Pa'u.
Raynaud,
speaking
in
Parts
ti
dav
declared
that
eighteen
Oer-n-.i:
hips
.'including
four
cruisers
been
sunk
tn
battle
in
Nor-x
,
wttteii
In
which
Allied
.
were
only
four
warships.
A
X'
r
hearing
from
the
Premier
ismary
of
latest
event
In
the
ii"
Chamber
adjourned.
Now
he
real
war
appears
to
have
(l
and
Is
expected
to
spread
v
it
is
anticipated
that
all
i
d
parliamentary
crises
will
ended
tn
Ft
nee
mier
Heynand
was
In
con-wtth
dlpkxnaU
of
various
:
:r
today
including
those
of
i
Stafm
and
Sorltt
Russia.
TIHETAN
EXPLORER
EDINBUR
H.
April
11:
(CP
r
r
European
to
cross
the
Tibetan
f,
Tan
hm
h
lid
an
expedition
at
the
turn
of
the
century
Reveals
British
Occupation
of
Faroe
Islands
Describes!
Some
Incidents
of
War
at
Sea
Warns
Neutrals
I
4
j
i
4ii!-..
iir
iiT..
m
I
..
iiKuui
in
juin
nines
m-iuru
u
lis
iuu
iuic
LONDON,
April
11:
(CP)
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill.
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
and
active
director
rremifr
Kejnaud
Gives
Report
To
,
of
Great
Britain's
fighting
forces,
told
the
House
of
Com-
French
P.rllamenl-l
olitlcal
.
.
,
.
.
.
.
.
.
lffprp(i
hv
tuG
Crises
Submergrcl
r,
-
7
Z.
"17
'
,
.
1
u
German
Navy
in
a
continuing
air
and
naval
battle
launch-.
PARIS.
April
11:
CP
Premier'
VH-lUUlllJf
o
imaaiun
ui
iiuino.
tic
hoic
1,1
gamea
oy
wnai
nas
MERCANTILE
MARINE
ON
B.C.
COAST
It.
XV.
Mayhew,
M.P.
for
Sees
Lasting
Value
from
War
Shipbuilding
occurred
tn
Scandinavia
and
northern
waters
in
the
strategic
and
military
tense."
he
said.
"Hitler
has
made
as
greet
a
strategic
and
political
error
as
when
he
invaded
Spain."
At
present.
Mr.
Churchill
said.'
nearly
a
dozen
shi-w,
some
of
Ipr-e
tonnage,
have
been
sunk
or
captured.
Of
Great
Dritaln's
looses,
Mr.1
Ohurnhill
said
the
destroyers
Victoria.
Glowworm
and
Gurkha
had
been'
sunk
and
the
battleship
Rodney
;
and
cru'rer
Aurora
damaged
bj
bombing.
The
first
Lord
said
that
a
Brl-VICTORIA,
April
11:
1CP1-R
W.
tlsh
destroyer,
H.
M.
S.
Zula,
had
Mayhew.
MP.
for
Victoria
and
unk
a
Grman
submarine.
He
de-
siini
chairman
of
Iho
-
British
Columbia
,
J"1
haui-
erulxer
ru"nln3TJ
Rraawn
f,3ht
and
be'wfen
two
I
DWUkm
of
J
Ite
Oarwdlarj
Manu
Q.jlian
cjulsersln.abllziaxd
mtffrirtTAiiftWti:ce
th
raf-
Chuftlull
rned
Parllar
Parliament
ue
of
the
war
shipbuilding
program
that
he
could
not
lift
completely
in
Brittnh
Columbia
as
raying
the
the
veil
of
secrecy
at
this
Junc-foundatlon
for
post-war
building,
ture
from
what
was
going
on
In
oooooooooooocKooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooai
Mr.
Churchill,-
starting
from
k
..
vttrti
i
ncci'C
Monday
on
which
day
he
admitted
1
MUltPj
iiil
iMVWIW
l'"w"
Thirty
German
warcraft
and
merchant
ship
have
been
sunk
In
the
last
three
days.
The
lov.es
Include
four
cruisers
tunk.
two
bsdlv
damaged,
three
destroyers
sunk,
three
badly
dam
isged,
one
submarine
sunk,
nine
freighters
sunk,
six
trans-
ports
sunk.
British
losoes
inciuae
inc
Hardy
at
Narvik
and
Glowworm
and
Gurkha
off
Bergen
with
two
other
destroyers
badly
damaged.
HOLLAND
FEARS
INVASION
aUhough
there
are
:
signs
quiet
The
western
front
remains
of
much
more
intensified
activity
as
the
Germans
bring
up
re-rerves
Line.
The
French
Army,
preparing
lo
face
the
Maginot
the
western
front,
tonight
offensive
on
German
against
a
pontile
suspended
all
army
leaves.
In
tear
ol
invasion
town,
In
Holland
near
the
frontier
have
been
evecuatrd.
Crown
rincess
Juliana
and
her
family
have
moved
from
their
palace
in
Utecht
to
The
Hague
to
join
Queen
Wllhelmlna.
TWENTY
NAZI
PLANES
LOST
t
...i
r:.,m,n
hnmhrn
have
been
shot
clown
ed
Ills
Majesty.
Before
the
Kins
could
take
cover,
wan
sounded.
by
the
Uoyal
Air
Force
since
Sunday
with
sis
British
Isl
I
ed
lod,
the
Air
.Ministry
announces.
Slsty
German
bo.nt.ersj
down
making
Rcapa
Flow
last
night
and
seven
were
brought
nine
enemy
aircraft
to
be
brought
down
off
the
Scottish
eoas
and
two
German
during
the
day.
Moray
Firth
was
also
bombed
I
n
Plane!
erc
brought
down
there.
Today
a
German
tiling
boat
was
shot
down
over
the
North
Sea
by
a
Jloyar
Air
from
the
estenshc
Force
plane.
Only
one
casualty
Is
reported
enemy
bombing.
CANADIAN
AIRMEN
CALLED
-
Canada
has
called
out
the
first
class
of
Pf
B"nm'n"
I
orce.
i
ncy
Air
observers
for
training
In
the
Royal
Canadian
will
report
April
29
to
air
training
schools
under
the
fcmpire
air
training
schemes.
Wing
Commander
Jeffrey
Mewa
t
OBrlen
has
been
appointed
to
command
Toronto
air
tr'n,n
and
Group
Captain
A.
It.
Shearer
has
been
appointed
to
com
mand
the
Winnipeg
centre
which
includes
Western
tanana.
BREMEN
IS
SAFE
An
official
announcement
at
Berlin
says
lhat
the
luxury
liner
Bremen,
which
had
been
reported
sunk,
Is
saic
at
an
named
port.
KING
IN
AIR
RAID
ins
King
George,
at
Dover
Castle
yesterday,
experienced
first
air
raid
alarm.
Stepping
from
a
car
he
was
not
at
iin
aware
of
It
but
an
officer
came
ui.
saluted
hurneuiy
"
"all
clear"
the
destroyers
Olowworm
and
Gurkha
had
been
lost,
said
there
had
been
fighting
at
sea
night
and
day
since
then.
Norway
should
now
be
able,
with
Allied
assistance,
he
said,
to
maintain
its
resistance
on
land
against
the
Nazi
invaders.
Five
weeks
ago.
Mr.
Churchill
disclosed,
the
British
Navy
had
returned
to
Scapa
Flow
and,
since
then,
there
had
been
six
air
attacks
by
the
Germans,
the
largest
land
most
intense
coming
last
night
when
sixty
German
bombers
had
made
a
raid,
six
being
brought
down
while
there
had
been
no
British
damage.
The
Netherlands,
Sweden
and
Belgium
were
still
very
much
liable
to
attack,
Mr.
Churchill
said
.fear
since
It
had
been
the
last
to
make
a
non-aggression
pact
with
Germany.
WARNS
NEUTRALS
Mr.
Churchill
reiterated
statements
which
have
been
officially
made
of
late
that
the
neutrals
roufd
not
expert
the
most
effective
assistance
from
the
Allies
when
they
deferred
appeal-ling
for
such
assistance
until
I
iney
were
aiiacitea,
-ve
would
nave
been
aoie
lo
give
much
more
protection
to
Norway
today-had
that
country
not
been
so
strict
about
holding
us
off.
We
have
the
most
profound
sympathy
fo
the
Norwegian
people
whose
future
and
independence
Is
bound
up
with
the
success
of
the
Allies."
It
had
been
galllne,
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
f
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oL
h
Tomorrow
sT
ides
1
High
3:30
a.m.
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prince
Rupert
and
Quetn
Charlotte
16:20
pjn.
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ft.
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
south
Low
10:15
a.m.
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ft.
f
a
,t.
winds,
mild
and
showery.
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ft.
j
MMUTHKKIS
AND
CENTRAL
HKITIS
II
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
vn
Mi
P.I
v
"A'
Kri
O.
.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C;,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
11,
1940.
prick
cents
-
w
V)
or
feqians
Are
Actively
righting
Allies
Have
Gained
Greatly
And
Germany
Has
Lost
As
Heavily
As
Norway
Move
Result--
Churchill
CHAMBER
IS
TOLD
FIRST
LORD
ON
EXETER'S
QUARTERDECK
I
Winston
Chu:
chili,
:.,
now
a
iJnat
the
luie
muiis
case
cheers'
from
the
officers
of
the
cruiser
Exeter
when
Churchill
welcomed
the
w?rshio
?n
it-
re'un
i-.
rncu
h
Ihe
Exeter
was
the
leader
In
the
fight
against
the
German
pocket
battleship
Graf
Spec
oil
Montevideo.
Members
of
the
Exeter
and
Ajax
were
decorated
by
King
George,
at
which
ume
Churchill
warned
"cne-rided
neutraU"
of
the
long
arm
of
the
British
navy.
To
the
Right
of
Churchill,
here,
is
Captain
F.
S.
Bell
of
the.
Exeter.
ROUND
UP
OF
RESULTS
IN
YESTERDAY'S
NAVAL-WARFARE
OFF
NORWAY
it
General
sir
Hamilton
Bower
leading
pcwsibiy
to
a
British
coium-,
the
war
to
the
north
following
azi
Navy
Suffers
Heavily
and
Will
No
Lonjrcr
Be
Factor
-
rre
aced
81
Ola
mercantile
umiuic.
mc
invasion
ui
noiwa;
aim
utrii-
c::o
mark.
Hie
Mho
rirat
First
Sea
Lord
said1
Britain
had
not
re
ooo.Qoooooooooooooooooo:oooooooooooooooooooooooo!
any
port
on
tne
Nor
War
News
g
wegian
coast
from
the
German?.
0
making
this
statement
despite
co-o
i
incident
and
apparently
well-
g
founded
reports
from
Norway
that
g.
Bergen
at
least
had
been
re-taken.
in
War
Following
Adventure
Two
Main
Naval
Battles
Off
Norway;
German
Navy
Is
Out
Of
Business;
Vital
Line
Cut
There
were
two
main
naval
engagements
in
the
Scandinavian
war
yesterday.
'
At
the
Skagerrack,
the
British
Navy
encountered
Nazi
naval
vessels
and
troopships,
sinking
four
cruisers
and
three
or
four
transports.
The
British
naval
vessels
then
moved
on
to
bslo,
surrender
of
which
by
the
Germans
they
demanded.
If
At
Narvik
on
the
north
coast
of
Norway,
Allied
and
German
destroyers
staged
a
battle
with
losses
on
both
sides.
-
Recapture
of
Narvik
an
important
iron
shipping
point,
was
being
sought
by
the
British.
Bergen
was
recaptured
by
the
Allies
from
Germany
according
to
Norwegian
reports.
The
net
result
of
yesterday's
fighting
was
distinctly
in
favor
of
the
Allies
in
that
it
reduced
the
German
fleet
to
a
point
where
the
British
claim
it
will
cease
to
be
of
importance
as
a
fighting
force
and
that
the
vital
German
line
of
communication
between
Denmark
on
the
south
side
of
the
Baltic
is
cut
off
from
Norway
and
Sweden
to
the
north.
Great
Britain
had
been
aware
for
some
time
that
Germany
was
in-'
The
war
in
Scandinavia
between
the
Allies
and
Great
.
.
.
,
a
4
1
1
A.
I
1
.tl.u
i,
t
lenamg
10
sinse
m
its
smauer
Hntam
continues
the
all
absorbing
topic
ot
the
news,
llCiBHIulo.
wmmv...vu
,
ri
u
intofOOt
lift
thO
MflSt
fit
.Mr.
Churchill
with
characteristic'"'
J
V
b
lx
"
'J,.
Sarcasm
WnlCn
DrOUgnC
laugnier
lVJlcij
cm
wic
,j
num
mc
uiniwn.t
ui
mc
uuiviv.
uvn
from
the
House
and
crowded
gal-
on
the
south
to
Tromsoe
on
the
Far
North
the
greatest
leries.
Denmark
had
the
most
to
navai
battle
since
Jutland
of
the
Great
War
has
been
MASSING
ON
Large
under
way
with
dozens
of
warships,
scores
of
air
planes
and
shore
guns
I
The
tide
of
war
seemed
last
nignt
Numbers
of
Russian
Troon
'to
be
shifting
very
definitely
In
Reinforcements
Are
Moved
To
Odessa
Region
Up
BUCHAREST,
Roumanla,
April
11:
(CP)
Large
numbers
of
Russian
troop
reinforcements
are
reported
to
have
moved
Into
the
Odessa
region
from
the
north.
Re-
declared
sports
coming
from
the
frontier
re
favor
of
the
Allies.
The
Germans,
had
been
ousted
from
Bergen
and;
Hamar
which
they
had
previously
;
occupied.
Allied
warships
were!
facing
Oslo,
the
capital,
and
were
reported
to
have
delivered
an
ulti
matum
to
the
Germans
to
evacuate
on
pain
of
a
bombardment
of
the
city
being
started
to
drive
them
out
j
forcibly.
I
It
annears
that
the
war
haj
has
aD-
Mr.
Churchill,
for
the
British
Navy
glon
Could
not
be
conrmcd
on
peared
a
critical
stage
with
(Cnritinurd
nn
VaQt
Four)
jihis
side
of
the
border.
th
Co-ooeratinq
Fully
With
Allies
Against
Invasion
By
Germany
i
Hamar
and
Bergen
Are
Recaptured
From
Nazis
Making
It
Difficult
For
Enemy
to
Advance
Further
STOCKHOLM,
April
11:
(CP)
Carl
H'ambro,
president
of
the
Norwegian
Parliament,
announced
today
that
Norway's
forces
are
now
co-operating
fully
with
the
British
torces
against
the
German
invasion.
The
German
advance
eastward
from
Narvik
had
already
been
repulsed
and
Hamar,
for
a
time
the
seat
of
the
government,
had
.'
.
.
1
been
recaptured
after
having
fall-
NORWAY
e
Al-
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
RESISTS
Stands
Firm
Against
Xaii
Aggressors
German
Peace
Rejected
ELYEKUM,
Norway,
April
11:
;
(CP
Norway
stands
firm
aeainst
the
German
invaders.
King
Hiakon
and
the
President
have
issued
official
defiance
of
with
the
Allies
against
Germany.
Norway,
wUt
not
capitulate.
A
three-man
-
commission
has
re-"Jected
German,
peaee
-proposals.
Announcement
to
the
above
effect
was
made
last
night
follow-Inc
an
audience
which
the
German
minister
was
granted
with
King
Haakon.
King
Haakon
has
denounced
the
Nazi
puppet
government
set
up
at
Oslo
by
Viking
Quisling
and
purporting
to
represent
Norway
a:
illegal
and
unconstitutional
Heartened
by
the
active
assistance
that
is
being
given
by
the
Allies,
Norwegian
defenders
of
.Elvesum
and
Hamar,
yesterday
wiped
out
several
hundred
German
attackers
in
successfully
repulsing
the
enemy.
Hamar
was
recaptured
by
the
Norwegians
today.
'
Earlier
it
was
reported
that
German
forces
had
occupied
Hamar,
Norwegian
town
north
of
Oslo
to
which
the
Norwegian
government
had
fled
yesterday.
Authorized
German
sources
made
this
claim.
A
Swedish
traveller
reaching
Stockholm
having
earlier
reported
that
a
battle
was
being
fought
near
the
town
of
Hamar.
The
Bank
of
Norway
has
successfully
removed
gold
and
other
securities
from
Oslo
to
Latin-American
Newspapers
Say
llo
Be
Prepared
BUENOS
AIRES,
April
11:
CP
Latin-merichn
newspapers
draw
the
lesson
of
preparedness
out
of
the
Dresent
situation
In
Scandin-
lnvolved.
It
is
difficult
to
estimate
;
avia
following
the
Invasion
of
Den-
j
accurately
the
losses
that
have
been!
mark
and
Norway
by
Germany.
"All
'sustained
either
In
ships
or
men
but
Democratic
countries
must
regard
OI
A
a
iT
j-mWr
rin
CU
A
i
I
they
have
evidently
been
large,
with
the
Nazis
as
potential
enemies,"
JLlJ-iiY.
VsIY
OX-IX".
'
the
enemy
suffering
much
more
ex-1
says
one
newspaper.
tenslvely
than
have
the
Allies.
J
Assassination
In
.IncrnSlavia
ZAGREB,
Jugoslavia,
April
11:
(CP
Zvonlmar
Fenats,
chief
of
the
Croat
section
of
the
ultra-nationalist
party,
was
assassinated
last
night.
,
en
into
the
hands
of
the
enemy
for
i
a
brief
time.
A
wireless
message
from
the
'Norwegian
commander
at
Bergen
reported
that
that
seaport
had
been
recaptured
from
the
German
Invaders.
Norwegian
troops
are
reported
massing
for
an
attempt
to
retake
Trondhjem
where
Germans
are
concentrated
In
expectation
of
an
attack.
Norwegians
are
said
to
be
advancing
from
the
north.
Other
reports
said
that
the
Norwegian
blasting
of
bridges
had
the
Nail
invasion,
declaring
de-
-made
it
dllllcult
for
tne
Germans
termination
to
fitht
side
hr
side
to
advance.
:
The
Norwegian
nation,
Hambro
said,
was
hastily
fortifying
every
defence
point
and'
was
arming
-workers
j-tnembers-
of
rlfl
clubhand
military
school
pupils.
Military
Chief
Arrested
The
northern
Norwegian
commander.
Col.
Sundlo,
has
been
ordered
under
arrest
for
co-operating
with
the
German
forces.
There
has
been
heavy
fighting
between
the
Norwegian
and
German
forces
and
another
Norwegian
division
has
been
called
out
or
service.
The
German
-advance
along
the
railway
from
Narvik
towards
thff
(
Swedish
frontier
has
been
dislodged.
The
railway
line
"has
been
cut
and
German
troops
have
been
isolated
In
the
north.
It
was
reported
today
that
the
Norwegian
government
had
moved
again
from
Elverum
to
a
village
fifteen
miles
from
the
Swedish
frontier.
King
Haakon,
however,
was
still
at
Elverum.
The
Oslo
radio
station
ceased
transmission
this
morning.
Bulletins
EDDIE
ROBINSON
DIES
Eddie
Robinson,
23-year-old
Hartley
Bay
Indian,
who
had
his
leg
so
badly
mangled
in
a
gas-boat
accident
that
it
had
to
be
amputated,
died
last
night
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
The
remains
will
be
taken
tomorrow
to
Hartley
Bay
where
the
funeral
will
be
held.
HOLDINGS
IMPOUNDED
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
has
issued
an
executive
order
to
impound
personal
and
government
holdings
of
Denmark
and
Norway
In
the
United
States.
This
will
forestall
German
seizure
following
the
invasion.
EDMONTON
GRADS
RETIRE
EDMONTON
The
Edmonton
Grads,
world's
champion
basketball
team,
is
to
be
disbanded
in
June.
Meantime
three
scries
will
be
played.
The
famous
team
was
first
organized
23
years
ago.
AMERICANS
SAFE
WASHINGTON
Mrs.
J.
B.
Har-riman,
United
States
minister
to
Norway,
reports
to
the
State
Department
that
all
Americans
in
Norway
are
safe
as
far
a
Is
known.
All
Americans
In
Copenhagen
are
also
safe
and
well,
the
Department
Is
advised.