Attempt
to
Attack
Malta
Costs
Hal.
ians
One
Dozen
Motor
Torpedo
Boats
LONDON,
July
26:
(CD
The
irfmiraltr
announced
today
that
a
whole
British
convoy
which
was
ITALIANS
JAILED
ROME-
Seven
persons
have
been
sentenced
to
from
three
to
seven
years'
Imprisonment
for
copying
and
distributing
speer
hes
of
rresident
Roosevelt.
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Kno
and
Prime
Minister
Churchill.
TO
ARRANGE
TOUR
OTTAH'A
J.
A.
Lnwther,
secretary
to
the
Duke
of
Kent,
nnd
11.
J.
Kvans
of
Scotland
Varrf
ar-rived
yesterday
by
plane
from
Enrlanrt
fo
niaV
arranenenti
for
the
Duke
of
Kent's
tour
of
Canada
this
summer.
GOING
SOUTH
OTTAWA
Hon.
J.
A.
McKln-non,
minister
of
trade
and
com-merre.
will
head
a
flte-man
Can-dian
trade
mission
wihch
Mill
I'ave
New
York
August
IS
for
South
America
on
a
goodwill
and
trade
lour.
WARM
IN
EAST
Toronto
niidiNTO
Toronto
Toronto
sweltered
swelterert
Halibut
Boat
Faith
II.
Safe
B"',Ie
Vessel,
Missing
for
Ten
u)s,
is
Towed
Into
Alaska
Port
boK1'
J"iy26-ThC
halibut
ju,'
.
al
h
,.
unreported
since
three
men
on
board,
is
e
a,n.,uan-
Alaska-
ves-
CdSiorf.
Se,"eb0at
Attorney
General
Urges
Public
to
Wake
Up
to
Necessity
of
Civil
I
Protection
(
'
1
Atorncy
General
Gordon
Wlsmer,
who
Is
on
a
trio
north
accompan
ied
by
hi?
wife,
said
today
that
the
havilr
attacked
by
Italian
air
object
of
his
tour
Is
to
inspect
civil
.
f
11.
-
and
torpedo
boai
lorces
in
mc
Mediterranean
during
the
week
had
made
a
"successful
passage"
without
the
loss
of
a
single
mer-chant
ship
although
the
destroyer
Fearless
was
lost.
About
one
dozen
Axis
torpedo
boats
were
sunk
today
In
an
attempt
to
attack
the
harbor
of
Valttta,
capital
of
the
Mediterranean
island
of
malta.
CALL
OUT
MORE
MEN
iiolu
Like
Ecuador
Means
Business
in
its
War
With
Peru
protection
measures
which,
have
al
ready
been
taken
and
In
which
Prince
Rupert
has
led
the
way,
to
organize
such
measures
where
this,
has
not
already
been
done
and,
In
general,
to
endeavour
to
arouse
the
i
'public
to
the
urgent
necessity
of
such
measures.
Mr.
Wlsmer
returned
this
morning
on
the
Prince
Ru-,
pert
from
Stewart
and
will
leave
next
Monday
evening
by
train
fori
Terrace
and
other
Interior
points.'
I
"It
seems
to
me."
said
Mr.
Wis-
jmer,
who
deplores
the
complacent!
'attitude
of
the
Dubllc
"that
we
here
'are
closer
to
war
today
than
Russia
thought
she
was
two
months
ago"
I
There
was
potential
danger
of
attack
from
without
as
well
as
fa-
Kealibotage
from
within,
he
said.
The
Ecuadorian
.government,
en-cruitlng
and
saving
for
purchase
of
11-1
...til.
TIa-
111
gagco
in
Doraer
cuiijnci,
wiwi
government
securities.
u,
yesterday
summoned
men
born
.
Mr.
Wlsmer
said
that
at
the
pub-
between
1010
and
10J9
for
military
jiC
meeting
to
be
held
here
Sunday
Bulletins
Parsons,
Inspector
8.
F.
M.
Mooaie:
-iand
Inspector
Ernest
Gammon
yes
terday.
As
a
result
arrangements
for
the
Sunday
evening
meeting
in
the
Capitol
Theatre
were
complet-1
ed.
Three
films
will
be
shown
and
there
will
be
addresses
by
Mr.
Wis-1
mer,
Commissioner
Parsons
and
Inspector
Moodie
all
in
connection
with
the
work
of
Ihe
Civil
Protection
Committee
In
different
parts.
I
Prior
to
the
meeting
all
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Civil
Protection
CommlUee
are
to
parade
on
I
Third
Avenue.
The
following
will
be
the
order
In
which
the
units
will
;
fall
In
the
right
of
the
parade
be-ling
on
the
north
side
of
Third
Av-lenue
at
the
Intersection
with
Fifth
Street:
Women's
Service
Corps,
(First
Aid
detachment
and
nurses,
'auxiliary
fire
services,
Special
Police
Reserve,
Police
Wardens,
Engineering
Section
with
Its
sub
sections,
demolition,
decntamina
served
In
the
theate
for
members
of
the
various
organizations
on
MTf
H
I
KV
SUBVERSION
United
States
Secretary
of
War
Is
Critical
of
Senator
Wheelers
I
Activities
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
July
26.
Secretary
of
War
Henry
h.
Sttmson
says
that
messages
which
nave
been
sent
by
Senator
Burton
n..
Wheeler
of
Montana
to
United
States
Army
officers
and
soldiers
urging
them
to
oppose
American
entry
into
war
border
close
on
the
realm
'of
subversive
activity.
whPPipr
admitted
that
millions
oi
nnctrarris
with
such
messages
had
hppn
Rpnt
to
reorcsentatlvc
Ameri
can
citizens
and,
undoubtedly,
some
of
them
would
have
fallen
Into
the
h-inH
nf
members
of
the
forces
al
thniiuh
there
had
been
no
PWn
10
-
'address
them
particularly
to
soia
lers.
.
i
:.
MELT
DOWN
HUN
GUNS
Souvenirs
in
Front
of
I'ariiameni
Buildings
to
be
Used
lor
new
Munitions
VICTORIA,
June
26.
Two
Ger
captured
in
tTance
in
man
guns,
the
last
war
and
mounted
as
sou
venirs
In
front
of
the
legislative
buildings
here,
were
removed
yesterday
to
smelter
to
be
melted
down
for
use
of
their
steel
In
making
of
munitions.
One
gun
had
been
tak-
n
fctf
thp
Seventh
Battalion
and
the
other
by
the
102nd.
7
1
Lib!
J
VICTORIA,
..,
The
attorney
general
hoped
that
'
;
,
.
'
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V,l.
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rnlnVit
oler.
lioln
In
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fctin.iai
vu.t
cuun,
ir-).
service
Newspaper
aispawjncs
re-
nignt
nc
wouia
reaa
a
statement
o
ported
hefyy-
I'crtrvlan
bombings
from
Oeneral
R.
O.
Alexander,
gen-
!
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.i
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1
WAVY
llf
TtrvAlUCJ
TinMTlS
i
oi
niacins
uiiu1
paita
vuk
iiu
cifti
.ofiuicr
cununaiiuing
ui
wie
casualties
.western
military
district.
I
...l.
...3
uvva.
V
V
u
.
.
I
I.
,
Prince
Rupert
Civil
Protection
Committee
were
In
consultation
with1
,Mr.
Wlsmer,
Commissioner
T.
W.
S.
CN
BERLIN
LONDON
Huge
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
dropped
!owe
o!
Britain's
heaviest
and
most
powerful
bombs
onBerlin
last
night,
the
air
ministry
announced
todayf
Iliige'Tttstfts
.wtte.eetn
in
the
centre
of
the
city.
Hamburg
and
Hanover
were
also
bombed
durlnt
the
night
and
nine
bombers
failed,
to
return
from
these
operations.
RUSSO-GERMAN
WAR
MOSCOW
The
Russians
reported
Way
that
Mpscow,came
unscathed
through
the
fifth
successive
nieht-of.
dwindling
'ah
attacks
and
declared
that
the
Nail
land
assault
wastlll.
stymie
In
the
last"
day
of
its
fifth
week.
No
bombs
fell
on
Moscow
last,
night,
the
communique
said.
On
the
front
stubborn
"fhttng-continued
throughout
the
night.
MAY
STRIKE
AT
TURKEY
ANKARA
Increased
German,
military
activity
In
Bulgaria
on
the
Turkish
frontier
is
reported,
giving-rise
to
the
belief
that
Germany
may
endeavour
to
strike
through
Turkey
at
Russia
in
the
Caucasus
since
the
offensive
against
Russia.in
the
southeast
Is
bogging
down
and
threatens
to,
become
a
stalemate.
With
British
assistance,
Turkey
might
resist
Germany.
WILL
PRESS
i
EMPLOYERS
i
.tlon
and
water
and
healtn,
com-
f
on
Thelr
m.
Transport,
Sea
Cadets
'ust
MaKe
"
v
.
munlcations,
it
is
Done
"L,
to
See
c..t
All
rmneatpd
rolls-Province
to
wear
their
arm
bands
on
the
leit
nrm
above
the
elbow.
J.
S.
Wilson
will
be
In
charee
"
of
the
...ntl
Innn
9fi
Thft
British
parade
Unemployment
Insurance
,,
Columbia
uoiumuiu.
"iu,i"-
.
-terd,y
wVo.
tempera
re
as
1""
iwhlch
will
be
Inspected
.
.
by
..
Mr
W
s
-
Commlsslon
will,
It
was
announced
i
..
mur
nnri
nartv.
Seats
will
be
re-l.,.j
khikt
bring
nressure
pressure
to
io
bear
oeui
heat
wave
continued
in
the
East.
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS
WINNIPEG
Seven
new
cases
of
infantile
paralysis
have
broken
out,
brlnrlng
the
total
to
100
with
"
deaths.
Four
serum
depots
re
being
opened.
TAKE
OVER
TAHITI
SYDNEY
The
Sydney
Sun
said
today
that
the
Free
French
had
"ken
over
control
0f
the
Island
"
Tahiti,
arresting
the
governor
nd
troop
commander.
The
ls-Und
remains
calm.
yesterday,
upon
employers
In
the
province
who
their
payrolls
as
have
not
reported
required
under
the
new
unemployment
insurance
plan.
This
Is
re
quired
from
all
companies,
doui
1
large
and
small.
The
companies
WU1
ue
neiu
icoyuiio.v
v
trlbutlons
both
of
themselves
and
their
employees.
BERLIN
IS
BOMB
AIM
lite
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
1:36
a.in.
21.1
ft.
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
High
14:21
p.m.
19.6
ft.
High
2:53
ajn.
20.8
ft.
8:15
a.n.
,;n
ft.
15:35
p.m.
20.0
ft.
Low
20:19
D.m.
t'lir,
Low
9:25
am.
2.3
ft.
21:39
pm.
5.4
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWBPAFE1
Vol
XXX
No.
174.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JULY
26,
1911.
PRICE:
FIVE
CBNT8
Canada
Is
CONVOY
IS
DANGER
IS
I
ALL
SAFE
REAL
HERE
Moving
WORLD'S
FASTEST
BOMBERS
PICTURED
IN
FLIGHT
Against
Japan
mm
,
r
:.
These
formidable
Douglas-made
attack
bom
bets
pictured
In
flight,
the
A-20
series,
are
the
American
counterpart
of
the
Douglas
DB-7,
which
the.
British
call
"Havocs,"
and
of
.which
cable
dispatches
from
"an
airfield
somewhere
In
England"
said,
"British
test
pilots
praised
without
reservation
the
American-made
Douglas
DB-7
as
the
heaviest-armed,
fighter
In
the.
world,
and
one
of
the
fastest
big
planes
ever."
It
has
a
speed
of
around
350
miles
per
Hour.
War
JAPANESE
ARE
LOYAL
dred
cruiaren.
in
aaumon
mere
Air
Force
were
one
hundred
or
more
Japan-
LONDON.
July
26:
(CP-Berlin
"
Jl,eJ?7
,v"
-who
were
sustained
by
he
fish-northwest
and
other
oolnts
In
north
and
Industry,
many
l
n
Germany
were
targets
ong
residents
and
living
In
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
last
night.
Nazi
sources
In
Berlin
admitted
,
H.
wSu?
that
bombs
were
dropped
in..
the
"iananese
outsTclrts
but
not
within
the
limits
i
....
,
.
of
the
capital.
Fewer
On
Relief
In
Province
Now
l
Total
This
June
20,000
As
Compared
lie:
With
50,000
Year
Ago
VICTORIA,
July
26.
There
were
20,000
:
persbnS
"on
provincial
reuei
roils
In
June
this
year
as
compared
with
50,000
in
the
same
month
a
year
ago,
the
Provincial
govern
ment
announced
yesterday.
Halibut
Sales
American
.
Canadian
Parma,
35,000,
Storage,
12,9c
and
11.3c.
Mother
II.,
15,000,
Booth,
12.6c
'
and
11c.
iUUlU
I1U1U
lUHHIi
invm
w
v.
"j.
erate
boats,
Y'amanaka
pointed
out.
'
Mr.
Yamanaka
is
a
grocer.
MAKING
ALL
CONSCRIPTS
This
is
Favored
by
Head
of
Smelters
In
Vancouver
Address
In
justice
of
Voluntary
System
Vancouver.
July
26".
8.
G,
Blaylock,
president
of
the
...
Consoll-
n
rtnfjvri
Mlntni?
AC
iimCKluS
vu.,
speaking
at
a
luncheon
here
yesterday,
declared
that
every
man
In
Baltic,
18,000,
Pacific,
12.6c
and
Canada
snouio
De
conswipw
jlc
(assigned
to
war
wors
eimcr
at
iww
Glacier.
14,500.
Royal,
12.6c
and
or
abroad.
There
should
b?
no
de
.
i
1
1
i
lay
in
uie
matter.
-n
Mr.
Blaylock
said
that
tne
enlistment
plan
only
led,
to
Jn-
Necessary
Steps
To
Prevent
Removal
Of
Assets
From
Country
Great
Britain
and
United
States
Take
Speedy
Economic
Action
Following
Agreement
With
Tokyo
to
Occupy
French
Indo-China
1
OCCUPATION
BEGINS
SAIGON,
July
26:
(CP)Japan
began
oc?
,cupying
her
newly
acquired
bases
in
southern
Indo-China
today
with
the
arrival
of
ranking
army
and
navy
officers
by
plane
and
the
appearance
of
first
columns
of
military
trucks
rolling
in
from
Hanoi.
OTTAWA,
July
26:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
William
sary
steps
had
been
taken
to
prevent
withdrawal
of
as-I
sets
in
Canada
belong
to
residents
of
Japan."
An
official
(statement
to
this
effect
was
issued
a
few
hours
after
a
similar
one
from
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
transactions
affecting
residents
of
Japan
can
be
undertaken
without
soeclflc
permission
of
the
foreign
exchange
control
board.'
Similar
control
has
been
established
over
the
disposition
of
as
sets
In
Canada
of
residents
of
China
Intend
t0
be
Good
Canadians,
Says
at
the
request
of
the
Chinese
gov
Head
of
Association
.tcal
Japaneie
people
liiive
no
Intention
of'
b'ei'ng
ariytiirng'bui
good
Canadian
citizens,"
declared.
II.
K.
Yamanaka,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Japanese
Association,
this
morning
on
being
interviewed
for
the1
Dally
News
In
view,
of
latest
.developments
as
affe'etini;
the
relations
of.
Japan
4ind
Canada-
v
"
Yamanaka.
referred
.to
resolutions
wcH
had
already
been
passed
by
Japanese
Associations'
declaring
their.ioyultv
and
aliegl-ii'tre
to
Canada..
He
also
referred
to
substantial
contributions
which
had
been
and
were
being
made
by
the
Jaiuriese
people
to
wir
causes.
Yamanaka,
himself
Japanese
born
but
a
.resident
of
Canada
since
1907
and
naturalized
thirty
scats
ago,
said
that
the
most
of
Ihe
Japanese
in
Prince
Rupert
ernment
of
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
to
prevent
their
falling
Into
Japanese
hands
in
occupied
territory'
of
China
One
spokesman
said
he
believed
that
Japanese
ships
at
present
In
Canadian
ports
would
not
be
permitted
to
leave.
said
,Jast
night
they
believed
the
Florida
Maru,
loading
log
cargo
at
Capl-lano
across
Burrard
Inlet
from
Vancouver,
was
the
only
Japanese
vessel
In
British
Columbia
waters.
A
Utile
over
two
weeks
ago
a
Japanese
vessel
loaded
grain
and
general
cargo
at
Vancouver
and
Just
four
weeks
ago
a
large
Japanese
combination
passenger
and
freight
liner
of
Nippon
Yusen
Kalsha
sailed
from
Van
couver.
A
number
of
Japanese
ships
are
at
present
loading
lumber
and
other
Pacific
northwest
ports
I
had
been
here
irom
ten
to
thirty
1oI
tne
united
States.
Steps,
It
is
.
its.
Many
were
iiiaiu.ir
expectec(
wm
be
taken
to
tie
uiem
hern.
I
Yamanaka
estimated
that
UP-
.
.
there
were
forty
Japanese
famines
.Other
Japanese
vesse,
which
Other
Points
in
North
and
North-
"
Prince
""Pert
.ssuuy
"'b
lying
oil
west
German
Targets
of
Royal
nme.y
aau.ls
.
'
,-
develooments
uutu.
anBMb
.
(UIC
are
understood
to
have
been
ordered
ito
return
home.
Some,
of
course,
will
be
needing
fuel
and
supplies
i
and
may
have
to
come
In.
i
shunts
In
the
situation
between
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
on
the
one
hand
and
Japan
on
the
other
moved
rapidly
since
yes
terday.
The
principal
development
was
the
freezing
by
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
of
all
Japan
ese
credits
and
assets,
Japan
replying
with
similar
action
today
against
the
United
States.
This
has
arisen
out
of
the
reaching
of
an
'agreement
between
Japan
and
French
Indo-Chlna
for
the
"pro-tprtinn"
of
the
latter
by
which
Ja-
nan
is
clven
military
and
territorial
concessions
which
are
deemed
to
constitute
a
threat
to
United
States,
nriiuK
and
nnteh
nossesslons
in
the
Far
East.
England
has
denounced
all
trade
agreements
with
Japan.
Sir
Robert
Cralgle,
British
ambassador
to
Japan,
officially
In
formed
Foreign
Minister
Toyoda
of
Janan
at
Tokyo
today
of
the
sus-
i
r
.
,
,
.
pension
of
all
commercial
treauc
with
Japan,
reliable
sources
in
Lon
don
said
today.
The
treaties
sus
'npnrierf
are
said
to
Include
the
Ang
lo-Japanese
treaty
of
mi
oeuning
general
commercial
and
economic
relations,
the
inao-japancse
wm
going
to
war
whlle
the
yellow,
reds
merclal
convention
of
1934
and
Jfro
'."Ai-i,.
i.ft
Burma-Japanese
commercial
pact
of
1937.
United
States
had
taken
parallel
action
In
"all
these
mat
ters,
tne
source
said.
PHILLIPINES
TO
ARMS
Hyde
Park
reported
today
that
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
called
into
the
armed
services
of
the
United
States
today
all
of
the
"organized
military
forces"
of
the
Fhillipine
government.
There
was
no
immediate
official
explanation
of
the
step
butlt
was
generally
regarded
as
another
indication
of
United
States
displeasure
at
the
southward
moves
of
Japan
in
the
Pacific.
It
followed
the
freezing.
of
Japanese
credit
in
the
United
States
In
reply
to
Japan's
occupation
of
Indo-China.
It
was
not
immediately
known,
in
Tokyo
that
Japan
had
frozen
Bri-ish
assets
in
a
manner
similar
to
.hat
which
had
been
taken
against
the
United
States.
It
is
a
stiff
economic
blow
which
United
States,
Canada
and
Great
Britain
have
delivered
to
Japan
In
;he
freezing
of
assets.
Great
Britain
and
United
States,
it
Is
declared,
are
In
a
position
to
cripple
Ja-)an
Industrially
within
six
months.
Tho
Japanese
freezing
of
United
States
funds
today
was
an
action
In
iwift
retaliation
for
the
concert
of
ictlon
in
which
the
United
States
look
similar
action
against
Japan-!se
assets,
Great
Britain
at
the
:ame
time
declaring
her
Intention
)f
abrogating
her
commercial
treat-es
with
Japan.
At
the
same
time
fcne
Japanese
government
announc
ed
that
a
British
freezing
order
vould
result
In
similar
action-by
Tokyo,
presumably
directed
also
gainst
all
parts
of
the
British
WILL
TAKE
FISH
PACK
Two-Thirds
of
British
Columbia
s
Canned
Salmon
This
Year
Going
To
Itrltaln
OTTAWA.
July
26:
(CP)
Con
clusion
of
an
agreement
whereby
two-thirds
of
British
Columbia's
total
1941
production
of
canned
salmon
will
be
shipped
to
the
United
Kingdom
was
announced
yes
terday
by
Hon.
J.
A.
MacKinnon,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce.
This.
It
is
expected,
will
be
in
ex
cess
of
one
million
cases,
the
an
nouncement
said.
.
Mr.
MacKinnon
also
disclosed
that
negotiations
to
supply
the
min
istry
of
food
with
35,000
long
tons
of
canned
herring
were
also
pro
ceeding.
SERVING
CANADA
More
than
250.000
Canadians
are
serving
In
the
active
armed
forces
abroad
and
at"
home.