Local
Temperature
!tT
TomorrowsTid.es
(Standard
Time)
High
H:52
am.
18.7
feet
i
Maximum
-
tv,nrr
BLDU3'
23:48
pm.
222
feet
Minimum
va"-"-
,
Low
5:35
ajn.
23
feet
.
I
n
CQ
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
17:35
pm.
6.4
feet
,
ir
XXXI..
No.
147
V
r"
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
25,
1942
PRICK:
FIVE
CENTS
Hitler
Is
Going
All
Out
In
War
SEBASTOPOL
OFFENSIVE
OUr
VlYLll
Ull
V3'
jotlrl
Troop
Entrr
Crimea
To
Krsr
of
Nail
InvadersEnemy
Suffers
Huge
Losses
KGJCOW,
June
25:
0
-
The
..riciiaive
against
8ebato-a
kt
ning
aomewhat
be-:
ureal
Jow
suffered
by
arkt-rs,
Russian
dispatches
lay.
but
the
battle
sUU
is
against
the
outnumbered
.
of
the
Crimean
port.
In
I
one
day
aaaault.
Six
Oer-I
Rumanian
divisions
have
Meatad.
three
others
have
.
Mastering
loss
.
and
150
Mxi
hundreds
of
plane
n
deatruyed,
satd
Ruaaian
v.
whole-
pea-
Oerman
uualltruj
by
land
while
tihing
attacks
continue
nr
air.
thi
Kwalan
position
s
Kcbaatopol
is
aUU
conceded
:
,ivr
U
news
from
Kharkov
is
'
c
furious
assault
there
'
dead
In
Its
tracks,
ham
bark
by
the
fierce
Red
re-
ir
Stockholm
dispatch
to
siid
thai
two
regiments
of
'
roops
had
landed
In
south-:nra
from
a
strongly
es-nvcy.
The
dispatch
said
Russians
succeeded
not
.
landing
but
advanced
a";
get'lng
belvnd
piwtl-'
Hi;-
Orrmam
.it'atkliiK
BATTLE
IN
EGYPT
NOW
Aits
Torres
Carry
Conflict
Miles
Inside
f
rontier
With
I
Lightning
.Moves
i
LONDON,
June
25
(CP)
Heavy
fighting
raged
more
than
sixty
miles
Inside
Egypt
today
as
powerful
Invading
Ails
forces
-(Vt
ut
Sldl
Haranni,
big
I
alrr
mark
of
the
Italian
offence
I
In
the
fall
of
1910,
after
forcing
the
rlllh
Eighth
Army
to
abandon
the
frontier
strong
holds
of
Salum
and
Sldl
Omar.
Although
Itrillth
headquarters
reported
troops
fighting
a
fierce
rearguard
action
and
Inflicting
heary
losses
on
the
enemy,
It
i
ppeared
possible
they
Intended
to
make
a
stand
somewhere
be
fore
Marsa
.Matruh,
vital
railhead,
approximately
130
miles
'H
of
the
i:gypllan
frontier.
SHIP
WORK
IS
TIED
UP
Slrlkr
of
Machinists
and
Ulack
mi(liH
In
Vancouver
Yard
Continuing
WJCOUVER.
June
25.
--Hubert
,
.
.
said
today
that
worn
inpbulldlna
yard
was
practl
.i
standstill
as
a
result
of
:
s
nkc
of
machinists
and
biack--
in
protert
a
the
seven-day
',vk
order.
The
strike
continues
i'lte
the
warning
that
there
-l
be
prosecution.
At
Ottawa
Hon.
H
hiey
MlUhel'.
minister
of
labor,
announces
a
special
prose-has
been
appointed
to
take
tfcn
iiroessary
action.
Nanaimo
Assessor
Has
Passed
Away
""Id
Lewis
Dies
In
Island
City
At
Age
of
Scvenly-Two
NANAIMO,
June
25-DavId
Lewis,
Pfjvuieial
assessor
here,
died
yes-kway
Ho
was
seventy-two
years
nf
auc
and,
prior
ttf
'doming
here,
deputy
assessor
at
Victoria,
BEEF
PRICE
i
IS
REDUCED.
1
f
5
"
Sliding
Scale
Downward
OTTAWA.
June
25:
Maximum
wholesale
prices
of
beef
will
be
reduced
one
cent
per
pound
on
July
13
and
retailers
will
adjust
their
prices
a.cordlnajy,
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Doard
announced
today.
To
provide
for
normal
seasonal
decline,
a
second
one
cent
reduction
will
be
effective
August
3.
a
third
on
August
21
and
a
further
decrease
of
half
a
cent
September
14.
Fifth
Column
In
Caribbean
LONDON.
June
25;
O
Reut-
ers
reported
today
that
flf-
teen
persons
had
been
arrest-
ed
by
the
military
authorities
In
Bellae.
British
Honduras.
after
discovery
of
"organlsa-
ttons
rendering
active
asirtst-
ante
to
the
enemy
In
the
Caribbean
area."
ARMY
USES
MORE
MILK
Catering
Experts
Meet
Success
in
Correcting
Some
of
Eating
and
Drinking
Habits
of
Youth
OTTAWA
Juno
25
OThe
army
is
trying
to
wean
the
soldiers
away
from
bad
eating
and
drinking
hab-
common
In
youth
In
civilian
life
and
Is
meeting
withsomc
suc-
''IchW
Inspector
of
catering
and
messing.
He
referred
to
the
habits
of
cat-Mng
between
meals
and
drinking
soft
drinks
at
all
hours
of
the
day
'and
night.
As
evidence
of
-success
jthe
Colonel
points
to
the
ccn-
sumotlon
of
milk
In
army
can-
teens.
It
U
now
heavier
than
the
consumption
of
beer
and
the
milk
the
soldiers
buy
in
their
canteens
Is
In
addition
to
the
pint
(formerly
half-plnt
a
day
they
get
In
their
rations.
"We
have
a
problem
which
Is
due
to
the
lack
of
supervision
in
civilian
life
over
what
boys
and
girls
cat."
said
Col.
Webb."
A
good
many
of
them
come
Into
the
army
'with
at
least
slightly
ulcerated
stomachs,
due
to
the
rot-gut
they
have
been
getUng.
We
carry
on
a
constant
campaign
against
eating
between
meals
and
against
cheap
pastry
and
soft
drinks."
Canteens
In
all
camps
nave
w
be
closed
at
least
one
hour
before
meals
and
during
meals.
In
some
they
arc
closed
all
day
and
opened
only
at
night.
Men
Must
Re
Fit
That,
said
Col.
Webb,
prevents
mn
fmm
eatlne
snacks
at
the
nnd
thus
spoiling
their
'annctltes
for
their
meals.
Men
v.no
n',j0
often
turn
oui
10
uu
u-,rie
I
.
a
rUhM
throuiih
no
fault
0
the
army
rations
but
becauso
of
the
fact
they
did
not
cat
full
and
proper
meals.
Undcr-nourlshcd
men
were
the
first
to
become
casualties
under
battle
conditions
and
would
have
the
least
chances
of
coming
out
of
U10
war
fit
to
make
a
place
for
themselves
In
peace.
"Wo
arc
sometimes
accused
of
mollycoddling
the
men,"
said
Col.
Webb,
"of
doing
too
much
to
make
them
cat
the
right
thing,
ai
uu.-;
right
time-
and
In
tho
right
way.
but
u
you
Qouia
compute
amount
of
money
prcvcnuDio
sicu-ncss
In
the
army
cost
in
the
last
war
it
would
be
a
tremendous
sum.
"Wo
want
our
soldiers
lit
for
battle
conditions
during
the
war
and
wo
want
there
to
know
how
to
keep
themselves
physically
lit
after
the
war."
.
DH,
,
-T,.lo
BUU.E1NS
ANOTHER
PRISONER
ESCAPES
TORONTO
Another
German
prisoner
of
war.has
escaped
from
a
Northern
Ontitio
camp.
He
was
ancighlcen-ycar-otiiVj'outh
who
broke
away
during
a
recreational
V
period.
I-
IN
AI.Iir.UNI
HOSPITAL
V
POUT
ALRER.M
Suffering
from
effects
of
shock
and
exposure
as
a
result
of
spending
a
night
in
the
woods
following
the
shelling
of
Estevan
lighthouse
Saturday
night,
Mrs.
Redford
and
.Mrs.
Ifai'rison
and
the
latter's
baby
are
in
Port
Alberni
Hospital.
IIATTLE
NOT
CONFIRM
EI)
HALIPAX
Naval
authorities
here
have
said
nothing
to
confirm
a
report
of
a
naval
engagement
off
the
south
roast
of
Nova
Scotia.
Residents
reported
hearing
explosions
at
sea.
FIRE
FIGHTERS
LAM)
LONDON
A
first
contingent
of
Canadian
fire
fighters
has
arrived
safely
in
Britain.
(The
contingent
is
understood
to
include
Harrow
Casey
of
Trail,
son
of
Mr.
and.
George
It.
Casey
of
Prince
Rupert.)
NEW
DEFENCE
HEAD
LONDON
It
is
suggested
that
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
relinquish
the
ministry
of
defence.
Lieut.-Gcneral
A,
G.
L.
McNaughtun
and
General
Sir
Archibald
Wavcll
are
suggested
as
possible
successors.
t
I.YVn.ETt
N
OPTIMI
ST!
C
LONDON
.
Oliver
minister
of
production,
following
his
return
from
United
States,
says
that
shipbuilding
in
United
States
is
rapidly
Hearing
a
point
where
it
will
offset
losses.
The
objective
for
this
year
and
1913
will
be
reached,
he
predicts.
ARGENTINA
PROTEST
IIUENOS
AIRES
The
Argentinean
government
has
sent
an
energetic
protest
to
Iterlin
over
u,e
sinking
of
a
freighter.
Presl
dent
Ortix
has
resigned
and
will
be
succeeded
by
Vice-President
Castillo.
The
German
embassy
has
been
stoned
and
feeling
runs
high.
The
Chamber
of
Deputies
suggests
that
the
time
has
come
to
break
off
relations
with
Germany.
DREW
IS
CHARGED
Well
Known
Conservative
Alleged
To
Have
Violated
Defence
Regulations
OTTAWA,
June
25
Charges
have
been
laid
against
Col.
George
Drew,
leader
of
the
Conservative
Opposition
for
Ontario,
under
the
Defence
of
Canada
regulations.
In
his
crltl-
ci5m
0f
the
Hong
Kong
expedition,
.
.
1
1.1-
is
auegea
10
nave
maae
aiait-
ments
"likely
to
prejudice
recruit
Ing."
SWEDEN'S
POSITION
STOCKHOLM.
June
25:
Ol
Sweden
wants
to
preserve
Its
peace
"but
not
at
the
cost
of
libertythen
we'd
prefer
war,"
said
Defence
Minister
Per
Edvln
Skold
discussing
the
purpose
of
the
nation's
neutrality
policy.
Baseball
Scores
American
League
New
York
6,
St.
Louis
4.
Philadelphia
0,
Cleveland
0.
Washington
0,
Chicago
0.
Boston
1,
Detroit
0.
National
League
St.
Louis
2-1.
Boston
C-3.
Chicago
3,
Philadelphia
1.
Cincinnati
'4,
New
York
3.
:
MpNnimrifnn'c
Son
Missing
;
LONDON.
June
25
O)
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
headquar-
ters
today
conilrmed
a
report
that
Squadron
Leader
Ian
Mc-
Vaugbton,
son
of
Lieut.
Oen.
A.
S.
L.
McNaughton.
com-
mander
of
the
Canadiarf
Army
overseas,
la
missing
af-
tea-air
operation
on
June
22
JAPS
UPON
ALEUTIANS
Cl.tim
To
l
Consolidating
Positions
On
Islands
Which
Have
Kern
Renamed
TOKYO.
June
2S:
It
was
offi
daily
announced
today
that
Jap-1
dnee
luices
were
coiisuiiaauri.3
1
positions
occupied
at
Aim,
KUka
and
other
islands
along
the
tip
of
the
Aleutians.
The
islands
have
!
een
renamed.
RESERVEON
WEST
COAST
Vehicles
and
power
Boats
Organized
on
Vancouver
Island
for
V.mrrrenrr
i
VICTORIA,
June
25
O
A
civlll-
500
vehicles
and
power
boat
squad-
They
include
Rev.
Donald
K.
Far-1
rons
of
some
400
craft
stand
reRdy'ris
of
Victoria.
Dr.
Isabella
McTav-for
any
emergency
on
Vancouver
j
ish
of
Winnipeg.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
I
Island,
whether
It
be
a
sudden
Jack
Allen
of
Victoria
and
Douglas'
troon
movement
or
the
evacuation
1
of
civilians.
Harold
Husband
of
Victoria,
recently
appointed
by
Transit
Controller
George
S.
Gray
to
survey
and
organize
all
emergency
transport
facilities
on
the
Island
has
Indexed
every
Island
motor
7enl-
cle
on
the
records
of
provincial
police.
His
staff
has
arranged
to
fit
drivers
into
an
emergency
plan
and
organized
a
civilian
sea
force
of
ferries,
tugs,
barges
and
smaller
power
boats.
The
Island
has
been
zoned
and
district
controllers
for
the
emer
gency
service
appointed
in
some
cases.
Car
owners
have
"
equipped
their
vans
and
trucks
with
removable
scats
so
the
vehicles
could
be
transformed
into
troops
of
evacuee
carriers
at
a
moment's
notice.
Special
purpose
vehicles
also
listed
including
bulldozers
and
tractors
which
could
act
as
artillery
tractors.
Bulldozer
units
Include
bridge
crews
from
Island
logging
camps,
men
who
are
veterans
at
ramming
transport
lines
through
the
wilderness
and
keeping
roads
and
bridges
in
repair.
Sea
craft
have
been
similarly
organized,
every
available
vessel
registered
at
Island
ports
being
considered,
Including
large
ferry
boats,
tugs
and
barges
and
various
types
of
small
cralt,
380
in
all.
The
Sea
Cadets
have
been
approached
with
a
view
to
providing
boy
signallers
to
be
attached
to
each
squadron
of
this
civilian
"navy"
and
possibly
supply
lads
to
serve
as
crewmen
aboard
the
larger
vessels
in
an
emergency.
Food
Shipments
Made
To
Greece
Arrangements
Are
Made
by
Red
Cross
for
Safe
Delivery
NEW!
YORK,
June
25
Arrance-mcnts
liaVe
been
made
for
the
regular
delivery
of
15,000
tons
ot
food
monthly
to
Greece.
The
shipments
arc
under
Red
Cross
auspices
and
safe
delivery
is
guaranteed
by
Germany
and
Italy.
The
principal
commodity
Is
wheat.
MUST
SAVE
liuuuuiil
Local
War
Finance
Committee;
Chairman
Surprised
That
Budget
Sacrifices
Not
Greater
"Mr.
Ilsley's
budget
should
occasion
no
surprise
to
Canadians
unless
it
be
surprise
that
we
have
not
been
called
upon
for
a
greater
measure
of
personal
sacrifice
at
this
time,"
stated
J.
W.
Nlch-olls,
local
chairman
of
the
National
War
Finance
Committee,
this
morning.
"It
must
be
emphasized."
said
Mr.
Nichols,
"that
the
proposed
enforced
savings
schedule
is
not
the
government
yardstick
of
what
the
individual
is
expected
to
save
but
the
absolute
minimum.
In
addition
every
individual
must
save
his
pait
of
the
two
and
a
quarter
billion
dollars
which
the
government
must
still
borrow.
It
stresses
the
need
for
reducing
non-essential
spending
and
the
making
of
actual
sacri-
fIcM
for
voluntary
savings.-
CANADIANS
i
RETURNING
Parly
of
Twenty-eight
On
Way
Home
From
Japanese-occupied
I
Orient
OTTAWA.
June
25:
The
Department
of
External
Affairs
an
nounces
that
twenty-eight
Cana-i
dians
from
Hong
Kong
and
other'
Japanese-occupied
parts
of
thei
Orient
are
now
on
the
way
honjei
agreement:,
Robertson
of
Victoria,
HALIBUT
ARRIVALS
American
Liberty.
34,000.
15c
and
lie.
Storage.
Ivanhoe,
25,000,
15c
and
14c.
Storage.
Atlantic.
32,000.
15c
and
14c.
Storage.
Canadian
Oldfield.
16.000,
15c
and
14c.
At-
lln.
Mitkor,
12,000,
15c
and
14c,
Storage.
Stanley
A.,
10.000.
15c
and
14c.
Storage.
.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Onurteny
S.
D.
Johnston
Oo.)
Vancouver
Grandvlew
.12
Bralorne
7J)0
Cariboo
Quartz
1.08
31edley
Mascot
25
Pend
Oreille
...
12Q
Pioneer
...
UO
Tremier
....
.50
Trlvateer
21
Reno
.03
li'
Sheep
Creek
.70
Oihu
Calmont
.13
C.
&
E.
.05
Home
225
Royal
Canadian
-Toronto
.03
Beattle
.80
Central
Pat.
.93
Cons.
Smelters
..
35.75
Hardrock
.38
Kerr
Addison
3.95
Little
Lone
Lac
.
.93
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.30
Maadscn
Red
Lake
42
McKenzle
Red
Lake
5tt
Moneta
&
-
-
-
Pickle
Crow
1-75
Preston
East
Dome
1.77
San
Antonio
L50
Sherritt
Gordon
65
SNIPER'S
DELIGHT
MOSCOW,
June
25:
CO
The
Red
Army's
automatic
rifle,
an
original
design
created
by
V.
A.
Degtyarcv,
needs
reloading
only
after
47
shots
and
can
fire
100
to
'123
well-aimed
shots
a
minute.
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Now
II
r
Upon
Kussia
Would
Close
Giant
Pincers
Before
United
Nations
Second
BERNE,
Switzerland,
June
25
Switzerland
hears
that
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
has
ordered
an
all-out
offensive
in
both
Russia
and
the
Near
East.
The
Fuehrer
has
issued
instructions
that
all
available
forces
he
moved
to
those
areas
immediately
with
a
view
to
closing
a
giant
pincers
through
the
Caucasus
to
the
north
and
through
1.4.4.4.4.4.4.4,4,4.
Eeypt
and
the
Suez
to
the
south.
t
Community
Wiped
Out
:
LONDON,
June
25
The
t
razed.by
the
-B??ia.ha!j5een
Nazis
on
the
accusation
that
the
villagers
hid
para-
chutists
Involved
in
the
slay-
:s
JrE
S
via,
it
was
reported
today
In
,
Budapest
radio
broadcasts.
MIDLANDS
!
ATTACKED
Two
Towns
Bombed
as
Luftwaffe
Returns
for
First
Time
in
Over
Year
LONDON,
June
25
For
the
first
time
in
over
a
year,
the
Midlands
industrial
area
has
been
bombed
by
the
Luftwaffe.
Two
towns
were
attacked
in
considerable
force.
Five
of
the
raiders
were
shot
down.
There
was
damage
and
casualties
resulted.
There
was
a
lone
raider
over
London
and
anti-aircraft
guns
went
into
action
but
there
were
no
bombs
dropped.
TO
GATHER
UP
RUBBER
Gyro
Club
to
Assist
Red
Cross
in
Work
Favor
Civic
Centre
Carnival
The
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
club,
at
Its
regular
weekly
luncheon
yes
jtcrday,
decided
to
institute
a
rub-
ber
salvage
drive
in
cpllaboratlon
I
with
the
Red
Cross.
A
committee
will
be
named
to
make
arrange
-
!
ments
for
the
collection
of
the
rub-
ber
of
which
there
Is
believed
to
be
a
considerable
quantity
around
Prince
Rupert
only
waiting
to
be
picked
up.
The
club
also
endorsed
the
move
to
hold
a
carnival
this
fall
In
aid
of
civic
centre
funds.
.The
first
or
second
week
In
August
has
been
tentatively
set
for
the
event.
Following
the
luncheon
yesterday,
members
of
the
club
were
taken
on
a
personally
conducted
tour
through
the
local
dry
dock
where
an
hour
was
spent
In
inspecting
the
interesting
work
that
Is
going
on
there,
a
guide
having
been
assigned
the
management
to
take
the
club
matters
around.
Joe
Scott
arranged
the
visit.
A
guest
at
the
luncheon
was
Jack
Lowden
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
A
Wjar
Savings
certmcate
was
"raffled
and
O.
A.
Hunter
was
the
winner.
Gyros
are
looking
forward
to
the
annual
picnic
to
be
held
next
wed
nesday
with
Dr.
R;
O.
Large's
power
yacht
Soogwllls
beinff
used
for
the
occasion
and
W.
F.
Stone
In
general
charge
of
arrangements.
N.VMV
-
CIIUa
w
an
d
Eygpt
Upon
Caucasus
and
Suez
Have
Chance
to
Open
Front
Hitler
hopes,
it
is
suggested,
to
com
plete
this
move
while
the
United
Nations,
due
to
the
shipping
situation,
are
unable
to
get
tobether
a
sufficient
fleet
for
the
Inauguration
of
a
second
front
in
western
Europe.
It
was
reported
today
that
Get-
many
had
cut
off
all
telephonic
are
not
actively
at
war.
,K5MK
COAST
ARE
EXPRESSED
Enemy
Must
Be
Stopped
Before
Reaching
Here,
Says
CoL
Mu-lock
in
Supporting
Con-
scription
and
Sacrifice..i,.
OTTAWA;
June
25
CoL
Mulock.
Postmaster
General,
speaking
In
Parliament
yesterday,
said
the
gov
ernment
should
have
the
right
to
impose
conscription
ror
overseas
service
without
delay
should
it
be
found
necessary.
If
the
Japs
kept
doing
the
way
they
were,
they
might
land
In
force
on
tne
pacinc
coast,
tie
Deuevea
there
would
be
more
raids
on
the
west
coast.
"The
enemy
must
be
stopped
be
fore
they
reach
Canada,"
CoL
Mulock
declared.
Unless
sacrifices
were
made,
the
war
could
not
be
won,
he
asserted.
CANUCKS
IN
ALASKA
NOW
Several
Fighter
ad
Bomber
Squadrons
Have
Been
Sent
North
to
Fight
Off
Japs
"
Press-Canada
has
sent
several
nEnier
ana
oomoer
squaarons
10
me
AiasKan
area
10
ncip
noia
on
the
Japanese
but
there
can
be
no
disclosure
yet
as
to
whether
they
have
seen
action
against
the
enemy,
Air
Minister
Power
announced
today.
In
addition
to
these
squadrons
in
Alaska,
Canada's
own
Pacific
defences
have
been
considerably
reinforced,
Major
Power
said.
Children
See
War
Pictures
Sergeant
J.
C.
McKemie
At
High
School
This
Afternoon
Following
Public
School
Showings
Sergeant
J.
C
McKenzle
of
the
local
Army
recruiting
office
is
showing
interesting
moving
pictures
dealing
with
war
subjects
to
the
pupils
of
Booth
Memorial
High
School
this
afternoon.
The
pictures
were
shown
in
Borden
Street
School
on
Monday
morning
and
afternoon
and
in
King
Edward
School
Tuesday
morning
and
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