r
ul
of
Atlantic
Atlfl
Safety
of
Convoys
Were
ItLLb
Ur
Discussed
By
Statesmen'
ENGLAND
LONDON.
August
lfi:
(CP)-Among
the
most
,
im-,
nnrtant
subjects
discussed
between
Prime
Minister
Win-,
Son
Churchill
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
in
their
historic
meeting
at
sea
were
the
Battle
of
the
At-antic
and
the
safety
of
convoys
from
the
United
States
authoritative
source
said
today.
The
principal
meet-1
an
an
autumn.
between
the
two
leaders
was:
RUSSIANS
WITHDRAW
INFIGHT
Tide
Of
Battle
Appears
To
Be
doing
Against
Soviet,
Particularly
In
Ukraine
Area,
Today
Nazis
Drive
On
Leningrad
Fierce
r'Stlnc
Beamed
Alone
Eastern
Fronts
After
Three
Day
Lull
In
Sporadic
Action
LONDON.
AuTTs:
O-Russlan
,roops
in
the
Ukraine
apparently
are
withdrawing
beyond
the
Dntep-er
River,
authoritative
sources
said
today
However
the
sources
said
that
there
is
no
positive
Information
that
the
Germans
have
crossed
the
Dnelper-although
they
have
reached
It
somewhere
south
or
Kiev.
Meanwhile
a,fourh
major.
Nazi
ottenslve.
apparently
aimed
at
Leningrad
simultaneously
with
the
southern
rmash
toward
Odessa,
was
renorted
today
in
Soviet
war
a
LONDON,
Aug.
15:
0j
President
Franirilri
D.
Roosevelt
and
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
are
re-portedto
be
planning
to
send
communication
to
Premier
Josef
Stalin
of
Rusia
proposing
a
Moscow
meeting
belveen
Stalin
and
the
war
chiefs
ih
one
hand
and
high
Brl
tish
anl
American
officials
on
the
other.
Londc
Russia,
Hon
of
meetlngj
types
6
the
Sovl
sources
said
that
the
vould
discuss
not
only
the
SUnnllp.
in
hp
Rpnt
in'
it
also
the
strategic
posl-
e
Red
Armies,
lncludlne
army
In
Siberia.
Salhon
Arrival
u
CKey,tt,ooo
coho.'Carlisle,
10.9c.
i
.5
?0'000
springs.
Storage,
uvioind
7V2c
uwcing,K,ooo
vernoss,
a
pounds
coho,
In-
held
Sunday
in
the
captain's
cabin
TRAGEDY
AT
SITKA
Roaring
Wall
of
Rock
Carries
Six
Airport
Workers
to
Deaths
SITKA.
Alaska,
Aug.
15:
Oi
A
roaring
35-foot
wall
of
rock,
loosened
by
a
premature
explosion,
was
charged
today
with
causing
the
deaths
of
six
workmen
at
a
quarry
for
the
big
United
States
naval
base
on
Japonski
Island
In
Sitka
Harbor.
A
seventh
man
was
rescued
after
lying
helpless
for
five
hours
under
a
mass
of
rocks.
Legless
Ace
Is
patches.
After
a
tnree-aay
um
...
.
I)
whl-h
there
was
only
sporadic
ac-
faZl
iTlSOner
tion.
a
communique
reported
that
battles
had
broken
out
anew
on
the
eastern
front
and
there
was
fierce
confirmation
That
Wing
fighting
throughout
the
night,
rnander
Douglas
Bader
Is
Alive
chiefly
at
Kaklsalml,
Staraya
and
in
Germany
Smolensk
regions
and
on
the
Eston-
LONGEST
RIVER
The
Mackenzie,
which
drains
Great
Slave
Lake,
Is
with
its
head
waters
the
longest
river
In
Canada
2,514
miles.
Contract
For
New
Building
OTTAWA.
August
15:
The
Department
of
Munitions
and
Qnnniv
announces
that
the
England
as
it
is
today
and
overeat
considerably.
contract
has
been
awarded
for
110.6c
a
naval
station
at
Prince
Bup-
t
ext.
The
building
of
wooden
.AH.,iinllAn
nnd
to
COSt
$13.-
T
tUUOU
UVhIVIt
'
000.
Is
to
be
completed
by
uc-
4
nhpr
hv
the
contractors,
the
E.
J.
Ryan
Construction
Co,
Vancouver.
of
1
LiBBm
A
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
District
ana
queen
Prince
Rupert
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Islands
Light
to
moderate
Charlotte
High
8:34
am.
14.9
ft.
northwest
winds,
cloudy
west
to
20:36
pjn.
17.2
ft.
drizzle
and
fog
during
with
loci
Low
2:05
ajn.
8.0
ft
'-?Or.
the
mc
13:44
pjn.
10.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
.
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,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
15,
1941.
,
.
PRICE:
FIVE
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CENTS
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'
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i
i
i
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i
-i.
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-
t.'y.
Chicif
Of
British
Supply
Is
Killed
(imperial
Officer
AND
WAR
Lieut.
C.
L.
C.
Wilson
of
British
Army
Talks
to
Rotary
Club
at
Its
Luncheon
Yesterday
Afternoon'
'of
the
British
battleship
Prince
of
A
most
interesting,
entertaining
Wales
under
weather
conditions
and
informative
address
was
given
inMrh
wro
"unfortunately
not
yesterday
afternoon
at
the
regu
ideal,"
it
was
said.
The
location
lar
weekly
luncheon
of
Hie
Prince
of
the
ble
battlcshirj
at
the
time
Rupert
Rotary
Club
by
Lieut.
C.
L.
of
the
conference
remained
a
sec-
C.
Wilson
of
the
Imperial
Army.
He
ret
although
It
was
reported
to
made
no
attempt
at
oratory
but
he
have
been
In
Newfoundland
waters.
Gave
intimate
sketches
of
life
In
army
life
in
particular.
Lieut.
Wilson
said
that,
while
life
was
going
on
in
England
much
as
usual,
there
were
ravages
of
war
in
practically
every
big
city.
Yet
the
country
as
a
whole
gave
very
little
indication
that
the
country
was
at
war.
The
bombing
had
been
severe
and
destructive
but
bombing
had
Its
limitations
and
was
not
as
destructive
as
might
have
been
expected.
The
speaker
paid
a
high
tribute
to
the
civil
defence
workers.
He
gave
It
as
his
opinion
that
the
coastal
defends
today
were
practically
imnreenable.
Peonle
went
about
their
work
with
apparent
uncon
cern.
If
a
bomb
exploded
people
were
usually
seen
to
run
to
see
what
damaqe
hsd
taken
place.
The
balloon
barages
were
descrlb
prf
Thev
were
aulte
effective
in
Interfering
with
dive
-bombing,
Sncaklne
of
the
evacuation
of
Dunkeroue
Lieut.
Wilson
said
the
discipline
of
the
British
troops,
drilled
by
the
old
time
drill
ser-i
geant.
was
almost
incredible.
The
men
stood
there
on
the
beach
awaiting
their
turn
while
the
enemy
bombed
and
machine
gunned
them
and
did
not
stir
a
foot
until
told
Com-
to
do
so.
It
was
a
fine
example
of
the
value
of
perfect
discipline.
The
development
of
the
British
flvinc
defence
was
mentioned,
The
tan
sector.
,
LONDON.
August
ID:
w-flum-
speaker
tola
now
tne
aayngnt
raiu-
There
was
no
further
mention
In
orltative
sources
today
confirmed
ing
had
been
developing
until
today
the
Moscow
communique
today
of
information
had
been
received
almost
any
part
of
Germany
could
the
Ukraine
where
a
communique
that
Wing
Commander
Douglas
be
invaded
by
day
with
little
dang-
v
last
nlgty
acknowledged
the
Red
Bader;
legless
Royal
Air
Force
pilot,
er
to
the
invaders.
While
the
Ger-Army's
withdrawal
from
Klrovograd
missing
two
days
ago,
is
alive
and
mans
still
have
the
British
out-and
Pervomalsk,
a
German
prisoner.
numbered
In
the
matter
of
machines
In
Helsinki
it
was
stated
that
the
the
British
had
more
Initiative
than
drive
on
Leningrad
was
Intensified
4fTOC'Il7C
the
Gcrman
fIVers
and
they
felt
from
the
north
today,
the
Finns
A
I
It
111!
IV
1
.had
the
upper
hand
In
that
branch
claiming
mat
fcKmei
aeiences
the
Lfcrellan
Isthmus
had
been,
smashpd,
the
towns
of,
Klrvu
and
Ellsen-Vaara
captured
and
the
Red
Army
In
retreat.
TALKS
WITH
I
STALIN
NOW
This
Is
Reported
to
be
Latest
Move
Flowing
Churchill-Roosevelt
Parley
Largest
Since
ON
MOVE
SIGAPORE,
August
15:
ii
Australian
fighting
men
marched
singing
from
piers
here
today
after
arrival
in
the
largest
convoy
to
reach
Malaya
since
the
war
began.
of
the
service.
While
outnumber
ed
the
British
were
confident,
of
superior
power.
Life
In
Britain,
as
he
said
before,
went
on
much
as
In
the
old
days.
Convoys
of
Australians
True,
there
was
rationing.
Instead
War
Began
Landed
At
0f
luxuries
they
were
able
to
obtain
Singapore
Today
only
necessities.
Small
amounts
of
meat
were
allowed
and
no
butter
but
it
was
clear
from
the
results
that
people
in
this
part
of
the
world
The
friendly
spirit
that
the
war
has
developed
In
the
Old
Country!
was
mentioned
by
the
speaker.
To-1
day
if
one
rode
on
the
same
train
Halibut
Sales
American
Bonanza,
28,000,
Pacific,
12.3c
and
10.8c.
Federal,
18,000,
Atlln,
12.2c'
and
11.2c.
Eureka,
15,000,
Booth,
12.5c
and
11c.
Chelam,
25,000,
Royal,
12.2c.
and
Canadian
Melville,
20,000,
Atlln,
12.5c
and
11.3c.
Sea
Ranger,
30,000,
Storage,
12.6c
and
11.5c.
Mac
West,
19,000,
Storage,,
12.3c
and
11.2c.
Kalen,
3,000,
Storage,
12c
and.
11c.
VISITS
DISTRICT
HON.
G.
S.
LEARY
Hon.
Charles
S.
Leary.
provincial'
minister
of
public
works,
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
Victoria
and
proceeded
by
the
morning
train
to
Terrace.
He
will
make
an
inspection
of
construction
work
on
the
Usk-Ce-darvale
section
of
the
northern
transprovlnclal
highway
and
pro
ceed
points.
Mr.
Mr
Leary
is
accompanied
by
Arthur
Dixon,
chief
engineer
of
lor
trip
with
them.
Axis
Garrison
IS
WlDeO
UUt
clear
that
any
otfer
whlch
'Produce
more."
In
a
speech
at
the
should
be
made
by
Adolf
Hitler
vnrn
ninh
in
Toronto
in
1935
he
point
on
the
siege
line
was
sur
prised
Wednesday
night
ASSAULT
RENEWED
Large
Fires
Started
By
Royal
Air
Force
At
Hanover,
Brunswick
And
Magdeburg
NORTHBOUND
RIVERS
Water
from
more
than
half
the
with
an
Englishman
he
would
speak
Dominion
drains
Into
Hudson
Bay
to
you,
something
almost
unknown
and
the
Arctic
Ocean
before
the
war.
There
was
a
feeling
of
fellowship
developed
that
would
have
a
lasting
effect
in
the
future.
Nazi
Spy
Executed
In
Tower
LONDON,
Aug.
15.
Josef
Ja-
cobs,
described
as
German
na-
tlonal,
was
shot
at
the
Tower
of
London
today
lollowing
con-
vlctton
as
a
spy.
A
War
Office
'
statement
said
he
was
a
non-
commissioned
officer
In
the
German
army.
At
the
time
of
4'
arrest
he
wore
civilian
clothes
under
a
flying
suit
and
carried
wireless
equipment
and
a
large
sum
nf
Enclish
money.
BARON
IS
NOT
DEAD
Japanese
Vl;e-Premler,
Victim
Of
Would-Be
Assassin,
Given
Chance
to
Live
TOKYO,
August
15:
(CP)
Baron
j
Kllchlro
Hiranuma,
75-year
old:
REACTIONS
TO
PARLEY
London
Seizes
on
Main
Points
Churchill-Roosevelt
Declaration
TO
MAKE
1
INQUIRY
Strike
at
riant
of
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
to
be
Probed
Rubber
Dinghy
Saved
Airman
LONDON.
August
15:
CO
Shot
down
into
the
sea
after
destroying
two
Messerschmltt
109Fs,
a
Royal
nis
ruoDer
aingny
vowuiu
w
..s-llsh
coast
for
10
hours
'
before
be-inr
niricp.i
ii
n.
His
onlv
lnlury
was
Arthur
ing
workers
on
Jobs,
P
urvis,
Hea
Of
Purchase
i
i
.t
loscs
uire
Of
Scottish
and
English
extraction,
Purvis
was
born
in
London,
March
31,
1890,
the
son
of
William
Blaikle
Purvis
and
Annie
Marie
(Baker)
Purvis.
In
1903
he
was
left
an
orphan
and,
though
he
had
Just
won
a
scholarship,
he
aeciaea
to
go
to
work.
in
Business
Romt
OTTAWA,
Aug.
15:.
W-Rt.
Hon.
Ernest
Lapolnte,
minister
of
Jus-1
obtaining
employment
with
the
Uce,
announced
today
the
appoint-1
British
Transvaal
and
General
Fuv
ment
of
a
royal
commission
to
in-
comnanv
at
$2.50
a;
week;
vestlgate
all
matters
concerning
the
voun(!
purvis
learned
typewriting
dispute
between
employees
and
em-1
and
tne
rudiments
of
accountancy
piuycis
at
n.c
aiuumiuui
py
worKing
at
mgn&
aiiu
iicii.ib
."j.t
firm
is
going
to
fall
within
two
weeks.
I
suggest
you
go
out
and
get
another
Job."
He
gave
him
a
card
to
a
friend
which
resulted
in
Purvis
being
engaged
by
Lynch
Brothers,
who
operated
a
steamship
service
from
London
to
the
Air
Force
squadron
leader
paddled
Near
jvj
port
and
export
business
and
fanv
a
scratch
over
one
eye.
d
Council
In
Cras
h
portfolio,
who
was
shot
and
grave-
Second
Serious
Accident
Within
Week
forj
Aircraft
of
ly
wounded
by
a
wculd-be
assassin
posing
as
an
autograph
seeker-
j
may
recover.
The
senior
statesman,
'
who
was
a
moderating
influence
on
Japanese
policy,
wa3
struck
Jn
the
chest
and
jaw
and
his
condition
is
reported
to
be
serious.
Atlantic
Ferry
Command
LONDON,
August
15:
(CP)
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
B.
Purvis
of
Montreal,
chairman
of
the
British
supply
council
in
North
America,
was
killed
yesterday
with
twenty-one
others
when
an
aircraft
of
the
Atlantic
ferry
command
crashed
while
taking
off.
It
was
the
second
such
accident
in
a
week,
twenty-two
officers
dying
in
a
crash
I
last
Sunday.
Yesterday's
victims
Included
Radio
Officer
D.
N.
Han-
nant
of
Victoria.
I
Thrown
on
his
own
resources
at
13.
Arthur
Blaikle
Purvis
became
of
a
master
salesman
and
rose
to
a
dominating
position
In
Canadian
!
manufacturing
through
his
association
with
Canadian
Industries
.
nations
with
aggressive
ambitions.
tnem
they
are
simple.
ii
t
i
r
.
London
Times
says
it
h
He
eave
his
economic
motto
as:
neacp
alms.
The
News-Chronic'le
describes
the
declaration
as
"The
Voice
of
Hu-
manity."
In
Tokyo
the
militaristic
Kuku-mln
newspaper
says
the
declaration
makes
the
situation
In
the
Far
East
"more
dangerous."
MAY
SELL
TAX
LOTS
United
States
And
Iceland
LONDON,
August
15:
Official
Limited,
of
which
he
became
presl-
REYKAVIK.
Iceland,
Aug.
k01"10"
seizes
on
three
main
points
dent
and
managing
director.
Since
15:
B
An
agreement
under
frnm
Termrp
u
nthpr
Interior
f
I
iZTtI
anZnnA
as
the
most
Important
outcome
of
the
war
he
had
been
prominent
in
which
United
States
will
un-
the
conference
of
Prime
Minister
directing
war
Industries.
dertake
vast
Improvement
and
I
around
Tpbruk
has
been
wiped
Churchill-Roosevelt
declaration
a
couragcd
to
go
forward
with
confl-
out
bv
British
iflshtlng
patrols
statement
of
Democracy's
war
j
j
ict,
adantintrl
-
.
.
-
-
-
-
-
.
-
.
Qt'IlCC
UIIU
Ittivt;
SERVICES
will
be
rejectedonibehalf
of.
alt
Shtf.
"'Carving
never
increase1
-
-
CAIRCvAugr15
Th,
whole
ankfnd.
"
,u3t
t.hp
nlattpr."
He
stressed
Vice-Premier
Darlan
Reaffirms
Axis
garrison
on
the
siege
ring
The
Herald
proclaims
the
uol
mani.farturprs
should
be
en-
Statement
He
Will
Follow
retain
Policy
,
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a
district
strict
aepartment.j.o.
president;
Franklin
D.
Roose-
years
of
the
1930's
Mr.
Purvis
com-
facilities
was
announced
yes-
engineer
here,
is
making
the
inter-
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wrf
States
participation
In
the
rccon-
regarded
as
a
manufacturer
who
struction
of
post-war
Europe,
in-
na.d
some
revolutionary
formula
for
.
4.4,
creased
and
accelerated
aid
by
the
success.
He
was
persuaded
to
de-1
United
States
to
Great
Britain
and
uver
a
number
of
addresses
out-
.
p
jrrt
rwif
Russia
and
the
disarmament
of
lining
his
methods.
Ashe
explained,
V
11
U
AK
111
o
-
.
t
i
n
m
rrom
the
Lityan
non,
iiriusn
t
cause,
describing
It
as
"The
At-
nPu.
pntifir
ideas
to
the
needs
of
VICHY.
August
15:,-
Vice-
Middle
East
head?uarters
an-
lantlc
Charter."
The
declaration
is
,hn
rnuon.
SDeakinE
to
the
Premier
Jean
Darlan,
in
his
new
nounced
today.
The
strong.
but
a
prelude
to
a
statement
of
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
role
as
minister
of
national
de-
in
Toronto
in
1936
he
recommended
fence,
told
Vichy
France
s
land,
"trusteeship"
in
business
as
opposed
sea
and
air
forces
yesterday
that
to
"individualism"
and.
"socialism."
he
will
lead
them
along
the
road
Purvis'
industrial
philosophy
designated
by
Marshal
Henri
Phil-found
expression
in
welfare
plans
lipe
Petaln.
The
message
was
con-conducted
by
Canadian
Industries
talned
in
an
order
of
the
day
a3
Limited
which
included
employees'
Nazi-controlled
newspapers
indlcat-representatlon,
vacation,
sickness
ted
the
belief
that
Darlan's
new
and
accident
Insurant,
co-opera-
office
gave
him
complete
power
tlve
savings,
pensions,
employees'
over
the
colonial
commanders-ln-bcneflt,
bonus
and
no-accldent
ret-
chief.
h
ord.
Discussing
labor
he
said,
"rt1
Is
a
partner
in
production
and
not
p
4
TTir
A
TEC
merely
a
tool."
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ElO
Tn
1936
Mr.
Purvis
was
appoln
LONDON,
August
15:
0-Especl-
Permission
Given
City
of
Prince
IfrSJ?:!
WORK
H
ARH
ally
large
fires
were
started
in'
Rupert
To
Dispose
Of
Property
Payment.
7T
deal
,
TT
VAJLX
Hi
Hanover
last
night
when
morel
the
Canadian
government
to
than
three
hundred
Royal
Air
'
VICTORIA,
August
15!
O)
-
with
the
unemployment
P"""u
Unprecedented
Demand
for
Carni-Force
bombers
roared
over
Ger-
Prince
Rupert,
under
commission
,
and
relief.
The
commission
rnaoe
en
Co
test
xlckets
is
many
for
heavy
assaults
on
Han-
control,
was
authorized
yesterday
searching
investigation
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causes
Of
ana
cunnuw
i"
Other
attacks
were
made
on
ands
by
provincial
order-in-
pioyment.
me
nunc
standing
of
candidates
up
to
yes-
docks
at
Rotterdam
and
Boulogne,
'council.
It
is
ratification
of
the
Flan,
through
wrucn
money
waa
,
.
.
th
al.
Centre
Carnival
Twelve
planes
were
lost.
MANITOBA
WATERS
In
an
area
of
6,094
square
miles
Just
south
and
east
of
Lake
Winnipeg
there
are
3,000
lakes.
sales
passed
upon
by
the
Rupert
city
commissioner.
Prince
loanea
oy
tne
idmih
wr
follows:
7
Queen
contest
was
as
fathered
by
the
Com-
ovation,
was
JoneSi
Army
22m
mission,
it
put
m,uo-mu
u.
lphUomena
Murray,.
Junior
Chamber
t
19,000
May
Skinner,
Gyro
Club
9,000
Nancy
Bremner.
Navy
2,000
There
Is
an
unprecedented
demand
f6r
books
of
tickets
for
the
workers
In
support
of
candidates,
it
was
reported
today.
All
France
Threatened
VICHY,
Aug.
15:
German
0
seniors.
One
of
them
one
evening
i
authorities
warned
tne
enure
t
put
down
his
pen,
looked
straight
at
1
population
of
occupied
France
Purvis
and
said:
"Young
man,
this-
today
that
they
would
be
held
I
In
the
four
years
Purvis
worked
for
this
firm
he
mastered
its
lm-
responsible
as
a,
whole
lor
out-
breaks
suchpas,
ocureqiJVUT.
l
Paris
tWs'weefc'ana
brdered
the
death
penalty
for
persons
who
support
in
any
manner
Com-
munlst
activity.
lllarlzed
WmselJ
tflth
the
involved
political
background
of
Great
Britain's
trade
in
the
countries
dealt
with.
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