WeatHen
Forecast
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
sout
't
winds
shifting
to
south.
Un
.
"nd
mild
with
rain.
a
.
!
Tomorrow
s
Tide:
British
House
Spurns
Peace
Move
ALBANIA
CONTROL
BALANCE
foolblMy
of
Greece
Obtaininj
Complete
Upper
Hand
In
View
of
Continued
Advances
Is
Seen
LAUNCH
DAWN
ATTACKS
ATHENS,
Dec.
5:
(CD
Greek
forces
launched
dawn
attacks
to-diy
on
Porto
Edda
and
Argiro-tutro,
Italy's
last
remaining
big
bates
in
southern
Albania,
and
Greek
reports
said
the
cities
were
about
to
f'll-
The
Greeks
had
earlier
announced
the
capture
of
frtmet
on
the
central
front.
'
ATHENS,
Dec.
5.
The
town
of
Pttmetzl
In
south
central
Albania
j
us
captured
by
the
spectacularly
i
captured
last
night
bythe
spectacularly
advancing
Greeks
who
expected
to
take
Santa
Caranta,
K,
armistice.
Such
would
be
rjj,
and
ni.nirn,.irn
in
.,,,
...
Porto
Edda,
Argirocastro,
.
,.
s
tnnihf
Al.0rt
practicable,
it
Is
said.
In
any
thousands
of
Fascist
forces
are
falling
back
from
these
two
vital
points
which
are
being
heavily
pounded.
Before
Oreek
bayonet
charges
and
irtiflery
fire,
the
Italians
are
stead-fly
withdrawing
In
a
general
retreat.
No
less
than
1800
were
reported
ciptured
yesterday
to
say
nothing
of
those
killed.
Further
north
In
the
mountain
pisses
and
hills
around
Elkasannl,
the
Italians
are
also
in
full
retreat.
Denial
is
given
here
of
Italian
iitemenls
In
Rome
yesterday
,UiAt
I
u
Fascists
had
succeeded
Irvine
Kslng
thf-
Greeks
by
'countcr-at-VI
Such,
statements.
It
Is
be,-Iwd
here,
were
merely
Tor
home
Hiumptlon
In
Italy.
The
fact
of
6e
matter
Is
that
the
Italian
portal
is
becoming
more
and
more
fifcnlt
It
appears
likely
that
the
Ondj
may
soon
be
In
complete
control
of
Albania.
The
Greeks
are
advancing
In
various
directions
toward
the
capital
diJ
of
Tirana.
0v
the
Italian
battlefront.
the
British
Royal
Air
Force
has
shot
oovn
a
large
number
of
Italian
planes.
ARE
SAFE
AT
LISBON
Io
British
Vessels
Arrive
After
Arduous
Voyage
Across
Atlantic
Ocean
LISBON,
pec.
5.
The
British
freighters
Finland
and
Beige
have
rrived
at
Lisbon
after
adventurous
transAtlantlc
voyages
during
which
both
vessels
were
repeatedly
attacked
by
Nazi
bombing
planes
nd
submarines.
Widow
Of
Shipping
Magnate
Is
Dead
M.
J.
Harold
Dollar
Passes
Away
In
San
Francisco
SAN
niANnTfiCO.
Dec.
5:
Mrs
Harold
Dollar,
widow
of
one
of
the
members
of
the
prominent
en
Francisco
shipping
families,
Is
ad
here.
Argentine
Loan
Is
Approved
By
United
States
WASHiNn-mw.
DC.
Dec.
B.Th
federal
Import
and
Export
Ban
has
approved
the
making
of
a
00,000
loun
to
Argentina.
War
News
BATTLE
OF
BRITAIN
LONDON
After
a
period
of
quiet
since
midnight
last
night,
London
had
its
first
air
raid
alarm
of
the
day
this
afternoon.
It
was
the
397th
of
the
war.
No
planes
appeared,
however,
and
no
bombs
were
dropped.
Last
even-Ing't
raid
spread
out
over
a
wide
area
Including
Birmingham
in
the
Midlands.
ITALIANS
IN
RETREAT
ANTHENS
The
Italians
are
reported
today
to
be
abandoning
the
strategic
Albanian
towns
of
Tort
Edda,
on
the
Adriatic
coast,
and
Argirocastro
In
the
interior.
The
Greeks
are
still
advancing
all
along
the
line.
NOT
.MAKING
PEACE
BERLIN
The
German
government
Is
making
no
reply
to
Pope
Pius
appeal
for
a
Christmas
case,
Prime
Minister
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
has
"torpedoed
the
peace
idea."
I
BRITISH
SEAMEN
ARRIVE
AT
AN
EASTERN
CANADIAN
PORT
Hundreds
of
British
merchant
seamen,
survivors
of
vessels
which
have
been
sunk
by
enemy
U-boat
and
air
attacks,
landed
here
yesterday
on
their
way
to
United
States
to
man
merchant
vessels
which
are
being
turned
over
to
Great
Britain
by
that
country.
BRITISH
AIRMEN
ARRIVE
AT
AN
EASTERN
CANADIAN
PORT
Several
hundred
Royal
Air
Force
officers
and
men
landed
here
yesterday
enroute
to
flying
schools
under
the
Empire
training
plan
in
Ontario
and
Manitoba.
There
were
sufficient
to
completely
fill
two
such
schools.
GERMANY
AND
RUMANIA
BERLIN
Germany
and
Rumania
have
concluded
a
trade
pact
designed
to
give
Germany
more
Rumanian
oil.
British
and
American
oil
holdings
in
Rumania
would
be
expropriated.
EDMONTON
FLIER
HONORED
EDMONTON
Cited
for
"magnificent
leadership
and
outstanding
courage,"
Flying
Officer
Howard
Peter
Blatchford
has
been
awarded
the
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
for
gallantry
in
action.
BOMBING
OF
CIVILIANS
LONDON
The
London
Express
advocates
that
there
be
no
further
delay
in
the
bombing
of
German
civilian
population.
ONLY
A
MIRACLE
SAN
FRANCISCO
In
view
of
Influences
at
present
at
work,
Senator
Hiram
Johnson
says
that
"only
a
miracle"
will
keep
United
States
out
of
the
war.
The
noted
isolationist
will,
however,
continue
his
fight
to
keep
the
country
out
of
war,
he
says.
He
believes,
however,
that
British
propaganda
will
have
the
effect
of
repealing
the
laws
In
order
to
assist
Great
Britain.
GUARD
AGAINST
INVASION
LONDON
Great
Britain
is
keeping
on
guard
against
a
possible
Invasion
attempt
before
Christmas
in
view
of
the
bogg
n?
Axis
campaign
in
the
down
of
the
Balkans
and
North
Africa.
DONATE
OLD
GUN
rLATTSBURG,
New
York
The
branch
of
the
American
Legion
here
Is
turning
over
an
old
12-lon
German
K"n,
captured
in
and
kept
as
a
men-ento,
the
last
war
to
the
Canadian
government
Its
value
is
estl-
for
use
as
scrap.
mated
at
$1000.
a
i
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
5,
1940.
MORALE
HIGH
Still
smiling,
these
survivors
of
the
Nazi's
latent
ra'd
leave
shattered
ruins
of
their
homes
with
what
they
managed
to
salvage.
A
family
pet,
right,
finds
eomething
soft
among
th
debrU
on
which
to
nap.
LONDON
IS
HIT
AG
AIN
'
;
1
East
and
West
.Midlands
Also
Singled
Out
for
German
Attack
Last
Night
THIRTEEN
NAZIS
DOWN
LONDON,
December
5
(Cana-dlan
Press)
Thirteen
enemy
planes
were
shot
down
over
Great
Britain
today
with
loss
of
one
Royal
Air
Force
fighter,
the
Ministry
of
information
announced
today.
It
is
the
highest
number
of
enemy
planes
destroyed
in
a
single
day
for
some
time.
LONDON,
Dec.
5:
(CP)
London
and
east
and
west
Midlands
were
subjected
to
more
Intensified
aerial
attack
by
Nazi
bombers
last
night
after
a
day
of
little
activity
over
Great
Britain.
This
afternoon
London
had
Its
first
air
raid
alarm
of
the
day
and
the
397th
of
the
war.'
Twenty
bombs
were
dropped
on
a
southeast
town
and
the
west
coast
was
also
visited
by
bombers.
Air
raid
sirens
screamed
in
London
In
the
early
evening
the
all
clear
coming
about
midnight.
Two
schools
were
among
places
hit.
An
East
Anglian
town
was
attacked
twice
by
low
flying
Junkers
bombers
during
the
afternoon
yesterday
but
damage
was
reported
negligible
although
the
enemy
ranged
over
a
wide
area
last
night,
casualties
and
damage
throughout
Britain
last
night.
Birmingham
had
shared
with
London
the
brunt
of
Tuesday
night's
attacks
but
adverse
weather
was
credited
with
blunting
the.
Nazi's
striking
power.
Bristol
has
resumed
normal
bus
iness
and
activity
after
the
heavy
Nazi
raids
of
a
few
days
ago.
Food
Shortage
In
Martinique
Disorders
Reported
Breaking
Out
In
French
West
Indies
Island
VICHY,
France,
Dee.
5:
According
to
reports
received
here
there
Is
a
serious
food
shortage
in
the
blockaded
French
West
Indies
is-ahd
of
Martinique
and
disorders
are.
breaking
out
among
the
population.
,
IN
LONDON
SOUNDNESS
OF
BRIT
AIN
U.S.
Secretary
of
Treasury
Agrees
She
Is
-"Good
Risk"
"Never
Stronger,"
Says
Envoy
From
London
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
December
5
(Canadian
Press)
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
Henry
Morganthau
said
today
that
he,
like
Jesse
H.
Jones,
federal
loan
administrator,
believed
the
British
government
was
a
"good
risk"
for
loans.
Meanwhile,
Sir
Frederick
Phillips,
Under
Secretary
of
the
British
Treasury,
arrived
last
night
from
London
and,
in
an
interview,
raid
that
Great
Britain's
financial
position
was
"never
stronger
than
it
is
today."
He
said
that
Britain
was
spending
at
the
rate
of
$45,-000,000
per
day
on
the
war
and
all
purchases
were
being
paid
for
ahead
of
delivery.
Sir
Frederick
is
here
to
confer
with
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
Henry
Morgenthau.
Senator
Gerald
P.
Nye
of
North
Dakota
urges
and
Senator
W.
F.
George
chairman
of
the
Senate
foreign
relations
committee,
approves
the
suggestion
that
Sir
Frederick
should
appear
before
a
Senate
committee
to
tell
his
plan
for
financial
relations
between
Great
Britain
and
the
Uhlted
States.
DESTROYER
SURVIVOR
Surgeon
Lieutenant
McLean
On
Holiday
at
Jasper
JASPER,
Dec.
5
Survivor
of
both
the'
Fraser
and
Margaree
disasters,
Surgeon
Lieutenant
T.
Blair
McLean
of
Edmonton
believes
In
taking
his
furlough
well
above
sea
level.
With
Major
Fred
Brewster,
noted
Rocky
Mountain
guide,
he
(left
today
for
the
towering
ranges
tof
Mallgne
Lake
for
a
week
of
skiing
on
Alpland
slopes
of
8500
feet
altitude.
The
skiers
wll
also
jvlslt
Trappers
Valley,
.the
newly-discovered
skiing
terrain
in
a
previously
unmapped
area
of
Jasper
National
Park.
';
Bulletins
BRITAIN
AND
TURKEY
LONDON
An
important
financial
and
trade
agreement
has
been
signed
between
Great
Britain
and
Turkey
further
strengthening
i
the
relations
of
the
two
nation
in
the
face
of
Axis
overtures
to
Turkey.
MUNICH
CONFERENCE
BERLIN
It
is
reported
that
another
conference
is
to
be
held
in
a
few
days
at
Munich
between
German
and
Italian
foreign
ministers
with
Vice-Premier
Pierre
Laval
of
France
also
in
attendance.
In
view
of
the
failure
of
her
military
campaigns
in
Albania
and
North
Africa,
it
is
suggested
that
Italy
may
give
up
some
of
her
territorial
demands
upon
France.
CRASH
KILLS
EIGHT
CHICAGO
Eight
persons
were
killed
when
a
United
Air
Lines
transport
plane
from
Cleveland
crashed
in
from
muskeg
skies
near
the
airport
last
night.
The
w'nijs
were
found
to
be
covered
with
ice.
The
plane
hit
a
house
and
wires.
FORD
FOR
BRITAIN
DETROIT
Henry
Ford
expresses
himself
as
being
in
favor
of
giving
Great
Britain
all
the
financial
aid
she
needs
in
the
war.
By
doing
this.
Ford
believes,
United
States
ould
help
ta
end
,h;
war.
InT
a-hurry
"We
did
it
before
and
we
can
doA
it
,
aeam,"
he.
says.
.
.
.
WILHELMINA
IN
ENGLAND
LONDON
Rep6rts
that
Queen
Wilhelmina
of
Holland
had
left
for
Lisbon
and
would
fly
to
the
United
States
are
denied.
She
is
still
in
London
and
has
no
intention
of
leaving.
HIS
SPEECH
BANNED
TORONTO
Cauon
II.
J.
Cody,
President
ol
Toronto
University,
today
banned
a
speech
which
was
to
have
been
made
to
the
students
of
the
University
bj
the
C.
C.
F.
leader
for
Ontario
on
"Hepburn
Must
Go."
TAP
IDLE
WEALTH
OTTAWA
M.
J.
Coldweli,
C.C.-F.
leader,
urged
yesterday
that
all
resources
of
idle
money
in
Canada
be
tapped.
He
would
make
purchase
of
non-interest
bearing
bonds
by
such
capital
compulsory
for
the
duration
and
a
year
after
the
war.
TURN
IN
PLATES
TORONTO
Premier
Hepburn
suggests
that
all
Ontario
motorists
turn
in
their
old
1940
license
plates
for
war
use.
Thus
300
tons
of
steel
would
be
salvaged.
PIONEER
NUN
DIES
FORT
SMITH,
N.W.T.
Sister
Clare,
well
known
Roman
Catholic
nun,
is
dead
here.
Born
in
France
89
years
ago,
she
came
to
the
Northwest
Territories
In
1875
and
had
not
been
outsidt
since.
PROBING
CRASHES
LOS
ANGELES
s
Investigation
of
two
more
crashes
of
United
States
Army
bombing
planes
on
test
flights
is
to
be
carried
out.
Sabotage
is
suspected.
FLU
IS
RAMPANT
,
VANCOUVER
An
epidemic
of
influenza,
said
in
the
most
of
cases
to
be
of
a
light
type,
is
sweeping
through
southern
British
Columbia.
There
have
been
at
least
five
deaths.
Dr.
Stewart
Murray,
medical
health
officer,
warns
that
precautions
be
taken.
In
Regina
public
and
social
gatherings
have
been
banned.
Three
San
Francisco
school
have
been
dosed.
High
Low
.
Amendment
Is
Voted
Down
341
To
4;
Policy
Of
Churchill
Endorsed
Scornful
Parliament
Rejects
Move
of
Independent
Social-!
ists
Latter
Would
Have
Made
Cbmpromisc
.
Peace
LONDON,
December
5:
(CP)
A
silent
disapproving
House
of
Commons
rejected
Jby
an
overwhelming
vote
of
3-11
to
4
today
a
motion
by
three
members
of
the
Independent
Labor
Party
that
Great
Britain
state
its
war
aims
and
seek
peace
"if
necessary
in
a
spirit
of
compromise"
because
"there
is
no
certainty
of
a
great
military
victory."
The
vote
followed
presentation
of
a
t
motion
by
John
McGovern,
Camp-
AID
RAITlS
bell
Stephen
and
James
Maxton,
all
JTlIIV
JLVrVlJLr&J
or
Glasgow.
The
four
members
vot-1
ing
for
the
motion
were
Maxton,
Dr.
I
kkkkfT
I
k
Arthur
Salter,
Labor,
William
Gal-
J,r
JT
J-l
V
i
i
Y
Li
lacher,
Communist,
and
David
Kirk-
weed
Labor.
McGovern
and
Ste-I
phen
were
named
as
tellers
and
R.A.F.
.Continues
Its
Campaign
could
not
vote.
i
To
Cripple
Industries
of
Enemy
The
motion
implied
criticism
of
Churchill
war
policies.
It
came
as
an
amendment
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
and
expressed
regret'
th?t
the
Speech
had
set
forward
no
peace
alms.
It
proposed
a
world
conference
to
bring
a
speedy
end
to
the
war.
There
were
some
heated
remarks
during
the
course
of
debate.
A
"uerjured
scoundrel"
and
other
rough
epithets
were
hurled
at
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
of
Germany.-
.
I
-George
Grifflth,.pne
Labor
jnem-,
hor.
w?
loudly
cheered
when
he
de-,
dared
to
sue
Hitler
for
peace
would
be
to
capitulate
and
"we
won't
iapi-tulofe."
,
Ultimately
there
was
unanimity
in
the
House
to
carry
on
the
fight
to
a
successful
culmination,
'
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
was
not
present
during
the
debate,
j
I
BATTLING
IS
FIERCE
I
.
Thailand
and
French
Indo-China
Reported
in
Heavy
Conflict
Warship
is
Blown
Up
BANGKOK,
Dec.
5.
Fierce
fighting
between
Thailand
(Slam)
and
French
Indo-Chlna
is
reported.
A
French
warship
is
reported
to
have
been
blown
up.
jTIME
IN
I
!
SHELTERS
'
Londoners
Have
Been
Underground
1056
Hours
Since
August
LONDON,
Dec.
5.
The
Home
Ministry
estimates
that
Londoners
have
spent
1056
hours
in
shelters
since
the
blitzkreig
on
Great
Britain
I
began
in
August.
There
have
been
396
alarms
up
to
today.
United
States
Food
Shipments
Systematic
Plan
For
Relief
Of
German-Occupied
Countries
Being.
Organized
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
5:
A
systematic
plan
of
food
shipments
to
German
-
occupied
countries
of
Europe
is
being
organized
by
the
American
Red
Cross.
The
need
of
the
subjugated
countries
Is
becoming
ever
more
acute
.
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CENT8
Turin
and
Dusseldorf
LONDON,
December
5
(Canadian
Press)
Turin,
centre
of
Italian
war
industry
in
Northern
Italy,
was
attacked
by
long
range
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
last
night,
the
Air
Ministry
announced.
Considerable
damage
was
done
to
selected
targets.
A
sustained
raid
was;
also
made
m
trp
iGermajDuindastrtal
centre
of
Dusseldorf
and
raids
were
made
on
Calais,
Antwerp
.and
several
enemy
airdromes.
-
An
official
statement
Issued
yesterday
estimated
that
eighty
percent
of
Germany's
synthetic
oil,
plants
had
been
damaged
by
systematic
bombing
operations
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
that
fifty
percent
of
delivery
facili
ties
railways
and
canal
barges
for
delivery
of
coal
had
been
crippled.
With
the
supply
of
coal
fuel
to
the
synthetic
oil
plants
being
thus
cut
off,
Germany's
oil
production
is
becoming
seriously
contracted.
In
addition
to
the
hravv
at.
tacks
on
oil
supplies,
night
after
night
attacks
have
been
made
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
the
Ruhr
industrial
area
and
many
plants'"
have
been
rendered
idle.
Gyro
Governor
Is
Coming
Here
"
Will
Conduct
Installation
Cf
Officers
For
Year
1911
The
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club?
was
aavisea
at
its
regular
weekly:
luncheon
yesterday
that
tie
dts-
itrlct
governor,
Gregory
T.
Yorke,
of
Vancouver,
will
be
hsre
on
January
o
to
conauci
tne
lnstair
lation
of
1941
officers.
It
vas
referred
to
the
entertainment
com
mittee,
of
which
C.
C.
Mills
is:
chairman,
to
draw
ud
a
Drosrarit
in
connection
with
Mr.
Yorkes
The
program
at
yesterday's
Gyre
luncneon
consisted
or
tne
sresen-
tatlon
by
Dr.
It.
G.
Large
of
moving"
pictures
on
surgical
subjects.
President
G.
A.
Hunter
was
in
the
chair
and
guests
were
Dr.
J.
P.
Cade
and
Dr.
J.
Munthe.
Weather
Forecast
General
SynopsLs
.
The
pressure
appears
low
northwest
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands;
and
is'
felatively
high
over
the
state
of
Utah.
The
weather
has
been
mild
throughout
this
province
with
heavy
rains
ojf
the
coast.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Strong
southwest
wlndsj
shifting
to
southeast.
'CnsoUled
and
mild
with
rain,
.rl
-m-'ftt
'
,