Urn.
Guns,
Automatic
Rifles
and
Rifle
Grenade
Throwers
mon
ground
of
actual
battle
on
which
to
meet
for
discussion,
aj
by
a
grouD
of
officers
anxious
to
t
learn
their
trade,
and
readily
answered
by
an
Instructor
who
knew
his
stuff
Russian
Equipment
PRINCE
ALBERT,
July
7:-Prlme
i
Written
(or
the
Canadian
Press
,
By
E.
CECIL-SMITH
Armament
and
fire
power
of
a
Russian
infantry
bat-!
talion
is
enough
to
astound
anyone
whose
ideas
of
in-'
fantry
units
are
still
based
on
1914-18
models.
Even
the
1941
Canadian
army
does
not
begin
to
come
up
to
it.
f
My
ideas
in
this
respect
are
based
on
two
thin.
1W-I
sonal
knowledge
of
many
of
theactual
infantry
weapons'
id
u.
in
Russia,
and
a
great
mass
-
,
of
uiformatlon
which
I
was
able
ioj"'rr
J
t
TVlra
pry
loose
from
various
Red
Army'
HI
I
I
A
I
I
1
1
l-lV
will
Vl
nffirprs
over
a
two-vear
DCilod.
Not
all
of
these
men
would
answer
a
direct
question
Involving
too
many
details,
but
when
you
are
curious,
have
plenty
of
time,
and
a
com
AND
PERU
.
FIGHTING
great
deal
of
Information
can
be
I
gained.
Bombing
Raids
Across
Border
and
Often
I
used
to
sit
around
In
the
I
Artillery
Shelling
on
Either
Side
evening,
smoking
and
yatnlng
with!
I
Russian
instructors
who
were
sent'
QUITO,
Ecuador.
July
7:
CPi-.
to
Spain
to
teach
the
Republican'
Ecuador
charged
Peru
with
political
soldiers
how
to
use
the
weapons
sold
and
military
aggression
today
folio
their
government
by
the
Soviet
I
Iowin8
the
week-end
bombing
raids'
Union
Or
in
the
quiet
of
the
af-1
411(1
border
fighting
growing
from
a
ternoon
we
would
lie
on
the
re-
century
old
frontier
dispute.
j
verse
slopes
of
some
hill
and
dLs-1
Steadily
mounting
reports
from
cuss
recent
actions.
tne
south
told
of
two
days
sporadic
How
would
such
a
town
have
garrison
battles,
artillery
shelling
been
attacked
by
the
Red
Army?
the
frontier
towns
by
the
Per-Or
what
were
the
different
func-
uvlan
troops
and
Peruvian
bomb
Uons
of
the
light
and
heavy
motar
raids
on.
Ecuador's
military
out-b
Russia'
How
many
light
ma-
posts,
chine
guns
were
there
to
a
Red
-
Army
company?
Many.mchques
tr-rrt
-
tlonscould
be
raised
quite
naturally.
V
ISll
lft
nK
Own
Constituency
We
orten
used
to
compare
the
fire
Minister
Mackenzie
Kim?
spent
i
power
of
our
battalion
in
Spain
to
Sunday
in
his
own
constituency,
the
1914-18
Canadian
unit,
pat-
met
and
shook
hands
with
many
of
ting
ourselves
on
the
back
that
we
his
constituents
and
took
occasion
i
could
deliver
as
heavy
a
blast
as
to
thank
them
for
having
returned
a
First
Great
War
brigade,
but
when
him
as
their
member
a
number
of
wp
heard
of
the
normal
equipment
times.
of
the
Red
Army
In
1937-30
we
were
Tonight
Mr.
King
will
address
a
astounded.
Today
It
may
be
tven
mass
meeting
here
and
leave
after
higher
tn
some
Instances.
Take
the
lowest
fire
unit,
comparable
to
a
Canadian
infantry
section,
or
a
squad
as
It
would
be
called
in
most
other
armies.
This
has
the
fire
power
of
one
of
our
platoons,
and
Is
commanded
by
a
sergeant
with
a
corporal
as
second
to
command,
competent
to
take
over
the
squad.
Its
main
fire
power
lies
In
various
automatic
weapons,
of
course.
First
among
these
is
the
light
machine
the
meeting
for
Reglna.
PRISONERS
WAR
GET
PARCELS
TORONTO,
July
7:
The
Cana-
vim
n
iin
j
Tii.
.....
man
iveu
viirao
-
r
-
ST
-
tu
.
l
Darcels
each
week
to
Australian
The
two
guns
are
about
on
a
par
Pj
East
True,
the
Brcn
gun
barrel
can
be
"lu"-!
'
Dr
Fred
nniltiPV
toutley,
un
na-found
the
enemy,
changed
more
rapidly,
but
this
we
here
commissioner,
announced
tlon
to
be
a
delusion
for
In
quick-
turned
over
,
the
man
with
the
na3
,
,
..1,,,ue
nf
hin-'Ployed-
is
never
there
when
"f
'ttilStal.mM
in
the
East
The
Australian
p
he
arrives
anyway,
Of
v,
v
t.
..-
weeks.
Dr.
Routiey
saia.
nw
tewva
dlan
Red
Cross
will
then
ship
the
has
the
simpler
one.
It
each
week
to
flvtf
Uiousand
parcels
ms
a
magazine
holding
47
rounds
(50
at
a
Dlnch)
compared
Lisbon.
th30oni.Srr5!En
5000
SlS?
Z
the
number
o
toasazine
Is
disc-shaped,
thin
like
Indication
o
a
Dhonni7ror.li
nd
clumsv
ilk-
thP
't.pw1s
.mm
.war."
Dr.
Routley
said
uriim
It
can
ho
loarlor.
Client
frnm
forgers
and
requires
no
loading
w
though
we.
found
a
three-inch
f,gth
'
string
helped
protect
your
linger
'Continued
on
Page
Two)
Thf
Australian
hcq
way
to
Vancouver.
Cross.,
throueh
their
secretary
general,
...
,
f
n-...
hn.
c.
fVll.9
fltr-
ure
until
the
exact
numDer
oi
ithelr
prisoners
is
established.
The
I
'Australian
Aiisirallan
Darcels
parcels
will
be
shipped
In
u-piftt..
i'-.
,
,-
.
....
are
aloiiV
with
the
ten
thousand
food
about
the
sarhe
'Perhaps
Russian
hi
"com-
the
Canadian
society
sends
(boxes
gun
a
mo
'table
sto"'
and
Si?,
Z
that
Is
of
war
Ll
Ger"
a
matter
of
opinion.
many.
ni'aufuffiSff
Sl
MlsslTwrt7adier
at
Booth
10"8
as
the
ni.f.nor.
,.,in
....
been
visiting
at
Stewart
passca
"
.hmmrh
the
cltv
Saturday
on
her
LiBhAHY
I
VICTORIA,
B.r
Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Tomorrovs
tides
Islands
Light
to
occasional
south
winds,
part
cloudy
and
mild
High.
0:20
a.m.
22:6
ft.
with
scattered
showers,
except
13:20
p.m.
20.1
ft.
cloudy
In
Rupert
district.
Low
7:05
ajn.
0.9
It.
19:11
pjn.
5.8
It.
Da
'te;?c
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol
XXX.,
No.
157.
PRINCE
RUPERT
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JULY
771941
'.
priceTTftve
CENTS
-
-
-
'
'
Rival
M
News
H
Agencies
Differ
Widely
RUSSIAN
UNITS
NOTABLY
HEAVY
IN
FIRE
POWER
OOOOOOaOOO0DO0DOOOODOODDODOCODCKtOOOmaOCKOOOO(OOtK)OOfl
War
News
U
T
Soviet
Battalions
Strongly
Armed
With
Modern
Machine!
IMH"o'KHooa
GERMANS
LOST
MILLION
MEN
MOSCOW
The
Vice
Commissar
of
Foreign
Affairs,
S.
A.
Lotovsky,
declared
today
that
Germany
had
lost
nearly
one
million
men
in
dead
and
wounded
in
a
sixteen-day-old
attack
on
Russia.
lie
estimated
the
German
casualties
In
the
first
twelve
days
of
the
attack
at
seven
hundred
thousand
and
said
the
averaje
dally
loss
by
the
Germans
was
sixty
thousand.
Lozovsky
said
he
was
unable
to
jive
a
ratio
of
Russian
losses
but
said
the
battles
were
trowing;
in
fierceness
and
Russia
felt
no
lack
of
manpower.
HIT
BY
BOMBS
CAIRO
The
Royal
Air
Force
announced
that
several
large
ships
had
been
hit
by
bombs
in
a
raid
by
British
bombers
on
the
Sicilian
port
of
Palermo.
.
REDS
TAKE
INITIATIVE
MOSCOW
The
Red
Army
reported
today
It
was
taking
the
initiative
in
counter-attacks
against
German
triops
weakened
by
heavy
losses
and
told
of
one
roaring
battle
of
machines
In
which
300
German
tanks
were
destroyed
(location
not
given).
Five
thousand
German'
soldiers
died
In
fierce
fighting
down
llif
Dvina
River
toward
Polotsk
last
night,
the
Soviet
Information
Bureau
asserted
today
as
the
Russian
troops
repulsed
elecen
Nazi
attacks.
BERLIN
The
German
high
command
announced
to-lay
that
300,000
Russian
prisoners
had
been
taken
up
to,
yesterday,
claiming
that
52,000
Russian
troops
surrendered
yesterday
west
of
.-Minsk.
PAINLESS
ARMISTICE
ANKARA
British
proposals
for
a
"painless
armistice'
in
Syria
guaranteeing
the
repatriation
of
French
troops
was
transmitted
through
a
neutral
intermediary
despite
the
determination
of
General
Henri
Dentz,
the
Vichy
commander,
to
fight
tn
the
end.
BRITISH
SUCCESSES
LONDON
The
Admiralty
announced
today
that
the
eight-Inch
gun
Italian
cruiser
believed
to
be
the
Goriza
was
sunk
by
a
submarine
in
the
Mediterranean
June
2D..
It
also
announced'
that
British
torpedoes
sunk
three
axis
supply
vessels
in
the
Mediterranean.
BOMBERS
STRUCK
AGAIN
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
are
sweeping
the
North
Sea
today
while
others
struck
at
German-held
northern
France
and
sank
four
German
patrol
vessels,
the
air
ministry
reported.
CLOSE
TO
BEIRUT
JERUSALEM
Australian
infantrymen
crossed
the
Dam-our
River
twelve
miles
south
of
Beirut
and
captured
the
strategic
village
of
El
Bourn
in
their
drive
against
the
Lebanon
capital.
TEN
GENERALS
SURRENDER
CAIRO
Ten
Italian
generals
have
surrendered
to
British
forces
in
Ethiopia,
the
British
Middle
East
headquarters
announced
today.
BOMBERS
POUND
OCCUPIED
FRANCE
LONDON
British
bombers
pounded
German-occupied
France
twice
today
in
a
continuation
of
the
air
offensive
which
reliable
observers
said
jammed
the
German
communication
In
a
deep
arc
from
Brest
to
Kiel
and
softened
the
German
defences
along
a
thousand
miles
of
continental
coast.
moving
action,
when
the
gun
may
e
,in,ai,
;hThMay
and
Eileen,
Is
returning
today
Alice
enroute
only
be
fired
a
iew
few
bursts
du
from
iium
hiv
any
the
costs
o
thUn"'a"n"
to
Canada
to
l"
Ocean
Falls
where
he
is
em-
Wright
Wright
was
was
fc
ne
position
sPare
barrel
inrKr
iinAinj
ir
i
.in..r
.tit
.tpnri
j
Titn.tr
Ping
upturn.
tip
IS
HlLIlr
II
fit
U.
...
.
-
...
m.nH
T.
.l.
narceis
will
be
"packed
in
Montreal
e
barrel
has
cooled
off
by
the
!f
"i.fflU,P5S
uvrtWv.
.
.
...
Will
UU
411
WASHINGTON,
July
7;
(CP)
Forces
of
the
United
States
Navy
arrived
in
Iceland
today.
In
accordance
with
an
understanding
between
Roosevelt
and
the
Iceland
Premier,
naval
forces
moved
in
to
supplement
and
eventually
replace
the
British
forces
il
stationed
there
to
ensure
adequate
defence
of
the
1
nnlli.fv.f
T?nncnvpll.
.I.fnrmnfl
rinnnrvnoa
in
ot.no.ril
rr.no-
sago
of
a
far-reaching
step
in
the
American
Foreign
Policy.
He
said
that
the
United
States
could
not
permit
"occupation
by
Germany
of
the
strategic
outposts
in
the
Atlantic
to
be
used
as
air
or
naval
bases
for
eventual
attack
against
the
Western
Russians
Claim
German
Drive
s
Thrown
Back
In
Five
Sectors
By
Their
Counter
.
Offensive
REDS
ASSERT
GERMANS
USING
TANKS
OF
WOOD.TPflflUC
AND
CANVAS
TO
MAKE
SHOWING
NAZIS
1
AW
yjl
u
SAY
CAPITAL
OF
BUCOVINA
TAKEN
VAST
BATTLE
DEVELOPING
iMOSCOW,
July
7:
(CP)
The
Red
Army
declared
today
that
the
German
drive
had
been
thrown
back
by
the
Russian
counter-offensive
in
five
sectors
of
the
front
and
asserted
that
Hitler
is
using
tanks
of
wood
and
canvas
to
pad
out
armored
columns.
The
discovery
of
these
vehicles
was
said
to
have
been
made
by
the
Red
Army
Scouts
in
an
unidentified
sector.
BERLIN,
July
7:
(CP)
The
Germans
claimed
today
that
they
had
broken
the
Stalin
line,
Russia's
main
fortifications
against
invasion
from
the
west,
and
that
the
Axis
forces
captured
Cernauti,
the
capital
of
Soviet
Bucovina.
The
claim
that
the
Stalin
line
had
been
broken
was
made
by
the
D.N.B.
news,
a
propaganda
agency
and
followed
German
reports
that
Hitler's
troops
were
jockeying
for
positions
for
what
Berlin
said
possibly
would
be
a
vast
battle.
NEW
TIME
Declares
China
HAS
BEGUN
JJ'11
Win
War
No
Matter
now
Long
Trains
And
Boats
Operate'
Under
Except
Union
Old
Time
ON
COAST
NORWAY
Many
People
Refused
Permission
To
Visit
Families
In
District
I
LONDON,
July
7:
Great
num-jbers
of
troops
and
huge
quantities
of
war
equipment
are
being
con-Icentrated
on
the
west
coast
of
Norway
by
German
military
authorities,
it
is
reported
by
the
Norwegian
telegram
bureau
In
Stockholm.
A
decree
has
been
issued
forbidding
(Norwegians
to
travel
in
these
coastal
regions.
Only
those
who
can
prove
to
the
satisfaction
'of
the
military
authorities
that
;
their
presence
Is
Imperative
are
allowed
to
visit
the
districts
west
'of
Bergen.
People
from,
the
town
of
Aalesund,
who
reside
in
Oslo
and
who
have
applied
for
permis
sion
to
visit
their
families,
have
bein
refused
such
permission.
The
German
high
command
has,
(according
to
Tellable
reports,
set
up
its
headquarters
at
Bergen.
The
small
town
of
Ulvik
in
the
,Hardanger-
J
jord-has
been
evacuated
by
all
Norwegian
citizens.
I
An
unusual
number
of
German
I
CHUNKING,
July
7.
Celebrating
Pursuit
planes
are
observed
dally
the
entry
of
China
into
the
fifth
over
Oslo
and
a
steady
stream
of
'
.
.
.
eVilt-ie
Tnnr
ViAai
raan
oinnff
r
ft
year
or
the
war
with
Japan
General
""c
"
"r
,i.t.
iClanc
Kal
Rhpk
crave
an
nririrpSK
In
souuiem
coast
neaatng
tor
ui?
mat
coast,-
mnnv
many
inV
of
of
t-hp-m
them
mem
are
'
mere
was
some
cuniusiou
uus
:
-
whlch
,
,
he
tld
.
of
th
est
successes
they
mornlne
reeard
to
what
time
It
morning
in
in
regard
to
v,nai
ume
it
..
camouflaged
transports,
a(.hlevpr
flnH
-;.iH
thfv
achieved
ana
said
ttiey
would
was
but
on
the
whole
the
change
ftfd
much
no
ma"r
11
luOK
airouwr
has
been
carried
cutithout
Inconvenience.
It
wUl
have
to
be
four
years
V
remtmbeced
that,
the
trains,
the
Canadian
National
Steamships
and
the
Canadian
Pacific
Steamships
run
on
the
old
time.
The
Union
Steamship
Company,
being
a
purely
British
Columbia
concern,
operates
under
British
Columbia
time.
Word
has
been
received
from
J.
A.
Motherwell
that
the
Fisheries
regulations
would
be
operated
on
the
new
time
throughout
the
Salmon
Arrivals
Since
Saturday
,
The
following
salmon
boats
ar-1
Secure
Thelma
S-
(Q.
C.
I.)r
40,000
coho.j
Not
sold
yet.
,
Coal
Strike
Is
I
Settled
In
East
WASHINGTON,
July
7:-
Word
has
been
received
nere
oi
tne
set-t
tlcment
of
the
strike
at
the
south-J
:
em
bituminous
coal
field
thus
cl-
!
imlnating
the
differential
between
those
mines
and
.the
northern
1
mines.
The
settlement.
Is
on
the
i
basis
of
$7
a
dav
for
all
miners-
DIED
ON
SATURDAY
Mr.
Nelbuhr.
died.
Saturday
afternoon
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
The
Bishop
of
Calgary,
who
has
been
In
Prince
Rupert
for
the
last
few
days
staying
with
Bishop
and
Mrs.
Rix,
is
leaving
on
the
train
tonight
for
the
east.
Rotary
Club
In
Helsinki
Helps
Scouts
There
CHICAGO,
July
7:
Finland
is
one
of
the
few
remaining-Euro
A.
Thomas
who
came
to
his
home
Miss
Audrev
Wrlaht.
dau?htPr
of
coho,
sold
to
B.
C.
Packers.
I
Katherlne
Stanton
aged
WEEKEND
DROWNINGS
I
Lives
of
Four
Young
People
Lost1
Result
of
Not
Being
Able
to
Swim
VANCOUVER,
July
7
Drown
ings
took
three
lives
tn
British
Co-
pean
countries
In
which
the
Boy
lumbia
over
the
week
end
while
re-
Scouts
are
still
carrying
on,
Hitler,
p0rts
received
today
at
Rivers
Inlet,
Mussolini
and
Stalin
having
abol-25o
miles
north
of
Vancouver,
told
lshed
the
movement
In
all
areas
0f
a
fourth
last
Wednesday.
At
coming
under
their
control.
A
Brilliant
Adolph
Antoss,
22
years
of
Rotary
International
News
Letter
age
of
Estertiazy,
Sask.,
was
drown-
item
irom
HeisinKi
mentions
.
a
iea-
wnne
swimming.
Frank
Calla
contribution
of
20-000
Finnish
jig
years
of
aee
was
drowned
in
a
marks
by
the
Helsinki
Rotary
Club
rived
here
since
the
week-end
with
to
the
Boy
Scouts
of
that
city.
fish
for
the
Co-op:
,
!
i
Shaula.
200
springs.
Booth;
1500
BABY
STANTON
DIES
here
at
the
week-end
to
attend
W.
W.
Wright,
nassed
throueh
thfi
Odny,
2400
springs,
Cold
Storage;
months,
died
this
morning
'In
the
age,
who
was
drowned
while
fishing
the
wedding
of
Ills
two
daughters,
city
this
morning
on
the
Princess,2400
cono-
sold
,to
B-
C-
packers
the
Baptist
Church
in
this
city.
United
States
Naval
Forces
to
Atlln.
Mr.
iena.
jucu
cwio.
u.
v.
irttn.cio.
;
Oiia,
sou
cono.
u.
u
racaera.
formerly
minister
at.
Occupy
Iceland
to
Replace
British
Forces
Now
On
Island
OUW
CUI1U,
Li.
i.
ratiwcio.
vain
attempt
to
save
his
brother
Nicholas
aged
13
at
North
Vancouver.
The
fatality
at
Rivers
Inlet
was
10
'that
of
Dick
Asplund
22
years
of
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
'from
a
small
skiff.
Morning
Armada
Swept
Across
Channel
And
Pounded
Centres
From
Brest
To
The
Ruhr
Valley
Dortmund
Received
Heaviest
Assault
Front
Bombers
This
Morning
and
Rotterdam
Docks
Included
British
LONDON,
July
7:
(CP)
British
bombers
raided
German-held
France
today
in
two
heavy
attacks
continuing
without
letuip
an
overnight
assault
extending
from
the
docks
at
Brest
to
the
Ruhr
Valley.
Coast
watchers
saw
a
morning
armada
sweep
of,
heard
distant
bomb
explosions
and
estimated
many
tons
of
propectiles
dropped
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Torkenskjold,
40,000,
Atlln,
12.5c
and
11.2c.
Constitution,
40,000,
Royal,
12.5c
and
11.1c.
Narrona,
26,000,
Storage,
12.5c
and
11.6c.
.
on
nonnern
fTance.
in
tne
alter-
noon
new
flights
swept
across
the
Channel.
Dortmund
lri
the
Ruhr
Valley
was
pounded
particularly
hard
overnight
and
other
points
raided
in-cludjed
Munstcr,
Dusseldorf,
Cologne,
Emden
and
Rotterdam
Docks.