I-
anaaian
Is
Lost
IARGAREE
B.C.
VICTIMS
iritish
Columbia
seamen
mlss-
,
in
the
Margaree
sinking
are:
lommlssioned
Gunner
B.
A.
lis,
Esquimau.
Ilectrlcal
Artificer
Ives,
Victoria.
tUj
Officer
George
bud
Carter,
Vancouver.
Itltrrapher
Ralph
Leslie
kit,
Victoria.
letter
Petty
Officer
William
fotbln,
Victoria.
bine
Room
Artificer
Alan
Ijhton
Crane,
Esquimau.
pie
Seaman
Edward
Arnott
Isliiihim,
New
Westminster.
Victual
Assistant
Stan-Ottdon
Iiiinc
Day,
Victoria.
ling
Seaman
William
Don-
K
Kamlttops.
purr
Seaman
David
George
mm,
Esqulmalt.
WtStiman
Donald
Lawrence
ITincouver.
iVaman
Ilaymont
Harold
p,
Victoria.
I
Soman
William
Edward
PJinitt,
White
Bock.
1
Nff
Petty
Officer
Neville
fit
Gntterldge,
Vancouver.
m
Seaman
William
James
ft
Vancouver.
I
Seaman
Elwyn
House
lley-
i.
uncouver.
pv;
Seaman
Ackland
Hubert
i,
Vancouver.
W
Seaman
Alfred
Ernest
hCloverdale.
Wine
Room
Artificer
Thomas
I
1
Lamb,
Saanlch.
i
P
Seaman
Ronald
Mackle,
I
Nrer.
H'ng
Seaman
Edward
Mc-
Esquimau.
pi
Stoker
Desmond
Scott
Kinnon,
Victoria.
i
h'e
Seaman
II.
Matthews.
Vancouver.
'
Minify
Teleeranher
Charles
Norn
Meadows,
Victoria.
F
Seaman
Franrl.
Miltan.
Itoria.
P't
Seaman
iim.,
nrirm
rler.
Esquimau.
mJ
Seaman
Frederick
Mills,
Vancouver.
.lok
(First
Class)
Wallace
Murray,
West
Vancouver.
r'e
Maman
Harold
R.
Fond-
I
"nuners.
ft
Seaman
rri-ir.i
f,"""'
Sydney.
H"
Seaman
F.rnrct
Waller
rll.Kelowna.
ranr
e
.
.
Lj:
ocaman
i
nomas
Nine.
VlrWi,
tjje
Seaman
Victoria.
John
Comber
Un-ood,
rlal"g
Stoker
Willi
itr.lb..
f
Victoria.
'
,ancour.
Able
u
e
.
I
aman
Rohor
wiiiiam.
'
"
Il'imall.
Ipttl
Offl
.
.....
h
Victoria
NeSMl
..
.
.
-...
r..
vyooa,
victoria.
K
New
Schools
"amine
Destroyer
in
Alfred
Archer,
iuimalt
ble
Seaman
Thomas
Morley
U,
Victoria.
Ible
Seaman
Gerald
lacamp,
Vancouver.
Itoktr
(Second
Class)
try
Burnett,
Esquimau,
Joseph
John
ading
Seaman
William
Allen
Ider,
Vancouver.
Seaman
Donald
Leslie
bipbclL
New
Westminster,
idlnr
Seaman
Alexander
Ay-
tindr,
Kamloops.
holer
(Second
Class)
James
m,
Vancouver.
L-ting
Leading
Seaman
Victor
28:
Four
new
""-"wis
schools
ure
ure
to
to
be
dc
dlnr
!"J
ii
k1'
lt
13
announced
Poit,;.
r
Wlnnlpes
(later
fjii
.
uu
Maoseuaun.,
Collision;
Kescued
,lMcn
Arc
Lisicu
Victims
of
Latest
Naval
Distaster
Bud
Ponder
and
William.Corbin
Perish
at
Sea
nTTAWA.
October
28:
(CP)
Loss
of
th
ranii.,..
itroyer
Margaree,
with
140
officers
and
men
including
iimanuw
o.
...
o
khiiuu
tou
uy
naval
service
quarters
last
night.
The
flotilla
leader
was
recently
uired
from
Great
Britain
to
replace
the
sunken
Fraser
many
oi
the
victims
were
survivors
of
the
Fraser
ou,ug
m
conison
off
Dunkerque
last
June.
They
had
been
transferred
to
her.
Thlrty-ond
men
are
reported
to
have
been
rescued.
The
Margaree
collided
with
an
unidentified
merchant
ship
In
the
wui
Atlantic
last
Tuesday.
An-nouncement
of
the
loss
was
withheld
from
the
public
until
next
of
kin
could
be
advised.
Both
vessels
which
figured
In
the
collision
were
running
blacked
out.
The
Margaree
sank
but
the
merchant
ship
was
apparently
undamaged.
She
picked
up
the
thirty-one
survivors
with
whom
she
is
proceeding
to
Canada.
Included
m
the
forty-seven
Bri
tish
Columbia
casualties
were
Able
uTOuiait
iiaroia
n
us
sen
(Bud)
Ponder,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Harold
Ponder
of
Smlthers.
Bud
Pon-
u
wo3
tweniy-one
years
of
age
and
had
lived
practically
all
his
life
In
Prince
Rupert.
Besides
his
father
and
mother,
he
is
survived
by
a
sister,
Miss
Jean
Ponder.
Another
victim
was
acUns
Petty
Officer
William
H.
Corbln,
a
native
of
Prince
Rupert
who
had
been
in
the
navy
for
eleven
years.
'
Jack
Henry
Burnett
of
Victoria.
'I'Hfl
GERMANS
ENTERING
SPAIN
BERLIN
Unconfirmed
rumors
said'
today
that
German
troops
have
already
crossed
or
are
about
to
cross
the
Pyrenees
into
Spain
presumably
for
an
attack
on
Monday,
October
28,
1940.
ITALO-GREEK
WAR
1
A
1
fore
that
time.
Efforts
were
mam,
to
get
her
off
on
Sunday
morning's
high
tide
but
they
were
unavailing.
About
all
that
could
be
done
was
10
her
stern
somewhat.
The
bow
u
hirh
nnrt
drv
iven
at
high
water,
.,.,
m
ifh
forrfl
with
which
she
drove
up.
At
low
water
mere
iMppn
feet
of
water
below
mt
hih
rlM
and
falls
with
the
tide
and
the
vessel
Is
compwwv
Is
Turkey
Coming
In?
BELGRADE,
Oct.
28:
(CP)
Diplomatic
circles
heard
unconfirmed
reports
today
that
Turkey
had
declared
war
on
Italy
following
Italian
invasion
of
Greece
but
the
Turkish
legation
said
it
had
no
knowledge
of
such
action.
It
said,
however,
that
it
had
received
word
that
the
Turkish
cabinet
was
holding
an
emergency
meeting.
A
communique,
issued
at
Athens
after
the
Italians
had
been
attacked
by
land
and
air,
said
that
Premier
John
Me
taxas
was
in
communi
'
brother
of
Richard
M.
Burnett
of
i
cation
with
Turkey.
rnnre
itupcn.
was
another
of
the,
victims.
'
Twenty-five
of
the
casulties
were
from
Vancouver
Island,
mostly
Victoria,
Sub-Lien
tenant
Timbrell
of
North
Vancouver,
a
veteran
of
Narvik,
who
escaped
from
the
Fraser,
was
again
a
survivor
from
Margarce.
)
The
Margaree
was
formerly
H.
M.
8.
Diana
of
the
Royal
Navy.
Launched
m
1932
she
was
transferred
to
the
Canadian
Navy
last
year.
Her
armament
Included
four
4.7"
guns
and
eight
torpedo
tubes.
!
London
Youth
Helped
Nazis
Boy,
Admits
,Settlng
.Fires,
Guide
German
Raiding
Planes
Two
Hundred
and
Scventy-Eisht
Passengers
Took
to
Lifeboats
at
Midnight
Many
Clad
Only
m
Night
Attire
Prince
Rupert
salvage
operators
are
speculating
on
i,n
nO0ih;iirv
nf
the;
4658-ton
million
dollar
steamer
Al
aska
being
refloated
on
the
high
tides
Thursday
or
Friday
from
Elliott
Island,
20
miles
south
of
here,
where
she
Rnturdav
nicht
while
southbound
from
Seward
to
Seattle.
There
is
little,
if
any,
chance,
it
is
t
k
trnccoi
hpinit
free
be-
Rupert
for
the
scene
of
the
wreck
at
3
o'clock
Sunday
morning.
Capt.
Reg
Green
Is
In
charge
of
the
salvage
outfit
with
a
crew
of
15
men.
The
Fearless
returned
to
Prince
Rupert
Sunday
afternoon
to
take
out
a
dredge
and
compressors.
She
left
ntraln
Sunday
night.
The
Alaska
ran
Into
the
natural
cradle
of
a
groove
between
tocks
tldrv
wtabovi
which
are
suportlng
her
on
either
ternth
three
b
high
and
dry,
stern
jwi
chan
,
local
,
salvors
,t;.
state,
rf.f,
ouhouah
although
ol
ou
'
has
I
bers
Anchorage
Is
,.
the
.
exact
.
.
spot
o
or
K
-
tnt?stwherea
!
ouW.ElUoti
on
Vhe
wiiiu
Porcher
cliff
Island
Is
.
omer
-
S1UC
,i...-w
shell
has
been
puncvuieu.
a.
BhnIlt
three
mllea
south
of
there
Is
cigni
icii.
i
I
1
Island
In
Arinur
Arthur
Passace.
rassase.
W'""
.
.
.
r-i.
water
In
the
forward
noia.
ru
pipes
aboaid
the
Alaska
are
known
to
have
been
broken
by
the
Impact.
Passengers
arriving
here
stated
Tile
Armour
Salvage
Co.'s
lugs
Lawyer
The
steamboat
channel
is
easicny
of
Elliott
island
whereas
tha
Alaska
is
to
the
west.
Elliott
Island
ls
very
small.
There
Is
deep
water
all
around.
Had
the
Alaska
been
a
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY.
VICTORIA,
B.C.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
OCTOBER28J940
Tomorrow
sTrdes
High
11:50
am.
22.7
ft.
Low
5:41
ajn.
4.8
ft.
18:20
pm.
2.6
ft.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
King
George
Announces
Country
Compelled
To
Take
Up
Arms
Against
Aggressor
Greeks
Resisting
Stubbornly;
Drive
8
Miles
Into
Albania
LONDON,
October
28:
(CP)
Stubborn
Greek
resistance
against
Italy
is
reported
by
neutral
military
sources
in
Belgrade
today.
Reuters,
in
a
dispatch
to
London
from
Athens,
said
that
Greek
troops
had
broken
through
Italian
positions
at
one
place
and
driven
eight
miles
into
Albania.
I
i
Scion
Of
Cecils
ti
Rejoins
Cabinet
Resigned
as
Protest
Against
peasement
Policy
in
1938
Ap-
few
hundred
feet
to
the
east
nothing
would
have
happened.
It
was
a
murky
night,
very
dark.
The
vessel
was
evidently
travelling
full
speed
of
sixteen
knots
or
so
when
she
ran
ashore.
The
first
work
of
salvage
will
consist
of
blasting
of
rocks
In
the
effort
to'
give
the
vessel
more
water.
The
expectation
is
that
larger
sal
vage
vessels
will
be
coming
north
from
Vancouver.
The
United
States
coastguard
cutter
Cyane
was
at
the
scene
of
the
wreck
for
a
time
yesterday
morning.
Two
hundred
and
seventy-eight
passengers
of
the
AiasKa
were
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
morning
from
Elliott
Island
and
awaited
the
arrival
at
Prlnca
Rupert
at
4
a.m.
today
from
Seattle
of
the
steamer
Yukon,
a
sister
ship
of
the.
Alaska,
which
took
them
to
Ketchikan
where
It
was
expected
they
would
embark
on
the
Aleutian
In
continuation
of
the
interrupted
voyage
to
Seattle.
The
North
Coast
remained
at
Prince
Rupert
until
the
arrival
of
the
Yukon
to
provide
shelter.
Men
passengers
on
the
North
Coast
relinquished
their
accomodation
meantime
for
the
women
and
children
passengers
from
the
Alaska.
The
Yukon,
after
leav-
Continued
on
Page
Two
Fuehrer
Sees
II
Duce
Today
icuiiKuuciiun
mai
uiuubui
nun
-p
resurrociy
ffns
to
inform
the
government
benches
he
left
In
Mussolini
of
talks
with
the
!
1938
as
a
protest
against
the
Cham-
Vichy
government.
There
were
,rxr
,
.
i
.
;
berlain
appeasement
policy.
rvprvs
hit
Preoiler
Henri
LONDON,
Oct.
28.
A
sixteen
(
Helr
the
fourth
Marquis
of.
PhUlbps
Pn'a'n
or
Vice-
year
old
boy
has
been
convicted
'Salisbury
and
member
of
the
po-
premier
Pierre
Laval
of
In
a
London
police
court
under
lltically
glamorous
Cecil
family,
the
France
and
General
Francisco
defence
of
the
realm
laws.
He
ad-'
slender
47-year-old
successor
to
Franco
of
Spain
mi?ht
take
mlt.ted.thathe
Hitler
Viscount
Caldecote
as
Dominions
mrt
in
in
cenference
but
was
a
sym.
...
.
.
.
.
.
'
secretary
has
lived
up
to
the
family
this
appears
now
to
be
un-
pathlzer
and
that
he
had
set
traditions
'during
his
11
years
In
llkelv.
buildings
on
nre
to
guiae
uerman
the
House
of
Commons
as
Conserv-bomblng
planes.
atlve
member
for
South
Dorset.
'
FLORFNCE
It-aly.
Oct.
23:
1
(CP)
Chancellor
Adclt
Hit-
1(
rni
p
?mi-r
Bn
ita
Mus-
LONDON,
Oct.
28:
(CPViscount
gou
ccnfOT:d
for
nearly
Cranborne
became
liaison
man
be-'
threa
houn
today
in
the
t:rst
-'
tween
Great
Britain
and
te
Dom-
sico
of
a
nraft'ng
staged
as
I
1
4i.
Al
,
1
1
1
U
t
L
....
.
.
'To1
Vfiiuitiuu
tayiiici
ic-
It?'!
Ju
.
IjrCIJCS..
rilKei.T--
Big
Liner
Strands
Near
Rupert
Steamer
Alaska
Piles
Up
On
fM
ILOST
Elliott
Island
bouth
UF
Here;
North
Coast
Is
Rescue
Ship
.
British
Confirmation
or
Destruction
of
Bis
Canadian
Pacific
Liner
J
LONDON,
Oct.
28:
(CP)
The
British
Admiralty
today
officially
announced
the
loss
of
the
12,-318
ton
Canadian
Pacific
liner
Empress
of
Britain.
A
communique
said
that
the
liner
had
been
lost
as
a
result
of
enemy
aerial
attack
which
caused
a
fire.
Sal-vase
operations
were
commenced
immediately
but,
while
in
tow,
the
Empress
blew
up
and
sank.
Some
598
of
the
total
of
613
persons
on
board
have
already
I
been
landed
safely.
Included
in
the
number
were
military
families
and
a
small
number
of
military
personnel.
Women
and
children
were
among
the
passenge'rs
who
sot
Into
the
lifeboats
without
panic.
They
were
picked
up
by
British
warships
hours
later.
Some
lifeboats
caught
fire
from
incendiary
bombs
before
they
could
be
launched.
The
Empress
Hncr
was
bombed
'ISO
miles
off
Ireland.
The
raider
disappeared
and
then
returned
to
drop
more
bombs
Including
incendiaries.
Survivors
said
that
the
raiders
also
machine-gunned
the
ship.
There
is
no
confirmation
of
a
report
that
the
Empress
was
torpedoed
while
under
tow
and
that
this
was
the
actual
cause
of
FASCIST
ULTIMATUM
DEMANDING
TERRITORIAL
CONCESSIONS
AND
RIGHT
TO
MOVE
TROOPS
REJECTED
EARLY
SPREAD
OF
CONFLICT
SEEN
ATHENS,
October
28:
(CP)
King
George
II.
announced
today
that
Greece
had
been
"compelled
to
go
to
war
against
an
Italy
coveting
Greece's
independence."
The
King's
announcement
was
made
shortly
after
Premier
John
Me-taxas
had
rejected
an
Italian
ultimatum
for
surrender
of
part
of
her
territory.
Greek
Minister
Rosetti
declared
at
Belgrade
that
a
state
of
war
existed
between
Italy
and
Greece
and
that
fighting
had
started
at
6
a.m.
(8
p.m.
Sunday,
Pacific
Standard
Time.)
Italy
and
Greece
have
gone
to
war
following
rejection
by
Greece
of
an
Italian
ultimatum
for
territorial
concessions
and
the
privilege
of
moving
troops
through
Greece.
Italian
troops
have
advanced
into
Greece
from
Albania
and
air
bombing
of
Greek
ports
has
commenced.
Athens
had
two
air
raid
alarms
today.
Two
planes
came
over
but
were
driven
off
by
anti-aircraft
fire.
-A
communique,
issued
after
the
Italians
hadV
attackdtl
by
land
and
air,
said
that
Premier
John"
Metaxas
was
in
communication
with
Turkey.
The
Greeks
elected
to
fight
rathef
than
bow
to
Italian
demands
for
Greek
territory
and
free
passage
for
Italian
troops.
!"
Italian
motorized
units
thrust
across
the;!
mountainous
Grcek-lfalian
frontier
atj
fci3);
'
(7
:30
p.m.
Sunday)
half
an
hour
before
the1
'&bn
ation
of
the
Italian
ultimatum
Iwhich'Vas
obviously
part
of
the
build-up
to
justifiy
the
attack.
Early
this
afternoon
air
raid
alarms
screamed
in
Athens
for
the
third
time
today
and
anti-aircraft
fire
drove
away
four
planes
flying
over
the
city
at
that
time.
Italian
planes
bombed
Corinth
and
Tatoi
airdromes,
twelve
miles
from
Athens,
and
the
port
of
Patras.
At
Belgrade
it
was
reported
that
ten
divisions
of
perhaps
200,000
Italian
troops
were
reported
driving
into
Greece
along
the
Albanian
frontier
in
an
attack
timed
with
Italian
naval
blows
at
the
island
of
Corfu.
Details
of
the
naval
action
at
Corfu
were
unknown.
UNLIMITED
BRITISH
SUPPORT
As
Greece
was
fighting
today
with
her
army
against
invading
Italian
forces
it
was
announced
officially
that
Great
Britain
was
sending
"unlimited
support."
Great
Britain
will
honor
her
guarantee
to
Greece,
it
was
officially
an-?
nounccd
a
few
hours
after
Italian
troops
had
crossed
the
Greek
frontier.
Informed
quarters
said
the
British
Mediterranean
fleet
had
occupied
the
strategic
island
of
Crete
and
a
small
island
with
an
airdrome
off
Corfu.
At
Rome
the
Italians
claimed
Italy
had
been
obliged
to
take
measures
to
meet
a
situation
caused
by
alleged
Greek
provocation
on
the
Italian
frontier
and
"grave
British
threat
to
Greek
independence."
Rome
claimed
at
the
week-end
that
Greeks
crossed
Albanian
frontier
and
attacked
an
Italian
outpost.
The
report
was
officially
denied
by
Greece.
Fears
arc
held
that
the
invasion
of
Greece
may
lead
to
further
warfare
in
the
Balkans
with
a
possible
Axis
attempt
to
move
through
Turkey
towards
the
Iran
oil
Country
and
Suez
to
Synchronize
with
resumption
of
the
war
in
Egypt.
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FORCE
SPREADING
ATTACK
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LONDON
A
successful
air
raid
by
a
strong
force
of
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
on
Skoda
armament
works
at
Pilsen
In
Czechoslovakia
last
night
is
reported
by
the
Air
ministry.
The
raid
was
the
most
distant
Royal
Air
Force
attack
on
German-held
territory.
The
Air
Ministry
also
announced
that
coastal
command
planes
scored
a
direct
hit
on
a
power
station
at
Lorient.
Other
points
on
the
French
coast
were
attacked
also
oil
refineries
in
Germany.
Despite
none
too
favorable
Weather
the
Royal
Air
Force
Conducted
extensive
raids
on
enemy
territory
Saturday
night
Including
Berlin,
Hamburg
and
many,
other
important
Centres,
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