OF
ATTACK
:
CoL
Nlcholls
Advocates
Less
Idle
Talk
and
More
Real
Action
Towards
Repelling
Disaster
How
many
of
you
in
Prince
Rupert
realize
your
downright
danger
this
very
afternoon?"
was
the
question
put
by
Col.
J.
W.
Nlcholls
in
a
luncheon
address
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Qyro
Club
yesterday
In
advocating
a
deeper
appreciation
by
people
Individually
of
the
necessity
of
exerting
a
greater
measure
of
war
effort
by
economizing,
saving
and
assisting
in
every
way
possible
the
prosecution
of
the
war
"If
Germany
defeats
Russia,
which
is
a
possibility
to
say
the
least,
within
two
weeks
after
capitulation.
Germany
will
occupy
territory
only
four
hours
flying
distance
from
Prince
Rupert
and
only
five
hours
with
her
large
death-dealing
bombers,"
Col.
Nlcholls
declared.
planes,
without
anti-aircraft
guns,
a
battery
which
could
shoot
straight
but
not
upwards?
Conscription
of
Capital
Col
Nlcholls
was
skeptical
on
the
subject
of
conscription
of
capital.
Such,
he
believed,
would
mean
cha
os
for
he
believed
that
Industry
could
not
be
operated
as
efficiently
under
government
as
under
private
ownership.
"By
all
means,
how-
ever,"
ureed
the
srjeaker
"take
all
excess
profits
by
taxation
ture,
i
Canadian
Department
of
Agricul
ews
GIGANTIC
BATTLE
LONDON
Nine
million
men
are
reported
engaged
today
In
a
gigantic
battle
in
Ilussia.between
the
Nazis
and
the
Reds.
Smolensk,
important
point
on
the
way
to
Moscow,
being
230
miles
from
the
Soviet
capital,
is
evidently
in
imminent
danger
of
capture
by
the
German
forces.
The
Nazis
claim
that
the
last
reserves
of
the
Russians
are
being
thrown
into
battle.
RUSSIAN
NAVAL
EXPLOIT
MOSCOW
The
newspaper
Pravda
published
details
of
an
exploit
of
the
Russian
Navy
in
the
Baltic
Sea
In
which
two
German
destroyers
and
thirteen
Nazi
troopships
were
sunk.
BLOW
AT
NAZI
SHIPPING
LONDON
Within
the
past
twenty-four
hours,
British
bombers
have
put
out
of
action
seventeen
Axis
ships
totalling
almost
100,000
tons,
damaged
five
others
of
between
40,000
and
15,000
tons
and
struck
smashing
new
blows
at
Hamburg
and
other
industrial
areas
In
northern
Germany
and
at
the
German-occupied
French
coast.
Docks
and
warehouses
were
blown
up
by
British
bombers
again
attacking
Boulogne.
Urges
War
Effort
PR.
RUPERT
IN
DANGER
Ocean
Falls
Has
Drought;
taken
Smolensk.
1
Rain
Needed
J
OCEAN
FALLS,
July
17Ow-
ing
to
the
shortage
of
snow
in
the
hills
and
lack
of
rainfall
for
some
time,
a
serious
short-
age
of
water
Is
developing
here.
as
the
level
of
the
big
dam
goes
lower
and
lower
for
a
new
record.
No.
1
paper
machine
has
already
been
closed
down
and,
unless
there
is
an
early
change
in
the
water
situation,
it
may
become
necessary
to
close,
another.
Wnr
In
Soviet
,
BIG
BATTLE
i
RAGING
NOW
FOR
MOSCOW
ltlwrTfrrwolaffi1ni:""Sii
Tank'Aavanc
Car
government
and
to
talk
loosely
ri
nl(er.s
Banners
To
Within
without
knowledge
about
conscrip-
230
MiIes
0f
Capital
tlon
of
labor
and
capital.
How.
Smolensk
Taken
many,
however,
really
knew
what
tliey
were
talking
about?
How
MOSCOW,
July
17:
(CP)
An
all
many
really
meant
what
they
said?
night
battle
In
which
Germans
and
What
was
the
good
of
talking
about
Russians
contended
fiercely
for
putting
a
million
and
a
half
men
In
mastery
of
the
road
to
Leningrad
uniforms
when
there
were
not
and
a
slashing
Nazi
tank
advance
enough
rifles:
machine
guns
and
which
carried
the
banners
of
Adolf
tanks
for
200.000
men?
This
was
a
Hitler
to
within
230
miles
of
Mos-wat
o
machines
and,
until
there
cow
were
reported
by
the
.Soviet
were
the
machines,
the
nvm
must
Bureau
of
Information
today.
work
In
factories.
If
they
were
In
While
admitting
withdrawal
from
camp
they
could
not
work
in
fac-
the
Smolensk
area,
the
Russians
tories
When
there
was
imple
claimed
that
they
had
dealt
a
equipment
it
was
time
to
talk
of
smashing
blow
to
the
Germans
forced
military
service.
farther
south
along
the
Dneiperl
driving
the
Nazis
back
If
n,rmnnv
Mmh-rf
Prinr.
n.
Ktver,
30,
TICKLISH
DOCK
JOB
While
the
Armour
Salvage
Co.
Is
believed
that
a
lot
of
it
was
dellber-
docking
Jobs
the
local
plant
has
ate
fifth
column
work
and
some
of
ever
been
called
upon
to
perform
was
distinctly
hypocritical.
will
be
undertaken.
Not
only
the
"Before
we
criticize
others,
let
sunken
hull
of
the
Kvlchak
with
us
search
our
own
conscience,"
sug-
bottom
virtually
torn
out
as
a
re-Rested
suit
of
stranding
but
four
large
the
speaker.
How
many
people
in
Prince
Rupert
were
heed-
scows
which
are
being
used
to
buoy
tag
what
advisers
told
them?
How
her
up
will
have
to
be
lifted
on
many
had
reduced
their
consump-
the
pontoons.
There
will
only
be
"on
of
pork
products
to
allow
Eng-
inches
to
spare
In
getting
the
out-land
to
get
more?
How
many
were
fit
lifted
so
it
can
be
readily
seen
giving
up
luxuries
In
order
to
save
that
the
job
will
be
a
particularly
and
lend
to
the
government?
How
ticklish
one.
passing'
General
shipbuilding
work
at
Uie
many
gave
more
than
thought
dock
continues
where
a
crew
to
the
anguish
and'suf-
dry
ferine
of
those
in
conquered
Europe
seven
"""TV
?
I
'
-Animi.ti
j
.....
ntnvrd
Keel
Mocks
have
been
laid
might
be
the
lot
of
Canadians
unless
lor
the
first
o
he
9500-ton
freigh-
mey
woke
up?
.ters
to
oe
ouui
at
uie
jmu.
While
there
was
a
glimmer
of
""tag
derrick
is
under,
const
ruc-
(Continucd
on
Pago
J
Four)
1
l"0"-stecl
ha!!
'f,
laid.
e'?
First
but
the
keel
Is
not
yet
FOR
MORE
MILK
!of
four
corvettes
built
at
the
yard
Feeding
0f
green
hay
brings
'will
soon
be
commissioned,
having
higher
mlilc
nmHnrHnn
cm,
savs
nWaHv
had
her
trials,
and
the
launching
of
the
fourth
will
take
place
before
long.
mm
Vol.
XXX.,
No.
166.
JOE
KEEPS
ON
HITTING
Yankees
Defeated
Indians
YesterdayCardinals
Won
Over
Brooklyn
CLEVELAND,
July
f7:
pert
what
good
would
the
airmen
mli5s"
.
.
.
.
.
.
DlMagglo
made
hl3
claimed
to
have
....
.
,m?..
The
Germans
w
here
v.
be
without
the
.k.ur.
Infantry
om
wltVl
with
(CP)
Joe
fifty-sixth
,
straight
games
a
hit
yester-,
day
as
New
York
Yankees
defeated
Bombers
attacked
German
Red
C1Teland
Indlans
ten
l0
tnree,
the
lailUUlg
I1C1U3,
UUU(
"U
tank
outfits
during
the
night.
Yanks,
as
a
result.
Increasing
their
;
margin
of
leadership
over
the
Indians
to
six
full
games.
I
In
the
National
League
Brooklyn
.
Dodgers
lost
to
the
second
place!
St.
Louis
Cardinals
by
a
score
of
7
to
4
and
had
their
margin
of
leadership
reduced
to
three
full
games.
St.
Louis
Browns
continued
tneir
Shoot
still
working
on
the
beach
at
Casey
winning
streak
by
defeating
Phlla-
any
man
who
Is
guilty
of
deliberate
Cove,
Digby
Island,
In
the
effort
to
delphla
Athletics
11
to
2
and
mov-war
profiteering!
Intern
any
man
bring
the
sunken
craft
to
a
higher
eti
into
a
seventh
place
tie
with
who
retards
the
war
effort!"
level
in
the
water
so
that
she
may
the
Washington
Senators
who
were
The
speaker
decried
non-con-
be
raised
on
the
pontoons,
the
idle
yesterday,
structlve
and
unfair
criticism
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
now)
Blg
League
scores
were
as
fol-government.
This
did
much
dam-
awaits
the
arrival
of
the
vessel
lows:
age
through
the
tendency
to
dlsu-
alongside
at
which
time
what
is
i
American
League
nlte
peoDle.
In
fact
he
ncrsonallv
described
as
one
oi
ine
lougueoi.
New
.yonc
iu,
uieveiana
s
Boston
2,
Chicago
1.
Philadelphia
2,
St.
Louis
11.
National
League
Pittsburgh
1-13,
Boston
4-5.
Cincinnati
4,
New
York
7.
St.
Louis
7.
Brooklyn
4.
Chicago
9,
Philadelphia
5.
LINDBERGH
INDIGNANT!
LIBRARY
I
VICTOR)
At
P-c
Milt)
Universal
carrier
goes
through
its
PACES
NAZI
SHIPS
DESTROYED
ling
100,000
Tons
Out
Commission
Of
Force
raids
during
Wednesday
put
seventeen
enemy
ships
of
tonnage
estimated
at
between
90,000
and
100,000
out
of
commission,
it
was
claimed
today.
The
attack
was
centred
on
Rotterdam
where
direct
hits
were
scored
upon
one
.vessel'
of
20,000
tons,
another
of
17,000
tons
and
smaller
vessels.
Heavy
damage
was
also
done
to
warehouses
and
stores.
Objectives
in
northern
France
were
also
affectively
attacked.
I
WARM
AT
TEKKAuv!
TelLs
President
Roosevelt
That
He
touched
97
in
the
shade
Has
No
Connection
With
Any
Foreign
Government
NEW
YUKii,
dujy
it:
ii')
rigni
mj
an
apoiogy
irum
Dwiemiy
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
today
advised
of
the
Interior
Harold
Ickes
for
cer-President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
tain
statements
and
Implications,
that
he
had
no
connection
with
ahy
In
a
radio
address
Mast
Monday
foreign
government,
that
he
had
night
Ickes
had
referred'to
Lind-recelved
his
German
decoration
jbergh
as
a
"Knight
of
the
German
while
serving
the
United
States
em-
Eagle."
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMbJA'8
NEWSPAPER
;
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JULY
17,
1941.
KEEPING
UP
Huge
Blow
Struck
By
Royal
AuNew
All
Time
Highs
Set
in
British
Force
Seventeen
Vessels
Total-
Columbia
Restrictions
Are
Set
On
Logging
Operations
VICTORIA,
July
17:
(CP)
The
LONDON.
July
17:
Royal
Air
provincial
government
at
midnight
Wednesday
ordered
the!
closure
of
I
a
11
forest
areas
on
Vancouver
Island
south
of
Torquart
Harbor
on
;the
West
Coast
of
Suquash
on
the
jeast
coast
and
on
the
mainland
.south
from
Wells
Pass
and
Klng-i
come
Inlet
on
account
of
hazardous
'
conditions
due
to
hot
weather.
Restrictions
have
been
placed
on
sawmills
In
regard
to
burners
In
particularly
hazardous
areas
and
the
most
of
logging
districts
'have
been
closed
to
visitors.
The
heat
wave
continues
unabated
throughout
the
Nltht
raids
were
concentrated
isnf
hern
nart
of
the
Drovlnce.
George
100,
Nanalmo,
100,
Nelson
98,
Pentlcton
95,
Victoria
87.
Van-
(
couver
set
a
new
mgn
oi
o
ior
me
I
year
and
at
New
Westminster
an
all
Heat
Wave
Continues
In
Interior!
time
record
of
99
was
registered.
Town
High
Mark
of
96
Is
Vancouver
had
an
all
time
high
Reached
'record
water
consumption
of
84,-
:
000,000
gallons
on
Tuesday
and
res-
TERRACE,
July
17.
The
heat
trlctlons
were
imposed,
today
with
wave
continues
at
Terrace
with
no
staggered
hours
for
sprinkling
set.
sign
of
a
change
ln.slght.
The
high
it
was
warm
on
the.
prairies
yes-matk
of
ninety-six
was
reached
on
terday
but
not
so
hot
as
In
British
Monday
with
94
on
Tuesday,
On
Columbia.
At
Edmonton
91
was
Sunday
85
was
recorded.
recorded,
at
Calgary
92,
Medicine
Not
since
July
26,
1934,
has
the
Hat
97(Reglna
96,
Prince
Albert
and
temperature
reached
such
a
high
Saskatoon,
87-
There,
was
a
rain
mark
in
Terrace.
On
that
day
It
'
at
Winnipeg
to
cool
that
city
to
73.
In
Ontario
there
was
a
severe
electrical
storm
which
resulted
In
one
death.
The
temperature
In
bassy
andjleclared
that
he
had
the
U,nrnnfn
VMt.prdav
was
84
WATCH
RED
CLOVER
To
retain
hay
quality
it
Is
Important
not
to
cut
common
red
clover
after
fuil
bloom'.
CALLING
UP
MANY
JAPS
Vast
Military
Moves
Being
Mada
in
Nippon
as
Cabinet
Reorganization
Proceeds
LONDON,
July
17:
(CP)
An
unde
termined
number
of
Japanese
reservists
In
addition
to
a
vast
number
of
men
already
under
arms
are"
being
called
up
as
an
accompaniment
to
the
Japanese
cabinet
shift,
according
to
reports
received
bjf
foreign
sources
here.
Summoning
of
reservists
was
first
reported
early
this
week
before
the
Konoye
cabinet
resigned
but
today's
advices
said
that
even
soldiers
discharged
from
the
army
eighteen
months
ago
had
been
called
to
the
colors.
The
Japanese
port
of
Kobe,
most
likely
point
of
embarkation
for
any
southward
military
move,
has
been
In
effect
closed
to
foreigners
for
a
ten-day
period
since
July
15.
Meanwhile,
Prince
Fumumaro.
Konoye.
whose
cabinet
resigned
enl
commanded
by
the
form
a
new
cabinet.
THANKSGIVING
DAY
SET
OTTAWA
Monday,
October
13,
has
been
designated
for
the
observance
of
Thanksgiving
Day
in
Canada
this
year.
Rolf
Brutm
Renominated
Is
Again
Named
Conservative
Can
didate
for
Salmon
Arm
In
Provincial
Election
SALMON
ARM,
July
17.
Rolf
W.
Bruhn,
sitting
member
for
many
years,
was
renominated
Conserva
tive
candidate
for
Salmon
Arm
at
upon
the
German
port
of
Ham-
;
hlghest
temperature
In
the
jthe
convention
here
Durg
and
omer
mnuary
aua
ui-
provlnce
yesterday
was
reported
dustrial
targets
in
the
Reich.
;f
Lm
et
an
official
read-
:
lng
of
111
and
an
unofficial
record-,
lng
of
114.
Kamloops
had
107,
Vernon
104,
Cranbrook
102,
Prince
tomorrow
sT
ides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
High
9:15
a.m.
15.1
ft.
21:21
p.m.
18.0
ft.
Low
3:00
ajn.
7.8
ft.
14:34
pjn.
9.2
ft.
Emperor
to
tie
I
NEW
JAP
GOVERNMENT
!
TOKYO
Prince
Konoye
has
been
commanded
by
Emperor
Hir-chito"
of
Japan
to
form
a
new
government.
A
more
Independent
foreign
policy
may
result
from
the
cabinet
reorganization.
It
is
believed.
Some
quarters
believe
a
policy
of
"wait
and
see'
may
be.
continued
while
others
expect
a
more
militaristic
administration
with
possible
moves
toward
Si
beria
or
Indo-China
or
both.
NEW
ZEALAND
BUDGET
WELLINGTON
A
budget
providing
for
no
tax
increases
and
appropriating
$79,000,000
for
the
war
effort
has
been
presented
to
Parliament.
v
PRICK:
FIVE
CENTS
Canadian
Cruiser
Is
Sunk
CANADIANS
SHOCK-TROOPERS
Lady
Somers
t
Goes
Down;
Toll
Is
37
LONDON,
July
17:
The
Lady
Somers,
auxiliary
vessel
and
former
Canadian
National
steamships
liner
in
the
West
Indies
service
on
the
Atlantic,
has
been
sunk
with
loss
of
thirty-seven
lives
of
a
total
crew
of
175
officers
and
men,
the
Admiralty
announced
today.
It
was
not
learned
immediately
if
Canadians
were
in
the
crew.
The
Lady
Somers
was
a
twin-screw,
oil
burning
vessel
438
feet
long,
59
feet
beam
and
11,000
tons
displacement.
Specially
built
and
equipped
for
tropical
travel,
she
was
very
popular
in
the
Canada
-
British
West
Indies
service
before
the
war.
!lN
EFFECT
ON
MONDAY
New
Regulations
to
Restrict
Use
of
Gasoline
fn
Canada
to
Become
.
Operative
Then
I
OTTAWA,
July
17:
(CP)
Restricted
hours
of
gasoline
sales
In
(Canada
and
ban
on
use
of
credit
cards
and
charge
accounts
in
gaso-'line
purchases
will
come
Into
ef-'fect
next
Monday,
it
was
shown
to
day
In
an
order
publlsned
in
an
extra
edition
of
the
Canada
The
new
restrictions
call
for
the
closing
of
gasoline
stations
from
7
p.m.
until
7
ajn.
on
work
days
and
from
7
pm.
Saturday
until
7
a.m.
Mondays,
cutting
out
Sunday
sales
entirely.
It
Is
emphasized
that
the
neces
sary
saving
in
uanaaas
gasounu
supplies
in
order
to
conserve
for
war
use
must
come
from
voluntary
conservation
rather
than
from
the
closing
hour
regulations
which
are
primarily
designed
to
reduce
the
expenses
of
service
stations.
FIRE
WATCHER
AT
80
LONDON,
July
17:
(CP)
Councillor
A.
E.
Cublson,
80-year
old
.Mltcham
solicitor,
registered
as
a
'volunteer
fire
watcher.
Canadian
Troops
In
Training
Group
of
soldiers
studying
In
field.