J1 1 WJT1 1 IN RUSSIA IS SERIOUS I ireal of Nil on Stalingrad and Kostuv IndlmiuUhed Lnciny Trapped In North MIIJ.ION ON M AKCII .1IU.1V W! . JUIT st: iai- -ad and Kotv are both lin- Iranec The Hed Star says aw h rrnian iftrw mtw a m 1 1 1 inn men hat approached the bordrr i iiiaiiiiEiau its u it r- jaiin he .Moscow -Kofttor railway. Thr jrrmau If Icti Cm mind claim at thr lower Don filter hat ten rroM-d on a broad front tid ortanlrd Ituwtian remittance mil iw"ui kiws timm vimiim u. T. ' W. July O Both Ro-Hullngrad are in grave h -rman drive moves d aluitK the vital Mmcow-r.nlroart it was admitted au'iioriUet today. The -! Htc. .s'r aatd tha: i.i '.M-r the country, rr.y Is ruh;n" to the Vital t ni&tr" In Berlin, , r .rt ( the itorthweat fate I when ' .. n ajBji action. Mine German force tried k throuKh to RoatoT and i and (he Ruatiana ad-int nued falUnx bark froi.t between the two v U.i- Soviet claimed ' -riuiu huge NatJ alr had brn destroyed. :.., at the north of the urtlnit battle line, the battime hand to hand ora-.anK or both banks ?.,,, BUnr In the fteht tD 'I'iiteheuds and trap thoae n. Is aai reuorted - irv to ILL FINE SPEEDSTERS' IV I'lillr 'In Violators of Bear Speed Down On; I J mils s- i grant F. W. Oallagher. :!ir city pouce. warns lo-t n.sts of tbe intention of nlorctag henceforth the '.w an hour peed limit in Hu;ert iorth. Ota atatf sergeant iu speed UmM must be observed by tnotorlsta to piosecutton. iM.ciiUon u the thirty mile speed limit in the city, i a limit of ten mile Three More Jap Destroyers Sunk By American Subs Off Kiska Island In Aleutians WASHINGTON. July 22 United States sub-marine have sunk three more Japanese deutroyei-s off Kiska Island in the Aleutians, bringing to a total of eighteen the number of enemy warshijw that have been sunk or damaged in that area. Six destroyers, a transjiort and a cruiser have been sunk, the twelve enemy vessels damaged having included an aircraft carrier. Enemy forces in the Aleutian Islands are being attacked daily by United State bombers despite fog conditions, it is announced. Representative Anthony J. PintJtri estimates that from 20.000 to 25,000 Jspmiifc) Iwvc ham landed the Aleutians. John Fletcher, the mayor of Utialaska, says that the Japanese mean business and plan an invasion of Alaska. DIRECT HIT IS SCORED Allied rianes Attack Japanre Transport North of New Guinea that Mad aback; ' xy atannlat MKUOUttH. July a.-Oeneral - of h-mta. DouglM MacArttxur headquarters ' ward wHii of Oman report that Allied bombers arorad me ,,rv muntry Is a direct hit on a Japanese trans-wrulhr-Hot of Voriwhtlov- pnrt off the north coast of New d K(mUiv down th" rich Oulnea uHj a coovoy wag at-.i -in con! I, id (rgioii whlrh tacked. M-rt blM aud Mlutf Wjwa Jbe flrat atyackon enemy u iwiaiis tailing back for ahJpptag In that area atnee July a cruiser was put out of DUISBURG IS RAIDED Hit re Hundred Koval Air force Planes Lncaced In Attack on Huhr Centre LONDON. July O - The Air Ministry announce, that many fire, .:. Naau Utm the last of were started in an auacic last hftM. tththt on Dutaburs: and other Ruhr - .... . x n , ,u,ir ,n deadl Valley objecuvea by a airong woyai , :'!T:ibrikS!l! Canadian ,uadron.. Thirteen of which took part faikd to return. , . .!,, North rv.n Don area. rea ; Atr Force had made a daylight sweep lover the northwest part of the 1 Ketch with long range bombers and fighters. Railways and troop eoneentra Uons In northern Krance were also attacked by daylight. A few Oerman bombers vtttted scattered point on th? east coast last night and did little damage. One was shot down. NEW UNION IS FORMED Painters and Decorators Organized Last Night raufch school ground! and play hold kut night under the direction i.;-warras of the Prince Rupert Trades ana A.':;r fmm Lh flni ivmi.iIUwi ' t i.. r,..,n itu T nilWttt In - - - r - uiuui WUUHVI4 n ii ut.ui o oy me law lor vioiauun , m1p ehalr. decided to lonn a local pern limits, drivers may also of their own in this city. ve their licences suspended. ' After hearing addresses by Wil BASEBALL TONIGHT Acropolis G p.m. -Searchlights vs. Watts & Nickerson 8 p.m. Medicals vs. Midlands liam Page, organizer lor the Car penters and Joiners oi America. and J. S. Black, local agent, the tnen were unanimous in men choice" of affiliation. This will make complete the organization of the construction traded Into the International union and It la expected, that, when .the charter arrive, Robert Steveston, representative of the painters, will come to Trlncc Rupert to lnstal union and complete the. organlKitloa. , . . . BAN NOW MESSAGE Wml IS LIFTED! CommunM Tarty and Other Or ganization to be Cleared if Parliament Adopts Committee Keport 01TAWA. July 22 (CP) The long-standing ban on the Communist Party of Canada and other organisations now held il legal will be lifted if Parliament WlTrT'THE approves a recommendation of a special House of Commons Committee on Defence of Canada regulations. Other organizations covered by the decision are Jehovah's Witnev.es, a teligious sect; Technocracy Incorporated, an organization upholding monetary reform; the International llible Students' Association; the White Star llible and Tract Society and the Ukrainian Labor-Parmer Temple organization. The decision by the committee led to the tesignation of Hon. J. K. Michaud, minister of fisheries, on an eight to five vote that c. party lines. Hugh It- McKinnon, member for Kenora-ltainy lUver, takes over the chairmanship of the committee in succession to Mr. Michaud. The committee decided to recommend tbe lifting of the ban on the organizations because they arc "wholeheartedly behind the war effoit." TO JEWS Cotigtes at .Madison Square Gar den in New York Hears From Roosevelt and Churchill NEW YORK. Jaly 38: In a message to the Jewish Congress at Madison Square Garden last night President Prankhn D. Roosevelt said that the Naais would be held to strict accountability in the day of reckoning whloh was , bound to tome. Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain also had a message to the Congress. He mentioned that ten thousand Jews were serving with the British forces. DEFY GERMAN BO.MBS SOUTHAMPTON. July 22: O) A Southampton couple and their seven-year old daughter, determined that "no German bomb Is going to shift us," are repairing their bomb-damaged garden shelter and intend 0 make it their home. Their real, home was wiped out In, a raid. PAYS VISIT TO TERRACE j Lieutenant Governor j Interior Following Visit To Prince Icave For j Two-Day. Rupert Hon. WtlrW C. Woodward. lieut enant Governor of British Ooium-1 but. following a two-day visit to. Prince Rupert, left on this morn-' ing's train for Terrace where he: is paying a brief visit today before ' going on to Edmonton by the ' night train. From the Alberta capital, Mr. Woodward will fly back to Vancouver, being duel there Saturday. Yesterday His Honor paid a visit to Prince Rupert's fortifications j and late In the afternoon a reception was held at the officer's mess of the Edmonton Fusiliers where local citizens were introduced by City Commissioner D. J. Matheson. On lils way to Prince Rupert, the Lieutenant Governor called in at a number of points along the coast to meet the people Mr. Woodward expressed himself as being agreeably surprised with aide-de-camp to Governor here. the Lieutenant Engagement In English Channel Official Announcement Made Action Between British And Axis Craft of LONDON, July 22: An official Local Temperat;gp.o0l3, mm Tomorrow sT ides (Standard Time) High 9:33 a on. 162 feet Minimum 50 21:38 pan. 20.0 feet Maximum 71 Low 3:03 ajn. 5.7 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 15:01 pm. 7.7 feet frt rVYI Ki 1ftfl i PRINC E RUPERT, BX ..'WEDNESDAY. JULY 22, 1912 PRICE FIVE CENTS Su at!i St rave uaiiKcr L I I I A I If tM an caiturp:i) from rommel Thi.- . turrd by used for Td: ."1 iftc Br. ...-r. '.lie Llbya-Eypt fiua a ".cw men or towing .sm M0REYANKS i OVER THERE I American Pilots and Negro Troops, Arrive in Northern Ireland I FORCES IN .NORTHERN IRELAND, July 22: American pilots 'and negro troops have arrived here to swell the rank of tbe 'United Stasea lnvaaton force j There are also air force mainten-l ance crews with the pilots i: Wa- one of the pieces of equipment cap-riu The vehicle is very manoeuverable and is -uii.i at fa;rly high speed. AMERICAN LOSSES WASHINGTON United Stales has lost 41.000 men in action since Peail Harbor including 4,800 men killed, 3,200 wounded and 36.-000 missing. Many of the missing were at Bataan and Corregidor and may be, prisoners of war. 7 LKAHY APPOINTED W'ASllINCTONllraHVilh'am D. Leahy, former ambassador to France, has been appointed chief of staff to President Roosevelt. He will relieve the chief executive of details in regard to military matters In connection with the war and will act as laison officer between the President and heads of Army and Navy. JOAN CRAWFORD WEDS HOLLYWOOD Joan Crawford was married yesterday to her third husband Phillip Terry, a little known actor. Her first husband was Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and her second Franchot Tone. GESTAPO NUMEROUS LONDON The secret German radio has broadcast that there are now 750,000 Gestapo In the Reich, a number equal to Germany's pre-war standing army. CHINESE HEATING JAPS CHUNGKING The Chinese are scoring further victories over the Japanese invaders. Another city, main base of the enemy in Chckiang Province, has been recaptured. Kwechianr, 450 miles south of Shanghai, has been bombed. United States submarines are attacking Japanese ships constantly in Formosa Strait. SHIPPING CRISIS WASHINGTON With Allied shipping losses last week In the western Atlantic thr highest since the war began, use of cargo planes instead of ships is being considered. Ship sinking now far exceeds ship construction, it is said. However, essentials are still being moved. Two more British and one American ship have been sunk with loss of 29 lives, it is reported. I . 9,000 JAPS LEFT j OTTAWA Only 9.000 of 23,000 British Columbia Japs now re- I at. a a a a 1 . n ,"a,n OH ,,ie coa!" "lm m,nc 01 u,csc 111 pamcuiariy vuineraoie the development of Prince Rupert; are. SltlCK? last he was here In 1938 ""a5 'S uuuuiuru, mi me uaiic iu uc cvaiuaieo. to iiic in- with a Vancouver Board of Trade i lcrior wll,,ll tht nfxt lhrcc months. There are 3,000 Japs now at Hngs Park in Vancouver. excursion party. Lieut. Ralph Thistle acted as CUBA HANS SPAIN HAVANA Cuba has banned shipments of food to Spain owing to Spain's relations with Germany and Italy. PORTUGUESE SHIP SUNK LONDON A Portuguese fishing vessel has been sunk by a German U-boat. It is the first Portuguese vessel to be sunk In the war. 'FRISCO HAS ALARM SAN FRANCISCO Radio stations In the San Francisco area r.s far as Sacramento went off the air between 9:11 and 9:52 last night. announcement of the Admiralty. No rcasou was immediately given. rnvAfllc Vnif on 'Av1 frotiVhl r nnrt escorting vessels and one British were damaged motor torpedo gunboat was lost in an English Channel engagement near the French coast yesterday. WEST VANCOUVER ALERT VANCOUVER The West Vancouver area had two unexpected air raid alarms last night. They were caused by a short circuit In the alarm system. w jWtf'lT1 FIGHTING IS LIGHT Still Little Doing on Land In Egypt British Planes Pound Away at Axis Crete Visited Large Concentrations of Enemy Parachute Troops Are Reported There CAIRO. July 22: Land operations on -the Egyptian, front between. tthe British andlAada forces continue-to "be confined to patrols whlleJthertRoyal Air Force concen-trates on Field Marshal Erwin 'Rommel's air force with telling (effect. The port of Mersa Matruh has been so heavily bombed by 'British planes that nothing much j more is left of it now than a mass of rubble. I Royal Air Force light bombers j smashed at. a concentration of one thousand Axis vehicles in the 'central sector of the Egyptian J front in operations yesterday, Brl-Jtlsh headquarters announced to-'day. j Other bombers made an attack In "force" on shipping in Suda Bay, Crete, and scored direct hits on two vessels. Large forces of German parachute troops are reported concentrated on Crete, j Two Axis planes were brought 'down yesterday in fighting over Egypt and three over Malta. Five I British planes were lost. TALKING OF OFFENSIVE Sir John Dill Believed Returning To Britain In Connection With Second Front Flans LONDON, July 22: 130 Specula tion on the opening of a second I front has heen sharpened by re ports that Sir John Dill, Great Britain's chief military representative in the United States, is returning soon. Presumably he will Join in discussions among Prime Minister Winston Churchill and high leaders of the British and American armed forces. One report is that Sir John may be placed in charge of the direction of second front tactics. Prime Minister Churchill was received yesterday by King George and It is believed that he made a report to His Majesty on the progress of second front plans. HALIBUT SALES American Seattle, 70.000, 16c ami 14c, Ranier, 44.000. 16.8s and 14c. sRoyal. I Wholesale Deliveries Being Cut t OTTAWA, July 22: -tte- strlctlons on wholesale deliv- eries of orders to retailers are announced by James 6tewart, services administrator of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, In line with regula- tlorfs already Imposed on re- tailers. The order Is effective as from August 3 and pro- hibits the delivery of indl- vidual wholesale orders total- ling less than $3. This order doea not apply to deliveries made by messengers on foot or on bicycles.