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ROYAL
AIR
FORCE
ACTIVE
LONDON
The
Hoyal
Air
Force
was
active
again
during;
Saturday
night
over
the
French
invasion
coast.
Docks
at
Brest
were
bombed.
Bergen
in
Norway
was
als0
attacked.
ITALY'S
LOSSES
ROME
In
the
first
year
of
war
Italy
has
lost
196.000
soldiers,
8500
sailors
and
1950
airmen
dead,
wounded
and
missing,
it
was
officially
announced
today.
ALLIES
INVADE
SYRIA
LONDON-r-l'ree
French
and
Imperial
forces
have
ctossed
the
frontier
and
entered
Syria
anil
Lebanon,
the
Foreign
Office
announced
early
Sunday.
They
advanced
quickly
into
the
country
from
several
directions,
meeting
only
sporadic
resistance,
(irneral
Charles
DeGaulie
issued
a
proclamation,
guaranteeing
full
independence
for
Syria.
Great
Britain
is
in
accord
with
the
proclamation
to
this
ef'ect.
Th
action
had
been
taken,
an
oflicial
communique
sail',
to
remove
German
influence
and
in
view
of
uninlstakeable
Nazi
infiltration.
ALEXANDRIA
HEAVILY
ROMRED
ijAIKO
Alexandria
has
again
been
subjected
to
two
heavy
air
attacks
by
the
enemy
within
twenty-four
hours,
the
first
during
Saturday
night,
the
second
Sunday
afternoon.
Considerable
damage
was
done
particularly
to
residential
sections
and.
casualties
are
estimated
at
300.
One
enemy
plane
was
brought
down.
The
Hoyal
Mr
Force
has
staged
a
heavy
attack
on
Bengasi,
starting
fires
in
the
docks
which
could
be
seen
for
fifty
miles.
t)erna
has
also
been
attacked.
SWEEP
ON
IN
ETHIOPIA
NAIROBI
British
forces
continue
to
sweep
ahead
in
lonth-trn
Lthiopia
and
have
taken
four
thousand
Italian
prisoners
J000
Europeans
and
1000
natives
and
a
large
quantity
of
war
equipment.
LOSSES
ARE
SOLDIERS
ANNOUNCED
MOVE
IN
Today,
being
the
King's
Birthday,
official
but
not
actual,
schools,
RAIL
MEN
CARRY
ON
IN
BRITAIN
:
British
Trainmen
Keep
Things
.Moving
Through
Bombing,
Fires
And
Other
Adverse
Conditions
LONDON',
June
9:
(CP)
The
"puff-puff"
of
a
locomotive
mount
ing
an
incline
breaks
the
ghostly
silence
over
London
during
a
lull
i
in
an
air
raid
indicating
life
and
1
oik
continue
in
the
world's
greatest
city.
)
In
spite
of
bombs,
fires
and
ad
verse
weather
condiuons
ins
rail
ways
have
maintained
communications
from
coast
to
coast
since
the
collapse
of
France.
Many
passen
gers
pay
little
attention
to
the
men
who
alwavs
eet
them
through
jThey
only
know
transport
is
still
RAati-Aircraft
Cruiser
And
Two
rresident
Roosevelt
Makes
uoou
running
reaay
to
iaite
uicm
rwrovers
Went
Down
In
His
Threat
At
Ingiewooa
Air-
iney
want
10
go
i
........tin,,
fir
I
rrir
!
nlane
Manufacturing
I'lant
i
The
full
Cn
was
announced
Dy
me
au-
-
-
-
-
8.6c.
which
tney
naa
patu
Norrona,
8c.
8c.
Midway,
and
8.5c.
.
Mvuai"ii
-
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I
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...
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t
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V.
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H
-'iltv
tonlzht.
It
was
also
an-
oi
uuy
uu?
a..-rw-.---.
-
.
.
.
.
,
,
wiiiyiu
ii,
.
...
"liy
-..
,f
v.ftT,i-re
rl.oH
as
iincr
ro
n
hpr-ansp
signals
had
-unj
..iat
two
mere
suppy
P-
m
"f
"-"tT'l
thrw
him
Juds
tor
he
Ocrman
battleship
tney
appeareu
a
u
'
tneir
20
j
yards
Two
wo
u.s..
ntgnts
.-..
i.
---
nmarrw
h.n
nk.
maklne
a
to
return
to
joos
yaras.
!
tout
ot
five
supply
ships
and
a
tneir
arrival.
il
trawler
sent
to
the
bottom
since
fthe
great
Nazi
battleship
was
sunn..
The
Admiralty
communique
saw
Slhai
ths
commander-in-chief
of
Uie
Mediterranean
fleet
reported
J
"when
the
operation
of
evacuation
j
17.000
men
had
been
taken
off
the
iuiand
DfXLWOOD
REFLOATED
StATTLI-The
Alaska
Steam
ship
Co.'s
steamer
Dcllwood
has
bten
refloated
after
belnif
ashore
in
the
Aleutian
Islands.
Extent
ot
damages
is
not
known.
HANDS
OFF
ATTITUDE
ANKARA
Turkey
has
taken
a
'hands
off
stand"
In
connection
with
the
conflict
in
Syria
but
officials
are
said
to
view
the
Free
French
and
British
Invasion
with
satisfaction.
Communications
between
Turkey
and
Syria
are
cut
off.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American-
97,500
pounds.
from
Crete
was
completed
Just
over
and
8.6c
to
10.9c
and
8.7c
1.7c.
Canadian
101,000.
I
O
Ca
t
ii
i
i
r
o.vs.
v
Canadian
lf
oi
the
till
70-mile
iw
'""
run.
"Youvc
gor
Cape
Spencer,
14,500,
Atlln,
10.4c
more
more
guts
guts
than
than
I
j
have,
have."
an
an
R.
k.
8.000,
Royal,
10.8c
and
11,500,
Storage,
Fearless,
5,500,
Booth,
10.4c
ll.lc'
Parma,
20,000.
Atlln.
10.8c
,Tl
taken
to
.
'8.7c.
..
....
uitni
The
statlonmaster
visit-1
nto
and
government
omccs
w
0seh,
5i00o,
Bootn,
iu.,c
-u
--
...
and
asked
closed
Stores
and
newspapers
arC8
ic
doln?
business
as
usual.
R.
W..
7,500,
raclfic.
10.4c
;
and
8c.
Joe
Baker,
b.uuu.
owio.b.,
.
Iand
8
2c
Ally
our
Forces
over
here
to
help
Lake
Blwa.
9
000
Edmunds
A.
our
Ailiort
sw0
vnr
therel
'Walker.
10.6c
and
8.5c
4,
UAVW-W
J
tU
ilUll
"
Holmes
If
he
was
feeling
better,
i
The
reply
was
"thumbs
up
and'
a
grin,"
then,
as
though
the
ei-
fnrt
had
been
too
mucn
ior
mm
Holmes
fell
back
dead.
With
lncendlarles
and
hign
ex-falltne
all
around
him,
19-
-
r
...
--T--w--mmm
iar
nlrt
slenal-lad
Ronnie
Harris
I
tf
i.
u
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.
A
JViw
a
VICTORY
LOAN
Program
TONIGHT
On
Local
Radio
Station
DOROTHY
THOMPSON
at
6:15
Dates
Not
Yet
Set
Garrison
Parade
-
Street
Dancing
.
-Jitterbug
Contest
A.u.i
UCm
Ucmonsirauuii
.iimhpH
to
the
toD
of
a
crow's
nest
signal
box
to
extinguish
a
fire.
He
was
"iO-feet
above
the
ground
ana
fought
the
blaze
for
45
minutes.
Two
nights
later
he
was
on
duty
again.
Yardmasler
Harold
Savage,
py
acting
promptly,
saved
a
train
innd
nf
ammunition
from
being
iblown
up
when
sot
afire
by
num-
prnns
lncendto.r
cs.
At
one
time
ne
io
honivnt.h
hlazlne
wacon
to
ripnl
with
a
fire
bomb
effectively,
Signalman
Arthur
Stlllwell.
&z,
piloted
a
breakdown
train
over
a
tw-hnmb
and
its
crater
to
the
wreckage
of
a
tunnel
further
along
the
line.
Then
he
went
bacK
to
nis
irnni
hn
near
the
ibomb
and
op-
-
.
,
Uaiori
the
noints
for
tne
Drean-
Cl.WU
v."
I
rlnum
fraln.
waII
aren't
we
here
to
keep
4h
train
runningv"
is
me
uiy
J
comment
you
get
from
these
dle-
T
,
hardrof
j-
the
Vi
"Iron-road
'Mrnn.rfiad."
0nirdT5
LIbhAHV
i
Believed
to
be
the
work
of
drunken
hooligins,
loose
ar-
tides
'around
th$
Victory
I-oan
dug-out
on
Third
Avenue
were
broken
up
and
itrewn
around
Saturday
night,
The
head
of
Adolf
Hitler,
wh
se
neck
Is
be-
InE
stretched
ai
the
barom-
eter
rises,
was
removed.
EJse-
where
around
the
downtown
section
there
we're
cases
of
similar
vandalism
Saturday
night.
Essen
And
Dortmund
Bear
Brunt
pf
Attack
On
Western
Germany
I
Last
Night
June
.
me
story
of
how
railways
al:hieved
successful
re-
17,000
.Men
savea
are
carrying
on
nu
yet,
c
sults
during
bombing
operations
LOS
ANOELES,
June
9:
United
but
dally
deeds
of
bravery
by
the
ovcrnlght
especially
at
Essen
and
cinio.
Armv
hYinm
moved
Into
the
wnrlrura
hnvp
been
reteorded.
Here
i
iw
all
m.i.ini
hjba.ia
w
.
'
-
-
Dortmund,
j
uurtmuiiu,
tiie
mi)
jvuiuowj
mvDON
June
9'
(CP
Loss
of
North
American
Aviation
Co.
plant
are
a
few
stories,
picKea
at
ran-
.
...
f
,',it,
rnimtta
here
this
morning
to
take
over
the
dom.
showing
the
odds
against
ftllU"OUVil
w
..
.
.
,
.
.
.Jft
1
and
strike-bound
industry
on
orders
which
rallwaymen
are
work.ng.
hi
the
destroyers
Hereward
iicituu
ml
the
acsiroyers
tvnir.
n
nnnwvo
t
I
,,,
narrt..
intends
to
stick.
'neriai
during
the
evacuation
oi
oi
rrewuciik
..v
jcnai
uunuo
,,j;,p
-riH
nrllh
n
rnnvovit
Viic
mnlln
and
the
railways
R.A.F.
HITS
INT0REICH
nounced.
Skeena
RWer
Cruise
Enjoyed
v
Salurd
After.
ing
in
the
same
spot,
still
flagglns
Jaunt
.
To
Mouth
Mouth"
Of
fmins
more
bombs
fell.
The
blast
from
this
salvo
hurled
Garrett
50
yards.
His
words,
as
he
lay
in
hospital,
are
"The
doctors
tell
me
I'll
be
fit
enough
to
go
back
in
a
10.5c
couple
of
months.
thpir
cab
several
times
on
a
jour-
.
...
Skeena
Rupert
Boys
Band,
under
direction
of
Bandmaster
Robert
Greenfield,
made
the
trip
a.
niayed
enlivening
music
which
and
8.4c.
F-
officer
who
exammea
a
piece
oi
f
appreciated.
Flnclla,
12.000,
Bootn,
iu.oc
lhe
bomb,
told
Goldstacn.
ana
two-
-
-
a
hlns.
I
Oallant
Signalman
.
Signalman
John
Holmes,
descrlb-1
ed
by
his
mates
as
a
man
of
few
j
and
words,
always
would
suck
up
nisi
two
thumbs
ana
grin,
une
iubu
.
.
imnnirnH
ii
n
poiyst
Inn
s
bv
a
I
.V
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
ONLY
HALF-HEARTED
RESISTANCE
IS
BEING
OF-FERED
BY
DEFENDERS
AND
MANY
FRENCH
ARE
DESERTING
.
VICHY
ARMY
I
LONDON,
June
9:
(CP)
British
and
Free
rpnrh
Forces,
with
converts
from
the
V
ichy
cause
swcllinir
their
ranks,
have
captured
lyre
and
driven
to
a
point
about
forty
miles
from
ua-mascus
and(
Beirut,
it
was
reported
today.
Reports
from
the
fighting
zone
indicate
half-hearted
resistance
by
the
defenders
of
Syria
and
Lebanon.
...
The
Allied
forces
today
had
crossed
the
t.
River
Litani
in
the
coastal
sector
where
Beirut
is
the
main
objective
while
deeper
inland
the
advance
had
carried
beyond
a
line
between
Ezraa,
bheikn,
Mikine
and
Kuneitra,
the
Middle
East
command
ann(Swarms
of
aircraft
are
supporting
mechanized
forces.
,
.
,
,
i
Fall
of
Damascus,
it
was
thought,
might
occur
bv
nightfall
and
indications
are
that
Beirut,
also
being
attacked
by
the
sea,
might
be
taken
by
d.:i;.I,
in
clift-t
nrrlpr.
Heavy
Geonan
reinforcemcntsyerareporW
.-
cd
being
moved
today
from
Greece
to
the
Island
of
Rhodes
in
the
Dodocanese
group.
It
was
also
reported
today
that
Nazi
parachutists
had
commenced
arriving
in
Syria.
Bright
sunshine
and
smooth
Woilian
Solvillg
lntlllatlng
sea
favored
the
cruise,
...
'
the
steamer
Camosun
Into
the
(ifio'in
Or
Af
WniS
l
v1
'
'
u
outh
of
the
Skeena
River
on
Sat-
'
Engineer
eucKy
uu.
urd
arternoon.
There
was"
a
cap-
and
8.1c
his
running
mate
Fireman
Jack
many1
10.2c
&
aclty
lut
list
oi
excurslonlsts,
excursionists,
many
m"
Robblns.
although
-
forced
to
eave
havln
having
to
to
be
turned
turned
away
away
with
with
the
the"'-
,l
"
Bencdict
e
Thinks
Anthro
.
...
a
Ijot
American
Tj-iiHrtn
mm
i.hp
south.
i
v
tnefun
oortunitv
t
t
later
iiror
in
in
the
inp
s
summer
mmpr
A
to
u
.
i
if
v
lu
uwnww"
w
'
Ralbow.
32.000,
Storage,
10.5c
and
brought
the
train
to
a
.
....
rtitf
on
c"Juj
Dallv.
25.000,
Pacific,
10.5c
and
mln,tt;ps
late.
similar
excursions.
Weather
was
was
such
sucli
that
tnat
all
an
were
were
able
aoie
to
to
,r-?if
vnntf
Tnno
0
(HP1
ft.7c.
'
nnrc
thev
fought
an
an
oil
oil
bomb
bomb
;
.
rt
'
-
rfv
hv
nnt
rnnt.
her
her
naooose
Daooose
on
on
her
her
back.
back.
A
A
Poly
.
nn..
onrt
-----
-
ilUlK
w
v.
:
.
.
.
,
I
Onah,
12,000,
ooom,
iu.
.--.fire
In
the
coal
tenaer.
rew
pas-
James
Watt
turned
the
ship
home-,8.7c.
'
sengers.
as
they
hurriedly
left
the
wafd
M
&
raln
n
,urk,
Don
Q.,
14,000,
Royal.
10.3c
and
carrlages
at
London,
notl-ced
the
or
porchcr
and
would
have
8.6c.
bulge
In
the
side
of
the
tender--
entered.
:
Delight,
14500,
Storage,
lu.ac
anu
evldence
0f
the
conditions
tnrougn
The
The
princ(
Prince
study
of
the
science
of
man
a,
study
she
hopes
will
play
a
part,
;ln
solving
such
modern
problems
'as
dictatorships
and
wars.
When
Dr.
Benedict
the
wife
of
a
New
York
professor
who
has
since
died
began
her
study
at
Columbia
in
the
turbulent
twenties,
lanfhroDolocists
were
concentrat
ing
their
Investigations
on
the
formal
institutions
of
tribes
families.
A
poio-tnn:
vw......
w.nnomlcs
and
such
i-cnBiuiio,
.
snend
the
entire
three
hours
sun-
.Blackfoot
Indian
squaw
swinging
Then
they
recorded
the
findings
by
Poly-
tribes.
neslan
reciting
his
family
three.
,
An
American
negfo
hunting
lions.
'
They
seem
almost
as
far
apart)
as
the
poles.
Yet
a
far-seeing
wo-
Weather
Forecast
man
professor
of
anthropology'
Prince
itupert
ana
yueen
Uai-Dr.
Ruth
Benedict
of
Columbia
lotte
Islands
Moderate
southeast
University
linked
them
together
winds,
cloudy
and
cool
with
oc-
In
one
of
the
twentieth
centurys
casionai
ngnt
to
moaenue
ram
m
outstanding
contributions
to
the
the
afternoon.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JUNE
9,
1041.
Allies
Are
Now
In
Syria
Thumbs
Up
7s
:
ree
French
and
British
Are
Hitler
Beheaded
;
Makinq
Rapid
Headway;
May
Be
In
Damascus
By
Nightfall
,
Half
Way
In
l
Victory
Loan
With
the
first
of
the
three
week
campaign
elansed.
Victory
Loan
5
1941
in
Prince
Rupert
i
hist
about
reached
the
half
way
mark
Satur-
day
night
when
the
total
a-tnn
irr
f
4-Vin
WHS
piiu,uw
uui
ui
objective
of
$350,000.
Subscriptions
were
coming
in
freely
this
morning
and
there
is
reason
to
anticipate
that
the
drive
will
be
well
over
the
$200,000
mark
by
the
close
of
the
day.
Bulletins
V
UNITED
STATES
SHir
RIO
DE
JANEIRO
Agendo
Meridional
reported
from
Fort-
aleta
today
that
port
authorities
had
received
a
radio
message
from
the
Brazilian
ship
Osorio
saylne
she
had
picked
up
eleven
men
from
the
United
States
merchant
ship
Robin
Moore,
said
to
have
sunk
May
21.
DEFY
ROOSEVELT
INGLEWOOD,
Cal.
SU
thousand
strikers
at
the
North
Am-i
erican
Aviation
Corporation
plant
here
have
defied
President
I
Roosevelt's
ultimatum
that
they
return
to
work.
"Armed
forces
cannot
stop
our
strike,"
declared
a
message
sent
10
me
The
workers
at
Inglewood
have
also
rejected
an
appeal
from
C.
I.
O.
national
leaders
to
return
lo
their
jobs.
GERMANY
AND
RUSSIA
BERLIN
There
are
German
troop
movements
in
a
section
of
Rumania
bordering
on
Russia.
An
important
German
announcement
regarding
relations
with
Russia
will
be
made
in
Berlin
today,
it
Is
stated.
PARLIAMENT
CALLED
ROME
A
special
session
of
Italian
Parliament
has
been
called
for
Tuesday.
PRINCE
BERNHARD
HERE
OTTAWA
Prince
Bernhard,
husband
of
Princess
Juliana
of
Holland,
arrived
unexpecicuiy
from
London
at
the
week-end.
The
royal
couple
have
left
for
a
.brief
vacation
In
the
United
States.
VICTORY
LOAN
10
U
OTTAWA
Subscriptions
to
vitnrv
imn
1911
had
reached
$276,000,000
at
noon
Saturday.
Half
of
the
$60,000,000
quota
for.
Britbh
Columbia
and
Yukon
haJ
been
subscribed.
VANCOUVER
TRAFFIC
DEATH
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
had
Its
twenty-fourth
traffic
death
Saturday
night
when
William
McConnachie
sustained
fatal
injuries
as
his
bicycle
collided
with
a
truck
at
Seventh
and
Heather,
He
was
21
years
ot
age.
.
The-
Franchise,
of
Freedom
KM
I
!
1
t
;
1
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