kttack
On
Ruhr
Is
Fourth
Raid
So
Far
In
July
.DON
Julr
l:
9
The
at
i
strong
force
of
Hoyai
bombers
on
Industrial
.
in
the
Ruhr
Valley
mmht.
concentraUnt
on
was
the
fourth
raid
on
Mus
month,
the
Air
Mln-
"iliicrd.
an
Quarters1
Will
Be
Used
Be
Taken
Over
In
Vancouver
I'or
Occupancy
of
War
Indus
trial
Workers
OUVER.
July
15:
In
order
Kir
much
needed
living
ac-"iv.u.n
for
war
industrial
Jauanaae
nremlses
In
iw
r
are
to
be
taken
over
fall
it
U
expected
all
Jap
will
have
been
removed
Vancouver.
i
Ouaud
of
Smlthers,
Is
spnul-
a
hort
holiday
at
Terrace
os
fjf-st
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Bhcr
I
BASEBALL
TONIGHT
6
p.m.
Searchlinlils
vs.
Americans
N
p.m.
Medicals
Watts
&
NIcUcrson
(Mayor
Of
Crete
of
LONDON.
July
15:
r
Oliver
Lyttelton.
minister
of
alate
In
charge
of
production,
told
the,
House
oi
Commons
In
opening
a
(debate
on
prediction
yesterday,
that
O
real
Britain
still
maintains
IU
"lead
tn
the
air.
particularly
in
quality-
.
I
In
obvious
reply
to
repeated
1W.
There
have
July
UUwpnU
br
crtUc,
Br1Ush
tlvr
withdrawals
by
the
I
d
nd
of
guns
along
u
on
oena
oi.
laf8e,
hlnd
the
Ger
River
as
the
Oermans
(heir
drive
down
the
t
river.
my
have
now
advanced
v
mllea
beyond
we
joa-1
v
railway
towards
BUl-i
!.irh
u
betu
described
a
,un
solar
piaxtM."
.
.
itng
the
need
for
the
opening
of
a
second
the
west
In
order
to
re-nroasure
on
Russia.
Xtos-
..rsties
nave
reierrea
w
pri
orl
,
on
the
eastern
for
London
and
front
man.
Lytlelton
said
that
in
field
artilierv
there
wa
no
reason
"to
be
frightened
of
our
equipment
compared
with
the
Oermans."
TAKEN
BY
JAPANESE
of
Wenrhow
in
Chekianc
Province
Is
Captured
by
Enemy,
Chungking
Announces
CHUNOKINO.
July
15:
Cap
ture
by
the
Japanese
of
Wen
rhow.
important
southern
Che-
klan
Province
port,
last
Saturday
was
announced
by
the
Chinese
today
and
an
army
spokesman
said
Town
Executed
rut
To
Death
Because
H
Mippncn
fArtmjTo
Anti-Naxl
Cucrlllai
ANKARA.
July
15:-The
mayor
a
town
In
Crete
has
been
exe
cuted
by
the
Nasta
lor
supplying
arms
to
guerillas.
Lome
Kenney
of
Smlthers
Is
HEROIC
its
reports
showed
the
invaders
Tl
1
i
took
the
city
because
of
fear
it
former
I
resident
might
be
used
as
an
Aineo.
air
or
naval
base
Of
Argentina
Dies
In
Buenos
Aires
BUENOS
AIRES.
July
15.
Dr.
Roberto
M.
Ortli.
'former
president
of
ArgenUna.
died
today.
He
was
elected
president
in
September,
1937,
assumed
office
February,
1B38.
and
relinquished
office
In
July,
1940,
on
account
of
111
health,
nrtiz
later
resumed
office
but
re
PROVINCIAL
4
LIBRARY
red
army
:
:
RESORT
TO
FIRE
AT
BACKS
UP
:
t
mQunt
:
CONVOYING
MIDLAND
Further
Withdrawal
Aluuc
Don
llltrr
Described
"IUllle
Of
tanclon
and
New
York"
STOITII)
AT
VORONEZH
MOSCOW,
July
15.
(CP)
The
Hermans,
stopped
by
latt
ditch
drfrnce
at
the
outskirts
of
Vor-ontili,
attempted
to
encircle
the
rlty
but
Mere
repuUed
In
the
nnrlli
and
hurled
bark
on
the
mulh
to
a
point
where
they
had
rrosted
the
Don
Hirer,
ItuUa
dUpatrhei
reported
today.
The
ItimUn
said
the
break-through
arromplhhed
by
large
numbers
of
freh
(ierman
troop
and
hundred
of
tanks
supported
by
i
heavy
artillery
barrace,
had
carried
the
invaders
almost
to
the
edse
of
the
town
before
they
ere
checked
by
spirited
Itus-lan
Mand,
In
forcing
the
Nail
back,
the
Itustlans
recaptured
a
email
railroad
trowing
and
in
another
MUr
applied
such
tmng
pressure
that
the
(Jer-mini
fell
back
across
a
small
bridle
and
destroyed
it.
The
(rrman
loe
are
described
as
terrific
The
Midland
fire
department
was
unable
to
cope
vrtth
Uie
conflagration
and
eqaJpmjent
was
sent
from
Darrie.
Orttttai
Penetang,
Etmwood
and
Co
Id
water
Col
Drew
Challenges
Duff
Report
On
Hong
Kong
Not
In
Accord
With
Evidence?
OTTAWA,
July
15
(CP)
Lieut.
Col.
George
Drew,
Ontario
Conservative
leader,
in
a
"82-page
letter
tabled
in
the
House
of
Commons
today,
informed
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
Knj
that
undisclosed
evidence
at
the
Hong
Konsr
inquiry
leaves
no
doubt
that
findings
of
the
Royal
Commissioner,
Chief
Justice
Sir
Lyman
Duff,
"are
directly
contrary
to
the
evidence
as
a
whole."
Col
Drew
demiujdod
that
the
chief
i4stce
who
conducted
'a
secret
investigation
into
the
sending
of
the
Canadian'
expedition
to
Hong
Kong
last
autumn-with
including
in
his
report
only
such
evidence
as
would
support
his
findings
and
keeping
secret
evidence
which
showed
his
findings
wrong.
In
the
interests
of
preventing
the
recurrence
of
a
situation
in
which
Canadian
troops
were
allegedly
sent
into
battle
without
proper
training
and
equipment,
he
demanded
a
full
disclosure
of
all
evidence
taken
at
the
inquiry.
Wartime
Housing
Head
Is
Visitor
extensive
undertakings
here
on
behalf
of
local
Industrial
workers,
arrived
In
the
city
on
last
night's
train
from
Toronto.
Also
here
with
Mr.
Piggott
are
N.
B.
Robinson
of
Vancouver,
ad-
signed
again
this
June
24.
He
had
mlnlstrator
of
Wartime
Housing
hn
inactive
for
nearly
two
years
i
for
British
Columbia,
and
J.
Y.
nda
shori
holiday
at
Ukelsc
because
of
til-health
and
near
I
McCartcr.
architect
from
Vancou-
Laic.
uiiiiuiikm.
Local
Temperature
IT,
Tomorrow
sT
ides'
(Standard
Time)
High
2:30
ajn.
202
feet
Minimum
51
J
15:27
pjn.
19.0
feet
Maximum
62
Low
9:17
ajn.
2.9
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
21:24
pjn.
6.9
feet
VOL
XXXI.
No.
182
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JULY
15,
1912
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Preparations
For
Second
Front
WARDHA,
India.
July
15
-
Mohandai
K.
Oandhl
up-
plemented
a
new
All
India
Con-
greaa
party
resolution
de-
mandlng
Drltaln's
withdrawal
from
rule
of
India
with
an
emphatic
declaration
today
that
there
can
be
no
further
negotiation
He
conceded
that
violence
might
reault
from
the
resolution
LEAD
OF
BRITAIN
Is
Itrst
in
Air.
Particularly
Equipment.
Says
l.yltellon
Artillery
KxrtlU
In
Mils
Method
Adopted
To
Protect
Half
Million
Dollar
Conflagration
Shipping
in
Caribbean
in
Ontario
Shipbuilding
Town
WAflHlNOTON.
D
C,
July
15:-
t
MIDLAND.
Ont
.
July
15.
-
Two
A
convoy
Ayntem
u
to
be
instl-
naval
vessels
under
construction
tuted
in
the
Caribbean
Sea
aa
,aid
valued
at
$192,000
were
demean
of
oombatting
the
aubmar-
atroyed
In
a
fire
which
swept
a
me
menace
to
shipping.
This
la
.shipbuilding
plant
here
last
night
snpounced
by
Secretary
of
the
The
railway
station
was
also
burr.-y,
K!f"k
KnmL
ed
and
damage
Is
'estimated
at
Col.
Knox
aaid
destroyers
had
more
than
$500,000.
6ne
hundred
been
found
the
moat
effective
typp
were
employed
In
the
ablp-of
veaaelt
for
convoy
duty
but
"we
buiiding
pUmL
uHuiy,
many
uacs
iot
Destroyers."
Three
more
Allied
sinkings
In
.the
Western
Atlantic
were
disclosed
yesterday
a
medlum-sised
Panamanian
vessel,
a
Norwegian
vessel
and
a
medium-steed
Ameri
can
merchantman.
This
brings
the
crs
agisted
to'al
s'nc
Prl
HirVi-
ut
T71
partment.
ENEMY
IS
IWill
BeiPermanent
and
REPULSEDNot
Mere
Hit
and
Run
Axis
Unable
To
.Make
Further
Headway
in
Egypt
and
Suffers
At
Hands
of
Itoyal
Air
Force
NEW
AXIS
ATTACK
CAIKO,
July
15:
(CP)
An
Axb
attack
on
Tel
F.I
Kisa
with
tanks
and
infantry,
the
third
successive
assault
on
the
British-held
height
in
Egypt's
corridor
battle
zone,
was
launched
at
dusk
yesterday
and
lasted
into
the
night,
British
headquarters
annourJ
ed.
The
Koyal
Air
Force
took
part
in
the
fighting,
destroying
some
Axis
tanks
and
bambins
Tobruk
in
force.
CAIRO,
July
IS:
Oi
Axis
ar-
Hundreds
of
volunteW
fire
fight-nored
lorcw
nare
been
repulsed
the
regtfar
fire
de
.
.
...
.
in
anomer
eastward
lunge
on
the
yptian
Lorrldor
battlefront
and
the
enemy
has
been
hit
hasvMy
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
despite
desert
-andslorms,
British
headquarters
announced
last
night.
Several
fierce
land
attacks
have
een
successfully
headed
off
by
GESTAPO
KILLING
Eleven
Member
of
Cicrman
Police
CONSIDER
SERVICE
Loral
Representations
Regarding
Mails
Receiving
Attention
at
Ottawa
I
In
regard
to
representations
which
have
been
made
for
Improved
mall
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
the
cast,
the
Prince
Tn
nav
n
visit
of
insnectlon
to
I
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
Is
Housing
Limited,
which
has
quite
isideratlon
and
that,
as
soon
as
a
'"'J31-
declslon
Is
reached,
there
will
be,
further
communication
WATCH
TOMMY'S
MAIL
LONDON.
July
15:
F
Railway
porters
have
been
Instructed
not
to
mall
letters
for
servicemen
on
their
way
to
embarkation
ports
for
fear
these
letters
may
give
some
inkling
of
the
troops'
destination.
RUSSIAN
NITHSK
AIDS
WOUNDED
WHILE
BATTLE
RAGES
AROUND
HER
foreground
Is
Red
Army
nurse
,
.
i,
,rr
hown
atUckus'.'
aeross
onenground
onenground
In
In
the
the
Kharkov
Kharkov
sector.
sector,
In
in
olZXm
c,uryIng
43
wunded
rccnout
of
danRer
durlne
lHe
Affair,
London
Hears
Statemcnt
Comes
as
Soviet
Russia
Continues
Its
Demand
For
Relief
From
Nazi
Pressure
in
East
LONDON,
July
15
(CP)
"All
preparations
for
the
opening
of
a
second
front
are
under
way
and
the
objective
is
a
front
which
will
be
permanent,
not
only
a
large
hit
and
run
raid,"
said
one
informant
today.
The
informant
would
not
allow
his
name
to
be
used.
The
statement
came
as
qualified
London
sources
re-
..........
ported
Soviet
Russia
to
be
press-
ing
anew
for
the
prompt
opening
'of
a
second
Allied
European
front
r
1
P
1
KritlSn
Sinlr
.Jto
dlvert
Nazl
armies
pounding
at
Axis
Tanker
I
LONDON.
July
15
The
that
British
light
forces
de-
the
British
and
there
were
at
least
stroyed
an
Axis
tanker
and
i
if
teen
air
operations
In
support
damaged
two
escorting
traw-
of
the
land
action.
lers
in
the
English
Channel
Once
again
the
Royal
Air
Force
near
the
French
port
of
Cher-
wrought
havoc
with
the
enemy's
bourg
this
morning.
supply
lines
and
supporting
com-
munications
QUIET
AT
MALTA
:i
in
weeks,
.Malta
had
a
free
night
from
enemy
air
raids.
NORTH
OF
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE
Allied
air
activities
continue
against
enemy
bases
north
of
Australia
with
effect.
There
have
been
raids
against
the
Japanese
to
point
as
far
away
as
the
Dutch
East
Indies.
i
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
158,000
pounds,
and
14c
to
17.2c
and
14c.
Canadiannone.
American
Traveller,
55,000,
17.2
and
I
TIT
IT
i
war
flews
16.8c
14c,
the
gates
of
the
vital
Caucasus.
:
MIDWAY
DETAILS
Results
of
Naval
Battle
Which
Saved
Hawaii
and
This
Coast
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
July
15:
The
Department
of
the
Navy
has
issued
a
comprehensive
statement
detailing
losses
of
either
side
in
the
great
naval
battle
of
Midway.
q
The
Japanese
casualties
were
.twenty
ships,
Including
four
aircraft
carriers,
and
275
planes.
'
The
United
States
had
one
alr-!
craft
carrier
damaged
and
one
7'
i'AI'ETTA
For
theJirst
tlrnej
destroyer
.iudt
LONDON.
July
15:
Eleven
Gestapo
agents
have
been
killed
In
a
Belgian
village,
according
to
information
received
here.
The
Japanese
had
4300
men
killed
and
a
little
over
300
Americans
were
lost
92
officers
and
215
men.
I
The
Japanese
losses
detailed
'were:
1
Four
aircraft
carriers,
two
27,000
tons;
two
10,000
tonners,
sunk.
I
Three
battleships
damaged.
Two
heavy
cruisers
sunk-
One
cruiser
damaged.
Three
destroyers
sunk.
Two
transports
destroyed.
One
or
more
transports
damaged.
The
American
aircraft
carrier
sunk
was
the
20.000
ton
Yorkton.
The
destroyer
sunk
was
the
Hammond.
Military
authorities
believe
the
Battle
of
Midway
may
well
have
saved
Hawaii
and
prevented
at-
local
project
and
to
go
into
the
n
receipt
oi
viewer
mm
yn
"tacks
California
and
Panama
,,i,rr,n.
t
,
fniiiM.
jnr.h
Hanson.
M.P.
for
Skcena.
statins:
Fay
55
a:uuu'
000
17c
'c
and
ana
14c
lK-
Pacific
racuic,i
M.
on
.vsuuu
v4
,
-
roinmhia
4nno
irrk
nnrt
He.
uanai.
uri
miiiinii
tnis
maiipr
i
nnv
nnopr
rnn-
,
f
Ol
HiiiV.
.
"
'
-
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Boston
5.
St.
Louis
7.
Philadelphia
2.
Cincinnati
New
York
0,
Chicago
3.
Brooklyn
5.
Pittsburg
1.
AmcriVan
League
St.
Louis
3,
Boston
2.
JUNE
HEAT
WAVE
1.
It
can
be
told
thanks
to
the
cen
sor
the
first
week
of
June
was
1
the
warmest
on
record.
In
London
LONDON.
July
15:
h
A
Yugoslav
government
spokes
man
declared
yesterday
.
that
seven
hundred
Croats
had
been
killed
In
reprisals
by
tht
German
Gestapo
following
.assassination
of
the
Gestapo
chief
in
Zagreb,
Major
Helm,
who
was
shot
while
crossing
a
street.
.
Commission
On
Shipyards
To
Start
Monday
VANCOUVER,
July
15:
The
commission,
headed
by
Mr.
Justice
F.
E.
Richards
and
consisting
of
i
two
representatives
each
of
the
companies
and
unions,
appointed
in?
LONDON.
July
t..i
n
15
n,
OO-Now
wn
that
,ni
L.,,a
IH
p..fi,.
rvvv
VU
U11tgVi(IVV
V.
www
shipyard
dispute
will
start
its
deliberations
next
Monday.
jthe
temperature
reached
90
de-'
'grees
June
6
and
policemen
spent
p
At
I
most
of
their
time
chasing
children
VxOnCCSSlOllS
ril
out
of
the
static
water
tanks
scat
itered
around
town.
I
Reprisals
In
Yugoslavia
:i
Edmonton
Fair
Are
Destroyed
EDMONTON
July
15:
Conces
sions
at
the
Edmonton
Exhibition
were
destroyed
by
flro
of
uncertain
origin.
Damage
Is
estimated
at
$2000.
OPERATION
RESTORES
SIGHT
HOYLAND,
England,
July
15
DS
Arthur
Ellis,
a
iS-ycari&ld
miner
who
was
totally
blind
for
five
years,
had
the
sight
of
ono
rye
restored
by
an
operation
an
ambition
now
is
to
become
an
auxiliary
fireman,