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VOL
XXXI,
No
154
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JULY
6,
1942
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Press)
AXIS
FORCES
STILL
IN
RETREAT
IN
EC
Y
IT
GERMANS
PRESS
RUSSIANS
HACK
TREND
OF
BATTLE
IN
MAJOR
CAMPAIGNS
British
headquarters
in
Cairo
announced
today
that
General
Sir
Claude
Auchinleck's
Egyptian
Army
had
driven
the
Axis
into
retreat
for
the
second
successive
day
while
in
the
Russian
campaign
a
sharp
new
crisis
was
indicated
by
the
German
claim
that
Nazi
spearheads
had
crossed
the
River
Don.
A
bulletin
from
general
headquarters
said
that
British
Empire
troops
had
attacked
Axis
forces
in
fierce
all
day
fighting
in
Egypt
yesterday
and
"in
a
night
attack
drove
the
enemy
from
a
strbng
point,
inflicting
heavy
casualties."
The
New
York
Times
said
that
private
advices
indicated
Rommel
might
fall
back
to
Matruh,
110
miles
wtt
of
the
present
battle
zone,
to
shorten
the
supply
line
and
await
reinforcements.
German
dispatches
described
German
operations
along
the
Don
River
in
Russia
as
a
"big
and
broad
of
fensive
thrust
and
the
Berlin
press
proclaimed
it
as
the
beginning
of
a
big
push.
At
Ixmdon
military
information
says
the
Germans
Shave
thrown
more
than
a
million
troops
into
the
Kursk
offensive
in
a
massive
wheeling
operation
in
an
attempt
to
overrun
the
approaches
to
the
Caucasus.
BULLETINS
KILLED
AT
POUT
EDWARD
Ernest
Henry
lewls,
Nanaimo-
Jbortt
f
Miff
mi
n,
died
icstcrday
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Itopllal
,
result
of
JnlujiesJ,,.
'thty-hrr
morr
sustained
when
lie
fell
off
a
wharf
at
fort
Ed
aril
shortly
af-
Tfr
inldni(ht
Saturday.
He
was
Ftished
Into
hospital
here
but
did
not
survive
long.
IIS?
MIDLANDS
WIN
t
In
an
Independence
Hay
bate-
ball
game
at
Ketchikan
Midland
fdefrated
Ketchikan
6
to
t.
There
i
was
to
have
been
a
second
game
but
it
had
to
be
railed
off.
CHINA
reassured
CHINGKINO
On
the
fifth
anniversary
of
the
war
between
China
and
Japan
breaking
out.
Generalissimo
Chlng
Kai-Shek
received
messages
of
congratulation
and
reassurance
from
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
(ireat
Britain
and
President
Franklin
1).
Roosevelt
of
United
States.
"F.very
material,
moral
and
spiritual
aid
In
our
power
will
be
given,"
declared
Ohur-Ill's
message.
AMERICANS
STRIKE
CHUNGKING
The
Japanese
rampalgn
in
China
has
slowed
down.
The
United
States
air
force
has
come
Into
action
by
bombing
Nanchanr,
Hankow
and
Canton.
IN
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
MELBOURNE
Allied
bombers
have
struck
again
at
Japanese
baes
on
New
Guinea,
Timor
and
Solomon
Islands.
The
Japanese
sent
thirty-three
planes
over
Port
Moresby,
aiming
at
an
airdrome,
but
only
slight
dam-
!
age
was
done.
To
Be
Married
At
White
House
Mrs.
Roosevelt
Announces
impending
Nuptials
of
Harry
Hopkins,
Uasc-Lend
Administrator
WASHINGTON.
July
6:
-
Mrs.
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
announces
that
Harry
Hopkins,
lease-lend
administrator,
and
Mrs.
Louise
iMaccy
of
New
York
will
be
mar-
rrled
at
the
White
House
July
30.
ORIGIN
OF
"AIDA"
Alda
was
written
as
part
of
Iho
festivities
for
EmDrcsS
Eurtnlo
nt
the
opening
of
the
Suei
Canal
In
11809.
titVh
EXECUTING
OF
CZECHS
Hjhly-Uirrr
.Mere
Have
IWn
I'ut
To
Drain,
London
Hear
LONDON
Julv
B:-
Th
Nuii
Csechs.
bringing
the
total
of
execution
since
the
assassination
of
Rtlnhard
lleidrlch.
"protector"
of
Bohemia
and
Moravia,
to
over
1300.
JAP
SHIPS
SHOT
DOWN
United
Nations
Celebrate
Independence
Day
With
Action
Over
New
Guinea
MELBOURNE.
July
6:-
United
Nations
airmen
on
Independence
Day
shot
down
six
Japanese
planes
in
attacks
on
New
Oulnea
and
damaged
a
number
of
others.
Conscription
Talked
Again
Canadian
Parliament
Resumes
Its
Discussion
of
Contentious
Measure
f
OTTAWA,
July
6:
With
the
budget
now
approved
and
out
of
the
way.
the
conscription
debate
was
resumed
In
Parliament
today.
Further
Quebec
members,
arc
ex-
.
.
...
1
J
BM
AMt
V.
n
n
'
government
uiiiruunicui.
viv
there
would
be
compulsory
service
outside
Canada.
J.
A.
Bonnier.
Montrcal-St.
Henri,
led
off
the
resumed
debate
today.
Retires
From
Gov't
Service
A.
J.
Lancaster,
provincial
collector
and
deputy
government
agent
at
Prince
Rupert,
lias
now
retired
after
having
been
for
25
years
In
the
provincial
government
service.
Mr.
Lancaster
was
welt
known
as
a
courteous
and
efficient
nubile
official
and
many
wilt
re
gret
that
h6
has
left
tho
service.
Friends
are
nlcascd
to
know,
how
ever,
that
he
antt
Mrs.
Lancaster
aro
remaining
In
Prlnco
Rupert.
Jack
Garrett,
it
is
understood,
succeeds
Mr.
Lancaster
ns
couccior
here,
,
AXIS
MAKING
DESPERATE
EFFORTS
TO
REACH
SUEZ
0
1
IRAN
sca
X.
IRAQ
1
life
!
egypt4A
.
SAr
,iRAB!
litre
Is
a
map
showing
the
four
routes
necessary
to
the
armies
of
Adolf
Hitler
to
get
the
oil
thy
need
to
carry
on
the
war
against
the
United
Nation.
The
chief
hope
of
the
Nazis
Is
In
the
forces
of
Gen.
Erwln
Rommel
who
Is
over
the
Egyptian
frontier
In
a
race
for
Suez
and
the
oil
of
Iran
over
the
course
Indicated
by
arrow
No.
1.
Should
this
smash
fail,
the
Nazis
may
try
an
airborne
invasion
of
Syria
as
shown
by
arrow
No.
2.
This
route
may
be
chosen
In
preference
to
route
No.
3
which
would
call
for
Invasion
of
Turkey,
who
Is
strengthening
her
defences
as
a
result
of
equipment
sent
her
by
the
US.
The
last
hope
f
Hitler
is
to
smash
through
the
Caucasus
which
would
bring
the
oil
of
Iran
as
shown
by
arjow
No.
4.
Some
progress
was
made
when
the
neds
on
Kharkov
front
withdrew
across
the
Oskol
river
and
more
when
Sebastopol
fell
with
now
tbe
retrep.t
to
the
Don.
Heavy
Japanese
Naval
.Losses
In
Endeavor
Jo.
.
Occupy
Aleutian
Ids.
WASHINGTON,
July
G
(CP)
The
Navy
announced
.
today
that
United
States
submarines
had
sunk
three
i
Japanese
destroyers
in
the
Aleutian
Islands
on
Julv
1
and
left
a
fourth
destroyer
burning
fiercely.
Two
of
the
de-
stroyers
were
sunk
at
Kiska
Island
and
the
other
went
down
at
Agattu.
Thehavy
reports
that
Army
bombers
attacked
enemy
transports
and
n
l
II
c
Baseball
OCOres
escorting
vessels.
Today
the
Navy
report
raised
the
Japanese
losses
SATURDAY
in
efforts
to
establish
occupation
National
League
of
the
forces
on
the
Western
Aleu-
Brooklyn
14-5.
Philadelphia
0-4.
tians
to
five
ships
sunk
three
dc
-
Boston
5-2.
New
York
11-3.
stroyers,
one
cruiser
and
one
trans-
Chicago
6-3.
St.
Louis
5-9.
port
and
nine
damaged
Including
Cincinnati
2.
Pittsburg
0.
.
an
aircraft
carrier.
American
Uague
'
New
York
6-4,
Boston
3-8.
Philadelphia
5-2,
Washington
2-12.
Detroit
3,
Cleveland
10.
St.
Louis
8-8.
Chicago
5-7.
SUNDAY
National
League
Brooklyn
5-2,
Boston
6-1.
New
York
2-3.
Philadelphia
3-5.
Chicago
3-0,
St.
Louis
5-11.
Cincinnati
3-5.
Pittsburg
4-2.
American
league
I
Boston
3-5,
Washington
4-0.
Cleveland
1-5.
Detroit
10-1
Viscount
Halifax
nomelntngiand,
British
F.nvoy
To
United
States
To
Confer
With
Foreign
Secretary
Eden
LONDON.
July
6:
Viscount;
Halifax,
British
ambassador
to
the
United
States,
has
arrived
in
Bri
tain
to
confer
with
Foreign
Sec
retary
Anthony
Eden.
He
expects
to
spend
a
month
here.
REIGN
OF
TERROR
LONDON,
July
6
W
It
take3
Telegraph
Agency,
reporting
a
continued
reign
of
terror
in
INhzl-occupled
Poland,
said
on
one
day
alone
18
death
sentences
were
Im
posed
under
accusations
ranging
from
sabotace
of
transport
to
helping
escaped
prisoners.
,
,
Independence
Day
Deaths
i
I
Fewer
Fatalities
on
July
Fourth-Millions
of
Men
Stayed
at
Work
WASHINGTON.
July
6:
There
iwere
110
Independence
Day
deaths
In
United
States
as
compared
with
.more
than
400
last
year.
Millions
There
was
less
automobile
riding
.and
less
fireworks.
!Beauharaois
cf-KnpJc
Men
Return
To
Work
Pending
Negotiation
After
Walk-out
Is
Declared
Illegal
OTTAWA,
July
6:
Six
hundred
strikers
at
Bcauharnois
are
returning
to
work.
The
federal
government
declared
their
strike
Il
legal.
Negotiations
will
ODen
Mon
day.
Higher
wages
have
been
de-J
manded.
POLISH
DECORATION
LONDON,
July
6:
W
Air
Marshall
Sholto
Douglas,
head
of
R.
A.
F.
Fighter
Command,
has
been
awarded
the
Polish
order
'Tolonla
Rcstltuta"
In
recognition
of
his
services
In
the
organization
of'the
Polish
Air
Force
which
has
distinguished
Itself
over
Europe.
AAI
LF5
MORE
SHIPS
1
BEING
SUNK
Fifty
Seamen
Lost
In
Latest
rive
Vessels
To
Be
Torpedoed
In
Western
Waters
WASHINGTON.
July
6:
Five
more
Al,led
?hlps
have
,been
S'S
Atlantic.
Fifty
seamen
at
least
were
lost
The
Allies
ships
lost
since
United
States
entered
war
now
total
340.
'
Announcement
has
Just
been
made
of
the
sinking
of
a
large
'
American
merchantman
off
the
east
coast
of
South
America
on
June
15.
Eighteen
of
110
persons
on
board
were
lost.
off
the
coast
of
the
Dominican
Republic
a
smaller
United
States
vessel
was
sunk
with
8
of
23
persons
on
board
missing.
Nineteen
survivors
of
an
Allied
vessel,
torpedoed
and
sunk,
have
been
landed
at
an
East
Coast
port.
In
sinkings
of
the
past
week
273
Jives
have
been
los
38
are
missing
and
four
hundred
persons
have
been
rescued.
TODAYS
STOCKS
(Oourtewy
S.
D.
Johnston
Oo.)
Vancouver
Grandvlew
11
Bralorne
:
6.00
Cariboo
Quartz
...
1.08
Hedley
Mascot
.25
Pend
Oreille
M
Pioneer
Ii
Premier
.45
Privateer
.29
Reno
....
.034
Sheep
Creek
.66
Oils
Calmont
.13
C.
&
E.
-
90
Royal
Canadian
.03
Toronto
Boattle
4
.60
Central
Pat
.90
Cons.
Smelters
35.50
Hardrock
.34
Kerr
Addison
"3.95
Little
Long
Lac
-
.75
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.23
Madscn
Red
Lake
.42fe
McKenzle
Red
Lake
56
Moneta
i5Vi
Pickle
Crow
1.70
rreston
East
Dome
-
1.71
San
Antonio
138
Sherrltt
Gordon
.62
RUSSIANS
RETREAT
Reds
Forjred
To
Fall
Back
Between
Kursk
and
Kharkov
Before
Sheer
Weight
of
Nail
Numbers
MOSCOW,
July
6:
Sheer
weight
of
numbers
of
the
enemy
forces,
the
offensive
of
which-
in
force
is
now
under
way,
has
caused
the
Russians
to
fall
back
In
southern
Russia,
Moscow
admits.
Nazi
generals,
pushing
ahead
regardless
of
losses
in
men
and
equipment,
have
broken
through
in
at
least
one
point
between
Kursk
and
Kharkov.
Claiming
an
advance
of
one
hundred
miles,
the
Germans
assert
they
have
reached
and
crossed
the
Don
River
at
several
points
and
are
now
threatening
an
important
Russian
railway
line.
DISPERSING
FROM
ANYOX
I
Some
of
Fire
Evacuees
Still
In
rrince
Rupert
Wilh
Others
At
Alice
Arm
and
Vancouver
The
people
who
were
living
at
!Anyox
and
working
for
Anyox
Metals
prior
the
great
forest
fire
which
completely
wiped
out
the
,
old
copper
mining
camp
on
Dominion
Day
are
now
.gradually
dis-Jpersing.
Some
are
in
Prince
Rupert,
others
at
Alice
Arm
and
a
I
few
are
already
In
Vancouver.
.
TV
a.I&m4-
A
t
1
I
time
of
the
fire
were:
I.
George
M.
Lee,
wpertateiuient,
I
Jack
Smith,
construction
foreman.
J.
Maunews,
accountant,
and
Mrs.
Matthews.
John
Matthpws
(onet.
Tony
Caverzan,
Mrs.
cav
-
j
erzan,
Enas
Caverzan
(twelve).
Linde
Caverzan
Uhreei,
Nick
Campanella.
Mrs.
Cam
pan
ell
a,
Gust
Anderson.
Mrs.
Gust
Ander
son.
T.
w.
Falconer.
Chris
Anderson.
Chris
Jensen.
Nels
Olsen.
Rei-
dar
Buer,
Angus
Martin,
Rudy
VI-
der.
C.
V.
Mulroney.
Cecil
Osbone,
Charlie
Wong.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Matthews
and
son
and
Angus
Martin
are
still
In
Prince
Rupert.
Cecil
Osborne,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Caverzan
and
family
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Campanella
left
at
the
week-
pnH
fnr
Vancouver.
i
The
remainder
are
still
at
Alice
Vrm.
Mr.
Lee
and
Mr.
Smith
are
due
here
tomorrow
from
the
north.
Those
who
have
reached
Prince
Rupert
have
had
Interesting
accounts
to
tell
of
th,e
great
conflagration
which
Acs
it
closed
In
on
Anyox
from
various
directions
i
reached
huge
proportions,
flames
-oaring
hundreds
of
feet
in
the
air.
throwing
heat
for
miles
and
their
light
as
far
away
as
fifteen
,
miles.
For
a
time
the
fire
is
estl-
mated
to
have
blazed
on
a
seven
mile
front
The
evacuees
picture
certain
circumstances
which
might
have
.
had
fatal
results.
However,
all
made
their
escape
safely
although
hurriedly
so
fast
was
the
onset;
iSome
lost
heavily
of
their
per
-
,
MJiiai
cucuw
aiuiimgu
nunc
iuo
everything.
The
youngest
evacuee
was
little
one-year
old
"Jay"
Matthews
for
whom
It
was
"Just
a
lot
of
fun."
Untll
rescue
came,
he
and
his
i
mother
with
the
other
women
and!
chlldren
spent
the
night
of
Dom
-
inlon
Day
on
the
beach
across
from
the
blazing
town.
Winch
And
i
Cornett
In
Vernon
Camp
VANCOUVER,
July
6:
Harold
Winch,
provincial
C.
C.
F.
leader,
and
Mayor
J.
W.
Cornett
are,
among
Vancouver
reservists
leaving
today
lot
Camp
Vernon
to
take
two
weeks'
training.
HEAVY
AIR
ATTACK
ON
AXIS
ARMY
Rommel's
Weary
Forces
Appear
To
Have
Lost
Momentum
But
Are
Being
Given
No
Rest
CAIRO.
July
6:
With
Allied
forces
advancing
on
enemy
troops
from
El
Alameln
positions
In
an
attack
decided
upon
on
the
basis
of
evidence
that
Axis
units
are
exhausted,
the
heaviest
aerial
attack
ever
seen
in
the'
Middle
East
Is
being
made
upon
General
Er-win
Rommell's
weary
Axis
forces,
the
momentum
of
whose
drive
into
Egypt
appears
to
have
definitely
gone
until
such
time,
at
least,
as
reorganization
and
reinforcement
can
be
effected.
The
British
Imperial
forces
including
New
Zealanders,
South
Africans,
Maoris,
Indians
an?
British
are
showing
no
disposition
to
wait
but
are
"attacking
to
destroy."
The
New
Zealanders
captured
six
hundred
Axis,
soldiers
who
were
so
utterly
exhausted
that
they
could
not
carry
on.
The
enemy's
water
supply
Is
now
being
rationed.
Still
In
Retreat
For
the
second
successive
day.
General
Erwln
Itommell's
Axis
forces
are
In
retreat.
Smashing
counter-attack
blows
of
the
British
have
forced
the
Germans
and
Italians
to
fall
back
further,
losing
Important
positions
which
they
had
gained
west
of
El
Alameln
and
to
which
they
had
clung
for
several
hours
before
finally
relinquishing
them.
Axis
losses
are.jdeclared.
to
be
heavy
with
those
of
the
Allies
fairly
light.
Axis
prisoners
are
in
extremity
of
thirst,
hunger
and
exhau,l,on-
The
British
still
have
mastery
of
the
air
and
forty-two
Axis
planes
have
been
brought
down
In
two
days.
A
senior
United
States
military
observer
declares
that
the
Allies
are
showing
"beautiful
co-operation"
In
stopping
the
Axis
drive
In
Egypt
Now
the
enemy
will
have
to
bring
up
extensive
supplies
to
refit
their
troops
and
this
will
be
no
simple
task.
Ankara
reports
that
considerable
mechanized
equipment
Is
being
brought
up
through
the
Bal-
kans
to
Greece,
presumably
on
the
;way
to
Nortn
Atrica
fl.nrkv
Ppfpr
Famous
Stunt
Driver,
Killed
INDIANAPOLIS,
July
6:
Earl
Lucky)
Peter,
famous
American
automobile
stunt
driver,
was
killed
Saturday
in
making
a
Jump
with
ihls
car
over
a
truc
M
well
ag
throughout
the
United
States,
kuckv
was
well
known
In
Canada
esDeciaUv
at
the
Canadian
Na-
tlonal
Exposition
in
Toronto.
h
iprf
rip
OfflS
Are
Restricted
OTTAWA,
July
6:
The
War-
time
Prices
and
Trade
Board
has
banned
the
manufacture
for
clvll-
'ian
use
of
twenty-one
lines
of
flexible
electric
cords,
leaving
only
(nine
lines
available.
Braided
cot
ton
coverings
will
have
to
be
used
with
elimination
of
rubber.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
American
111,000
pounds,
18.6c
and
15c
to
18.8c
and
ISO.
Canadian
None.
Masonic,
50,000,
18.7c
and
15c.
Atlln.
Dally,
35,000,
18.6c
and
15c
Whizz
Hoover,
26,000.
18.8c
and
15c,
Storage.
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