3
U,
loasea
on
the
enemy.
,
:
NaiU
at
Indicated
by
a
xnt
un
nf
th
Herman
ruatton.
but
there
was
g
of
the
Magtnot
Line
u
evcr.
me
enemy
.
had
eXDecled
M
attack
after
crossing
had
extWMtve
mb-
at
oeaan.
lngJ
hy
tne
Royal
Alr
oi
'
Brusseta
the
Allied
force
I
and
commimtca-
Ung
the
assault,
the
Oer-iUong
French
have
launched
xmlng
to
have
reached
vlgorou,
counter-attacks
in
the
m
the
Namur
area
ekeuse
VaUey.
Inflicting
heavy
-
battle
was
raging.
Full
CMUattM
upon
the
Oermans.
The
pnatlons.
however,
had
not,w.
.
th.
vratMt
battle
in
all
mmrnced
and
there
:bsurlty
as
to
the
exact
:
in
many
case.
The
Brl-:
'acted
the
enemy
in
dueta
ry
and
mechanised
forces.
newspapers,
exultant
over
advance
through
the
lowlands,
.v4
ouutNC)
all
wvii
rlfd
headlines
today:
"Dutch
wiic
Hut
id
tiun
aw
,
i
ini?
ftlflt
Vt
At
III
AfA
MM
In
f
v
vicjr
nun
'
IIS
VI
A
A
M
Tham
AKrAVlArt
y
had
pierced
the
northwestern
An.
.
-
.
.
.
...
K'.iuu
oi
me
Maginoi
une,
ls
and
London,
howevcrt
both
3"nu
that
there
had
been
any
Mnik
....
.
-
.
...
dent.lv
IVi.
aim
lttim
eft
Winer
nf
ho
Madnne
T.ln
he
Germans
rportcd
there
had
I
MiSlOry
IS
veenug
unci,
aim
iuihi.
The
Premier
ot
Belalum.
in
a
statement,
said
that
"The
enemy
has
not
succeeded
In
breaching
our
new
lines."
bt
to
nnnrcir
that
Reich-!
Th
rtolilan
in
radio
radio
Station
station
at
at
move
on
the
wet
through
was
expected
that,
alter
a
brief
c
..
in
th
Frwrh
ortast
at
LC
h
Umintbrn.
transmissions
vsouiu
.
...
i.
i.
'
.
,
.
re
and
on
the
oast
through
to
be
resumed.
Marne
and
thus
surround
i
'
;th
a
pincers.
This
strategy
a
in
the
First
Great
War
:
'he
Germans
had
to
aban-
"
mast
campaign
tqreln-themsclves
on
the
Marne.
Berlin
Exultant
without
suffering
any
low.
The
Belgian
cabinet
reiterated
the
announcement
that
it
would
remain
in
Brussels
despite
reports
that
it
was
planning
to
leave.
French
military
spokesmen
last
night
conceded
that
the
city
oi
Sedan
within
France
In
the
forti
fied
border
zone
below
the
Belgian
frontier
had
probably
been
taken
I
by
German
attackers.
WHEAT
DROPS
AGAIN
WINNIPEG
Weight
of
offerings
on
the
Winnipeg1
(rain
Exchange
today
shoved
down
wheat
futures
prices
to
the
ten
percent
allowable
limit.
The
"
i.,
mo.
u
due.
to
reports
of
good
n
havy
casualties
on
the
Bel-
crop
conditions.
Clean
Up
rt.
'
Stretllth
at
WKtSr
AUtod
blane.
"ind
Free4i
MM-
Unks,
64
Allied
plane
being
I
broucht
down
In
24
hours
around
i
Charlevllle
and
Sedan.
Uerlln
claimed
that
seven
pill-
atuck.
were
being
de-
of
0.,
new
wpon.l
Aiw
-7-
the
much-dlacuated
gas
ImmoWl
'
bomb
to
slacken
the
Wr
Supreme
Effort
wo.
!
Germans
are
AnoarenUy
Apparently
the
the
1
.
Kv
makinc
a
supreme
effort
against
the
Allies
In
the
hope
of
winning
la
quick
decision
by
hammering'
Aircraft
Of
Nazis
admitted
that
the
ur-i
ini..mihmii.h
.
.L
....
rossed
the
Meuse
iuw
.
now
In
Po-ton
-an-e
defence
zone,
making
Aviation
ild
last
night
that
the
campaign
In
Flanders
had
gone
so
far
much
.
BERNE
Swiss
mobiliiation
is
complete
and
all
troops
occupy
positions
atf'gncd
them,
it
was
announced
officially
today.
This
'country
is
in
virtual
state
of
war
as
a
Nail
Invasion
appears
imminent
due
to
troop
mobilization
and
such
activities
as
budding
of
pontoon
bridges
across
the
Rhine.
British
and
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
earner,
.
rorecasi
r
Tomorrow
sT
ides
mm
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
High
8:45
ajn.
17.2
ft.
.
-
f
lanrtt
Fresh
in
trnncr
21:25
pjn.
19.1
It.
Low
2:24
ajn.
7.1
ft.
t
i.
nnrl
rnnl
with
Khnvrt
14:46
pjn.
5.7'
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
A"
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
15,
1940.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
azis
Are
Losing
Heavily
in
War
ermans
Continue
Supreme
Df'blT
s
Win
Fast
.
f
a
f
A
fal
C
f
v
T
t'l
t
fr
o4
rtH
One
Hand
and
East
of
Paris
on
OtherRig
Rattle
is
Still
Impending
ENEMY
HAS
HUGE
LOSSES
PARIS,
May
IS:
(CP)
German
troops,
trying
to
force
passage
across
the
Meusc
River
at
various
points
from
north
of
Dinant,
Rclgium,
to
south
of
Sedan,
France,
have
been
hurled
hack
with
enormous
losses
in
the
last
twelve
hours,
a
French
spokesman
said.
Rattle
is
in
progress
along
a
150-mile
front
with
heaviest
fighting
near
Sedan,
dermans
won
small
loot
Holds
on
the
left
river
hank
at
a
few
points
hut
were
mostly
driven
back
into
the
river.
The
British
Air
Ministry
announced
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
had
destroyed
permanent
bridges
and
two
pontoon
bridges
and,
with
anti-aircraft
guns,
brought
down
fifteen
German
planes
in
a
battle
near
Sedan.
British
losses
were
thirty-five
planes.
Powerful
mechanized
forces
of
Nazi
Germany
today
---!
i
L
n
...
...1
IIMI
AAnlinllAll
iUnlM
1w.A
Lilt
iiuwuiv
tint
vumiiiuwu
viivii
utiiv
iiuciuicii
i
!
.
...til.
it.,
i
i
i
i;
rt.iies
wun
me
upuuruiu
uiiiiieuiaie
uuieciive
oi
can
t
.1
it
!
it...:
i
Tin
i
mi
Communist
Party
Of
Canada
Is
"Illegal
Organization,"
Ontario
Court
Has
Ruled
OTTAWA
Mavlfr
(CP).
-Mr.
Justice
Chevrier
the
of
theOntario
Supreme
Court
today
declare
declared
Communist
Party
of
Canada
an
"illegal
orgs
tion."
fTUs
The
decision
,LaL!ah
wiwms
after
iftr
Via
he
Vi
had
A
cant
oriraniza-
came
sentenced
three
Ottawa
youths
convicted
of
publishing
and
circulating
anti-war
pamphlets
in
contravention
of
the
Defence
of
Canada
regulations.
Louis
Binder
and
Arthur
Roy
Saunders
were
press
representative
of
the
banned
Toronto
munist
paper
Daily
Clarion,
was
sentenced
to
three
years'
imprisonment
and
$2,000
fine
or
another
year.
Louise
Binder
and
Arthur
Roy
Saunders
were
each
sentenced
to
two
and
a
half
years'
imprisonment
and
fined
$1000
or
an
additional
six
months.
UNCLE
SAM
RESTLESS
Sentiment
In
Favor
Of
A
Taking
More
And
More
Active
Form
lies
LONDON.
May
15:
CP-An
WASHINGTON.
D.
C
May
15:-
authoriUUvc
source
estimated
Sentiment
Is
growing
in
Congres-tonlght
that
G90,Oerman
plan-
onal
circles
at
Washington.
D.
C.
et
had
been
shot
down
since
vutired
by
receipt
of
thosuands
ih
invadnn
nf
th
low
eoun-
of
messages
and
letters
from
-
I.
.J
Ih.
lf.HU
...
...
A
At
I
t
1
.
4
M.
Ih
.
.
.
.
...
.
gMK.l
SHU
WtVW
...
Mil.
m
,
.
of
throwing
over
the
cash
and
"
m.u...a.
.
.
T
it
en
1.1
1
r.
iiprmin
ill
al
iiiic
au
'
""""-
w
-
...
i
.
l
tlllM9C
1.
MvKV
IIU
ilftlllUl.
I
f!i
-v
Dmnan
n.rmsn
anmhit
mmh.t
nlanM
nlanM
hart
hart
rt
.
i
1
"
I
in
Iv
i
(iancroui
no-
v;
the
DoaaibtUty
of
being
French
were
wlthdraw-
roverlna
their
retreat'
;00
with
a
total
ot
carry
neutrality
and
th?
Johnson
-
,
.-.-
Act
and
replselns
It
BFleslslatlon
to
authorize
making
of
loans
and
SWISS
MOBILIZED
giving
all
aid
to
the
Allies
short
of
sending
men
to
war.
The
Invasion
of
Holland
and
Belgium
and
the
circumstances-
attending
It
have
brousht
this
feeling
to
a
head.
Already
notice
of
legislation
along
such
lines
has
been
given.
DESTROYER
BEACHED
LONDON
The
destroyer
Valentine
has
been
beached
after
being
damaged
by
a
German
air
attack
off
Holland,
the
Admiralty
announced.
'I
RIPE
PROCEDURE
GUIDES
j
HOUSE
OF
COMMONS
IN
SELECTION
OF
SPEAKER:
Providing
Lower
House
With
a
Chairman
Is
First
Job
of
Canadian
Parliament
MeetinR
Tomorrow
j
i
!
OTTAWA,
May
15:
(CP)
The
opening
of
the
first
j
session
of
the
19th
Parliament
of
Canada
tomorrow
will
i
include
a
special
ceremony
which
Uttawa
has
not
witnes-.
sed
since
l)6o
the
election
ot
a
speaker
ot
tne
commons.
p!hl..-.n
Cncra;n
nnu-
5oi-tavv
nf
Slntp
.mrl
n
HlUer-a
force
arc
BruseeU
was
bombed
today
but
the
nn.
ti
;..,.
n
:i
u.
.o:jj
as
did
the.
Germans
in
studio
was
not
damaged
and
ltiuerui
me
yi
wuw
ij
vu..ui,
iwa
juwiuui
uv
House
since
the
Liberals
came
Into
power
In
1935,
having
been
chosen
In
the
traditional
procedure
follow
ed
at
the
start
of
every
-
new
Parna
iii
uiuHcu
-
i
munlque
said
that
the
forces
had-ment
since
Confederation
,
in
.
,-
1867.
.
........
...Ill
U.
Y
A
nin
vot.
taken
up
new
defence
positions
um
succciaur
w
,v.
Japan
Protests
To
East
Indies
I
eran
memocr
ior
Mainucm,
Thomas
Vten
of
Hockclage
succeed-1
lng
F.
J.
Saunderson
as
Deputy
Speaker.
Nippon
Objects
To
Demonstrations
Which
Are
Said
To
Have
Taken
Place
At
Batavia
TOKYO.
May
15:
(CP)
The
Foreign
Office
announced
yester
day
that
the
Japanese
consui-
ppnpral
at
Batavia
protcstea
to
r-
-
governor
of
the
Netherlands
East
inrfiM
niralnst
antl-JaDanese
de
monstratlqns
said
to
have
taken
place
there.
mem-
er
the
Tonight
at
8:45
The
Tremier
of
British
Columbia,
HON.
T.
D.
Pattullo
Will
Give
a
Review
of
the
Gasoline
Situation
STATION
CJOK
AT
Vancouver
.
jONE-QUARTER
OF
DUTCH
bulletins
I
apmv
Rinpn
prior
to
FLAME
THROWING
LONDON
The
Germans
are
using
in
their
advance
through
Belgium
and
"France
a
tank
flame
thrower
which
Is
estimated
to
throw
Its
terrible
missile
a
distance
of
no
less
than
seventy
yards.
WHERE
1IOJ,ANO
Mi.SSSJ)
LONDON
The
Daily
Herald
declares
that
Germany
would
never
have
succecdrd
in
the
campaign
in
Holland
if
Holland
before
Germany
marched
FORMER
KAISER
SAFE
BERLIN
Word
received
by
the
House
of
llohenzollern
is
to
the
r'frct
that
the
former
Kaiser
Wilhelm
is
"safe
and
weir
follow
ns
the
laHn
of
Ho'land
by
the
Xaiis.
Me
is
believed
to
be
still
at
Doom.
ITALY
REGRETS
ROME
Italy
has
expressed
regret
over
the
threatening
of
Rrilhh
embassy
officials.
The
incident,
however,
was
primarily
due
to
indiscretion
on
the
pari
of
a
member
of
the
embassy
staff
in
tearing
down
an
anti-Brithh
poster.
The
Italian
gov
ernment
denies
responsibility
for
the
poster.
CANADIANS
LEAVE
HOLLAND
LONDON
Giving
a
graphic
account
ot
the
German
invasion,
members
of
the"
Canadian
legation
to
the
Netherlands
have
arrived
here
safely.
They
were
able
to
bring-
none
of
their
persoi.
belongings.
NO
GENERAL
INTERNMENT
OTTAWA
There
will
be
no
general
internment
of
aliens
in
Canada
for
the
tiuie
being
at
least,
it
is
announced,
although
they
will
be
closely
watched.
SENATOR
IS
DEAD
THREE
RIVERS
Senator
Charles
Bourgeois,
GO.
Conservative
member
of
the
Senate
since
1935,
died
today.
THOUSANDS'
VOLUNTEER
LONDON
Thousands
of
Britons
have
enlisted
in
local
defence
volunteer
corps
a
few
hours
after
an
appeal
had
been
made
by
Rt.
Hon.
Anthony
Eden,
War
Secretary,
for
men
between
the
ages
of
16
and
C5
to
protect
the
homeland
against
parachute
troops.
ANTI-JUGOSLAV
RIOTS
ROME
Several
hundred
students,
who
tried
to
match
on
the
Jugoslav
legation
for
a
demon
stration,
were
dispersed
by
the
police
after
they
had
threatened
to
mob
a
restaurant
proprietor
who
advised
them
to
"stop
clown-
ing
and
go
back
to
schooL"
BLAZE
AT
PT.
EDWARD
The
two-storey
bunkhouse
at
Port
age.
.
a
Mmrf
dant
of
the
B.C.
PacKers
was
destroyed
by
fire
at
9:15
yesterday
morning.
No
one
was
in
the
building
at
the
time
and,
by
the
time
the
fire
was
detected,
the
progress
of
the
flames
was
so
extensive
as
to
make
it
Impossible
to
save
the
structure.
The
only
occupant,
William
Barkley,
was
away
at
the
time
and
lost
all
his
effects.
The
location
was
on
the
hill
across
the
rail
way
track
from
the
plant.
Warm
sowers
of
rain
are
very
welcome
to
the
local
farmers
who
are
proceeding
with
their
farming
operations
and
much
seeding
has
already
ban
done.
Tne
grouna
is
In
excelleat
shape,
and
conditions
are
so
far
exceeding!.-
encouraging
for
a
good
crop
In
th
-
Bilkly
"HAITI
JL
IViUUUl
X
JLVJLVX.
v
COLLAPSE
OF
DEFENCE
"Our
Troops
Did
All
In
Their
Power,"
Declares
Commander-in-Chief
War
Will
Go
On
Against
Germany
Zeeland
Islands
Hold
Out
PARIS,
May
15:
(CP)
Following
the
order
of
the
Dutch
army
commander,
General
Gerard
Winkleman,
to
onoca
finrVitintr
thp
fJprmnns
pvervwherp.
in
Holland
exceDt
a
v
v
M
-
-
-
-
i
fit,
5
i.tCJV'
on
the
Zeeland
Islands,
another
phase
of
the
European
ohuleA
"Tr
rnuld
nnt
he
otherwise."
declared
Z7T0
SwS.
thV
aSE
general
Winkleman,
who
had
been
left
in
.charge
to
do
'
1
TrHat
what
h
he
rWmprl
deemed
advisable
artvl.ah1p
after
after
th
the
Air
Attack
On
Britain
BERLIN.
May
15:-Oerman
dd
go
on
and
admonished
the
headquarters
state
that
a
mass
attack
upon
England
can
be
exoected
in
the
very
near
futurs.
Two
Allied
cruls-
3,i
1
ers
have
been
sunk
off
the
Dutch
coast,
the
Germans
l
claim.
FRENCH
ARE
NOW
WINNING
Queen
and
the
government
left
the
country.
"Our
troops
did
all
in
their
power
to
r7lst
the
Invasion
but
our
small
air
force
could
do
nothing
to
support
the
troops
against
the
might
of
the
enemy
whose
planes
bombed
thousands
of
Dutch
people."
Winkleman
declared
that
the
war
!
uutcn
people
10
oe
nopeiut
ior
me
future.
Queen
Wllhelmina,
from
England,
will
continue
to
govern
her
colonial
empire.
A
state
of
war
between
Holland
and
Germany
still
exists.
End
of
Campaign
German
mechanized
troops
moved
into
The
Hague
after
the
surrender
and
the
military
commander
got
in
touch
with
the
German
ambassador
at
once.
It
was
a
peaceful
entrance,
according
to
a
Berlin
statement
One
of
the
first
moves
was
to
cancel.
black-outs
Rotterdam,
which
the
German
high
command
announced
last
night
had
capitulated
as
Dutch
resistance
crumbled,
was
practically
destroyed
by
the
bombing
attacks
Reorganize
Command,
Counter
At-
smce
last
Friday,
It
Is
stated,
and
tack
at
Sedan
and
Drive
Back
Invaders
PARIS,
May
15.
The
French
High
Command
today
reorganized
the
command
in
the
Sedan
area
and
launched
immediate
counter
attacks
against
the
German
forces
which
broke
through
at
three
.
f
a
a
war
ministry
spokesman
saia.
The
counter
attacks
were
still
proceeding
at
G
p.m.
(9
a.m.
Pacific
Standard
Time.)
A
spokesman
said
'The
French
command
is
abandoning
the
war
of
position
and
beginning
an
open
field
war
movement,"
Halibut
Sales
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the
threat
of
Utrecht
with
similar
fate
was
the
last
straw,
according
to
a
statement
attributed
to
General
Winkleman.
During
the
brief
war
of
five
days
in
Holland,
one-quarter
of
the
mobilized
Dutch
Army,
consisting
of
400.000
men,
was
killed,
It
Is
esti
mated
by
Dutch
Foreign
Minister
points
near
that
strategic
town,
.E.
N.
van
Kief
fens,
some
regiments
sufferine
casualties
as
high
as
eighty
per
cent.
However,
some
observers
believed
the
civilian
van
Kleffens
had
overestimated.
The
entire
Dutch
air
force
was
wiped
'out.
I
Before
Amsterdam
I
ell,
German
,troops
were
slaughtered
in
an
at-j
tempt
to
take
a
dam
outside
the
Icity.
j
The
Zeeland
Islands,
the
only
j
point
in
Belgium
where
resistance
continues,
might
be
used
as
an
air
or
naval
base
against
Great
Britain
should
they
fall
into
German
hands.
NARVIK
HARD
PRESSED
STOCKHOLM
The
newspaper
Tidningen
said
that
Allied
bombardments
had
devastated
the
Norwegian
port
of
Narvik
and
that
the
German
garrison
would
not
be
able
to
hold
out
much
longer.
The
Germans
are
rushing
reinforcements
by
transport
to
Norway
in
Tiew
of
unexpected
resistance
of
the
Norwegians
In
central
Norway.
British
To
The
Rescue
In
Belgium,
Holding
Louvain
150
Allied
Planes
Aiding
IN
BELGIUM
WITH
THE
B.S.F.
The
German
offensive
aiming
at
Brussels
and
the
heart
of
Belgium
through
Louvain
"Gate"
collided
today
with
the
British
Expeditionary
Force
which
was
heavily
engaged
all
day.
British
troops
holding
positions
around
Louvain
threw
thousands
of
tons
of
high
explosive
into
hundreds
of
German
tanks
and
armoured
cars
screening
the
advancing
German
columns.
The
operations
opened
last
night
when
a
French
town,
well
in
the
rear
was
bombed
heavily
and
scores
of
civilians
were
killed
or
wounded.