i VJ Weather Forek Prince Rupert District and Que. kfrfyPi Charlotte Islands Light to mod- . 'WPf RUHR IS LASHED AGAIN LONDON For the third straight night, British bombers lashed r.i the Ruhr Valley last night and struck again at Brest where the Nazi battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, as well as a ten thousand ton cruiser, are berthed. Britain's home defences were credited with shooting down at least seven Nazi raiders during the night although raids in Britain were oh a small scale. Three more German planes brought down today made the total bag ten for twenty-four hours. PENETRATION INCREASED CAIRO British and Free French forces in Syria have substantially increased areas of penetration, the British Middle Last command announced today, but made no other comment. JASPER IS "OVER TOP" Mountain Town Makes Fine Showing in Victory Loan Drive JASi'tH. June M: Thto railroad town, nestling in little the 0b PROTEST SINKING 1he biz thrill of the lor.al cam- German tornedo in the South palgn was the appearance of Lady Atlantic, said in Pernambuco that Julian Byns. widow of the Cana- armC(i German seamen from the dlan Corps commander of the attacking submarine occupied the' Oreat War days, who personally vessel and sqic& her radio before, raised the Victory Loan flag five jaunchlng the torpedo which sank I diy Hit"'- "le drive opened. ncr Ten members of the crew and. Lady Byng, who is particularly one passenger of the Robin Moore found of the Jasper iNMlonaT Park navc becn ianded at Pevnambucoi area, having visited here many by tne Brazilian steamer Osirlo. I times with Lord Byng, spent a con- New York Heraid-Tribtin; slderable time here this spring describes the finking of the Robin visiting points of familiar interest Moore as R .fiagrant act or piracy between Jasper and the Columbia and murdcr. j Ice field. $2f,3.000 SUBSCRIPTIONS Victory Loan 1941 subscriptions in Prince Rupert Thursday amounted to $20,000. bringing the total for the campaign to that nisnt up to $205,000 out of the objective of $350,000. I . Victory Loan 1941 viifnltY f- " Lieut. Col. James Ellis Wood STARTED SUliu . - yl ,and of Sons of Norway. It was not until the discovery world fur No. 28 North America that the trade got into Its stride. Tan ' Victory Loan Radio Program, prlws wr t let onffc forces, it was stated yesterday, had completed encirclement of Damascus and, apparently, were awaiting outcome of negotiations for peaceful occupation of the city, authoritative sources reported. Today Vichy troops were reported to have abandoned a town ten miles south of Damascus, falling back to new positions. The occupation of Damascus b3 the Allied forces, it was expected would be 'only a matter of hours. Indications were that it would be declared an open city for the protection of its 200,000 population from bombardment although Allied forces were reported to have been subjected to bombardment from VICTORY LOAN Program TONIGHT $1000 . 1000 . 1000 6:15 :00 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 15 Park 3.00 p.m. R.M.R. Band Concert, Totem Theatre 9.00 p.m. Victory Loan Show, Capitol . 8:00 p.m. A.R.P. Demonstration COMING EVENTS Grand Victory Loan Street Dance and Contest when Quota Is Reached City Council Chamber See Poster Exhibition, Afternoons and Evenings within the city, WASHINGTON, D.C., June 14. ward Beirut, heart of the Canadian Rockies, has United States action under inter- ( gone to town hi a big way in oon- national treaty dealing with sub-1 uectlon with Canada's Victory Loan mariDe warfare to complain to campaign which is now fit full Berlin against the sinking by a, wing The original quota was set German torpedo of the steamer, at 4 17 000 which seemed at the Robin Moore Is expected to be tak-Ume a heavy test. Pennants al- cn president Franklin D. Roose-ready have been earned with the ven js awaiting the full reports of third exT'led by tonight, mi. morninr $29,750 was subscribed Pd n, Brazil and these figures do not include one of eleven survivors from the any conversion bonds. Robin Moore, which was sunk by r Fairview, .01 (ask). Gold Belt, .20. . . Hedley Mascot, .50. Minto, .Ol'i- Noble Five, .01 (ask). racific Nickel, .04. Pcnd Oreille. 1.45. Pioneer. 2.15. Premier, .88. Privateer. .45. ., Reeves McDonald, .17. ' , . Reno, .11. Relief Arlington, .01 Vi, Sheep Creek, .78. Salmon Gold, .002. . Oils A. P. Con., .08. Calmont, .13. , . , C. & E.. 1.08. Home. 1.87. " Pacalta, .02. ; Royal Canadian. .06V2T ", Okalta, .50A. " Mercury. .03 '2 (ask). Toronto Aldermac, .08. Beattie, 1.06. Central Pat., 1.67. Cons. Smelters, 33.00. East Malartlc, 2.42. Fernland, .01 Francoeur, .35. Gods Lake, .31 Vz-Hardrock, .68. Int. Nickel, 30.25. Kerr Addison, 4.35. Little Long Lac, 1.72. McLeod Cockshutt, 1.63. Madsen Red Lake, .55. McKenzie Red Lake, 1-07. Moneta, .33. Noranda, 51.00. Pickle Crow, 2.60. Preston East Dome, 2.96. San Antonio, 2.45. Sherrltt Gordon, .65. Uchl, .O8I2. Bouscadlllac',1 .b2 (ask). Mnsher, .05 '2. Oklend, .03'4. Smelters Gold. .01. Dominion Bridge, 22.50. LIBRARY VICTORIA, B.c . s ' RECORD WHITE SHARK ADELAIDE. Australia, June 14! (CP) E. II. V. Rlggs, a sheep far- Bulletins - .' t- 1 ft 1 TA.1-. n n .... i TODAY'S 5TOCKS ( Court y S. D. Johnston Co.) Vancouver Big Missouri, .02. Bralorne, 9.90. rmihnn (Ouartz. 2.05. the survivors who have been land- nentonla .01. Tomorrow's Tides High 5:35 am. 17.9 it. erate south to southwest winds, 18:35 p.m. 18.2 ft. cloudy and mild with Intermittent Low - 11:50 a.m. 5.1 It. light rain, decreasing to light showers. NOBTHKRN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S "NEWSPAPER Vol. XXX., No. 139. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1941. PRICE: 5 CENTS. BALKANS .TOWARD EAST: Eastern Route the Formation of the first Cart- nirtish Submarines Sink Seven Oily Route" and Nazis Were Badly adlan bomber squadron of the Italian and German Vessels in in Need of Things Balkans Could Supply Ry HAROLD FAIR I j Canadian Press Staff Writer I LONDON, June 14: (CP) German war strategy in . london, June u: (CP)-Nego- th i t jx months the drive throuirh the Balkans to rTSfiS Greece and the Middle East-was dictated by the Nazis' $290,000 SUBSCRIBED Victory Loan subscription in Trince Rupert on Friday totalled 525,000, bringing the aggregate to date to $290,000 out of the objective of $350,000. One more week remains to raise the remaining $60,000. SEARCHLIGHT DRAWING To raise funds for sports equlp- oil," this source said. "The Eastern route has been the oily route." The Germans gained not only oil in their and facilities for Improving their metal position in Greece and Yugoslavia. While this authority refrained from claiming a present, shortage of oil In Germany although some sources have said the Nazis need lubricants badly he listed three necessary conditions for the Germans to feel the pinch of oil scarcity: 1. British interception of tankers proceeding to Trieste from; the Eastern Mediterranean. 2. Depletion of German resourc- .... 77 , , ln Dallon ine V1CU r; n,v ment. the Seamd Searcnngni uai- es by constant pounding of their tomp aint Against Berlin to be reporled lo be putting up stiff re- h conducting a raffle syilthetic oil plants by the Royal .Made in Connection With Loss sislalice which however, has not wllh Ule lT& prlze of $20 ln war AJf Force I - of Kobil1 ,,ood , Prevenithe Allied iopjesjffln .MVtrig3.cerUfTcHtc3 arid the second 3. Reduction ln supplies through " inaKing some miwici uj" - 0f $iq The drawing was conauci the Nazis being forced to fight ed in the Canadian Legion nan heavily with yesterday wilh Lieut. II. O. Ken- equipment. their mechanized nedy ln charge, assisted by II. A. Eo far the fighting has not been Breen. Gunner C. F. McDougall sufficientlv sustained to make a American- GERMANY COMPLAINS BERLIN A German naval spokesman said today that the United States naval patrol, as hP be considered considered as as compatible compatible Italian And Nazi Assets Are Frozen D. Roosevelt today oraerca , (CP) More man aso.uou persons the immediate freezing of all in the United States will be "lm- German and Italian assets ln ported" from other areas because the United States. An execu- of their special skills ln national tive order said the action was defence work, says Dr. W. L. Alex- being taken ln view of the un- ander of the labor division of U. S. limited national emergency he production management. declared recentIy- caught with rod and line a 1,717 pound wnite suam, ucucicu w a world's record. WASHINGTON, D.C., 4 June oil. SKILLED LABOR MOVINGS i4; (CP) President Franklin . ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 14: j A Man who won't Lend is Friend I LONDON, June 14: (CP) Royal Air a orce unaer com- t mand of Wing Commander P. . A. Gilchrist of Fort Pelly, Sas- ' katchewan, was announced to- day. try into the capital of Syria which fear that sometime they might have to face an oil short- rtnyT -ppr" A TH is now virtually encircled, Reuters age, an authoritative source suggested. "Hitler chose NtJll 1 jfl reports fiom Cairo. Free French to invade Rumania instead of Spain because Spain had no R. O. Campney, T. W. Brown and Rev. C. D. Clarke Summary -26009 pounds, To Victory Loan :iHAR0RS Squadron Of QF HUNS Canadians K DUCK HERE swift push but also acquired sub- Board of Conciliation Consists of stantlal stocks of vital war metals OrrAWA, June 14: (CP) Hon. Norman McLarty, minister of labor, today announced the establishment of a conciliation board to deal with an industrial wage dispute involving the Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyard Co. R. O. Campriey of Vancouver tain classes of workers is the issue at the-Prince Rupert dry dock. Halibut Sales 10.8c won the first prize with No. 957 and serious drain on Nazi oil supplies. and 8-7c- Oiav Anderson the second with 941. There have been no heavy R.A.F. Canadian 9,000 pounds, 11c and RUSSIA AND GERMANY MOSCOW Russia said last night that German troops, freed from operations in the Balkans, are moving to eastern and northern Germany where they face the Russians, but added that "it must be assumed" the movements have no bearing on Russian-German relations. AJ Madrid dispatch said that new and extensive economic demands by Germany on Russia were to be raids on Nazi oil plants since last ana UM ana a-iC-December because of other alr-com- American mitrrtents German Invasion bases Addington, 26,000 pounds, 10.8c in France and submarine depots. ana 8-7c Meantime the Germans are re- Canadian ported to have repaired damage to Caminata, 4,000 pounds, 11.5c and oil nlants bombed last autumn and 8.3c. to have brought several new works v- T- c- 5m Booth, 11c and-strafing into operation, one at least being 8-2c ' in Sudetenland comparatively safe from British bombing. Therefore British naval control of the East-tern Mediterranean was stressed as essential to halt the oil traffic. The Germans are believed to be short of rubber and copper and VICTORY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS gained little copper In their Bal- OTTAWA Victory Loan subscriptions yesterday reached $37,-217,650 after $35,130,600 on Thursday, bringing the total so far to $411,905,050. Subscribers Tor Friday numbered 42,757. kan conquests. If they are able, however, to reopen copper mines destroyed by the Yugoslavs they DRY DOCK RALLYING; I Gratification was expressed to- will obtain about 60,000 tons a year, day by the local Victory Loan 1941 i nilipr vprpcciiirs nmmiiir.0 of th pvppllpnt resnonse and Canada Defence Regulations Act WHAT A HOPE! NEW YORK, June 14: (CP) Movies bankrupted saloons,, declared a motion picture magazine ln 1912. publishing a cartoon promot ing the idea as "a practical answer to the liquor question. Little Jean Copeland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Copeland', Is quite seriously ill at the Prince Rupert General Hospital, BASEBALL SCORES National League Brooklyn 0, St, Louis 1. Mediterranean LONDON, June 14 J (CP) The Admiralty announced today that British submarines in the Mediterranean had sunk seven enemy vessels and torpedoed three others in far-reaching recent forays which have carried undersea warships even into German and Italian-controlled harbors. HULL NOT IMPRESSED win be cnairman wim i. vv. Amerlcans ..have never been Brown representing the employ- lllrt..ri Kv mhnt thpv resarrt as ers and Rev. C. D. Clarke of Victoria representing the employees, A wage dispute involving cer- United States Secretary of State Replies to Threat Issued by German Spokesman WASHINGTON, D.C.. June 14: (CP.) Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles declared today ln discussion of Berlin statements I H 3 ENTERED War News Enemy Ships Hard nit MAY BOMBING CASUALTIES LONDON Nazi air raiders killed 5,391 persons in Britain during May and wounded 5,818, (he Home Security ministry announced. April figures were G.0G3 killed and 6,926 wounded. NAZIS HUNT HOLES BERLIN Berlin district air defence command advised the capital's inhabitants (o ko to air raid cellars immediately when sirens sound because of the "enemy's new type weapon has a severe effect." Apparently, this is referring to Britain's new super-bomb. TROUBLE IN FINLAND lll'.LSINKI The Finnish government last night announced restrictions on travel by foreigners in northern and border districts similar to regulations in force during the liiiuUh-Russian war and prior to the beginning of German troops transits through northern Finland last fall. Advance Continues PEACEFUL ; ENTRY OF DAMASCUS Negotiations For Capitulation Without Struggle Going On ' Some Some Resistance Resistance In In Syria Syria GERMAN NEEDS OF FATS, OILS URGED DRIVES TO bluster or threats." Mr. Hull made the statement hi 1 reply to queries concerning the attitude of the United States on a German spokesman's -threat that I any ship carrying contraband to-Great Britain would be sunk. I Berlin Admits Damaging Raid Nazi Version of British Attack on Industrial Targets Keeping It Up of Enemy Country Fourth Day in LONDON, June 14. As authoritatively .reported thai British bombers made a heavy attack on Industrial targets ln the Ruhr Thursday night for the second successive night, Berlin admitted raids, Fine Response at Local Shipyard .saying that residential areas were hit and some civilians killed and Injured. The fourth day of the great aerial bombing assault upon Germany German - occupied territory I Chromium has been, the major which has been received in the1 across the English Channel Is now Nazi metallic gain from the Bal- systematic canvass of local dry In progress. Last night the British kans. Greece and Yugoslavia can dock employees. bombers again went across. There provide 100.000 tons annually. It is estimated that the response! was another assault upon the In- enough to meet 50 'per cent of the there amounts to eighty to ninety Germans' needs. Turkey, the per cent of the total employee list. now being carried out, rould not worms largest producer, can give The objective set tor me ouu or 1 with .them some but much of the exist-. so men at the dry dock Is $40,000. the duties of a neutral nation. Premier T. D. Pattullo has accepted an invitation to address a Prince Rupert Gyro Club luncheon on Wednesday next. The Premier is arriving in Trince Ru- j pert on Monday and will proceed to the interior Wednesday. ing supply has been obtained by1 Slhshhetpo,'C!rMpre-Is Jailed Under Fats are reported scarce for domestic use ln Germany. Information in letters seized from German prisoners during the Lofoten Islands raid last March led British sources to reiterate their constant contention that the Germans ex- sigvold Grotta was fined $200, perlenced such a shortage. One of with option of three months lm- the most frequent subjects In these prlsonment under Defence of I letters was the complaln that fats Canada Regulations for making were lacking. statements likely to prejudice the ' One Wiesbaden woman' asked her recruiting discipline and training of son, stationed ln Norway, to send His Majesty's Forces, some sardines because "it Is very nourishing to taste something ln dustrial area of the Ruhr, where new destruction was wrought upon factories on war Industries. The port of Brest was subjected to another attack. It Is here that battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst and the cruiser Prince Eugen are moored. The British plane also fanned out over Boulogne and Calais. An Air Ministry statement yesterday, describing Thursday night's raids on the enemy territory, sold that waves of Royal Air Force bombers swept over Germany' Ruhr valley during the night in one of the bomber command's heaviest attacks of the war, blastinp vital Industrial areas with thousands of tons of high explosives and incendiaries. It was the fiercest raid ever made on the Ruhr where, within a radius of fifty miles, three-quarters of Germany's gwhole coal output Is mined and eighty per (Sent of its iron and steel Industry ' situated. The Air Ministry did not mention any town specifically but 'dealt with the Ruhr Valley as .a whole In the comjruiinlque. Six British planes did not return. HEARD BUT NOT SEEN -More persons have heard' owls than have seen them, because most owls are active at night.