A
1A
w.
(a.
tile
i
r
pr
.-m
Rupert
and
Queen
Charge'
i;
,and
'Moderate
northeast
i
.V
part
cloudy
and
moderately
arm.
With
(icrmans
Air
Activity
iai
Claim
To
Have
Taken
rin
kjar
After
Nlght-Long
Bombardment
RIOAIN
I'OSITIONS
....
a
-1
1
m
.
ti.
Office
announced
today
that
ith
troop
In
Trondhelm
area
bealen
off
a
strong
German
1..
...f
...I.-
J
...
HMied
positions.
The
an-iwrment
aid
that
Germans
landed
from
ships
in
Trond-
Fjord.
At
Stavanger
today
A
twenty
enemy
aircraft
were
tij
bombed
by
the
Itoyal
Air
.III.
.
niimk
KIIjkV.l
f4
THE
TRONDHEIM
FRONT.
:
CP
DrltUh
force,
toward
Oslo,
have
1
1
a
pont
south
of
Hamar
r
were
met
by
Ocrman
loop.
Here
and
sixty
1
out
as
the
DrltUh.
from
their
landings
AadaUncs
and
Namsos,
h
the
Oermarw.
and
fighting
was
re-viklestad.
near
Trond
-'
British
detachments
Alpine
ehaseurs
were
force
ttwir
way
from
H
.mar
Oerman
force.
h
from
Elverum.
,
be
retiring.
the
Allies
and
at.n
park
of
Nor-
'.
Increase
In
In-'
ue$
and
line
of
rces,
moving
wct-ndh4m
and
south
Oslo,
have
cut
tht
I
"umntaatten
between'
--nt
ettle.
n
land
ffchttruc
ti
'
v
conttnalnc.
both
"
in
the
air.
i
"Ported
naval
en-he
Skagerrack
ap-t
1
rrUin.
The
railway
-r
Nttnsos
and
Trood-;nrted
to
hve
been
ied
a
a
rosult
of
Or.-
"
i
k
ng
Nasi
bases
In
J1'
:
'I
Denmark,
for
the
1
h
Royal
Air
Force
1
Oerman,
embarkation
'
A
i
h
.rff
in
npnmarlr
!".
'
'
f
anUalrcraft
fire.
:
"
Dntuh
plane
failed
to
'bf-
'
at
Oslo
were
bomb-"
DrltUh
and
much
aimed
by
the
DrltUh
done
by
fire
from
ln-
'
t
i,b.
The
Germans,
on
k"
"
'und.
said
that
only
a
0'".;
had
hjn
Vitf
'of
n.lr
'wmm
W
V
V
W
WS
5'
try
objective
damag-Stfinkjar
It
Taken
i
.
.
.
...
.
i
u
..iib
iniiic
uaniuruiiiiriib.
c:
atmg
onslaueht
being
!i;e
'..
Heaving
six
thousand
"r
..
.
...
-
s
iiomeiess
wun
an
im-
frm,!ir(l
number
nf
casualties.
Out
uis
were
reported
today
h-avo
,pcunliH
RtnHnr
on
m
Fjord'
to
the
north.
A
i.
m
,1
appeared
to
be
the
cr'pii
iiblccttve
of
the
attack.
v
I
Ml
(laHnl
KAMknf1manr
21
iufantrv
mnvpr!
In
with
Kuns
ana
ruics,
me
ai-
I'ilTr.v
maVtrtrV
Art
rrtAfltf
tf.
s5
mis.
uiuvn
splte
hcavv
Nazi
nerlal
at-'
"
British
and
French
troops
1
lhting
equipment
continue
landprt
nt
Mam.n.
strategic
fortress
of
Hegra
"'amR
out
and
Is
declared
by
Meanwhile
both
Allied
and
Oer
"
"infnrccments
hrn
hrint-1
Jf'd
into
the
valley
between
m
rUway
nassM.
nnd
n
mnlnr
til-
-
'
"
.-.
J
w
appears
Imminent
In
that
Inconsistent
Claim
.
ne
Germans
rtalmnrl
n
nino
45uit
upon
Llllehammcr
yes-
IN
NORWVK
s
7-Lut.
Price
Forces,
Advancing
Toww
.
ndheim
and
llamar,
Clah""V,
At
resent
lime
VICTORIA,
April
24:
CPl
It
is
"Stated
In
official
quarters
here
that,
In
view
of
war
con-
dltlons.
the
DrltUh
Columbia
Coal
and
Petroleum
Products
Control
Doard
Is
not
expected
to
Immediately
enforce
the
order
reducing
retail
gas
price
despite
the
Judgment
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
up-
holding
the
validity
of
the
Act
under
which
the
government
attempted
to
regulate
gasoline
prices.
In
dismissing
the
appeal
of
several
oil
com-
panles
against
the
Act,
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
up
awarded
costs
against
the
companies.
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-tullo
said
yesterday
that
the
whole
matter
of
gasoline
of
war
conditions.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(OiurtMj
e
O
JotvxVxi
Oo.)
Vancouver
Dig
MUsourL
.00
V4.
DraVorne.
10.40.
Oartboo
Quart,
2.60.
Den
ton
lo,
.01
V.
Falnriew.
.OH.
Gold
Delt.
23.
Hedley
Mascot.
.43.
MJntO.
.03H-Pacific
Nickel.
.08.
Pend
Orlelle.
1.90.
Pioncr.
Z20.
Premier,
123.
Privateer,
57.
Reno.
25.
ReHci.'Arttncton.'JW.
salmon
Gold,
Ju.
Sheep
Creek,
IM.
Cariboo
Hudson.
.tX3Ti.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.15.
.
CalmonU
M.
c
fx
im
FreehoW,
.62:
Home.
2.60.
Paealta.
.04t
Royal
Can..
.18.
Okalta.
1.10.
Mercury.
.06.
Pralrl
Royalties,
.17.
Toronto
Aldermac.
25.
DeaUIe.
1.06.
Central.
21.7.
Cons.
Smelters,
4350.
Bast
Malartlc.
3.60.
,
Fernland.
.03.
Francoeur.
.44.
Oods
Lake.
.44.
llardrock.
1.05.
Int.
Nickel.
40.12.
Kerr
Addison,
2.48.
Little
Long
Lac.
2.80.
McLeod
Cockshutt.
1.90.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.43.
McKenile
Red
Lake,
.120.
Moneta,
.66.
Noranda,
7050.
Pickle
Crow.
3.05.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.14.
San
Antonio.
2.26.
Shcrrltt
Oordon.
.97.
Uchl,
.65.
Douscadlllac.
.03.
Mosher,
.07.
Oklend,
.06.
Smelters
Gold.
.01.
Dominion
Drldge,
35.00.
DAK
(!OU
LONDON.
tCP)
The
She
i
price
in
DrltUh
Columbia
,
would
be
reviewed
In
the
light
J
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
market
was
unchanged
today
at
$37.54
per
fine
ounce.
STOCKHOLM.
April
24
-Fearful
of
being
made
the
next
victim
of
Nazi
aggression
and
flooded
with
a
torrent
of
rumors
as
to
an
Imminent
move
along
that
Une.
Sweden
Is
j
frantically
endeavouring
to
main-1
aln
neutrality
and
at
the
same,
'
V
t
I
nv4
1
!
t
osl
A
t-f
mi
l
rtafnpfi
rnsasure$
In
readtoos
tor
.any
emergency.
I
Reuters
News
Aaency
reported
last
night
that
all
arrangements
I
had
been
completed
for
the
evacu
ation
of
the
civilian
population
of
'Malmo,
important
southern
port
across
from
Denmark,
and
total
i
black-outs
have
been
ordered
at
various
coastal
points.
1
Swedish
coastal
defence
authorities
ordered
five
German
ships
Norwegian
trawlers
converted
(former
Into
mine
layers
which
had
been
anchored
off
Stroemstad.
on
the
west
coast
of
Sweden,
to
leave
I
territorial
waters
at
once,
the
ships
j
obeying
the
orders.
I
Soviet
Russia
Is
reported
to
have
Informed
Germany
that
it
Is
op-'
posed
to
the
Reich
entering
Sweden
and
thus
bringing
the
war
to
the
Soviet's
front
door.
I
Confirmed
reports
that
a
fresh
Natl
expeditionary
force
has
em-,
barked
from
German
Daltlc
ports
aboard
a
transport
fleet
escorted
by
Ice
breakers
Is
cited
by
military
Quarters
In
France
as
further
evl-,
dence
of
a
suspected
Oerman
move
against
Sweden.
Belgium
Protests
At
Plane
Flights
Fighters
of
Doth
Germany
and
France
Were
Over
Low
Country
Yesterday
DRUSSELS.
April
24,
Delglum
has.
officially
protested
to
Germany
and
France
at
flights
of
war
planes
of
both
'countries
over
Delglum
lycsterday,
terday,
statins
that
hundreds
of
pinrinnof
I
Allied
Allied
troona
troops
had
had
been
killed,
UnCHinail
wounded
or
taken
prisoner.
German
report
added
mai
'"""nidd
1
1UUUO
nf
h
intimities
were
Canadians,!
which
claim
IS
not
cnslstn'1)
situation,
However,
Not
Regarded
made
an
official
announeement
Extr(m
.,y
Serlous
AI,hough
ooin
n
uuawa
u..u
,
Sonlc
ave
to
quit
Homes
terday,
mat
none
oi
uc
Active
Service
Force
naa
wmMMATr
might
who
wuu
had
inn:i
w-w----
.
Aprll
24.
Five
sent
to
Norway,
the
oniy
wum
nrinnatl
families
left
dlans
who
Individuals
inaiviuuiua
be
mere
w
,i,
v,mi.
....
vpslrrdav
.-.,
...
as
fh
.
.
the
Ohio
nrev
OUSIV
VY1"??
7
7.
.
r--
-
Klver
went
Bnto
Iiooa
conaiwon.
vnii.niPPred
for
serv
ce
In
Finland.
tht
tt.n.-
k.
---
i),.,,
LOSS
niKUW
uuti
According
to
BerUn
claims,
three
Dritlsh
planes
were
brought
aon
,
Mwam
wnld
not
become
so
in
tnc
ngnung
over
-
.serlous
aa
some
previous
years,
terday.
1
PROVINCIAL
I
LIBRARY
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
U
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
24,
1940.
AS
NAZIS
PREPARED
FOR
SCANDINAVIAN
"HUTZKRIEG"
For
many
week:
German
troops
were
reported
.
be
prarUsing
landing
operation
at
points
along
the
BaJ'.ic
coast
The
fruit
of
these
preparation
was
apparent
as
the
Nazi
legation;
swept
over
Dei.tr
ark
and
launched
attack
on
various
key
points
along
the
Norwegian
roa.i.
capturing
Bergen.
Oi.
Narvik
and
Trondhelm.
German
troops
are
slnwn
here
launching
one
of
the
boat
designed
for
use
by
landing
parties.
SWEDEN
ON
DEFENSIVE
Frantically
Endeavouring
to
Preserve
Neutrality
and
Avoid
War
Nail
Ships
Ordered
Away
Isle
Of
Sylt
;
.
LONDON.
April
24:
iCP-
DrltUh
war
planes
bombed
the
German
air
and
naval
base
on
the
Isle
of
Sylt
last,
night
and
sank
two
Oerman
patrol
Yes-
sell
The
Westernland
air-
4-
drome
on
Sylt
wax
attacked
for
one
hour
and
forty
mln-
4-
utes.
NAZIS
LOSE
HEAVILY
IN
WAR
AT
SEA
Eighty
Thousand
Tons
Sunk
in
Two
Weeks
Allies'
And
Neutrals
Almost
Unscathed
zLONDON.
April
24:
CP
Germany
has
lost
80,000
tons
of
merchant
shipping
during
the
past
two
weeks,
making
a
total
of
500.000
ton
since
the
war
began.
Last
week
three
Dritlsh
ships
were
lost,
none
In
convoy,
while
neutrals
lost
none.
ITALIAN
SHIP
BOMBED
GIBRALTAR
The
Italian
steamer
ltalo
Balbo
has
arri-ver
here,
reporting
that
she
was
bombed
and
machine-gunned
by
German
planes.
BRITISH
SHIP
SUNK
LONDON
The
British
freighter
Latworth
has
been
bombed
and
sunk
with
two
seamen
killed
and
eight
injured.
Another
British
ship,
unidentified
up
to
last
night,
is
also,
reported
sunk.
LUXEMBOURG
ALARMED
LUXEMBOURG
There
Is
fresh
cause
for
anxiety
In
the
Grand
Duchy
of
Luxembourg.
Movements
of
large
forces
and
building
of
roads
and
bridges
near
the
frontier
by
the
Germans
make
it
appear
that
invasion
may
be
contemplated.
MUNITIONS
EXPLOSION
I
:
WEST
FRONT
:
Britons
Bomb
A
aid
da
tti
v
mi
dii
iula
Fight
is
Called
"Indecisive"
Both
Sides
Lose
Planes
;
LONDON.
April
24.
The
Dritlsh
v-
m
nirtT
rerortt
an
'
indecisive"
battle
in
the
air
over
Verdun,
hls-
:-ic
city
of
the
First
Great
War,
vesterday.
German
Messerchmidts
areatly
outnumbered
and
surprised
the
Dritlsh
Hurricanes
one
of
which
was
brought
down
In
flames,
the
pilot
making
his
escape
In
a
parachute-.
Another
,Brji4i-pil6triyis,
rhot
In
the
shoulder
but
landed
his
plane
at
Metz.
One
Messerchmidt
is
believed
to
have
been
brought
nwn,
havinc
been
seen
falling
with
smoke
issuing.
There
was
patrol
and
artillery
activity
between
the
Moselle
River
and
the
Dleitz
River
west
of
the
Vo&ges
Mountains
and
there
were
ilso
exchanges
along
the
Rhine.
New
York
Stock
Market
Is
Firm
NEW
YORK.
April
24.
A
total
of
880,000
shares
changed
hands
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
ve?-
Chances
ofjterday.
The
Industrial
average
at
ship?
being
lost
In
convoy
have
closing
was
148.93,
up
.92;
rails,
30.
j
been
reduced
to
one
out
of
600.
War
News
.70.
up
.12.
and
utilities.
24.66,
up
.01.
Pennsylvania
Makes
Choice
For
President
!
PHILADELPHIA,
April
24.
Iri
the
j
'
presidential
primaries
for
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
yesterday
Govern-jor
Arthur
James,
considered
as
a
favorite
dark
horse,
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
received
respectively
the
unanimous
Republican
and
Democratic
selections.
.NAZIS
ARE
BOASTFUL
Issue
Another
Extravagant
Claim
as
to
Allied
avai
Losses
in
war
BERLIN,
April
24.
The
German
propaganda
machine
countered
the
British
statement
yesterday
of
naval
losses
since
the
war
began
with
the
extravagant
claim
that
fifty-
1
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
3:03
a.m.
22.0
it
15:53
p.m.
19.3
ft.
Low
9:41
ajn.
IS
ft.
-
21:50
p.m.
6
2
ft.
PRICE:
I
CENTS
FINAL
BULLETINS
200
NEGROES
BURNED
NATCHEZ,
Miss.
More
than
200
negroes
were
burned
to
death
last
night
when
fire
trapped
them
in
a
dance
halL
TO
DIRECT
PUBLICITY
.
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
today
announced
the
appointment
of
Sir
Walter
Monckton
to
hare
charge
of
publicity
in
neutral
countries.
EXPANDING
AIR
FORCE
ROME
Provision
is
being
made
for
a
vast
expansion
of
military
aviation
in
Italy.
...
i
FRASER
RIVER
RISES
'
QUESNEL
The
Fraser
River,
as
a
result
of
heavy
rains,
has
risen
six
feet.
Bar
miners
are
affected.
PUBLISHER
HOSPITALIZED
VANCOUVER
James
Cullin,
publisher
of
the
Zeballos
Miner
and
well
known
pioneer
printer,
has
been
flown
here
for
hospital
treatment.
KNOWS
NOTHING
VICTORIA
Premier
Pattulo
says
he
knows
nothing
of
the
retirement
of
Walter
Owen
as
warden
of
Oakalla
Prison.
The
matter
has
not
been
considered
as
far
as
he
knows.
Vancouver
reports
had
said
Mr.
Owen
was
retiring.
ARK
AGROUND
TACOMA
The
home-made
ark
in
which
a
Tacoma
man
.
and
his
wife
and
five
children
essayed
a
trip
to
Alaska
went
aground
on
a
bar
yesterday
and,
after
several
hours,
was
pulled
ofi
by
the
coastguard.
MRS.
CROMWELL
EXPECTING
OTTAWA
Mrs.
James
II.
R.
Cromwell,
wife
of
the
United
States
minister
to
Canada,
expects
to
become
a
mother
in
August.
WILKINS
CANCELS
ORDER
SEATTLE
Sir
Hubert
Wilkins
has
cancelled
his
order
for
a
submarine
for
a
North
Polar
trip.
It
was
to
have
been
a
fifty-loot
craft.
Wilkins
will
be
unable
to
make
the
trip
owing
to
war
conditions
in
Norway
making
it
impossible
to
arrange
for
weather
reports.
GULF
OF
FINLAND
CLOSED
MOSCOW-Commissar
of
the
Navy
Trlbuti
said
yesterday
.
that
the
Gulf
of
FlnTand
is
closed
to
British
and
FrVnch'war
mongers
forever.
"Let
our
enemies
remember
that
the
Soviet
Is
in
complete
control,'
he
declared.
FORMER
MINISTER
JAILED
BELGRADE
A
former
minbter
of
the
interior
hasfbeen
arrested
on
a
charge
of
conspiracy
and
interned
in
a
remote
village.
BRITISH
SALES
TAX
LONDON
Sir
John
Simon
announces
that
imposition
of
a
sales
tax
in
Great
Britain
is
planned.
The
size
of
the
tax
and
when
it
will
be
applied
will
be
announced
later.
DR.
THOMPSON
BURIED
VANCOUVER
The
funeral
of
the
late
Dr.
Thompson
took
place
yesterday
with
interment
in
the
Masonic
cemetery.
Among
the
mourners
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James
Thompson
of
Prince
FELL
ON
SAW
NEW
WESTMINSTER
John
Shilling
of
Coquitlam,
was
instantly
killed
when
he
fell
on
a
saw
at
the
Fraser
Mills.
He
was
35
years
of
age.
Two
Million
Under
Arms
LONDON.
April
24:
(CP-
The
British
Empire
now
has
two
million
men
under
arms
exclusive
of
navy,
marines,
merchant
marine
and
air
force,
the
government
announces.
Poland-Norway
I
Are
Represented
Attended
Sessions
of
Allied
Supreme
War
Council
In
Paris
Yesterday
PARIS.
April
24.
Poland
and
Norway.
In
addition
to
Great
Britain
and
France,
were
represented
at
the
meetings
of
the
Allied
Su-
seven
British
naval
vessels
had
beeniDreme
War
Council
here
yesterday.
'sunk
or
damaged
ofr
the
coast
of
first
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
Win-,
.Norway
since
April
9.
The
loss,
Itlston
Churchill
and
General
Sir
Ed-1
was
said,
was
by
far
the
greatest
,
mund
Ironside
accompanied
Prime
the
Allies
had
so
far
suffered
in
the
BILLINGHAM-ON-TEES,
April
war.
Successful
Nazi
aerial
bomb-24:
(CP)
Three
persons
were
kill-
Ing
was
given
the
credit,
ed
and
nineteen
Injured
In
an
ex-)
Five
cruisers,
seven
destroyers,
jtoday.
Officials
said
that
produc-
transports
were
among
the
vessels
uon
was
not
neia
up.
'enumerated.
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
from
England.
Norway
expressed
appreciation
for
the
quick,
and
effec-j
tlve
aid
It
had
been
given
by
the
Allies.
Valuable
assistance
Poland
was
given
In
the
war
was
acknowledged,
i
s
OVERTURES
;
TO
SOVIET
LONDON,
April
24:
(CP)
Great
Britain
has
invited
Russia
to
put
forward
concrete
proposals
for
a
trade
agreement
having
regard
to
Great
Britain's
object
to
prevent
war
supplies
reaching
Germany,
Under
Secretary
of
Foreign
Affairs
R.-
A."
Butler
told
the
House
of
Commons
today.
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEG,
April
24:
(CP)
,Wheat
prices
were
unchanged
to
j
'ic
lower
on
the
Winnipeg
market
yesterday.
May
closing
at
81c.
New
York
prices
were
unchanged
to
'4C
lower
with
September
closing
at
$109.
4
;
WIN
BACK
CAPITAL
CHUNGKING,
April
ZU
(CP)
The
Chinese
Central
News
Agency
reported
today
that
Kalfeng,
Honan
Prorlnce,
had
been
wrested
from
the
Japanese.
It
Is
the
first
provincial
capital
to
revert
to
Chinese
hands
since
the
war
began,
1
I
i