.
.
i
.1
Weatnt
nte
Island
5c
northeast
w.ntls.
mostly
'warmer
to-
v
v-.
ft'
-
-..
-
.i
'
tl
,
XXIX.
NO.
Ht
II
S
'
War
FIGHTING
K
MORF
iiinnriinn
Allies
Continue
to
Close
In
on
Nar
tick
and
Trondhelm
With
Sea
and
land
Forres
Germans
Most
.
.
.
.
AdlVe
In
Airi!
Are
Naw
Engaged
In
Indiscriminate
Bombings.
Laying
Waste
Norwegian
Communities
t
JNDON.
April
23:
CP-
All
.-
of
the
war
In
Norway
are
ng
more
Intense
Allied
forc-r
f
continuing
a
determined
,r
by
land,
tea
ami
air
on
Nar-,
t
d
Trondhelm.
To
the
south-ti
fhrre
U
alao
bitter
fighting
x
"
erectly
contradictory
reports
c
progress
although
the
Al-
;.ppear
to
hare
made
decisive
I
Orrman
dentals
notwtth-r
1
i
;x
L
the
Allies
and
the
Oermans
-
o
have
pojsesskm
of
UUe-t
-
w
hlrh
Ik
evidently
the
fo-e
or
prfs-at
fighting
In
the
north
of
Oslo.
t
r
.ve
betn
conflicting
re-f.
'
iird
to
the
possession
of
E."
i
Elwum
but.
as
sug-r
the
British
authorities
m
NorwefMm
from
r
v
that
they
bad
been
re-from
the
Germans
were
kvage
Air
Aitacks
aerial
attacks
by
swarms
g
planes
have
featured
,.n
cam
pa
lan.
their
ob--r:ng
British
troop
eon-..s
alihi'UKh
they
are
not
j
at
bombing
civilians
warning
Five
Norwegian
rerorted
to
have
been
vtr-i
-'.roved
by
explosion
and
The
ravaged
towns
Include
Flverum.
Dombas.
Stein
k-(1
Namsos.
hf
Btittah
naval
concentra-':
he
Norwegian
coast
being
i
and
the
landing
force
!
'
rengthened
by
almost
con-irrival
of
troops,
arms
and
mn.
rlnga
are
being
drawn
t
y
'
tighter
around
Narvik
T'nidhelm.
i
K
";k.
faced
by
bombardment
''if
sea
and
closing
In
forces
j
"d.
is
expected
to
fall
within
In
response
to
an
Allied
'-8
the
Norwegian
civilian
ai
on
has
oompletely
evacua-.nd
trapped
Oermans
are
pre-to
make
a
last
desperate
d
One
Oerman
force
of
1500
'
v
said
to
be
completely
sur-1
'M
In
all,
there
are
estlmat-be
3500
Oerman
soldiers
at,
k
There
was
a
snowstorm,
'f""
Vesterdav
I
Rf'ish
and
French
troons
have,
b'
'
iMaylng
an
important
part
In1
'he
farming
or
a
spearhead
of
the
upon
Trondhelm
from
Nim-n
which
area
there
Is
deep
"'w
Stelnklar
has
been
occupied
from
there
the
advance
con-inues
steadily
southward.
.
An
effort
of
Germans
to
land
tfwps
at
Stelnkjar.
which'
lies
at
'he
head
of
Trondhelm
Fjord,
failed
"erterday.
Meantime,
the
Allies
are
also
con-
'Fulng
the
advance
northward
to-ards
Trondhelm
from
Molde.
An-!
d'Nneg
and
Dombas
and
claim
to
11
ow
have
control
of
rallwav
lines
fading
from
various
directions
Into1
Trondhelm.
The
Oermans
are
hast-v
throwing
up
fortresses
around
Trondhelm.
Further
British
naval
activity
minst
German
transports
in
the
Skagerrack
area
was
reported
to-
Qay
The
Germans
claim
that
their
'h'pmcnts
of
men
and
heavy
flght-equipment,
including
armored
ras
and
tanks,
to
Nuiwuy
tre
In-
PHOVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
r-
l.iborecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides.
Time
Budget
:
President
May
YlSll
AlclSKcl
WARM
8PIUNO6.
Georgia,
Oprtl
23-
Preldent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
diacked
yesterday
that
he
plans
a
speaking
tour
to
the
Pacific
Coast
In
IK
June
The
trip
may
extend
up
the
Inside
passage
to
Juneau,
Alaska.
The
chief
executive
.
JWM
visit
the
Golden
Gate
to
S?1
!
dedicate
Mount
Rainier
Na-
ttonal
Park.
War
News
NO
CANADIANS
TIILUL
Oil
AM
A
lion.
C.
(i.
Power,
acting
minister
of
national
detente,
ofiirially
announced
today
that
no
Canadian
troops
are
operating
in
Norway
with
the
Allied
expeditionary
forces.
;
IILAVY
FIGHTING
ON
LONDON
The
War
Office
announces
a
"sharp
engagement"
being
fought
between
Allied
and
German
lorces
north
of
Trondhelm.
Heavy
casualties
have
been
suffered
by
both
sides.
The
Stockholm
newspaper
Allehanda
lfports
from
the
Swedish
roast
two
violent
naval
battles
raging
In
the
Skagerrak.
The
Stockholm
newspaper
Aftonbladrt
reports
from
Kaunas
that
comprehensive
military
preparations
are
in
suing
on
Germany's
Baltic
coast
with
troops
etc
arriving
at
Memel
region
ports.
GREAT
NEW
WARSHIPS
LONDON
Hector
Bywaler.
noted
naval
authority,
writing
in
the
News-Chronicle,
said
today
that
Great
Britain's
fire
new
battleships
of
the
King
George
VI
class
were
"now
andergoing
trials"
and
would
be
the
largest
and
most
powerfully
armed
and
strongly
protected
In
the
world.
ON
WESTERN
TRONT
PARIS
There
was
scouting
activity
east
of
the
Moselle
River
jeslerday
but
otherwise
It
was
a
quiet
day
on
the
Western
Front.
NEUTRAL
SHIPS
MINED
LONDON
The
Norwegian
freighter
Bravor.
1104
tons,
strurk
a
mine
off
the
south
roast
of
England
yesterday
and
sank
with
loss
of
Uentv
llve.
onlr
four
of
the
crew
being
rescued.
The
Dutch
steamer
Bernlce
struck
a
mine
and
sank
off
the
coast
of
Norwav.
the
crew
being
saved.
The
Dutch
trawler
Betty
lilt
a
mine
and
sank
In
German
waters.
Still
another
Dutch
trawler,
Erin,
was
bombed
and
machine-gunned
but
succeeded
In
making
port.
NAVAL
CASUALTIES
LONDON
Twenty-four
German
units
are
numbered
as
naval
casualties
the
war
bf
gait,
not
Including
SHbmarlnes.
Great
Britain
has
had
eighteen
casualties
Including
five
submarines.
D1V1DINO
WAR
WORK
LONDON
Assistants
to
the
high
commands
In
the
three
ma-Jor
arms
of
war-navy,
army
and
air
forcehave
been
appointed
In
order
to
ease
up
the
pressure
on
the
heads.
creasing.
Berlin
denies
British
advances
In
Norway.
Raid
Air
Base
The
Air
Ministry
announced
that
Royal
Air
Force
planes
again
bombed
German
air
bases
in
Denmark
and
Norway
last
night.
One
plane
failed
to
r.
turn
NORTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
AIR
RAIDS
IN
BRITAIN
Various
Parts
of
United
Kingdom
Visited
Yesterday
by
German
Planes
LONDON.
April
23:
(CP)
German
Wane?
visited
various
parts
of
Rf-ftlah
Tta
.ut.rd.v
riff
(Via
estuaries
of
the
Thames
and
Hum-
Rlverl
and
the
tneart
eoist
j
u.
...
to
vm
uciioru
w
uc
anciupuui
K.
mlnei
were
drlven
British
anti-aircraft
sun,
and
mNHl.
onrsult
nlanes.
,..
EitDloslon
p.nlMW.
ere
heard
at
sea.
Shrapnel
fell
In
the
Lord
r
Admiralty,
In
an
ad-street-
of
an
east
eoast
town.
drM
before
,the
Ryal
Soc"
ty
of
There
were
air
raid
alarms
In
the
Georse
"
st
Geor8e'
Day
Orknev
IsUnds
last
nlht
follow-
bW
Orosvenor
House
to-Inr
the
visit
to
the
Shetland,
of
int
D-operS
subject
was
two
Oerman
planes
earlier
In
th
."c..
T?3t
U
En8,and
"
He
waj
day
substituting
for
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
In
Berlin
It
was
claimed
that
suc
cessful
nhotogranhtc
and
reconnaissance
fllahts
had
been
made
oer
the
Shetland
and
O-kney
Wands,
movement
of
British
naval
craft
being
observed.
!JNr'
p
PROTESTS
Cor-llns
TSxt
Blockade
of
Tientsin
fVn-lf?
U
Working
Hardship
on
Americans
eign
minister,
charging
th.tAmerl-
.
.
,
.
?Z
"
V.
.f"lrL7
hardahios
u
result
of
the
tteht-
fnlnr
tin
nf
the
linlnui
Ylru-V4
"
"Z
"
.
"
7
.
"
on
the
British
and
French
eonces
aions.
DEFERRED
ELECTION
Robert
Ryan,
Liberal,
is
Successful
At
Three
Rivers
Alberta
Result
Reversed
THREE
RIVERS.
April
23:
CP
Robert
Ryan.
Liberal,
was
yesterday
elected
Member
of
Parliament
in
the
deferred
Three
Rivers
election.
He
defeated
Wilfrid
Gariepy.
Independent
Liberal
member
of
the
last
House,
by
a
comfortable
mar
gin.
Ryan
makes
the
179th
Liberal
member
at
Ottawa.
The
Three
Rivers
election
was
deferred
because
of
the
death
of
a
candidate.
Willie
Polsson,
on
the
eve
of
the
regular
election
last
month.
Result
Reversed
EDMONTON,
April
23:
(CP)
The
election
of
Victor
Quelch,
New
Democracy
candidate,
In
Acadia
riding
is
announced
by
the
returning
officer
after
the
official
count
from
the
general
'election
of
March
26.
((uelchs
victory
reverses
the
result
of
the
1
unofficial
count
completed
on
April
5
which
showed
Dr.
A.
M.
Day,
Liberal,
to
be
leading
by
two
voles.
Dr.
Day
has
asked
for
a
recount
Conciliation
Agreed
Upon
Prof.
II.
F.
Angus,
W.
D.
McLaren
And
P.
R.
Bengough
to
Settle
Dry
Dock
Strike
Federal
conciliation
has
been
agreed
upon
In
the
dispute
between
the
Burrard
Dry
Dock
Co.
and
machinists,
plumbers
and
sheet
metal
workers.
W.
D.
McLaren
represents
the
company
and
P.
R.
Bengough
the
men,
these
two
naming
Trof.
H.
F.
Angus
as
chairman
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MUST
WAR
TO
DEATH,
,
HE
URGES
Battle
Not
Only
Against
Hitler
But
Whole
German
People,
Declares
Alfred
Duff-Cooper
On
St.
George's
Day
LONDON,
April
23:
CP
War
the
death
aeainxt
th
hi
TV
"
Oerman
people
and
not
merely
the
toe
a
urged
by
Rt.
Hon.
Alfred
rea
Duff-Cooper,
wuu-ixwper.
former
iormer
First
First
v,nurcn:u.
urst
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
who
was
unable
to
keeD
tne
appointment
owing
to
pressure
p
war
duties.
Duff-Cooper
said
that
the
Oer-
sn
-'tacks
oa
Austria.
Czecho-
Slovakia.
Poland.
Denmark
and
at
Prince
Rupert.
He
waj
assistant
Np:-sroy
were
"crimes
of
the
whole
superintendent
before
becoming
people
"The
Allies
should
not
be
warden
at
Oikalla.
deceived,
he
warned.
Into
later
ac-
Inpeetor
Macdonald
was
for
""""""
et-l-n-tion
thst
un-
some
time
located
at
Prince
Ru-renrwntattve
oolltldans
h.d
com-
pert.
wltted
the
crimes.
"Let
us
not
un-
Three
police
inspectorships
are
derrate
our
n4a?onts."
he
nld
now
awaiting
apoointmeni
Kam-It
ws
"w'shful
thinking,
danger-
loops.
Nelson
and
Prince
George,
ous
th'rkine.
to
believe
we
can
anve
a
wedge
between
the
0r-
man
government
and
the
o
r-
.
.
TTlAtl
tATkVsilA
TIT
A
k
a-
j
""I
Z
otr
m
the
end.
No
nation
,hat
had
mmand
of
the
a
h!d
,vcr
Wn
beaf?n
,
,
v
k
i
.
oreat
Biutn
had
command
of
the
sea
when
this
war
started
and
Its
command
was
even
stronger
to-d"
at
Britain
had
acess
to
all
the
raw
material
of
the
world.
It
also
had
the
best
wishes
of
evry
dr'.ll-d
and
liberty
loving
oeonle
in
the
world
and
the
strone
arm
of
Us
own
rervlces.
With
firm
determination
and
urim
-rt"frtnre.
Britons
were
coin?
lauzhlnely
and
caily
nn
hnttle
by
land,
sea
Pnd
air
and
victory
would
surely
be
theirs.
Germany
in
the
nast
hd
aD-pe'reri
in
riny
u?lv
forms
but
nevr
more
ueiv
than
todv
under
h!'
von"
of
bloM-stained
(
pin.i.iiultrs
and
murderers."
nuff-f'V"v-'
soeech
was
"unc-
t..t-d
wnh
many
rounds
of
ap-
njas,
MILL
RATE
UNCHANGED
Prince
Rupert
to
Pay
47JS
Again
This
Year
Prince
Rupert's
city
tax
rate
for
1940
will
be
475
mills
on
one
hun
dred
per
cent
of
taxable
land
and
thirty-live
per
cent
of
Improve-iments.
it
was
announced
today
by
City
Commissioner
R.
S.
Gilchrist
following
a
meeting
of
the
city
council
at
which
the
tax
rate
bylaw
for
the
year
was
Introduced.
The
rate
is
unchanged
from
last
year.
The
bylaw
will
receive
further
readings
tomorrow.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
None.
Canadian
25,500
pounds,
9c
and
1
6JSc
and
9.3c
and
8.5:.
Canadian
Gony,
14,000,
9.3c
and
6.3c,
Storage.
Reward,
10,000,
9.3c
and
6.5c,
At-
Hn.
Point
May,
1,500.
3c
and
6.5c,
Stor
age.
APRIL
23,
1940.
Is
Introduced
Beer
And
Tobacco
Taxes
Are
Stepped
Up
And
Postal
Rate
Is
Increased
By
One
Penny
WARDEN
IS
prpfrsiai
n
RFTlRINfl
iXLi
1
llVlil
VJ
Tnsprc'r
John
Mn-dnall
Succeeds
Walter
Owen
at
Okalta
VTfTCU.V
Ar-i'
n
'CPt
Wal-r
Ox-n
will
reti-
as
warden
of
Oflkill
Prlscn
at
the
end
of
May.
his
roereor
to
Inspector
John
Macdona'.d
of
Nelson,
It
Is
announc-
ed.
!
Warden
Owen
entered
the
provincial
nolice
at
Atlln
In
1898
and
for
some
rears
was
district
chief
ALLIES
IN
YAR
MEET-
Suprrme
Council
In
Session
At
Varis
Yesterday
With
Chamberlain
And
Reynaud
Present
TVDQN
A--11
23:
CP
New
deMons
"designed
to
guarantee
"ffeflve
co-oneratlon
of
Ihe
Al-1'es"
were
re"hd
at
a
meeting
of
th
Sn"reme
War
Council
in
Paris
yesterday
and
today.
It
was
an-noun-ed
hr.
Prime
Minister
Nllle
Chsmbrhln
of
Great
Brl-ts'n
tnH
Paul
Reynaud
of
France
attended.
noFS
NOT
SIGNIFY
No
Question
of
American
or
Canadian
Policy
Involved
in
Mackenzie
King's
Call
Upon
Roosevelt
WARM
SPRINGS,
Georgia,
April
23:
(CP
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
authorized
his
secretary.
Stephen
Early,
to
say
today
that
the
;
Islt
of
Prime
Minister
William,
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
had
no
political
significance
and
there
w-asj
..n0
qUestion
of
American
or
Canadian
policy
involved.'
It
was
mere-!
ly
the
friendly
call
of
the
head
of
one
government
upon
that
of
an-
other.
New
York
Stock
Mart
Is
Steady
Yesterday's
Turnover
870,000
Shares
With
Values
Slightly
Upward
NEW
YORK,
April
.23.
Yester-
day's
turnover
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
totalled
870.000
shares.
The
industrial
average
at
closing
was
up
.34
at
148.01;
rails
up
.03
at
30.63,
and
utilities
up
.02
at
24.65.
'
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEG,
April
23:
(CP)
Winnipeg
wheat
futures
were
ifcc
lower
to
ic
higher
yesterday
with
May
closing
at
95c.
New
York
wheat
prices
were
Vc
higher
to
ic
lower
with
September
closing
at
$1.09
High
Low
.
Chancellor
Asks
People
to
Accept
New
Levies
"For
Sake
of
Victory'
Revenues
Exceed
Estimates
and
Expenditures
Are
Lower
LONDON,
April
23:
(CP)
Sir
John
Simon,
Chan-celloi
of
the
Exchequer,
announced
a
war
budget
of
2,-667,000,000
(11,879,000,000)
for
the
fiscal
year
1940-41
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
and
imposed
a
host
of
now
levies
which
he
asked
the
public
to
accept
"for
the
sake
of
ictorv."
They
ranged
from
increased
levies
on
beer
and
.
.
tobacco,
adding
one
penny
to
the
i
ordinary
letter
postal
rate
of
Bulletins
POLICING
GERMANY
PARIS
Georges
Bonnett,
French
minister
of
blockade,
has
subritted
to
Rt
Hon.
Ronald
Cioss,
British
minister
of
economic
warfare,
a
plan
for
the
aerial
policing
of
Germany.
This
is
announced
in
Petit
Parisien.
BACK
TO
MEDITERRANEAN
CAIRO
There
is
no
further
danger
in
the
Mediterranean
an
fol
101-
lowing
the
retarn
of
the
British
JiCXLlrrn
Norw
eiUn
.watejshe,.
t
Premier
of
Egypt
said
yesterday.
T.
I,
SWEDEN
DENIES
RUMOR
STOCKHOLM
Rumors
that
Sweden
has
been
allowing
the
pa
sage
of
belligerent
troops
and
war
materials
through
her
territory
are
absolutely
false,
it
is
officially
stated.
Such
movements
are
being
stricty
prohibited
in
line
with
Sweden's
effort
to
maintain
neutrality.
GERMANY
IS
SORRY
STOCKHOLM
Germany
has
expressed
regret
over
"accidental
flights"
of
Nazi
fighting
aircraft
over
Sweden.
Such
flights
have
not
been
as
numerous
as
sug-rrt;d,
however,
the
Reich
declares.
ITALY
AND
BRITAIN
LONDON
Major
constructive
decisions
in
regard
to
relations
of
Italy
and
Great
Britain
may
be
excreted
before
the
week
is
out,
It
is
forecast
here.
There
seems
to
be
no
Indication
that
Premier
Mussolini
intends
renunciation
of
hi
own
particular
policy
of
neutrality.
MEATLESS
DAYS
BRUSSELS
A
weekly
meatless
day
in
Belgium
is
to
be
declared.
WESTERNS
WIN
AGAIN
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
Westerns
scored
a
second
victory
In
basketball
over
Edmonton
Gradcttes
last
night,
the
score
being
16
to
31.
On
Saturday
the
Westerns
had
won
40
to
26.
BRITISH
VICTORY
LONDON
Great
Britain
Ls
reported
to
have
won
an
important
diplomatic
victory
with
Soviet
Russia
agreeing
under
the
new
agreement
which
Is
being
negotiated
not
to
re-export
to
Germany
goods
imported
from
Great
Britain.
AGREEMENT
SIGNED
BUCHAREST
The
new
trade
agreement
between
Roumanla
and
Germany
was
signed
yesterday.
Constable
D.
O.
McKay
of
the
local
provincial
police
boat
P.M.L.
8
and
Constable
W.
W.
Deans
of
P.
M.
L.
7
at
Ocean
Falls
will
be
leav
ing
this
week
for
Victoria
to
attend
the
provincial
police
training,
school
They
will
sail
Thursday
on
I
the
Prince
George.
'
2:22
ajn.
23D
ft.
15:10
pm.
20.8
ft.
9:00
ajn.
0.9
ft.
21:06
pjn.
5.0
ft.
PKICE:
5
CENTS
pence.
Sir
John
said
that
steps
would
be
taken
to
squelch
tax
dodging
and
predicted
measures
that
would
Increase
revenue
by
JlOlOOjBOfi
to
1,234,000,000,
leaving
1,
433J0OOJ0OO
to
be
borrowed.
Immunity
from
large
income
surtaxes
may
be
reduced
from
2,000
i
The
basic
income
tax
rate
is
im-j
changed
at
37
per
cent
I
The
beer
tax
is
Increased
one
j
penny
per
pint
and
the
wMtkey
tax
I
Is
increased
fifteen
sftiiflns
per
'proof
gallon.
I
The
tobacco
tax
Is
raised
three
i
.
.
.
.
I
nan.n
na,
nun.,
n
.4
1771
I
7..
.
"
,
""
GT5omy
fiewg
was
Offset-wtsen
the
Chancellor
asserted
that
revenues
of
the
past
year
exceeded
expectations
while
expenditures
were
be-iow
estimates.
VOTE
FOR
STRIKING
Tomorrow
Night
Set
as
Deadline
For
Walk-Out
at
Oshawa
OSHAWA,
April,
23:
(JCP)
Qgh-
the
General
Motors
automobile
ilant
here
voted
yesterday
in
favor
of
striking.
Wednesday
night
has
been
set
as
the
deadline.
Strike
votes
are
being
taken
today
at
St.
Catherines
and
Windsor.
Horse
Killer
I
Being
Sought
,
Provincial
Police
Searching
for
Gunman
Who
Has
Shot
Six
Animals
PENTICTON,
April
23:
(CP)
Provincial
police
are
searching
for
a
gunman
who
has
shot
six
horses
in
the
White
Lake
area
near
here
with
a
22-callbre
rifle.
Picketing
Is
Ruled
Legal
California
and
Alabama
Laws
Prohibiting
Tractice
Found
Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON.
DC,
April
.
The
Supreme
Court
of
United
States
yesterday
ruled
the
California
and
Alabama
antl-plcketlng
law
to
be
unconstitutional
BAR
GOLD
LONDON,
tCP)
The
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
market
was
unchanged
today
at
$37.54
per
fine
ounce.
James
Sadler,
former
provincial
welfarp
officer
here
and
now
work
ing
out
of
Prince
George,
left
by
last
evening's
train
on
his
return
to
the
Interior
after
spending
a
te,
days
here.