(um
ana
iiouana
en
aausiicu
uii
nui
ncing
Given
Enemy
L
liable
to
Hold
Single
Airport
.zi
The
Hague
Was
Never
Taken
IV
Iselgian
military
authorities
announced
today
Heicium
and
Holland
had
been
given
all
the
aid
thev
requested
from
Great
Britain
and
France
in
rcsist-Jie
German
invasion.
British
and
French
forces
had
(1
Belgian
and
Dutch
in
contact
with
the
enemy
who
i
ul.l
-t
1I
:
i
t
i
Jted
A
communique
at
being
such
place
where
there
Hague
which
the
Oer-'wwe
no
troop
apparent,
no
alr-
(
.aimea
yeeraay
w
craft
and
no
railway
facilities.
This.
but
which
it
now
0f
course,
la
lntended-to
Justify
the
was
never
In
their
air
attacking
by
the
Nazis
of
any
J
'.ed
that
the
Germans
community,
giving
the
German
air
uiven
oui
oi
iiouana
force
a
free
hand
to
dron
bombs
v
four
hours.
The,
anywhere
whkh
U
Just
what
they
aders.
said
the
same
'
are
doing.
iu
in
uivtaic
aim
i
ne
rrepared
(
.
PCQ
I
TV,
The
tltlll.h
British
mlnUln.
of
f
home
V,
.......
t
attacks
not
only
on
Nanry
area
yesterday.
1
Bi
'
-ii
air
ministry
said
that
,,
ministry
se-
leuritv
urnfri
lh
rtrttUh
thai
"u-o
yrs
bu,
"
0T
mut
all
be
prepared"
as
a
result
of
be
onunued
u
nn
by
thejawmBny.,
i0Und
lnvjUon
on
Holland.
Belgium
:
government
last
night
warned
every
but
they
are
being
nrtU)n
on
lh.
look-out
for
n
isled
by
anU-alrcraft;
trtMnm
,.nA,n
h
nam.
I
Allied
pursuit
ptanlchute
m
Oreat
BrlUln.
he
Western
Front
has
x
The
Mt
MtaWry
announced
that
i"
.
"d
from
the
North
8e
nrituk
.i
i.
c
ir
Annihilate
Parachutists
have
adopted
a
policy
.'.rig
the
l
,
.
.
.
V.
4
lrtl1
v
H!c
In
-a
it"
a
Air
Force
lieias
in
almi--.I...
..
.
.Roval.
in
imtiK
imu
us.
:
Lin'-
uii"
and
ana
force
loreej
are
are
riAn
.nrt
nwnun
tnun.
an
:
what
it
la
believed
i
a
.ht
on
rtPivUn
frH
y
iana
oawc.
tor)'.
No
lew
than
four
German
rport
nas
oeen
re-.armored
traMi
were
claimed
to
"
Aiiirs
and,
despite
have
been
destroyed
near
Atx-la-l
Cum
Nazi
claims
to
tne
CtapeUe
at
a
point
where
a
rall-memy
are
not
In
way
from
Germany
crosM
the:
a
tingle
air
base
in
frontier.
j
have
lost
heavily
upwards
of
two
hun-p.ane
destroyed
-.tcrdam
alone
the
assisted
In
destroy-us
large
Oerman
Datch
Incendiary
shells
set
fire
to
large
hotel
from
which
Oerman
were
operating.
The
fire
spread
rapidly,
threatening
thin
Oerman
line.
The
Belgians,
including
the
members
of
the
fire
department,
stood
by
and
watched
the
of
them
large
trans-
hotels
and
the
enemy
soldiers
burn.
wl,ich
had
brought
Back
in
Holland.
Germany's
plane
troops.
and
parachute
troops,
attempting
to
fight
their
way
through
Rotter
dam,
were
driven
back
Into
danger-'
mil
nnfliHnn
hv
ftia
nttni.tr
w9
m
panicnuic
lnforM1
Dutch
trrwrui
onri
th"
principal
object
te
to
ending
of
Dutch
artillery,
botage
behind
the
line
u
,nnounwd
that
ui.in8
wuv
""
"-
Air
Force
of
Great
Britain
attack-"
i,
this
type
of
warfare.
enemy
occupy
airdromes
with'
jr.
-.an
parachute
troop,
it
markfd
auccM
yesterday,
pldylng
i
i
h
Rotterdam
last
night,
ftn
,mportent
part
In
driving
the
;
j
telnforccraenU
but
Germans
out
of
every
one
of
'
lard
pressed
by
thethem
'
a.
with
the
Belgians,
werer
:
j
'1
I
'.A'.ng
fast
In
the
East,
rt
i)
H
ur
and
other
cltle
ln.irOlS
KeDOrt
ybon
bed
afealn,
last
night
as!
y:j
Rp
Maflp
111
U
lliaUU
"7
rnnt!niii.rt
thMr
wide-
D..L!'
I
n
persons
were
killed
and.l
UUllt
JLaiCI
ured
in
(German
bombing
OTTAWA,
May
11:
(CP-Publl-
the
Sirlos
report
on
Dominion
.
nrnvlnclal
relations.
4
been
bombed
yesterday,
whi.h
-..
havP
been
made
P
.ast
night,
there
wcre.no
next
Monday(
has
been
deferred
until
next
Thursday.
ine
report
military
authorities
vc-.-hii
hn
fhrf
at
the
opening
'53t
Allied
and
German
ad-;of
Parliament
next
Thursday,
IK-rl
were
ln
contact
alone
.
"
1
13
UllllUUilllU.
y
ncn-:hLuxembourcr
frontier.
I
.
'
"
-i
f"jins
a
report
of
bombing
of
Ftn
m
rural
Kent
and
raids
on
towns
In
the
Netherlands
iwglum,
the
British
govern-
KS'JCd
a
statement
mibllelv
Halibut
Sales
Buddy,
American
7,800,
10c
It
and
7.5c.
--.
wai
urcai
uruain
re-1
,ft.
h
7Rv
Pa
"We
right
to
take
any
action!
",vul"
"
wwd
appropriate
In
the
cvejUCmc'
Germanv.
Prnnfn
ininl
t
'-
-""-
l"v-T,,
nntam
in
this
warnlnn
of
""'
roPrate
action"
ln
the
event'
.
UranUS
mblng
of
civilian
populations,.
'"uncement
similar
to
that,
BAR
OOIJ)
J'
cal
limn
In
hMnrr
vnnr?A
tttr
4V-I
mmmt
rn
L.
.
wvilltk
1I1HU-
U
V
L.l-1
1
I
I
rV
n
Mlm
.
1
fl
I
pct
cnvfsi-r.vMnM4
r
M
i
i
.
u
4
h
a
Tndon
--iuti:tib
ivu:aiibmiu;nn!e
OI
Dar
kuiu
uu
.
fn
took
opportunity
to
re-
market
was
unchanged
today
at
Definition
of
open
towns
$37.54
per
fine
ounce.
Bulletins
BRITONS
ATTACKED
ROME
Reliable
quarters
re-
ported
Sir
Percy
Loraine,
British
ambassador,
is
preparing
to
protest
to
Italian
authorities
f
'
K
iii-m
uatn
ui
an
ijuiuls
aim
uuwg
unven
Oil
ail
against
a
reported
assault
on
T
umz-reig
run
Dcen
ci-
,
luo
nf
lh
,,rlli.h
rm.
bassy
staff
and
appearance
of
antl-Brillsh
pntsers
In
Rome.
Informed
sources
said
that
the
Britons
George
la
.
Bouchere,
secretary
of
the
embassy,
and
Commander
llodd,
assistant
naval
attache
were
attacked
and
beaten
by
men
plastering
post-
er
on
walls
last
night.
LEOISL.ITUIU2
PKOGUES
VICTORIA
The
British
Col-umbla
Legislature
prorogued
last
night
after
a
special
three-day
session
passed
measures
giving
the
government
increased
con-
Into
law
were
an
amendment
to
the
Fuel
Board
Act
permitting
seizure
of
property
owned
by
unv
netroleum
romiunr
rrfu
-f-rnTor-nfnTS
'supply-petrol
leum
product
at
a
price
set
by
the
board
and
empowering
(he
government
to
engage
in
the
production
and
sale
of
perto-
ROUMANIAN
GOVT.
RESIGNS
BUCHAREST
The
government
of
Premier
Georges
Tata
rescue
resigned
and
King
Carol
requested
the
Premier
to
form
a
new
government
representing
all
shades
of
political-
thought.
UNION
LEADER
KILLED
SOUTH
WELLINGTON
William
Atkinson,
district
vice-president
of
United
Mine
Workers'
Union,
and
Fritz
Anderson,
South
Wellington,
were
killed
instantly
early
today
and
two
others
were
Injured
seriously
when
their
automobile
collided
with
a
truck
at
this
Vancouver
Island
settlement
five
miles
south
of
Nanaimo.
SCOTTISH
FOOTBALL
Scottish
West
Ayr
4,
Dumbarton
2.
Morton
2,
Kilmarnock
0.
Motherwell
1,
St.
Mlrren
4.
Queen
of
South
3,
Hamilton
2.
Alrdrieonlans
4,
Third
Lanark
2
East
Dundee
United
1,
Hibernians
3.
Hearts
2,
Dundee
3.
International
England
1.
Scotland
1.
PROVINCIAL
I
LIBRARY
'eather
Forecast
Tomorrows
Tides
a
p
ivULv
"
vvii
vital-
le
I
and
Fresh
to
strong
cast
High
3:50
an.
19.6
It.
Ping
to
southeast.
Cloudy
17:00
p.m.
173
ft.
xl
with
occasional
showers.
Low
10:45
a.m.
3.9
ft.
22:49
pjn.
8.1
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
II
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
CIX
No,
112
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
11,
1940.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
erman
Blitzkrieg
Badly
Halted
.1.
"V
I
I
IT
I
.
A
I
.
m
.mm
ttacl
i
Jv
wiands
urns
nto
everse
rv
Ate.
iS
And
Dutch
re
Reinforced
By
Allied
Help1
Dancins
In
i
ww.
II
I
nr.
it
r
i?
e
i
nrfii
i
i
First
Assault
On
Maginot
Line
Keicn
rui
Under
Ban
:
t
BERLIN.
May
11.
--Owing
to
the
gravity
of
the
situation
4-
following
the
Invasion
of
Ho!-
land
and
Belgium,
all
dances
have
been
banned
in
the
Reich
i
4
NAZIS
ARE
CONDEMNED
BY
RUSSIA
Russia
Says
LowUnds
Invasion
In-Compatible
With
Socialistic
Principles
i
LONDON,
May
11-
A
startling
dispatch
in
the
Dally
Herald
from
Moscow
said
that
Soviet
Rursia
of
Holland
and
Belgium
as
a
ruth
lew
use
of
force.
"We
cannot
sym-1
pathlze
with
the
Imperialistic;
melhcd
of
our
dramaUcetehbor"
;
a
soviet
sponeroran
u
qtroted
as
saylns.
They
were
not
compatible
,
with
Russian
principles.
SWISS
ARE
IN
ALARM
In
Readiness
For
Becoming
Involved
In
Spreading
European
War
BERNE,
May
11:
(CP)
Fearing
that
it
too
will
become
embroiled
In
the
war
and
comforted
little
by
a
German
statement
that
the
bombing
of
a
Swiss
railway
sta
tion
near
the
frontier
yesterday
had
been
an
accident,
the
Swiss
i
government
ordered
general
mob-
ilization
yesterday
and
a
state
of
alarm.
The
fighting,
in
which
oppos-
Ing
aircraft
are
playing
an
im-
1
portant
part,
can
be
easily
heard
from
Switzerland.
Allied
airplanes
have
been
violently
attacking
German
troop
trains
on
the
Basle-Frankfort
i
Railway
and
service
through
Brenner
Pass
has
been
Interrupted.
There
have
been
anti-German
demonstrations
in
Lausanne
and
Zurich
and
special
police
guards
have
been
posted
to
German
embassies
to
prevent
recurrence.
ADVANTAGE
IN
WAR
IS
ALL
ON
ALLIES'
SIDE.
COL.
NICH0LLS
ASSERTS
Exhorts
Home
Folks
to
Keep
Up
Courage
Rcing
So
Finely
Displayed
Hy
Fighting
Forces
"Our
navy
is
the
most
efficient
and
modern
machine
of
its
kind
in
the
world.
The
fleet
is
manned
by
men
who
have
the
courage
that
our
naval
men
have
always
had.
Thnv
nvn
rnnt?nntnrr
thf
f
mrlitirmo
nf
Wnler-
nn1
TM-1.-
u,
,
,
,
t
-i
r,..tu
Canadian
,
&
nnouu
emu
-itmt:
ulgS
Of
Civilian
DOOUla-l
7
At.
,flin
nncne
Vnnut
M'hnn
thnif
u-avn
UnU
fn
IU,.
J
i.i.;
l
.i
i
i:
i
i
,,
iigiiung
ami
uu
not,
mjuihu
mir
snips
and
surrender.
1,000,
10.1c
ana
tc,
This
was
a
striking
paragraph
in
an
a
few
visitors
at
the
Commodore
i
address
of
Licut.-Col.
J.
W.
Nich6lls,
'
whn
recenUv
returned
from
a
trip
The
MOIHI
Montreal
i
1
10
the
ast
Rnd
told.
ot
the
,,n-iX.
nnmorort
-tiUp
na'AV
hMIVIW
5.....V
..
......
T.
rf
He
was
speaking
to
the
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
and
Cafe
Thursday.
"During
the
past
week
we
have
had
news
which
Is
presumed
to
be
not
so
good.
But
it
Is
not
sufficient
to
Justify
the
pessimism
which
so
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
.HIGHWAY
SURVEYS
i
Two
Routes
One
From
Haxelton,
'
nthr
I'rnm
Prinr.
Cmnvm
Coniidered
I
OTTAWA.
May
11:
(CP)
Further
surveys
to
be
made
this
summer
are
recommended
in
an
interim
report
of
the
Alaska
Highway
Commission
made
public
yesterday.
The
Commission
offered
two
alternate
routes
for
the
high
estimated
cost
of
each
just
Under
$25,000,000.
The
report
consider
details
involved
both
in
extending
sections
of
the
existing
highways
and
construction
of
links
from
Prince
George
or
Hazelton
through
Northern
BritUh
Columbia
to
the
Yukon
boundary,
thence
through
Yukon
Territory
and
in
Alaska
by
way
of
the
Richardson
Highway
to
Fairbanks.
Two
main
routes
outlined
in
the
report
were:
1.
Linking
Hazelton
to
Atlin.
2.
Starting
from
Prince
George
trol
of
the
oil
Industry.
Enacted
condemned
the
Oermar
invasion'
and
following
the
Parsnip
and
Finlay
valleys
to
Liard
River
and
Frances
Lake.
.
117
1
I
war
news
POPE
GIVES
BLESSING
VATICAN
CITY
Pope
Pius
has
sent
a
message
to
the
rulers
of
Belgium,
Holland
and
Luxembourg
saying
that
he
was
praying
for
their
triumph.
I
IN
DUTCH
WEST
INDIES
LONDON
w-
Aulhoritative
!
sources
said
that
Allied
forces
I
had
landed
in
Dutch
West
Indies
Islands
of
Curacao
and
Aruba.
THE
GERMAN
STORY
BERLIN
Chancellor
Hitler's
headquarters
claim
that
German
forces
are
attacking
Belgium
and
the
Netherlands,
"throwing
back
all
resistance"
and
advancing
with
the
aid
of
parachute
troops
and
air
force.
KING'S
SYMPATHY
LONDON
King
George
has
sent
messages
to
King
Leopold
of
Belgium
and
Queen
Wilhelmina
of
Holland
expressing
his
sympathy
in
view
of
the
"wholly
unwarranted
invasion."
ROOSEVELT'S
ATTITUDE
WASHINGTON
P
r
es
I
d
e
n
t
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
expresses
himself
as
being
in
full
sympathy
with
the
protest
of
Queen
Wilhelmina
of
Holland
against
the
Nazi
Invasion
but
sees
no
reason
to
change
his
feeling
that
United
States
should
keep
out
of
the
war.
However,
he
admits,
that
United
States
cannot
feel
sure
that
distance
will
any
longer
make
it
immune
from
war.
PATROLLING
GREENLAND
WASHINGTON
United
State's
destroyers
and
coastguard
vessels
are
patrolling
Greenland
to
watch
any
attempt
at
invasion
which
would
be
protested
by
this
country.
,
BETTER
CHANCE
BRUSSELS
Personally
leading
the
Belgian
forces
In
the
war
against
German
invasion,
King
Leopold,
says
that
Belgium
has
a
much
better
chance
today
than
it
had
in
1914.
Large
Scale
Drive
Launched;
Positions
Are
Held
By
Allies
I
Division
of
Fifteen
Thousand
Men
Thrown
Into
Unsuccessful
Attack
East
of
Luxembourg
French
Statement
in
Regard
to
Progress
of
Battle
PARIS,
May
11:
(CP)
Germany's
first
large
scale
drive
against
the
Maginot
Line
was
launched
yesterday
in
concert
with
the
invasion
of
the
lowlands,
French
military
sources
said
today.
The
Germans
threw
one
division
fifteen
thousand
men
against
the
French
in
an
unsuccessful
attack
east
of
Luxembourg.
The
High
Com-
mand
said
that
the
French
maln-
tained
their
posiUons.
PmRIViIINJI
1
general
stafr
reported
that
1
VI1T1111VJ
'French
troops
had
moved
Into
"spirltetr
tatUe
with
German
In-I
AKlNh
rf
Tr,rTl
I
antfy
ln
two
sectors
of
the
newly
srlJllLi
l
opened
front
while
the
Belgians
and
Extensive
Changes
Expected
British
War
Administration
But
Halifax
Will
Remain
As
Foreign
Secretary
BERLIN
BITTER
BERLIN,
May
111
(CP)
Of-ficiaL-Germany
doe,
not
appear.
to
be
very
happy
over
the
accession
of
Rt
Hon,
Winston
Churchill
to
the
Prime
Ministry
of
Great
Britain.
The
Nazi
press
describes
him
as
a
"representative
of
most
brutal
imperial
istic
policies"
succeeding
the
man
(referring
to
Chamberlain)
"who
hid
his
intentions
behind
the
guise
of
humanitarianism."
LONDON,
May
10:
(CP)
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill,
who
formally
succeeded
Rt.
Hon.
Neville
Cham-
1
berlaln
last
night
as
Prime
Minister
of
Great
Britain,
is
busy
forming
hi.-,
new
war
cabinet
but
no
announcements
as
to
Its
personnel
were
made
up
to
today.
It
appears
to
be
the
general
concensus
of
opinion
that
Lord
Halifax
will
remain
as
Foreign
Secretary.
Some
believe
that
room
will
be
found
for
Rt.
Hon.
David
Lloyd-George,
Britain's
Premier
of
the
First
Great
Var.
The
reorganization
will,
It
Is
,
conceded
be
along
extensive
lines.
1
As
previously
announced,
the
executive
committee
of
the
British
Labor
Party
had
said
before
resig-
i
I
nation
of
Mr.
Chamberlain
that
the
Labor
Opposition
In
Parliament
,
would
Join
the
British
cabinet
"under
a
new
Prime
Minister.
In
a
statement
after
Mr.
Church
French
sought
to
stem
Nazi
advance
I"
ln
the
north.
and
discharge
functions
with
full
freedom
while
necessary
arrange
ments
are
being
made
for
the
formation
of
a
new
administration.
Chamberlain,
In
a
broadcast
announcing
his
resignation,
said:
I
)"I
had
no'
doubt
that
some
new
and
drastic
action
would
have
to
be
taken
to
restore
public
confidence,
after
this
week's
Commons
debate,
j
By
today
It
was
apparent
that
unity
could
be
attained
under
some
oth-1
er
Prime
Minister.
My
duty
was'
plain."
!
The
Premier
added
that
he
had.
told
Churchill
he
would
be
happy
to,
be
In'
a
new
government.
Mr.
Chamberlain,
who
held
the'
postifor
three
years,
reviewed
his!
work
as
Prime
Minister
and
said)
thfllnew
Nazi
Invasion
had
trulv!
1
put
the
British
nation
to
the
test.
BANDITS
KIDNAP
WOMEN
KARACHI.
India.
May
11:
(CP)
--Sixteen
armed
bandits
raided
the
house
of
the
Hindu
district
governor
ln
a
Hyderabad
area
and
kidnapped
the
wife
and
daughter
of
a
Muslim
servant.
Luxembourg
and
the
country
east
of
the
Moselle
River
was
the
scene
of
French
nghtlng.
A
general
staff
spokesman
said
that
French
advance
guards
are
"maintaining
our
advance"
In
a
series
of
engagements
wlthOer
,
man
patrols.
Official
sources
announced
that
German
bombing
planes
killed
or
wounded
one
hundred
French
civil-ians
in
a
series
of
widespread
air
raids
yesterday.
The
French
said
their
bombers
had
attacked
"several
enemy
airdromes"
during
the
night
ln
Canada
Back
'
Of
Lowlan(s
OTTAWA,
May
11:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
Kin?
niprf
Vile
mm
o
rvwoM
support
to
Belgium
and
Hoi-
land
in
the
"greatest
war
for
the
greatest
cause."
He
con-
demned
in
strong
language
the
"treachery
and
barbar-
Ism"
of
Nazi
Germany
la
its
succession
0f
intrigues.
There
seemed
to
be
no
limit
ln
Hit-
ler's
lust
for
conquest
He
said
that
further
steps
wert
being
taken
to
assist
the
111
took
over
he
said
he
"desires
all
Mther
Land
but
did
not
dls-
ministers
to
remain
at
their
posts
posts
close
stalls.
A
report
oh
the
war
would
be
given
at
the
opening
of
Parliament
next
week,
the
Premier
stated.
CABINET
SHUFFLE
Casgraln
Made
Secretary
Of
State
And
McKinnon
Becomes
Minister
of
Trade
And
Commerce
OTTAWA,
May
Hi
(CP)
Prime
.Minister
William
Lyon
MacKenzle
King
has
shuffled
his
cabinet,
appointing
Hon.
Pierre
Casgraln,
Speaker
of
the
House
of
Commons,
as
Secretary
of
State
and
Hon.
J.
A.
McKinnon,
former
minister
without
portfolio
as
'
Minister
of
Trade
and
Commerce
In
succession
to
Hon.
W.
D.
Euler
Who
goes
to
the
Senate.
'