Weather Forecast prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte islands Moderate south vr-ids. becoming fresh to strong southeast, generally cloudy and m,ld with showers r. r VAUGHAN Ibe into the cabinet. Uni,.8 ,apan 13 concerned, con-cro! ta and therc an in-wang demand on the part of Rue-a m ve aSalnsl "meria now that the L Moc:ow oara-prcsscd around The mnrt..i- . xbmm w "lnce Konoye Is --"..i. uvui jjuoiic me. XSSll AT WASHINGTON an An' . "GT0.N The Duke '4 i u or " '"'Isor lunch-W I ?,?" 11 ,h Ambamdor t0.day Yy we, Academy Annapolis Naval tlonal system. ,Of course, every one realized that the war must first be brought to a victorious issue and all efforts must be bent In that direction, Mr. Vaughan said. Nevertheless, the railway management was also keeping its eye upon the possibilities of postwar developments and foresaw an era of new settlement In the hinterland adjacent to Prince Rupert. "JVe already have good settlers In that country," he said, "but there Is reason to expect that many more will be desirous of coming after the war Is over." Speaking of local dry dock affairs, Mr. Vaughan noted that there was already ship construc-tlpn work on order that would keep the plant busy, providing much business and activity in Prince Rupert, for a long time. Naturally, every effort was beln made to carry on the work as rapidly as possible and with a t Question teMtn -J Canadian National -maximum -efficiency. Railways LALLtU 10 HEAD GOV'T ed as to the management, Mr. Vaughan said that It was felt ad-! vlsable that O. A. McMillan should j retain his actual headquarters of-1 fice at Vancouver. However, Mr. McMillan would be visiting Prince! Rupert as frequently as possible- - probably a good deal oftener from now on than heretofore. Thcl flk fVUDDltKI PreslGnt expressed himself as sat U F lliriUll isf led with the present manage ment set-up of the yard and did War .Minister Tojo, Admirer Of not where much improvement ails, Is Selected As Premier could be effected by any changes. 'ache to '.ne Japanese embassy ln fUny in touch with requirements, rlin, was ?oday called upon by n0 changes In the meantime were Emperor Hlrohlto to form a new contemplated. The steamship ser-cablae". o Japan. All United vice between here and Vancouver State- .hi. in Far East waters would be carried on throughout have be:.) ordered to proceed to the winter as far as possible con-lie near:- American port as the tlngent on traffic requirements "-a ue..- :n japan and united ancj the necessity of withdrawal State cx:p;ns with little hope for annual overhaul. oi an iimlr.able settlement. I Mr vaimnan .-hn was former- former Forclen Minister Mat- i.. io. the rallwav uokuo, who was dropped from and ls no stranger to Prince Ru-cabinei of Prince Konoye,.had !pert he has made a number of Prominently mentioned aslvlslLs here ln the past, entertaln- SBCCear t-l Vnnnirn no ll.nmUr rkt . nlolt- Japan following the latter's reslg- lzcn3 at luncheon aboard the wm laii night. Prominent pro-Hn Rnnprt todav. cympa hizer. Matsuokuo, who 5peakers at the luncheon were American-educated and a grad- M, vauehan. City Commissioner oi cne University of Wash- n T M,ihnn. olof Hanson. M.P., n,a' S'attle' is halled by one and'w. R. McAfee, president of "Pane JananX . ?,y lW0"Ilslfa the Chamber of Commerce. s ,.,ader fitted to take Mr. Va.han and his party this w we war Premiership and tOnrnlni. inSnected the dry dock nr-h. 3 ncW Pr8ram of aS" where 900 men are employed with mo oeQTZ Neverthelew. Mt- a dally payroll of about $5,000. de.pite his pro-Axis lean- Induded ln Mr. Vaughan's parses, is known to have not been . . , a. ,ct hv the SbsU e -TraiPn thTevng;are R. namS ?L.A"hJgh . . n,ML. Daly and G. H. Read, directors i-iiiu: " is expeciea nei,,. iha r.finnfiian National Kan- V4 . , ways; D. C. Grant, vice-president; woifr k. ThomDSon, director of II Ml w , nubllclty; Dr. John Mcwmw, chief medical officer; J. M. Horn, foreign freight traffic manage, w r npvenlsh. general manager, western region; W. T. Moodie, gen eral superintendent, vancouw. W. II. Fogg, superintendent, Canadian National Steamships, Vancouver; G. A. McMillan, manager, Prince Rupert Dry Dock; S, Mor-rls6n, district engineer, Vancouver.' and W. Hately, district freight agent, Vancouver. Proceeding east with the party from here this evening will be Wmln Tnis view of ine British submarine Pandora, showing its conning tower and gun, was taken at the Portsmouth, N.H.. navy yard. The officer is Lieut Robert Alexander, skipper of the Pandora. The sub is one of the many British vessels of war that have been sent to American shipyards for general overhauling and repair. Also at the Portsmouth yard with the Pandora were the Parthian i a submanne i and. the' Free French sub Surcouf, world's largest. ELECTION DEPUTIES Of Japan As for rail and steamship ser-lList Qf officials For Xaking of vice Into Prince Rupert, Mr. Volc ,n nistrict TOKYO 5r ober 17: War Mln- Vauehan expressed the belief that! Tcjii admirer of German this was now being provided sat-1 methods ar.rl f irmor tnllitnrv nt. if--...l! Isfactorllv. Th mmmnt was Deputy reluming officers Bulletins .MISSION LEAVES MOSCOW LONDON The British mili- Tomorrow sT ides High .......11:38 am. 21.0 It Low 5:25 am. 5.0 ft. 17:54 pjn. 4.7 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Sit. vmTxxx.. no. PRINCE RUPERT, fr KlUAY, OCTOBER 17, 1941. C v pricefTve cents " V l- az Attack American Warship GREAT EXPANSION IN CENTRAL INTERIOR IS EXPECTED AFTER WAR President of Canadian National Railways Is Visitor-Speaks of Dry Dock Management. After the war is over there is reason to expect that there will be a great expansion through settlement in the central interior hinterland tributary to Prince Rupert said R. C. Vaughan, president of the Canadian National Railways, on ins arrival in the city this morning in the course of his first trip through this district Visitor Here since ne Became head of the na- GETS REPAIRS IN AMERICAN NAVY YARD Destroyer Is Torpedoed Off Iceland But Gets Into Port; Is Another Serious Incident Intensification of Already Critical Relations Between MfirfiW IN Unhcd States and Axis Anticipated as Result. lUVuVVJ IT 111 WASHINGTON, Oct. 17: (CP)-The United States destroyer Kearny has been torpedoed southwest of Iceland wine engaged in patrol duty but has reached port, it was announced today. It is the second American warship to be attacked in the war and the incident will probably bring about an intensification of the crisis between the United States and the Axis. OC A FV P A f 17 lhe Unlted states Navy offl, OEi V I LlALlV clally announced today that the various polling divisions ln Prince' authoritative source said today hn pieces on the road. Rupert Electoral District except ing Prince Rupert at njxt week's provincial election will be as follows: Aliford Bay Orval T. White (civilian vote) ; Colin Mackay .(ac tive service). , Butedale Jchn D. .McLeod. Cumshewa Inlet-rJ. E. White. Digby Island Axel Enocksen. Georgetown Mrs. Iola Harper. Glllatt Arm Joseph Doreman. Haysport Nelson Brew. Inverness Percy H. King. Jap Inlet John F. Murray. Lawn Hill Mrs. Sybil deBu:y. Massstt Noel V. Taylor, Oona River Crist Iverson. OslandT-Arthur Krlstmanson. Pacofl Donald Haywood. Port Clements Francis Joseph Dunroe. Port Edward Lawrence West. Port Simpson Edward V. Valpy. Queen Charlotte City Harry F. Beaven. Sandsplt George Klrby. ! Sewell Inlet L. B. Wright. Skldegate Mrs. Grace E. Stev ens. Sunnysidc Donald Main. Surf Inlet Aurele Vachon. , Tlell Camllle M. Denholme. Wark Channel Wilfred Valpy. Burnaby Island H. S. WELLINGTON, N.Z., Oct. 17: Zealanders, Including two D.S.O.'s, 1 five M.C.'s, three D.CM.'s and 41 M.M.s. James Clark, divisional1 superintendent; M. A. Burbank, divisional engineer, and Peter Lakle, district freight and passenger agent. following reports 01 the move- Telegraph lines were down this 1 five-day strike in July at Ar-vida, Quebec plant of the Alum inum Company of Canada, today made known its conclusion that rumors of sabotage, foreign agitators and subversive ideas, which appeared at an early stage, have not been justified." BAXTER LEFT BEHIND NEW YORK Because he had no visa to enter Bermuda via which the clipper plane on which he. intended leaving travels, Beverly Baxter, Canadian -born Member of Parliament for Great Britain and news commentator, was left behind here today when the plane left for England. WAR RAGES ON MOSCOW Heavy fighting continues on all sectors of the Russian front with the position capital for a city 450 miles cast of Moscow. Premier Joseph Stalin and his trusted advisers remain, however, to conduct the defences. Not only the advance units but main German forces are now reported to be , in the outer defences of Moscow. though one baat. at Dodge Cove was reported to have been blown adrift. CAMPAIGN GOING ON further Substantial Contributions Made In Civic Centre Canvass The civic centre campaign fund reached a total of $1320, as far as cash turned ln Is concerned, today but It ls known to be well In excess of that amount. Following are new contributions to be Ward Electric Ss Marine Supply Co $ 5.00 Phllpott, Evltt & Co. Ltd .50.00 F. E. Hunt Ltd 35.00 Standard Machine Shop 10.00 Albert & McCaffery 50.00 Armour Salvage & Towing Co. Ltd 25.00 ThM,-.imn (mmPrtlo awards iocuw as Brc ,BVtOWn wacmne onup r o.niinntr in nMInn In firpoco ' "'"JM i'""1" 1"" " famine ow:vcuuiuB 5.00 .. ,,.!- u i. M.,.ri the government have left the Lindsav Cartace Co 10.00 ana ureie xmvc oecu b'vcu w nvn i - t i . ... Rupert Motors 10.00 Helen and Dorothy 2.00 Mrs. R. E. Gladding 2.00 Ralph Green 2.00 Jce Naylor .; 10.00 Mrs. N. Cross 2.00 Mr: and Mrs. Grlmsson 5.00 G. Selig 5.00 WARNING DIRE PERIL; GOV'T GOES Nazi Panzer Columns Reported To lie At Gate Of Russian Capital , U. S. Embassy Moves Kearny was .torpedoed this morn- I A CT MIUHP lns whUe on patrol duty about XDOK, October 17: There is Jjlj I jlllff I tnrce hundred and fifty mile no attempt at concealing the fact" ( south and west of Iceland but, that Moscow, with Nazi panzer survived the attack with no re- columns at her very gates, is in ... , . . ported casualties and was able to graver peril than ever. Berlin re- .Maximum Velocity of Southeaster proceed under her own power. Ports claim. that the Red Army 50 Miles-Power and Conunu- The position given for the attack Is on the verge of total collapse nications Interfered With. was ln same general area 0h all fronts. The outskirts of where the American destroyer Leningrad on the north have been Greer was attacked unsuccessfully entered and elsewhere along thj The strongest windstorm of the by a submarine more than a long line further relentless ad-fail gave Prince Rupert a dusting month ago. vance Is claimed by the Germans, throughout last night, reaching a The news brought a prompt de- United States Ambassador Law-maximum velocity, according to mand from Senator Claude Pep- rence A. Steinhardt has moved the the Dominion meteorological sta- per that the navy retaliate with American embassy to Kazan, a t.on at Digby Island, of 50 miles two sinkings for each assault and city 450 miles to the east of Mos-per hour between 10 and 11 p.nv the comment by Representative cow. Other embassies hare also Between 3 and 4 o'clock this morn- Cox was that, if the Germans are moved as well as part of the gov-Ing, the wind, a southeaster typi- guilty, it Is probably the jnc.llenE. "P1"!1-1- preni& JPS?p!U5talin cal of this tlmr or thf" yfar"an6Tfor wfilcn we nave Seen " 'waiting!! and trusted aides remaining be-accompanied by copious rainfall, At Hyde Park, President Roose- hind to direct defence. ,was blowing upwards of 45 miles velt asserted that the torpedoing j The strong wind caused trouble fence zone. Tn this zone the navy by blowing down of two or more has orders to capture or destroy Nonlpc c rflf transmission line poles and power Axis-controlled submarines or sur- HctpiCo lo.illl was lnterferred with, energy not face raiders, being sufficient to operate such machines as newspaper linotypes . iwhich caused the local newspapers CI A nnnnr flJp Xp embarassment. . OIxjlITIJuVJIj ' One of the bin derrick towers erected at the dry dock in connec ! 'tlon with freighter construction .was blown down at the height of the gale around midnight. Half a block of sidewalk on Mc- . tary mission, which had been in Bride Street at the corner of First Of Moscow, is "on the move," an lAveniiP was lifted and scattered .4- By Air Force 4- 4-4- 4- LONDON, October 17: 4- Royal Air Force, ln addition 4- to Western . Germany and occupied France, last night 4- attacked the great Italian city of Naples. Bangkok Radio Warns Thailand 4 Of Serious Events Developing 4,.44.4,4, In rient I SEEKS ROMAN HOLIDAY BANGKOK-, October 17: The; SCARBOROUGH, Eng., Oct. 17: ment 01 members 01 tne uus- , morning and radio reception wasiBangkok radio warned citizens of sian government Irom tne cap- falnt. Hal. Reports that members of , Tne waterfront, evidently, es-the Russian government were I . nnv s pr. m,Kh.n n1. moving to the interior city of ltlT . . . Kazan were interpreted by observers as new evidence of Soviet plans to fight on. NO SABOTAGE OTTAWA The Royal Commission which inquired Into the Thailand last night to be ready for any eventuality in view of the increased tenseness of the international situation in the Orient. "Serious events are developing ln the Far East," a broadcast said. ' , 1 1 T .- - . 1 n w Gorman mpweu, inuepeuucni, candidate in the Scarborough- Whitby by-election, said he would like to bomb Rome 'until It "looked like a Coloseum and Naples till It was as the last days of Prince Rupert COMMUNITY CENTRE Contributions arc going over with a BANG! Citizens of Prince Rupert, this is your golden opportunity to achieve this long-felt want exclusively for your pleasure and entertainment. Come, one and all, let's get behind this most-worthy effort. Follow the lead of our fellows who are freely and gratuitously giving their time and bending their every energy in soliciting your patronage. . Let's sec to it that Unit No. 1 will soon be under construction at Third and McBride. 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