ONCE
MORE
IN
LONDON
,ii
Failed
to
Come
Night
Although
Metropolis
Expected
Them
ij
to
form
a
"civil
defence
ome
guard
to
beat
the
men-
1
11
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01
incenuiary
uumos,
tie
1J.
lt
11,1
4
.i
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nrtlni
nf
nriri
nlti
i
Inn
nd
rradiness
where
not
a
single
cendiary
bomb,
wherever
it
II
iliauic
u
lane
A
lfft
free
to
fight
big
fires
I
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Will
V
a
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a
ti-i
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!
A
...
1.
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I
l
nin
n
rni
air
raiurrs
so
id
si
,
.
...lit
l.
4
-
Jt.nHllH...
nrrxLiuiix
ut
siiihie.
LONDON,
Dec.
31.
Fire
fighters
!
-
I
February
17
British
boarding
.party
takes
299
British
seamen
from
German
prison
ship
Altmark.
March
13
PlnfnnJ
u
-1
1
.
I
April
9
Germany
Invades
Denmark
and
Norway;
Nazis
lose
many
ships.
April
13
British
destroy
seven
German
destroyers
at
Narvik,
Norway.
May
2
Allies
evacuate
Southern
Norway.
May
10
Germany
Invades
The
Nether-1
lands,
Belgium
and
Luxembourg.
nurcnm
succeeds
unamDeriain
as
!
British
Prime
Minister.
May
14
i
Netherlands
surrenders
to
Oer-'
many.
,
May
28
King
Leopold
of
Belgians
surren-
...
m.
......
u.
.ers
10
uermany.
June
4
i
Dunkerque
evacuation
complete;
335,000
British
soldiers
rescued.
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DO
NOT
WORK
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Uhll
TO
LEAVE
'Ihtenlng
up
Further
on
Move
ments
of
Canadians
Out
of
Country
OTTAWA,
Dec.
31:
(CP)-Regu-
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.
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he
country
will
have
to
have
ner-
"w-
Heretofore
permits
were
re-
red
only
for
those
taking
money
uiem.
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Tin.nri
nnn
.hi.i.
,iiiiai
inn
.
i
.
i
maintain
nripmi.ifp.
flrp
iruards.
Prime
Minister
and
Mrs.
Winston
louring
me
worst
oomoea
ru
l
i
now
ii'Arn
n
nnAi-Aii
Roval
Air
Force
1
j
Pounds
At
Libya
Italian
Bases
Along
Mediterranean
Coast
Struck
by
British
Bombers
I
fYUED
TAP'
CAIRO,
Dec.
31.-The
Royal
Air
J
V
EllV
1
Jl
I
Force
yesterday
pounded
at
Italian
ports
along
the
Mediterranean
sea
iiinnai
rihi.ii...
.r
ck
nnn
mill
ii!c
.
.
w,yv,vvv
m
th
fating
ar0una
uaima
10-
tTjkdKM
1IAA1
All
...
dayi
order
for
the
direct
as-.
,
'sault
on
the
Dort
by
the
British
TORONTO,
Dec.
31:.
(CP)
Red
having
been
postponed.
In
the
toss
headquarters
here
report
tnat
Sudan
British
forces
continue
ac-
ftklaMti...
.
a
nnn
nnn
f.M.
Inn
t
l
.i
TnHnn0
"i
national
drive
nao
Dcen
ex-
uvu
oy
iu,uuu.
unuiuu
suu-
uoea
S3,ooo,ooo:
oueoec,
5i,xou,-
Kamloops
Woman
Loses
Life
In
Hill
Climbing
KAMLOOPS,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
Tne
body
of
Mrs.
Margaret
Farquharson,
aged
38,
was
found
on
the
.-.lopes
of
Mount
Paul
near
here
yesterday.
She
had
met
with
an
accident
while
mountain
climbing.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
Pressure
appears
low
off
the
Queen
Charlottes
and
relatively
high
ln
the.
far
north.
The
weather
has
been
unsettled
nnd
slightly
colder
throughout
the
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island,
MAfWnt.f
southeast
to
south
winds,!
The
new
reculalions
will
not
af-.
mostly
cloudy
and
moderately
cold
cct
travel
Into
Canada.
with
some
light
rain
or
sleet.
Itnlw
HwlnrM
nrar
nn
Hrifaln
l
.
..iu
u,u
ivu5ia
sign
peace
and
France.
Canada
declares
ircaiy
giving
Kussia
the.
Karelian
on
Italy
'
Over
Last
Isthmu
and
other
areas.
June
16
COPE
WITH
NIGHT
RAIDS
LONDON,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
Her-
trt
Morrison,
Minister
of
Home
nritv.
rallrH
on
Rrilnn
in.
war
Petain
becomes
Chief
of
State
of
France.
June
18
sources.
June
25
Hostilities
between
France,
Germany
and
Italy
end.
June
28
Announced
Canadian
destroyer
Frassr
sunk
by
collision
In
French
waters,
45
dead
or
misslnjs.
July
3
Arandora
Star
sunk
enroute
to
Canada
with
enemy
Internees;
IfiOO
lives
lost.
Britain
takes
action
against
French
fleet.
July
14
primary
Industries-
o(
British-
Columbia
In
1940
Is
estimated
at
a
new
high
of
$250,000,000,
being
$25,000,000
higher
than
1939.
Logging
accounted
for
an
estimated
$100,000,000,
min-
Ing
$72,000,000,
fishing
$18.-
750,000
and
agriculture,
$57,500,
000.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy.
B.
D.
Johnston
Co.).
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.0414.
Bralorne,
10.00.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.30.
Dentonlo,
.00V4
(ask).
.
Fairview,
.0051.
Gold
Belt,
.29.
Hedley
Mascot,
.56.
Noble
Five,
.00.
Pend
Oreille,
1.80.
Pioneer,
2.10.
Premier,
.95
(ask).
Privateer,
.55
(bid).
Reeves
McDonald,
.15.
Reno,
.11
V4.
Relief
Arlington,
J02V.
Salmon
Gold,
.02V4.
Sheep
Creek,
.81
(bid).
Cariboo
Hudson,
.01.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.082.
Calmont,
.23.
C.
&
E.,
1.36.
Home.
2.32.
Pacalta,
.04.
'V
'
Royal
Canadian,
.08
V4.,
Okalta,
.70.
Mercury,
.06
(ask).
Prairie
Royalties,
.07
ii.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.15.
BeatUe,
1.25.
Central
Pat,
1.90.
Cons.
Smelters,
38..
East
Malartlc,
2.80.
Fernland,
.05
(ask)..
Francoeur,
.50.
Gods
Lake,
.39..
Hardrock,
1.03.
Int.
Nickel,
34..
Kerr
Addison,
3.90.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.00.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.29.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.63.
Moncta,
.52..
Noranda,
58.00.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.21.
Pickle
Crow,
2.98.
Preston
East
Dome,
3.40.
San
Antonio,
55.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.82.
Uchl.
.33.
Bouscadlllac,
.0234.
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PROVINCIAL
r
.
y
y
Y
Y
If
I1
-
We
Wish
A
HatipPNew
Year
To
All
Weather
Forecast
!
Tomorrow
slides
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
mm
High
3:46
ajn.
20.8
ft
Islands
Moderate
northeast
15:31
pjn.
20.8
ft.
winds,
moderately
cold
with
some
Low
944
a.m.
6.9
ft
light
rain
or
sleet.
22:06
3.3
ft
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
tfEWBPAPEB
I
VTV
MSI
1
1
ua,
-
AS
UU1L1
PRINCE
RUPERT,
RC"
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
31,
VMO.
m
IM
W
Salient
Dates
of
the
War
June
10
Britain;
180
shot
down.
August
18
President
Roosevelt
and
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
after)
Osdensburz.
N.
Y..
conference,
an-1
Canadian
government
moves
nounce
permanent
Joint
board
of
j
to
moDiiize
manpower
and
re-
defence.
United
September
3
ted
States
for
50
destroyers.
MaJ-Gen.
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton
Canada.
'promoted
to
lientenant-general
to,
Canadians
in
England.
n
had
n
free
nlcni
Irom
raids
10
n.uu
i
u.
iik.i..
v.m
4
tv.
rrnrinfinn
nt
tVi
tmtr
Slight
damage
was'
done
and
fed
en
tney
encountered
the
September
1
1
,
Record
raid
on
London
by
Ger-
mans
kills.
306
and.
.seriously
In
jurei
1,337.
!
1
i
October
26
Empress
of
Britain
lost
at
through
German
air
attack.
November
5
August
15
,
German
raider
sinks
H.
M.
Germans
send
1,000
planes
over
Jervis
four
shjpg
0j
In
British
Atlantic
convoy.
November
9
Neville
Chamberlain
dies,
71
November
11
British
airmen
smash
warships
at
Taranto.
November
14
Germans
raid
CovcnUy
sea
oepiemoer:
-At.
Fort
capiizzo,
Italian
strong
City
of
Benares
torpedoed
by
hold,
falls
as
British
offensive
ex
(Germans
in
Atlantic;'
248
lost,
in-
tends
into
Libya.
eluding
81
children
bound
'for,
December
29
October
22
sunk;
142
lives
lost.
:
iF0RMER
LOCAL
New
Peak
Of
Production
In
Province
VICTORIA.
Dec.
31:
(CP)
BANKER
DIES
Geoffrey
Whitehead,
-Manager
of
1
Bank
of
Commerce
at
S'erono,
.
I
Once.
Accountant
Here.
Passes
!
President
Roosevelt
pledges
United
States
to
"all
out"
support
of
AIRMEN
KILLED
Two
Leading
Aircraftsmen
Lose
Their
Lives'
in
Crash
Near
Kingston
KINGSTON,
Ontario,
Dec.
31;
rC"
g
mer.
announced
the
sudden
death
r?
In
Vernon
yesterday
pf
Oeof
f
rey
Warfof
'
Onta,rio'
.k
llef
a
tralnl"S;
crashed
into
vhJn
Pne
Whitehead,
former
accountant
of
.the
local
branch
of
the
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce
and
for
several
years
manager
at
Vernon.
A
heart
attack
was
.the
cause
of
Mr.
Whitehead's
death.
He
Is
survived
by
his
widow
who,
before
her
marriage,
was
Miss
E.
M.
Atkinson
R.N.,
lady
'
iuperindent
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Many
old
friends
of
Mr.
Whitehead
.will
learn
with
;
regret
of
his
passing.
British
Labor
Executive
Will
Pay
Coast
Visit
WOULD
NOT
STAY
DEAD
EDMONTON,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
Al
LONDON
SILVER
LONDON,
Dec.
31,
The
London
silver
price
was
unchanged
at
23
U
pence
per
fine
ounce
today.
Mosher,
.O6V2.
Oklend,
.08.
Smelters
Gold,
MY.
Dominion
Bridge,
26.00.
a
house
near
here.
PLAN
WAS
REJECTED
President'
Roosevelt
'Said
to
Have
..
.
"Rtbiif
fed"
"Offer
State
Department
Comments
r
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Dec.
31.
It
was
revealed
yesterday
that
the
United
States
Department
of
State
rejected
In
October
1939,
a
month
after
the
war
began,
an
"honorable
peace
offer"
which
had
been
pre-
;
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
Sir
sented,
on
behalf
of
Vlce-Chan-
TO
EXTEND
LEND
PLAN
President
Roosevelt's
Latest
Scheme
May
Also
Apply
to
Greece
and
China
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
31,
Secre-
Itallan
taiT
of
tne
Treasury
Henry
Morgen-,'thau
suggested
that
President
;
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
might
make
In
first
the
lease
and
lend
plan
of
asslst-
.ri.
nf
.raMc
nn
MWianri
ritiT
Jng
ureat
Britain
avanaDie
to
W
killed.
.
ureece
ana
m
incir
Ilgtll
Kingdom
trades
New
World
naval
and
air
basfci
to
Unl-!
..
,
lianan
myaaers
anven
irom
Greek
soil;
Korltza
falls.
December
9
British
start
victorious
drive
against
Italians
In
Egypt;
thousands
of
prisoners
captured.
!'
.
"
December
16
NEW
TYPE
OF
BOATS
Canadian
Yards
are
Given
Contracts
for
112-Foot
Sub
Chasers
OTTAWA
nf
71
Cnntrarta
They
will
be
double-planked
of
ma-
wnai
Purports
to
De
rimer
s
reply
hogany,
and
will
measure
112
feet
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
in
length.
Gasoline
motor.?
will
be
Reside
speech
on
Sunday
night,
installed
and
they
will
be
of
high
"
wa
described
as
"undignified
In
speed.
Two
yards
on
the
Pacific
tone
weak
ln
argument
and
not
coast
will
be
given
contracts
Van-
convincing,"
appealing
to
the
low-
couver
and
New
Westminster.
Bulletins
WAR
IN
PACIFIC
SHANGHAI
Germany
i8
planning
to
intensify
Axis
warfare
in
the
Pacific
by
encouraging
Japan
to
drive
southward
toward
Singapore,
it
is
said
by
observers
here.
It
is
also
evident
that
Germany
plans
more
intensive
raiding
of
shipping
in
the
Pacific.
PURVIS
AND
ROOSEVF.LT
WASHINGTON
At
the
invitation
of
the
chief
executive,
A.
B.
Purvis,
director
of
the
British
war
purchasing
commission,
and
President
Frenklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
a
luncheon
conference
yesterday
with
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
Henry
Morg'enthau.
The
conference
was
a
sequel
to
the
President's
"all
aid
for
Britain's
speech.
New
York
Stock
Walter
Citrine,
secretary
of
the
celior
Herman
Goering
and
other
,
1
r
British
Trades
and
Labor
Congress,
pr0mlnent
Nazis,
through
W.
R.
MatKPt
Q
I
lllipf
Will
Visit
Vancouver
January
11
in
navls
Th.
r.ffPr.
nrrnrrtin
tn
na.
VC-
liJ
VUIV.l,
J
the
course
of
a
tour
of
Canada
fol-
was
"rebuffed"
by
President
lowing
nis
attenaance
at
tne
recent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
who
suggest-
ateady
lone,
Mignuy
uownwara,
convention
of
the
American
Feder-
eri
that
i't
be
turned
over
tn
the
is
Reported
on
New
Year's
Eve
atlon
of
Labor
In
New
Orleans.
.Ha.
nnartmpnt
Th.
nin
it
is!
saia,
was
tnat
representatives
or
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
31.
The
New
'European
powers
should
sit
down
Year's
Eve
stock
market
Is
quiet
and
i
1
...
n
,
j
i
f.lrltr
ctoaHv
Tlnplntr
tha
flrct
hnllf
!iiiTi
rn'P
RICE:
I
CENT?
MESSAGE
Predicts
Victory
For
Reich
In
1911
United
States
Cannot
Prevent
It
BERLIN,
Dec.
31.
In
a
New
Year
message
to
the
army,
navy
and
air
force.
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
declared
that
the
year
1941
would
bring
completion
of
the
greatest
victory
in
European
history.
Germany
was
prepared
as
never
before,
he
asserted.
At
the
same
time,
he
suggested
that
the
Reich
should
be
prepared
for
another
year
nf
rknf1!rt..
'
Hitler
declared
that
England
must
be
destroyed
and,
likewise,
the
powers
that
were
eating
from
it.
Der
Fuehrer
laid
responsibility
for
the
outbreak
and
continuation
of
the
war
at
the
door
of
"democratic
financiers
and
armament
shareholders"
who
were
Intent
on
con-
to
make
ProflU
have
been
awarded-two
each-to!tlnulnS
Pannrtlan
thlnnrHi
for
Hib
oim.
Answer
to
ROOSCVelt
command
army
corps
lncludins
1
Canadian
destroyer
Margaree
Oreat
Britain
in
supply
of
ships,
,
';,
...
,
....,.
!
The
German
nress
todav
eave
iruns
tanks
and
nlanes.
'
jest
Instincts
of
the
American
'people.
American
aid
might
delay
i
but
could
not
prevent
Britain's
de
(
feat,
It
was
declared.
A
Hamburg
newspaper
admitted
that
President
Roosevelt
had
made
clear
the
policy
of
United
States
aid
for
Britain
but
observed
he
had
not
,sald
how
much
aid
would
bt
given.
,
Is
Burned
To
Death
In
His
Lonely
Cabin
KAMLOOPS.
Dec.
31:
(CP)
The
remains
of
John
Davis,
who
lived
by
himself
ln
a
cabin
at
Savona
near
here,
were
found
yesterday
ln
the
charred
ruins
of
the
cabin.
He
had
been
burned
to
death.
He
was
fifty-six
years
of
age.
TENSENESS
CONTINUES
;
Germans
and
Russians
are
Still
J
Massing
Forces
on
Rumanian
Frontier
SOFIA,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
The
situation
ln
the
Balkans
continues
tense.
Hungary
Is
calling1
up
additional'
men
to
arms
and
general
mobilization
Is
expected
to
be
lh
effect
by
January
15.
Expectation
Is
that
the
Hungar-
at
conierence
wun
rresiaent
noose-1
"j
"--""j
"
.
,t
.uv,
n.
fvelt
as"
chairman
Tof
trading
the
turnover
amounted
'J""1
"r
ISeXartment
spokesman!
240,00
shares.
.The
Industrial
iays,
regarding
the
"peace
offer."
average
was
wu.,
on
jk,.
ana
raij
encroachment
7
-
along
"
the
-
-
that
nothing
profitable
ln
the
way.,"1-"''0"
Edmonton
Man
Alive
Although
De-
Peafe
ers
had
yet
come
to
the
clared
Lifeless
Twice
in
His
Career
attention
of
the
Department.
POUND
STERLING
bert
Perry
of
Edmonton,
aged
67,
J
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
31.
The
British
is
still
alive
after
having
for
the,
pound
sterling
was
unchanged
at
second
time
in
ms
nie
Deen
oinci-
$4.03
Yz
on
the
New
YorK
foreign
ex.
ally
declared
dead.
'.change
market
today.
Yesterday
Perry
was
declared
by
a
hospital
doctor
to
be
dead
hut
showed
signs
of
life
after
being
removed
to
the
morgue.
His
condition
Is,
however,
serious.
Twenty
years
ago
Perry's
pulse
and
heartbeat
seemed
to
disappear
after
Injuries
In
an
explosion
and
he
was
declared
dead
but
revived.
t
Italian
Ship
Is
Torpedoed
BELGRADE,
Dec.
Si:
(CP)
f
Reports
reaching
Belgrade
say
f
that
an
Italian
transport
vessel
loaded
with
war
materials
for
'
'
Albania
was
torpedoed
by
a
British
warship
ln
the
Adriatic
today
and
went
down
off
the
Yugoslav
port
of
Bar.
?
,
'
Bad
Weather
Holds
Fight
Royal
Air
Force
Unable
to
Attack!
Germany
While
Nazis
are
Like-
j
wise
Held
Down
LONDON,
Dec.
31.
Unfavorable
weather
overnight
halted
Royal
Air
Force
activities
against
Germany
and
German-occupied
territory
as
it
did
the
aerial
bombing
by
the
Nazis
of
Britain.
CHICAGO
WHEAT
CHICAGO,
Dec.
31.
Chicago
wheat
prices
were
unchanged
to
&c
higher
today
with
May
at
86c.
Major
M.
R.
Crehan
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Catala
Sunday
night
after
spending
Christmas
at
his
home
ln
Vancouver.
Black
Sea
further
Into
Rumania.
The
Nazi
troops
in
Rumania
are
deploying
In
large
numbers
along
the
frontier
of
Russia.
INDUSTRY
DICTATOR
Renato
Ricci
Given
Widespread
Powers
in
Italy
to
Handle
and
Distribute
Raw
Materials
ROME,
Dec
31:
(CP)
Renato
Rlccl,
minister
of
guilds,
became
virtual
dictator
over
Italian
Industry
today
with
absolute
control
of
handling
and
distributing
raw
NO
PAPER
TOMORROW
Tomorrow,
being
New
Year's
Day
and
a
public
holiday,
the
Dally
News
will
not
be
publislicd
The
next
regular
edition
wuT
appear
Thursday
afternwht
j:
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