IATTLEGR0UND
S
WAR
'
THREATENS
TO
SPREAD
In
on
Land,
At
Sea
and
in
Air
Continues
As
Allies
E
.
.
i
j
v
!..
i
r
i!
:
t
Irive
111
Dinp
u:is
rrum
vuiuiuuiiiK
agression
i
W;e
are
portending
shadows
of
important
de-
iilone
the
Western
Front
and
in
the
Lowlands
t
,
m
the
Southeast
towards
the
Balkans,
Norway
Si
f,3(lay
the
principal
battleground
of
Europe.
Act-L
land,
at
sea
and
in
the
air
continues
as
the
Germans
I
ti
consolidate
those
positions
taken
in
this
weeks
re
-
d
o
extend
the
range
r
r':
while
the
AUie
Oreat
.-..-(
and
Norway
en-orrak
the
hold
and
v
wer
of
the
Reich.
I
:i
of
Sweden
In
rela-
u.ir
in
Scandinavia
ap-me
more
grave.
That
i'
remain
oat
of
the
a;
to
be
a
generally'
If
the
British
Navy.l
i
lias
been
successful
In
r.ivement
of
Oerman
pplies
by
the
sea
way.
a
Oerman
Invas-;n
order
to
provide
a
land
rot
would
I
'!,
next
move.
Mean--
in
a
state
of
emer-!
ight
there
was
a
K-khohn
as
well
as
and
lMththouvs
i
;:
rm
at
Ootebor.
j'-nt
further
to
the
i-nrtu
but
this
turn-
ben
due
to
Swedish
unidentified,
fly
Some
Swedish
towns
1
wglan
frontier
have
nni
SWEDEN
DEFIANT
Determined
To
Preserve
Liberty,!
Territory
And
Honor
From
Oerman
Fncroachment
STOCKHOLM,
April
15:
(CD
The
Swedish
Premier,
Per
Al-bin
Damson,
declared
in
a
radio
speech
tonight:
We
are
determined
to
preserve
our
liberty,
our
territory
and
our
honor."
Hansson
denied
Indirectly
reports
that
Germany
had
de
manded
the
right
to
send
troops
i
across
Swedish
territory
but
'
served
Stockholm's
rejection
of
I
any
such
rcquett.
i
UNABLE
TO
r
varuated
of
civilian
An
official
Swedish,
atement
today
de-J
country
would
en-
Churchill
ntaln
IU
neutrality
Secrecy
TELL
ALL
Explains
Must
R
That
Some
Maintained
ble
No
matter
what
m
may
be
made
of
LONDON.
April
12:
CP
First
ild
to
be
Inconceiv-
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
Winston
don.
under
any
ctr-
Churchill,
speaking
before
the
v
:
co-operate
wttn
union
Mouse
oi
uommons
yes-no-rtng
Norway.
erday,
stated
that
It
was
lmpos-'Klay
an
important
si
ble
to
lift
the
veil
of
secrecy
was
made
to
the
ef-
from
naval
operations
In
Scandt-
nntishJWavvhadcom-
navtan
waters
at
this
Juncture.
He
1
th
Skagerrack
and
did,
however,
give
some
descrlp-rance
to
the
Baltic
tlon
of
naval
action
which
had
oc-J
n
Admiralty
yssterday
but
he
did
not
contradict
a
state
1
iiat
it
had
mined
w-
nl
01
Norwegian
rrem.er
nam-i
'
that
BrltUh
troops
were
in
'
ro
?
west
cAast
of
Sweden
:
If-nrolectlon.
iuiaj
ui
Vy
U
wTaan-,
h
thelr
"j
k
o
SfSi
neldent
Great
BrtUln
w
.occupying
the
Fmw
Iatend.
midway
between
the
that
area
having
been
and
Iceland.
Shetlands
.in
in
Htt
last
niPhi
night
nf
of
a
a
nT-
Ger-.
churchll,
promi8fd.
amtd
cheers.
''
p
that
every
Oerman
ship
In
the
General
Activity
.Skagerrack
and
Kattegat
would
n..
n,i.i
DJ
destroyed.
VJM
Uti
V
ill
l,V4IWlvw
H
p
(
viv
at
ia.
kpcnlnir
the;
"
engaged
in
reconnais-l
attack,
at
the
same
time
frv,nna
nil
Hli
n
vfanf
in
"(ai.
mi
n
nil
u
v
t
w
"
such
Oerman-occupled
'
Oslo.
Bergen.
Stavangcr-1,
Ti-onrthjem
and
Narvik.
Nor-
f
"?rjr
to
be
holding
Its
own
ptubborn
land
flRhtlng
against
.:,
Bergen
and
Hamar
have
tNr.'
1
'"captured
from
the
Germans,
Ir"lf
to
persistent
Norwegian
Iirra
n
DEPUTY
OF
NEW
DEFT
George
Kinsley
Shells
Named
As
sistant
to
Canadian
.Minister
o
Munitions
and
Supply
OTAWA,
April
12.
(CP
-George
r
.
.
v
.,.
w-
cnr.i
nr.ird.
has
oeen
orwern
Narvik
and
Sweden
f
ml,ster
of
the
DCcrt
CUt
and
Oprman
trnnn
In
,r
.
.
.
.f
et
Muni-
I
Evaded
country
cocs
on.
nHviw
will
still
bo
pndhjem
U
one
of
the
nolnts
on
the
new
department
with
whlchjv
n..t.
.
i-
.....j
a
f
Vancouver
lan
land
forces
.1..
1
1
1....
f
thP
War
suppiy
continued
on
Page
Two)
'soclatlon.
'
Doukhobors
Are
Burned
In
Fire
which
destroyed
a
,
9
V
.
I
LIBRARY
I
VICTORIA,
b
c
j
'eather
Forecast
Tomorrow
sT
ides
mm
-
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
High
4:03
ajn.
19.1
It.
17:14
p.m.
16.6
ft.
t
.,..:d
-Fresh
to
strong
eat-
t-
i
mild
and
showery.
Low
11:05
a.m.
5.1
ft.
23.03
p.m.
8.8
It.
NOItTHKItN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
I)
COLUMHlA'S
NEWSPAPER
X
No
87.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL
12,
1940.
PRICE:
t
CENTS
el
Iron
Ring
Around
Oslo
'&5A
5
w
(RWAY
IS
PRhL
War
News
FIVE
R.A.I.
PLANES
DOWN
LONDON
1
lie
Air
Ministry
announced
tonight
that
five
Royal
Air
Force
planes
had
been
brought
down
by
the
Germans
while
making
reconnaissance
flights
over
the
North
Sea
and
Skaggerack.
FOUGHT
TO
LAST
LONDON
The
Admiralty
is
informed
that
H.M.S.
Gurkha,
one
of
the
dettroyers
which
was
sunk
off
the
Norway
coast
by
German
bombers,
brought
down
two
German
planes
before
she
sank,
including
the
one
which
dealt
her
the
fatal
blow.
Gurkha
survivors
were
landed
yesterday
at
a
Scot-
I
tih
port.
Fourteen
of
the
crew
!
went
down
w
with
the
ship.
CANADIAN'S
EXPLOIT
LONDON
A
Canadian
pilot
has
been
responsible
for
the
bringing
down
of
a
German
Hornier
flying
boat
in
an
air
fight
over
the
North
Sea.
AMONG
REFUGEES
STOCKHOLM
Among
Norwegian
refugees
who
have
crossed
the
frontier
into
Sweden
are
mem-
Community
House
Destroyed
at
Shorcacres
Yesterday
Man
and
Woman
in
Hospital
NELSON,
April
12:
(CP)
Two
Doukhobors
a
man
and
a
wo
man
are
in
the
Kootenay
Lake
General
Hospital
here
suffering
from
burns
as
a
result
of
a
fire
house
at
the
Doukhobor
settlement
)
of
Shoreacres.
west
of
here,
yester
day.
DIVISIONS
OF
DEFENCE
and
which
the
Germans
Klngsley
Shells
who
has
been
J"-!
Ministers
administration
1
of
n"'
1..
..
-1
.
1.
as
director
.
of
aUcally
(i
1
v
npnv.
denv.
Th,
rnii
mi
railway
vnv
"g
,
Navy
and
Air
to
Handle
Army,
Force
In
Canada
'1
(!
to
!dlB
l,ooMlwuil.m
Lvon
Mackenzie
Klni
,r"
rway
by
parachute.
nouncea
last
nignt.
nonnrtmpnt
of
Katlonal
Defence
is
pantime
on
land,
on
6oa
and
In
Wallace
It.
Campbcu.
be
dlvlded
mt(j
thfee
dlvlslons
,
a'f
the
batUe
between
the
Al-
oecn
aciu.B
w-Q
Army
navy
and
alr
rorce-eacn
iKnnniv
lioaru.
win
uv
-
m.
,
and
German
for
i
r
ou.w
'
"Tu'S
Z.
Ibices
as
an
,
with
a
separate
deputy
minuter,
ai.
v
'
"
me
uu
.
in..-
:.
Private
available
",,.,
t0
W
answering
to
the
one
minister.
Janies
Stuart
Duncan
of
Toronto
has
been
appointed
associate
act-
line
minister
"ot
defence
with
par-
-i.w
ri.m.i,
owier
inci.iuw"
y
"
.'t
r-uiar
lurauiciron-over
me
uir
nMrA
nr
mrll
to
column
u
.Fate
Of
Hardy
,
,
Crew
Unknown
.
LONDON,
April
12:
(CP)
Officers
and
men
of
the
Bri-
1
tlsh
de-Sroyer
Hardy,
which
ran
aground
In
Narvik
Fjord,
,attempted
to
make,
a
landing
1
under
Oerman
operated
shore
batteries
rather
than
surrend-
er.
It
has
been
disclosed.
The
fate
of
the
men,
forty
or
fifty
In
all,
Is
unknown
but.
when
last
seen
bv
other
destrovers.
they
were
throwing
xlfles
and
ammunition
4
Into
Web
its.
NAZI
SHIP
BLOWN
UP
Royal
Air
Force
Destroys
Ammunition
Vessel
in
Vicinity
of
Oslo
(
Fjord
LONDON.
April
12:
(CP'
The
Air
Ministry
announces
that
a
Oer-
man
ammunition
ship
was
b'own
up
and
a
supply
ship
was
believed
damaged
In
raids
last
night
In
which
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
at-
bers
of
Norwegian
Parliament
Itacked
"enemy
ships
over
a
widei
who
have
been
unable
to
get
back
ana
extending
from
Oslo
Fjord
to'
tc
their
homes
by
direct
routes
owing
to
the
German
invasion.
EVACUATING
AMERICANS
WASHINGTON
Plan,
h
been
completed
for
the
evacuation
of
3371
Americans
from
Denmark,
Sweden
and
Norway.
They
will
travel
through
Germany
and
will
embark
for
home
from
Genoa.
CONTRABAND
EXTENDED
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
has
been
advised
by
Great
nritain
that
all
goods
destined
for
Norwegian
ports
will
now
be
subject
to
seizure
under
contra-.band
control.
Norwegian
ships
are
being
held
in
Allied
ports
for
Admiralty
Instructions.
he
Baltic
Coast
of
Oermany.",
There
was
a
violent
explosion
as
the
ammunition
ship
b'ewup,
airplanes
aloft
even
reacting
Jo
the
concussion.
The
eroulntf'Hlre
wai
seen
for
many
miles.
Premier
Kim?
To
!
I
Take
Holiday
In
I
Virginia
State
OTTAWA.
April
12:
CP
Prior
to
the
opening
of
the
session
of
Parliament
next
month.
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
plans
a
vacation
trip
to
Virginia.
His
trlD
la
In
no
way
designed.
Mr
King
made
clear,
to
Influence
Un-
BOMIHNG
DENIED
llted
States
In
any
way
as
to
Its
ln-
mmoblllzlnz
the
Oer-
curred
since
Monday.
,
LONDON
The
Air
Ministry
Jternational
relations
with
respect
d
rutting
off
Ihe
Nail
The
First
Lord
denied
that
the
emphatically
denies
German
to
the
war.
That
was
something
force
In
southern
British
Forces
had
rcoccupied
any
i
charges
that
Royal
Air
Force
with
which
the
government
of
Can-
i
Denmark
and
the
Iwu
wl
v'oa"
01
"or-
planes
bombed
a
railway
station
aaa
naa
no
intention
oi
mierienng.
way
wnicn
naa
laucn
to
uermanyi
and
sporls
stadium
In
Schleswlg
Holstein,
Denmark.
ALL
OUIET
IN
FRANCE
Holland
For
Is,
However,
Invasion
Nazi
Over
Paris
Preparing
Planes
PAR,
IS,
April
12:
(CP)Allledi
and
Oerman
planes
scouted
ex-
tenslvely
over
the
western
front;
today
In
search
of
Information
on
troop
movements
or
possible
battle
preparations,
French
military
sources
said.
A
communique
said:
community
The
French
claim
to
have
got
the
best
of
rather
heavy
artillery
exchanges
yesterday
In
the
region
of
the
Vosgcs
Mountains.
Holland
is
still
preparing
for
a
German
invasion.
First
and
sec
ond
defence
lines
have
been
strengthened
and
hospitals
as
well
as
many
civilians
have
been
ev
acuated
from
the
German
frontier
area.
German
planes
flew
over
Paris
and
elsewhere
In
the
central
por
tion
of
France
during
the
night
Air
raid
alar
mslgnals
were
sounded
but
no
bombs
were
dropped.
Events
In
Scandinavia
should
Seven
German
MOBILIZATION
DENIED
ROME
Official
denial
is
made
of
reports
last
night
that
Premier
Mussolini
had
railed
1.200.000
additional
men
to
the
colors.
MOSCOW
ANGRY
MOSCOW
Official
Moscow
is
raid
to
be
concealing
its
anger
over
the
German
invasion
of
Norway.
SPEED
UP
WARSHIPS
WSIHNCTOS
Th
JUtt
!e-nrtment
Is
speeding
lip
the
construction
of
nineteen
lar
new
American
battleships
in
view
of
the
ever
mor
serious
international
situation.
POSITION
OF
GREENLAND
WASHINGTON
President
Poevelt
declined
to
rule
today
whether
Greenland
was
subject
to
the
Monroe
Doctrine.
He
admitted
that
Greenland
was
of
far
more
importance
in
relation
to
America
than
Europe.
Senator
Key
Pittman,
chairman
of
the
Senate
foreign
relations
committee,
yesterday
warned
Germany
against
any
attempt
to
seize
Iceland
or
Greenland.
PEARL
RIVER
REOPENED
HONG
KONG
The
Japanese
announce
restricted
reopening
to
seneral
navigation
of
Tearl
River
which
has
been
closed
since
the
Japanese
capture
of
Canton
in
October
1938.
INCIDENT
IN
BUCHAREST
BUCHAREST
The
possibility
of
an
international
incident
with
extensive
repercussions
is
seen
as
a
result
of
the
murder
of
two
Germans
a
munitions
expert
and
a
girl
in
Bucharest
Britons
And
Norwegians
In
Contact
STOCKHOLM.
Anrll
market
was
unchanged
today
at
j
fair
and
Wi.Di
per
tine
ounce.
.
paicnes.
12:
Warships
Are
Bottled
Up
By
Allies
And
Important
Action
Expected
Bulletins
Germans
Are
Evidently
Masters
Yet
of
Kristiansund,
Stavanger,
Bergen
and
Narvik
Naval
Battle
Off
Trondhj'em
With
Land
and
Air
Forces
Active
STOCKHOLM,
April
12:
(CP)-Seven
German
war-
JAPANESE
JAPrsF
t.pl
GIKL
1)1
dies
La
cViino
w
.-.w..,!
;
r.
:
j
A
j
.
t
.
t
...
.
I
Taking
a
sudden
relapse
at
the
rY"
.
L
VIsT
r""1
lU?y
De
DOlU;
I
prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
ed
up
in
Oslo
s
harbor
and
the
Norwegians,
v
trying
to
seal
'
as
she
was
preparing
to
leave
for
the
capital
with
an
iron
ring,
expect
important
action
at
Vancouver
for
special
treatment,
Miss
Sawako
Ikegami,
21,
daughter
of
M.
Ikegami
of
Claxton,
died
suddenly
last
night
There
I
are
a
number
of
bi
others
at
Claxton.
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
B.C.
Undertakers.
any
moment,
ah
Highways
east
and
northeast
of
Oslo
are
blocked
by
Norwegian
defence
forces,
according
to
.
.
advices
reaching
here,
as
the
de
SESSION
TO
OPEN
Germans
Sink
Swede
Tanker
fenders
attempt
to
weld
the
solid
ring
around
the
capital
:
A
Finnish
radio
broadcast
report
,
received
from
the
Swedlsh-Norweg-'
lan
frontier
and
emitted
from
Helsinki
says
that
a
battle
has
been
11
4
"IT
-a
n
progressing
since
last
night
near
1Y1
A
1
1
0
Kon8svlnger.
northeast
of
Oslo.
The
Norwegian
government
an
c"
b
that
Germans
nate
is
Announced
by
Prime
Min-
n.'f
are
masters
of
Krlstlan-Ki'
Ister
William
Lyon
Mackenxie
jhere
isund.
Stavanger,
Bergen
and
Nar-
vlk.
British
troops
were
being
land-
OTTAWA.
April
12:
CP-Prlme
JV'
J?"!
'JLT-Minister
e
at
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
J
tlon,
fmihjem
re-King
mains
hidden
In
announced
last
night
that
the
military
secrecy,
tlrst
session
of
the
new
Parliament
ef,n
w,arsnlPs
taclutdln8
tng
the
aenerai
elecUon
of
J1
March
25.
would
convene
on
May
,
J
7'T"
"c
"iftatS
pjn-
Noon
Pacific
Standard
fid
lT
atcked,by.,landtwML
Time).
It
will
be
opened
by
Chief
bf-
t
"aVal
battIc
out-Tusticf
Sir
Lyman
P.
Duff;
admlnis-
f;?f.
Trondhjem
was
reported
trator.
pending
the
arrival
in
Can-
nUe
Air
Force
PIanes
ada
of
the
Governor
General,
the
co-fPeratin
with
land
forces.
Earl
of
Athlone.
It
Is
expected
that
,
rmany
claimed
to
have
serlous-Hon.
P.
F.
Carcratn.
SDeaker
of
the
Jjf
imaged
a
British
aircraft
car-Last
Parliament,
will
again
be
rie
and
cruiser
Trondhjem.
chosen
Speaker.
Royal
Air
Force
Planes
were
re-
A
number
of
Senatorial
appoint-
poii
naVe
a"acked
an
airport
roentf
are
expected
to
be
made
at
Swer
twice,
setting
a
gaso-prlor
to
the
opening
of
the
session.
dump
on
fire
with
Nazi
bomb-
ers
being
damaged
when
It
burned.
4.
It
Is
estimated
that
Germany
has
already
landed
from
two
to
four
.
olvlslons
of
troops
In
Norway.
The
range
of
conflict
Is
wide-
spread.
Eidsvold
has
been
another
scene
of
fighting.
Thousands
of
bombs
both
explosive
and
Incend-
iary
have
been
dropped
on
towns
LONDON.
April
12:
(CP)
an
villages
In
southern
Norway,
The
Swedish
tanker
Sveaborg,
any
being
set
afire.
9076
tons,
sank
off
the
Scot-
'
tlsh
coast
last
night,
appar-
ently
the
victim
of
a
German
torpedo.
The
crew
Is
reported
to
have
been
saved.
MORE
MINES
.
LAIDD0WN
Swedish
and
Dutch
Territorl;
Territorial!
Waters
Involved
in
Latest
Move
By
British
Admiralty
LONDON.
April
,
British
Admiralty
gave
formal
no-jtlce
today
of
the
mining
of
four
areas
In
the
North
Sea,
the
Skagerrack
and
the
Kattegat.
These
(CP)
areas
touch
the
Norwegian,
Danish
British
and
Norwegian
troops
have
and
German
coasts
and
also
theand
made
contact
near
Bergen,
an
territorial
waters
01
bweaen
ana
authoritative
Norwegian
source
re-
the
Netherlands.
ported
today.
According
to
the
same
source.
British
fighting
units
have
debarked
at
a
number
of
points
near
Narvik.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
not
cause
the
Allies
to
forget
the
i
is
relatively
high
from
British
Col
Western
Front
and
the
possibility
of
developments
there,
a
French
newspaper
says.
nut
GOLD
LONDON.
tCP)
The
Montreal
umbla
southwestwards
but
low
off
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands!
Heavy
rains
have
occurred
on
the
north
coast
but
the
weather
has
been
fair
and
mild
elsewhere.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
JUGOSLAVS
THREATENED
Leaflets
Showered
On
Belgrade
Urging
People
Not
to
Resist
Germans
If
Freedom
Valued
BELGRADE.
April
12:
(CP)
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
'Moderate
southeast
winds,
mostly
;tpnlRht'.
The
source
of
the
pham
mild
with
morning
fog.phlct
.was
not
disclosed
Immedi
ately.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
137,500
pounds,
ana
ec
t0
bZc
and
6c.
8a
Canadian
8c
and
6c
to
8.2c
and
'6c.
I
American
roiaris,
40,ooo,
Pacific,
8c
and
6c.
Yakutat,
40,000,
Royal.
8.1c
and
16c.
TeWv
1
innn
e
8.1c
and
6c.
Zarembo,
1330,
Cold
Storage'
8.1c
and
6c.
12:
(CP
The,
unu.ani
n
ucm
niA
c,
8!lc
and
6c
"
i
Washington,
14,000,
Royal
8.2c
and
6c.
Canadian
Aril,
9,000,
Cold
Storage,
8.1e
Essential,
4,500,
Cold
Storage,
8.1c
and
6c.
Blue
Boy,
7,000,
Ttlin,
,8.2c
and
6c.
,
Joe
Baker,
6,000,
Pacific,
8c
and
6c.
A.
K.,
1800,
Cold
Storage,
8.1c
and
6c.
..
,
Cape
Race,
3,500,
Booth,
8c
and
;6c.
J.
R.,
5,000,
Booth,
8c
and
6c.
Dickie
Boy,
3,000,
Atlin,
8.2c
and
Leaflets
warning
Jugoslavians
"Do
WHEAT
TRICES
not
resist
Germany
If
you
value)
WINNIPEG,
April
12J
(CP)
Win-your
freedom"
were
showered
.
nlpeg
wheat
futures
were"
"Ac
to
'
down
In
the
streets
of
Belgrade
ac
higher
yesterday
with
May
closing
at
89T4c
In
New
York
prtc-
,
es
were
unchanged
to
',4c
higher,
September
closing
at
$1.068.
iJi