
but,
as
planes
failed
to
appear,
It
was
of
brief
duration.
The
major
combat
way
near
the
English
Chan-
nsl
where
large
numbers
of
British
fighters
.......
Intercepted
the
enemy
.
and
schmldt
fighters.
There
was
bright
sunshine
during
the
day
with
occasional
showers.
The
sea
was
moderate
and
visibility
was
fcood.
I
Last
night's
usual
attack
upon
.London
was
less
Intense
and
a
smaller
number
of
planes
came
over.
However,
plenty
of
Incendiary
bombs
were
dropped
and
there
i
was
damaue
and
casualties.
The
To
raiders
met
with
a
veritable
wall
of
anti-aircraft
fire.
The
battle
reach-
ed
Its
peak
about-
midnight
when
the
moon
came
out
and
the
attack
continued
until
dawn.
Just
before
daybreak
Nazi
dive
bombers,
in
a
concerted
attack,
rocked
northwest
London
while
a
second
wave
struck
at
the
east
London
area.
press
reports
published
at
the
,
a
new
type
of
defensive
weap
m
but
time
relating
the
loss
of
the
Ger-,detaus
0
this
were
not
revealed,
man
steamship
Marlon
In
the
Eariy
today
there
was
a
huge
ex-
CARRY
ON
.
a
.
Germany
Has
neiiimeiy
A""-
doned
Idea
Now
Ot
speeay
Victory
Over
England
BERLIN.
Sept.
20:-Apparently
rwrnnnv's
idea
of
a
speedy
vic
England
and
the
end
tory
oyer
...
of
the
war
this
year
has
been
de-
finitely
abanaonea.
ic
said
yesterday
that
Uie
war
would,
nn
throuuh
the
winter.
"There
will
not
be
the
slightest
considera
tion
for
civilians
in
mgianu,
,
is
declared
by
one
newspaper.
Wn-Fl
n.vsnaners
also
compiam
that
Royal
Air
Force
planes
have
bombed
hospitals
In
Prussia.
Re-
Hipv
sav.
win
oe
vuv
lblUlUkUll
if-
...
thousand
fold
and
retriDuuon
wm
be
terrible.
,
NEW
YORK
WHEAT
NEW
YORK,
Sept.
20:-
Wheat
futures
were
?8c
to
W
nwn"
day
with
December
at
77TbC
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTQP'A,
B.C.
BEEN
BADLY
BROKEN
UP
OVERNIGHT
IN
LONDON
Strong
forces
of
German
raiders
swept
over
the
French
coast
this
morning
but
Britain's
vigilant
defences
repulsed
most
of
them
before
theyfreached
London.
1
"
?
Th
Roval
AtolForc
turned
were
seen
racing
in
disorder
to
wards
the
French
coast.
The
daylight
thrust
followed
a
night
of
attack
on
London
less,
intensive
and
on
smaller
scale
than
previou-
ni'hts.
Besides
London,
five
Midland
counties
and
the
southwest
were
raided.
Major
damage
In
London
was
to
private
homes.
Some
fatalities
were
caused
when
a
bomb
hit
the
escape
hatch
of
a
public
shelter
in
a
north
London
park.
The
east
end
of
London
also
suffered
some
casualties.
Weather.
Forecast
I
Tomorrows
Tides
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
High
....
3:42
a.m.
18.1
It.
Wands
Moderate
south
15:43
pxn.
19.1
ft.
winds,
part
cloudy
and4-
with
tow
9:44
ajn.
6.9
rt.
ih0We"-
'
W
22:23
pjn.
5.0
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
7ti7L
Vol.
XXIX,,
No.
222.
SEPTEMBER
1940,
PRICE:
S
CENTS
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C
FRIDAY,
20,
Keen
Tension
In
H
East
Now
Crisis
Between
Japan
Canada
Is
Taking
American
Destroy
And
Indo-China
Near
Point
Of
Breakdown
I
Naval
and
Air
Rases
Said
To
Re
Demanded
by
Ninnon
J
unncu
amies
neauy
to
Take
Hand:
ANOTHER
NAZI
ASSAULT,
AIMED
AT
LONDON,
HAS
AT
NAZIS
AM
rru
cruncie
Enemy
Planes
Hurtle
to
Ground
WhPe
Others
of
"
IT
4
14
1
.
!
U1ya
...
1iiiii1ai
IlllC
iYllilt
Hlllf;
IMIIIC
I
ir.K
ill
unuiuu
London
Is
Still
Target
-
SLASHING
jWarships
Supplied
By
Lellavre
I
AST
Win
I
IT'S
ATTAPK
LONDON,
Sept.
20.
A
gigantic
armada
of
between;,
london,
sept.
20:
cp
1
jrtrt
1
1
a
,.
4.
.14...
.
.
:ft
nnrl
4f)0
pnpmv
nlanps.
in
snu.idrons
6f
about
SlXtV
Dortmund,
the
Em3
Canal
and
.
Force,
the
Air
Ministry
an
nounces.
LJNDOOi,
Sept.
20:
(CP)
The
Royal
Air
Forja
Is
continuing
its
siithing
attacks
on
shipping
concentrations
along
the
German-held
Channel
coast
"to
disconcert
tru
ccmys
inva?l
'
jaus."
the
Ay
Ministry
said
tcday.
Royal
Air
:
u
ce
ofteasive
was
maintained
last
night
in
spit
of
a
fierce
gale
and
he-vy
rainstorm
on
the
English
Channel.
Many
invasion
bases
on
the
Channel
coast
were
hit,
also
railway
certfves
and
Iroop
concentration
points
In
Germany.
v
"
T"?"-t
'
i'
!
J"
;
rm
'Jk
at
-
-
m
T
back
thantwo
-I
hun-ired
mere
nfne
pjj
an4
kept
tilth
In
the
skies
to
protect
i
enemy
pianes
injg.ui
i7Wff9,t,.-
T-wKt.
their
vulnerable
bellies.
Indeed.
I
southeast
coast
and
tne'
raiaers
they
were
so
high
that
they
were
hardly
visible
from
the
ground.
Below
them
were
swarms
of
Messer-
.
..
!
.
j
i
nirncirpn
in
reiav
h.ilc:i
iciav
nu
am
itA
n
nnnr
tuna
r
T
"nmPT.
'
wiiim
dim
smu
Clin
T
""I,
n
'I
r.
THIllIiLi
uaiubt
c
YiiX3
One
down
during
last
night
fell
near
a
hospital.
An
anti-aircraft
gun
In
southeast
England,
with
a
direct
hit,
was
responsible
for
the
disposing
of
another
raiding
ship.
Thirteenth
Consecutive
Night
Anti-aircraft
fire
opened
on
three
London
fronts
last
night
and
Indicated
that
German
bombers
wero
attacking
the
city
for
the
thirteenth
consecutive
night.
Many
Londoners
were
already
in
shelters
when
the
firing
began.
There
had
been
no
new
alarms
since
morning'
when
several
casualties
were
caused
by
a
lone
raider
dropping
three
or
four
bombs
on
East
London.
Few
German
planes
w.ere
brought
down
during
Thursday
as
;
the
Nazis
calnly
tried
to
get
through!
the
London
defences.
In
an
official
communique
the
government
estimated
that
ninety
persons
had
been
killed
and
350
severely
Injured
in
Wednesday
I
nnnrmnpod.
Tliere
were
also
raids
during
the
ye
number
of
planes
brought
night
on
southeast
and
northwest
down
on
Wednesday
Is
now
officl-
country,
ally
placed
at
forty-eight.
PRISON
FOR
TOSEU
GREENWICH,
Sept.
20:
(CP)
le
Dam
Sam
Will
Join
This
Dominion
s
OFFICIAL
ARRESTED
TORONTO
Dr.
S.
Levine,
fellow
in
the
Geophysics
Branch
of
the
Thysics
Department
of
the
University
of
Toronto,
was
arrested
today
on
a
charge
under
Defence
of
Canada
regulations.
RENT
CONTROLLER
NAMED
OTTAWA
Mr.
Justice
W.
M.
Martin
of
the
Saskatchewan
Court
v.u.i
cf
i
Appeal
m..
has
uu
been
chosen
RUSSIA
AND
RUMANIA
Buildings
damaged
In
uurLii.Ktsi
New
incidents
raids,
it
is
now
announced,
have
retum
from
the
attack
which
also
on
the
Russo-Rumanian
frontier
Included
the
London
County
Hall,'
.
.
rhprhn,
rlevve.
Ant-
arc
Ported.
There
are
heavy
Kattegat
with
loss
or
nearly
au
ploslon
whlch
shook
the
whole
east,
inner
lempie
oi
uie
uaw
,
Dunkerque
and
Bou-
"
il
nA
man
rn
Ivrnrrt.
.
j
t.
l.lt,...j
t.'llVirnrw
nnrt
nilbllC
TeCOrd
OlllCe.
I
""H"
v"'"''
-
a
concentrations
of
Russian
forces
Odessa
and
elsewhere
on
the
xne
iour
uiuuoa
ena
Oi
iAjnaou.
u
nusucuucu
iU.-
-r
....
,
fnnua
Dn.iri
,.,.
frnm
'
e
.
WAR
WILL
I
have
been
a
time
bomb
detonating.:
The
courtyara
oi
m
unuwi
;
.u..-u.
.
-,
1
rZ.
was
also
damaged.
The
sixth
Flushing
to
Cherbourg.
-
,
frontier
has
I
of
the
vi
Nazi
planes
i.p.
hrnn-hiiseum
brought
'
finnr
nf
a
building
containing
the
American
"Help
England
Now"
movement
office
was
completely
destroyed.
Gordon
Selfrldge's
great
store
has
been
damaged
but
will
reopen
for
business
Saturday,
It
Is
bridge
near
the
been
blown
up.
LOAN
REACHES
$294,000
OTTAWA
Subscriptions
to
the
Second
War
Loan
up
to
last
night
had
reached
$291,000,000.
Charged
with
obtaining
money
.
There
was
good
response
yester-
by
fraud
from
a
widow,
a
man
who
day
from
individual
subscribers
posed
as
an
of
f
leer
of
the
Investlga-
particularly
in
rural
areas.
tion
Department
was
sentenced
to
prison
for
13
months.
Germans
Lose
Heavily
In
Troops
Due
to
Britons
Getting
Advance
Notice
NEW
YORK,
Sept.
20:
(CP)
Stories
of
heavy
German
troop
losses
resulting
from
exercises
and
manoeuvres
in
the
English
Channel
preparatory
to
an
Invasion
attempt
were
told
by
passengers
on
the
American
Export
liner
Exeter
today.
They
expressed
the
opinion
that
the
Dutch
and
French
were
supplying
Britain
with
advance
Information
on
German
exercises
and
that
the
British
bombers
then
took
heavy
toll.
NEWSPAPER
MEN
COMING
OTTAWA
United
States
newspaper
men
will
come
to
Canada
shortly
to
examine
the
war
effort.
They
will
be
guests
of
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
and
the
government
and
will
be
received
at
Quebec
by
the
Governor
General
and
Princess
Alice.
HALIBUTTER
TAKEN
SEATTLE
The
Seattle
hall-butter
Aloha
and
her
crew
are
in
custody
on
poaching
charges.
VANCOUVER
Tom
Moore,
president
of
the
Canadian
Trades
and
Labor
Congress,
arrived
here
yesterday
for
the
annual
convention
to
open
next
week.
He
said
the
government
and
labor
Navy
1
Acquisition
of
Six
Vessels
Will
Almost
Double
Present
'
Strength
of
This
Class
Will
Go
"Where
Needed"
OTTAWA,
Sept.
20:
(CP)
Six
former
United
States
-
oa.Vi
n-jucofl
nvov
Flnvor
tnrlnv
nvwlpntlv
nti
thpiV
i"3V
other
vital
communication
routes
destroyers,
recent
fV,0,.
ottnnb
T
nnrlnn
Vmf
ihav
mpt
wirli
fiivi-
n
Germany
andiports
and
air-
commissioned
as
few
were
successful
In
reaching
their
oblective.
Instead,
several
were
brought
crashing
to
the
ground
and,
eventually,
the
remain
der
went
racing
back
homewards
In
wild
confusion
and
disorder
with
the
British
planes
on
their
talis.
Over
Kent
and
southeast
England
y
arrived
in
Canadian
waters,
will
be
ships
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy,
Hon.
a
T-V-T
1
11
i
Ml
n
m
m
ous
resistance
from
British
anti-ai
craft
fire
and
Royal
f
gUS
u
Macan
mml
g
ae"c.e
lor,
5.?-Air
Force
fighters
in
a
new
type
of
ambush
strategy-
and
?,rS
by
the
Li
ai?
fair.s'
announced
today.
With
the
hoisting
of
the
white
ensign,
the
destroyers
will
take
new
names
of
Annapolis,
Bulletins
IN
FULL
AGREEMENT
HOME
As
a
result
of
conferences
between
Foreisn
Minister
Joachim
von
Kibbentrop
and
lrcm.er
Benito
Mussolini
It
is
announced
that
formal
agreement
has
been
reached,
binding
Germany,
Haly
and
Spain
to
the
'dismemberment
of
the
British,
T
damage
to
shlrolrig
and
iff
military
millf.irv
etsres
and
starting
many
fires,'
th
Air
Ministry
announced.
The
rais
also
covered
military
distribution,
centres
In
Belgium
and
Germany.
A
particularly
f,blg
'attack"
on
Lellavre
in
German
-
occupied
France
Wednesday
night
was
an
ureece.
There
wilt
be-
a
non-aggiession
pact
between
Spain
and
Portugal.
STORM
TAKES
HEAVY
TOLi;
CHATHAM,
New
Brunswick
Four
fishing
vessels
with
seventeen
men
aboard
were
still
miss
ing
from
north
shore
New
nounced
by
the
Air
Ministry,
this
BruMwick
ts
tod
f
d
n
rddltion
to
the
attacks
on
other
German-held
po-ts.
Shlopln.3
and
barges
were
bembed
and
marshalling
yards
In
Germany
end
enemy
occupied
terrlto-y
were
also
attacked.
The
main
target
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
was,
however,
Le
Havre,
100
miles
from
Southampton,
which
it
was
Indicated
had
become
an
Important
spring
board
ba?e
for
Invasion
of
England.
There
was
one
terrific
explosion
after
i
bombing
oi
ye
Havre
ana
greai,
tuca
During
last
night's
raid
the
GerJnlghfs
raids
on
London.
The
com-j
could
be
seen.
The
BrltIPla"e
after
a
disastrous
gale
whipped
through
the
Martime
Provinces.
Columbia,
Niagara,
St..
Clair,
St.
Croix
and
St.
Francis
after
rivers
common
to
both
Canada
and
the
United
States.
The
acquisition
will
raise
the
Canadian
destroyer
strength
to
thirteen.
The
vessels
will
be
taken
over
in
a
few
days
i
and
will
be
manned
with
crews
of
125
or
130
each.
They
will
go
'where
needed.''
French
Food
'
VICHY,
Francel
t
Sevt.
20:
iCP)
All
inain
frnr
lfprric
will
Tip
rationed
in
both
occu-
pied
and
unoccupied
French
towns
beginning
September
23.
Causes
listed
for
the
severe
shortage
include
de-
struction
and
deteriora-
Hnn
nf
hnrvpf
nnrl
Hro
4-
stock
in
the
war
zone.
Milk
production
has
'
cause
of
cattle.
'
!
disease
of
mans
usea
a
new
type
oi
cumci
munique
-
....
fi
p
n
l
nri
r
bomb
which
shattered
into
frag-jmalnly
to
small
dwelling
houses
H
Havre
was
-suble"ea
"
"
as
Canada's
rent
cotroller,
ac-
jVlaHp
I
rill
llVPl
Dnori.v
TS
,r.
hits
and
Immediately
showed
"brll-1
ments
in
mid-air
like
fireworks,
m
central
London
and
the
sunuros
noun
01
mum
uh..
.
cording
to.
unconfirmed
infor-
"
r
Uuonah
and
Solum
i
well
as
on
f"w.an.
i-r
'
fire
and
bad
weather.
as
anti-aircraft
.
.
,
.
4
u,.f
..u
.,
Th,mm
rrrpnrt-
m9.inn.
.
m
l
m
TVirViri.v
,
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llant
Iiasnes
OI
name
anu
a.
ucjioc
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tailing
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sci,
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uui
auuui
vl
wc
1
.
.
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t
i
un,
Torbruk
i
in
t
Ubya
and
i
also
upon
"
.
.
M
c
.
ama,na
-rh.ic
ine
sam
w
it
t.
was
waa
the
heaviest
raid
Great
fires
were
-
-
started
and
one
1
rail.
1
Gri
rivtri
dC6
the
Dodecanese
Islands.
column
ui
uu
i
were
ncu"ju.u.-b.....vv
not
excessively
damaging,
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....
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...........
'
I
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lnriyp
shin
ablaze.
...,cc.
ents
...
.
.
.
j
.
.i.
.
.
far.
tr
was
The
date
coincides
with
Swedish
British
were
reported
to
have
used,
of
the
war
so
receait
recent
Seven
Seven
British
British
planes
planes
failed
iaiiea
to
to
To
Naas
Valley
TERRACE,
Sept.
20:
Provincial
Constable
B.
E.
Monkley
has
returned
from
a
patrol
trip
over
the
trail
from
Kltsumkaum
to
Aly-
ansh
in
the
Naas
Valley.
He
found
the
trail
badly
grown
over
nfr
points
and
the
travelling
rough'.
One
of
his
experiences
was
to
en
counter
a
bis
grizzly
bear.
were
in
complete
agreement
ou
the
war
effort,
although
complete
co-operation
had
not
yet
been
attained.
MET
IN
VAULT
LONDON
Directors
of
the
Bank
of
England
met
in
a
vault
.
yesterday
and
declared
a
six
percent
dividend.
Montagu
Norman,
the
Governor,
said
that,
owing
to
air
raids,
the
routine
of
the
Tiank
was
"somewhat
unsettled."
PLANES
PRODUCTION
GOOD
LONDON
Lord
Beaverbrook,
minister
of
aircraft
production,
said
that
production
and
repair
ot
planes
still
exceeded
the
losses
from
yvar.
Airplane
workers
are
doiug
tnaghlf
Icent
work
night
and
day,
tie,
said.