for
the
air
war
between
Brl-
Ocrmany,
the
Nazis
are
In
their
fortieth
straight
attack
on
England
tonight
a
week-end
In
which
their
on
London,
Liverpool
and
irts
of
the
country
became
1
LONDON,
Oct.
16:
(CP)
A
than
ever
I
far-eastern
non
-
aggression
while
the
Royal
Air
Force!
I
pact
between
Russia
and
Japan
Kin
territory
wnn
unpoTU-imtary
objectives
as
the
tar-
Uerlln
had
alarms
again
last
The
war
is
losing
none
of
tralveness
but,
indeed,
the
increasing.
tally
the
position
of
Russia
i
face
of
the
apparent
ln-
l
ot
Germany
and
Italy
to
lather
into
southeastern
ijpears
to
be
still
some-
E"4rwe
There
Is
reason
"to
!
however
that
a
large
scale
h
the
part
of
the
Soviet
to
irate
this
activity
Is
forth-
It
is
reported
that
Russia
pdy
moved
ien
divisions
of
I
uito
Rumania,
In
The
Balkans
Germany
tightening
the
M
l's
mUltary
control
on
nia
In
what
appears
to
be
lart
of
an
Axis
move
ulU-
des'.gned
against
the
Brl-
southcast
Europe,
Russia
fported
to
have
sent
an
ultl-
i
to
Rumania
following
bor-
pciden
m
soviet
forces
were
carrying
its
offensive
Into
i
Hch
and
German-controlled
jepor'd
report
moving
moving
In
In
powerful
powerful
d
Confidence
that.
TtiuslA
N
stand
Idly
by
and
permit
a
I
w
e
status
of
the
Dai
sies.
piiirmcd
reoorts
at
Rkonln.
p'avla
from
across
the
ai.
rl
frontier
Sav
that,
several
Ns
of
German
troops
have
may
be
signed
shortly,
it
Is
re-
ported.
Reports
say
that
Ja-
pan
will
be
given
a
free
hand
in
China
and
Russia
a
sneci.il
sphere
of
Influence
along
the
North
China
border.
MOVE
FROM
HONG
KONG
Britons
to
be
Taken
to
Australia
In
View
of
Crisis
HONG
KONG,
Oct.
16:
Arrangements
have
been
made
for
a
steamer
to
take
British
evacuees
from
Hong
Kong
to
Australia
In
view
of
the
tense
situation
in
the
Orient.
Fire
Destroys
T
1
T
along
he
Moldavian
border.
KailWaV
DeDOl
inwhlle
strong
Turkish
andi
t
forces
are
massing
in
..,
,
,
f
to
resist
any
attempt
at
Building
at
Yates,
1S5
Miles
West
of
by
the
Oermans
or
Edmonton,
Burns
Balkan
situation
continues
EDMONTON.
Oct.
16:
(CP)
The
singly
critical,
I
railway
depot
at
Yates,
165
miles
al
and
military
attaches
of
west
of
Edmonton,
was
destroyed'
sniisn
legation
at
Bucharest
by
fire
yesterday.
The
section
fore-
une
Rumanian
capital
for.
man,
who
occupied
the
building,
leaving
only
Sir
Reginald
lost'
his
effects,
we
minister,
and
a
skeleton
about
twenty
who
are
ex-
leave
thla
week
j
Ankara
Turkish
authorities
EVEN
MORE
FRIENDLY
Closer
Co-operation
Than
Ever
Between
Great
Britain
And
United
States
Seen
h
uie
Albanian
port
of
I
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
16:
Lord
The
supposition
is
that!
Lothian,
British
ambassador
to
W
oe
used
In
the
Axis
Axis
ih
the
iTnlliM
United
States,
States.
is
aboard
a
aign
in
the
Balkans.
'
union
of
Soviet
Republics
aaced
four
mmMtn
-n
it
Man
flotilla.
Gibraltar
T
Attacked
ECIRAS.
Snaln
net
1fl?
6J,lgh
flyln8
Plancs
raldcd
E".
n
what
some
nh.J
'
c"cii
airmen
t
"bed
he
rock
September
24-
C
.r,craft
8uns
roared
irCQUpnt!,.
it...
.
'
j
uiai
ooscrvers
t
i
1
1
it-
-1
!
a
flvlnir
tinttt
on
his
way
from
New
York
to
confer
with
the
home
government
at
London.
Lord
Lothian
had
planned
leaving
the
United
States
last
week
but
his
departure
was
delayed
on
account
of
the
critical
state
of
affairs
In
the
Far
East.
The
fact
that
he
is
now
tnakinc
the
trip
is
considered
an
admission
of
a
di-muntlion
of
the
crisis.
Joseph
P.
Kennedy,
United
States
ambassador
to
London,
Is
expected
back
in
Washington
next
week
to
report
to
his
government.
There
is
no
confirmation
of
reports
that
Kennedy
is
resigning
his
ambassadorial
post.
Closer
Anglo-American
cooperation
than
ever
is
foreseen
as
a
result
of
the
consultations
of
Lothian
and
Kennedy
wllh
their
respective
governments.
n
STRUCK
BY
Deal
Between
,
TORPEDO,
I
AJ
D,J.
British
Steamer
Trebista
Sends
Out
Japs
And
Kens
niveau
NEW
YORK.
Oct.
16.-
MacKay
Radio
last
night
picked
up
a
distress
message
from
a
ship
giving
call
letters
of
the
British
steamer
Trebista
saying
she
had
been
hit
by
a
torpedo
600
miles
off
the
Irish
coast.
J
Ian
Mackenzie
Is
In
Vancouver
Minister
of
Pensions
and
National
Health
Visiting
Military
.Hospitals
'
VANCOUVER,
October
16:
(CP)'
'Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie,
minister
of
pensions
and
national
health,
arriv-1
ed
In
Vancouver
yesterday
In
the'
course
of
an
Inspection
tour
of
military
hospitals.
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LIBRARY
COMMANDS
DIVISION
OTTAWA
Appointment
of
Brigadier
E.
W.
Sansom
of
Ottawa
as
officer
commanding
the
third
division,
assigned
to
defence
of
the
Atlantic
area,
is
announced
by
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence.
GOVERNOR
TO
NEW
YORK
QUEBEC
It
is
announced
that
the
Governor
General
and
Princess
Alice
will
spend
the
weekend
of
October
19-21
at
Hyde
Park
as
the
guests
of
President
and
Mrs.
Roosevelt.
OFFENSIVE
RENEWED
TOKYO
A
fierce
Japanese
offensive
against
the
Chinese
cast
of
Hankau
has
been
renewed,
Japanese
military
quarters
say.
Leaving
four
thousand
dead,
the
Chinese,
it
is
said,
are
in
full
retreat.
Intensification
of
'the
Japanese
attack
upon
China
is
re
ported
as
the
time
for
the
reopening
of
the
Burma
road'
tomorrow
approaches.
ARMS
PLANT
FIRE
CAMDEN,
New
Jersey
Mysterious
fire
last
night
swept
the
plant
of
the
Camden
Fofge.
Co.
which
is
engaged
in
carrying
out
government
contracts
for
ordnance
and
naval
supplies.
LOSE
THEIR
SON
DUNCAN
Mr.
and
Mrs.
II.
,W.
Calvert
are
advised
of
the
death
of
their
son,
Lieut.
F.
J.
Calvert,
in
action
in
England.
BIG
WAR
INDUSTRY
OTTAWA
Announcement
is
made
of
another
large
war
industrial
plant
for
southern
Ontario.
It
will
cost
$5,500,000
and
will
specialize
in
manufacture
of
alloy
steel.
FRISCO
RIOT
SAN
FRANCISCO
Five
men
are
In
hospital
and
others
were
injured
as
a
result
of
a
riot
near
the
dock
where
the
liner
President
Taft
is
loading.
DRAFTEES
REGISTERING
WASHINGTON
It
ls
estimated
that
16,500,000
Americans
will
register
for
the
draft
today.
Dr.
Clarence
A.
Dykstra,
president
of
the
University
of
Wisconsin,
has
been
appointed
head
of
the
national
draft
board,
his
nomination
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
having
been
approved
yesterday
by
Congress.
HITTING
AT
ITALIANS
CAIRO
The
Royal
Air
Force
claims
having
struck
a
number
of
Italian
ships
In
air
raids
on
Libya
and
other
Italian
bases
along
the
North
African
coast.
BALKAN
CONFUSION
LONDON
The
Balkan
situation
Is
still
confusing
with
attention
centering
on
what
Russia
may
decide
to
do
in
the
face
of
the
tightening
grip
of
Germany
on
Roumania
and
the
threat
to
Turkey
and
Greece.
REOPENING
BURMA
ROAD
HONG
KONG
Hundreds
of
trucks
are
poised
on
the
Burma
road
laden
with
supplies
for
China
awaiting
the
reopening
of
the
road
by
the
British
government.
Expectation
Is
that
with
the
opening
ot
the
road
tomorrow
the
Japanese
will
institute
bombing
operations
against
It
from
new
bases
In
French
Indo-Chlna.
The
Tokyo
government
has
warned
Great
Britain
against
reop
tieatlien
Eolecast
!
Tomorrows
TTdes
and
Queen
Char-.,'
Rupert
crince
High
.
1:43
a.m.
20.0
ft.
to
strong
east-'
l5iandsFresh
13:44
pjn.
21.1
ft.
shifting
to
southeast,
wlnds.
.
6.1
ft.
'
Low
7:48
ajn.
....j
.nrt
rool
with
rain.
mstuic"
20:15
pjn.
3.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
SIX-
No.
2.
PRINCE
OCTOBER
1940.
PRICE
CENTS
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
16,
'
'ci
'
azis
,
jid
Keds
I-ace
bach
Uther
ialkan
Situation,
In
Which
Russia
Is
Now
Taking
Part,
International
Stage
Centre
Iir
War
Between
Britain
and
Germany
Continues
If
llll
11111
vnon
1
uiiuii
miliums
Keep
Far
East
in
Turmoil
Crack
Liners
Are
Going
To
Orient
Washington
And
Manhattan
To
Cross
Pacific
For
Evacuees
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Oct.
16:
The
two
crack
25,000-ton
liners
Washington
and
Manhattan
are
being
sent
to
the
Orient
to
evacuate
Americans
who
have
been
advised
to
return
home
on
account
nf
t
rH
1
4m
tVia
tv.
cnt
P....V.
Exchanging
of
air
attacks
between
Great
Britain
and
carry"
2500
passengers.
There,
are
nany
with
even
greater
intensity,
mounting
tension
an
estimated
17,000
Americans
in
e
Balkans
as
a
result
of
the
continuing
German
nush
th
0rlcnt
Rumania
which
is
apparently
stirring
Russia
into'JS-site
counter
military
action,
fresh
incidents
and
activ-
b
sent
1
.1
t.'
T.
1.
.!
1
i
11
.1
m
tne
rar
iu&i.
anu
icuuwcu
action
in
me
iNonni
.
sphere
between
Oreat
Bri
nd
Italy
feature
lnterna-
ws
today
The
Balkan
situ-
occupies
the
limelight.
Bulletins
EDEN
IN
EUROPE
LONDON
War
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
has
arrived
In
Europe,
it
Is
announced.
He
will
visit
Lieut.
General
Sir
Archibald
Wav-ell,
general
officer
commanding
in
the
Middle
East.
FIERCER
ATTACKS
Nazis
Are
Increasing
Fury
Ofi
Their
Assaults
Against
England
LONDON,
Oct.
16:
(CP)
A
government
communique
said
that
London
and
an'
unidentified
Midlands
town
boire
the
brunt
of
last
night's
Nazi
air
attack
wht"h
was
one
of
the
forces;
yet
but
the
casualties
and
damage
from
which
was
not
90
'?t
as
ml"h
hive
fcwn
ermc-Ml
coni,der,Tr
h
m
tens'tv.
P
eJtlmpf'd
'
s'xty-eight
d'"fri?M
in
ntid
ground
the
capital
wer
bomb?d
during
the
night.
Thre
was
p'so
bombing
In
Scotland
and
Wal?s.
London
newspacer
trucks,
twisting
through
debris-clogged
streets,
t
dawn,
ced
newsoapsrs
whose
headlines
"'d:
"London
bombing
fiercest
yet."
The
Daily
Sketch
cff'.c
was
hi
but
publication
was
not
interfered
with.
Some
bombs
fsll
in
London
during
yesterday's
attacks
while
other
dayl'uht
rpders
appeared
In
the
vicinltv
of
Llvirroal.
Th
c'y
has
been
undT
almost
comd?t?
attack
f-r
t-p'y-four
hours
durln?
which
time
19
enemy
planes
have
b--n
bTr-JrV''
down
with
loss
of
fifteen
BrttMi
machines,
nine
pilots
beins
saved.
After
ev?n
alarms
between
dawn
and
dusk
yeste-day
London
had
Its
'h'rty-nlnth
consecutive
rrfght
of
Na.i
air
raid'nt
last
night.
High
exolf
lve
and
incendiary
as
well
as
time
bombs
were
dropped
in
many
d'sMci.,
Many
psrsqjjs
are
feared
to
have
been
klUedV.snd
woVndrd
during.
la.'t
riisht's
air
raiding
cn
London
when
a
school
house
being
used
as
an
atr
raid
shelter
was
hit
squarely
bv
a
bomb
and
levelled.
It
was
a
clear
moonlight
n!rht
and
the
enemy
planes
shuttled
back
and
forth
a'most
continuously.
An
anartment
house
was
blasted
to
pieces
and
the
largest
time
bomb
yet
to
be
dropped
on
the
city
lies
unexoloded
near
a
widely
known
building.
CRITICIZES
STATEMENT
People
Will
Find
It
Forgive
Hanson's
Difficult
To
'Betrayal"
OTTAWA,
Oct.
16:
(CP)
The
people
of
Canada
and
the
hardj
pressed
people
of
Great
Britain
"will
find
It
difficult
to
understand
and
impossible
to
forgive"
f
otomen.e
nf
Wnn
R.
Tl
Wnnsniv
Conservative
leader,
betraying
Em-1
plre
military
secrets
regarding!
aviation
training,
said
roime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
In
a
prepared
statement
In
regard
to
Hanson's
Charlottetown
speech
.
Appeal
To
Workers
To
Increase
Their
Production
Effort
I
LONDON,
Oct.
16:
Ernest
Bev-'in,
minister
of
labor,
urges
munitions
and
war
supply
workers
to
.make
a
tremendous
and
supreme
effort
to
Increase
their
production;
j
ening
the
Hong
Kong-Chungking
Railway
to
Chinese
traffic.
RUSSIA
"FRIENDLY"
WASHINGTON.
D.C.
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
by
decree
yesterday
authorized
the
requisition
by
government
ot
$7,000,000
of
machine
tools
for
shipment
to
Soviet
Russia
which
has
been
designated
a
"friendly
power."
Under
the
same
heading
of
a
"friendly
power"
China
has
requested
delivery
ot
f
ightinff
planes
which
were
to
have
been
shipped
to
Slam
but
which
were
stopped
when
there
was
reason
to
believe
that
they
might
fall
into
German
hands.
.
Russian
and
German
Forces
Concentrate
At
Mouth
of
Danube
Axis
Military
Sway
Over
Rumania
is
IncreasingSoviet
And
Islam
Getting
Together?
BUCHAREST.
Rumania.
October
16:
(CP)
Ship-
hat
ments
of
knocked
down
seaplanes
and
submarines
were
reported
enroute
from
Rumania
to
Germany
today
tor
a
Black
Sea
naval
"training
base."
This
indication
of
the
Axis'
growing
military
sway
over
Rumania
came
as
large
concentrations
of
German
and
Russian
troops
faced
each
YORK
WAS
IN
ACTION
Warship
Known
Here
Sank
Italian
Destroyer
More
Details
of
Ajax
Exploit
LONDON.
Oct.
16:
CP)
Further
details
of
the
naval
engagement
of
Sunday
morning
at
2:30
off
Sicily
indicate
that
H.M.S.
Ajax,
almost
(Ingle
handed,
dispersed
a
squadron
ot
eight
Italian
warships
including
one
cruiser,
and
seven
destroyers.
The
Ajax
tank
two
of
the
destroy-.
-
ers,
(badly
damaged
a
'
third
and
the
other
five
vessels
turned
tail
and
fled
in
the
shelter
of
a
smoke
screen.
IL
M.S.
York
came
up
and
sent
the
disabled
destroyer
to
the
bottom
with
a
torpedo.
The
Admiralty
announces
officially
that
no
Britiin
war-shirs
were
sunk.
The
Ajax
sustained
only
superficial
damage
and
nothing
of
a
nature
to,
put
her
oat
of
action
in
any
way.
U.."LS.
York
is
well
known
In
Prince
Rupert,
having
visited
here
two
years
ago.
ADMITS
Invasion
Base
Hard
Hit
by
British-
Kiel
and
Hamburg
Last
Night
BERLIN,
Oct.
1G:
(CP)
in
an
official
statement,
admits
that
terrific
damage
has
1
1
n
,
t-
r....
other
English
Channel
Invasion
bases.
Last
night
tha
Royal
Air
Fotco
heavily
attacked
Boulogne.
Flashes
could
be
seen
along
the
French
shore
from
the
British
coast.
Air
raids
screamed
in
Berlin
ut
12:43
midnight
last
night,
indicating
the
approach
of
British
bombers.
During
the
night
the
Royal
Air
Force
dropped
tons
of
heavy-calibre
bombs
on
Kiel
and
Hamburg
naval
bases,
the
British
Air
Ministry
in
London
announced.
Some
objectives
elsewhere
were
not
reached
on
account
of
bad
weather
but
some
other
Important
targets
In
the
Reich,
Nazi-occupied
territory
and
Channel
bases
felt
the
sting
of
the
Royal
Air
Force.
Stock
Market
Shows
Strength
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
16.
The
stock
market
s
n
o
w
e
a
consiaeraDie
strength
In
late
trading
yesterday
and
Issues
were
up
-for
the
day.
The
industrial
average,
closing
at
131.48,
was
up
.75;
rails,
28.64,
up
.07,
and
utilities,
21.92,
up
.40.
other
across
the
Danube
Kiver
near
the
Rumanian
port
of
Galatl.
Sofia,
the
capital
of
Bulgaria,
reported
that
William
Rendel,
British
minister
to
Bulgaria,
left
today
for
Istanbul
to
confer
with
Sir
Hugh
Knatchbull-Hugesson,
British
ambassador
to
Turkey,
as
Bulgarian
radicals
reported
Russia
and
Turkey
are
discussing
a
military
agreement
to
block
any
axis
plan
of
penetration
Into
the
Near
East.
The
Istanbul
conference
was
regarded
as
likely
to
be
closely
identified
with
'future
Turko-Russlan
relations.
1
.
:
Fifty
Thousand
Trained
Pilots
In
United
States
Now
I
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Oct.
16:
The...
United
States
has
50.000
(trained
airplane
pilots
now
which
Is
twice
the
number
In
Germany.
Spain
And
Chili
Resume:
Relations
Diplomatic
Interchanges
Between
Madrid
and
Santiago
Again
SANTIAGO,
Oct.
16:
Spain
and
Chile
have
reestablished
diplomatic
relations
which
were
suspended
seme
months
ago.
DAMAGED
Of
Piping
Embassy
Man
Told
To
Leave
l
PEIPING,
Oct.
16:
United
States
naval
officials
have
ordered
the
evacuation
of
wives
and
tMldren
Deen
done
oy
me
uojai
mr
r
.
.
.
...,
-
of
Great
Britain
to
Lellavre
and
'of
embassy
staff
at
Pelping,
num-
-bering
about
forty
in
all.
1
1
CANADIAN
Janet
R.
Brown
(Brown?
Store,
Essington)
$
13.00
Prince
Rupert
Dairy
99
Taxi
-
Staff,
Thomson
&
Son
.
Collected
by
No.
2
;
District
Fishermen's
Ass'n.,
Skecina
River
Additional
Port
Essmgton
Residents
,
10.00
10.00
-lO.OO
175.00
15.50