Weather,
Forecast
prince
Bupert
Fresh
south
winds,
part
cloudy
with
a
few
light
scattered
showers.
.
iv
tin
102
VOI.
AA'
fi,
f
Tht
Prime
Minister
said
he
had
news
about
Somali-land
IansaUsIactory
and
-added
that
a
small
Brl-
force
had
been
driven
back
Itish
frord
Jugargen
position
by
greatly
superior
Italian
forces.
The
Ital-
ac
?re
moving
against
Bcrbera.
wport
of
British
Somallland,
pa.tTO
directions
from
inland
acres
the
desert
and
along
the
hilt
Meantime
the
London
press
Jub
ilantly"
told
readers
-that
the
Njul
ime
table
for
the
invasion
of
Great
aln
had
gone
wrong,
pointing
hi
.that
Augilst
15,
today,
had
been
pet
as
the
day
for
Hitler's
triumphal
ntry
into
London.
The
papers
Dwed'it
the
accomplishments
of
p
Nazi
air
attack
despite
the
great
prt
that
was
fcelng
expended
and
f
(erred
to
the
record
of
the
Royal
to.rorce
In
warding
off
the
Ger-m
attack
and
carrying
the
battle
enemy
territory.
i
That
the
next
ten
days
will
bring
.
tout
a
turning
point
In
the
whole
'
appears
to
be
agreed.
1
Meantime,
there
are
reports
that;
SITUATION
1U
AaUllaU
"Kr,'of
an
Italian
attack
on
"air
W
held
llkplv.
Th
Premier
''In
consultation
with
army,
navy
"d
air
force
chiefs.
The
llelle
was
sunk
at
a
quay
miles
south
of
Athens
during
'ti'llou
celebration!
Two
tor-4oes
hit
the
quay
and
one
the
"'p.
Some
nlltrlm
nn
the
auay
tre
killed.
ORGANIZE
EST
ROOMS
NIPON.
An.
ir.
r.v
Rest
looms
whern
n
'tn
Bull
iv
rwyic
uiaj
fcnLhemselV
together"
it
their
tan
j
Dmbed,
are
being
or-
Ipfm.u
wm
receive
.
kr2Se?U
they.make
ar-
IN
SOMALI
LAND
CAIKO
British
troops,
in
their
invaded
Soinaliland
protectorate,
have
fallen
back
alone
the
coast
before
Italian
forces
estimated
at
the
best
parts
of
two
divisions
but
the
battle
Is
continuing,'
the
British
com
mand
announces.
KILLED
IN
AIR
UAIDS
LONDON
It
is
officially
announced
that
258
persons
were
killed
as
a
result
of
air
raids
on
ial1
sorts
Great
Britain
In
July.
Tht
August
to"
u-ill
no
doubt,
be
larrrr.
AUSTRALIAN
ARMY
CHIEF
Major
General
John
Northcott
was
chief
of
Australian
Army
.appointed
i
m-u
T
n
r
IN
I
h
IMNr
,sta'
yesterday,
succeeding
Lieut
tlve
Arthur
Fadden
were
sworn
in
as
acting
ministers
of
defence
and
air
respectively,
succeeding
George
Grey
Stress,
defence
minister,
and
J.
V.
Falrbalrn,
air
min
ister.
men
to
the
forces
an
invader
would
meefrThat
Is
the
greatest
number
that
can
for
the
present
be
armed
and
employed
and
there
is
a
growing
waiting
list
of
men
anxious
to
serve.
As
th?ir
original
title
imolied
h
Home
Guards
have
a
soeclflc
ole
It
Is
not
the
intention
to
or-
anlze
them
or
equip
them
as
a
second
line
on
the
model
of
the
regular
army.
Their
primary
duty
is
to
observe
and
report
the
euemy'3
movements
and
to
hold
him
in
check
until
he
can
be
dealt
with
by
the
field
j
army
This
particularly
applies
to
watching
for.
and
checking
parachutists,
other
airborne-
enemies.
'
Butjhelr
ractlcalrole
'
Includes
iftiafding-
road
blocks,
stubborn
i
defence
of
villages
and
'other
.centres
of
resistance,
protection
a.
factories
and
vulnerable
points
of
OVINCIAL
UBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
j
mutm
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,"B.C4
.THURSDAY,
AUGUST
15,
1940.
I
.
L
J
L,J--m
i
Fifty-Five
German
Planes
Brought
Down
Today
With
Seven
British
Missing
LONDON,
August
15:
rrpFJftv.fiVp
a0r.
man
planes
Were
reported
psf
'ed
up
to
f
o'clock
this
a'ftCrnoon.
Seven
British
fighters
a"e
missing.
The
Air
Ministry
announced
that
a
larre
force
of
enemy
bombers
had
unsuccessfully
attacked
several
Royjal
Air
Force
airdromes
in
southeastern
England.
V;
Uncounted
numbers
of
the
enemy
swept
over
the
coastline
seeking
out
military
objectives
in
the
hea:
t
of
Great
Britain.
Bombers
attacked
an
important
transAtlantic
po:
t
for.
the
third
successive
time.
'
There
we:
e
some
lataluieb
in
the
Tyneside
area.
After
seeming
to
veer
for
a
time
this
morning
to
northeastern
England
after
a
night
of
comparative
quiet,
the-mam
force
of
German
attack
swung
back
to
the
southeast
coast
this
afternoon.
ROYAL
AiR
FORCE
IS
SMASHING
VIGOROUSLY
Fires
Can
Be
Seen-From
As
Far
Away
as
Channel
Coast-Nazi
Attack
Turns
to
Northeast
England
.
Yesterday's
Score
31
to
9
command.
j
fiirley
J.,
25,000,
11.2c
and
In
any
form
of
operations
there
Atlin.
is
no
doubt
that
the
centres
ofj,
American
29,000,
10.5c
and
8c,
Pa-
8c,
vuauv
ucui
w
""-i"
-
,7i
7i
V
thP
e
opportunU
orjDortunltles
of
effecting
sur-
following
following
a
a
night
night
of
of
bombings
bombings
In
n
I
was
killed
with
nine
others
in
a
Guard
should
be
of
Immense
value
!
plane
crash
on
Tuesday.
Senator;
They
would
restrict
enemy
move
!
prise
and
of
tausing
Mnfusloni
Scotland
by
sma,Ie;
'Hans
sink
Greek
Warship
Crlslsiphilllp
McBrldge
and
Representa
I
.
,
.
...
..
..
.
.
-!
.
J
Appfar,
Still
Heading
For
Showdown
Athens,
au.
us
ten
ah
I'lephonlc
communication
with
Ronn
was
severed
today
shortly
w
the
government
announced
tht
ilnklnr
of
the
200-ton
light
Wnsr
Utile
by
an
unidentified
wkmarlne.
There
were
thirty
casualties.
Foliowinr
thP
rpfnsal
nf
Prem-
Metaxas
to
comply
with
the
Nato-German
demand
to
re-
I
"ounce
the
securltv
euarantec
I'aty
with
Great
Britain,
the
who
resistance
provided
by
the
Homej"
ments
and
liberate
Held
army
'which
occurred
in
other
theatres
troops
for
offensive
action.
In
par-Ik
tne
Home
Guards,
in
co-opera-
itlcular
enemy
airborne
troops
itln
lfh
,ho
,,.
fnrpp.
havp
would
for
the
first
time
encounter
,
not
Provlded
an
effectlVe
answer
an
organization
prepared
to
deal
with
them.
lto
alr
invasion,
I
am
greatly
mls-
They
thus
would
be
deprived
of
taken.
MODERN
"PAUL
REVERES"
AND
"MINUTE
MEN"
GUARD
AGAINST
PARACHUTISTS
LONDON,
Aug.
15:
"The
real
war
will
begin
when
we
take
the
offensive,"
declared
Rt.
Hon.
Anthony
Eden,
secretary
-of
state
tor.
Tomorrow's
Tidesi
High
'Low
.
12:45
a.m.
19.0
It.
6:35
a.m.
3.0
ft.,
18:42
p.m.
6.1
It.
,
PRICE:
I
CENTS
er
R-C.A-F.
Crash
On
Coast
Churchill
Urges
Invasion
Watchfulness
Bomber,
Bound
From
Danger
Of
Attempted
ARE
ADY
Landing
In
Great
Britain
Is
By
No
Means
.
Over,
Prim5
Minister
Tells
of
Unsatisfactory
News
From
Som-aliland
Hitler's
Program
Now
Behind
Schedule
atfav
ine
rnme
minister
reierreu
10
persistent
lore
casts
from
neutral
countries
of
an
invasion
attempt.
He
laid
that
there
was
aim
necessity
I
lor
the
utmost
precaution
against
fltth
column
activities.
The
danger
of
this,
however,
had
been
reduced
to
proper
proportions
and
vas
bring
taken
care
of.
i
War
News
TO
BLOCK
AIR
DRIVE
British
Expert
Sees
Home
(iuard
Cana'.-le
Of
Resisting
Enemy
Movement
Written
for
The
Canadian
Press
LONDON,
August
15:
(CP)-rErime
Minister
Win-.3
Maj.-Gen.
sir
Charles
o
ston.
Churchill
told
the
House
of
Emmons
today
that,
!Vn5;J"!T
Home
Guard,
the
new
and
U
111.
.
.
U.
a
r
wn
n
It'll
f
Mn
v
j-i
M
intlnat
4-
l
a
I..
'
"
"fliLnnuim
wt:
uu
uiutu
cwuuuci
tuuav
man
uu
w
ei
e
mi
M
n.uAiH.
nAni
Owynn
The
better
May,
the
danger
of
invasion
has
by'
no
means
passed
volunteers,
has
added
.uoo,oou
.
'
.
.
.
.
.
...
I.
mi
r'
in.
i
r
1
i.
i
f
-
Aurora
lo
ratncia
Bay,
Meets
Disaster
AH
Five
on
Board,
Including
Squadron
Leader
R.
C.
Proctor
of
Edmonton,
Lose
Their
Lives
'
OTTAWA,
August
15:
(CP)
Another
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombing
plane
out
of
the
new
base
al
Ali-ford
Bay,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
has
been
lost
with
five
men
on
board.
An
official
announcement
issued
early
today
by
Hon.
C!
G.
Power,
minister
of
defence
for
air,
gave
no
details
other
than
the
names
of
the
dead
and
that
'
1
the
plane
had
crashed
while
on
a
routine
flight
from
Aliford
Bay
to
rrni
O
i
7C
rilrftl'SAYS
j
Patricia
Bay,
Vancouver
Island.
The
LiULil
ajrV
1
U
cause
0t
the
accident
has
not
been
nri
i
f
ii
t
f
Idetermined.
,
K
rA
I
WAK
'
The
WvckUled
were
V
llljrXLl
linn
j
squadron
Leader
R.
C.
Proctor
of
PTII
I
rVl
Edmonton.
ollLL
UUt
Rx.g
omcer
H
L-,Gordon;pI
I
Hying
Officer
J.
G.
H.
Desbiens
of,
Vancouver.
Defence
Of
Britain
Is
Second
Only
Captam
Q
H
Boume
Roya,
Can.
Phase.
Declares
Secretary
Of
I
adian
Alr
F6rc
Ordnce
r
Corps,
Ot-State
For
War
Defeat
Of
ito.n
Germany
Inevitable
rnm.
Rl
o.
Brown.
Vancouver.
I
Ae
announcement
followed
re
ports
from
Courtney,
Vancouver
Island,
last
night
that
an
unidentified
plane
had
crashed
In
Discovery
Passage,
a
mile
south
of
Seymour
Narrows.
The
cruising
Swedish
in
address
last
night.
The
i
m
4
hTfi
rVT
PrnRfl
a
MC
war,
'
,
an
I?,
r
,
yach
Southern
Cross,
which
figure
.AJLBASES,
OF
.
GERMANS
-S3f&
mfss'
r".r.7
and
a
police
boat
had
taken
ho
boasts
but
we
feel
confldentr
the
war
secretary
declared.
1
Mr.
Eden
warned
the
people
'of
England
that
the
war
had
hardly
Essentially
the
Home
Guard
Is
a
t
nvnnM
Aumwt
(C,P
As
the
Battle
of
Bn-
wnn
tv,.
riofpnrp
of
orPat
Brl.
well
trained
auxiliary
force
dlstri-
.
tinued
with
tfie
centre
of
attack
turning
today
to
tain
was
only
another
stage.
The
uio
i.uuihj..
ai,uii.j
-
.
-
Vincaa
nlnntr
tlio
would
come
when
tne
Brmsn
tOOK
organization
and
administration
of
ducted
a
blitzkrieg
of
its
own
on
German
bases
along
the
offenslve
Ithis
great
'mass
of
men
has
not
Continent
shore
for
a
distance
of
one
hundred
miles.
The
Revl.wi
;he
evenU
01
the
past'
hppn
nn
pasv
nroblem.
Arms
A
Problem
)
There
has'
of
course
been
no
question
of
arming
them
up
tJ
the
standard
of
the
national
army.
I
But'
even
to
provide
small
arrai
and
ammunition
for
such
numbers
'
wnnan
troops
are
being
concen-
Successors
Of
Key
War
Officials
at
short
notice
was
a
huge
under-
uv
Norway
and
Holland
for,
Are
Named
By
Canberra
taking.
fa
attempted
Invasion
of
Britain,
j
Government
The
closest
co-operation
with
the
Estep,
British
were
engaged
in
vast
counterattacKs
ana
me
ei-
few
monUls
the
minuter
referred
Halibut
Sales
.
military
commanders
exists.
In
clflc.
j,-
.
r
,
active
operations
In
any
area
thej
Summit,
19,000,
10.8c
and
8c.
I
Canberra.
CANBERRA,
Aug
Auu
15:
(CP)
i
military
authorities
assume
direct
:Storaze.
up
a
rescue
search
at
that
time,
finding
two
red
striped
pontoons.
BIG
SHIP
TORPEDOED
,
fectiveness
of
them
could
be
seen
partlcuiariy
to
the
big
effort
In
Armed
Auxiliary
Cruiser
Transyl-
'
even
irom
me
amisa.
gousw
w.-
savmg
practically
the
whole
of
the
vania
Victim
Of
Torpedo
Attack
,
blaze
of
large
fires
being
evident
at
,orces
at
Dunkil.k.
These
men,
at-
;
that
distance.
Heavy
explosions
...
thelr
arrlva,
ln
Ens!iana.
had
J
,
across
the
Channel
also
told
of
the
to
be
sorted
out
and
various
units
LONDON,
Aug.
15:
(CP)
The
I
j
terrific
raids
on
possible
bases
for
to
whlch
tney
belonged
brought
Admiralty
announces
the
sinking
1
j
the
German
blitzkrieg
on
the
Brit-
up
t0
strensth.
They
also
had.
to
of
the
16,600-ton
armed,
auxiliary
(Ish
Isles.
bp
paulnDed
throuehout.
a
tre-
cruiser
Transvlvanla.
ones
a
nonu-
Thlrty-one
enemy
planes
were
mendous
task.
lar
Cunar.d
Line
West
Indies-cruise
brought
down
and
nine
British
!
But,
Mr.
Eden
said,
tne
war
ae-
ship
irom
.New
Yorlc.
The
vessel
r
machlnes
were
lost
yesterday
as'partment
had
In
hand,
not
only
was
torpedoed
by
a
German
sub-
hlstory's
greatest
air
ln
history
pro-
the
work
of
providing
for
the
marine
In,
.the
Atlantic
Ocean,
ceeded.
German
air
raiders
con-,
present,
but
was
building
for
the
Thirty
or
so
members
of
the
creft
tinued
fierce
attacks
upon
Great
future.
He
had
recently
reviewed
were
lost
but
300
or
more
were.
Britain
for
the
fifth
straight
day
a
part
of
this
army
and
he
had
rescued
and
landed
on
the
wesEr
been
astonished
at
the
progress
j
coast.
Capt.
F.
M,
Myles,
the.
made.
In
the
country
were
half
a;
commander,
was
among
those
million
troops
from
Canada,
Aus-
saved.
The
Transylvania
Is
the
without
extensive
damage.
Today
.
tralla,
France,
Poland,
Czechc-.seventh
largest
vessel
to
have
the
centre
of
attack
turned
to
Slovakia,
Belgium
and
Holland,
been
torpedoed
since
the
war
cora-
northeast
England
where
there.)
The
Home
Guard,
now
a
million
'menced.
were
widespread
bombing,
early
and
a
half
strong,
was
admirably
reports
showing
eight
-
enemy
I
adapted
to
the
work
it
was
ex-
t
M,
trato,
Oue
from
the
,
,
.
Vected
to
perform.
It
was
not
ex-
(Continued
on
Page
Sic)
4
jpected
n
ocx
rsPrted
to
do
the
work
of
the
regu-'f
waf,
-
j
.
Mlar
army
but
would
be
scattered
o
be
on
time.
Smmrnn
wnarai
11
.
..
.
minnfo
mn"
nf
177fl
are
these
women
of
Enelnnd.
riiht.
who
nre
nrenarlnff
themselves
to
meet
The
modern
vers
Ion
tg
Members
of
a
women's
parashot
organization,
they
are
brushing
up
on
their
marksmanship.
A
modem
the
menace
of
Nazi
Parac
"nj
lady
letti
Who
is
one
of
the
army
of
mounted
coast-watchers
who
keep
eyes
peeled
on
the
English
(
version
of
PaulJlCv'ere,'
for
he
first
sign
of
Invaders.
An
inland
branch
of
the
lady
Paul
Reveres
watch
for
parachutists
and
1
Channel
and
the
BJJ"
.
have
ways
and
means
ol
warning
0
v
er
authorities.
..
.
.
.
...
all
over
the
country,
an
effective
'
-
-
check
to
any
attempt
to
Invade
'tory
for
Great
Britain
were
much
the
country
by
means
of
parachute
greater
than
for
Germany.
......
.
.
"
I
trnrtn,
I
T
-
"w'01
i
"wnen
ine
time
comes
for
nrpt
Navy
In
Control
Britain
to
strike,
where
will
Hitler
The
War
Secretary
referred
t-
flnd
friends?"
Inquired
the
speak-
the
fact
that
the
British
Navy
er-
asked
would
he
find
th'erri
still
controlled
the
seas
and
the
1"
the
countries
he
had
ra'Vished?
Air
Force
was
steadily
gaining
.These
would1
turri
on
him
when
strength
and
proving
Its
worth.
he
opporturty
came.
He
would1
be,
With
the
second
pha.e
of
the
waralone
and
friendless.
which
had
now
opened
it
was
well
I
ine
war
secretary
referred,
to
to
remember
that
this
was
notjthe
"new
order"
of
which
Hitler-only
a
European
war.
It
was
a
spoke.
It
was
Just
another
name".
world
war.
Looking
at
the
map
of
iIor
tyranny.
There
was
nothing
Europe
alone
It
was
plain
to
seelnew
about
tyranny.
Hitler
had
esi-
that
Hitler
had
gained
spectacular
bushed
no
order
except
the
rule
advantages.
With
the
map
of
the'0'
force.
The
British
were
deter-,
world
laid
before
them
the
picture
mmc'1
that
tner
would
be
anew,
changed.
Over
the
oceans
came
TOna
aer
tne
war,
z
world
made
the
resources
of
the
world
and
It
was
easy
to
see,
without
any
braggadocio,
how
the
British
were
going
to
win
the
war.
Britain
had
the
sea
poer,
so
the
Germans
went
after
air
power.
That
alone
was
a
sirong
factor
but.
when
up
of
free
nations.
In
future
there
rould
be
no
buying
off.
Peace
must
be
a
peace
between
free
na
,
tlons.
Concluding.
Mr.
Eden
said
that,
the
British
Empire
was
standing
alone,
determined
..to
win.
the
vlc-
comblned
with
sea
power,
It
was.tory,
'and
t7
God's
help
she
will
stronger
far.
The
chances
of
vie-
succeeds
j
:.'
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