ill
m.
uat'7j
I'liliiiiii
io
iitiiiiiLl
i
-
(iathcring
Forces
in
Syria
for
Uattlc
and
Allies
in
i'alcstinc
LONDON,
June
5:
(CP)
With
bombs
officially
re-Mirted
to
have
killed
more
than
one
hundred
persons
last
I
.
11
1
.-
it.
!
1
f
IL.
t).
.
..
-i.
mjrht
at
Ajexanuna,
uik
main
uuse
ui
me
nnusu
.H.katrn
fleet,
the
Axis
has
delivered
the
first,
of
its
JieiHlt'I
Mediterranean
TclHUall
mv;
,iaic
iico
uuiicitu
uic
m.-'uui
no
Amman
In
Transjordania
is
also
;rlcj
to
have
been
bombed
by
':
Axis
in
reprisal
for
a
British
vnhin-
attack
on
Bewut
in
fanean
isia
A
heavy
artljlery
attack
has
been
FIXING
OF
GAS
PRICE
Trsch
mandated
Syria
A
new
V
o(
bombing
plane
said
to
Possibility
Of
Furl
Shortage
Ileitis
ii
been
used
by
the
enemy,
at
I'ett
In
Canada
Soon
Is
Seen
'
wan.
-"
-
-
-
'
BrttUh
observers
state
that
slm-
.
,
.
,
,
,
5:-
Hxlng
of
OTTAWA,
June
ultane0u:
attacks
by
the
Axis
on
ga-wl
nc
prices
a
a
wai
time
meas-
Cvpm,
Palestine
and
Alexandria
l
...
.j-
...i.u
ure
Is
bene
considered
by
the
It
Is
revealed.
government
forces
at
the
points
as
well
as
fpfral
in
iraa
are
belnt?
hnv
v
re
n
fore-
414VV
v
W
Lanrc
unit
nf
t.hf
Hnval
Navv
are
ano
concentrated
oli
the
Syrian
coat!
Nazis
Moving
In
The
vanguard
of
Axis
forces
mov-ia!t
into
Syria
arc
being
.steadily
augmented.
It
is
now
evident,
with
A
definite
fuel
shortage
In
the
Dominion
Is
in
prospect
and
may
be
felt
even
by
July
1.
Full
Report
On
'pr
increasing
numbers
or
plants,
p
.
ry
tank:
and
general
fisthtlPK
equip-
I
rrOTil
hntrllll
men
arriving
as
well
as
numerous
!
rzsz
-
-
u,c
,,u
r
of
Trade
Egypt
and
Auitralla
have
Roosevelt
c!as-cd
Syria
as
enemy-occupied
territory
for
trading
and
economic
,lt!I,mrlY1M
nr
Ilin
6.
brkCn
ff
PoTon'
tmmuW
irithT!
A
to
cc-nJ
rhyr
a-
onOm
c
and
sc):lal
conditions
of
Ocncral
Charles
De
n
Gau'.le.
m
com-
...,
u.
,n
uiinaer
in-cniei
of
Free
rrencn
n
ncpvplt
bv
lorces
is
"
"I'"""-"
reported,
to
-v
be
In
Pales-
,.
John
G
Wlnant,
un
ted
States
tommander.
In
regard
to
possible
,
action
against
the
Axis
to
meet
the
;
NAZIS
DOWN
Uis'DEK
situation
In
Syria.
i
:
111
PTl'Vnt
cr.nz.lol
nmno
1
1
Hfn
c
II
ll
!
UrtTT
I
TKimTlM
N
7...
JU11C
5:
king
taken
against
air
raids
and
(CP
Eighteen
German
officers
"It"
columnist
activities.
It
has
and
477
ratings
were
made
pris-keu
promised
that
any
bombing
oners
of
war
in
the
capture
of
a
of
Cairo
will
be
answered
with
German
supply
ship
and
tanker
bombing
of
Rome.
by
the
New
Zealand
cruiser
Lean-
Rome
admits
that
the
Royal
Air
der
and
the
Australian
ship
Can-Purce
has
done
damage
In
a
bomb-
berra.
ng
attack
on
the
eastern
Medlter-
J
Determination
or
Extermination
-Buy
Victory
Bonds!
VICTORY
LOAN
Program
June
5-Cithen's
Parade-Form
at
2nd
and
Mc-Ilride
at
7:15
p.m.
March
off
at
7:30
p.m.
Dates
Not
Yet
Set
Garrison
Parade.
A.R.P-
demonstration.
Boat
Parade.
Radio
Programs
ANKARA.
June
6:
.
,.
:
;
"
,
(CP)
Foreign
sources
Amman
in
Transjordmia
is
Another
Target
Enemy
jn
Ankara
exchanged
stories
today
indicating
that
Germans
and
Rumanians
are
massing
for
an
attack
on
Russia
that
may
be
expected
this
month.
(These
ve-
pOllS
ATM
UIIUIUIJ
NWV"-
thieatened
heavy
blows
at
Suez
Canal
defences,
according
out
confirmation
in
any
to
qualified
observers.
With
captured
Crete,
500
miles
British
circles.)
H';unt,
beinz
evidently
U3?d
as
the
-
-
--
-
oruuboard,
the
attack
came
as
the
made
by
the
Axis
against
British-
held
Tobruk
In
Libya.
aid
Lebanon
to
be
enemy-occupied
Therp
has
been
further
rioting
in
territory
for
the
purpose
of
restrict-
Bagdad,
the
capital
of
Syiia,
with
L-
commerce
with
them.
martIal
law
declared
by
the
British
T..i
niohi"K
the
heaviest
as-
authorities
in
control
there.
Mean-
-undelivered
upon
Alexandria.
whe.
the
British
are
continuing
"re
the
war
began.
The
one
1
expeditiously
clean
up
the
rfttu-"andred
persons
killed
arc
stated
to
a"on
In
East
Africa
with
the
taking
-M
been
mostly
civilian-:
Berlin
ot
17.882
more
Italian
prisoners
In
tr.r.ounncment
said
that
iarge
fires
Ethiopia.
'
in
been
started
and
that
luel
-nKs
were
among
the
objectives
-it
T0DA7S"ST0CKS
Vancouver
Braloine,
9.85.
Cariboo
Quaitz,
2.15.
Den.unia
.01.
rauview,
.01
(ask).
'
Gold
iieit,
.20.
Hcdlcy
Mascot.
.51.
Minto.
.01
Vl
Nob'.c
Five,
.00Vfe.
Taoific
Vickcl,
.04.
Ptnd
Oreille,
1.30.
Pioneer,
2.25
(ask).
Premier,
.87.
,
Privateer,
.4G.
Reeves
McDonald,
.10.
Sheep
Creek,
.78.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.0G.
Calmont,
.12.
C.
&
E..
L05.
Home,
1.65.
Pa:alta,
.02.
Royal
Canadian,
.07.
Okalta,
.50
(ask).
Mercury,
.02.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.09.
Beattie,
1.06.
Oentrai
Pat.,
1.72.
Cons.
Smelters,
32.00.
East
Malartic,
2.35.
Fernland,
.01
'ss-'Francoeur,
.36.
Gods
Lake,
.20V'2.
llaidrock.
.67.
Int.
Nickel,
29.50.
Kerr
Addison,
4.10.
Little
Long
Lac,
1.71.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.55.
Madscn
Red
Lake.
.55.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.01.
Moncta,
.40.
Noranda.
50.00.
Pickb
Crow,
2.44.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.85.
San
Antonio,
2.20.
Shcrrltt
Oordon,
.63.
Uchl,
.082.
Bouscadlllac.
.03.
Mosher,
,0434.
Oklend,
.04.
Smelters
Gold,
.01.
Dominion
Bridge,
21.00.
IS
CHOSEN
MODERATOR
Rev.
J.
B.
Skene
Of
Vancouver
Becomes
Head
Of
Presbyterian
Church
In
Canada
TORONTO,
June
5:
Jlev.
J.
B.
Skene,
pastor
of
Central
Presby
terian
Church,
Vancouver,
was
el
ected
moderator
of
the
Presby
terian
Church
in
Canada
at
the
General
Assembly
here
last
night.
Ills
was
the
only
nomination
for
rio
nfrirn
In
succession
to
Rev.
William
Barclay
of
Hamilton.
He
was
Drooosed
by
Rev
Roulston
of
New
Westminster.
MAKE
HIDEOUT
VILLAGES
LONDON.
June
5:
(CP)
Archi
tects
and
builders
are
working
on
plans
for
tUl
"hideout
"tMWWUV
villages"
.
O
in
ob
scurp
munitions
workers
will
be
taken
home
by.
motor-coaches
to
peace
and
safety.
Vi
LOAN
IS
V,CTORlA(BaJ
K
an
'Tomorrow's
I
ides
She
i
We:,t
Coast
of
Vancouver
iv
'
'
High
10:51
am
18.4
It.
Moderate
lOUCia-T;
southeast
wind,
overcfey
w.v.vCT
22:59
pjn.
215
ft.
and
mild
with
Intermittent
light
Low
.
4:30
a.m.
.
4,4
ft.
ra
16:41
pjn.
65
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXX
No.
131
PRINCE
RUPERTBrc;,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
5.
1941.
PBICR:
5
CENTS.
:
I,
'1
J
Axis
Now
Striking
Toward
Suez
Alexandria
Has
Heavy
Bombing
Assault
With
1
Over
Hundred
Dead
Attack
On
Russia
Is
Talk
Now
Over
One
Hundred
Thousand
GROWING
Subscription
for
Dominion
In
Three
Days
Tolal
$141.962,400
British
Columbia,
$11,000,000
OTTAWA.
June'5:
(CP)
National
Vietorv
Loan
194i
headauarters
re
4
ported
today
total
subscriptions
of
$141,962,400
rortnenrst
tnrce
aays
of
the
campaign,
the
total
for
yes-yesterday,
the
third
day
being
$43,-050.
i
In
British
Columbia
and
the
Yukon
subscriptions
up
to
last
night
had
exceeded
$11,000,000
of
the
$C0,
maior
subscrlDtlons
in
British
Co
lumbia
Include
$1,000,000
from
the
British
Columbia
Sugar
Refinery
and
similar
amount
from
the
Powell
River
Co.
In
Vancouver
city
1
Rnn
AnfV
Kna
UoAn
fkrl
TORCH
IN
TORONTO
rarents
Receive
Message
Today
From
Lieut.
Jack
McRae
Who
Is
I
in
Toronto
Tonight
j
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
C.
McRae
received
a
telegram
today
from
their
son,
Lieut.
Jack
McRae
R.C.N.V.R..
who
Is
flying
East
as
Canadian
naval
representative
with
the
Torch
of
Freedom
of
the
Victory
Loan
1941
which'
will
be
delivered
to
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
in
London.
The
Torch
of
Freedom
plane
Is
In
Toronto
tonight
ufter
three
stops
in
Ontario
during
the
day.
'Last
night
was
spent
at
London,
i
Lieut.
McRae
reports
Increasingly
I
enthusiastic
receptions
as
the
flight
across
Canada
progresses.
He
also
reports
rainy
weather
In
the
East.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
weather
has
been
part
cloudy
and
mllJ
on
the
roast.
I
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
Moderate
southeast
wind,
cloudy
and
mild
with
Inter
mittent
light
rain.
SAD
TALE
OF
50
TAILS
LONDON,
June
5:
(CP)
Proving
a
colony
of
rats
lived
on
olive
oil
bv
absorbing
It
through
their
tails
Thomas
poked
Into
bottles
a
rodent-officer
Jmlxed
poison
with
the
oil
and
next
day
found
50
aeaa
rats.
AUSSIE'S
NEWSPRINT
MELBOURNE.
June
5:
(CP)
While
shortage
of
newsprint
Is
re-
sultlne
in
smaller
newspapers
in
j
-
sdoIs
where
aircraft
and
i
Australia,
production
from
large
mills
recently
built
In
Tasmania
will
as
time
goes
on
replace
the
Imported
supplies.
:
OUTSPOKEN
?KS
TO
FRANCE
mons
today.
Waterway
000,000
objective.
Some
of
the.
authority
to
proceed
with
the
l,jJf,Jv
lift'?
u--ti
ttauuu.
Prlmo
Minister
William
Lyon
'
the
project,
the
President
esll
Mackenzie
King
has
purlhased
T
matea
$7000
of
the
bonds,
BOMBING
ACTIVITY
Enemy
Covered
Wide
Area
But
..Caused
nausea
I
lit
J
l
tie
lie
Damage
nama;c
and
uuu
rcn
Few
rence
Waterway
project
as
in-tegral
Dart
of
Northern
can
defence.
The
cost
Is
estl-
mated
at
$285,000,00,0
and
It
will
take
four
vears
to
finish
Bulletins
WASHINGTON
June
6.M31V-
lne
a
solemn
warmnz
that
.
there
was
no
reason
to
expect
other
than
that
the
European
war
would
continue
for
three
or
four
years
and
that
an
em-
ergency
state
would
cervall
In
this
country
for
that
time,
President
Franklin
D.
Roose-
vlt
tiHaw
aclrpH
fVin(Tr.r;s
fnr
'
fnnct.riift)nn
nt
thi
St
I.iui
VICTORY
LOAN
CAMPAIGN
OTTAWA
Canadiaiu
on
Wednesday
subscribed
$43,155,050
to
the
Victory
Loan
1911,
running
the
total
for
the
first
three
days'
operations
up
to
$111(02,100,
it
was
announced
today.
4
SrY
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
A
six
.months
sentence
was
Imposed
in
police
court
here
yesterday
on
a
Nazi
spy.
He
was
a
22-year-old
mess
boy
who
was
found
aboard
a
British
freighter
flying
the
Swedish
flag.
He
had
been
masquerading
as
a
Hungarian,
having
joined
the
ship
at
Los
Angeles
a
year
ago.
In
his
possession
were
complete
maps
of
a
British
port.
Two
of
his
brothers,
he
admitted,
had
been
killed
with
the
German
air
force
in
Poland.
FORMER
CONSUL
DIES
VANCOUVER
Paul
Suzor,
former
French
Consul
in
Vancouver,
is
dead.
LOSSES
IN
CRETE
GREEKS
EXECUTED
CAIRO
Hundreds
of
Greeks
have
been
sentenced
to
death,
It
is
reported
here,
following
a
clash
with
German
soldiers.
PLANE
PLANT
TIED
UP
ENGLEWOOD,
New
Jersey-Trie
big
North
American
Aviation
plant
here
has
been
tied
up
by
strike.
CRUISER
DAMAGED
CANBERRA
The
Australian
cruiser
Perth
has
been
damaged
as
a
result
of
action
in
the
Baltic
and
evacuation
of
Crete
during
which
she
was
under
constant
hours
of
dive
bombing
attack.
The
extent
of
the
damage
Is
not
revealed.
,
'
With
Germany
"Inimical"'
to
United
States
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
6:
(CP)
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
told
France
today
that
Franco
-
German
collaboration
was
"inimical"
to
the
rights
of
the
United
States
and
other
nations.
In
a
statement
Mr.
Hull
declared
that
official
reports
indicated
the
Vichy
govrrninent
had
adopted
a
policy
of
collaboration
with
oilier
powers
'for
the
purpose
of
aggression
and
:
WAR
GAMES
IN
RUPERT
Searchlights
Play
Into
Heavens
As
Tracer
Bullets
From
Machine
Guns
Shoot
Down
Target
Balloons
-
I
War
games
on
a
diminutive
Scale
were
played
over
Prince
Kupert
""-'
"
'
"
-
-v.
1
-
4tnM
...IfV.
Un
irirfn..r
Trior.
1Q11I
UUU
Wll.ll
1.11C
wait
campaign.
It
was
a
perfect
night
from
a
weather
standpoint
and
large
crowds
turned
out
on
various
points
of
vantage
Including
Totem
J
Pcle
Hill
and
wharf
approaches
to
see
the
display.
Target
Target
balloons
balloons
were
were
BOND
SALE
1
IS
$105,000
B-hrt
,
rnnc
,
T.lls
VIC,
T.,
C.,b..
-
paign
Ends
Prince
Rupert's
Victory
Loan
1941
subscriptions
reached
the
$105,000
mark
with
the
ending
of
the
third
day
of
the
campaign
last
I
night.
This
Is
getting
well
along
to
'the
one-third
mark
in
the
$390,000
objective
for
the
city.
Canvassers
are
getting
along
with
their
job
although
there
are
many
who
have
not
been
seen
as
yet.
Some
bond
purchases
are
being
made
at
the
dug-out
on
Third
Avenue
where
members
of
the
Women's
Service
Club
are
in
attendance
during
the
day.
Others
are
buying
their
bonds
lrom
the
banks.
Much
of
the
money
so
far
raised
(
came
from
the
business
section
of
the.
city
and
there
Is
still
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
to
ralte.
It
has
been
pointed
out
that
the
appeal
Is
particularly
directed
to
those
who
have
money
In
the
savings
banks.
They
would
benefit
from
the
change
over
to
Victory
Bonds.
LIMITING
tMJUklJlA
A
V
,
Caiualties
HoVal
Air
Fmxjl
..
JROGRESSjpF
ENLlSTMITt,Uyhrate
ljJ.n)ghtiatervit3r(,
o
.
-
.
Jf
-
-Also'ruM
Out
-'T"
orrAWA-A-total
of'VeoS
inTn
as
a
part
o!
the
program
of
pub-
C4l
PAS
V
PJT
have
been
enlisted
In
the
Can-
Hcizing
demonstrations
In
conntc-i
Ullli
1iLill
1
LONDON.
June
6--
German
bombersranged
over
the
Midlands,
southeast,
northwest
England,
East
Anglia
and
London
district
during
the
night.
Casualties
were
not
heavy
and
damage
was
not
great
Bombing
seemed
to
be
centred
on
Birmingham
and
Chatham.
London
had
its
first
bombs
in
twenty-four
nights
but
the
attack
was
light.
Three
enemy
planes
were
brought
down.
,
The
Royal
Air
Force
ranged
from
Norway
to
France
with
Boulogne
the
principal
target.
adian
army
since
the
start
of
the
present
recruiting
campaign,
Hon.
J.
E.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
told
the
House
of
Cwn-
Fishermen
s
Naval
Reserve.
On
more
u
has
these
as
they
rose
a
an
regulations'
in
respect
searchlight
and
several
lesser
lights
despatched
to
the
United
played
as
machine
and
Bren
guns
froPm
w
abroad
AIter
June
caught
the
range
and
shot
them
be
aUoQ
'down
with
tracer
bullets
The
'
ly
subject
to
ce
rtam
conditions,
marksmanship
wa,
;
cred
Ub
e
vjy
unsolicited
gifts,
wheth-&nd
few
of
the
targete
escaped
.
It
ned
foods
Qr
was
good
pmcttw
for
the
S""
myay
not,
be
received
from
aboard
crews
participating.
t
addressed
to
indl-
y
"
The
Searchlights
v(ere
operated
vials-
by
the
Second
Searchlight
Battery.
No
Parl
may
exceed
fWe
.xmnds
Capt.
W.
H.
Crocker,
officer
com-
manding,
and
the
Bren
and
mach-
ftZST
ine
guns
by
the
Rocky
Mountain
tw
pound'
f
anL
?i
L
is
No
Permit
Rangers,
Lieut.
Col.
J.
E.
Wood,
,
"cenfe
r,e(iuired
,r
lit.
VnAi
In
such
cases,
and
all
parcels
must
on
the
ocean
dock
and
the
smaller
f
i
x.
solicited
where
It
has
been
receiv-
,i,,oe
rrv,
ones
on
other
wharves.
The
mach-
result
i,
of
some
,,r!,
com-lne
.,,.
.M,,
ed
c"
as
a
prior
guns
were
fired
from
the
docks
.
sent
the
recipient
it.
.
i,i,ic
munlcations
by
and
nearby
hills.
I
Moreover,
the
receipt
'
Smi
?
S
V?
w.r'o?
'
gifts
at
frequent
Intervals
can-appreciated
that
this
was
tout
a
b.
..r.
tinkling
sample
of
the
"symphony
.
Ve
d
,
.
annUinnar
of
war"
which
support
of
the
Vic
I
s
?rnnnlff
tL
ls
for
nadlan
soldier,,,
In
the
jtory
Loan
will
help
to
keep,
away
United
Kingdom.
fmm
PHr,
iirt
in
it.
tprrifv-
BERLIN
German
sources
lng
actuality
claim
that
8000
British
and
4000
Greek
prisoners
were
taken
In
Crete.
Five
thousand
were
buried
there
in
addition
to
other
Allied
soldiers
drowned.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
Canadian
41.500
pounds,
10.4c
and
8.3c
to
10.9c
and
8.2c.
Canadian
boats
selling
today:
Cony,
Clipper
II,
AtU.
Canadian
L,
j
Gony.
14,500,
Atlln,
10.4c
and
j
j8.3c.
'
I
niimipr
II.
14.000.
Storage.
10.6c,
Revised
Shipping
Regulations
Issued
by
the
British
Ministry
of
Food
J.
R.
Morlson,
Postmaster,
an-
.
nounces
information
has
been
re-
released
celved
BrUlsh
Ministry
oI
from
one
pf-
the
vessels
of
the
.
.
.
.
n-.
.himiin
I
Guns
for
our
Sons
iHuhsl
to
beat
the
Fewer
Bears;
Still
Enough
.,
.
Fishing
bears
which
prowl
!,
Unlrc
nf
smnll
sfxPHtTIS
ill
WIG
Ut""J
"4
-
-
and
8.3c.
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
off
Atll,
13,000,
Storage,
10.9c
and
the
British
Columbia
coast
are
a?n
.J.
a
Wit
Vipnrfnrhp
tn
fisheries
of-
flclals
but
there
aren't
.
..
..
manv
as
there
used
to
uoiiars
win
win
we
wai.
""'"v
.
.
will
end
It
sooner.
tory
Bonds.
Invest
In
Vlc-
LANDED
AMONG
ENEMY
as
be.
Ninety-one
of
the
marauders
were
shot
In
1940,
reports
to
the
fisheries
department
says.
Bears
are
numerous
In
the
is-
lands.
Officials
say
that
along
one
small
section
of
pjinn
tuna
rrpi
R.ikprt
hv
bpaeh
10
of
the
animals
were
VtlUVU,
M
UIIV
w
N
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I
-
machine-gun
and
rifle
fire
a
Royal
seen
scooping
out
pawsfui
of
Air
Force
pilot
lanaea
in
enemy
jt
saunon
us
wie
uig
iwu
ucgan
-r
took
off
.
ascendlntr
creeks
to
the
scawn-
V
-
.
safelv
with
his
commanding
of
fleer
lng
grounds.
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nu
t.ir.
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sneKeis
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......
for
Serfs
Buy
Victory
Bonds,
j
ped
on
the
ground.
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