erman
i
i
ossioiy
hiiiriii
ira
-
I
ll'llll'
il
I
llllllll
I
1
1
(
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1
1
I
I
w
r
"-r
-
-
-
Thrusts
Around
Sedan
Slopped
Dead
'blralcKic
j
ii
.
i
.Movement
in
nullum
PARIS,
May
18:
(CP)
A
French
military
sjiokes-i
..-..J
lniilit
tltnt
Vi
irnnuiwil
clfllfltinn
trwlot'
IB
f(ll-'
.('
Vrtrfh
nf
trio
Snmnrn
Rivor
in
I?olfriiim
n
"vnst
Allied
lines
between
liver
and
Sedan
m.nury
spokesman.
Oerman
drive,
said
"
t:
Vrv
anil
artllterv
xan-
4;
n
their
wn
soil
j
r
die"
and
pouring
tons
of
bombs
and
enemy
armored
col-
'
Oerman
attacks
In
i
m
unique
wlh
heavy
'"i
nn
the
enemy,
an
authoritattve
nnrlarwl
IK
irllitfltirm
v
serious
but
certainly
u
id
possibly
a
little
bet-jesterday.
The
Oerman
.
ihn
"nalU
of
the
Northern
Francer
the
a
sum
'tv
mtirh
kr
"'-1-
perhaps
only
tempor-
rxhaustion
of
Oerman
ak
part
in
the
operations
Antwerp
Abandoned
OcTaj)
Newg
Agency
claim
Qr-nun
forces
had
entered
"?
was
rnnflrmed
from
Al-
:
ur
nv
An
official
Belgian
amunlaue
tonleht
conflrm-
l:i!3:
ument
0f
Antwerp.
Forts
'
i
4lunLlk.
"
uft
surrounded
by
German
'P:
arc
continuing
their
heroic
SnSfM
thu
nnnniinrim,nt
SEAMEN
Aiit:
vrriirn
0NDON
May
IB:
.(CP)-It
Is
ttrd
ihe
Admiralty
Is
un-
s
c
'.abllsh
a
general
scheme
ve
to
men
for
farm
duties
Pla"'ig
time
and
harvest
In
sin.
....
i,
.
.
Mil
WENTHV
o.,
id.
wn
At..
'
lur
I7.B0
for
UrA
nrnss
funds
Or
uiiipvuiisinrc
lown
nas
c'
War
Bulletins
CHUItCIIILL
AND
CIIA.MBF.lt
L.IN
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Winton
Churchill
has
written
to
Former
Trime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
expressing
hope
that
that
the
Utter
will
continue
In
the
leadership
of
the
Conservative
Party
which
Mr.
Churchill
says
he
will
be
unable
to
assume
himself
although
a
member
of
the
party.
STOP
FIFTH
COLUMN
VICTORIA
Premier
T.
I).
Pat-tullo
said
restercUy
that
fifth
column
activities
in
British
Columbia
would
be
discussed
by
him
when
he
visits
Ottawa
next
week.
Mayor
Telford
of
Vancouver
and
'
Maor
Hume
of
New
Westminster
j
are
strong
behind
the
move
to
take
precautions
against
possible
alien
sabotage.
A
home
defence
corps,
which
might
also
be
useful
against
parachutists,
is
being
considered.
PROORAM
APPROVED
WASHINGTON
Taking
speedy
action,
the
Senate
appropriations
sub-committee
yesterday
approv-
.
ed
President
Roosevelt's
SI.CO0,-000,000
preparedness
program.
Former
President
Herbert
Hoover
agrees
with
the
need
for
speedy
action.
PASS
GIBRALTAR
GIBItALTAR
Two
Italian
linersthe
Rex
inbound
from
the
United
Slates
and
the
Comte
de
Savoie
outbound
passed
Gibraltar
jeslrrday
without
being
stopped
by
the
British
contraband
control.
This
is
taken
by
some
as
an
indication
of
casing
up
of
relations
between
Italy
and
Great
Britain.
I
OEIGNLRS
EJECTED
BUCHAREST
All
foreigners
without
working
permits
have
been
ordered
to
leave
Roumanla
at
once
or
be
Interned.
Some
ten
thousand
persons
arc
affected.
MOSCOW
TO
BERLIN
MOSCOW
The
Soviet
govern
ment
has
sent
a
note
to
Benin
bespeaking
Reich
influence
In
preserving
the
status
quo
of
Jugoslavia.
BRITAIN
AND
RUSSIA
LONDON
Informed
pewns
report
that
the
British
government,
reinforced
by
Inclusion
of
liberal
and
Labor
elements,
is
seeking
a
"new
and
more
friendly"
approach
to
Improving
relations
with
Russia.
WHEAT
PRICES
PEGGED
CABINET
SHUFFLE
PARIS,
May
IB.:
(CP)
Premier
Paul
Reynaud
today
announced
a
shake-up
in
French
diplomatic
posts
to
give
"new
direction
to
French
policy
abroad.'
Reynaud
himself
takes
rharte
of
the
war
ministry,
naming
Marshal
Henri
retain,
hero
of
Verdun,
as
Vice-Premier.
Former
Premier
Edouard
Da-ladier
is
made
foreign
minister.
Oeore
Mandel
is
named
min-isler
of
the
interior.
Louis
Rollin
is
minister
of
colonies'
and
Leon
Barely,
minister
of
commerce.'
In
a
broadcast
address,
announcing
the
cabinet
reorganization,
Reynaud
said
the
military'
situation
was
"crave
but
not
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(OcniriMr
8
O.
Jotmctoo
Oo.)
Vancouver
Big
MltSOQll
.08.
BrmJome,
8i0.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.15.
Dentopla,
Jl.
Ffttrvtew,
J31.
Gold
Belt,
.20.
Hedley
Mascot,
M.
Mlnto.
J&yk-NobJ
Five,
.WW
Tend
Orielie.
1X7.
Pioneer.
2.10.
Premier
J5.
Privateer,
0.
Reno,
.22.
Relief
Arlington.
.05.
Sheep
Creek,
.95.
Oils
A.
P.
Don,
.10.
Calmont,
.25.
C.
&
Ii.
U2.
Freehold,
42K.
Home,
ll.
Rcyal
c&tu,
.16.
Okalta,
.75.
Mercury,
jB3Vfe.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.16H.
.
Beattie,
.95.
Central
Pat,
1.90.
Cons.
Smelters,
32D0.
Bast
Malartlc,
2.90.
Fernland,
.02.
Franooeur,
i8.
Oods
Lake,
22.
Hardrock,
.67.
Int.
Nickel,
30.25.
Kerr
Addlsoa,
1.95.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.10.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.40.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
0.
McKende
Red
Lake,
1.05.
Moneta,
.55.
Noranda,
55.75.
Tlekle
Crow,
25.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.69.
San
Antonio,
1.70.
Sherrlt
Oordon,
.67Vj.
Uchl,
.40.
Bouscadlllac,
.03
W
Mosher,
.05.
Oklend,
.04tJ.
Smelters
Oold,
.00
Vi-Dominion
Bridge,
25.00.
WINNIPEG
J.
T.
Irving,
as-
taken
at
the
request
of
the
Dom-
lstant
secretary
of
the
Winnipeg
I
lnin
government
after
prices
had
J
'
..
k.1-
J
-
-1.
MAW
bush
grain
Exchange,
announced
uw-j
that
wheat
futures
on
the
Win
nipeg
market
had
been
peged
at
yesterday's
closing
quotations.
He
said
that
the
action
had
been
l
dropped
as
much
as
23c
per
el
following
Germany's
Invasion
of
the
lowlands.
May
wheat
was
quoted
at
.70?c
at
yesterday's
close.
PROVlNCIvL
UBBARY
1
VICTORIA
B-C.t
.
r
.
earner,
rorecasi
Tomorrow's
Tides
pt
:e
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
mm
High
U:50
am.
19.8
ft.
I
a,,
is
rresn
southeast
to
23:54
pm.
223
ft.
:
winds,
unsettled
and
cool
Low
5:40
am.
2Z
It.
oc
a
ional
rain.
17:48
pjn.
4.9
It.
A.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
4
's'K
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
18,
1940.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
Situav
Favorable
Attacks
Are
Slowing
Up,
REPORT
ON
d
t
a
a
.
RAILWAYS
Decause
vjr
rir
Action
ushed
Against
Enemy
By
Allies
Co-Operation
is
Cure
for
CraTe
i
Transport
Ills
i:
"
-
r
"
!..!..
n
j
-T--L-
.
..
.
.
.
.
.
.
..
.
.
...,.,"
..f
tln
All
no
nnf
nu
thnnt
-j"u
-s
uitr
cr-
Donea
aown
to
one
oi
esiaDiisning
ar:
pered
by
German
pressure.
.
Between
the
Sambre
.
if.
.
.
.
..
WW
-
1
T
1
1
1
A
ne
Rivers
in
northeastern
France
hard
fighting
.
&-ound
Aavrnes
and
west
'
but
Oerman
attacks
are
-lit
a
yesterday
A
:ad
it
is
possible
the
i
,:-e
facing
difficulties
be-A.ied
air
activity,
fury
of
the
Nasi
as--
main
areas
around
i
Avesnr
and
in
Vlr-
ihe
Oermaos
have
slight
progress,
the
said
Less
powerful
i
'he
Sedan
are
to
the
Vid
against
the
forti-n
f
Montraedy
hare
I
Ti
dead
r
;r
Delglum.
the
Allies'
t
at
was
described
as
a
!
le
River
line
and
tak-
:
t
nn
a
tUi
wt
of
?
Germans"
wiere
Uwo'
y
Lou
vain
and
Mai-
r.r
Brussels.
The
'
xA
the
withdrawal
a:
;
:rd
out
without
!
pa::irulart
hamper-'
'
rm.uu
and
in
con-1
a
toners;
strategic
'
A
ird
High
Command
absolute
master
of
j
ir
day
the
Oerman
)
threw
three
thou-
,
nto
a
I
rt
men
do
us
1
sonal
Direction
of
War
Mar
shal
retain
Named
OTTAWA.
May
18:
CP-Over-lapplng
of
rail
and
highway
transportation
facilities
has
become
so
grave
a
problem
thai)
It
"constitute
a
menace
to
the
financial
solvency
and
to
the
economic
well-being
of
Canada,"
the
Royal
Commission
on
Dominion-Provincial
RelaUons
declared
in
its
report
The
question,
the
commission
said
and
maintaining
co-operation
be
tween
the
Dominion,
which
has
jurisdiction
over
railways
and
the
provinces,
which
regulate
the
highways.
The
present
division
of
powers
may
easily
lead
to
shaos
unless
the
policies
of
the
Dominion
and
the
provinces
can
be
co-ordinated.
"But.
given
a
disposition
on
the
part
of
the
various
governments
to
co-ordinate
their
controls
over
transportation
and
their
financial
aid.
to
as
to
Uave
to
each
type
of
transnort
a
chance
to
perform
on
remuneraUve
terms
those
classes
of
service
which
It
Is
best
adapted
to
perform,
the
Canadian
transportation
problem
may
not
be
Insoluble."
It
stated.
The
form
that
co-operation
should
take
depended
on
what
agreement
can
be
reached
but
a
-
fundamental
neeelty
was-eoo-tlnuous
and
comprehensive
planning
of
the
whole
field
of
transportation."
by
a
special
body
set
up
'for
the
purpose.
'
The
provinces
might
adopt
substantially
uniform
controls
over
highway
carriers,
co-ordinating
this
:
with
Dominion
control
over
rail-.ways:
or
jurisdiction
to
control
.highway
carriers
might
be
transit
erred
to
the
Dominion,
the
com-
mission
suggested.
The
first
meth-od
was
recommended
by
the
Duff
Commission
in
1932.
I
"The
fact
remains
that
the
In-;
terests
of
the
Dominion
government
as
the
trustees
of
the
national
tn
i
of
provincial
governments
as
the'
trustees
of
provincial
Interests
in.
highway
investment,
are
to
some
extent
compeUUve
and
there
Is
no.,
assurance
that
the
regulatory
au-
thoritles
of
the
Dominion
and
provinces
will
co-ODerate
or
respect
each
j
other's
interests."
Railways
Necessary
The
alternative
was
a
common
transportation
authority
but
it
was
felt
Jurisdiction
over
motor
carriers
would
have
to
be
extended
to
that
authority
only
to
the
extent
of
granting
franchises
to
operate
and
regulating
services
performed
and
rates
charged.
Other
matters
might
better
be
left
to
the
provinces.
The
commission
recognized
the
highway
and
the
motor
vehicle
as
"a
highly
efficient
agency
of
trans-portaUon"
but
contended
that
trucks
are
usable
for
only
certain
l-lnrf.
nf
m
f
Fin
"Rallwav
freleht
service
rpmalnl
merchandise
traffic.
This
new
competition
not
only
divided
tonnage
but
destroyed
the
rate
structure
on
which
the
railways
depend
for
their
revenue.
"The
provinces
are
now
engaged
In
developing
means
of
transportation
which
may
destroy
the
possibility
of
solvent
operation
of
the
railways;
and
there
Is
the
Ukllhood
that
over-lnvestmpnt
lh
lm.n.nvirt.
War
News
HITLER'S
PEACE
OFFER
LONDON
It
was
reported
both
here
and
in
Berlin
today
that
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
is
about
to
make
a
peace
offer
on
terms
that
France
detach
itself
from
Great
Britain.
In
raris
it
was
said
in
official
quarters
that
any
such
approach
would
be
immcil
KING
AT
WAR
OFFICE
LONDON
King
George
visited
the
War
Office
yesterday
and
studied
war
maps
and
plans
in
France
and
Flanders.
Later
His
Majesty
received
Prime
.Minister
Winston
Churchill
at
Buckingham
Palace.
AUSTRALIAN
PREMIER
CANBERRA
The
arrival
of
another
division
of
Australian
troops
in
Egypt
yesterday
again
proved
British
sea
mastery,
declared
the
Prime
Minister
of
Australia
yesterday.
"We
were
by
Britain's
side
when
the
war
began
and
we
are
still
with
Britain
In
the
hour
of
crisis,"
he
declared.
IN
NORWAY
NARVIK
The
Allied
forces
continue
successful
action
with
the
Norwegians,
have
retreated
points.
German
troops
from
certain
WHAT
MOSCOW
THINKS
LONDON
A
dispatch
to
the
Evening
Standard
from
Moscow
GO
EBB
ELS
MIXED
UP
LONDON
The
British
Air
tterest
in
railway
transportation
and
I
Ministry
suggests
that
the
Ger
man
radit,
in
claiming
tnai
1500
Allied
planes
have
been
brought
down,
had
figures
mixed
with
its
own
losses.
INVASION
UNJUSTIFIED
PANAMA
Twenty-one
Ameri
Says
Paris
ALLIES
HOLDING
WELL
AGAINST
JUGGERNAUT
OF
NAZIS
IN
FRANCE
Hitler
Continues
Attempt
to
Bring
War
to
Speedy
Culmination
With
Blitz
Drive
Toward
Paris
Is
Working
Against
Exhaustion
can
republics
today
declared
"un-
ent
battle
commenced.
have
brought
ZiZ"
Speleers,
Z
only
v,
c
daughter
".w
-lustif
table
and
cruel"
the
invasion
'
Hnin
ifiQ
nia
m
W"
"
W"'
rf
Hll
m
J
by
Germany
of
Belgium,
Holland
one1
yesterday.
and
Luxembourg."
A
protest
has
.
White
tend
Buns
and
aircraft
been
prepared
for
delivery
to
Germany
against
the
attacks
on
those
three
countries.
GUARD
AGAINST
SABOTAGE
LONDON
All
government
offices,
headquarters
of
the
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
and
key
positions
throughout
Great
Britain
were
placed
under
armed
guard
today
against
possible
sabotage
by
fifth
columnists
or
OTTA
A-Speeding
up
of
the
lndispenslble
to
the
Canadian
econ-
and
war
effort
and
pUns
for
c1tU
re
oTny
must
be
supplied.
This
Is
an
unrhnlfpnoMhlp
fort
vhih
M
J
establishment
after
the
war
were
not
be
overlooked
in
the
conslder-aUon
of
this
question,"
It
said,
noting
that
trucks
compete
chiefly
in
reply
to
the
-Speech
from
the
Throne
yesterday.
Hon.
Norman
Rogers,
minister
of
national
defence,
was
given
an
ovation
on
entering
the
House
following
his
trip
to
England
and
France.
Uon
facilities
which
In
the
past.
MaJor
and
Mrs-
McKa'
sal1
through
too
lavish
provision
of
1
last
night
on
the
Princess
Ade
railway
facilities,
imposed
so
heavy
lalde
for
Vancouver.
Major
McKay
a
burden
upon
the
Canadian
econ-
has
been
In
charge
of
the
District
way
development'
place."
now
tcLing
urged
by
Hugues
Lapointe,
Lot-biniere,
Quebec,
and
James
Sin
LONDON,
May
18:
(CP)
While
certain
further
withdrawals
have
been
made
to
conserve
strength
and
.
...
.....
AAncnliHnrn
nofanna
nncirinnc
in
T
hn
Tor".
r
T
1-4
it
In
'
r.
ItrvVtr
ately
rejected
and
tnat
rrance
tuueuuuaic
ucisjicc
jucihuuo
iu
wc
.c
six
muci
o
ugui.-
wouid
figh
with
Great
Britain
ning
drive
to
bring
tne
war
to
a
speedy
culmination
before
until
the
end.
certain
vital
resources
in
the
Reich
become
exhausted,
the
Allies,
according
to
todajrs
war
reports,
are
with-
standing
eiiecuveiy
tne
migmy
i.
Nazi
mechanized
juggernaut
in
the
most
terrific
and
desperate
test
of
armed
strength
the
world
has
ever
seen.
Enemy
attacks,
a
Paris
statement
today
declared,
have
been
definitely
stemmed,
for
the
present
at
least,
eighty-five
miles
north
of
Paris
as
heavy
French
reinforce
ments
are
being
moved
up
to
the
front
between
Avion,
Avesnes
and
Verdun.
'
In
a
battle
unparallelled
in
history,
mechanized
monsters
clash
with
seemingly
endless
waves
of
machine
gun
attacks
under
a
rain
of
thousands
of
tons
of
aerial
bombs.
The
Nazis,
it
is
estimated,
are
using
a
least
one-half
of
their
entire
tank
strength
in
their
desperate
bid
for
a
bHtzkreig
victory
by
a
thrust
at
Paris,
the
heart
of
-
France.
For
such
gains
as
the
en-
a
view
to
recapturing
Narvik
fox
?Piy
have
been
malting,
the
Oer-
roans
have
continued
to
pay
dearly
in
material
such
as
mechanized
equipment
and
tanks
and
men,
declares
the
Belgian
foreign
minister.
At
one
point
alone
the
Allied
halted
an
advance
of
three
thousand
German
tanks.
Jtesistlng
the
reports
the
opinion
of
a
Moscow1
repeated
heavy
tank
attacks,
light
newspaper
that
the
imminence
ning
counter-attack
after
counter-of
United
States
entering
the
.attack
have
been
launched
by
the
war
on
the
side
of
the
Allies
Trench
forces
while
the
Allies
evi-
has
prompted
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
to
speed
up
the
offensive
on
the
western
front.
cenUy
co-ordinated
their
plans
for
one
enormous
counter-attack
to
smash
the
German
offensive.
Formidable
results
continue
to
attend
the
attacks
of
the
British
clair,
Vancouver
North,
on
mov-
.
ail
withdrawals
being
made
by
the
etables
ing
and
seconding
the
address
in
j
Allies
are
purely
strategic,
carried
local
garrison
area
lpr
the
past
few
months.
out
In
a
normal
and
orderly
way.
HANSON
IS
GRIT
WHIP
Is
Third
Parliament
In
Which
Local
Member
Has
Served
In
This
Post
OTTAWA,
May
18:
(Special
to
Daily
News):
Olof
Hanson,
SL
P.
for
Prince
Rupert,
last
night
was
unanimously
chosen
Liberal
whip
for
British
Columbia
at
a
caucus
of
the
ten
government
supporters
elected
to
the
House
of
Commons
in
the
recent
general
election.
The
motion
for
the
re-election
of
Mr.
Hanson
was
made
by
Thomas
Reld,
New
Westminster,
and
seconded
by
Alan
Chambers,
new
member
for
Nanaimo.
Selection
of
the
Prince
Rupert
representative
marks
the
third
Parliament
in
which
he
has
been
chosen
for
the
post
since
his
entrance
into
the
House
of
Commons
in
1930.
WEDDED
AT
ALDERSH0T
Royal
Air
Force
on
strategic
points
Capt.
Fred
Kergin
.Married
on
May
in
Germany,
especially
Cologne
and
13
to
MmIe
SBsanne
Speleers
Hagiburg.
In
an
air
engagement
over
France
the
Royal
Air
Force
drove
off
eleven
German
bombers
after
bringing
down
nine,
the
British
suffering
not
a
single
plane
themselves.
British
pursuit
planes
over
France
alone,
since
the
pres-
of
Antwerp
'
Announcement
has
been
received
In
the
city
of
the
marriage
at
Alder-shot,
England,
of
Mme.
Susanne
of
M.
and
Belgium,
to
Capt
Frederick
O.
Ker
gin
F.R.OS.
(London)
of
the
Royal
have
succeeded
in
downing
many
.J
,
,
.
,
.
.
6
J
,
.
.
.
v.
ceremony
took
place
on
May
J
13
and
enemy
aircraft,
heavy
damage
has
,
.
,
.
.
.
.
.,
Capt.
and
Mrs.
Kergin
are
now
re-ibeen
;
done
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
J,
.
...
,
.
.
at
Aldersho
The
,to
enemy
lines
of
communication
jf
land
troop
concentrations
behind
?STfSl
Mn".
.the
lines.
The
fierceness
and
ef-
f016?7,
n,
Pr,CC
2"!
'fectiveness
of
the
air
attack
has
J5"?
.caused
the
enemy
to
complain
Iur-.n,gi
tTn
HelFhfS
'ther
about
Chilian
bombing
and
to
v,
medical
nrrtf
profession.
News
of
the
air
attacks
on
open
cities
and
towns
interest
aere.
In
England
and
France.
t
win
battle
along
the
Dyle
de-
:
fence
line
In
central
Belgium
now,
In
progress,
the
British
War
Office
announced
last
night
that
British
J
troops
had
withdrawn
to
positions
-
GOING
STRONG,
ANYWAY
WETHERDEN,
England,
May
18:
-With
the
slogan
"Onions
are
west
of
Brussels
but
stated
"there
Bullets"
the
431
inhabitants
of
i
is
no
question
of
coflapse
or
break
this
Suffolk
village
have
started
through
In
this
sector."
Many
op-'
an
Intensive
campaign
to
make
eratlons
have
been
successful
and
the
place
self-supporting
In
veg-
with
a
view
to
meeting
enemv
smasned
tn
wortnern
Tance
aiong
moves.
the
Sambre
and
OLse
Rivers,
that
A
British
spokesman
last
night
there
had
been
urther
advances
admitted
that
the
situation
was
'
south
of
Sedan.
The
Germans
ad-serious
but
not
criUcal
or
catastro-'
mltted
losIng
twenty-six
more
Planes
,n
actlon
,n
France
TheJr
phlc
and
there
was
no
cause
for
dismay.
The
need
for
couraee
and
.
complained
oi
tne
air
aiiacss
on
determination
was
stressed.
What
Berlin
Savs
Hamburg
particularly,
claiming
that
the
British
bombs
had
killed
twenty-one
civilians
and
wound-
In
Berlin
it
was
claimed
today,
ed
flftv
others
that
the
Germans
had
marched
In-1
The
French
Admiralty
In
Paris
to
Antwerp,
that
two
Zeeland
Is-
of
ficlally
declared
"untrue"
German
lands
had
been
surrendered
by
the
(
claims
of
having
sunk
one
French
commander
with
2000
Dutch
and
destroyer
and
damaging
a
cruiser
French
soldiers
being
taken,
that
and
a
merchant
ship
by
aerial
at-two
Allied
divisions
had
been
tack
off
Dunkirk,
Belgium,