MARQUESS
OF
WILLINGDON
FORMER
GOVERNOR
GENERAL
f,:
4
NAD
A,
PASSES
AWAY
area.
.
lWP6,.
-
'argo
they
IIP
t
e
United
States,
BIGGEST
ASSAULT
Lt'oloRne
Subeclcd
To
Heaviest
Dav-
I'ght
Attack
Yet
Made
Ry
Royal
Air
Force
Aliens!
12
Itrl.
j'sh
bombers
made
a
bold
day-
"?ni
attack
on
the
ble
German
Khlneland
city
of
Cologne
today,
authoritative
sources
reported.
While
oth.r
r..i
.
llwked
the
coast
of
German-occupied
France,
netalu
f
u.o
tlk.
the
third
daylight
assault
?"
Co.1.fne.
were
not
available
2
,My
Uhh
later
It
rnrlnCSCribcd
lhe
pres
-
Association
as
posslbIy
th
heavcst
r.pV
aUack
yet
made
on
lhe
city
of
Co,oene
stradd,cs
Kiv"
and
cn"talnS
man.
ma"y
u
vital
industries.
It
has
liunrir.i
-'i"imaxeiy
one
n"dred
times
by
night.
bomber"
Squadro"s
of
Blenheim
I!le
YCTe
be,'CVed
t0
have
tow,;.
.Je
"W'of
bombs
....
l"c
""ineland
indusirlai
m
-VV.-
,
HAD
VARIED
AND
BRILLIANT
CAREER
LONDON,
August
12:
(CP)
The
Marouess
of
Wil-
ingdon,
aged
74,
former
Governor
General
of
Canada
and
older
of
many
other
most
important
Imperial
commis-
constitutional
means.
as
a
soldier,
Parliamentarian
and
diplomatic
mlssioner.
To
these
parts
he
added
those
of
student
and
sportsman.
He
achieved
more
than
ordinary
success
in
all
his
endeavours,
earning
a
sheaf
of
royal
honors
and
whole-hearted
approval
of
all
citizens
of
the
Empire
with
whom
he
came
in
contact.
(During
his
tenure
as
Oovernor
General
of
Canada.
Willlnedon
visited
Prince
Ru-
I
.11
IL.
-.1
,
Immam.
TOKYO
August,
12:
V,
-
The'
"4
.
That,
he
uns
n
f
Irst-olass
nlnlomat
fapane-?
liner
Asama
Maru,
en-.-
ioute
to
San
Francisco
with
a
ou.v
-
.
nnvirnnr
in
$nTPinn
nf
t.wn
nf
um&et
or
Americans
among
ner
?,
,
"
,
.
.
.
"
three
Indian
presidencies;
his
aaengcr.
and
a
big
silk
cargo,
a
'urnca
b;::k
toward
Japan
"""
"
6"vw.-6v..v..
om
Hmoliiln
Knh
Ishli.
cabinet
'.formation
bureau
snokesman.
on
au
smcs,
id
uxlay
The
N
Y.
K.
luxury
as
Viceroy
or
India
in
delicate
times
ner
c
returnlnz
home
rather
w
an
mn
the
risk
of
seizure
should
In
Ottawa
from
1926
to
1931
when
'elation
between
Japan
and
the
he
was
appointed
Viceroy
of
In-
nitcd
States
deteriorate.
She
wasla,
Wllllngdon
was
the
first
gov-
iiina
tor
the
United
States
wltn
emor-gcnerai
in
uanaaa
to
repre-
sllk
cargo
valued
at
$300.000.
At
sent
the
crown
rather
than
the
Brl-
onolulu
45
American
passengers
tlsh
government.
He
took
over
in
ft
the
vessel
to
contlnueyhome
on
India
when
that
country
was
In
f
liner
Lurllne.
As
the
Asama
.
turmoil
over
the
Congress
party's
laru
roturns
to
Japan
there
ore
civil
disobedience
campaign
for
in-
Ul
ninety-eight
passengers
on
(dependence.
With
a
firm
hand
he
ard
including
forty
Americans.
'
broke
up
that
campaign
and
kept
Two
.rananrso
tankers
nn.
still
Its
leaders
lmnotcnt
until
tension
t
anchor
off
Los
Angeles
without
I
was
eased
and
home-rule
advocates
he
on
..,.
for
which
ux-u
.i,..,
kni
had
agreed
w
carry
on
we
ugai
oy
Bulletins
R.
G.
Mcniics
announceu
alter
a
cabinet
meeting
today
that
his
ministers
had
requested
him
to
go
to
London
as
soon
as
possible
in
connection
with
the
Far
Eastern
crisis.
REPORTS
"FANTASTIC"
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Official
circles
in
Washington
still
branded
as
"fantastic"
today
persistent
rumors
that
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
have
had
a
rendezvous.
In
London
there
was
still
silence
today
as
to
the
whereabouts,
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
Harry
L.
Hopkins,
United
States
"lease
lend1'
director.
WeatKer
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
Moderate
westerly
mm
Vol.
XXX.,
No.
188.
DARLAN
TAKES
OVER
VICHY,
August
12:
'
All
military
powers
in
unoccupied
France
are
concentrated
in
the
ions
including
the
Viceltoyship
of
India,
died
here
today,
hands
of
vice-rremier
Admiral
W
mpn
had
mnrfi
varif'fl
Pxnpripnro
in
t
Vm
hinrVioct
corvi
Jean
Darlan
in
a
decree
drafted
f
the
King
than
Earl
VVillingdon.
In
his
earlier
years
BIG
LINER
I
RETURNING
TO
NIPPON
ssma
Mini
Not
Running
Risk
Of
Sfizure
At
'Frisco
With
Rich
Silk
Cargo'-'
"
ne
rendered
useful
service
nert.
wlnnlntr
mnnv
admirers
here,
charue
Was
dlSCUSSCd.
Weygana
Jdue.taihUt-splcndid'pereonality.h-
-does
not
.favor
xcrnipiebeVA-opel&J
.
tinn
urfth
rsermanv.
t
rne
Marquess
oi
wnnngaon
was
-
----
an
aristrocrat
with
a
fine
apprecl-
for
publication
today,
it
was
learned,
and
Chief
of
State
Marshal
Henri
Phillippe
retain
will
address
the
nation
this
evening
to
explain
the
move.
VICHY,
Aug.
12.
It
Is
considered
likely
that
an
Important
announcement
on
foreign
policy
will
be
made
In
the
near
future
by
the
Vichy
government.
General
Max-lme
Weygand
has
left
Vichy
without
attending
a
final
cabinet
meeting
at
which
territory
under
his
BEING
SENT
TO
LONDON
Australian
Cabinet
Asks
Menzies
To
Prdcced
There
For
War
Council
CANBERRA,
August
12:
The
Australian
cabinet
has
unanimously
requested
Premier
Robert
Men-
.zles
to
proceed
to
London
for
a
MELBOURNE
Pjime
Minister
war
council
with
the
British
gov
'ernment
ln
view
of
the
situation
in
the
Far
East.
Premier
Menzies
states
that
he
will
not
leave
until
conferences
have
been
held
with
all
party
leaders
of
the
Commonwealth.
!
John
Curtin,
Leader
of
the
Labor
Opposition,
is
one
of
the
principal
advocates
of
Premier
Menzies
pro
ceeding
to
London.
Curtin
declares
that
the
future
of
this
country
is
now
at
stake
after
two
years
of
war
during
which
the
scene
of
con
fllct
has
been
gradually
moving
closer
this
way.
He
urges
speedy
organization
of
the
fighting
forces
on
a
defence
basis
with
their
dis
position
ln
the
right
places.
VIOLATE
FOOD
LAWS
LONDON,
Aug.
11:
Since
start
of
the
war
more
than
20,000
persons
have
been
charged
for
violating
food
regulations.
Convictions
were
winds,
cloudy
and
partly
cloudy,
registered
in
more
with
widely
scattered
light
showers,
cases.
than
i8,oou
'.
r
i
J.
IP
t
Li
0
ICTOR'A.
BiC
mm
lerT
7
mimste-home
Mutant
Shipping
Ltd.,
Canals
Wvernmrnt
owned
and
pperated
defence
and
General
Charles
Huns-
nprtrer
Rprrptarv
nf
State
for
War.
vu.puiuuu,
wmu.
The
cabinet
reorganization
con
centrates
all
military
powers
of
France
In
the
hands
of
Darlan
as
and
his
appointment
'"VT
"
any
purauii
ui
cuuiuuiaviuii
wi
t
Legless
Air
Hero
missing
30-year-old
legless
English
air-
man,,
who
led
the
so-called
ATI-Canadian
squadron
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
through,
the
Battle
of
Britain
a
year
ago,
was
reported
missing
today.
Bader
personally
was
credited
with
shooting
down
fifteen
planes.
Shipbuilding
Head
Coming
II.
R.
MacMillan
Expecied
in.
Prince
Rupert
WHhliiJfejrt
Tyo
Weeks
the
contract
to
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock
for
construction
of
ten
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Petain
Yields
Completely
To
Hitler;
To
Collaborate
In
Full
With
Germany
Now
VICHY,
August
12:
(CP)
Marshal
Petain,
French
chief
of
state,
committed
himself
to
full
collaboration
with
Germany
in
a
radio
address
given
to
the
nation
tonight
a
few
hours
after
Vice
'Premier
Jean
Darlan
was
given
supreme
military
powers
in
the
Vichy
regime.
TO
CHANGE
IN
POLICY
General
Weygand
Leaves
Vichy
Without
Reaching;
Agreement
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
AUGUST
12,
1941
SMOLENSK
WIPED
OUT
Once
Stately
Russian
City
is
No
More
Germans
Evidently
Making
Headway
Now
SMOLENSK,
Russia.
Aug.
12:
O)
Smolensk,
once
a
stately
Russian
city
on
the
banks
of
thei
upper
Dnel-per
River,
has
taken
Its
place
among
jthe
communities
wiped
out
by
war
An
Associated
Press
correspondent,
Alvin
Stalnkopf,
first
American
newspaperman
to
reach
this
section
of
the
central
front,
walked
over
the
ashes.
of
the
ruined.
city
which
the
Germans
claimed
to
have
cap
turcd
July
16
although
the
Russians
.declared
as
recently
as
last
week
that
at
least
some
sections
were
still
in
Soviet
hands.
A
German
officer
estimated
that
ninety
per
cent
of
-TwnoN.
An?
12!
o;winfr
Smolensk
has-been
destroyed,
de
Commander
Douglas
Bader,
clarln
that
mlMt
01
the
damage
was
aone
Dy
uussian
troops
carrying
out
orders
to
destroy
everything
be
fore
retreating.
In
addition
to
the
intense
war
fare
in
the
Smolensk
area,
the
Russians
also
reported
fighting
in
another
new
sector
south
of
Leningrad
and
seventy
miles
east
of
the
Esthonlan
frontier.
Rapid
progress
everywhere
in
"pursuit
of
the
retreating
enemy
in
the
southern
Ukraine"
and
developments
according
to
plan
on
all
other
sectors
of
the
eastern
front
Is
claimed
In
a
Nazi
communique.
The
war
bulletin
thus
reverted
to
terse
generality
after
the
voluminous
i
claims
of
last
week.
Unemployment
Insurance
Man
Is
Coming
Here
,
E.
V.
Whiting,
relief
officer
at
freighters,,
is
expected
to
visit
the
Prince
George
since
1935,
has
been
city
In
the
course
of
the
next
two
appointed
manager
of
claims
at
weeks.
Mr.
MacMillan,
It
Is
ex-
Prince
Rupert
for
unemployment
pected,
will
Inspect
the
local
dry
Insurance
and
will
arrive
In
the
city
JamI;
nil..
ntUn
TTh
nt.
V.
W..r.f
nAC.
t
1
c
KiAttlr
t
f
ncci..A
Vllp
lllltoC
f
T-
P
Chief
of
State
petain.
sons
except
,hp
nnrthrn
tr,
)n
mnnectinn
,
whltlntr
and
familv
will
arrive
lat-
The
German
controlled
Paris
...
...
r
press
has
lately
been
Insistent
that
French
and
German
collaboration
Include
military
as
well
as
political
and
economic
matters
and
has
urged
that
such
co-operation
be
extended
to
cover
the
defence
of
Dakar
and
other
strategic
points
ln
French
Africa.
with
other
interests.
ooooooo
er.
War
News
1
tKKhtKKMrKHKHHHlOlJtHKhil
MORE
FORCES
AT
SAIGON
SAIGON,
French
Indo-China
Additional
units
of
the
Ja-panese
fleet
arrived
at
Saigon,
the
capital
of
French
Indo-.
China,
today.
WAR
IS
INEVITABLE
SHANGHAI
Pointing
to
unmistakeable
signs
of
Inevitable
war'
in
the
Orient,
a
Shanghai
newspaper
today
pointed
to
the
fact
that
600,000
Australians
were
mobilized
and
ready
for
action
and
that
in
the
Phillipines'there
have
been
black-outs
and
full
defensive
measures.
R.A.F.
ON
OFFENSIVE
LONDON
The
Royal
Air
Force
carried
out
heavy
raids
across
the
English
Channel
during
the
day,
dropping
heavy
loads
of
bombs
after
a
night
in
the
course
of
which
there
were
heavy
attacks
on
western
Germany,
northern
France
and
Holland.
Industrial
targets
in
western
Germany
and
northern
France
were
hit
and
docks
at
Rotterdam.
No
British
planes
are
reported
missing.
There
was
no
German
retaliation
anywhere
on
the
British
Isles,
where
not
a
single
bomb
has
been
dropped
since
early
Monday
morning.
NAZI
OFFENSIVE
ADVANCES
LONDON
Although
Russia
officially
makes
only
guarded
admissions,
it
appeared
evident
here
today
that
the
new
German
offensive
against
the
Soviet
is
making
headway
in
the
direction
of
Leningrad
and
Kiev.
MORE
BOMBERS
NEEDED
.
LONDON
Great
Britain
is
pressing
United
States
to
speed
up
on
the
delivery
of
bombers.
There
are
plenty
of
pilots
and
crews
here.
The
most
effective
way
of
breaking
German
morale
and
ending
the
war
is
by
intense
and
more
intense
air
assault.
Reliable
British
militarists
believe
the
time
is
not
opportune
for
a
land
invasion
of
German-occupied
territory.
SECONDiEAGLE
SQUADRON
LONDON
A
second
American
Eagle
squadron
Is
now
cooperating
with
the
Royal,
Air
Force
in
raids
against
Germany.
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
High
.....
5:04
a.m.
17.1
It.
17:30
p.m.
18.1
ft.
Low
11:11
ajn.
6.9
ft.
23:59
pjn.
7.1'
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Heavy
Drive
By
Germans
Nazis
Launch
Larqe
Offensive
Towards
Leningrad
and
Kiev
Odessa
is
Also
One
of
Main
Objectives
as
Huns
Endeavour
to
Take
Ukraine
Intensified
Military
Activity
HAVE
REACHED
BLACK
SEA
BERLIN,
August
12:
(CP)
Advance
units
of
Germany's
armored
divisions
in
the
Ukraine
have
reached
the
Black
Sea
coast
at
several
points,
Nazi
military
sources
claimed
tonight.
LONDON,
August
12:
(CP)
Authoritative
quarters
here
estimated
today
that
a
"small
number
of
German
armored
forces"
are
about
forty
miles
from
the
grain
port
of
Nikolaev,
Russian
Black
Sea
outlet
at
the
mouth
of
the
Bug
River.
The
main
German
drive
to
the
Black
Sea
is
developing
from
the
Uman
area,
it
was
said,
with
the
Nazis
Killed
In
Air
Force
Accident
mrowing
full
iun
weight
weigm
MONTREAL,
Aus
12:
W)-
.from
theskles.
there
while
armies
on
the
northern
and
central
fronts
hold
their
gains.
German
forces,
on
the
way
to
Odessa,
have
crossed
the
DneLster
River,
It
Is
admitted
here.
In
Berlin
Nazi
spokesmen
claimed
today
that
German
armored
units
'
have
virtually
cut
off
large
Russian
forces
in
the
Odessa
area
while
lf"!prmnn
air
foree
noimded
them
v
i-weniy-iwo
men,
eigut
iww.
t
Berlin
claims
that
Russian
resUt-
Canada,
were
killed
in
a
flying
'ance
b
psg
ln
the
Ukraine
as
accident
in
the
United
King;
.
JtheNazUorcescioseln
on
Kiev
and-
donton
August
V.
If
was
an-
nounced
here
todav
bv
the
.
Royal
Air
Force
ferry
com-
mand.
Seven
were
from
the
United
States.
The
Canadian
T(ictim.s
included
Radio
Op-
ij
erater
J.
B.
Drake
of
New
West-
t
minster.
IS
NIPPON
WEAKENING?
Government
Said
To
Be
Seeking
Means
Of
Improving
Relations
With
United
States
JAPANESE
THREAT
TOKYO,
Aug.
12:
(CP)
The
militarist
daily
Kukumin
said
today
that
the
United
States
and
Great
Britain
had
been
warned
that
any
further
anti-Japanese
pressure
by
them
would
bring
about
"nothing
but
the
worst
situation"
and
that
Japan
will
go
ahead
with
grim
resolve
toward
the
establishment
of
her
sphere
in
East
Asia.
Kukumin
said
in
an
editorial
that
special
emphasis
had
been
given
in
a
warning
'to
the
United
States.
At
the
same
time
authoritative
quarters
in
London
declared
that,
"If
Japan
wants
war
in
the
FaciNc,
there
will
be
war.
If
she
wants
peace
there
will
be
peace."
TOKYO.
August
12:
It
was
stated
today
that
the
Japanese
government
was
canvassing
the
situation
with
a
view
to
the
possi
bility
of
making
readjustments
In
resumption
of
normal
trade
rela
Hons
between
the
two
countries.
This
follows
a
statement
by
Sec
retary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
of
the
Great
Britain
has
bluntly
called
upon
Japan
to
choose
by
her
own
actions
between
peace
and
war.
Japan
is
told,
to
stay
out
of
Thal-
Odessa.
Twenty-seven
Russian
plans
are
said
by
the
Germans
to
have
been
shot
down
since
yesterday
in
the
Kiev
area
Two
Russian
gunboats
are
claimed
to
have
been
sunk
ln
the
Dnelp-er
River,
There
was
a
further
air
raid
on
Moscow
last
night
and
railway
Installations
were
heavily
hit.
Leningrad
is
now
threatened
ln
two
directions.
There
is
Intensified
military
activity
on
all
fronts.
,
Moscow
Statement
Meanwhile,
Moscow,
admitting
that
the
Red
Army
was
hard
pressed
on
both
flanks,
reported
today
that
Soviet
forces
were
fighting
against
two
nutcracker
movements
around
Leningrad
ln
the
north
and
Kiev
in
the
south.
The,
dally
communique
claimed
that
the
Russians
I
still
held
the
Nazis
on
the
central
road
to
Moscow
in
the
Smolensk
salient
and
said
that
no
major
engagements
took
place
elsewhere.
Generally
heavy
fighting
Is
admitted
with
the
Germans
and
Finns
making
a
hard
drive
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
around
Lake
Ladoga,
seventy-five
miles
north
of
Leningrad.
The
Russians
claimed
a
major
j
victory
north
of
Kiev
where
a
Ger
man
tank
column
was
routed.
Envoys
Are
In
Huddle
Before
Big
News
Break
LONDON,
Aug.
12:
W
A
Reuters
relations
which
might
lead
to
a
News
Agency
dispatch
from
Tokyo
In
which
It
was
stated
"Important
developments"
were
expected
shortly
did
not
say
what
was
expected
I
but
linked
the
prediction
with
the
1
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United
States
to
the
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there
can
toe
no
improvement
of
States
and
British
ambassadors
relations
between
the
two
countries
wno,
apparently,
nave
oeen
away
unless
Japan
Is
willing
to
submit
her
international
problems
to
peaceful
negotiation
rather
than
I
settle
them
by
force.
for
a
long
week-end.
Salmon
Arrival
Nifty
II,
4,000
pounds
coho,
At-
lln
Fisheries.
Vrimla
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5
000
tvmnds
rrhn.
At-
'
land
and
is
told
by
Great
Britain
un
Fisheries.
that
she
will
alone
be
to
blame
If
I
Nornen.
17,500
pounds
coho.
Car-
war
comes
to
her
shores.
lisle
Cannery.
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