feather.
Forecast
prince
Rupert
and.
Queen
Island
Freeh
.southeast
wladii
shifting
to
south
Party
cloudy
nd
cooler
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V
Invasion
By
EDICT
IS
LOOKS
RETTER
TONIGHT
PARIS,
May
23:
(CP)
A
French
High
Command
announcement
tonight
that
counter-at-.tacking
French
vanguards
had
reached
the
outskirts
of
Amiens
gave
a
measure
of
cheer,
indicating
that
the
counter-offensive
to
regain
lost
ground
from
the
enemy
is
meeting
with
definite
results.
That
French
armies
in
their
slashing
counter-attacks
have
cracked
the
German
salient
which
extended
to
the
English
Channel
is
indicated
by
reports
tonight
that
the
suburbs
of
their
first
objective
Amiens
-have
lecn
reached.
PARIS,
May
23:
(CP)
IYeneh
armies,
to
effect
what
foreign
military
experts
called
a
of
reorganization,"
were
fighting
with
new
furv
to
reunite
northern
and
central
armies
and
chop
off
;
Way-0f
Eire?-fn
LONDON.
May
23
CP
-
Lord
Privy
Sea!
Clement
R
At-
lee
told
the
Houee
of
Commons
I
today
that
Eire
and
Oreat
Bri-
tain
were
both
"alive
to
the
poaatbUltiw"
of
invasion
to
Oreat
Britain
through
Ireland.
He
aaM
that
all
proper
consul-
u
lions
were
taking
place.
ACCEPTED
I
Britons
Accede
to
Relinquishment
"
of
Liberties
to
Win
War
.
LONDON,
May
23
The
sweeping
ed
the
press
against
Intense
opU
mew
legislation
enacted
by
the
Brl-imism
over
the
Allied
counter-at-'
tlsh
Parliament
yesterday
conscrlp-
tack
on
the
Cambral
area
yesterday.
ting
man
power
and
wealth
Includ-
j
'
lng
person,
services
and
property
has
been
readily
accepted
and
ap-
A
IJ
17
I
ICri
"b"
Inroved
by
the
peoiilc
of
the
coun-
-
1
try
who
realise
the
seriousness
01
PARKLAND.
Alia
.
May
23:
(CP)
lhc
situation
and
the
necessity
of
,
Chi!
lr
.
tfatwitr.
arAi4
AA
trat1
.
.
.
.
.
i
v.
4
.
ft.f,iiAj
u.
tha
'
nd
dead
with
a
bullet
In
his
nilMi,
nn
the
nreas
as
a
"sweeping
-
'-
iiuiiii;
uiKi
KUf
necessary
meaure.
The
Manchester
Guardian
said:
"We
must
surrender
our
llbertlts
for
the
Ume
In
order
that
we
may
re-sumo
th,cm."
The
London
Teiegrapn-a
evidence
of
the
dynamic
leadership
for
which
the
country
has
been
looking.
TheTimes
At
this
grave
momnet
LONDON
Rumors
denied
here
are
that
General
Maurlre
Game-.,
...
i.
,mmindrr
River.
The
Oerman
army
launched
a
new
attack
late
today
In
the
D
AUlgny
sector
In
the
AUne
River
1
in
the
direction
of
Paris.
I
In
London
an
authoritative
spokesman
said
that
the
Allied
situation
on
the
western
front
today
wms
"extremely
grave''
with
British
communications
in
danger.
He
said
there
Is
a
gap
between
the
two-armies,
referring
to
the
German'
thrust
which
an
earlier
communi
que
said
had
reached
the
neighborhood
of
the
coast
He
said
that
Oerman
armored
forces
were
cruising
behind
the
lines
cutting
telephone
communications.
He
was
unable
to
say
whether
Channel
ports
were
still
usable
and
caution-
FOR.
LEAD
Cincinnati
Reds
and
Brooklyn
Dodgers
in
Deadlock
at
Top
of
National
League
BROOKLYN.
May
23:
(CP)
Following
yesterday's
play.
Brooklyn
Dodgers
and
Cincinnati
Reds
are
now
in
a
tie.
for
leadership
of
the
National
League.
The
Dodgers
won
from
the
long-suffering
Pittsburg
a
united
nation
has
no
misgiving
or
Pirates
while
the
Reds
were
losing
hesitation
In
temporary
surrender
,
wj
tne
New
York
aianis.
only
two
of
our
ancient
liberties
in
form
with
games
were
played
yesterday
In
victory.
I
,ne
NaonaI
League.
The
Dally
Herald
Now
an
arej
in
me
American
League
me
sec-one.
An
energy
and
boldness
ls,ond
place
Cleveland
Indians
won
shown
In
leadership
without
whichever
the
Boston
Bees,
reducing
their
we
could
not
hope
for
victory.
RUMORS
DENIED
margin
of
leadership
to
one
and
a
half
games.
The
last
five
teams
In
the
American
League
standing
are
now
bunched
within
a
space
of
two
full
games
In
the
standing
with
St.
Louis
Browns
temporarily
at
least
In
the
cellar
which
the
New
York
that
Lord
.Yankees
were
able
to
get
out
or
In-chlcf.
has
suicided,
n.C
.
,m.V
Inlander-in-
through
defeating
the
third
place
t;::
.
:r:
.::
ve.
mat
i
Detroit
ngers.
Dover
has
been
bombed
and
tbal
Premier
Plerlol
and
General
Henri
Denis
or
Belgium
have
been
shot.
All
these
reports
are
believed
to
be
products
Of
the
German
propaganda
mill.
EDMONTON
GRADS
WIN
EDMONTON
Edmonton
Commercial
Grads
won
the
three
game
trrles
from
Wichita
with
a
37
to
28
victory
last
night.
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LIBRARY
I
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
II
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
23,
1940.
NEW
YORK.
May
23:
CPi
First
United
8tates
ahlp
to
enter
the
war
zone
since
the
war.
the
American
liner
President
Roosevelt
left
New
York
today
for
Oalway.
Ireland,
to
pick
up
and
bring
home
1500
American
citizens
and
their
families
returning
from
various,
part
of
the
British
Isles.
The
vessel
will
be
unarmed
and
without.
Convoy
running
at
night
with
all
lights.
Belligerent
nations
have
been
notified,
that
no
attack
will
"be
expected.
Only
Americans
will
be
on
board.
BRITISH
I
BOMBING
Royal
Air
Force
Continues
Very
Active
Behind
Enemy
Lines,
Ministry
Reveals
LONDON.
May
23:
(CP)
The
British
Air
Ministry
toaay
an
nounced
the
bombing
by
the
Royal
t-.
.
T
7
..v
hiih8i,
Air
Force
of
Oerman
rmnr.H
r
ranee
to
me
sea,
ine
central
trench
army
engaged
the
headquarters
and
other
military
I
O'nnans
in
a
bitter
see-saw
battle
objectives.
Tanks,
armored
ve-
between
Cambrel
and
Valenciennes
hides
and
troop
concentrations
,
wnere
me
uermans
attacked
in
an
formlntr
the
vanguard
nf
th
c.iun,
10
ugmra
me
sacs
m
wnicn
cmy's
advance
toward
French
STOCKHOLM
The
Norwegians
are
reported
to
have
Improved
their
position
In
the
fighting
against
the
Germans
by
capturing
two
villages
south
of
Narvik
from
the
German
Invaders,.
1
I
Work
On
War
Contracts
In
All
Parts
Of
Canada
Will
Be
Greatly
Speeded
Ahead
OTTAWA,
May
23:
(CP)
Canadian
industry
engaged
in
filling
war
contracts
rallied
behind
the
government
today
to
step
up
war
materials
production
and
planned
to
follow
Supply
Minister
C.
D.
Howe's
request
that
night
and
day
shifts
be
started
and
v.ork
continued
on
Sundays
and
holidays.
The
request
was
received
this
morning
by
heads
of
heavy
industry,
shipbuilding
and
aircraft
firms
and
immediate
response
was
given
all
over
Canada.
Instructions
were
sent
out
to
all
plants
in
the
Dominion
engaged
in
any
form
of
war
contracts.
The
government's
move
coincided
with
a
message
from
Dominions
Secretary
Caldecote,
sent
from
London,
saying
that
one
airplane
immediately
was
worth
ten
in
six
months'
time.
(No
oiticial
statement
was
available
locally
but
the
despatch
suggests
the
speeding
up
order
applies
to
the
shipbuilding
contracts
at
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock.
)
ABBEVILLE
IN
GERMAN
HANDS
AND
BOULOGNE
UNDER
SIEGE;
BIG
BATTLE
RAGES
IN
FRANCE
LONDON,
May
23.
Prime
iMinister
Winston
Churchill
told
Parliament
today
that
Abbeville,
French
)ort
at
the
mouth
01
the
bomme
River,
was
in
German
hands
and
that
heavy
fiehtincr
was
coins
on
around
Bou-
Germans
Lose
Many
Planes
LONDON,
May
23:
Great
results
are
still
being
obtain-
ed
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
it
is
claimed
that,
since
May
10,
no
less
than
1000
Oerman
planes
have
been
de-
mander-ln-chlef.
is
speedily
combining
forces,
marshalling
them
for
a
counter
offensive
cnsive
designed
aesignea
to
10
un
lte
the
bodies
;
Tomorrow
sT
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PRICE:
CENT
Allies
Fighting
With
New
Fury
oncentrating
Un
trrort
lo
Reunite
Armies
In
Northern
And
Central
French
Regions
Bulletins
kino
srr.AKs
tomorrow
lOSHON
King
George
will
.J...I
mnuii
In
the
Km
rriui
-
li
v.rlllr
Standard
t'vi
icTivr.
OTTAWA
The
Koyal
Canadian
ir?
mutt
enllft
approximately
;
New
Attack
Launched
by
Germans
in
Direction
of
I'
1
London
Admits
Today
"Extremely
Grave"
I
Situation
Exists
ans
U.S.
SHIP
CROSSING
President
Roosevelt
to
Take
Americans
Home
From
Europe
MEMBER
IS
ARRESTED
Sensational
Developments
As
Great
Britain
Moves
Against
Traitors
Mosley
Too
LONDON,
May
23:
As
Ger-
many
continues
to
threaten
an
invasion
of
the
British
Isles,
J
the
drive
against
the
supposed
"Fifth
Column'
in
England
continues
with
sensational
swiftness.
Sir
John
Anderson,
Home
.Secretary,
made
the
startling
announcement
today
that.
In
the
drive
against
the
"Fifth
Column,"
Sir
Archibald
Ramsay,
a
Conservative
Member
of
Parliament,
and
"other
Nazi
sympathizers'
had
been
arrested
while
167
members
of
the
Irish
Republican
Army
had
been
ordered
deported.
Ramsay,
whose
detention
was
described
as
a
"precautionary
measure,'
was
placed
in
Brixton
Prison.
The
arrest
of
Ramsay,
who
is
a
former
member
of
the
Cold
stream
Guards,
was
made
at
the
direction
of
the
Home
Secretary
on
whose
behalf
the
announcement
was
actually
made
to
the
House
with
due
formality
by
the
Speaker.
The
Speaker's
an
nouncement
said
that
Ramsay
was
being
held
for
"undisclosed
reasons."
they
are
trvlne
tn
hold
AIUmI
forr-
nhanni
rr.
i
w.j
r
..:
ri
i
.1
1.-
mj
iusu.x
iuu
M
es
in
in
n.nrim
Flanders.
"T
.L
than
Vl
:
."."T
wintn,
.
"ai
"k
-
i.u
rur
Bam
louaj
m
-At
the
same
time
more
sii
h(nr
AFneh..HUhvCoraraandcom
the
"BnncTfncemenrltlMlaiere,-w
'
munlque
confirmed
that
French
Air
Ministry
announced
that
a
forces
had
driven
to
the
outskirts
Orman
ammunition
train
had
01
lamivai
ana
reported
violent
ar-
oecn
blown
up
last
night
by
the
tlllery
combat
in
the
region
of
D'at-
Royal
Air
Force
Ugny,
Loniruyon
and
north
of
NIed
Northern
hern
France
Enemy
Reported
Driven
"
Ra"cTc
UOIiles
Towards
CambraT
"
"
a
police
ten
at
the
British
Union,
Sir
Oswald
Mosley's
Fascist
organization.
Later
Mosley.
who
has
long
been
active
as
the
British
Fascist
leader,
accompanied
police
to
Scotland
Yard
today
and
subsequently
the
Home
Of-
ogne,
anoiner
impoiiant
cngiisn
Channel
port,
to
the
ffce
announced
his
arrest
aionr
north.
The
general
situation
still
is
of
a
serious
character
w,th
olher
ieains
members
of
.
-.
.
-
1
1
but
General
Weygand,
Allied
com-
,ne
""tish.
Union
of
Fascists
in
the
widespread
drive
the
Fifth
Column.
un-
operating
In
northern
Amriaccnr
nr
Te
with
those
to
UaoodUUl
lb
France
and
Flanders
Flanders
me
south
on
the
other
side
of
the
M
1
TJ
J
f
Nazi
thrust
towards
the
English
llOt
ilearCl
rTOni
Channel.
Mr.
Churchill
said
It
was
too
c...
r-H.
t
011
au
1
-
j
r
might
have
been
even
more,
been
cracked,
it
was
said
then,
a
the
Air
Ministry
announced
New
War
Planes
Cross
Atlantic
States
.
to
.
England
...
for
c
Service
..
In
War
distance
of
twenty
miles
from
Ar-
ras
towards
Cambral.
There
were'
also
indications
of
a
new
Allied
counter-offensive
In
the
direction!
against
Envoy
to
Belgium
fihti.
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Not
Reported
For
Six
0
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wucu
uiii.ca-,
Hons
of
very
serious
nature."
1
The
minister
of
Information,
Al
fred
Days
a
v-.
,
i.v..,
May
Duff-Cnonpr
In
a
A
dress
that
AIHpH
trnn
uuvr
james
ivi.
i,uaany
nas
-fiahtintr
ntn.t
:
been
out
of
touch
with
the
Depart-
I
uimii
as
fau
fcj
jv
vti
1
-o
fAvuk
VUUO
Ob
German
planes
have
been
de-
f
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f
,j.lh9t
th
viHti
j..'
the
embassy
was
remaining
In
i
six
British
planes,
this
within
'perate."
the
short
period
of
twenty-
Last
night
reports
indicated
four
hours.
The
number
that
the
battle
in
the
Cambral,
MAM
A
(?i.t.
1
J
,4
1.
be
in
iuy
,:
Iast
heard.T
th.at
Brussels
which
has
since
been
oc
cupied
by
Germany.
brought
down
by
the
British
sector
was
raging
with
lncreasedi
AMAu!ln.
kn,
fighters
during
yesterday
fury,
the
German
lines
having
rillienCanS
Are
Being
Urged
To
Return
To
U.S.
iof
Luxembourg.
I
"It
Is
a
great
battle
and
it
Is
WASHINGTON,
May
23-
The
De-.only
started,"
said
a
French
partment
of
State
yesterday
urged
spokesman
in
Paris.
j
Americans
In
eleven
countries
of
j
Valenciennes
and
Doual
are
the-
Near
East,
soueastern
Europe
,
among
omer
points
mentioned
In
and
Northern
Africa
to
return
home
Fi,lnr
Themselves
From
United
w'
"mp"?n
5
5
erce
IIghtln
Me
direct
transportation
Is
still
"
in
me
areas
01
ine
most
severe
fighting
French,
British
and
Belgian
troops
were
said
last
night
to
bombers.
-ordered
by
Great
Britain
fIerce
counter
thrust
from
the
United
States,
are
now!
In
the
r,mhpal
nnnf
!10.
Glasgow
CharWy
Cup,
Scml-FInal
Rangers
5,
Celtic
1,
VU.K4
CBtthlLJll
being
Ilown
direct
across
the
Atlan-jyesterday
the
Brltlsn
took
fQUr,
tic
Ocean.
Some
have
already
arrived
and
others
are
on
the
way.
Old
Country
Soccer
South
C
Arsenal
2,
Fulham
1.
West
Everton
1,
Wrexham
2.
Northwest
Accrlngton
1,
Preston
Northend
hundred
Oerman
prisoners,
killed
three
.
hundred
of
the
enemy
and
destroyed
a
number
of
tanks.
PRIZE
SHIP
SUNK
LONDOjN
The
British
Navy
has
sunk
off
Stavanger,
Norway,
the
Swedish
steamer
Belttshia
which
was
In
charge
of
a
German
priie
crew
with
a
cargo
of
wood
pulp.
The
Swedish
crew
had
refused
to
operate
the
2000
ton
ship
under
German
orders
so
the
prize
crew
took
over.
available.
Among
those
urged
to
come
home
are
Americans
In
Iraq,
Palestine.
Tunis,
Egypt
and
Working
On
t
t
Fifth
Column
OTTAWA.
May
23:
(CP)
The
government
has
taken
all
possible
precautions
against
"Fifth
Column"
activities
In
Canada,
Rt.
Hon.
Ernest
La-
polnte,
minister
of
Justice,
as-
sured
Parliament
today,