NAZIS
BOMB
SOUTH
PORT
i
Southampton
Bears
Brunt
of
La-
test
Attack
8
to
5
Sunday's
Secore
LONDON,
December
2
(Canadian
Pres:
i
Southampton
bore
the
brant
of
the
Nazi
aerial
bombing
assault
Jn
the
Battle
of
Britain
over
the
week-end.
A
number
of
fires
were
started
but
by
this
morning
were
officially
announced
.
to
be
under
control.
It
was
a
heavy
bombardment
and
the
centre
of;
the
important
southern
port
was
denoeraieiy
auacKea.
casualties
In
Sunday
night's
raid
on
South
ampton
were
reported
unofficially
to
be
fewer
than
those
of
Saturday
The
attack
fanned
out
over;
the
southwest
England
and
reach-
td
Liverpool
and
the
Midlands.
.
j
London
had
two
air
alarms
dur
ing
last
night
and
there
was
heavy
anti-aircraft
fire.
,
Weather
was
thick
and
cloudy
and,
no
doubt,
tended
to
curtail
tnemy
operations.
During
Sunday
London
had"
air
raid
alarms.
Enemy
planes
I
Came
a:
great
height
over
the
1
Kent
coast
and
were
engaged
In.
combat
with
Royal
Air
Force
Iightrs.
DurlnT
he
day
eight
Nazi
planes
I
ttre
bnught
down
with
loss
of
tlve
Drum
machines.
Saturday
Night
Owing
probably
to
misty
wca
hr
n
-ilt'orM.
tnndon
had
a
very
ilarm
wps
one
of
the
shortest
on
ncord
and
only
a
few
bombs
were
Hrtl
,
fit
i
J
K
Miithttest
!t6wni
JiadliftsifeleW
fnth
alarm
irt
three
days".
How-w
damaga
was
slight.
Yugoslavia
To
Join
With
Axis
BUDAPEST,
Dec.
2:
(CD
Diplomatic
sources
reported
that
a
week-end
conference
between
Chancellor
Adolf
Hit-
'
and
the
Yugoslav
foreign
minister
In
Berlin
had
prepar-
the
way
for
Yugoslavia
to
Join
the
axis
military
treaty
but
there
was
no
confirmation
In
other
sources.
FRUIT
IS
'
CUT
OFF
0nlr
Oranges
May
Now
Be
Imported
Into
Great
Brltaln--Conservlng
Shipping
Space
LONnnv
rv.
o
i
Po
no.
lUlan
Press)
Imports
of
all
fruit
1
Vttept
oranges
were
banned
for
I
2Lwt
Brttaln
today
In
an
order
uvs'gned
to
conserve
shipping
space
November
Revenue
Lower
But
Total
For
Yphi-
Tc
Tin
Customs
and'
excise
revenue
at
e
Port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
onth
r
November
this
year
to-
lallprt
tuinin
in,.
Bulleti
ns
GERMANS
PURSUED
MIAMI
Messages
picked
up
by
Tropical
Radio
at
Miami
Saturday
night
were
taken
to
indicate
that
the
two
Herman
steamers
Rhine
and
Edervald,
which
slipped
out
of
Tamplco,
Mexico,
Friday,
supposedly
bound
for
Spain,
were,
belnj
pursued
by
warships.
The
Rhine
was
broadcasting
urgent
calls
at
frequent
intervals
saying
"we
have
a
message."
REWARD
FOR
USURPER
CHUNG
KING
General
Chiang
Kai-Shek's
Nationalist
government
of
China
Is
offering
a
reward
of
$100,000
for
the
head
of
Wang
Ching
Wei,
head
of
the
Japanese-puppet
government
of
China,
who
is
charged
with
usurping
the
presidency.
"NEW
ORDER"
CONDEMNED
BUDAPEST
The
Ankara
(Turkey)
radio
Saturday
night
broadcast
a
charge
that
the
axis
"new
order"
was
based
alone
on
force
and
might
be
turned
even
against
those
who
joined
it.
Despite
blandishments,
both
Russia
and
Turkey
were
both
outside
the
axis,
the
broadcast
said.
SURROUNDED
BY
ENEMIES
MOSCOW
President
Kalinin
of
Russia
said
Saturday
night
that
the
Soviet
republic
was
like
a
besieged
fortress
menaced
on
all
sfdes'benemlef
who
were
opposed
to
Soviet
principles.
Kalinin
called
for
increased
preparedness.
ZOG
IN
ISTANBUL
INSTANBUL,
Turkey
Former
Kin
Zog
of
Albania
is
reported
to
have
arrived
at
Istanbul
to
confer
with
Albanian
leaders
in
regard
to
the
possibility
of
returning
to
Albania
and
reclaiming
the
throne.
PRESIDENT
INSTALLED
MEXICO
Manuel
Avllo
Cam-acho,
the
new
President
of
Mexico,
was
Inaugurated
yesterday.
He
praised
the
Monroe
Doctrine,
supported
common
defence
measures
in
the
Western
Hemisphere
and
announced
intention
of
establishing
naval
bases
as
part
of
the
general
program
of
continental
defence.
VALERA
WOULD
ARM
WATERFORD
Speaking
here,
Premier
Eamonn
de
Valera
put
himself
on
record
as
favoring
a
large
standing
army
to
guarantee
Eire's
defence
against
any
Invading
army.
He
would
not
be
satis-fled,
de
Valera
said,
until
every
man
between
20
and
35
years
of
age
was
enrolled
in
defence
units.
New
York
Stock
Mart
Is
Stronger
Industrial
Average
Showed
Im-.
provement
On
Early
Trading
Today
NEW
YORK.
December
2
The
New
York
stock
market
showed
an
upward
trend
in
early
trading
today.
During
the
first
hour
140,000
'shares
chane-ed
hands.
The
Indus
trial
average
was
up
.44
at
131.44
and
SfllLs
were
down
.03
at
28.05.
Weather
Forecast
vj,
,,
-
.
n..k
110
TWO
east
or
tne
Canadian
bwm,
lwp.ithpr
continues
unsettled
and
tn.i
4k.nvMif
hl-
nrovlnce
IIIUU
H1IUU(,11UU
i.w
f
n
j.
fonn11VPr
Is
f0,738.56
la
the
same
month,
last
General
Synopsis-
The
pressure
bringing
the
total
for
1940
continues
low
off
the
British
Co-to
dat
i-
iw.Kia
,vc
onrf
is
relatively
high
--v
uu
lu
azuz
,
n:n
tu
111
turn-
-
t
.
-
-
prison
with
$123,581.15
in
the
rst
e'even
months
of
1939.
-
n.,
....
.1
"-rgew,Mlnnsrtturncdt(lthe
wes
uhh
-'"th
Jlf
w
the
Catala
last
nlulit
aom'land-inoderae
to
fresh
southeast
t
a
lr'P
to
Vancouver
V
wlnds
ml,d
wlth
showcrS'
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA
B.C.
WeatHen
Forecast
mil
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
southeast
High
4:14
a.m.
20.1
ft.
winds
becoming
strong.
Cloudy
and
15:55
p.m.
20.7
ft.
mild
with
rain.
Low
10:06
a.m.
7.7
It.
22:34
p.m.
3.7
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXIX.r
No.
282.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
2,
1940.
PRICE:
6
CENTS
Southeast
Europe
Is
Dominion
War
Imposts-
TARIFF
CHANGES
HIT
AT
LUXURIES
AND
"
ARTICLES
THAT
ARE
NOT
ESSENTIAL
OTTAWA,
December
2:
(CP)
Drastic
curtailment
of
luxurv
imports,
mainly
from
the
United
States,
increased
ecise
taxes
on
domestic
and
nersnnal
conveniences
and
reduced
customs
duties
on
United
Kingdom
commodities
were
amonp;
tariff
chanpes
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today,
by
Hon
J.
L.
Ilsley,
minister
of
national
revenue.
Importation
of
automobiles
from
non-sterling
countries
is
to
be
prohibited.
Excise
on
lower-priced
automobiles
is
to
be
increased
from
ten
to
twenty
per
cent
up
to
a
value
of
$700.
A
25
per
cent
excise
tax
is
to
be
imposed
on
many
electrical
and
other
appliances
including
radios,.
cameras
and
vacuum
cleaners.
A
long
list
of
semi
non-essential
commodities
will
be
imported
only
by
permit
on
a
decreasing
scale
including
all
petroleum
products.
No
action
is
taken
on
fresh
vegetables.
STRONG
BUT
NOT
ENOUGH
Reports
Admiral
Stark,
Chief
of
U.S.
Naval
Operations
WASHINGTON?
Decmbsw'4i
Admiral
H.
R.
Stark,
chief
"of
na
val
operations,
In
his
annual
report
to
Sccretaiy
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox,
states
that
the
TJnl,-ted
States
Navy
Is
now
the
strong-;
est
In
the
world
but
Is
not
strong
enough.
This
country
must
have
a
full
strength
two-ocean
Jiavy,
Static
declares.
I
KILLED
BY
I
DYNAMITE
Four
Men
Lose
Their
Lives
at
Mix-,
Ing
Plant
Near
Tacoma
Today
j
.
i
TACOMA,
Washington,
Dec.
2:
(CP)
Four
men
were
killed
today
when
a
ton
of
dynamite
exploded
In
the
mixing
plant
of
the
Columbia
Power
Co.
fifteen
miles
south
of
here.
i
Sawmill
And
Log
Camp
Strike
Is
Now
Spreading
SEATTLE,
Dcember
2
The
Con
gress
of
Industrial
Organization
strife
in
Northwest
sawmills
and
logging
camps
Is
spreading.
Wage
Increases,
an
annual
week's
holiday
with
pay
are
demanded.
Bed
Caught
Fire;
Burns
To
Death
.
...PORTLAND,
Oregon,
December
2
Wilbur
Thomas
Johnson
was
burned
to
death
in
his
room
here.
The
bed
clothing
caught
fire
from
a
cigarette,
It
Is
believed.
Bodies
Of
Twenty-Seven
Miners
Are
Brought
From
Pit
CADIZ,
Ohio,
December
2
All
but
four
bodies
of
victims
of
the
explosion
at
the
week-end
In
the
Ohio-Pennsylvania
colliery
here
have
been
brought
out.
In
all,
wenty-seven
bodies
have
been
CREW
IS
RESCUED
Entire
Personnel
of
Greek
Steamer,
In
Trpbt
off
jN'Tvfonndland,
Safe
ay
Sty
John's
ST.
JCHNS.
Newfoundland,
De-mb:r
2
tCan-dlan
Prs
-
The
entire
crew
of
the
Greek
steamer
C?-nb?n"3'
whifh
wa
---
-1
in
'rouble1
'in
a
stdnh'
cff
Newfoundland
last
week,
was
landed
today
by
a
rescue
ship.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S,
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.05.
Bralorne,
10.25A.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.00
XD,
Dentonlo,
.002A.
Falrview,
.00
V2-Gold
Belt,
.25.
Hedley
Mascot,
.54.
Mlnto,
.01.
Noble
Five,
.00
V.
Pend
Oreille,
1.75.
Pioneer,
2.05.
Premier,
.85.
Privateer,
.53.
Reeves
Macdonald,
.15.
Reno,
.13.
Relief
Arlington,
.03.
Salmon
Gold,
.02V4-Sheep
Creek,
.85.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.02
&A.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.09.
Calmont,
.26A.
.
C.
is
E.,
1.40.
Home,
2.33.
Pacalta,
.04.
Royal
Canadian,
.09
Okalta,
.70.
V
Mercury,
.04.
Prairie
Royalties,
.07.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.14.
Beattle,
1.08.
Central
Pat.,
1.85.
Con.
Smelters,
38..
East
Malartlc,
2.74.
Fe'rnland,
.01
Y2.
Francoeur,
.43.
Gods
Lake,
.38.
Hardrock,
.95B.
Int.
Nickel,
35.00.
Kerr
Addison,
3.40.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.20.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.33.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.51.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.15
B.
Moneta,
.52.
Noranda,
57.00.
Pickle
Crow,
2.90.
Preston
East
Dome,
3.10.
San
Antonio,
2.50.
Sherritt
Gordon,
.82;
Uchl,
.30B.
Bouscadlllac,
.03.
.
.
-Mosher,
.08.
Oklend,
.08.
Smelters
Gold,
.00I4.'
.
"
Dominion
Bridge,
27.00.
Still
KENNEDY
RESIGNS
United
Ambassador
to
London
Quits
Post
Bullitt
or
Davies?
i
WASHINGTON,
December
2
Joseph
P.
Kennedy,
United
States
ambassador
to
Great
Britain,
announced
his
resignation
last
night,
lie
us
at
present
In
the
United
States
and
will
not
b
returning
to
London.
"I
am
remaining
In
the
United
States
tc
help
the
President
keep
the
United
States
out
of
'war."
Kennedy
said.
Prominently
mentioned
as
successor
to
Kennedy
aw
William
C.
Bullitt,
former
ambassador
to
France,
and
Joseph
G.
Davies,
former
ambassador
to
Belgium,
but
no
official
announcement
is
yet
made.
"Mussed"
It
""
'
Tr
,
Benito,
the
suTe
loser.
NAZIS
IN
CONTROL
Internal
Situation
in
Rumania
Still
Chaotic
King
and
Premier
Review
German
Forces
i
BUCHAREST,
Dec.
2.
While
the
Iron
Guard
uprising
v
as
reported
to
be
under
control,
King
Michael
and
Trcmier
Ion
Anton-escu
reviewed
German
troops
today
"to
celebrate
Rumania's
adherence
to
the
Axis
bloc."
Field
Marshal
Wilhelm,
German
army
chief
of
staff,
has
arrived
In
Rumania.
Although
the
Iron
Guard
uprising
is
said
to
be
now
under
control,
thousands
of
Rumanians
are
reported
to
be
fleeing
(rem
the
country
across
the
frontier
into
Bulgaria
to
escape
the
campaign
of
terrorism.
Many
of
these
wore
,
driven
from
their
homes
in
the
middle
of
the
night,
penniless
and
"without
food.
Some
were
drowned
as
they
"fled
across'
the
Danube
River
in
frail
boats.
INVALIDS'
REUNION
YARRA,
Australia,'
Dec.
2;
(CP)
Two
officers
who
had
not
met
for
22
years
were
reunited
in
a
convalescent
hospital
here.'
Capt.
A.
B.
Cooper
and
Capt..
F.
J.
Griffin
first
met
In
an
hospital
-ship
in
1918.
Unsettled
Britain-Spain
4
Sign
Agreement
MADRID,
Dec.
2:
(CP)
Great
Britain
and
Spain
signed
a
financial
agreement
today
de-
signed
to
free
Spanish
funds
blocked
in
Lon-
don
and
give
Spain
funds
to
increase
pur-
chases
from
Britain.
War
News
GREEKS
STILL
ADVANCING
ATHENS
Despite
reinforcements,
Italian
forces
are
still
being
driven
back
headlong
in
Albania.
The
Greeks
continue
their'
advance
all
along
the
front
and,
with
bayonet
attack,
succeeded
in
capturing
permanent
Italian
fortifications.
Koritra
has
been
captured.
Five
thousand
more
Italians
have
been
slain
or
captured
and
much
equipment
taken
by
the
Greeks.
ARMY
TO
INDUSTRY
OTTAWA
CertaliT
eipert
rratrsnien
now
enlisted
.iiUufhe
Army
will
be
granted
leave
this
winter
to
take
up
work
-in.
ff-
rential
industries,
it
is
announced.
GFRMAN
ACE
LOST
PURLIN
Major
Helmuth
Veght
commander
of
the
Rich-fhofen.
squadron
and
the
No.
1
Nazi
ace.
wa
drowned
in
the
English
Channel
after
his
plane
war
forced
down.
SUBMARINE
LOST
LONDON
The
submarine,
II.
M.S.
Triad
is
missing
and
must
be
considered
lost,
the
Admiralty
an-,
nounces.
Triad
was
a-
sister
ship
of
ILM.S.
Thetis
which
foundered
on
her
trial
runs
before
the
war.
NAVAL
ENCOUNTERS
LONDON
There
were
naval
entounters
between
Great
Britain
and
Germany
in
the
North
Sea
over
the
week-end.
British
motor
torpedo
boats
attacked
two
German
supply
ships
one
off
the
Dutch
coast
and
another
off
the
mouth
of
the
Scheldt
River.
German
E-boats
were
driven
off.
TROUBLE
IN
NORWAY
STOCKHOLM
From
Norway
come
reports
of
serious
disturbances
following
an
attempt
on
the
life
of
Major
Quisling,
head
of
the
Nazi
government
of
Norway,
near
whom
a
thrown
bomb
exploded.
The
Gestapo
have
made
numerous
arrests.
SOUTHEAST
OFFENSIVE
LONDON
L.
C.
II.
S.
Amery,
Secretary
for
India,
suggests
there
will
be
a
British
offensive
against
the
Axis
in
southeast
Europe
it
the
Italians
are
driven
out
of
Egypt
and
the
Greeks
can
hold
out
in
Albania.
Canadians
may
be
concentrated
with
other
Dominion
forces
In
the
eastern
Mediterranean
sector.
CONVOY
IN
TROUBLE
NEW
YORK
Messages
appealing
for
assistance
from
five
vessels
suggests
that
five
British
slrips
Irt'convoy
were
surp'rfsed
by
a
German
U-boat
attack
in
the
North
Atlantic.
NEW
YORK
COPPER
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
2"
March
copper
was
selling
at
10.4c
per
pound
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today.
(
CONTROL
OF
RENTS
Excerpts
From
Federal
Order-iii-Council
Now
Applying
to
"
Prince
Rupert
,
Following
Is
an
extract
from
fed-
.eral
order-ln-council
which
has
now
been
extended
to
Prince
Rupert:
j
The
Wartime
Prices
and
'Trade
Board
Is
hereby
authorized
from
time
to
time
lrj
any
area
In
Can-
,
ada
to
fix
the
taaxlmum
rental
at
which
any
housing
accomodation
may
be
rented
or
offered
for
rent
and
to
prescribe
the
manner
in
i
which
any
maximum
rental
snail
be
determined
and
the
conditions
under
which
any
housing
accomodation
may
be
rented
or
offered
for
rent.
For
any
housing
accommodation
for
whlcliihere
was
a
lease
In
effect
January
2,
1940,
the
rental
charged
or
demanded
shall
not
exceed
that
in
effect
on
that
date..
,
For'
any
housing
accommodation
for
which
there
was
no
lease
in
effect
January
2,
1940,
but
for
which
there
was
a
lease
in
effect
at
some
time
or
times
during
1939,
tte
rental
charged
or
demanded
shall
not
exceed
that
payable
under
the
latest
least
in
1939.
'
For
any
other
housing
accommodation-
th'e
Rental
Administrator,
of
'
his
own
motion
or
on'appllcitlon
In
writing
by
either
landlord
ik
ten4
anl,
may
defermlne
the
maximum
-rental.
AV
Attacks
Upon
German
Bases
LQNppN,
December
2-Sun-.
day
mornin,?
the
Royal
tAIr
Force
attacked
the
enemy
sub-
marine
base
and
naval
dock
at
Lorient
in
the
Bay
cf
Bis-cay
and
last
night
oil
dnots
and
power
stations
at
Brest
as
wen
as
the
naval
bass
at
Wilhelmshafen.
Over
trie
'
week-end
military
objectives
in
Norway
and
Denmark
were
attacked.
INSPECTS
DEFENCES:
President
Roosevelt
Leaves
Today.
For
Two
Weeks
Caribbean
Trip
t
WASHINGTON.
December
2
!
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
'left
today
for
a
two
weeks'
Inspection
cruise
of
United
States
defences,
possibly
going,
as
?ar
as.
IPanama.
He
will
be
in
readiness
to.
return
to
Washington
by
plane'
should
any
emergency
artee
requiring
his
presence
at
the
Capitol.
United
States
Battleships
To
Pearl
Harhor
SAN
DIEGO,
Dec.
2:
Four
i
United
States
battleships
Mexico,
Idaho,
Mlssisslpl
and
Oklaioma
and
the
cruiser
Portland
left
here
Saturday
for
Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii."
Hockey
Scores
4
PACIFIC
COAST.
"
Sunday
Spokane
2,
Seattle
0.
Saturday
Spokane
4,
Portland
1.
LONDO.V
SILVER
LONDON,
Dec.
2
The
London
silver
price
today
was-.
23
1-18
psnee
per
iir.cpv.-ice.,
..,.
;
;
"