Retires
G.
A.
McNICHOLL
!TURN
OVER
George
McNIchoIl
Retires
to
Private
Germany
Claims
Forces
Beyond
Life
52
Years
With
Railway
.
Smolensk
Red
Story
Much
!
Different
VANCOUVER,
July
31.
With
a
record
of
more
than
half
a
century
DERLIN,
July
31:
(CP)
Chan-of
railroad
service
52
years
and
cellor
Adolf
Hitler's
newspaper
four
months
to
be
exact
George
a
claims
that
German
tanks,
knifing
McNIchoIl,
general
passenger
agent,
beyond
Smolensk,
have
advanced
to
Canadian
National
Railways,
Van-
within
130
miles
of
Moscow
but
the
couver
retired
to
private
life
under
Russians
declare
that
Nazi
tank
the
superannuation
rules
of
the
spearheads
have
been
driven
back
company
today.
Mr.
McNIchoIl
one
hundred
miles
from
their
deep-commenced
his
railway
work
on
est
penetrations.
April
1.
1889,
as
an
apprentice
with
-
-
-
-
the
Grand
trunk
Railway
In
Mont-
JQJj
George
McNIchoIl
ls
not
only
tne
dean
of
the
railway
passenger
traf-fir
officials
on
the
Pacific
coast
but
is
one
of
the
best
known
in
Can
ada
He
is
particularly
well
known
j.;Tfn
Though
Britain
Has
Been
in
Washington,
Oregon,
California
nurt
Badly
By
Bombing,
Says
and
Alaska,
in
addition
to
his
Can-
Kent
adlan
territory
and
it
is
with
a,
general
feeling
of
regret
that
the
OTTAWA,
July
31.
German
passenger
traffic
fraternity
learns
bombing,
which
he
said
had
greatly
of
Mr
McNIchoIl
s
retirement.
damaged
England,
had
served
to
Mr
McNIchoIl
has
a
very
lnu-
strengthen
rather
than
weaken
Brl-mate
knowledge
of
railway
and
m0rale,
the
Duke
of
Kent
told
steamship
passenger
requirements
newspapermen
last
nignt
at
Rldeau
as
he
has
been
associated
with
pass-'frail.
Britons
were
awaiting
anx-enger
travel
6n
the
Pacific
coast
for
iousiy
f0r
the
day
when
they
would
the
last
34
years.
He
nas
always
assume
the
offensive.
He
congratu-been
a
popular
figure
in
travel
'iated
Canada
on
the
air
training!
circles
and
has
a
particularly
wlde(Pian
xhe
Duke
is
leaving
foe
a
circle
oi
inenas
in
rwin
Dusine
tour
of
Canada
to
the
Pacific
Coast
and
private
life.
jand
Vancouver.
He
does
not
expect
Thi:
evening
Mr.
McNIchoIl
will.
to
meet
the
Duke
of
Windsor,
be
a
guest
of
honor
at
a
banquet
1
-
to
be
attended
by
a
large
number
of
company
officials'
""and
employeeSf,
a
which
time
a
presentation
will
be
made
Started
at
Bottom
Mr
McNIchoIl
started
In
the
of
the
general
auditor,
Grand
CITY
LAND
as
superintendent
and
in
1913
wa3
granted
leave
to
make
a
complete
survey
of
the
passenger
traffic
pos
uunk
Wir.ltoofc
him
as
far
as
Skagway,
Atlin
Lleut.
Col
s.
D.
Johnston
M.C.,
area
S!!Si
nfS2dto,Daiwon'
Falrbanks"
Nme'
COrdVa
commander,
presided
and
himself
I!?.
Seward.
On
returning,
to
made
commentS
suitable
to
the
oc-
we
company
ior
uiree
jru-.
.
h
addl
ins
at.
$12.50
ner
month,
ins
iirsi
-
"-'
;..
..
move
was
to
the
assistant
general
manager's
office,
William
Waln-wrlght.
In
1895
he
entered
the
passenger
department
as
a
clerk
to
the
general
passenger
agent.
In
1896
he
was
moved
to
the
General
traffic
manager's
office,
George
B.
Reeve
being
at
the
head
of
the
department
and
a
short
time
later
he
was
made
secretary
to
Mr.
Reeve.
Mr
Reeve
retired
soon
after
this
but
when
the
late
Charles
M.
Hays
left
the
company
to
head
the
South
ern
Pacific,
Mr.
Reeve
was
brought
back
into
service
as
second
vice
president
and
eeneral
manager,
Later
Mr.McNlcholl
was
appointed
secretary
to
Frank
W.
Morse,
third
vlce
President
as
western
develop
ment
was
commencing
In
a
big
way.
'
Morse
was
appointed
vice
president
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
ln
J905
and
McNIchoIl
retained
his
secretaryship
until
1907
when
he
Wa
aDDOlntpri
r1trVifictnrr
o
front
H
l"w,mg"'
b
wbv"''
fn-
wr
4i
the
Q.T.P.
with
headquarters
at
auwjuver.
"ree
years
latpr
Mr
Tprif.hnii
was
transferred
to
Prince
Rupert
tional
duties
with
the
colonization
and
Industrial
department.
In
1915
he
was
appointed
assistant
general
freight
and
passenger
agent
for
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
and
Steamships
and
remained
at
this
post
until
1923
when
he
was
appointed
general
passenger
agent
for
the
Canadian
National
Kauways
and
Steamships
with
headquarters
at
Vancouver,
which
position
ne
held
until
his
retirement.
Born
Railroader
Mr.
McNIchoIl
comes
by
his
railroading
honestly
as
his
father
was
an
engineer
on
the
old
wood
burning
locomotives
of
the
Grand
Trunk
In
the
early
days
between
Montreal
and
Richmond
and
Brockville.
After
more
than
fifty
years
oi
business
life,
Mr.
McNIchoIl
looks
back
with
satisfaction
on
a
sue
cessful
career,
he
has
always
en-
Joyed
railroad
work
and
If
he
were
asked
for
a
recipe
for
happiness
in
the
business
world
he
would
say,
"start
vountr,
pick
out
a
good
em
ployer
and
serve
him
to
the
limit
of
your
loyalty
and
ability."
caslon,
paying
tribute
to
the
efftc
lency
and
conduct
of
the
unit
Col.
Wood
said
that
Col.
Johnston
had
been
an
excellent
officer
under
whom
to
serve.
The
whole
regiment,
which
ls
leaving
this
mldafternoon
for
Nan-aimo,
was
in
attendance
and
was
entertained
at
the
showing
of
moving
picture
program.
KETCHIKAN
PACK
IS
UP
Salmon
Production
Running
Con
siderably
In
Excess
Of
Last
Year
KETCHIKAN.
July
31:
The
Ket-
138.173.
There
ls
a
slight
Increase
in
cohoes
but
reds
and
chums
are
down
slightly.
V!CTOniA,
B
wmln
Ae
fr
h
TJnvnl
Canadian'
Army
SOIUiers
on
uic
iruiii.
j
Ordnance
Corps
and
will
be
equipped
as
a
machine
shop
for
the
repair
Transfer
and
Subdivision
of
Prop-lof
army
mechanized
equipment
of
erty
In
Section
7
for
Wartlme
Housing
Approved
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
Math-cson.
In
session
yesterday
as
a
city
council,
approved
the
trans
fer
to
Die
federal
government
of
,
land
In
the
northeast
quarter
of
Section
7
overlooking
the
harbor
at
hleh
elevation
on
which
Wartime
Housing
Inc.
plans
the
construction
of
125
dwellings
for
war
Industrial
workers.
Roughly
described,
the
land
lies
between
Sixth
Avenue
and
Overlook
Street
beyond
Ambrose
Avenue.
Subdivision
of
the
property
into
suitable
lots
is
also
provided
for.
Terms
of
the
transfer
call
for
the
government
to
pay
to
the
city
MO
per
house
per
year
in
lieu
of
taxes.
any
kind.
The
foundation
has
already
been
levelled
and
covers
about
four
city
lots
so
the
building
will
be
quite
a
pretentious
one.
OFFICIAL
FAREWELL
Presentation
Made
on
Behalf
of,
City
to
Rocky
Mountain
Rangers
At
Ceremony
in
Capitol
Theatre
Civic
farewell
was
said
officially
to
the
departing
Rocky
Mountain
Rangers
this
morning
at
the
Capitol
Theatre
when
City
Engineer
F.
M
Good,
acting
in
the
absence
through
indisposition
of
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
Matheson,
presented
Lieut.
Col.
J.
E.
Wood,
officer
commanding,
with
a
handsome
carved
slate
totem
pole
for
the
regiment
sibilities
of
Alaska
and
the
Yukon
(Suitable
sentiments
were
expressed
.
..
...
,
j
ffprThe
trip
lasted
four
months
andiuoth
bv
Mr.
Good
and
Col.
Wood.
stretching
from
Leningrad
to
Kiev
was
predicted
in
Russian
military
circles.
It
is
asserted
that
the
attack
may
begin
within
two
weeks
or
as
soon
as
the
Russian
high
command
is
satisfied
that
German
armies
have
expended
themselves
in
attempts
to
break
through
around
Smolensk.
SAIGON
ENTERED
SAIGON,
French
Indo-China
Japanese
troops
formally
entered
Saigon
today
and
persons
familiar
with
Japanese
military
outfits
commented
that
Tokyo
had
sent
a
first
class
army.
The
newly
arrived
forces
are
said
to
rank
among
Japan's
best.
GERMAN
CLAIMS
BERLIN
The
Germans
claimed
today
that
seven
Russian
division;
were
destroyed
on
the
northeast
front
and
a
spokesman
said
this
undoubtedly
referred
to
defences
around
Leningrad.
Earlier
the
Germans
asserted
that
the
defences
of
Leningrad
were
precarious.
GYRO
CLUB
CANDIDATE
Miss
May
Skinner
Enters
Carnival
Queen
Contest
for
Service
Organization
Miss
May
Skinner
of
Seal
Cove
has
'been
nominated
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
as
Its
candidate
in
the
forthcoming
Civic
Centre
Carnival
Queen
contest.
Other
or
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
mm
High
7:50
am.
16.3
ft.
20:06
It.
16.3
ft.
Prince
Rupert
'o
'alm'
20:06
19.3
ft.
'
pm.
?n..V.
,rKah1v
southeast
,
vlv.,
o,r7k.yfj
i
Low
1:29
am.
5.9
ft.
13:31
12
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
pm.
Vol.
m
XXX.,
No.
-
178.
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'i
.
i
Go
Z
J
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JULY
31,
1941.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
j
Heavy
Air
Raids
Made
By
Britain
SERVICE
IS
jWAR
IN
COMPLETED,
RUSSIA
STRONGER
SOVIET
ARMY'S
AMPHIBIAN
TANKS
CROSS
A
RIVER
Radioed
from
Moscow
to
New
York,
this
picture
shows
a
couple
of
the
Red
Army's
amphibian
tanks
crossing
an
unnamed
river
near
the
Gfr
man-Russian
warfront.
NEW
SHOP
F0RARMY
Ordnance
Corps
t0
Have
Facilities
to
Make
,Own
Repairs
In
City
.
A
nen;
Vitillrtlncr
Is
unlnir
nn
on
the
War
News
.COUNTER-DEFENSIVE
LONDON
A
counter-offensive
by
more
than
three
million
Red
corner
of
First
Street
and
First,
RED
CROSS
DRIVE
OFF
Halibut
Sales
American
Eureka,
12,000,
Storage,
12c
and
10.5c.
Canadian
Move
for
Civic
Centre
to
be
Further
Advanced
at
Forthcoming
Carnival
At
a
meeting
last
night
of
the
central
committee
on
the
proposed
local
civic
centre,
it
was
decided
to
proceed
with
the
incorporation
of
a
Prince
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Association
and
institute
a
drive
for
membership.
In
order
to
launch
the
organization
and
bring
the
project
and
its
necessity
more
into
the
public
eye,
a
booth
will
be
operated
at
the
forthcoming
civic
centre
carnival.
From
the
booth
prospectus
material
will
be
issued
and
member
ships
sold.
The
memberships
will
be
$1
for
adults
and
25c
for
children.
Until
the
formalities
of
incorpor-
ganizations
expecting
to
have
en-Llon
are
comDleted
and
the
As-
trants
are
Rotary
Club,
Junior
soclation
officially
listed,
the
pres-Chamber
of
Commerce,
Women's
ent
central
committee
consisting
of
Auxiliary
or
tne
luzna
Battery,
Koy-
representatives
of
the
Prince
Rupert
al
ftl
riaflflrflan
Canadian
Air
Air
UYrtt
Force
anI
and
Maw
Navy.
'
Tlntnn.
Licensing
Gasoline
Not
Decided'
Upon
Mran
rtistrlp.t
salmon
rack
Is
run-
OTTAWA.
July
31.
G.
R.
Cot
to
limit
motorists
to
fifteen
gallons
a
month.
uyro
uiuo,
rwitc
ivupctu
,Club,
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Sons
of
Norway
will
continue
to
act
as
executive
with
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
as
chairman.
In
addition
to
the
articles
of
Incorporation,
a
constitution
and
set
of
bylaws
are
nlng
three
times
heavier
than
last
trelle,
federal
fuel
controller,
says
now
in
process
or
oeing
otwh
uy.
year,
the
cast
total
being
162,070
that
no
decision
has
yet
been
made
The
committee
taking
charge
of
as
compared
with
51,404
for
the
in
regard
to
controlling
gas
con-
the
publicizing
of
the
project
ln
con-
enmo
mpHoH
last
season.
The
Dink
sumption
by
licensing.
The
Ottawa
.necuon
wnn
me
cmg
ceuuc
wu.
.
.
t
T
1
.
.
,
L
1
L
1
pack
has
Increased
irom
i,Da
to.Journai
saia
w
u
was
proposea
val
consists
of
Albert
Delldal,
G,.
A.
Hunter,
G.
T.
German
and
A.
S.
Nlckerson.
Norwegian
and
Finnish
Ports
Strafed
By
Navy
Air
Arm;jhippin3
Hit
Telling
Results
From
Many
Bombing
Forays
Essayed
Yesterday
Against
Enemy
!
LONDON,
July
31:
(CP)
The
Admiralty
today
re-'
ported
a
severe
raid
on
the
northern
Norwegian
port
of
jKirkenes
and
the
Finnish
port
of
Petsamo
in
which
at
'
least
four
supply
ships
were
hit.
The
raids
were
made
by
naval
aircraft
yesterday
and
sixteen
British
planes
were
lost.
At
Petsamo
the
attack
was
concentrated
against
'
harbor
works
and
jetties,
a
ware
LOCAL
MAN
i
IS
MOVING
William
Cruickshank
Transferred
to
Regina-,R.
S.
Greig
of
Vancouver
Coming
Here
'
VANCOUVER,
July
30.
The
retirement
of
George
McNIchoIl,
Gen-'eral
Passenger
Agent
Canadian
National
Railways,
Vancouver,
necessi
tates
a
large
number
of
changes
in
passenger
department
personnel
:
and
the
first
of
these
is
the
appoint-
ment
of
William
Stapleton,
district
Will
ITnil
With
nlhrr
Krrvirrc
in
v
t
cn.l.ntn
rc
to
Regina
as
travelling
passenger
agent,
succeeding
Mr.
Bell.
R.
S.
Greig,
ticket
agent
at
the
Hotel
Vancouver
ticket
office,
will
move
to
Prince
Rupert
to
succeed
Mr.
Cruickshank
as
city
passenger
agent.
Ken
Robertson,
chief
clerk
In
the
i
Calgary
office,
will
move
to
Van-'
couver
to
take
over
the
position
of
house
and
oil
tank
were
hit.
The
German
warship
Bremse,
former
gunnery
training
ship,
was
hit
twice
at
Kirkenes.
The
Royal
Air
Force
also
engaged
in
raids
on
German
and
German-
occupied
points.
IS
MERELY
INCIDENTAL
United
States
Authorities
Not
Taking
Very
Serious
View
of
Tutuila
Affair
KJinnlinri
pasngur
uB
.k
-
r,
Ued
States
Ambassador
Joseph
National
Drive
or
Fund,
Next
Mr.McNlQltt,SUxeS5or;
accord-
fw
bomb,
bombing
of
of
the
United
""s
mg
to
usDorne
ecuik.i
jja&aciiBc-i
traffic
manager
for
the
'western
OTTAWA,
July
31:
(CP)
The
regi0n
of
the
company;
Mr.
Scott
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
has
ls
m
Vancouver
today
with
C.
W.
agreed
to
a
request
from
the
gov-
Johnston,
general
passenger
traf-ernment
not
to
proceed
with
a
sep-
nc
manager,
Montreal
and
a
num-
arate
drive
for
funds
this
autumn
,
ber
0f
0ther
officials
to
attend
a
but
to
join
with
other
auxiliary
war
j
banquet
in
Mr.
McNicholl's
honor
enger
agent
in
Vancouver,.
to
be
dls
trict
passenger
agent
for
Saskatchewan,
with
headquarters
in
Saskatoon.
Mr.
Connolly
is
not
only
in
the
golf
fraternity
nRT
i-nnn
Atlin
i22r
nnd
I
figure
and
11.2c.
DRIVE
IS
LAUNCHED
I
r..
l
.
rnAb
1
f
ir
nacwnffpr
H.'l"
I
...
n
i
III
..
7on
White
Hope,
25,500,
Storage,
12.2c,
agent,
-aigy.
w
"
"
"
i
couver
to
take
over
r
the
dunes
oi
city
passenger
agent
Connolly.
Earl
Bell4
travelling
passenger
agent
at
Regina,
will
move
to
Cal
gary
to
succeed
Mr.
Peck
TOKYO
APOLOGIZES
TOKYO
The
Japanese
government
today
apologized
to
Un-
C.
States
gunboat
Tutuila
at
Chungking.
The
apology
was
made
before
Grew
could
act
on
Washington's
instructions
to
make
representations
against
the
WASHINGTON,
July
31:
(CP)
services
in
one
united
appeal
next
tnls
evening.
Mr.
Stapleton
is
also
a
United
States
Navy
source
ex-spring,
Hon.
J,
T.
Thorson;
minister
m
Vancouver
today.
Ipresses
the
belief
that
damage
to
of
war
services,
announced
yester-
Another
move
will
be
the
promo-
the
United
States
gunboat
Tutuila,
day.
!
tion
of
William
"Bill"
Connolly,
who
j
hit
by
Japanese
bombs
In
a
raid
on
for
many
years
has
been
city
pass-
Chungking,
was
incidental
to
a
general
raid
on
the
Chinese
capital
although
the
vessel
was
in
a
so-called
safety
area.
wpll
known
in
Pacific
Coast
trans-
T
i
7
.
fportatlon
circles
but
is
a
leading!
lWcIliy-riVe
Million
Feet
Timber
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
district
for
July
totalled
25,040,897
board
feet
of
which
12,224,582
board
feet
was
spruce,
6,409,573
William
Cruickshank.
city
ticket
hemlock
and
lesser
quantities
of
aeent
at
Prince
Rupert,
will
move
other
varieties.
Poles
and
piling
produced
in
the
Interior
totalled
299,662
lineal
feet
and
ties
25,662
pieces.
IS
KILLED
IN
ACTION
ticket
agent
in
the
Hotel
Vancou-J
ver
ticket
office.
j
Former
Wireless
Operator
With
ThPro
will
he
one
or
two
other.
Canadian
national
stcamsnips
personnel
adjustments
to
follow
but
these
are
the
main
changes.
Smithers
Rector
New
Rural
Dean
To
Burns
Lake
i
Loses
Life
With
R.
C.
A.
F.
Wilfrid
Bratherton.
who
prior
to
enlistment
was
a
wireless
operator
on
the
steamer
Prince
George
and
.was
quite
well
known
in
Prince
I
Rupert,
has
been
killed
while
on
(service
in
Great
Britain
with
the
.Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
according
to
advice
received
by
his
Rev.
J.
E.
Whittles
Elevated
in
Ec-
parents.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Brather-
MA.Iaflral
Rank
Pra
r
e
Man
IU"
vauuuvci.
former
associates
on
the
Canadian
National
ships
havg
expressed
much
regret
at
his
loss.
'-'
Rt.
Rev.
G.
A.
Rlx
DJJ.,
Bishop
Bratherton,
24
years
of
age
and
of
Caledonia,
announces
the
pro-
born
in
Prince
Rupert,
received
motion
in
ecclesiastical
rank
of
his
education
at
Burnaby
and
New
Rev.
J.
E.
Blrchall
of
Smithers
to
be
Westminster
schools
and
was
a
rural
dean
in
succession
to
Rev.
J.
E.
Whittles
of
Burns
Lake
who
has
Joined
the
army
chaplaincy
at
Prince
Rupert.
The
Bishop
also
announces
that
Rev.
A.
K.
Atkinson,
from
Mald-stbne,
Saskatchewan,
is
succeeding
Mr.
Whittles
ln
charge
at
Burns
Lake.
graduate
of
a
Vancouver
wireless
school.
He
Joined
the
Air
Force
last
April
and
had
recently
been
on
bombers
being
flown
to
Great
Britain.
As
a
wireless
operator
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
he
first
went
overseas
about
a
month
and
a
half
ago.
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