MAN
TROOPSHIP
TORPEDOED
HY
BRITISH
Are
Reported
In
This
Area:
HIM;
BETWEEN
HERMAN
AND
BRITISH
toeiniK;
iv
vnuTii
SRAn'R
An
insmit.
IA
TWO
EN(1
AO
EM
ENTS
ALREADY
,
FISHING
BOATS
LAND
SURVIVORS
OSLO,
April
8:
(CP)
Fighting
lctwecn
Hritish
and
German
ships
in
the
North
Sea
in
icsscls
sank
was
disclosed
as
Norwegian
schoon-
it
.......
i
.
mi
A
I
a
amrp
in
inn
pn
r:
ffpmoni
was
i
nrrrmin
Approximately
300
uniformed
Germans
i.m....
i
i::.
i,
..i.n.n;nn
nrn.
"Viv
1
1
v
"
-
--
-ww-
ian
fishermen
reported
that
there
were
more
hkh
thpv
ruv
fni
ed
to
halt
when
ordered
lo
do
:
.
...
...
ml
inn
iiti
imnririo
nron
iwirc
arm
inc
iicrm;ms
MJrtctl
jumping
into
the
iskagcrrak.
Nonvcgian
officials
said
there
were
about
five
hundred
men
in
German
Army
uniform
aboard
the
Rio
dc
Janeiro
when
it
sank.
Eighty
horses
were
also
lost.
Many
of
the
Germans
were
drowned
and
their
IkhHcs
were
washed
ashore
at
Lillesand,
Norway,
After
the
first
torpedo
struck
Norwegian
fishing
hoats
hegan
picking
up
the
survivors.
The
second
torpedo
killed
numerous
Germans
in
the
sea.
Norwegian
authorities
did
not
know
why
the
man-Indcn
ship
was
cruising
in
sight
of
the
Norway
coast.
Earlier
French
military
sources
in
Paris
had
reported
that
German
troop
contingents
had
recently
hecn
engaged
in
embarking
and
landing
manoeuvres
along
the
North
Sea
and
Baltic
coast.
These
manoeuvres
were
interpreted
at
that
time
Jj
Paris
as
being
aimed
at
Scandinavia
and
the
Netherlands,
possibly
as
a
bluff
to
back
up
diplomatic
prc.ss.ure.
There
were
indications
of
at
least
one
other
naval
encounter
off
the
south
Norway
eoast.
Numerous
explosions
at
sea
were
heard.
The
German
steamship
Kreta
reported
Hint
she
hud
heen
attacked
by
a
submarine
and
as
in
distress
off
the
south
coast
of
Norway.
Such
were
rapid
developments
which
ensu-C1
today
following
the
drive
of
Allied
naval
forces
into
Norwegian
territorial
waters
to
sew
mine
ticids
at
three
strategic
points
to
sever
Germany's
;
"life
line"
for
Scandinavian
ore.
The
mine-laying
was
completed
within
one
hour
and
Norway
was
notified
as
soon
thereafter
as
"practical."
Authoritative
sources,
emphasizing
that
operations
were
"carried
through
without
inci-lent,"
said
that
the
action
had
been
taken
solely
against
Germany
to
force
coastal
shipping
to
pass
outside
Norwegian
territorial
waters
at
Ihrec
Points.
.
Statements
announcing
the
action
were
re-cased
simultaneously
from
Paris
and
London.
As
justification
for
the
mines
which
it
was
acknowledged
would
"not
he
lawful
in
ordinary
circumstances."
the
Allies
declared
that
"illegal
(crman
practices
of
unrestricted
mines,
submar-nc
and
airplane
attacks
on
neutral
and
British
(Continued
on
Pane
Four)
IJ.M
ARINE
AND
AT
LEAST
TIIKEE
HUNDRED
r,
.
SOLDIERS
IN
UNIFORM
ARE
KILLED
AS
V,naiienging
.
EVENTS
MOVE
FAST
IN
NEW
,
AC
111
I
J
SPHERE
OF
WARFARE
L
Ul
DlOCKade
I
rv.l
r
1,
!
TRIESTE,
April
8:
Regard-
iir'i
i
m
m
w
t
ni
hi
m
riiHi
li
iiiiliaii
--
-
-
------
-
--
CIOl
vuuuu.uvu
,of
them.
Thinks
This
War
Will
Be
Longer
Col.
T.
W.
McDowell,
speaking
(here
after
a
tour
of
France,
expresses
the
view
that
the
present
war
will
last
longer
than
did
the
.last
unless
there
Is
decisive
action
on
the
Western
Front.
Hoover
Back
!In
New
York
Former
President
To
Hcsume
His
Activities
On
Polish
And
Finnish
Relief
NEW
YORK,
April
8:
After
an
absence
of
several
weeks
in
California.
Ex
-
President
Herbert
j
Hoover
will
return
to
New
York
tomorrow
to
resume
his
activities
'as
chairman
of
the
Polish
and
Finnish
relief
organizations.
i
United
States
Will
Stay
Out
Postmaster
General
Iarlcy
Pre
dicts
Congress
Will
Keep
Country
From
War
WASHINGTON,
April
8:
(CP)
Postmaster-General
James
A.
Far
ley
declares
there
is
no
chance
j
Provincial
library
VICTOR(
B
O,
EA
WAR
IN
NORSE
WATERS
eathe
Jorecasl
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
1:56
ajn.
21.0
ft.
14:25
pm.
19.7
ft.
Low
.
8:20
a.m.
3.5
ft.
20:25
p.m.
55
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
n
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
8,
1940.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
ii"
j
'
An
tj
iiiea
ana
vjerman
navy
ngm
If
Scandinavian
Coast
Sobn
esults
After
Darina
Action
t
:
NAZI
SHIP
Iron,
Strands
On
Swedish
Coast
STOCKHOLM.
"
in
the
Adriatic
Sea
with
a
.
"X.
l..
v.e,n
.iif.
vto,
to
nArrlmr
h
hlrvlr-
iicisuvcj
wui,i,ua.
a
jw
arfp
aaattui
Gerrrtanv.
the
w"
"
6.
aanA
i
..
M
.
m
k
-A.
jvlvors
had
been
sighted
by
British
patrol
aircraft
which
signalled
the
j
Finnish
steamer.
!
The
Oerman
u-boat
cruised
Major
Hector
Giroux
Loses
His
Life
In
Training
Accident
In
.
Mill
C
PARIS,
April
8:
(CP)
Major
Hector
Giroux,
French
ace
of
the
First
Great
War.
In
which
he.
brought
down
twenty
-
three
enemy
planes,
was
killed
In
a
crash
while
engaged
In
duties
as
an
Instructor.
Cabarets
In
Nanaimo
Must
Close
On
Time
NANAIMO,
April
8:
(CP)
En
forcement
of
the
midnight
closing
hour
for
cabarets
In
Nanaimo
Saturday
nights
must
be
strictly
carried
out.
it
has
been
ordered.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
WINNIPEG,
"
April
8:
(CP)
Wheat
prices
were
Tic
to
34c
lower
IMPORTANT
jJerritorial
Waters
Are
CONFERENCE
Lord
Halifax
Presides
Over
Meeting
Of
Diplomats
Considering
Means
Of
Tightening
Blockade
On
Germany
I
LONDON.
April
8:
Carrying
The
aim
ii
t
rtvis
meavrei
has
run
ashore
off
the
west
coast
of
Hrhtenlnr
th-
blockade
on
Ger-
Kw-Mwi
uennan
ireisnier
-r
.J
.
.
-nv,
..
h.,
.
j.
.
,
i
m.
oi
aweaen.
umun
saivace
vessels
,
-
I
C"V"
'r'rn
;
have
gone
to
her
a.Utance
and
it
to
the
trl.
whMi
will
be
-
"-j
-
r.
.
-j
-u.
jn
u.
to
Trieste
bauxite
ore
Of
cin.T.vcu
one
wm
wuu
ue
ic
With
a
Cargo
which
will
be,1"""-
tranathlpped
to
Oermany.
Four
British
ships
are
said
to
be
in
the
Adriatic.
If
this
shipment
got
through
safely
4-
It
was
understood
Germany
In-
i
tends
to
use
m.ny
more
ships
'
In
carrying
such
traffic.
Italy
:
has
decreed
that
the
Adriatic
Is
an
"Italian
Lake."
!
'
r
ziijliil:
'Are
Rounding
Up
'Communists
And
i
Nazis
In
States
I
K'PAC
VflRlf
Anrtl
8:
(CP)
:
NO
WARNING
WAS
GIVEN
Way
Officers
And
Crew
Perish
B.C.
Lumber
Is
Specified
VICTORIA,
April
8:
(CP)
Brl-'
jtlsh
Columbia
lumber
has
been
specified
In
cannectlon
wiyi
the
'
construction
of
a
series
of
hangars
'to
be
built
for
the
Department
of
National
Defence
under
contract
In
t
Norway-Sweden
f
lent
tn
nreserve
their
neutral-
lty
becoming
more
imminent,
Norway
and
Sweden
have
plap-
ed
orders
In
the
United
States
for
600
fighting
planes
to
be
delivered
at
once.
Otherwise,
Intensive
action
towards
bolst-
ering
up
their
armed
forces
are
being
taken
by
the
Scandinav-
lan
nations.
Valorous
Pilot
Dies
In
Crash
LONDON,
April
8:
(CP)
Pilot
Seeded
With
Mines
To
Halt
Nazi
Shipping
t-he-d
another
sten
of
the
Allied
economic
and
diolomatle
offensive.
.
a
conference
which
is
expected
to
Deliberate
Step
Taken
to
lighten
up
Blockade
of
Reich
.inmve
of
vital
imrortince
in
the
'Allied
drive
to
head
off
German,
jltalan
and
Russian
co-oeratlon
iln
s-utheastem
Furore
nd
tlht-
Will
Be
No
Terrorism,
However,
or
Ruthless
Sinkings
and
Murder
on
High
Seas-Move
is
Essential
en
the
economic
blockade
on
Oer-
"
"
15
A
"rv
,n
T"ndnn
today
LONDON,
Aprils:
(CP)
Setting
the
stage
for
10
rUllUIL
with
British
diplomatic
renr-sen-
British
and
German
naval
action
off
the
west
coast
of
I
ttlTei
to
elht
countries.
tnelnd-
Tnrw51v
fnllmvino-
the
cporlino-
nnf
nf
Alliorl
mino
fioMo
in
Frrirhtvr
riirvlthi
Isrfrn
With
inn
amh99r1nr
tn
Ttalv
Pnfa
.
"
-
&
.
.
.
T
.v,v
flnH
ministers
to
Greece.
b'xcc
aicao
ux
nuincgmu
tcxxituiicii
vvaieia
wiiii
a
view
Hunry.
Buizoria.
Roumanu
and
to
tightening
the
economic
blockade
of
the
Reich,
the
war
1
jn-rRUci
iHn,
unA,T
the
at
sea
todav
started
to
take
on
a
new
Dhase.
With
hm
esistei
frotn
beln?
eclinsed
Into
economic
bondase
to
Germany.
vf
h'r
re
to
th
effect
hat
nil
Balkan
nation
Vivn
the
formation
of
a
huee
British
"
Kt.r
Q.lVunt
nd
th
.rVtx
f
-"-"t
mntn
and
fci-h
fn
nd
the
ability
to
German
TJ-Boat
Sinks
Norwegian
jiTr
Frlshter
ln
Usual
Ruthless
se
Naval
LONDON.
April
8:-Thlrty
miles
BaSC
Is
Planned
off
the
coast
of
Fife.
Scotland,
the
,
2100-ton
Norwegian
freighter
Nev-
.
.
....
v.
Sippo"
'"'e"ds
ind
"
ada,
bound
from
Swansea
t0
Oslo
T'eJ
with
cargo
of
coal,
was
torpedoed
ooun
,-?sl
w
Ln,na
without
warning
at
2:30
Saturday
,
.
,,
TOKYO.
Apr!
8:
(CP)-
The
morning
by
a
German
submarine
and
sank
in
two
minutes.
Three
""T
7aricu
.
,
Ninty
warrants
have
been
Issued
'officers
and
nine
members
of
the
for
'f10
"
coast
of
Pukien
.
smni.t
h
memhont
f
.,
nn
,
Province.
China.
A
naval
base
is
the
German-American
Bund
for
were
rescued
by
the
subservive
activities.
Earl
Browd-
steamer
Atlas,
after
drifting
er.
secretary
oi
me
wramunui
arouna
lor
nine
nours
in
a
Party
in
the
United
States,
is
one
boat
tn
the
open
sea.
The
sur-
10
be
establlshed
on
Hainan
Isl-
Flnnlsh
ana.
Bulletins
FIGHT
IN
CALCUTTA
CALCUTTA
Followers
and
opponents
of
Mahatma
Gandhi
battled
on
the
streets
of
Calcutta
yesterday
when
anti-compromise
Hindus
stoned
a
hand
spinning
exhibition
being
put
on
by
Gandhi
nationalists.
There
were
cries
of
"Down
with
Gand-Ism."
The
attackers
were
members
of
the
group
which
would
start
a'
passive
resistance
cam-
self-gorernment.
Gandhi
is
more
disposed
to
compromise.
STOPPED
AT
GIBRALTAR
SAX
FRANCISCO
The
German
consulate
here
has
been
advised
tthat
thirty-five
German
seamen
from
the
scuttled
liner
Columbus
have
been
removed
by
the,
British
authorities
at
Gibraltar
from
the
Italian
steamer
Teila
on
which
they
had
hern
travelling
from
San
Francisco
with
a.
view
to
reaching
home
in
Germany.
They
were
part
of
the
large
crew
of
the
Columbus
which,
following
the
scuttlin?
off
the
Atlantic
Coast,
had
travelled
across
the
United
on
Japanese
vessels
on
the
west
coast,
the
Japanese,
after
the
Asa
ma
Maru
Incident,
having
agreed
with
Great
Britain
not
to
transport
any
more
of
them.
BIG
FIRE
AT
SITKA
SITKA
The
Columbia
Lumber
ness
district
of
Sitka
was
threat
ened.
LIMIT
EXPORTING
BELGRADE,
Jugoslavia
The
government
of
Jugoslavia,
in
view
of
many
commodities
be-
coming
coming
scarce
scarce
at
at
home,
home,
is
is'
taking
taking
r
j
ri
j
Urders
rlanes
to
nmit
exports
to
such
IUUUIIIC3
AS
VI
V
HI
"
J
t
-
shortage.
More
Bulletins
on
Page
Four
NAZIS
ARE
England
For
Internment
LONDON,
April
8:
Forty-one
seamen
rescued
from
a
German
ship
after
it
had
been
scuttled
following
encounter
with
British
naval
vessels
were
landed
at
a
west
i
.
.
1
1
1
1
Germany
enraged
at
this
new
and
j
daring
move
on
the
part
of
the
Allies
following
their
decision
to
assume
a
more
aggressive
role
In
the
war,
a
Nazi
naval
fleet
was
today
steaming
out
of
the
BalUc
towards
the
Norwegian
west
coast
.where
units
of
the
British
fleet
I
were
concentrated.
In
Admiralty
circles
in
London,
it
was
said
that
such
a
nemergence
by
the
German
fleet
to
do
battle,
having
been
long
awaited,
would
now
be
welcome.
The
Allied
action
in
setting
out
the
mine
fields
aroused
a
furore
among
the
neutral
nations,
par-tlcluarly
Norway
and
Sweden
which
had
been
repeatedly
warned
of
late
that
the
time
had
come
pWnt
t"
-
drsjami
.fo
.
.jrhei&lhey
must,
Ukea-stand.-onr
one
side
or
the
other
In
the
war.
Sweden
condemned
the
British
action
and
at
Oslo
there
is
reported
to
have
been
a
hot
session
at
the
Norwegian
Foreign
Office
today
I
with
the
British
minister.
Germany,
facing
the
prospect
of
ja
cutUng
off
of
supplies
of
vital
minerals
from
Scandinavia,
blustered
that
she
was
ready
to
strike
in
an
"unexpected
way.
The
Netherlands
expresses
amazement
at
the
Allied
action
which
Is
deplored
as
a
breach
of
international
law.
Meantime.
Great
Britain
and
I
France
maintained
a
calm
attl-
..
J
r
.
4W
.
1
.
I
-
ground
for
hair
an
hour
arter
the
Mujt
fce
Usfd
,n
Constructlon
o!
state,
witn
a
view
to
embarking
'0f
which
were,
apparently,
unex-
of
the
freighter
but
torpedoelng
jmade
no
attempt
to
rescue
the
survivors.
.
Canadian
Officer
Gives
Impres-I
The
Namora
had
not
been
In
sinn.
'After
Trin
To
France
.convoy
nor
did
she
use
her
wire
OTTAWA,
April
8:
(CP)
Lieut.
less.
Ace
Of
Last
War
Killed
Hangars
for
Department
of
National
Defence
pected.
World
Shipping
Warned
The
British
official
declaraUon
that
three
areas
of
Norwegian
waters
had
been
rendered
danger
ous
to
shipping
by
the
laying
of
Mill
here
was
destroyed
by
fire
7',,
,T
tjv
nuuiu
w
Eastern
Canada.
Hon.
W.
J.
Assel-
Saturday
with
damage
of
$60
-
forty.eight
nour
nayal
trol
fo,.
stlne.
mlnUter
of
trade
and
Indus-
000.
For
a
t.me
the
ent
Ire
bus
I-
?
,aylng
of
try,
announces.
it
was
announced,
for
the
protection
of
any
vessels
which
might
jinadvertenUy
stray
towards
the
I
new
mine
areas.
The
mine
areas
would
in
no
way
Interfere
with
normal
access
of
Norwegian
ships
to
their
own
ports
and
hamlets.
In
a
lengthy
British
statement
announcing
the
setting
out
of
the
j
ported
in
authoritative
quarters.
mlne
fields
in
Norwegian
waters,
STOCKHOLM,
Aprils.
witn
A
domestic
situation
is
;it
was
explained
that
Germany,
in
the
necessity
of
their
having
to
sa,d
to
be
arislnff
wnR
to
the
iits
campaign
of
terrorism
at
sea,
had
now
sunk
well
over
150
neut
ral
ships
with
the
killing
of
nearly
1
1000
neutral
seamen.
Many
of
these
sinkings
had
been
in
utter
'defiance
of
the
rules
of
lnterna-ltlonal
warfare
and
without
the
r'nl'
TITleast
Justification.
In
some
cases
llll3vUl-lrhips
had
been
sunk
by
aermany
I
when
bound
from
one
neutral
port
.
..to
another
neutral
port
with
no
.c
Forty-one
Seamen
Irom
Scuttled
,
;,.,,
Ship
Land
On
West
Coast
Of
C
There
had
been
,1
,
"
port.
flagrant
violation
of
neutral
rights
In
the
Indiscriminate
campaign
ot
destruction.
British
and
Ailed
vessels
had
also
suffered
and
there
had
been
air
attacks
on
fishing
vessels:
and
machine
gunnlnsf
of
their
crews.
i
There
had
even
been
ruthless
at-
on
the
Winnipeg
market
Saturday.
Officer
H.
A.
Innes.
Royal
Air
,
war.
They
had
been
able
to
escape
w
at
89c.
with
all
their
equipment
and
were
;"e
'
l"
hThev
of
tne
uniiea
scales
entering
iiieii-
May
closing
uiuouik
ut
m
,iv.
.
New'
ticw
York,
ui
k.
,
Force,
r
orce,
who
wuu
won
won
the
me
Distinguished
uuuusubu
wi
an
mwi
iHu..v...
..v.
w
,
,
.fi
,uu
ch(n
nnr
u
j
iu
Uviir.
Congress
would
never
permit
prices
were
unchanged
,f,today
with
Flying
Cross
last
month,
has
been
well
taken
care
o
after
being
i
w
i
it
1
September
at
$1.02?.
I
killed
in
action.
picked
up.
(Continued
on
Page
Three)