Ik
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
Maximum
53
Minimum
48
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
10:40
p.m.
to
4:39
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CKNTKAL
BIUTlLUMBlA'Sj
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
132
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.a,
M0NDAJUN7;.lki&
PRICE:
FIVE"
CENTS
Italy
s
Bearing
Brunt
Of
Attack
MANY
NAZIS
ARE
DOWNED
Score
For
Week
752
to
212
In
Favor
Of
Kusslans-J-I'reiude
to
Large
Scale
Land
Fight
MOSCOW,
June
7
No
less
than
2,800
German
planes
have
been
brought
down
in
extensive
air
fighting
over
Russia
during
the
last
five
weeks,
It,
Is
claimed
here.
During
the
past
week
752
enemy
planes
have
been
brought
down
with
a
loss
of
212
Russian
machines.
Heavy
air
fighting
which
has
been
going
on
lately
Is
believed
to
be
the
prelude
to
large
scale
ground
attacks
which
may
be
launched
by
either
or
both
sides.
Meanwhile
ground
fighting
has
not
been
particularly
heavy
over
the
week-end
although
some
activity
Is
reported.
The
Russians
made
two
attacks
on
the
Germans
In
the
Donets
sector
and
there
has
been
some
fighting
elsewhere
along
the
front.
j
NAZIS
TRY
TO
DESERT
Thirty
Soldiers
Are
Recently
Executed
at
Narvik
for
Attempt
STOCKHOLM,
June
7
Thirty
Nazi
soldiers,
according
to
reports
reaching
here,
have
been
shot
at
Narvik
recently
for
deserting
and
attempting
to
escape
to
Sweden.
KNOCKOUT
COAL
MINES
STOCKHOLM,
June
7
0
Two
of
Germany's
largest
coal
mines
are
out
of
commission
temporarily
and
tons
of
fuel
needed
for
the
Reich's
war
Industries
are
going
up
In
smoke
as
a
result
of
Allied
bombardments
of
the
Ruhr,
recent
uavellers
from
the
continent
re
ported
Saturday.
Southeast
Coast
Town
is
Bombed
LONDON,
June
7
A
southeast
cca!;tal
town
was
bombed
on
Sunday
A
few
enemy
planes
were
engaged
in
the
attack.
The
residen
tial
section
streets
were
subjected
to
explosive
machine
gun
fire.
Some
damage
was
done
and
there
were
a
few
casualties.
One
German
plane
was
brought
down
and
possibly
a
second.
COLLISION
IS
TRAGIC
NORFOLK,
Virginia,
June
7
Survivors
were
landed
here
during
the
week-end
from
an
ammunition
ship
and
an
oil
tanker
which
collided
one
focev
morning
several
days
ago
with
disastrous
results
and
heavy
death
toll.
The
ammunition
ship
blew
up
almost
immediately
and
all
but
three
of
the
crew
of
68
were
killed.
The
tanker
took
fire
but
remained
afloat,
18
of
the
crew
of
83
being
killed.
Carl
Johnson
Passes
Away
Carl
Johnson,
74,
pensioner
and
a
long
time
resident
of
Prince
Rupert,
died
this
morning
in
the
General
Hospital.
He
was
a
former
expert
logger
and
resided
beyond
the
end
or
Comox
Avenue.
He
was
a
Swede.
Mr.
Johnson,
who
had
been
ailing
for
some
time,
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
on
Saturady.
The
funeral
will
take
place
tomorrow.
j
SulletiU
J
POUNDING
ITALY
HARD
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
The
Allied
air
forces
pounded
heavily
again
over
the
week-end
at
objectives
on
the
Italian
islands
of
the
Mediterranean,
Sicily
and
Italy
proper.
The
principal
attack
was
on
the
northwest
Italian
naval
base
of
La
Spezia
in
which
three
battleships,
a
heavy
cruiser
and
a
large
caigo
vessel
were
hit,
the
merchant
ship
being
sunk.
One
hundred
flying
fortresses
took
part
in
the
attack
and
only
three
were
lost.
There
were
also
many
.other
objectives
including
Sardinia,
Pantelleria
and
Sicily.
PLANNING
INVASION?
LONDON
Immediately
following
his
return
to
London
after
his
trip
to
Washington
and
North
Africa,
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
went
into
se
cret
session
with
his
war
ministers
and
aimy
leaders.
They
were
lengthy
meetings.
All
London
newspaper
predict
that
the
invasion
of
Europe
is
about
to
be
launched
at
one
or
more
points.
ITALIANS
WARNED
ROME
The
Fascist
govern
ment,
through
a
spokesman,
has
again
warned
the
country
to
be
ready
for
an
early
Allied
invasion.
The
garrison
at
Pantelleria
has
been
urged
to
stand
fast.
COAL
IS
RELEASED
OTTAWA
The
order
freezing
anthracite
coal
thtoughout
Candida
and
bituminous
coal
in
Ontario
and
Quebec
has
been
suspended.
FORTY
TO
ONE
LONDON
Harold
Balfour,
Under
Secretary
for
Air,
says
that
during
.May
40
Allied
bombers
were
sent
over
Germany
to
every
one
that
the
Nazis
sent
to
Britain.
NEW
GOV'T
SWORN
IN
BUENOS
AIRES
Former
President
Castillo
and
all
his
ministers
but
two
have
been
released
from
custody
by
the
new
government
following
last
week's
revolution.
The
minister
of
agricul-tuie
and
the
minister
of
interior
in
the
former
regime
arc
in
penitentiary
awaiting
trial
on
charges
the
nature
of
which
are
not
yet
disclosed.
The
policy
of
the
new
military
government
with
known
pro-ally
tendencies
has
nof
jet
been
clarified.
No
announcement
has
been
made
as
to
the
possibility
of
a
break
with
the
Axis.
Fifty
soldiers
lost
their
lives
in
the
one-day
revolution.
ARE
BACK
IN
MINES
t;.-
f
United
States
Coal
In
dustry
Over
With
530,000
Men
Returning
to
Jobs
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
7
Five
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
hnrri
And
soft
coal
miners
return
ed
to
work
today
with
President
John
L.
Lewis
saying
there
must
be
a
new
contract
by
June
20
else
there
will
be
another
strike.
Mnnntime
ft
settlement
of
the
,v,r.io
ctriitp
Issue
Is
said
to
be
YV
tiuiv
j
-
near.
New
York
Has
Raid
Alarm
mot
YORK.
June
7-New
York
''had
a
brief
air
raia
im
jr-
Planes
which
passcu
weie
Hpntlfied
as
being
friendly
and
the
all
clear
was
given.
-
INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH
VICTORIA
A
plan
for
the
extension
of
Industrial
research,
utilizing
facilities
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
which
already
have
been
put
to
important
use
by
the
B.C.
War
Metals
Research
Hoard,
has
been
embarked
upon
by
the
government
it
was
announced
today
by
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
mines,
.trade
and
industry,
through
whose
department
the
scheme
was
formulated
and
put
into
action.
It
is
now
planned
to
extend
these
activities
and
establish
the
nucleus
of
a
permanent
organization
for
Industrial
re-sea
it
h
in
the
province
that
may
be
widened
in
its
scope
as
opportunity
presents
itself.
t
JAP
DESTROYER
SUNK
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
A
Japanese
destroyer
has
been
sunk
in
an
air
and
sea
battle
off
Bougainville
in
the
Solomons.
An
enemy
corvette
and
cargo
ship
were
set
afire
and
damaged
and
15
enemy
planes
were
shot
down.
Four
United
Slates
planes
are
missing.
KISKA
RAIDED
AGAIN
WASHINGTON
There
have
been
live
mole
raids
by
the
American
air
force
on
Kiska
in
the
Aleutians.
Buildings
ad
gun
emplacements
were
hit.
LIQUOR
LIMIT
SET
SEATTLE
Gin'
and
whiskey
purchases"
Tn"
Washington
are
limited
to
one
pint
a
week
for
persons
in
Washington,
State.
There
is
the
same
limit
for
all
hard
liquor
in
'Oregon
and
also,
in
Montana.
INVASION
OF
SPAIN
STOCKHOLM
Germany
has
commenced
propagandizing
the
possibility
of
an
Allied
invasion
attempt
through
Spain.
This
may
be
the
excuse
for
a
Nazi
invasion
of
Spain.
I
j
STUDENTS
LET
GO
WINNIPEG
Students
of
the
University
of
Manitoba
numbering
188
who
failed
to
pass
their
examinations
will
be
called
up
for
military
service
or
assigned
to
essential
industries
it
is
announced.
NAZI
MINES
RUINED
STOCKHOLM
Tiavellers
arriving
from
Germany
say
that
great
coal
mines
of
the
Ruhr
have
been
virtually
put
out
of
commission
as
a
result
of
heavy
British
air
raids.
The
bieaking
of
great
dams
were
particularly
damaging.
Huge
mountains
of
coals
are
said
to
be
even
still
burning.
FUEL
WAS
DISCUSSED
Mayor
J.
W.
Cornett.
Hack
in
Van
couver
After
Satisfactoiy
Con
ference
in
Ottawa
VANCOUVER,
June
7
Mayor
J.
W.
Cornett
returned
to
Vancouver
at
the
week-end
4from
Ottawa
where
he
conferred
with
the
fedar-al
government
in
regard
to
the
fuel
situation.
Apart
from
saying
he
was
well
satisfied
with
the
conference,
the
mayor
reserved
any
statement
until
he
had
reported
to
the
city
council.
.
...
.
The
fire
boat
situation
was
also
taken
up
by
the
mayor
while
at
Ottawa.
MARTINIQUE
AREA
Martinique
has
an
area
of
385
square
miles.
SUBS
NOT
EFFECTIVE
This
Menace
Now
Getting
Under
Control
,ot
Allies
Eleven
Are
Bagged
..
i
LONDONDERRY,
June
7
A
con
voy
arriving
frere
reported
that
no
mander-ln-chlef
of
Southern
Paci-less
than
eleven
German
submar-
fic
land
forces
of
the
Allies,
says
lnes
had
been
sunk
by
depth
charges,
bombing
or
ramming
dur
ing
one
round
trip
across
the
Atlantic
and
and
back.
Accompanying
aircraft
were;
responsible
for
the
bombings,
j
The
convoy
lost
but
one
ship
on
the
westward
voyage
and
none
on
the
eastward.
There
ares
indications
that
sub
marines
of
the
enemy
are
now
on
the
defensive
rather
than
the
offensive.
'
4
Was
Long
Step
Howards
Peace
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
June
7
G
It
was
disclosed
Sunday
that
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
told
Allied
troops
in
the
amphitheatre
at
Carthage
during
hls.recent
Tunisian
vis-
it
that
no
campaign
of
the
v
iuiure
win
oversnaaow
me
vie-
t
tory
won
in
North
Africa.
This
campaign
iwas
a
long
step
to-
wards
peace,
Mr.
Churchill'
said.
;
HEAD
FOR
CONTINENT
Royal
Air
Force
Is
Out
Again
After
Quiet
Week-end
LONDON,
June
7
After
a
weekend
during
which
there
was
little
actlvity,
large
formations
of
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
crossed
Dover
Strait
today
in
the
direetlon
of
Calais
and
Dunkerque,
evidently
headed
for
targets
in
the
Nazi-occupied
continent.
The
big
force
of
Allied
aircraft
swept
across
the
Strait
towards
the
continent
short
ly
before
noon.
There
were
some
small
scale
attacks
on
Nazi
shipping
along
the
coast
Saturday
and
Sunday.
SWEDEN
BOMBED
Incendiaries
Dropped
by
Nails
.Additional
Reserves
Are
Called
Up
STOCKHOLM,
June
7
German
bombing
planes
dropped
incendi
arles
on
Swedish'
territory
at
the
week-end.
Additional
Swedish
reserve
forces
are
being
called
up.
COULD
NOT
FORM
GOV'T
So
General
Rosson
Relinquishes
Task
of
Argentinean
Presidency
BUENOS
AIRES,
June
7
Gen
eral
Antonio
Rosson,
leader
of
the
revolutionaries,
who
seized
the
government
of
Argentina
last
week,
failed
in
the
attempt
td
form
a
cabinet
and
another
leader
has
been
called
upon
to
form
a
government.
Congress
has
been
dissolved.
A
Communist
newspaper
has
been
suppressed
but
two
pro-Axis
newspapers
are
still
running.
FIGHTER
DOWN
UNDER
One-sixth
-
of
'
New
Zealand's
population
is
under
arms.
.
AUSTRALIA
NOW
READY
Any
Invasion
Attempt
would
Have
To
be
on
Large
Scale
MELBOURNE,
Australia,
June
7
General
Sir
Thomas
Blaney,
com-
that
any
Invasion
of
Australia
would
have
to
be
on
a
large
scale
the
country
is
now
well
prepared
to
meet
it.
CHINESE
ON
MOVE
a
Continuing
Victorious
March
Against
Japanese
Who
Failed
in
Drive
on
Chungking
CHUNGKING,
June
7
Chinese
forces
are
continuing
their
victor
ious
march
along
the
Yangste
River,
driving
bzfore
them
the
shattered
Japanese
army
which
had
intended
to
march
on
Chung-
kin'
Chungking
had
an
air
raid
alarm
yesterday
as
Japaney?
bombing
planes
approached
but
the
enemy
machines
turned
off
to
attack
another
town
to
the
northeast.
AGREEMENT
IS
REACHED
Wage
Scale
for
Native
Cannery
Agreed
Upon
Although
Fish
Trice
Negotiations
Not
Satisfactory
Alfred
Adams,
Ambrose
Reid,
William
Jerrey
and
Johnson
Russ,
members
of
a
delegation
of
the
Native
Brotherhood
of
British
Col-
!umbla,
which,
with
12
other
dele
gatlons
from
along
the
coast,
have
been
in
Vancouver
negotiating
with,
the
wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
got
a
readjustment
of
cur-
j
rent
salmon
prices,
and
with
ex
-
ecuuves
or
canning
companies
ior
a
new
working
agreement
and
wage
scales
for
cannery
workers,
returned
to
Prince
Rupert
this
morning.
Alfred
Adams,
president
of
the
delegation,
and
Johnson
Russ,
&ald
that
no
conclusion
satisfac
tory
to
the
Brotherhood
had
been
reached
with
Wartime
Prices
and
Irade
Board
although
the
author
ities
at
Ottawa
had
been
consulted.
Ihe
committee
then
asked
that
a
board
composed
of
men
who
are
acquainted
with
the
problems
of
the
West
Coast
fishermen
be
set
up,
and
that
their
findings
determine
the
future
price
policy
for
salmon.
Representation
In
this
matter
was
made
jointly
by
the
Native
Brotherhood
and
Cannery
Operating
Committee.
In
the
matter
of
cannery
workers'
wage
scales
the
committee
.vas
more
successful,
Mr.
Adams
said.
A
formal
agreement
had
been
signed
by
representatives
of
the
Native
Brotherhood
and
the
Sal
mon
Canners
operating
commit
tee,
which
would
henceforth
be
the
basis
for
working
conditions,
hours
of
work
and
wages.
This
agreement
ls
renewable
at
the
beginning
of
each
salmon
fishing
season.
Ihe
wage
scale
set
for
male
workers
Is
60
cents
an
hour
for
i
.'.7
:
,
.
,
'
Atli'
W.
22.6
for
50
of
me-cents
expert
experienced
workers
and
4o
17
and
16
for
balance'
stor
an
hour
for
beginners.
Fe-dlum'
male
workers
will
receive
50
cents,"'
.
eM
cno,
an
hour
as
slimers,
washers
and
lime
workers,
42
'2
cents
an
hour
for
warehouse
and
can
loft
workers,
and
40
cents
an
hour
for
beginners.
500
YEARS
AGO
In
the
14th
century
Dortmund,
Germany,
withstood
a
siege
for
21
months.
Allied
Bombers
Hitting
From
All
Directions
At
Musso's
Battered
Land
Rail
and
Ferry
Facilities
on
Smashed
Following
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
June
7
(CP)
Hitting
from
all
directions,
Allied
airmen
smashed
rail
and
ferry
facilities
on
both
sides
of
Messina
Strait
at
the
toe
of
the
Italian
boot
and
pounded
Pantelleria
again
yesterday
following
a
smashing
attack
Saturday
on
the
Italian
fleet
at
La
Spezia.
At
least
eight
of
formation
of
more
than
30
1
fighter
planes
attempting
to
Intern!
ceps
DomDers
wiucu
ismtu
(mu
Giovanni.
Reggio
Calabria
andi
Messina
were
shot
down
and
others
were
damaged,
a
communique
said.
Hits
were
scored
on
railway
sidings,
oil
installations
and
other
facilities.
t
New
Policy
t
Of
Bombing
t
ntmns
June
7
0)
The
Daily
Mall
said
today
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
has
aaopteo.
i
a
new
bombing
policy
wmcn
t
will
consist
hereafter
of
giant
I
raids
only
with
no
lesser
t
raids
of
the
"pot-boiling"
var-
iety.
'"Ihe
requisite
scale
may
well
be
far.ahead
of
the
recent
f
sensational
two
thousand
ton
raids
on
the
Ruhr
with
entire
obliteration
of
large
industrial
centres
in
a
single
night
pos-
sible,"
the
newspaper
said.
Made
Getaway
From
Jail
VANCOUVER,
June
7
Two
prls-
oners
made
their
escape
from
the
city
jan
eariy
Sunday
morning.
Thev
lmDrovised
ladders
out
of
'.bed
dothlng
and
put
dummies
in
ex
cots.
AIR
HITS
ON
TRAINS
These
Were
Objects
of
Royal
All
Force
Attacks
During
May
LONDON,
June
7
One
hundred
and
fifty
enemy
trains
on
the
continent
were
hit
during
the
month
of
May
as
the
Royal
Air
Force,
in
its
bombing
attacks,
aimed
for
Nazi
communications,
it
was
an
nounced
today.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Celtic,
35,000,
22.5
and
17,
Royal.
Baltic,
22,000,
22.8
and
17,
Booth.
Marsh,
17.000.
22.5
and
17.
Whiz.
Canadian
Dolllna,
17.000,
23
for
50
of
me
-
dlum,
17
and
6
for
balance,
Stor
-
aSe'
Northern
Breeze,
28,000r
23.5
for
'
50
of
medium,
17
and
16
for
bal
a"LC
""V
,
.
j
In,tend'
1'500'
ffl8
,for
K50,
cn
of
I
medium.
17
and
16
for
balance.
11C1UU,
O.OUU,
44
1UI
SU75
Ul
dium,
174and6
for
balance,
Stor-
Skeena
M.
II,
11,500,
22.7
for
50
of
medium,
17
and
16
for
balance,
Storage.
Arctic
I,
21,000,
22.7
for
50
of
medium,
17
and
16
for
balance,
At-lln.
.
Haida
Girl,.
6,000,
22.1
for
50
of
medium,
17
and
16
for
balance,
Booth.
Both
Sides
of
Messina
Strait
Great
La
Spezia
Raid
MORE
TIRES
ARE
COMING
United
States
Rubber
Administrator
Says
Twelve
Million
May
Be
Available
This
Year
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
7
After
an
inspection
to
California
synthetic
rubber
plants,
Rubber
'Administrator
Jeffers
says
that
It
may
be
possible
to
deliver
12,000,-
C00
passenger
car
tires
during
the
next
12
months.
p.lt.
nfl
Unrnan
11UL
CUlU
If
Ullldll
Killed
as
Plane
Crashes
in
House
VINA,
California,
June
7
A
United
States
Army
plane,
while
on
a
stunt
dive
in
the
course
of
a
practice
flight,
crashed
through
the
roof
of
a
house
here
yesterday.
The
pilot
and
a
woman
who
was
asleep
in
bed
were
killed.
TO
SHIFT
MORE
MEN
Changes
Being
Made
in
Employ
ment
of
Men
Under
Compul--sory
Service
Orders
OTTAWA,
June
7
A
third
order
calling
for
the
transfer
of
men
In
Canada
from
lower
to
higher
cat-agory
jobs
is
expected
to
be
Issued
shortly
by
the
Department
of
Labor.
Arthur
McNamara,
director
of
selective
service,
announces
that
nine
hundred
men
have
so"
far
been
shifted
under
the
first
two
orders.
Nine
thousand
have
registered
as
required.
MANY
AXIS
SHIPS
SUNK
Italian
Vessels
Sent
to
Bottom
in
Very
Shadow
of
Homeland
LONDON,
June
7
O)
The
Admiralty
announced
Sunday
that
British
submarines
in
the
shadow
of
Monte
Carlo
and
in
or
near
Italian
;nrts
on
the
malnland.
Corsica
Lnd
Sardlnla
have
sunk
six
enemy
ships,
severely
da'maged
another
and
probably
torpedoed
an
eighth.
Algiers
Crowd
Hears
DeGaulle
Says
Frenchmen
Will
Win
Liberty
Themselves
With
Help
of
Others
ALGIERS,
June
7
General
DeGaulle
addressed
a
mass
liieet-l&S
of
two
thousand
Frenchmen
here
yesterday.
"We
intend
to
win
our
liberty
ourselves
but
with
the
help
of
others,"
said
General
DeGaulle.
He
dubbed
Petaln
as
"an
apostle
of
decadance."
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