SCUFFLE WITH JAP Harbors 0n the north African IS FATAL Important Measures fowtr tilven Administration To Confiscate Factories That Do Not Co-operate With Administration WASHINGTON. Aug. 29,-Two important measures have been passed One is the law nllnnrtnir TlntfoH - " w vv v I states to send ships to evacuate cmiaren from European ports. Another Is a law giving the administration power to confiscate factories where the management ings and large number of casualties In this and other big factories In Italy Is shaking the morale of th ! -vv.. uu...ucu iium mo jalr and from the sea by the Royal Air orce ana the British Navy and In the Interior British force t Haielton Native at Carlisle Cannery have been ac"ve. ; Downed Afier Scuffle Inquest j Th Royal Air Force has again' iield.Hete been watchful of the harbors and .' ,' alrbases on the English Chatnel Ah Inquest iwas held here yester-and Nortn Sea and other points dir. DeDutv Coroner Lancaster ore- actlve or Potential for -their at- At one point on the East coast Prime Minister Churchill stood on the shore and watched the engagement In which seven German ,1 . . 1 1 1 11 l l. -I. 1 .V4akM overnment In its predaredness One plane fell near him and he Work Started Saturday On Quarter Million Contract Seal Cove Air Base Buildings , Work has already started on the quarter of a million dollar contract for new air base buildings at Seal Cove, the letting of which to the E. J. Ryan Contracting Co. was announced yesterday. While the buildings are of lumber they are. to be well finished inside and out and will be of a semi-permanent nature. There are 18 buildings in all and e Deing Jocated on the land re cently levelled of f by the same company at Seal Cove. On the side nearest the city Is to be the administration building facing over the parade ground which separates It om the men's barracks the corner "ear the Cold Storage property and we officers' quarters on the form- Island where the mill stood. Other buildings. Included In the Contract 'inOnlo .nnitnr Vins. Pjtal building, a radio station, gas station, garage and the other small-buildings which make up the Broup. The eomnanv u'a notified of the letting of the contract at the Vdt-end and work commenced on W Saturday, ..J . y . , Minister Thanks Voluntary Workers Hon. James G. Gardiner, minister of National War Services, has written a letter thanking Olof Hanson and the people who helped in the recent registration, wmcn he says was eminently successful. He says It has been accomplished at a mlmlmum of cost-"a tremendous undertaking speedily ac complished." He says how grateful he Is to the voluntary workers who gave of their time and effort to make registration a success. READY FOR GERMAN TANKS if we felt we could really have con fidence In what they told us." So wrote the man of science, with his cool, Impartial mind, And how many other people in British countries have like him been good to be true?" It is this question I want to answer. First let me summarize what I believe to be the facts, and let nie say by way of fact that I am not a paid agent of the Ministry of Information or any other department .of theitate. I have always demanded In Parliament that the government tell the truth. I have always criticized them. I because before each of our evacua Weaken Forecast he iff to TomorrowsTid.es prince Rupert Strong; southeast I 'to I t&n"' vitii5 mostly cloudy High 11:29 ajn. 18.0 ft. - 'Jnht'scattered 23:30 pjn. 205 ft anr" CUt - Low . 5:11 a.m. 4.3 ft. LI 17:20 pjn. 12 ft. ' NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER i I, i XXIX- No. 204. Vol. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 19 40i PRICE: i CENTS British Give As Much As They Take British Planes Again Paid Visits To Germany And Italv Causing Much Damage To Both Fiat "Vorks at Turin Again Visited and Employees Run For Cover Ports and Air Bases Raided ' L LONDON, August 29. Once more Great Britain carried out her regular nightly performance of bombing and blasting German and Italian factories of war material, docks, airplane bases and transportation facilities. Turin wasonce more the scene of bombings which caused the emplyees of the Fiat works to run for cover. Inf orma- ctcivcu uerc 15 mat tne oomo- ui. .- . tack.f nnnn flrpat DHtoln TV. iiainic. :iniA uie 115 'Beam utaui or uj James James. 1 ... - w . j 1 . . carrvin? or T n war inrn normanir oitijoii a .labium umian, ai - ------- - - wv......j CarlUleon Tuesday, Several em-lnas.uhad a demoralizing effect, ployees at the' cannery gave evi-lon the atlacka on thls country and it nee and the Jury found that." t0 .bue, delaying the all-in ia tac on AnU lsla"d ortress- 0ne death was. by drowning, a requcrf 6fag mide for further lnvestlga-j,,fftn 6 "schmldt factories tlon - (suffered severe losses last night. :Aecordlng to ,the evidence there While sometimes there Is a let-wat some trouble between the dc- "P In the attacks on Britain there inkpA init JininaH irnlfAn.aJ k. ll nil lpl-iin ntffhV after nloK ----. F WW.t.VOl. IU1 tJ M J I ' O " " " " " - 'O " . .mi Ml.. n .... W i -.t I -1 . . I nf 11 A n(H fV. 'P..rnllB I. . . dian feli Lor was '"thrown Into iff Ita,y- 'The Alr Chlef Pke last! tat of water, striking his head and n,Bht of the value 01 these attacks dying as a result of drowning. ,on tn nny as the only way to Trie'Jjjrjnconalsied of F. N. Good ,'w,n tne war I foreman. Le.Rpy Moore, Ernest All last night the German planes Meore. M, A, Burbank, James Clarke bombed different parts of England and W Bagshaw, doing very little military damage --- , 1 . -.. . 'but killing a number of civilians i, . 'and destroying a certain number W. aSninPTOh PaQPClo' buildings. London was raided i ' s i for seven hours but durlnc that time most of the planes were flying at great height. Ope church was demolished by a bomb and there were some casualties. The. raids commenced at about 9 jo'clock and the "all clear" did not sound until close to dawn. The Dlancs over Eneland came slnslv lor In small groups. Many flew so high It was difficult to pick them nut with the Kcarchllshts. At least 24 enemy planes were shot down. A British gun crew is shown, to, loading up' an anti-tank gun for rapid transfer to a new position and operating the rapid-firing gun bulfcom. ... -L. . ' . . :"wr- Member Of Parliament Tells About Air Raids On Britain And Objectives In Germany j Captain Noel Raker Declares British Figures Err on Side of British and Gives Several Instances A telling explanation of why small numbers of British planes are inflicting heavy losses on considerably greater numbers of German planes is made in a speech by Cap-, tain Noel Baker, British Member of Parliament who for many years has been a close student of air warfare. Ex cerpts from captain BaKer's speecn follows: Last week a friend of mine wrote to me from the north of England. He Is a university professor with a world-wide reputation made for him by his cool, penetrating, scientific mind. "Why can't you make the gas bags of the Ministry of Information I have seen it in Spain, In Finland, I and in other places. I have many ' friends among the officers of thj Royal Ah Force and I see them of-1 ten. I have checked up with tne Air Ministry as carefully as I can on their results and I am certain that they are not overstating their successes. Indeed. I believe the f ig- tell us the truth about the German ures they have given us understate An" Force. Our bombers always .the truth. find their targets even if they are Do you remember what those hundreds of miles deep In Germany' figures are? In seven days our n- Ttiv ThPlr bombs are alwavs forces brought down 570 Nazi air- craft in Britain- and around its ways tremendous.-They never have: coasts. Of this total 377 were bombers and with the aircraft Goers that any losses matter. Our fight- 1 lost 1400 of the and ex-rtn "ing pilots don't set shot down or If they fhP nilnt mlraeulouslv iret Pert crew. In shooting them down the R.A.F. lost 111 fighter aircraft, home. But the Germans can never do anything at all. Why doesn't:1"1' 56 pilots escaped by parachute the government tell us what really ana, reamea l"c xa happens. We could stand the strain Our loss In airmen over Britain was thus Just 55. In. machines we lost one to 5Vi lost by Goerlng. The men we lost 1 to 18. But to these losses we must add the further losses of our raids against the enemy. During these asking, "Is not this air news toolsame f.even,d?s we lost in bombing operations In Germany, in German occupied territory, In Italy and In France, a total of 31 machines. That Involved the loss of l30 of our pilots and our trained bomber crew. Thus If we add up. the total cost (Continued on Page Three) SPADES FOR CLUBS tlons they have made us think that NORWICH, Eng., Aug. 29: (CD-things weie going better than they,GolferS of this city, carried spades .rn And t hpimv t trn, ?d picks Instead of clubs over their ,. . shoulders when they went to the the truth about the Air Force. ImuriIcIpal golf course recently, studied air warfare .as carefully There they dug trenches over-the as a civilian can do so for 20 years, fairways. CANNERY i TRAGEDY Bulletins )NF.V YORK- The passenger steamship American Legion' discharged all her passengers here yesterday after sailing 'safely through the dangerous waters on the roast of warring European countries from Petsamo in BUCHAREST The alls partners have been bringing definite pressure to bear on Roumania with a view to having the Balkan differences definitely settled. Hungary seems to' be. holding out and it is said that Roumania will give way. BERLIN The consular representative of Eire has laid a protest from his country over the bombing of southern Irish territory and the killing of three girls in Wexford county. The German government has promised to investigate the alleged incident. LONDON An interesting incident of the air raids here last night occured at one of the air raid shelters where a child was born during period of the raid. ( Fourtetn-Year Old Daughter Of , Chief Councillor Kuss Meets i Death At Claxton A tragedy caused sadness at the ! cannery settlement of Claxton on Tuesday when Mitred Margery, f daughter of Chief Councillor and Mrs. Jhnson ''uss of Greenville was he tlitlm of an accident h "iused her death. She fell through a hU In the cannery floor and was drowned. Immediately s -'re taken to recover the bndv yhirh was brought to the city last evening on the Indian Department boat Naskeena. Mildred, who was 14 years of R child of much promise. She had been a student at the "why oirls' Home at Port Simp- m rt1 it tvas planned to have her flnhh th course there the coming winter commenjlng next Rh? and her mother had vit Mn a Snnnvs'de where her father Is Indian boss but both were transferred a few days before h" trp.iedy occurred. GLOW SEEN OVER BERLIN lln... Hours Just lurt nfnv Before lliwtt Dawn Hits Made BERLIN, Aug. 29. British bombers flew over the German Capital for nearly three hours in a pre-dawn attack today dropping bombs less than two miles from the government offices in the Wilhelmstrasse. While the authorities claimed no military objectives of consequence were hit, police and firemen hastened to Kottubsser Street in southeastern Berlin where the chief damage was done. The glow of fire from there was seen all over the city. Submarine Is Presumed Lost LONDON, Aug. 29. The Spearfish, which torpedoed the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer last April Is overdue and presumed lost the Admiralty announced last night. She was a 670 ton vea&t and her normal crew was 40 men.' . Air Raids Continue Today Over England In South East Area Hundreds of Bmbs Were Dropped Last Night in Various Parts of England But Not Much Damage LONDON, August 29. German air raiders following up the greatest night attack of the war in which thousands of incendiary and high explosive bombs were dropped on many parts of England and Wales returned to the assault this afternoon with a thrus't into southeastern England. DRAFT IS PASSED Senate House Long Debate WASHINGTON, Aug. 29: The bill providing for the United States j first peace time draft authorizing , compulsory military service for Civilians were killed In all of some 20 odd areas. Reports from various points spoke of "hundreds of bombs" bei lg dropped last night. Nazis bombers staged the longest sustained attack of the war on London itself, dropping , bombs on the outskirts for seven hours. Fires were started in several London suburbs as well as other Finally Sends Bill To towns but all were reported con- Of Ucprenestatives After . trolled before laree damage result ed. HITS ON OIL DEPOT men between the ages of 21 and'3D , , , . passed .theSeruvWyesUrday -r -andk,. SetTlre j-,. -v-KiT AIolor.Tatrol " i f ,- to V-eI and "bef U now ore the House of Rep- representatives. j m St,lJ sh,P It s expected that this bill will' ' ' quickly pass the lower . house and '. LONDON, Aug. 29. T!ie Ad-be signed by the President, j miralty Announced' that feet air In the meantime all plans have; arms yesterday hit the o re-been laid for putting the law Into maining oil tanks at the Herman action and the first draft will be this fall. I ; The bill had been debated for several weeks before being finally passed. ? ism. The set-up of'thls organization" In its Individual branches as well as in It linnn.inrtnrD unite le T1 nf im. oil depot on the Norwegian coast which was previously a. tacked. They also set fire to a mol or vessel and scored two direct nits on a two thousand ton supply ship. Otta wa Writer Gives Inside Information About Aims And Objects Of Technocracy Inc. By JAMES A. OASTLER Ottawa Evening Citizen Staff Writer r-e Technocracy, Inc., an organization with its head office in the United States, but with numerous branches in the Dominion, was. banned by the Canadian authorities because as a body it was definitely opposed to Q.nadiiSr war effort and its members took every opportunity of ,pil venting the active participation of the citizens of thir country In the fight against Hitler-J" " J designed to reduce human and spiritual equations to a mechanical' science wherein individuals become British Planes Over City Three ';e ! pait- "her "mented cogs in a soulless v r - imAAVilna &lcft strtrtc1 - i n H f oa' nasi rn ! P 'P- Bu actually It lj a of the high-sounding titles given J? bcyahat is revolutnary n char-et-rr to' heads 6f branches: Chief oI j r.i,.t,. t . Tn,,ra nir. acter. It aims to abolish the prCs- O I'll a WllMiiltiMII V4 AUf 1 ector of Area Tours, Speaker Area Tours, intersection Chairman, In-i tersectlon Secretary, Division Or- iganizer, Chairman of Research ( Committee, Chairman of Symboli-zatlon Committee and there are j many others. j The male members wore a double- breasted grey colored suit, grey shirt, grey hat and grey socks. Shoes were of a. reddish color with plain toes.. The female members of this ent form of government; It condemns all political parties as working for their respective interests whereas It claims to repmentTthei North American Continent as a whole. It advocates the removal of international boundaries, the overthrow of the price system, tbe abolition of money, and government by a selected group of statisticians. "Adopt or perish" Is one of their mottoes. Tn Vi nfflnlal 1lfaro,.ro sif tHU party wore , . single-breasted 8y . anlzattont. lt was charf,ed suit with a blouse of grey or blue. the Isolation of North America, ln-the isolation of North America, Including Canada of course, from the rest of the world. Howard Scott, the both the United States and ' the' Canadian 'government were "part and parcel' of the price' svstemjDf this continent,' It was claimed leader of the group, would like to tualJy dolng evfrythJng in thdf see the establishment of a single .. tn Mvtf . an . :r!!rfr stir up foment. The attempt was the to the north He equator pole. and the leaders of this organization are opposed to anyone taking part in any war anywhere but on this continent. On the face of. It, Technocracy, made to prove that the loaders, of both countries were sellint: out the people. The writers of this group even went So laf as to contend that 'C(7f)Hfiii.ft? on Page Six) ",'