nnaoaO
aPOOflOOOfllKKJOlKHKKW'
i
War
N
Wlerday
twelve
others
were
sen-
to
death.
Lwimari
authorities
announced
ueen's
Air
Raid
Fund
I
Since
the
VT
T
Heard,
It.
N.
C.
retired,
Victoria,
is
among
H18
officers
Ft.
Imd
men
lost
in
the
sinking
of
the
battle
cruiser
Hood
last
May
25,
the
admiralty
announced
last
night.
Commander
Heard
commanded
me
uanaaian
auxiliary
cruiser
ii..ii.u.a.
rrince
Robert
which
captured
the
German
freighter
Wescr
in
Mexican
Katers
last
fall.
RUSSIANS
MAKING
GOOD
MOSCOW
The
Red
Army,
in
a
smashing
counter-attack
rtliiitv
miles
northeast
of
Smolensk,
has
thrown
German
forces
bark
westward
in
an
eight-day
battle
in
which
more
than
ten
thousand
Germans
were
killed
and
wounded,
Russian
dis-
patches
from
the
front
said
today
.
The
battle
occurred
in
the
direction
of
Yartsevo
which
is
on
the
main
highway
between
Smolensk
and
Moscow.
The
Moscow
radio
said
that
the
Russians
are
now
in
a
position
to
invest
amoiensK.
anoiner
I
(JKpatch
reported
the
recapture
by
Leningrad's
defenders
of
a
itialcjically
important
crossroads
village
on
one
of
the
ap
proaches
to
the
city,
a
manoeuvre
declared
by
the
Russians
to
have
wrecked
German
plans
for
a
new
thrust
against
Len-
ngrad
itself.
--irT-
w
rt
a
w
r
.nnrvrrnni'
1
r
Km
m
m
m
m
.
1
1
1
.
1
I
lit!
m.
M
m
I
Jl
J
m
KKKHKKKKTOOOOO
OtHJOIODuOOfliieillOOOrODlSO10tOOIM.
tk'Jj
v-
KARLSRUHE
HEAVILY
BOM
.
LONDON
The
German
railway
shop
centre
o.'v'
ruhe
bombed
heavily
last
night
as
Itoyal
Air
Force'
t.
jcrs
at-
rknl
objectives
in
western
Germany.
Returning;
pilots
said
hat
incendiary
aid
high
explosive
bom'is
started
great
fires.
..t.t
.1
I
o4
f.Allvrf.
ulrA
lilncl
fl
All
Ilrttlcli
nhn.a
n
auuiwuu,
vtvv
...j
-
i'---'
eturncd
safely.
German
planes
dropped
a
few
bombs
in
east-irn
England
during
the
night.
BIG
GUNS
FIRING
AGAIN
DOVER
There
was
an
exchange
of
big
gun
firing
across
Jhe
Straits
of
Dover
again
last
night.
DEMAND
BOMBING
OF
ROME
LONDON
Virtually
every
British
newspaper
yesterday
demanded
the
bombing
of
Home
in
reprisal
for
the
Axis
air
fittack
on
Cairo.
It
was
generally
agreed,
however,
that
efforts
ihould
be
made
lo
spare
Vatican
City
from
attack.
MIDSHIPMAN
BEARD
LOST
LONDON
Midshipman
T.
N.
K.
Heard,
son
of
Commander
HSDO
IN
FRANCE1
ATTACKS
REGINA,
Sept.
17:
Q
A
cigar
ent
to
Prime
Minis
;
cr
Winston
,
'.hat
the
shooting
of
hos-
in
reorlsal
for
attacks
on
nurcniu
w
--
,
Pfcan.
.thanks
says
a
letter
irom
would
bP
extended
to
Wude
not
onlv
domm.mUU
but
Hitchcock
of
the
boutn
raic-
now
stationed
in
of
Paris
population.";
,Reent
Sl,"!,.111:!
S
Phillips
of
Estevan,
Sask-
l&Zt:??Za
sent
a
box
of
cigars
fetwounn
CHARIiOTTESVILLE.
Va.,
Sept.
117:
-ffiMiss
Beth
Cowles
ought
.
"""devious
list
oi
,to
have
a
double
portion
oi
goou
"Muuuiis
to
mc
t,
rvio
fmmti
an
eiBiu-icai
t.h.j
:..
'"u"Ui
"ir
aia
t
.c
over.
Huuusuea
tnc
101-
v,i
,
,
.
.
"
1
1
Li
n
1
Irn
U
...
1
utxn
received
DODGE
BLOUU
Ttsia
""8.
J.
J.
tllinn
J.'
.
..
r,
i
1T.
iSKl
TVlls
Mrs
w
n
1
7,'
r
iL.rvu,
iyev
oept.
i.
Mrs
v
'ir
,
$
5
00
Ismail
city
is
enjoying
a
marriage
Total
""T
license
boom.
The
reason
is
us
Droximltv
to
Utah,
which
recently
.
:
.
.
..iui
.
Instituted
a
compulsory
piniw"'
"
V
A
V,1
1
.
A
.
.
capital
anther
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
-
nnncrt
and
Queen
Char-
ntte
Islands-Light
to
moderate
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
11:34
18.8
It.
fcorthwest
to
norm
w
u.
High
ajn.
t,"
,h.
nnd
mild
with
widely
scat-
'
23:40
pjn.
20.1
ft.
Xiuuv
showers.
Low
5:21
a.m.
5.1
ft.
cred
tight
17:36
pjn.
7.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
BOX.
No.
217.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
17,
1941
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
merchant
ships
abroad
or
the
es-"
"IT
""u
IKiuhPnh
of
a
naval
convoy.!
Canadian
-
28,000
pounds,
and
11c
and
12c
and
11.1c
!
feeling
that
these
would
be
steps
I
leading
towards
war.
He
objects
to
n
,,lf
KcVinnf
flrct."
Iiws
Hit)
i,he
youngest
eignteen.
me
new
nw.wn
ov.u
lnm
wen-
shot
for
crimes
of
which
rrimc
Minister
Doesn't
Accept
i
policy
and
urges
tnat
me
irauiwuu-
nad
never
heard.
'
Such
Gifts.
Would-Be
Donar
ana
consuiuuuum
pvu
ui
vW.-
aaaiunn
tn
thpsn
pvprutrd
Tniri
cress
deciding
whether
or
not
the
country
should
go
to
war
dc
TEHERAN
Wrfitif.
I,
'
the
British
Prime
Minister,
nutu-
S,,31""1
ln
deflanCe
01
cock
received
the
cigars,
noted
the
XEHERN,
Sept.
17:
to
-
Rus-
cm'b?r,nnf
?pre
US
.aUaCkS
alternative
address,
wrapped
up
a'sian
and
British
staff
officers
en-
ers
of
the
army
of
occu-
,,5t
le,,
and
sent
lt
to
Mr.terpd
Tchercn
today
as
their
.Both
nf
m
i
i
.
...
Churchill.
It
was
returned
in
a
mechanized
forces
surrounded
me
raKd
S"
assaiianis
letter
from
the
Prime
Minister's
L
J
I
secretary
at
No.
10
Downing
'.Street,
stating
that
the
Prime;
ENTERED
Britisli
And
Itussian
Forces
Occupy
Capital
Of
Iran
To
Ensure
Satisfactory
Government
The
Russian
forces
had
come
down
from
the
northwest
and
the
Minister
has
"had
to
make
lt
a
British
up
from
the
southwest,
rnip
nnt.
to
accept
gifts
of
this
leaving
previous
zones
or
occupa
nature."
tion
to
take
over
the
capital
ln
I
the
wake
of
yesterday's
abdication
the
ruler,
Reza
Shah
Pahlavl,
rrwn
ii
its
two
plus
TWO
.of
A
V
V
7
A4WkJ
and
his
succession
by
his
twenty'
one
year
old
son.
There
will,
it
is
said,
be
no
ia
terference
with
the
present
gov
eminent
of
Iran
providing
its
ac
Hons
are
satisfactory
to
Great
Britain
and
Russia
and
not
favor
able
to
the
Axis.
In
other
words,
the
government
will
be
given
the
opportunity
to
show
its
ability
to
continue
the
administration.
The
former
Shah
Is
reported
to
be
enroute
to
Egypt
with
South
America
as
his
ultimate
planned
destination.
American
Vansee,
40,000,
Royal,
12.1c
and,
11c.
I
Yukon,
25,000,
Booth,
12.1c,
and
11c.
j
Nova,
23,000,
Storage,
12.1c
and!
'
'
11c.
Restitution,
25,000,
Storage,
12c
and
11c.
'
Excel,
29,000,
Booth,
12.1c
and
11c.
Eureka,
15,000,
Pacific,
12.3c
and
11.2c.
Belinda,
27,000,
Storage,
12c
and
11c.
Galveston,
25,000,
Storage,
12c
and
11c.
Canadian
Unome,
12,000,
Storage,
12c
and
11c.
Prosperity
A.,
16,000,
Atlln,
12c
and
11.1c.
UPTOWN
LIGHTHOUSE
The
lighthouse
of
Maceio,
Brazil,
stands
on
a
hill
ln
midtown,
fully
a
half-mile
from
the
sea.
No
Incident
Occurs
Yet
.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Sept.
10:
The
first
day
of
the
"shoot
on
sight"
order
of
President
Franklin
D.
Roosc-
vpH
rilrpr.t.prl
acalnst
Nazi
North
Africa
War
Again
LEASE-LEND
MATERIAL
ARRIVES
AT
SINGAPORE
;
Photo
show3
one
of
the
many
crates
of
important
war
materials
of
the
"lend-lease''
nlan
on
the
Singapore
docks.
On
the
RIGHT
is
seen
the
American
ship
with
the
"Stars
and
Stripes'
nainted
on
her
I
side,
inward
bound
with
war
material
for
Malaya
and
outward
bound
with
raw
materials,
especially
tin
and'
rubber,
for
U.S.A.
Between
the
crate
and
ship
pass
Indian
soldiers
and
cociies
trundling
American
bound
rubber.
SPEAKS
ON
Pope's
Answer
OBVIATING
I
WAR
CRISIS
-1
...
OF
STRIKES
.
Message
Delivered
By
Tontiff
Hoover
Believes
American
Entry
Througn
Personal
Ambassador
Into
War
Would
Frustrate
j
To
Vatican
Freedom
and
Justice
'
iflhere-
Tuesday
after
a
Nazi
fir-
mg
of
the
freighters
Sessa
and
said,
-was
in
violation
or
principles,
me
Iciuao
-xr
uted
15
Frcncn
nos-
Montana
and
has
demanded
ren-
or
neuiraiuy
taees
f
ar.iacks
on
other
German
aratjons.
Ksiaicr;.
a
'.he
same
time
it
was
.
Waped
'Jiav
another
German
w..
non
-
cewtoiomd
officer
was
fatally
Wlticfnn
)pr
IMPf
?ded
Monday
night.
The
Ger-
HlllolUU
LCC1I11CU
84
shoi
at
Tuesday
was
not
hit.
j
y
f
hp
Mtcen
persons
put
to
lanaaiail
b
VIHdL
yesterday
the
oldest
was
72
The
former
-president
approval
of
the
Roosevelt
governments.
ROME,
Sept.
17:
Pope
Pius
Halibut
Sales
Summary
Important
Order-in-Cour;iI
Is
Passed
By
Federal
Cabinet
At
Ottawa
NEW
YORK.
Sept.
17:
American
VPStprrav
rip
lvered
to
Mvron
C.
"""V'
w
.l.
-Measurcs
Iranama
Demaenara.ions
For
entry
into
the
war
would
frustrate
,Taylor,
personal
amb,,sado
of
esgnea
o
ave
Swan
Non-commissioned
Officer
irecao,u
"
eaeru
rrannin
u.
Kooseven.
n
.
;
Spssa
And
MonUna
nl.riprIn,min,i,
nassP(1
VPS.
U
Target
of
Bullet
In
Paris
I
Torpedoeings
nt
"anK
"
T:..
Z
"T
'
the
.
Vallcan'.
a
rcply
ine
"
terday
by
the
federal
cabinet
at
i
acsires,
atxiait-u
rwiu"
aenvs
recent
message
tu
.
.
personal
f
kw,
u
instance
Hon
Norm
n
Mc-
!
PANAMA,
Sept.
17:Thc
Pan-
erbert
Hoover
in
a
naUon-wWe
the
Pope.
c
tent
f
the
message
.
n
M
.J
1
.
nHH.AB.
QCT
TT
1
IT
r
1
I
IIM
III
lift.
.
-
n
w.
.
n
nilKMn
-
'
i-AKlS
Kpnt
I!
W
A
UeiHUl"
omo
irnvornmonf
Yinn
nrnu
V
lUUlU
iiuuiwo
u's
inuc
IIU1,
mauc
uuuiu,.
nonrcommioncd
officer
wassnoi
protcsted
to
Germany
at
the
sink-
re
on
iotCiBu
a..,
nouncement
of
details
was
withheld
until
signing
by
the
Gov-pernor
General
which
will
probably
i
take
place
today.
1
Mr.
McLarty
did
not
see
speci
fically
whether
the
order-in-
12c
tries
plant
at
St.
Catharine's
but
commented
that
it
would
apply
to
similar
conditions.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
MAY
LOSE
RATTLE
The
age
of
a
rattlesnake
can
be
determined
from
the
rattles
only
when
the
snake
still
possesses
its
warships
ln
the
western
At-
""t
rattle
lantlc
passed
yesterday
with-
out
reported
incident.
,
'
Vancouver
Grandview,
.15.
Bralorne,'
11.50
(ask).
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.25.
Hedley
Mascot,
.47.
Pend
Oreille,
1.75.
Pioneer,
2.40.
...
Premier,
.83.
Privateer,
.50.
Reno,
.10.
Sheep
Creek,
.98.
Oils
Calmont,
.20.
C.
&
E.,
1.35.
Home,
2.52.
Royal
Canadian,
.04!2.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.07.
Central
Pat.,
1.70.
Cons.
Smelters,
40.75.
Hardrock,
.85.
Kerr
Addison,
4.40.
Utile
Long
Lac,
1.85.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.15.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.682.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.05.
Moneta,
.38
(ask).
Pickle
Crow,
2.85.
Preston
East
Dome,
3.20.
San
Antonio,
2.37.
Sherritt
Gordon,
1.05.
MOTOULESS
PARADISE
l
No
automobiles
are
allowed
on
Mackinac
Island,
Michigan.
Offensive
Against
Libya
By
British
To
Be
Started
Soon
Heavy
Axis
Shelling
of
Forward
Positions
in
Tobruk
Marks
Cessation
of
Tropical
Heat
Season
CAIRO,
Sept.
17:
(CP)
Heaw
Axis
shelline
of
British
forward
positions
in
the
Tobruk
area
was
reported
'by
British
Middle
East
headquarters
today
as
North
African
desert
warfare
continued,
the
stepped
up
pace
coinciding
with
the
end
of
seasonal
heat.
London
reports
said
that
signs
of
increasing
activity
.
on
the
North
African
front
is
-
stirring
the
belief
that
Great
Brit-
0
Eastcrn
Front
ains
Army
of
the
Nile
may
be
.
laying
the
groundwork
for
a
new'
effensive
aimed
at
driving
Axis
forces
from
Libya'.
WARSHIPS
BLOW
UP
Mystery
Attaches
Itself
to
Destruction
of
Swedish
Destroyers
Heavy
Life
Toll
up
at
anchorage
today
for
un
known
reasons,
two
of
them
sinking
with
heavy
tolls
of
dead
and
injured
among;
the
crews.
Casualties
.were
not
fully
known
because
flaming
oil
hampered
rescue
efforts.
The,
explosions
and
fires
could
not
have
been
accidental,
it
is
believed
in
official
quarters.
TEN
HINTS
TO
BUYERS
lease-lend
policy
DUiaoes
not
ab
-e.
.
Department
Of
Agriculture
Prc-
,
n0
llnris
,-,
council
would
aonlv
to
the
nresent
with
the
sending
of
United
"-----
sents
Aids
For
Housewives
'
I
1
II.
111.
nnA
11
On
,tHV-.
thp
MnB(m
TnH.
ias
can
be
stored.
newspapers.
8.
Watch
for
sales
but
be
sure
you
are
Betting
good
value.
9.
Keep
nutritional
value
in
mind
making
your
food
purchases.
10.
Buy
by
grade
and
by
the
quality
best
suited
to
your
needs.
Salmon
Arrivals
Odney,
1,500
pounds
coho,
Nelson
Brothers,
10.6c.
Azurlte,
15,000
pounds-
coho,
Cold
Storage,
10.7c.
SOURCES
OF
CORK
The
chief
sources
for
cork
are
Spain
and
Portugal.
RUSSIANS'
CLAIM
TO
VICTORIES
Reds
in
Position
For
Siege
Of
Smolensk
Second
Nazi
Thrust
In
Baltic
Hurled
Back
MOSCOW,
Sept.
17:-Cllmaxing
a
bitter
thlrtv-flve
dav
battle,
the
STOCKHOLM,
Sept.
17:
CB
t
Russians
claim
a
smashing
vlotorv
Three
Swedish
destroyers
blew
pver
theermaruv
thirty.,
miles
north
of
Smolensk
on
the
central
front,
the
Nazi
losses
in
killed
and
wounded
numbering
ten
thousand.
The
Soviet
forces
are
now
In
a
po
sition
to
lay
siege
to
Smolensk.
Throughout
last
night
fierce
fighting
along
the
entire
front
took
place,
the
Reds
playing
havoc
with
the
Germans.
A
second
attempt
of
German
naval
and
air
forces
to
effect
a
landing
on
Esthonian-held
Oesel
Island
in
the
Baltic
Sea
between
the
Gulf
of
Finland
and
the
Gulf
of
Riga
has
been
hurled
back
with
huge
losses
by
the
Nazis.
On
the
other
end
of
the
long
front
German
and
Rumanian
forces
have
suffered
heavy
slaughter
before
the
Black
Sea
port
of
Odessa.
I
German
reports
say
that
the
Sept.
17:
0
With
p0rtant
Ukraine
city
of
Kiev
has
the
cost
of
living
up
11.9
points
i
been
encircled
and
that
eighteen
since
the
outbreak
of
war
the
De-jRUSSian
divisions
have
been
wiped
partment
of
Agriculture
has
of-'out,
fered
a
helping
hand
to
Cana-.
dian
housewives
by
issuing
10
buy-
J
ing
hints
to
"increase
the
pur-,
chasing
power
of
the
dollar:
!
1.
Use
Canadian
foods
in
sea-
'
son
when
they
are
fresh
and
most
reasonably
priced.
j
2.
Bulk
-foods
are
usually:
TURKEY
IS
IN
DANGER
cheaper
than
packaged
foods
but'
care
in
home
storage
is
necces-
London
Believes
That
Momentary
sary.
3.
Buv
ln
as
larse
nuantities
Invasion
Is
Imminent
LONDON.
SeDt.
17:
Turkev
lies
4.
Cheaper
cuts
of
meat
are
as
ln
imminpnt
dancer
nf
Invasion
nutritious
as
steaks
and
chops;
without
nollce
by
Germany
beef
and
pork
liver
are
Rood.
through
Bul-aria,
it
is
said
ln
I
5.
Certain
foods
are
cheaper
atlmllltary
quarters
here.
Germany's
times
fresh
fruits
in
summer,
j
economic
necessities
may
make
a
canned
ln
winter.
The
price
of
furtner
thrust
towards
the
south-eggs
varies
with
production.
east
essential.
6.
Watch
wartime
marKets.
ix
not
use
products
Britain
needs.'.
GHOST
CITY
The
situation
changes.
7.
Read
market
reports
ln
local
One-time
gold
rush
city
of
30,-000,
Virginia
City,
Nevada,
has
dwindled
to
less
than
500.
Aluminum
For
Victory
Don't
forget
the
Red
Cross
drlvo
for
ALUMINUM
September
19
and
20.
Your
worn-out
or
surplus
ALUMINUM
will
help
both
the
Red
Cross
and
Canada's
war
effort.
Get
your
contribution
ready
how
for
the
Sea
Cadet
who
will
call
on
you
Saturday.