Weather Forecast prince Rupert and Queen Char-..... Tdanris Light south winds, cinudy to overcast and mild with oaKona) light rain and fog. XXX No. 198. jfeAmiie King Is Welcomed To Britain By King And Prime Minister Chuithlll 40NDON Au;ust 21: ff Prime Mnite wir.iam Lyon Mackenzie Klfi$ "wrrt "he secret confines ' I mm i- after being greeted J J jwajil ov PrTi Minister Winston ?cwwn!.) 0 ne limestone step oi lUoJIo Otwirtng Streetr - - tht new of camera and news Mi Ciiur hill gave a hearty if to Mr Mackenzie King I .so mst anven irom uuck- s onvaie secretary. Sir Alex-1 he Canadian Premier -ivpd a letter from His Hjtstv -nreiJng a royal welcome Ilouiet P INJ)RIENT Change In Critical Situation, ording To Latest Reports To Tokyo WKYO August 21: -The Orlent- uatioD was quiet last night. TClnztn rpnnrt nrn ItHOO British tmnns anH tirnhiinfl. iand nfty planes have been ieo m Burma near Thailand. tastralia Is my ror war 'Sht If Malaya Or Singapore ar' Threatened, Premier Menzles Says NBERRA " ready to fight if Malaya or Jgapow should be threatened, oer. bixw. . 1 Nancy Bremner. 900. The crowning will be carried general ln command at Leningrad, out tomorrow night by Lieut.- where the situation is serious, ap- Col. 8. D. Johnston M.C., VJ5. pealed to the people of the former me queen win De atwnaeo uy -r capital city, fighting now with their tne three other candidates as ( backs t0 the waJ1 to reslst to tne of honor. 1 loct man. Russian forces In the Uk- maids is Other attendants Little Boy Is Laid At Rest Many friends were present AIR OFFENSIVE CONTINUED U)M)OVT .t .. -. -nrfl "Vfr " " s acs oi iiujui jur rune iiaiv . - 1) ri ini th hanneI and France in daylight sweeps today, continu-roast Smas,lln Brll,,l offensive. Obseners on the southeast the afr ,ar8e rrce of blrs head over the Channel In I vu" snoruy after a previous attacking force returned. KM'AIRING AIRCRAFT CARRIER that f Kr,Ush Press ScrTlcc announced today the 1. 4i I United I ,,,e'scarrcd aircraft carrier Illustrious was in a Bla,es shinvard nmi.ni. i. j rnt. Ird Klonntk ll --v. irjjauj aim mon r i""UIS Tuesday , 7i. COusin of the King, who arrived by clipper ... . Command fh. j . 1, l Admiral. 'J reports lin t . v wiy anu 9UJKIH9C Itlimui " I Proved by T had sa,d that the mighty vessel was almost r..,lc anacKs on January 10 near rsiciiy. wlll be raine had. it was believed. escaDed little Barbara James, Shirley . a German trap and were launching Hougan and D'Arcy Bartlett. a fierce counter-offensive. First Presbyterian Church this af lernoon for the funeral service of.1' Holger Richard Valentin, eight-year Sween officiated and Mrs. E. J. Smith presided at the organ to ac grad fronts. Authoritative quarters here marie nn attemnl In uerman aeiences. ravored partlcu-: hide lhat the Kussian pHon larly by the Norwegians Is a landing . was regarded with gravity. The In Norway north of Narvik to open soviet information bureau at a corridor through Finland to Rus sia. Miss Lillian Jones, the Army, was last night i announced, winner of the Car- nival Queen contest The latest tabulation of votes is as fol- lows: Lillian Jones, Army. 96.200. I May Skinner, Gyro Club, 53,- R,,ian 300. Phil Moscow said lhat fighting raged overnight in the Novgrorod area about one hundred miles south of Leningrad, in the Gomel area In the central front and around Odessa in the south. LONDON. Aug. 21: Qi The Dally Mall, In n Stockholm dispatch quoting a Russian source, said today that the great Dniepropetrovsk dam 'on the Dnieper River in the Ukraine was destroyed Tuesday night by the Russians, releasing a tremendous volume of water-' to-halve the Oer- man forces. The dispatch said that Premier Joseph Stalin had ordered the destrucUon and that thousands of German troops as well as fleeing peasants and straggling 'Soviet soldierv. trvine to ealn the Murray, Junior Cham- eastern banks of the river, were said t to have been engulfed. wavy, id,- , As tne BattIe of RUSSia entered . its third month todav the Soviet . Leningrad was proclaimed under "direct tnreat of attack" by the Red Army northwest command today as Marshal Voroshllov called on the people to rise in arms and defend the city to the death. Vor-1 oshilov acknowledged "areaa danger" to the city. Another Warsaw The Nazi radio from Berlin said at that, if Leningrad was defended, it would meet the same fate as war- I The German High Command to- T.- V.-,!r claimed that three cities In the main Leningrad defence : r ng-cumstances cir- who was drowned under tragic at Lakelse Lake ItM.MSr drive which Is within seventy-five' miles of Russia's second city. The communlaue repeated last lilt tUiiUUUlUUUt vv-vw ' ww company 11 the hymns which LI.L were . . ... . . "Lead. Kind y Light and Safe in twenty-five Red Army the Arms of Jesus. Pallbearers Ukralne and also were E. J Smith John B. Mitchell, Kher50n at " " A. W. Allaire and Robert Strachan. rm . V . t,i..- Bsij. -UODooooOOOODOOODaOODOO0ODOOOOOaOOOOOOO0OOOCKOOO0" I 'mourn 01 tne Dnieper jvivcx. 1 War News j Premier's Parley To Be Held Soon Important Gathering May Take Place In London Following King-Roosevelt Conference LONDON, August 21: A conference between British premiers is expected to take place here as a sequel to the recent conference of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Premier Winston Churchill of England. In addition to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie . King of Canada. Premier Peter Fraser of New Zealand is ln London. ROOSEVELT IS HEARD Compromise With Nazism Only Alternative to Atlantic Agreement, He Tells Congresf WASHINGTON, D.p Aug. 21: (CP) President Franklin . Roosevelt, reporting to Congress on the sea meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, said today the declaration of principles agreed upon there was so clear cut it would be difficult to oppose "without automatically admitting willingness to accept a compromise" with Nazism. He added that the principles would be hard to oppose without admitting willingness to "agree to world peace which would give to Nazism domination over large numbers of conquered nations." Such a peace would be a gift lo Nazism to take breath armed breath for a second war to extend control over Europe and Asia to the American hemisphere itself. Bulletins LOCAL DISPUTE SETTLED OTTAWA Hon. Norman Mc-Larty, minister of labor, announced today that a board of conciliation and arbitration had settled a dispute between the Prince Rupert dry dock and shipyard and shipwrights and joiners. The agreement was that an Increase In pay from &3c to 90c per hour would be retroactive to March 1 and that there would be a cost of living bonus as from October 1 last. The board consisted of R. O. Campeney, chairman, Rev. C. D. Clarke and T. W. Brown. AMERICANS RELEASED TOKYO Nipponese Yusen Kal-sha Line, apparently under Foreign office pressure, suddenly announced tonight that it had reservations for twenty-six United States embassy and consular officials aboard the liner Tatsuta Maru scheduled to sail August 28 for Shanghai. Car On Train Is Broken Into Eight Transients Facing Trial Terrace As Result At On Monday night's train, a car belonging to Ralph Sinkewicz ot NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1941 HOUSES ARE COMMENCED Heads of E. J. Ryan Contracting Co. Are Visiting City in Connection with Starting of Work I Col. E. J. Ryan, president, and J. E. Amundsen, general manager of I the E. J. Ryan Contracting Co. are I visiting the city in connection with I the starting of the work of building 125 houses ln the vicinity of Overlook Street beyond Ambrose Avenue for Wartime Housing Limited. Breaking of ground for the industrial settlement is about to commence and the contract calls for the houses to be ready for occupation within three months. A. E. Richards, at present in charge of air base construction here, will also superintend the house building pro ject. Col. Ryan and Mr. Amundsen, who drove north as far as Smlthers and came on ln here by train Tuesday night, will sail tomorrow afternoon by the Princess Adelaide on their return to Vancouver. Col. Ryan is accompanied by his daughter, I " "i Miss Elizabeth Hlbb, car, was urun.cn iuiu im me nam and a number of articles stolen. .4lConstable B. E. Munkley, who was on the train, rode to Terrace, where Constable Peter Cartwrlght of Terrace, arrested eight .transients who had been riding on the train. They were detained pending further investigation. The stolen property Amsbury. On last night's train Constable C. S. Oland went to Terrace to assist in the trial. VICTORY BOND WINNERS. Lucky numbers drawn last even ing In the nightly $50 Victory Bond raffle at the Civic Centre Carnival were 3810, 2035 and 3433. Two weeks will be allowed for the clalm- was later louna around'""" v w v tne prize. Anoiner two weexs win then be allowed for the second number following which the third number may cash ln If there Is still no claimant. man quarters in Berlin said they had no confirmation of German air activity over Ice- land. Northern, American 40,000, Storage, Tomorrow sT ides (Pacific Standard Time) High 0:40 am. 21.0 ft 13:20 p.m. 20.0 ft Low 7:13 pjn. 2.7 ft. 19:21 pm. 53 ft. 12.3c and 11.5c. Edgecumbe, 10,000, Pacific, 12.3c and 11c. Canadian 11c. I . . t r mnnn rn.lrtM 1 n E.n ' 9 f A una iu.iu. Svalbard, 21,000, Booth, 12.5c and 10.9c. TODAY'S STOCKS (Oourtesy S. D. Jolmston Oo.) Vancouver Grandvlew, .14. Bralorne, 11.00. Cariboo Quartz, 2.15. Hedley Mascot, .49A. Pend Oreille, 1.55. Pioneer, 2.50A. Premier, .90. Privateer, .46. Reno, .11. Sheep Creek, .95. Oils Calmont, .19. C. & E., 1.30. Home, 2.34. Royal Canadian, .05VJ. Toronto Beattle, 1.10. Central Pat., 1.90. Con. Smelters, 38.00. Hardrock, 73. Kerr Addison, 4.45. Little Long Lac, 1.85. McLeod Cockshutt, 1.85. Madsen Bed Lake, .64. McKenzle Bed Lake, 1.06. Moneta. .34. Pickle Crow, 3.05. Preston East Dome, 3.15. San Antonio, 2.35. Sherritt Gordon, .80. PRICE: FIVE CENTS SSermu Looliina Towards Turkey Invasion of Continent Is Being Urged Military Activity In tj rategists Would Land Forces to Find Weakest Nazi Link Brwcpians ravor i'ian wnereoy L-ornaor wouiu ue )pcncd iSorth ot Narvik Ihrough r inland to Russia LcNDON, August 21: (CP) Unofficial British, Polish and Norwegian strategists today urged anew a British invasion of the continent, contending that current BA ai Air Fnreo bombinirs of Germanv and neeunipd fprri Battle of Russia BIG DAM BLOWN UP BY REDS Thousands of German Soldiers Engulfed in Desperate Defence Measure Leningrad Situation Serious fes am insufficient. Some military men have urged J ZZ iaanirig-s L iminuiima quints un uie Ejurupuan coast in an ET effort to find the weakest spot ini PREMIER i GREETED Lillian Jones Is Queen RED POSITION GRAVE LONDON, August 21: The third German offensive against Russia appeared nearing a close LONG WITH Dardanelles Direction AIR LINES. Cautf nf 5nrnLfinn Both Old and New Vice-Presidents Of T.C.A. Have Had Much Experience MONTREAL, Aug. 21.- Duard Brownlne Colver. who has resiened as vice-president of Trans-Canada Air unes, came to t.ujv. as cnier Iceland J Vrr-.....wi Advance Units of Two Nazi Divisidns Arrive in Bulearia-Italian Patrols Scouting Border of Ottoman , Empire ' ANKARA, August 21: (CP) Foreign diplomatic echnicai adviser at the start of the sources reported today that advance units of two German company in August 1937. He was army divisions had arrived in Bulgaria and that Italian previously vice-president in charge j patrols have been scouting the Greek-Turkish border. t Zr?"!?1! "2 One competent source said that developments could mean m uU uc lie M WigdJ ICS- , , . , ,. Tonslble for the technical side of this big operation of flying Cahr ada from coast to coast twice daily. Upon the retirement of P. G, John son from the Trans-Canada vice mat eimei me n.Ais was urning over poncing auties irom the Bulgarians or else planned ag- gressive action against Turkey with the object of opening the Dardan elles to permit German ships to en- Drcsldencv In 1939 to hernm nrPKi-ter the Black Sea. to supply Nazi dent of Boeing Aircraft Corpora-J troops 8htine ln the Ukraine, tion, Mr. Colyer was promoted from ' ' chief technical adviser to the post ' 4 of vice-president. , O. T. Larson who becomes vice-, president in Mr. Colyer's stead, Join-ed the staff of T.C.A. in the fall of 1937. His first task was to organize the line's meteorological and dis- patch departments amongt the ; most important posts in the - new ! Nazis At PARISIANS I ARRESTED j Nazis Staging Big Round-up I Designed To Strike At Sources Of Unrest In City VICHY, August 21: (CP)-PoUce were reported today to have ar- T.ClTITYnW AiiTiisr 51- A ... i . 1- - icotcu iui uiousarra persons ln service. He was made general sup-j German bomber yesterday German-occupied Paris. Most of erintendent of T.C.A. ln September' flew over Iceland, where Unl- these were arrested ln a great 1939. At 37, he is one ot the young- ted Stales troops are now sta- round-up, apparently aimed at est aviation executives on trie con-, 1 tioned on western hemisphere striking nt th snnrrp nt nnwi. vmnivr - c- oeiencpraccoramg 10 reports r unrest in the city. 1 Mr. Larson stepped right Into avi- here, but -was driven off by clalmprf Many were ation when he graduated from Col-! Tomahawk planes manned by At (lie same time it was learned lege ana joinea tne united states I tmusn uiers. imormea uer- tnat two men had been sho(. for government meterological service. In 1929 he Joined Boeing Air Transport, forerunner of United Air Lines. ' and eventually took charge of that 1 .transcontinental air lines' meteoro-j I logical and dispatch departments. I No one in Canada is more familiar with the airway from coast to coast than Mr. Larson. He has flown 100,000 miles a year over T.C. A. routes and knows all of the lines employees intimately. alleged participation in a Com- munist manifestation against Oer- man nrpnnallnn atilhnrtf las Cuban Consulates Halibut Sales iBng Expelled German Government Is Ordering Diplomatic Representatives To Leave Country BERLIN, August 21: The Ger- 'man government has ordered all Lois N., 32,000, Storage, 12.1c and Cuban consulates ln Germany clos-10.6c. ed- Personnel will be permitted to Mother III., 20,000, Atlin, 12.1c leave for their homes, and 10.9c. 1 Gulvlk, 22,000, Booth, 12.6c and; Another Seattle Motor Fatality Forty-Sixth Of Year Takes Place In Puget Sound City SEATTLE, August 21: Benjamin Roy, aged 76, was killed when struck by a car driven by K. K. Yamaguchi. It was the forty-sixth traffic fatality of the year in Seattle. Carnival Tonight PROGRAM 7 p.m. Softball, Grotto vs. Canadian Scottish 7:30 Carnival Features. Doors open 7 o'clock. 8 p.m. Vaudeville and Novelty Program 11:00 p.m. Dancing. i