ROOSEVELT
,
o
ir
CONDEMNS
'
INVASION
rrtsidcnt
Of
United
Males
Out
spoken
Against
Aitlon
or
Ueich
v;a
sHLNOTON,
D.
C.
April
1:
r
i
nt
Roosevelt
f
the
UnJ-
v-
has
pub'i'iy
condemned
-
invasion
of
Denmark
w.iy
"Force
and
military
.dm
are
again
on
the
he
says.
"If
dvliteatton
1c
.
unrive
the
righte
of
smaller
:
s
must
be
respected
by
the
powerful
nation.
'
Norway
'
wm
the
respect
of
the
world,
r
'
national
Integrity
and
eon-
I
President
ti
delivering
a
:'
address
today
which
will
be
2-1
,.st
throughout
the
world.
Bulletins
COLON
IS
KAZEI)
COLON,
Panama
The
enure
bstinrM
district
of
Colon
was
viprd
sut
by
a
S4.090.C00
fire
Saturday
night.
Ten
thousand
nt
homeles
but
no
of
life
h
reported.
The
United
Stales
Army
is
leading
in
relief
I.KWJS
CHARGED
WASHINGTON,
I).
C
William
Ctfen,
president
of
the
Amerl-Mrt
Federation
of
Ubor.
charg-H
Uftt
night
that
John
L.
Lewis,
Wd
of
the
C.
I.
0
was
plot-tog
a
political
revolution
with
a
tkw
to
seirlng
a
dictatorship
cr
the
United
Stales.
RANGERS
WIN
CUP
New
York
Takes
Stanley
cup
Emblematic
Of
World's
Hotkey
Championship
TORONTO,
April
15:
(CD-
New
York
Rangers
won
the
Stanley
Cup,
emblematic
of
the
world's
professional
hockey
championship
Saturday
night,
by
defeating
Toronto
Maple
Iafs
three
to
two
In
the
sixth
game,
an
overtime
contest.
The
Rangers
won
four
games
and
the
Maple
Leafs
two.
The
Maple
Leafs
got
away
to
a
good
start
by
scoring
once
In
the
first
period
Apps
from
navm-son
and
again
in
the
second
period
Mets
from
Schrlner.
In
the
third
period
New
York
dominated
the
play
and
evened
up
the
count
Neil
Colvllle
scoring
after
eight
minutes
and
Tike
after
ten
minutes.
Ilexstall,
after
two
minutes
and
seven
seconds
of
overtime,
drove
In
an
unassisted
backhanded
shot
from
the
right
side
which
won
the
game
and
the
Stanley
Cup
for
the
Rangers.
Puppet
Gov't
Has
Resigned
LONDON.
Anrl
15:
(CP)
Reuters
said
that
the
German
rniifrnllnrl
rnrtlr,
nf.
Osln
and
announced
the
resignation
of
the
puppet
Quisling
Nazi
gov-'
crnmcnt
of
Norway.
This
Is
the
government
which
Ger-
many
had
said
It
would
nego-
late
with
as
Klne
Haakon
and
tit?
Norwegian
covcrnmcnt
had
failed
to
co-onerate.
NEARING
SWEDISH
FRONTIER
STOCKHOLM,
April
15:
(CP)
Fighting
between
Norwegian
and
German
forces
brought
the
invading
Nazis
nearer
the
Swedish
border
today.
Swedish
authorities
announced
that
three
thousand
Norwegians
had
fled
across
the
frontier
near
Halden
where
they
were
interned.
However,
it
was
reported
that
Norwegians
were
clinging
to
positions
elsewhere.
A
Reuters
dispatch
from
Stockholm
to
London
said
that
a
state
of
preparedness
against
aerial
attack
had
been
proclaimed
in
southern
and
western'Swedcn,
invasion
being
considered
imminent..
t
rlTr?
A.il
1K
Tf
ii'oi:
rffi?nllv
nn
ti
ni
1
n
ivrl
tn-
day
that
British
forces
marines
and
soldiers
had
been
landed
at
several
points
on
me
coast,
01
iurway
iu
mm,
the
Norwegians
in
tne
campaign
to
unve
out
me
uumiau
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
ON
BRITAIN'S
AIR
PATROL
OF
BRITISH
ISLES
v..
..
n.
..
.uif,
,,r
M'
irniat
ion
this
olcture
shown
a
Daf
fin
dane
about
to
land
on
the
fiu;i.s
clcolc
cf
vlie
British
Aircraft
Currier
Eagle
on
the
aerial
patrol
of
sea
routes
around
the
British
IMca.
BRITISH
HAVE
LANDED
AT
NORWEGIAN
POINTS:
REICH
IS
MINE-BLOCKED
Pocket
Battleship
Admiral
Scheer
is
Badly
Damaned
if
Not
Sunk
Submarines
and
Airplanes
Do
Pine
Work
for
Allies
,
Italy
May
Hear
Call
Of
Bugles
,
nnKV.
Anril
IS:
Italian
naval
manoeuvres
are
being
held
earlier
than
usual
this
rinp
th
fleet
concentration
belnsr
undoubtedly
due
to
the
tense
International
situation
nH
thp
iwulbiiitv
of
suread-
in
war.
"The
bugle
call
may
sound
some
morning
soon
for
Italy,"
an
official
spokesman
warned
yesterday.
H.M.S.
YORK
NOT
SUNK
Another
False
Report
From
German
Propaganda
Machine
LONDON.
April
15:
There
is
from
the
Brmsn
invaders.
The
announcement
that
the
Allies
had
occupied
JJJ,
confirmation
a
number
of
key
points
on
the
Norwegian
coast
was
made
clalms
0l
the
tne
t?
wmswjn
ui,iiri
rhure.hlll.
wmiu"".
"
.
tt
VlUUc
illUC
utOHUJb,a
"
v
"
vv.
,
u.iu
..."
c
German
propaganda
slnkine
in
the
North
bv
Rt
Hn
..
gea
0f
h,
m.
a.
xorn
wuu
First
Lota
01
ine
uu:,,ali
ed
last
Thursday
morning
wun
ai
hundred
men
on
Doara.
m.
m.
o.
director
of
the
British
armed
for
lfMt
rouf
wu
b
torpedoes
from.York
visited
Prince
Rupert
in
1938
wmu
th
exact
oolnts
of
landing
.
.
......
...
in
the
course
of
a
Pacific
Coast
ie
submarine
bpeariisn,
in
com-
-
.
...
.
it
was
believed
1928
were
nut.
""'-
..
.
.,.,
t
w
.
.
J
NarviK
ana
nwnu
oi
wui..
vmma..
was
srauonea
that
two
of
them
were
and
untn
rccently
Trondhiem.
both
Imporiani
ran-
Forbes,
wnicn
mus
got
us
revenge
at
Bermuda
as
nagsnipi.
wav
terminals.
Off
Ictal
Undon
was
for
an
arduous
experience
last
lau
rerorted
today
to
oe
more
cunricu
wnen
u
was
ta
...
ne
Qrltisn
uoiumoia
usuc
over
the
war
outlook
than
at
any
Heligoland
Bight.
announces
the
appointment
of
,in(.
the
invasion
01
ruiauu
xt
was
aiso
anuuuiiccu
wmi,
Alexander
Turnouu
01
trince
nup-
i.t
Kontember.
merman
cruiser
n.awiu,
h-
crt
c
j
rTeaericKson
ana
a.
u.
ia5l
DCl";"
,!,
i...,
..1
J
Kr
milt
VlW
.
.
.
.,-1
r,
J
Throughout
l"e
wciw-cjiu
w-
iuuiy
onm
w
us
-j
staiiora
OI
rrince
ucuigc
British
Air
Force
was
delivering
-
Norwegian
shore
batteries,
had
ac-'j,
F
K
English
of
Pouce
Coupe
to
hivv
blows
against
Norwegian
I
tually
been
the
victim
of
torpedo
be
commissioners
under
the
Evl-eoastal
points
which
had
been
oc-
attack
by
Uie
submarine
Truant
off
dence
Act.
rnied
bv
the
Germans,
paving
the
chrUtlansund.
!
of
the
expedl-1
Fourteen
supply
ships,
of
the
Ger-
i
-
"
"
L'
I
Way
,
7rtr
for
t
the
he
landing
ianuB
7"
.
M
AHmin
stavnnirer.
do
ne
extensive
damage
tlonary
lorcw.
yA
hppn
sueeessfullv
to
German
aircraft.
This
-
was
only
eir
the
weeK-ena
mc
..............
-
,..,.:!.,
,
extensive
B
uu,lk
.
...
.u
lr1n7
Of
the
have
compieiea
w.w
-"::'
entire
German
coast
xrom
to
Memel
in
Utnuan
-
-
Bet.her
with
the
diociu(.
i?in":t
OI,d
Kattegat,
gives
Baltic
and,
with
we
r
v.
urdav
at
Narvik,
cuw
on
entirely
as
far
as
u".-
r-neTfrom
its
much-needed
sup-.
.
from
Sweden.
P'y
01
""'ir
,,
cement
was
Is-
night
in
regard
w
"7,
-j
Tj..,ir,r
the
week
by
submarines.
c5
statement
was
the
The
feature
of
...
nrement
that
me
p,
i
Admiral
mlral
Scheer
tscnetri,,
oit.
sister
battlesUlp
battleship
Wmir
akillClllCilbt
v
wwvwww...rf
.
attacked
by
the
Navy,
ten
being
part
of
activities
carried
definitely
known
to
have
been'
out
over
the
week-end
by
the
Royal
Tho
iniimrntion
dirt
tint
in-'
Air
Force
m
narryinK
uie
cunuj
have
been
sunk
at
Narvik
nor
Meantime
the
Norwegians
con
tinue
their
stout
resistance
against
mnlrlnsr
their
occuDation
of
Norwav
tne
more
auucuit.
It
is
renorted
that
German
planes
shuttling
across
the
entrance
of
the
n.iMc
Sea
are
transDortlng
troops
superior
mechanized
and
motorized
Into
Norway
at
the
rate
of
4,000
per
t
h
inviHn
Ra-pHish
nnri
rfnv
Two
hundred
rjlanes
are
re-
V
..
--
.
J
j
Finnish
volunteers
have
joinea
wim
poriea
to
dc
cugaKcu
ui
uujiv.-
wnrwav
tn
flcht
off
the
Germans.
Ine
troops
In
this
manner.
Mrs.
The
Germans
are
concentrating
on
Nails
May
Withdraw
Konesvlnger,
a
railway
junction)
in
a
oroaacasi
irom
uenm
m
north
of
Oslo,
one
line
or
whicn
morning
m
ingusn
tne
amiuuut
leads
to
Trondhjem
and
the
other
suggested
that
the
Norwegians
did
in
cfrvUmim
That
some
aavances
not
aDnreciaie
wnat
me
ueniwiw
have
been
made
by
the
Germans
In
were
trying
to
no
for
mem
ana.
u
ana
'that
that
area
area
Is
is
not
not
denied.
ueiuiu.
they
cua
uiu
not
nwn
co-operaie
i
Deuer,
w.w.,
u
o..
5,1m
leather
Forecast
Tomorrow
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High
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTKAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
15,
1940.
dns
Are
Cutting
Off
Reich
LATEST
ON
SITUATION
Week-End
Developments
In
Scandinavian
War
SummarizedVarious
Important
Moves
British
Forces
are
reported
to
have
landed
in
Narvik
under
pro-
lection
of
naval
thellfire.
An
earl"
ier
Norwegian
communique
said
Norwegian
troops
north
and
west
of
the
ore
port
were
ready
to
at
tack
the
German
;
who
are
said
to
have
fled
into
the
interior
follow-
u
.
Krt
th
landing
on
Satur
day.
The
Britbh
War
Office
and
Admiralty
announced
British
forces
had
now
landed
at
several
points
in
Norway.
The
British
Admiralty
an
nounces
two
German
troop
trans
ports
sunk
and
four
torpedo
hits
scored
on
a
convoy
of
transports
in
Skagerrack
since
last
night.
The
announcement
added
that
a
transport
had
been
set
afire
at
tergen
and
a
small
supply
ship
sunk
by
combined
naval
and
air
action.
Earlier
Great
Britain
reported
a
-rr-'fu!
torpedo
attack
on
the
German
pocket
battleship
ad
miral
Scheer.
the
lavinr
of
a
mine,
field
across
Germany's
Bal
tic
back
door
and
'other
blows
against
the
German
navy,
""An
alr'raia
oivStavanger
heved
to
have
destroyed
a
gasoline
dump.
There
have
been
repeated
British
air
raids
on
var
ious
Norwegian
coastal
points
now
in
the
hands
of
Germany.
Germany
officially
denies
that
any
points
on
the
Norwegian
coast
have,
been
recaptured.
There
is
no
official
comment
destroyers
met
a
formidable
British
fleet
have
not
yet
been
A
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
broadcast
to
the
Norwegian
people
assures
them
that
the
"invasion
ot
your
country
will
not
go
unpunished.
British
soldiers
are
coming
to
your
assistance.
When
vou
see
them
do
everything
you
can
to
aid
them.
If
you
know
where
Germans
are
tell
them.
If
a
British
soldier
needs
food,
give
it
to
him.
If
he
needs
shelter,
give
it
to
him.
fass
on
the
word.
CLEAR
UP
SUB
CALL
Distress
Message,
Turporter
To
Have
Come
From
British
Ship,
Said
U-boat
Had
Been
Seen
THOMASTON,
Maine,
April
15:
(CP)
Mackay
Radio
said
that
a
A
...
.
n
radio
station,
presumamy
Cana
dian,
had
reported
a
distress
signal
from
the
British
freighter
Craig
early
today
after
sighting
a
submarine
eight
hundred
miles
northeast
of
New
York.
The
mat
ter
had
since
been
"cleared
up."
SLAIN
IN
Roumania
Decree
Has
Prohibited
Wheat,
Oil
And
Fuel
for
Germany
Jugoslavia
Also
Joins
in
Move
to
Prevent
Hitler
From
Getting.
Supplies
From
That
Quarter
Crop
Failure
Given
as
Reason
BUCHAREST,
April
15:
(CP)
A
Roumanian
decree
tonight
prohibited
indefinitely
all
exports
of
wheat,
petroleum,
coal
and
wood,
cutting
off
Germany's
main
source
of
supplies
in
southeastern
Europe.
The
government
economic
council
has
decided
to
void
all
wheat
con-tiacts
because
of
prospective
crop
failure
and
has
ordered
foreign
delivery
of
other
products
REICH
GUN
BOATS
ARE
I
WINNIPEG
George
Harrop
Is
Charged
With
Murder
Of
Her
Husband
WINNIPEG.
April
15:
(CP)
George
Harrop,
aged
42,
was
shot
killed
his
home
town
today
and
In
.
i
.
.
.
Police
Chief
George
smitn
Hint
Mrs
Harron
will
be
v.....
-
.
vtPrriav
British
nlanes
dropped
might
be
necessary
to
withdraw
charged
with
her
husband's
mur-
ship
of
the
ui-i
,
.
Uack.
tons
ot
bombs
on
an
airdrome
at
from
the
country.
der.
'Spec,
had
been
successiuuy
THREATENED
Roumania
Takes
Strict
Control
All
Traffic
On
Danube
River
Germany
Al'eges
"English
Sabotage"
BUCHAREST.
ouKniuw.,
April
15:
(CP)
-
?Y7
IT
TWO
SUBS
SUNK
from
Germanv
on
what
may
have
BERLIN
Germany
claims
the
happened
at
Narvik
except
for
a
j
'sinking
in
the
North
Sea
of
two
vtatrmrnt
statement
that
that
lossp
losses
when
when
Nail
Nail
'
RritUh
British
submirines
submarines
which
which
were
were
surprised
by
Nazi
bombing
planes
as
they
lay
on
the
surface.
NAZIS
BUNGLE
IT
PARIS
German
dead
were
left
hanging
in
barbed
wire
entanglements
as
they
were
driven
off
by
French
machine
gun
and
rifle
fire
after
an
unsuccessful
attempt
to
penetrate
French
positions
on
the
Western
Front
in
the
Vosges
section.
There
was
a
heavy
German
artillery
barrage
with
howitzers
Ibeing
brought
into
play
but
it
was
badly
handled
and
machine
guns
proved
effective
in
killing
many
ot
the
enemy.
It
is
now
said
that
there
is
no
indication
of
a
general
collision
of
forces
on
the
Western
Front.
AFTER
KING
HAAKON
STOCKHOLM
The
Norwegian
government
has
advised
Great
Britain
that
German
air
attacks
are
being
directed
personally
against
King
Haakon.
This
seems
apparent,
it
is
said,
through
German
planes
bombing
all
towns
where
Haakon
has
been.
The
King
and
the
Norwegian
cabinet
had
a
meeting
today
at
an
undisclosed
point.
stopped
until
adequate
reserves
are
assured
for
the
army
and
railroads.
Jugoslavia
has
also
intimated
that
all
its
exports
will
be
limited
to
a
distrance
of
100
miles
from
the
country.
LONDON,
April
15:
tun
Strict'
control
of
Danube
U
The
British
Navy
lived
up
to
Us
iralltc
was
emorcea
Dy
rummama
traditions
ot
yaior
and
!
tllZ
!
BLACK-OUT
ORDERED
BERLIN
German
radio
tonight
broallcast
a
warning
that
all
lighthouses
and
signal
fires
on
the
south
coast
of
Sweden
should
be
extinguished.
No
explanation
is
given,
not
even
that
it
is
for
the
"protection"
of
Sweden.
NORWEGIAN
SUNK
LONDON
The
Norwegian
steamer
Tosca,
6000
tons,
has
been
sunk
by
a
German
torpedo.
The
crew
of
thirty
was
taken
to
safety
In
Scotland.
SHOT
DOWN
BY
SWEDES
STOCKHOLM
Swedish
antiaircraft
guns
shot
down
a
Ger
'
Narrilr
Norwegian
ore
Dort.
and
sank
seven
German
des-
trovers,
causing
the
German
soldiers,
who
had
been
garris-
oning
the
place,
to
take
to
flight
over
the
hills.
The
Bri-
tish
Admiralty
late
Saturday
nisht
officially
announced
the
'
success
of
the
engagement
and
I
it
has
since
been
confirmed
in
Norwegian
statements
that
the
British
are
definitely
in
control
at
Narvik
and
are
mak-
lng
their
way
up
the
railway
line
which
leads
to
the
Swedish
iron
mines.
The
retreating
Germans
are
believed
trapped
between
the
British
and
Nor-
wegian
forces.
The
recapture
of
Narvik
is
a
severe'
blow
to
the
Nazis'
Scandinavian
cam-
Daien.
L'u
Navy
Upholds
.
I
.
Its
Tradition
.
FLOOD
IN
ALBERTA
One
Hundred
Homes
Along
Red
River
Near
Drumheller
Arc
Evacuated
DRUMHELLEiy,
Alberta,
April
15:
(CP)
Rising
flood
waters
of
the
Red
Deer
River
have
forced
residents
to
evacuate
one
hundred
river
side
homes
at
nearby
New-casUe,
Joining
refugees
from
East
Coulee,
Carbon,
Wayne
and
man
military
plane
which
was
flying
over
Swedish
territory.
All
but
one
member
of
the
crew
were
killed,
Another
German
plane
came
down
on
the
west
coast
of
Sweden
and
Its
crew
was
interned.
DUTCH
IN
FIELD
AMSTERDAM
Martial
law
has
been
extended
to
all
strategic
points
in
Holland.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of.
troops
are
In
the
field
and
everything
Is
ready
for
Holland's
effort
to
defend
its
H.
F.
S.
Wolverton
was
a
pessen-ger
aboard
the
Catala
today
going
through
to
Alice
Arm
where
ht
has
mining
Interests.