detailed
report
of
the
drowning
litv
last
Saturday
night
at
plkelse
Lake
which
cost
the
life
of
ger
Richard
alentln,
clght-
r-old
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
lentin
of
this
city,
was
received
provincial
police
headquarters
i&e
today
from
Constable
Peter
GiWrigtH
of
Terrace.
Uas
a
approximately
10
o'clock
lurfiay
night
that
the
tragedy
oc
curred
The
lad
was
seen
to
dive
from
a
raft
His
head
appeared
&
tie
started
to
Bwlm.
Then
he
:ame
missing
and
immediately
a
rch
was
started.
About
thirty'
ite
iaier
the
body
was
sighted
j
searchers
using
flashlights
from
pat
It
was
about
dusk
at
the
Die
Paui
Knnke
dove
in
from
the
Karen
boat
and
hauled
out
the
'HMV
ICrlnlra
iUnt
Ya
writer
Ijas
about
t2
to
15
feet
deep
at
the
Winr
where
the
ne
body
rxwy
was
was
found
iouna.
I
Premier
T
D.
PaUnllo.
who
is
a
fsltor
m
the
city,
announces
bur-
Lwase
by
the
provincial
government
Pi
the
Tony
christian
property
ln
wedge
comer
of
Third
Avenue
pa
McBride
Street
adjoining
the
Drov
nrial
.
.
..
..
6unmeni
DUiiaings.
R,.
J
sides
Mr.
christian's
buildings,
P
Property
includes
the
ware-
rUSe
OCCUpled
bvThrvmn
r
Northern
Brokerage
which
Is
t
W
building
to
lnUP
iuuner
down
Thd
Av-McMeekln.
The
ware-
inc
a,
"'be
the
pro
layer
in
m,
SeveiJLa.rw-
."os
will,
be
rnm
n
V'
P
with
the
enuens.
LONDON,
Aug.
20.
Nazi
forces,
continuing
their
offensive,
are
smashing
heavily
on
two
wings
of
the
Red
Armytowards
Leningrad
on
.the
north
and-
through
the-Uk-raine
towards
Odessa.
Reports
reaching
here
last
night
were
to
the
effect
that
the
Soviet
army
was
'being
driven
to
the
outer
defences
of
Leningrad.
In
the
Ukraine
there
was
heavy
resistance
by
the
Russians
In
savage
rearguard
fighting.
gov-
PR.
ROBERT
Fine
Hostel
For
Sailors
In
Victoria
Is
Now
In
Use
VICTORIA,
August
20.
In
con
nection
with
official
ceremonies
10
a.m.
until
1
p.m.
today,
on
board
were
218
passengers,
two
of
whom
disembarked
here.
through
waters
which
Japan
con-,,
T'tv
"
irir
..nHPr
hnr
,nntmi
ii.h
arms!ln
he
city
for
several
days,
before
and
ammunition
destined
for
Russian
port
of
Vladivostok.
the
Tokyo
also
reports
that
the
Japanese
government
has
started
of
Battle
Still
Flowing
Against
ing
0ver
vessels
of
the
merchant
Soviet
as
Nazis
Maintain
marine
for
use
of
the
Navy.
Offensive
'
I
More
Canadians
Are
Safe
Across
.
AT
A
BRITISH
PORT.
Aug-
ust
20:
O
Canada's
overseas
army,
now
totalling
many
thousands,
has
been
relnforc-
ed
by
a
shipload
of
ancillary
troops.
New
detachments
were
greeted
today
by
Navy
Minister
Angus
Macdonald.
HOUSE
OPEN
'
'
BLASTED
AT
KIEL
.
.
..
....
...j
..,m...
vi
ii.
nnvai
Je
pomt
was
some
fifty
yards
off-
MA
here
,
"
F
In
AUack
Last
Night
ore
close
to
a
drop
off.
The
water
tne
opening
or
mnce
uoDen
s
extremely
cold.
u
,,
mNDON.
Auzust
20:
0,-Royai!
i.ni
.
..
.
.
igqi
nro
acniiiH
iiiiiri
nil
urn
iv
w
a
-'
respiration
was
resori-t
-
-
ln
of
bad
jwwmai
Alr
Force
bamber5,
spite
by
Hon.
E.
W
Hamber
to
and
continued
until
the
ar-
-
gj
gnpke,
nayai
Lieutenant
Oovernor
oi
uniisn
.
)
of
Constable
Cartwrleht
and
.
.
n-l..U
M
ln-nA
MAln
mriflpl
nr
U.LdC
ai
iwli
uu.i.ia
"
l"r""
m,
Stanlnv
Mill.
n
IM.
(Imp
iajiuiiiuio,
o
ia.6c
"-'
."v.
,u
Mgor
mortu
71,
7n
ss.
Prince
Robert,
which
gives
the
aiong
wim
ou.eruu
uu
i..
IThe
doctor
ave
drowning
asXhe
,5camen
CORNER
IS
PURCHASED!
To
Be
Located
at
Third
Avenue
And
Mcllrlde
Street
's
hostel
its
name,
made
available
'by
Canadian
-
"
'
'
"
The
model
of
the
Prince
Robert,
well
known
throughout
Canada,
shows
the
vessel
as
she
appeared
during
the
years
when
operated
ln
Canadian
National
passenger
service
and
when
she
carried
Their
Majesties
from
Victoria
to
Vancou
ver
during
the
royal
visit
in
May
Takcn
ovcr
by
tne
Bovern-
.i1939-
rovlncial
rovin,i,w
(.overnmen
.
.
riant
,
Assay
ment
&t
gtart
of
war
the
Prlnce
Robert,
then
ln
command
of
Commander
C.
T.
Beard,
R.
C.
N.,
made
history
when
she
captured
the
German
ship
Weser,
a
rich
prize.
was
west
Germany,
Two
night.
!
1
1
L
Ltl
.1
Na-
m
aaauion,
iignier
cruu
mi
at
fuse
oi
death
There
were
no
",ouc.
.7
.
Z.
mi
airHrnmPS
in
Pnemv-occunied
arb
or
lnjury
anywhere
on
the
"!J"
0
ZZZ
T
'O"-
1
.
,
,
,,a.
and
well
appointed
'building.
UUIUUt'lS
VVCIC
iUOl.
ut-
BANSHEES
F0RCITY
Local
A.
K.
1.
Committee
Is
Further
Improving
Equipment
At
Trince
Rupert
Further
perfecting
the
local
Air
tioM
Pmtep.tlnn
pauiDment
and
Commander
Beard,
now
president
I
,
iead
tne
way
in
0r-
of
the
local
'branch,
Navy
League
Eanlzallon
$
civn
protection
meas-
oi
canaaa,
wnrcn
una
'MUl"Ures
ln
Western
Canada,
tne
a.
k.
the
new
sailor's
home,
accepica
'the
model
for
his
organization
from
Charles
F.
Earle,
district
.
r.
II-
XTrt
passenger
ageni,
oanaujau
na
tional
Railways,
Victoria.
Southbound
after
the
third
of
three
specially
arranged
Alaska
cruises
which
included
calls
at
Sitka
and
certain
other
points
not
regularly
visited
by
the
vessels
op-
pratlntr
nn
rpmilar
Schedules,
C.P.R.
hoK!Vurncnt.assay
Plant
and
I
steamer
Princess
Charlotte,
Capt.
uuuse
bv
T
M
V
...
.
i
rmm
-
uungs,
"uss,
me
me
as-iwiuiam
as-
Palmer,
was
i
P.
committee
In
Prince
Rupert
has
decided
to
install
conventional
air
raid
sirens
or
banshees
here.
Sev
eral
will
be
established
at
suitable
points
so
the
whole
city
will
have
....
,
111..
...JIU1.
an
effective
ana
rcauuy
auuiuic
system
of
alarms.
There
will
be
central
control.
Estimates
of
cost
of
the
sirens
are
now
being
receiv
ed
preparatory
to
placing
the
SPEEDING
BEES
The
averaee
speed
of
worker
bees
engaged
ln
making
honey
is
about
15
miles
an
hour.
returning
to
Vancouver.
Bulletins
SABOTAGE
IN
PARIS
PARIS
Sabotage,
including
arson
and
train
wrecking,
contin-
ues.-o
In"
the
Nazt-contrulled
Industries
slowdown
strikes
are
NEW
LEG
FOR
BADER
LONDON
A
squadron
of
Royal
Air
Force
planes
has
dropped
a
new
metal
leg
for
Winp
Commander
Douglas
Bader
who
is
a
prisoner
in
Germany.
PRESIDENT
CANDID
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
was
candid
In
a
press
conference.
He
told
newspapermen
that
Americans
must
realize
there
was
a
war
to
win.
The
only
way
out
for
escape
was
by
seeing
Hitler
defeated.
It
was
a
war
that
would
have
t0
be
won
by
fighting,
not
by
strategy.
He
suggested
that
the
war
might
last
until
1913
and
that
American
aid
to
Great
Britain
would
have
to
continue
as
long
as.
it
lasted.
SOVIET
GOLD
ARRIVING
WASHINGTON
Soviet
gold
is
flowing
into
the
United
States
to
pay
for
war
purchases.
Already
$3,500,000
worth
has
arrived.
FURTHER
CONFERENCES
MONTREAL
Viscount
Halifax,
British
ambassador
to
United
States,
foresees
further
periodical
conferences
between
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
for
the
exchange
of
views.
1LSLEY
COMING
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Finance
Ilsley
leaves
about
August
30
for
a
trip
west
in
connection
with
the
promotion
of
sales
of
war
savings
certificates.
GOVERNOR
GENERAL
IN
WEST
WINNIPEG
The
Governor
General
and
Princess
Alice
were
hero
yesterday
and
left
for
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS
WINNIPEG
The
Infantile
paralysis
situation
is
becoming
serious.
There
are
511
cases.
A
member
of
the
legislature
is
dead.
There
are
also
eight
cases
of
sleeping
sickness.
Salmon
Arrivals
Kanawaka,
80,000
Inverness,
10.9c.
pounds
coho,
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
mm
Ml
prince
Islands-Light
to
moderate
mm
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
southeast
winds,
becoming
locally
High
0:01
am.
20.2
ft.
and
mild
with
intermittent
12:44
p.m.
19.0
ft.
cloudy
Low
6:36
am.
35
ft.
this
afternoon.
rain
18:40
p.m.
6.6
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
20,
194L
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
attic
For
Leningrad
Is
Now
On
a
Premier
King
Of
Canada
In
Britain
After
Flight
Across
Ocean
In
Bomber
LONDON,
August
20:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
arrived
at
a
British
nirnort
after
flyinc
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
from
Canada
in
a
giant
Liberator
bomber,
it
was
announc
ed
today.
The
Canadian
Premier
could
not
state
his
plans
i
until
he
had
an
opportunity
to
discuss
the
program
i
.
.
1
TT!
i
ri
tf!.
H
S
with
i
ananian
xugn
commissioner
vmceni
iwassey
:
who
met
him.
j
It
is
understood
that
Mr.
King
intends
to
stay
about
three
weeks.
In
addition
to
conferences
with
;
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
the
British
war
cabinet,
he
is
expected
to
make
extended
visits
j
with
the
Canadian
armed
forces
in
the
United
King-t
dom
and
visit
naval
centres
with
Hon.
Angus
Mac-j
donald.
Canadian
minister
of
naval
affairs,
who
is
still
tn
Great
Britain.
I
OFFICIAL
ACCOUNT
llWvincUl
Tollce
Receive
runner
Details
of
Drowning
of
Local
Boy
at
Lakelse
Lake
-
REDS
STILL
FALL
BACK
I
Air
Explosive
SITUATION
!
TENSE
IN
'
FAR
EAST
i
Another
British
Warning;
to
Japan
New
Crisis
With
United
States
'
'
Looms
!
furJ
LONDON.
Aug.
20:
CP
-Any
ther
move
by
Japan
in
the
Far
East
would
be
regarded
by
Great
Britain
as
"extremely
serious."
authoritative
quarters
said
today
although
it
is
understood
London
has
given
Thailand
no
specific
assurances
that
its
independence
would
be
maintained
by
British
arms.
In
Canberra
Prime
Minister
Robert
G.
Menzies
todny
charged
Japan
with
creating
Far
F.astern
tension
and
said
she
had
"the
means
of
relief
in
her
own
hands."
At
Tokyo
I
was
predicted
that
a
new
crisis
between
Japan
and
United
States
might
develop
within
twenty
days
when
American
vessels
are
expected
to
start
moving
Manager
Is
Here
,G.
A,
MacMillan,
general
man-
HEAD
OF
AIRLINES
RESIGNED
O.
T.
Larsen,
General
Superintendent
Takes
Place
of
D.
B.
Collyer
MONTREAL.
Aug.
20.
The
reslg-.
nation
of
D.
B.
Colyer
vice-president
TransCanada
Air
Lines
and
the
appointment
of
O.
T.
Larsen
general
uperintendent,
to
succeed
him
was
announced
today
by
H.
J.
Symington
K.C.,
press
president
and
T.C.A.
Mr
Coyler
is.
resigning
after
four
years
spent
in
organizing
and
.developing
Canada's
national
air
service
"In
Mr.
Colyer
we
lose
an
aviation
executive
of
outstanding
ability
The
work
he
has
accomplished
for
aviation
as
a
whole
as
well
as;
for
T.C.A.
will
keep
this
country
to
the'fore
front
in
aeronautics
for
many
years
to
come."
The
organization,
to
a
man,
is
sorry
to
ager
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock,
see
leave,"
said
Mr.
Symington.
arrived
on
the
steamer
Prince
Britain
Gives
LONDON,
August
20:
Oi
fr
(rtn
f
Rrltafn
hnt
tHvon
Trnn.
A
Nazi
Thrust
Across
Black
Sea
at
Batum
Oil
Port
Envisioned
Fiercest
of
Fighting
Today
in
War
Between
Soviet
and
Reich
is
Centred
in
North
Although
Heavy
Conflict
Continues
in
Ukraine
COUNTER-ATTACK
LAUNCHED
BERLIN,
August
20:
(CP)
German
dispatches
from
the
lower
Dnieper
River
front
to-
,
night
said
that
large
formations
of
Russian
tanks
were
counter-attacking
Nazi
lines
in
attempt
to
cover
the
withdrawal
of
sizeable
Russian
units
eastward
across
the
river.
MOSCOW,
August
20:
(CP)
The
battle
for
Leningrad
developed
today
into
a
showdown
around
Novgorod,
ancient
walled
town,
about
100
miles
south
of
Leningrad.
A
Red
Army
communique
reported
heavy
f
ighting
on
every
front
including
the
threat
of
new
Nazi
penetration
midway
between
Kiev
and
Smolensk
but
it
was
in
the
Iran
One
Week
.
SERVICE
north
that
the
fiercest
of
the
day's.
struggles
was
under
way.
The
possibility
of
a
Nazi
thrust
across
the
Black
Sea
at
the
Soviet
nm
4
frrPT
oil
port
of
Batum
was
envisioned
to-
I
Z
K
I
H
I
1
day
as
the
Germans
in
Berlin
pre-
dlcted
lh
fal1
oI
dessa
about
i
week
In
whlrh
to
was
Only
;
answer
the
Anglolussian
re-
Canne1
SaImon
Tw
MMt
TZZl
quest
for
the
expulsion
of
strapped
and
Sampled
At
Sertd
,
1
pt"re
f
?lesSa.
three
thousand
German
"tour-
Since
RupTi
'
'
Tu
Ct
West
isw
nnrt
tprhnioians-
m
P
the
Dnieper
River
In
German
'
haAFe'fmered.Thfo"the
xoym6y7
M.
McCaskeThTsrihT1""
'
'
authoritative
sources
said
to-
d,i
day.
Although
these
sources
manage
for
Wells
Limited,
label-
Insisted
that
Great
Britain
llrie.
straDDinc
and
samDline
ser
if
had
not
sent
an
ultimatum
on
vjce
or
the
fisheries
industry
op-i
r
tne
issue,
mwsn
ana
Kussian
eratlng
from
this
port
as
its
centre.
t
iroons
were
rerxrtea
on
irans
t
m,.
v.i.r
ooer.n
tnr
th
octoh.
"
111C
L11IC1
A
-
IVi
'V
"-UlU
V
I
j
frontier
ready
for
possible
dlr-
Wrangell
has
had
the
largest
salmon
pack
in
the
history
of
that
Alaska
fishing
centre,
it
is
reported
by
Norman
Nelson,
manager
of
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.,
who
returned
from
there
on
the
Princess
Charlotte
this
morning.
With
all
storage
facilities
filled
with
the
canned
product,
even
the
town
Fire
Hall
has
been
pdessed
into
use
for
the
stacking
of
filled
cases.
The
variety
is
principally
pinks.
Now,
however,
Wrangell
Is
faced
with
a
serious
water
shortage
and,
unless
there
Is
rain
within
the
next
four
or
five
days,
it
may
be
neces
sary
to
cease
operations
at
the
three
canneries
there.
ARMY
HAS
BIG
LEAD
Lillian
Jones
Still
Away
Out
on
Top
in
Carnival
Queen
Contest
Miss
Lillian
Jones,
Army
candi
date,
still
has
a
big
lead
in
the
Carn
ival
Oueen
contest
today
on
the
basis
of
the
latest
tabulation
which
Is
as
follows:
Lillian
Jones,
Army,
76,000.
Phil
Murray,
Junior
Chamber,
38,
000.
May
Skinner,
Gyro
Club,
22,000.
Nancy
Bremner;
Navy,
10,000.
lishment
of
this
service
has
been
ect
action
if
the
Iranian
gov-
to
a
chanee
ln
the
carco
situ-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Grandvlew,
.13.
Bralorne,
ll'.OO.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.15.
Hedley
Mascot,
.47
(ask).
Pend
Orlelle,
1.55.
Pioneer,
2.35.
Premier,
.90.
Privateer,
.46.
Reno,
.11..
Sheep
Creek,
.96.
Oils
Calmont,
.25
(ask).
C.
&
E.,
1.25.
Home,
2.25.
Royal
Canadian,
.05.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.10.
Central
Pat.,
1.93.
Cons.
Smelters,
37.25.
Hardrock,
.78
(ask).
Kerr
Addison,
4.45.
Little
Long
Lac,
1.85.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.85.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.65
V2.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.06.
Moneta,
.34.
Pickle
Crow,
3.05.
Treston
East
Dome,
3.20.
San
Antonio,
2.40.
Sherritt
Gordon,
.81.
LOTS
OF
EARS
LONDON,
August
20:
(CP)
Lab
els
bearing
the
words
"Speech
ori
phones
Is
not
secret"
have
been
pasted
on
Instruments
ln
government
offices
by
the
post
office
I
department.
TOO
HIGH
ANYWAY
Flying
above
17,000
feet
ln
the
United
States
is
restricted
to
mili
tary
and
some
airline
planes.
FRENCHMAN
IS
SHELLED
ernment
falls
to
satisfy
the
aHon
whereby
in
future
the
main
1
British
Navy
Is
Becoming
Daring
a
1
1
1
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A
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n
a
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viiiea
governmenis.
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PACK
IS
.-i
LARGEST
Never
Before
Has
So
Much
Salmon
Been
Packed
at
Wrangell
Drought
May
Close
Canneries
'
nnrtlnn
nf
the
ranned
salmon
Dack
will
be'
moving
direct
east
by
rail1
from
here
Instead
of
by
ship
to
Vancouver.
Activities
of
the
Wells
organization
will
be
concentrated
in
Prince
Ruperi
and
canneries
situated
on
the
railroad
side
of
the
Skeena
Around
Port
Of
Djibuti
VICHY,
August
20:
Two
British
warships
are
reported
to
have
steamed
into
the
blockaded
French
Somaliland
port
of
Djibuti
after
a
British
dispatch
boat
shelled
a
French
ship
out-
I
side
the
harbor.
Word
to
this
effect
reached
Vichy
in
a
radio
broadcast
from
Djibuti.
It
is
not
said
what
action
resulted
but
the
situation
in
blockaded
French
Somaliland
was
described
as
becoming
serious.
Halibut
Sales
!
Foremost,
American
40,000,
Pacific,
12.7c
and
11c.
Sentinel,.
25,000,
Storage,
12.5c
land
11c.
.
Shirley
"A.,
25,000,
Booth,
12.8c
.and
11c.
Wireless,
25,000,
Atlin,
13.2c
and
11c.
Carnival
Tonight
PROGRAM
7:30
Carnival
Featur-es.
Doors
open
7
o'clock.
8:00
Bathing
Beauty
Contest.
11:00
p.m.
Dancing.
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