8c
conditions.
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
is
likely
to
be
stationed
on
Britain
s
at
the
hands
of
Nazi
plane.s
last
Singapore
naval
base
a
move
night,
vital
war
supplies
are
still
which
some
observers
thought
may.
being
handled
through
the
west
lead
to
a
show-down.
'coast
port
of
Bristol
without
ln
Signal
victories
by
the
Axis
pow-
ers
in
Europe,
it
was
believed,
would
have
immediate
repercussion
In
the
Far
East.
One
would
be
Intensified
Japanese
pressure,
through
the
Ja-
pan-sponsored
"National
Govern-
ment
of
China"
In
Nanking,
on
British
and
American
interests
in
the
International
Settlement
here.
DESTROYERS
F0RBASES
Deal
Between
United
States
and
Mexico
Is
Reported
to
be
Under
Way
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
7:
(CP)
Negotiations
are
reported
to
be
under
way
whereby
the
United
States
will
exchange
over
aae
destroyers
for
naval
base
sites
In
Mexi
co.
GIVES
AID
TO
GREECE
President
Roosevelt
Pledges
United
States
to
Aid
That
Nation
in
Resisting
Aggression
WASHINGTON,
D
C.
Dec.
7:
(CP)
In
an
exchange
of
messages
with
King
George
II.
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
today
pledged
United
Stated
aid
to
Greece
in
the
war
against
Italy.
Answering
a
message
from
the
Greek
King
thanking
the
United
States
for
aid
already
received
and
urgently
appealing
for
more
assistance.
Mr.
Roccvelt
said:
"The
settled
policy
of
the
United
States
government
Is
to
extend
aid
to
governments
and
peoples
who
defend
themselves
against
aggression."
The
exchange
of
messages
.
between
President
Roosevelt
and
King
George
was
effected
yesterday
as
U.S.S.
Tuscaloosa,
carrying
th
President
on
his
cruise
of
West
Indies
and
Caribbean
Sea
defence,
was
off
Porto
Rico.
United
States
Navy
planes
flew
messages
between
ship
and
shore.
ASSEMBLY
OF
PLANES
Enormous
Bomber
Plants
Are
Planned
For
Kansas
City
And
Omaha
WASTtINfiTf)
Iin
Dee.
7
(CP)-Plans
are
under
way.
it
Is
revealed,
for
the
establishment
of
great
10,030.003
plants
at
Kansas
City
and
Omaha
for
the
assembly
on
a
mass
production
basis
of
bombing
planes
for
the
United
States
and
Great
Britain.
The
uarts
would
be
fabricated
In
the
automobile
manufacturing
plants
of
the
country.
Each
of
the
as-
sembly
plants
would
have
a
capa-
city
of
1200
planes
annually.
There
may
be
two
other
such
plants
west
0f
the
Mississippi,
one
pos-
iblv
at
Tulsa.
Oklahoma.
I
BRISTOL
IS
AIMAGAIN
West
Coast
Port
Functioning
Nor-
mally
Although
Bearing
Brunt
of
Nazi
Onslaught
LONDON.
December
7
In
spite
0(
another
heavy
bombing
attack
terruotlon.
Bristol
Blenheim
bomb
"ers
are
still
being
turned
out
steadily
and
the
port
Is
moving
supplies
from
abroad
to
the
In-
ustrial
Midlands.
The
attack
on
Bristol
started
In
the
early
hours
of
evening
but
ended
before
midnight
Once
,
again
the
port
bore
the
brunt
of,
the
Nazi
onslaught.
Numerous
fires
were
started
and
a
number
were
killed
and
injured.
Damage
to
buildings
was
considerable.
Eight
persons
were
killed
when
bombs
struck
a
public
shelter
In
a
south
coast
town.
There
was
no
bombing
of
London
last
night,
despite
one
brief
alert,
and
today
enemy
aerial
ac
tivity
over
Great
Britain
was
:
light.
i
It
Is
officially
announced
that
Windsor
Castle
has
been
subjected
.to
a
second
bombing
attack,
mis
slles
landing
in
the
gardens.
The
Royal
Family
was
not
there
at
the
time.
War
Tomorrows
Tidet
I
High
.
8:51
am.
13.7
ft.
21:18.
pm.
18.0
ft.
Low
1:55
a.m.
8.4
ft.
15:10
p.m.
85
ft.
monvVNTFII)E0
T0I)AY
'h
auxiliary
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
nor...--
.
-
,e
nere
late
today
to
uder-
to
repairs
to
damage.
A
A
wireless
mMMte
yesterday
from
the
Carnarvon
Castle
said
that,
after
a
battle
at
long
range
the
raider,
due
to
her
superior
speed,
was
able
to
escape.
Exact
extent
of
the
damage
to
the
Carnarvon
Castle,
which
I,
not
believed
be
heavy,
and
the
number
to
of
casualties
will
not
be
known
until
she
arrives.
This
information
was
not
disclosed
in
,mes-hages
from
the
vessel.
The
British
freighter
EI
Aarentino,
after
tailing
from
here,
has
returned
to
port.
EIGHT
ITALIANS
DOWNED
LONDON
The
Ministry
of
Information
announces
that
eight
Italian
planes
were
destroyed
and
others
damaged
in
lighting
with
the
Royal
Air
Force
over
Albania
on
Wednesday.
So
British,
planes
were
lost.
BRISTOL
BOMBED
AGAIN
LONDON
Bristol
was
under
heavy
attack
by
Nazi
raiding
planes.
Friday
night.
A
number
of
fires
were
started
and
a
number
were
killed
and
wounded.
In
a
south
coast
town
a
hospital
and
several
buildings
were
bombed
and
a
number
of
persons
were
killed.
Trouble
in
the
vicinity
of
Bristol
disrupted
Western
Union
cable
service
between
England
and
New
York
for
six
hours
last
night.
It
is
believed
this
may
have
been
due
to
bombing
in
the
vicinity
of
Bristol.
The
Nari
attack
last
night
extended
as
far
as
Wales.
London
had
one
alarm.
ITALIAN
RETREAT
CONTINUES
ATHENS
All
along
the
100-mile
front
In
Albania
the
Italians
continue
their
retreat
before
the
victorious
Creeks
who
juterday
captured
Porto
Edda
and
were
closing
in
on
Argiro-castro.
The
Greek
occupants
of
Koritza,
which
was
captured
over
two
weeks
ago,
have
found
thousands
of
tons
of
Italian
war
equipment
concealed
underground.
TROUBLE
IN
ITALY
ROME
The
resignation
of
Marshal
Pietro
Badoglio
as
chief
of
staff
of
the
Italian
Army
indicates
a
serious
internal
lituation
in
Italy,
It
Is
believed
that
his
resignation
was
in
pro-ttit
at
political
interference
with
the
army.
Another
suggestion
it
that
Badoglio
has
been
made
the
goat
by
Premier
Mussolini
for
the
bungling
In
the
campaign
against
Greece.
A
further
stnsation
was
caused
In
high
Italian
official
circles
today
by
th?
resignation
and
replacement
of
the
Governor
of
Dodocanese
Islands.
GERMAN
AIRDROMES
BOMBED
LONDON
The
Royal
Air
Force
Friday
night
carried
out
bombing
attacks
on
German
airdromes
In
France
and
the
low
countries.
LABOR
TO
BE
CURBED
!ht
To
Strike
In
Arms
Industry
May
Be
Removed
WSHtNOTCS.
Dec.
7
The
test
Judiciary
committee
has
Kf'ly
started
machinery
deft
t
impose
legal
curbs
on
ltrfi
rlsht
to
strike
In
national
!!
industries.
tl
in
decided
at
a
meeting
of
U
froup
to
appoint
a
sub-corn-
nlHee
to
explore
many
weapons
i
American
people
In
the
steps
ta-tornujh
which
It
la
believed
in-1
ken
to
relieve
the
sufferings
of
tostr!l
peace
can
be
maintained,
people
In
war-ridden
countries.
Including
one
used
by
Woodrow
Wflunn
A,
4V.
WnrlH
War
!
Threaten
Workmen
The
chairman
wrote
strikers
at
e
Remington
arms
plant
Bridge-Port,
Conn.,
that
unless
they
relumed
to
work
under
an
arbitration
award
they
would
be
barred
Iron
employment
In
all
defense
toctorles
for
a
year.
He
said
also
the
draft
board
would
be
Instruc
ted
to
waive
their
exemptions
based
on
"alleecd
usefulness
in
r
production."
Before
such
action
could
be
ta
"n
In
this
emergency,
however,
rbltratlon
machlney
would
have
to
be
set
up
and
the
conscription
w
amended.
Forsee
Wage
Demand
Defense
plants
have
been
com-paratively
free
of
serious
labor
discord
since
the
multl-bllllon
dollar
preparedness
program
was
Initiated,
Congressional
moves
to-wd
restrictive
measures
arebas-el
largely
on
the
anticipation
that
trades
unions
will
demand
higher
wgcs
to
meet
the
rising
cost
of
llv'ng
under
the
re-armament
boom,
FARMERS
TO
JAIL
T11
Is
Tenalty
in
Italy
for
With
holding
Crops
From
State
ROME,
December
7
Under
i
nw
decree.
.
vear's
imprison
m?nt
is
provided
for
any
Italian
Iarmer
whn
withholds
his
crops
from
public
storage.
All
food
forces
ot
Italy
are
bclns
lncreas
lnly
conserved
In
view
of
block
WINDSOR
IN
K
Anil
)
I
A
I
K
tlsh
p,anf5,
ai1
f
whlch
returnd
I
Italian
reports
of
a
counf;r-nt-Expresses
Appreciation
to
People
of
j
tack
resulting
In
the
regaining
by
United
States
for
Efforts
to
the
Fascists
of
a
number
of
posl-Relieve
War
Sufferers
itlonr.
In
Albania
are
denied.
The
I
Italians
claimed
to
have
machine-
NASSAU.
Dec.
7:
(CP)
In
his
gunned
and
bombed
communication
first
radio
speech
since
the
historic
and
supply
lines
with
three
or
four
one
on
the
occasion
of
his
abdlca-1
Greek
planes
being
brought
down.
tion,
tne
uuiceoi
winasur
ia.u
nigut
expressed
gratification
and
appreci
ation
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
Great
Britain
for
the
efforts
of
the
Bomb
Vesuvius,
Say
Londoners
Slight
Make
Italians
Feel
Sorry
That
They
Ever
Went
Into
War
LONDON,
Dec.
7:
(CP)
People
In
air
raid
shelters
In
London
have
suggested
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
bomb
Mount
Vesuvius
near
Naples
and
see
what
happens.
It
might
create
a
disaster
that
would
mane
the
people
of
Italy
sorry
that
they
went
in
the
war.
YANKS
PLAY
THEIR
PART
Ten
Thousand
Have
Applied
For
Enlistment
In
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
NEW
YORK,
December
7
(Can
adian
Press)
In
an
aaaress
before
the
Association
of
Life
Insurance
Presidents
here,
L.
W.
Brock-
Ington
K.C.,
special
assistant
w
Premier
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada,
told
of
the
im
portant
part
American
Vihu..-r
tnkini?
in
the
building
op
of
Canadian
Air
Force.
the
Royal
ilt
ho
said,
tin
thousand
young
Americans
enlistment
in
tne.nuj'"
Ala
TVt
A
Of
the
total
or
men
m
u"o
for
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
saW
even
percent
were
Americans,
came
from
Mr.
BrocklngtonThey
all
parts
of
the
union.
,
"vol.
xxixNor287r
PRINCE
RUflEJIT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
7,
1
1)40.
Mussolini
HELLENESE
ADVANCING
ALL
OVER
Albanian
Oil
Fields
Being
Menaced
Jfew
Base
of
Direct
Attack
On
Italy
ATHENS.
Dec.
7:
(CP)
Italian
forces
were
resorted
today
to
have
abandoned
Arglrocastro,
leaving
part
of
the
Important
Italian
Albanian
bae
In
flames.
Dispatcher
from
the
front
said
that
Greek
troops
were
advanclne
on
the
Arglrocastro
front
'.n
several
directions
and
had
established
contact
preaa--atory
to
occupation.
The
road
be
tween
Porto
Edda
and
Delvina
and
Rauad.
south
of
Arglrocastro.
ra
already
oMuplcd
by
Greek
for
es,
it
was
said.
Dispatches
from
the
front
I
said
a
least
three
thousand
prison
lerj
wcie
captured
yesterday
along
with
more
than
one
hundred
how
itzers.
1
Meantime,
alone
the
cow
the
Greek
advance
has"
reached
twenty
rnlle
north
or
Porto
Edda
towards
Chemara.
Capture
of
Porto
Edd
brlngc
the
Greeks
to
within
eighty
miles
of
Italy
across
the
Adriatic
Sea,
making
a
posslbls
base
of
attack
on
Italy
proper.
In
the
Interior
the
Greek
advance
1$
commencing
to
menace
Alban-
lan
oil
flcMs
which
have
been
of
.
vital
importance
to
Italy's
fuel
supply.
The
Italian
port
of
Varona
lsr--
TENSION
IN
EAST
Amerlcans
Being
Subjected
to
More
Inconven
SHANGHAI,
Der.
7:
(UP)
Am-
erlcans
in
Japan
are
being
subject-
ed
to
increasing
Inconvenience
be
cause
of
Japanese
Irritation
over
the
new
United
States
"war
loans"
to
China,
according
to
private
messages
reaching
here.
Additional
American
families
are
planning
to
leave
Japan
for
the
United
States
shortly.
Censored
telephone
dispatches
from
the
United
Press
offices
in
Tokyo
hinted
at
Increasing
tension.
It
was
generally
believed
the
U.S.
Asiatic
fleet
is
being
quietly
rein-
forced
and
sooner
or
later
part
of
it
Facing
IS
NEARING
MONTEVIDEO
British
Auxiliary
Cruiser
Enters
Mouth
of
River
Plate
to
Receive
Repairs
and
Land
Wounded
MONTEVIDEO,
Uruguay,
De-
cember
7
(Canadian
Press)-
7
British
auxiliary
cruiser
H.
M.
S.
Carnarvon
Castle
made
the
estuary
of
the
River
Plate
at
noon
to
day
and
is
expected
to
retch
Mont
evideo
about
5
o'clock
this
evening,
Cities
of
Milan,
Turin
and
orders
Rioters
Are
LONDON,
December
7.
inn-
here
there
are
indications
,
Amngements
have
been
made
to
solini
is
facing
the
most
serious
internal
crisis
of
his
re-dock
the
vessel
for
repairs
follow-
"u
u
f:i
oo;,
;
r:
ing
ner
brush
in
the
South
Atlan-
tic
with
a
German
raider
and
hospitals
are
ready
to
receive
the
wounded.
Although
suffering
damage
as
a
'
T.nilt
of
th?
battle
two
days
ago
,
with
the
German
surface
Talder.
'
the
Carnarvon
Castle
was
reported
j
to
be
making
toward
the
entrace
of
Montevideo
Harbor
at
moderate
"
speed
and
apparently
with
no
difficulty.
Welders
have
been
called
to
docks
by
the
British
consulate
to
make
repairs
to
the
vessel
whose
battle
with
a
German
auxiliary
cruiser
ended
with
the
flight
or
the
German.
Meantime,
with
details
lacking,
speculation
is
rife
here
as
to
the
exact
nature
of
the
engagement
In
which
the
Carnarvon.
Castle
engaged.
It
was
rumored
here
that
it
might
have
been
the
German
pocket
battleship
Admiral
Schesr
which'
she-encountered
In
London,
-however,
it
is
not
believed
that
it
was
a
pocket
battleship
but
more
likely
an
armed
raider
su:h
as
the
notorious
prison
ship
Altmark.
It
is
the
usual
function
of
these
raiders
to
prey
on
unarmed
merchant
vessels
and
to
avoid
contact
with
warships.
The
return
here
of
the
British
freighter
El
Argentlno
soon
after
the
battle
In
the
Carnar-
von
CastJe
was
engaged
became
k"own
was
ken
to
suggest
that
the
ralder
was
believed
to
be
still
nearbv
th
American
coast.
In
New
York
the
captain
of
the
British
steamer
Hatchby,
which
was
captured
last
spring
by
a
Ger-
man
raider,
suggested
that
the
vessel
which
the
Carnarvon
Castle
encountered
might
have
been
the
same
large
German
vessel
on
which
he
spent
some
tlm
after
the
loss
of
his
ship.
He
described
the
raider
as
equipped
to
stay
three
years
at
sea.
The
vessel,
he
says,
is
capable
of
much
disguise,
has
a
telescopic
funnel,
can
change
her
superstructure,
has
appeared
under
flags
of
many
nations
and
carried
a
crew
of
three
hundred
men.
She
slipped
out
of
Hamburg
on
APril
8
last
sPrlnS
during
the
Nor
'weglan
campaign.
DEATH
OF
WAR
HERO
CorP
ra"l
Reynold
Scott
of
Port
Coquitlam
Victim
of
Tragedy
In
Alberta
EMPRESS,
Alberta,
December
7
(Canadian
Press)
The
father
from
Port
Coquitlam,
British
Co-,
lumbla,
has
identified
the
body
of
one
of
two
men
who
were
found
i
dead
from
carbon
monoxide
pols-
i
onlng
In
a
railway
refrigerator
car
;
.near
here
on
November
21
as
be-
lng
that
of
Corp.
Paul
Reynold
Scott.,
who,
as
a
gunner
with
the
Royal-Canadian
Artillery
In
Eng-
land,
was
credited
with
having
been
the
first
Canadian
to
bring
down
a
German
airplane
In
this:
war.
He
was
on
his
way
home
to
spend
Christmas,
having
sought
discharge
or
transfer
to
another
unit.
The
body
Is
being
taken
to
New
Westminster
where
the
funeral
will
take
place,
Demonstrations
Over
II
Duce's
Policy
Break
Out
In
Important
Cities
and
the
resignation
of
Marshal
li
n:
Pietro
j.
Badoglio
tj
as
chief
of
army
staff.
There
are
reports
of
a
number
of
parsons
Bulletins
PHILLIPS
AND
MORGENTIIAU
WASHINGTON
Sir
Frederick
Phillips
and
Secretary
of
Treas-uiy
IUnry
Morgenthau
will
be
in
conference
again
Monday
when
rhillips
is
to
answer'
blunt
ques-UoKs
cl
Mcngenthau
in
regard
to
Britain's
financial
position.
CLOSER
TO
GERMANY
VICHY
A
rightist
reorganization
of
the
Vichy
cabinet
to
biinj
Trance
closer
to
Germany
is
a;ain
foreseen.
HOUSE
PROROGUES
VICTORIA
The
session
of
the
Lijislalur
prorogued
yesterday
af?erno$n
jwith
a
from
the
Throne
expressing
hope
of
a
victorious
end
of
the
war
within
a
year.
On
rising,
the
mem-b-rs
!an;
"God
Save
The
King"
and
"There'll
Always
be
an
England."
TUG
FOUNDERS
ASTORIA
Two
members
of
the
crew
Julius
Love
and
John
Henderson
are
feared
to
have
ncr'shfd
in
the
foundering
of
the
tug
Tyee
off
Tillamook
Bar.
Fcur
crew
members
have
been
landed
safely.
NAVAL
SHAYE-UP
LONDON
There
Is
talk
of
a
shake-up
in
high
naval
command.
Sir
Dudley
Pound
"may
be
replaced
as
First
Sea
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
by
a
younger
man.
Some
dissatisfaction
Is
being
expressed
at
the
way
the
German
U-boat
menace
is
being
met.
AMBASSADOR
TO
MEXICO
WASHINGTON
John
P.
Kennedy,
recently
returned
from
the
Court
of
St.
James
at
London,
may
succeed
Joseph
P.
Daniels
as
United
States
ambassador
to
Mexico.
MEIGHEN
IS
OPPOSED
OTTAWA
Senator
Arthur
Meighcn
expresses
opposition
to
the
St.
Lawrence
waterway
project
at
a
time
when
all
available
manpower
and
financial
resources
of
Canada
should
be
used
for
war
work.
TRAIL
WINS
TRAIL
Trail
Smoke
Eaters
de-feater
Nelson
Maple
Leafs
1
to
3
last
night
In
the
opening
game
of
the
West
Kootenay
Hockey
League.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
A
deeD
de
presslon
is
centered
west
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
is
causing
some
winds
on
the
coast,
The
weather
remains
unsettled
and
mild
throughout
British
Columbia.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Strong
southeast
-winds
or
gales
shifting
to
south,
unsettled
and
mild
with
rain.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Strong
southeast
winds
and
gales,
continuing
unsettled
and
mild
with
rain.
PRICE:
CENTS
Crisis
Trieste
Scene
of
Serious
Dis
Killed
and
Injured
According
to
advices
reach-
that
Premier
Benito
Mus-
being
killed
ana
injured
m
demonstrations
at
Milan,
Turin
end
Trieste.
Rioters
protested
against
the
war
in
Greece
and
the
Black3hlrts
In
general!
Evidently,
tlure
is
a
definite
lack
of
enthusiasm
for
the
I
war,
the
point
of
which
many
can-'
not
see.
The
enforced
resignation
of
Badoglio
Is
believed
to
have
been
brought
about
so
that
the
Fascist
police
might
be
in
a
better
position
to
crush
revolt
In
the
militia.
Bad-ogllo'g
successor,
it
is
rumored,
is
to
have
a
conference
with
Marshal
Wllhelm
Kltel,
Nazi
chief
of
staff.
J
The
close
relationship
of
Marshal
j
Badoglio
and
King
Victor
Emman-'uel,
who
has
never
been
very
en-
about
the
war
with
ithuslastlc
Greece,
U
another
significant
factor
in
the
situation.
t
Nazi'
Ships"
"
Are
Taken?
TAMPICO,
Mexico,
Decern-
'
ber
7
Reports
are
cu-rent..
here
that
British
warships
have
captured
the
German
steamers
Rhine
and
Ederveld
which
dashed
away
from
here
a
week
ago
in
an
enr?avour
to
make
their
way
back
across.
the
Atlantic
to
the
Reich.
'
AIR
BASES
ARE
RAIDED
A.
F.
Bombers
Strike
at
Gcr?
man
'Dromes
in
France
and
-Low
Countries
LONDON,
December
7
(Canadian
Press)
British
bombers
turned
their
attention
last
night
to
Nazi
air
bases
from
which
the
German
.air
force
had
been
attacking
Lon--don
and
other
English
cltlis.
The
Royal
Air
Force
roared
ove.
basgs
In
France
and
the
low
comtries,
dropping
incendiary
and
high
e$-;
plosive
bombs.
The
attack
began
yesterday
at
nightfall,
lasting
until
several
hours
past
midnight.
j
Two
British
planes
were
lost.
At
Chateaudun.
and
at
Melun,
only
twenty-seven
miles
southeast
of
Paris,
successful
raids
wire
reported.
Chateaudun
alrdrone
was
raided
several
times
and
explosions
and
fires
were
seen
cn
run-i
ways
and
hangers.
At
Mclur
heavy
bombs
threw
masses
of
debris
into
the
air
and
pilots
clearly
saw
fragments
of
a
building
flying
in
every
direction.
Parliament
Is
Adjourned
OTTAWA,
December
7
(Canadian
Press)
Parliament
adjourned
last
night,.
the
House
of
Commons
until
February
17
and
the
Senate
until
March"
4,
H
i
it.
"I
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