art r if t ,tfht rr those of force, en-tirid aggression. and chairman of the was Rev. J. H. Myr-x of St Paul's Luther-Among those taking Lieut. Col. S. D. John-f V D.. officer com-f Prince Rupert garrl-Very Rev. James B. x. of St Andrew's t a'hrdral; Rev. H. O. istor of First Presby-rh. and Rev. E. E -r nf First Baptist of whom gave ad-presided at the piano 'he singing of the m of Canada. Great 5.i v. Sweden and Fln-i also rendered, as selections of Sean- "-lings opened with , ; " the hymn "O Ood Ages Past" and the Forty-Sixth Psalm: Refuge and Our ''V-wM-r. inthedeTtrnonai A r- for a vletory for tfx-' 3 among Individuals 1 - Mist heavy problems r e facing the world 1 i that right and not prevail, that peace ' ' iderslandtng would 1 V x 3 " f a ' d to the world, gave a brief word Norwegian town of r-,c w&s bom and 'd Two little lakes times, probably mark-g point In history. It ' ury that all should C. hthy A 'Ilf T IV 1 a German air base. :n. an American w pastor to a Cana-itlon. Mr. Myrwang efforts towards de- f loyalty and love! ' ' ,!f"i)le of his congrega-r adopted land. Nat-was deeply touched In ' r the plight in which ; 1 1 his race now found i a land where great being fought. These ier with faith In God mmon cause and be make great sacrifices, and all. "We shall und sacrifice In a Just, 'i' unity of heart, mtndl tiKon declared that the people had his sym-mad man had Invaded rr'"e out wished to m .ii ,rs God ""tiari'. overrun that only knew where Rm" would be in one week, there was determination uwraunaiion of symnathv sympathy for tnr thf r u... Nnr.' - I -. j .... t,v 1UI" AIRCRAFT It was an - ARE BUSY Lleven Cerman Planes Are Downed Ily Allies Over Week-End PARIS. April 22: CP -Aerial ac-, OvUy by both sides marked West-j .rn tvnnt trarfarf vILh French and' InriUsh airmen and antt-atrcraft J 5 twiners downing eleven Oerman' planes over the week-end. Seven planes were brought down by the Allies Saturday over the iivvn CVnnt Ona TlHttih nlnnf ayed as a boy were l ' " r"."T Z aviwu uwis .v f lot escaping uninjured. A French plane also had to make a forced landing. The French made reconnaissance flights deep Into Germany and the Oermans flew over northern and eastern France as well as the Paris area. There was also some scattered artillery and patrol activity. " MINISTER 1 urtry and was running New Jersey Tu iiiittht nf th PoIm now! nomination tiivrrv and worse, was an ex-! But the Norwegians had 'nt ume or the Dr;tlsh Navy ':lt fil f , xvhirh nr nnv hirn ta f! ;bk for them. Germany, Dean rluin admitted um n orrnt country Hitler had don a creat fl lo help his country. Now, "ver he had run wild with un- hf, was vinous. He was no Piw .atufied to live In his own RESIGNING Cromwell Will Quit On May 21 As United States Envoy To Canada OTTAWA, April 22. CP -James H. R. Cromwell, United States minister to Canada, said last night that he would resign May 21. the date of the primary election In where he is seeKing as Democratic candi date for the Senate. i,romwcn said that Secretary of State Cor-dell Hull had told him It was expected he vould resign on entering the field of political honors. It was a natural sympathy of friends for friends, uannaiuua were sending their boys abroad to tleht. What were Canadians doing to make this country a fit place for them to return to when the wars were over? That, he thought, .was an Important matter. H felt that neoDle. in tneir or on Ik.1. , r - .u Cn n-Bi.tUtt at wJr Pa" o' the Allies to rid - V,, or the murderer and make uo" lo, uo" " A", them bounty. Possibly 0 thf hnnriw rinu f lu.i WI ;hment would soon come. M F T. . " I . t tt.n rrrnlllno' neODle to " .-- " .. ..ui... senses. wnnirt rnnad an soiuu-ia rountry wnica mnston fn. thn ii 'return in to n cuuhj .- , glvcil today their STRIKE IS NOW OVER Great lakes Shipping Companies And Seamen Agree Upon Conciliation had It... . - . "Uki,nkP or recoenlzcd God? my ... V in rfll lAfn ff m Ik. l.w.w -. , " i i 4 si 1 . i . ..f.n n human, protection ' ...j.j ... u with us war nccocw. i , v. thm,. i. c "yig times When this war is ovrr. - 'ugti Which fhow ,r nn,l mi PnaC Four) TORONTO. April 22: CP Negotiations conducted personally by AIK FORCE CKASIJ DARTMOUTH An aircraftsman was killed when a Royal Canadian Air Forte plane crashed here yesterday. Four others were injured, one seriously. All were easterners. TERRIFIC AUTO CRASH S LATEX, Mnn.j-Eleven young people were killed, seven instanlty, In a head-on collision ol automobiles, both travelling at great speed, near here jesterday. The driver of one car was 17 years of age, that of the other, twenty. Nine of the victims were boys and two girls. BUDGET TUESDAY LONDON Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Jhn Simon will bring down the budget tomorrow. It Is expected to continue the half and hall tax and borrow policy to finance war costs which are estimated at $2,0O0,700,000o change In the basic income tax rate of 37l per cent is expected. Higher liquor and tobacco taxes are forecast. FLOODS IN ALBERTA EDMONTON There were week-end floods in northern Alberta. At Whltccourt an ice jam in the Athabasca River rendered forty people temporarily homeless, some seeking refuge on house tops. A number of horses and cattle were drowned. North Edmonton also had floods as did Drumheller. A sleet storm In Calgary district caused part of the city and district to be without electric light and power for several hours. FATAL CAR CRASH VANCOUVER Mrs. Betty Smith, 40, was killed and five persons were Injured when an automobile failed to negotiate a curve on Marine Drive, In North Vancouver early yesterday morning and crashed Into an electric light pole which It knocked down. Robert D. Edwards, the driver, was the most seriously Injured. An inquest Is being held today. IN STRANGE BOAT TACOMA In a strange looking 40 foot craft which Is described as a "floating ark1 Paul Kopto, his wife and five children left for Cook Inlet, Alaska. The boat travels five miles per hour. The first stop will be made at Seattle. The route will be along the coast of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska . I Harry (Buster) Hill was fortunate to escape with cuts and abrasions but no serious Injuries In a fall Saturday off the new Hays Creek bridge on construction work of which he was employed. PROVINCIAL I LIBRARY I VICTORIA, B.C. I Americans Get Hint To Leave V BUDAPEST, Roamanla, April 22: (CP The United States legation today advised Amerl- cans in Hungary to decide as ta the advltablllty of leav- rc ve assembly Which pledged Its faith ailU loyalty, man McLarty. resulted over the lng for the United States while p nre.iscd its confidence in an ultimate victory for the' week-end in the ending of the ,tlu.. tt)e" are m ' . .U. freedom rAnm and Nn4 rim de- - I mmmmmmmmmmhmmmmmmmhmmhmhm Pan.itl.n C.n. . 1fMiAM .,..11... h ViI.L W-.I 1 IJ . - 1 ' AH I rllK "hipping. Union and company A I VIV resentatlves agreed to federal con- icioanon cillatlon ox of the ine entire enure dispute. aispute. The me available." At the same time the legation salo it "has no information which would lead It to believe that war will be extended " to southern Eurnni - v rnn nn t n . llVhKNh AVm" returned to work today and Snould Ilaly bccom Involved J ? JulXlJJbrllJ a a conciliation conciliation board board Is Is belrnr belnz set set ln w" thrr rnIzhbeome - up Immediately. Frank Wilkinson Another Group of Local Artillery ws lajt nleht named to reoresent Units Is Uaving Tonight the companies and J. L. CulUn. the men. Thev or the minister of Another draft from local artillery labor, will elect a rhstrman. units for overseas will leave on this Closed shop conditions and ln-ivenlng's train for Edmonton to', ercaed waie arc demanded. Join the Illth Field Battery for; . he meantime. The dralt contisis of Bombardier A. D. Vance, non-j commissioned officer In charge;. uance-Bombardler A. F. Oarnot of I VTctoria. Ounner H. A. Bester of Wells. Gunner W. R. Forahner of Prince Oeorge. Gunner W. H. Nes-bltt of Smlthers. Gunner J. P. Lene-han of Prince Rupert. Ounner L. V. Tattersal of Prince Rupert and Ounner O. Cowell of Wclls. Bulletins difficulty for AmftiMhsfi'n getting home. y HUGE SUM j EXPORTED . LONDON, April 22: -It Is estimated that more than 230.000.000 ,has been Invested In United States 'by people of Germany Tand neutral '.nations bordering on Germany for saie-Keeping unui aiier me war. Oshawa Strike Vote Is Taken OSTfAWA. April 22: CP A 'strike vote Is being taken today by the United Automobile Workers Union employees of General Motors here. Revision of the .1937 agree' :ment. which ended the spectacular- .strike of that year. Is sought. Increased wages and tightening up ot seniority rules are asked. TODAY'S STOCKS (Oourteaf 8, D. Jotmrtoo Co.) Vancouver Big Missouri, .Mi,. Bralorne, 1055. Cariboo Quartz, 2.60. Dentonla, .01.. Falrvlew. .QIS. Gold Belt. .25. Hedley Mascot, .45. Mlnto, J03. Noble Five, .OOi. Pacific, Nickel. .08. Pcnd Orlelle. 1.05. Pioneer. 2.12. Premier. 126. Privateer, .63. Reno. .30. Relief Arlington, .06. Salmon Gold, .VS. Sheep Creek. 1.06. Caryjoo Hudson. .03?i Oils A. P. Con.. .15. Calmont, .38. C. & E., 2.00. Freehold, ,028. Home, 2.63. Royal Can., .18. Okalta, 1.14. Mercury, .0514. Prairie Royalties, .18. Toronto Aldermac, .27. Beattle. 1.07. Central Pat., 2.20. Cons. Smelters, 42.25, East Mafartlc, 3.65. Fcnrland, .03. t Francoeur, .47. Gods Lake, .44. Hardrock, 1.05. Int. Nickel, 40.62. Kerr Addison, 2.50. Little Long Lac, 2.75. McLcod Cockshutt, 1.90. MaaVsen Red Lake.. ,43, MafKcnzie Red Lake, 1.30. Moncta, .70. Noranda, 71.50. Pickle Crow, 3.05. Preston East Dome, 2.15. San Antonio, 2.30. Uchl. .6Hi, Bouscadlllac. .03i. . Mosher, ,07. -Oklend. ,06ti. Dominion Bridge, 36.50. feather Forecast Tomorrow 's Tides Rupert and Queen Char-- f e High 1:41 ajn. 232 ft. lands Moderate northerly i 14:24 p.m. 212 ft. . mostly fair with not much Low - 8:15 ajn. 0.3 ft. in temperature. 20:24 p-m. 4.0 ft. NORTflKRN AND CENTRAL BRITIS I) COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXIX No. 95, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940. PRICE: CF.NTB lliei ilernational Congregation Here Joins In Supplication For Allied Cause In Norway Canadians, Britons and Norwegians gathered in a Vtn fnrKAiinlA T-I oil Inuf 4 tit 4 - t -V niM'lnn on1 ulltinllstntSftri i miip f iirnvnf rr i.if.rf 'he Allied cause in emuaiucu Norway inning Norwegian War Definite Progress Is Being Made Toward Driving German j Invaders Out Of Norse Land War News MANY NAZIS DOWNED LONDON Possibly fifteen German aircraft were destroyed by the Allies over the week-end four or five over the Western Front each on Saturday and Sunday, three by British naval units, two by the French and one twin-motored machine by French anti-aircraft fire. The cost to the Allies was one British machine forced down in France and one French machine. .MUST WIN WAR LONDON Oliver Stanley, British Secretary for War, says that the Navy and Air Force has proven Us worth and now the Army is ready to do Its pa-t. "We cannot afford to lose this war, or even to make a draw of It," said Stanley. "That sooner the war will be over." AMERICAN ATTACHE KILLED WASHINGTON The United States Department of State re-reived word today that Capt. Robert M. Loser, assistant United States military attache at Stockholm, was killed In a German bombing raid at Dombas, Norway, yesterday, while assisting United States citizens to leave the danger zone. He was the first American to be killed on land in the European war. would only mean we would have MANY HAPPY RETURNS BERLIN In birthday greetings Saturday to Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy expressed confidence that Germany would victoriously stand the test to which she was being put and would win her vital rights. Messages of birthday felicitations were also received by Hitler from the governmental heads of Spain, Jugoslavia, Hungary' Roumanla and Bulgaria. United States sent no message. GERMANS IN BELGIUM BRUSSELS More than fifty German Nazi officers have been discovered at Ostend and Zee-brugge. They got Into the country illegally. Large quantities of German military supplies, in which boots seem to predominate, have been found in Brussels. BRITAIN IS RAIDED LONDON There were air raids over the Thames Estuary, southeastern England and Shetland IslajM& over the week-end. The planes are believed to have been engaged in dropping mines. There was no attempt at bombing. OVER SWITZERLAND BERNE Eight German planes, flying over Switzerland, are reported to have been brought down and, with their crews, Interned. NEW YORK WHEAT NEW YORK. April 22: Wheat prices were up He to & on Sat urday with September closing at $1.10. Nazi Campaign in Scandinavia is Being Effectively Choked Off Extinction of Hitler's Forces at Trondheim Looms Suffering Defeat in Southeast TO BOMBARD NARVIK STOCKHOLM, April 22: (CP) British warn- ii. i r t-u xt ;i 11 i. i i i-i I ings inai ucrman-neia iarv iK wouiu oc oomoaraeu . and advising residents to leave were broadcast three ' times today. Citizens were given until 3 p.m. (6 , a.m. Pacific Standard Time) to leave the town. ! Allied forces, supported effectively by their naval and j military arms, are now fighting side by side with the Nor- wegians and it is apparent that definite progress is being made towards the objective of driving the Nazi invaders j out of Norway. Two major battles are in progress today I one about forty-five miles northeast of Trondheim in i central Norway, the other In the . j vicinity of Lillehammer on the nrorppdins tn nlan." It added that north of Os- jHamar-Elverum front .-French troops have Uaded ln Nor. lo. The Allies are definitely in the y and on AprU 19 Mied force3 (ascendency and the Germans are occupied certain points of vanUge." jecoming increasingly more iura-, TheJPress Association said earlier pressed. Due to their complete I tht expeditionary forces Tiastery of the sea. thanks to the Unded withoul the loss of -a British Navy, the Allies are now able gjg uje to maintain a sieaay stream m Reuters .said that the' presence Of Irroops, fighting equipment and sup- Canadian troops ln th?4orce lands WO B IE IS & 11 SXE.AIT1 IIS A a . M ILSI S SWaai HmXA SaIma S n imn r. I w Every Briton must do his bit , by bombing activities of the, and the sooner he does it lhe iRnroi Air rnrep not nnlv in Nor- but &lso now in Denmark. Is Iway induig the Scandinavian phase of Trondheim. had been confirmed. The agenc said that even more intense fighting was expected there .;hortlj. Confirmation of the repulse of tnc- war more ana more emoarrass- tne Germans with heavy losses at tag. Military forces of the Allle' Hveriim former refuge of King I are converging, following success-' Haakon and his government, was rui lanains. on xronaneim irom glven by travelers reaching Stock-N)th north and south and the cut- holm. .Both Swedish and German iff Nazi forces there appear to be advices had reported the fall of the 'aced with almost certain extlnc- town, which is seventy-five miles "on before the relentless operation northeast of Oslo, to the Allies after is over. Drjei occupaUon by Germans. A new development of the war, Dn the west coast Germans are over the week-end was the syn- reported to have cent troops to chronizlng of air raiding by the Levanser. 40 miles northeast of Royal Air Force of Aalborg, Ger-, Trondheim. and south to Steinkjer man embarkation base in Denmark. , where Swedish advices said decls-vhlch was effectively bombed bothlve fighting might break out. Saturday and Sunday, with air raldr on the transport base of asty Outnumbered Krlstlansand and Stavanger ln Vastly outnumbered and unable Norway which were also continued to obtain reinforcements five thous- iurlng the week-end by the British. and German troops are fighting Extensive damage was done, to. desperately near Namsos against German aircraft and transport fa- Allied forces which have started to cilltles. Large numbers of Royal move in from landing points to Mr Force planes were used ln the north and south upon the strategic ittempt to choke off Nazi air ferry port of Trondhejm on .the west ervlce which has been carrying coast of Norway. The Germans troops and suoplles Into the lnvad- have been attempting to land reed north country and all returned ' lnforcements ln parachutes but to their bases successfully. The Air, they are killed or captured as Ministry In London said both Aal- quickly as they come down, borg and Stavanger had been raid- j From Nansos to the Swedish ed during the night, repeating at- frontier Norwegians are playing a tacks of the previous night which : prominent part themselves ln hold-also Included Krlstlansand. . In? the sixty-mile line. In southeastern Norway Hamar' ne German force has already has been recaptured by the Nor-'been cut off and suffered heavy wegians and British. Stockholm re- ,asses- Near Elverum In the south-ports were to the effect that Elver- east the Germans have had severe urn had also been recaptured but in losses at the hands of tne Norweg-London war officials suggested this la"s are belnS directed by Brt-report might be premature. '"3h ofrs. The Germans con- . .. ' tlnue In control of Oslofjord. ' It is As Trondheim and Narvik became f."0.1 i . a"m,an at Oslo until the Germans have iu. t,uu iC us... been decisively beaten In the field, completely cut off. Transports Torpedoes The Germans have been concen-( tw0 German transports, enroute tratlng an air attack on Namsos, to Norway with much-needed rein-Allied point of disembarkation' forcements, were torpedoed Satur-north cf Trandhelm. and. althoughjday by the British navy, they have reduced the town partly j A War Office statement today to ashes, there have been no cas- said that British troops had land-ualtles to the fighting forces. ed at many places ln Norway and In Paris It was predicted today had achieved "considerable suc that Germany might attempt "total. cess despite many difficulties." aerial warfare." meaning lndlscrlm-The statement said "trie BrltLslx Inate bombing of civilians as well as. were giving all support In .their military objectives, within twenty-ipower to the Norwegian forces. ' four hours ln retaliation for having had her communication lines with I BAR GOLD Norway severed. I LONDON, t CP) The Montreal Carrying Out Plan prlce of bar gold on the. London A British War Office statement market was unchanged today at says that "operations in Norway are $37.54 per fine ounce. ,