w
a:
t
t
Last
Few
Days
"
A
;il
27:
iCP
Follow
a'O'tr
withdrawals
v-y
in
the
Trondhetm
vrn-
.stabilized,
it
wa
uiu-ed
in
British
mih
da.v.
and
steps
are
prevent
the
Junction
'
-
advancing
from
the
'
r
with
those
moving'
i
:m
Trondheim.
British
I
'
uvtng
been
forced
to!
rxposed
positions
in
)
bas
and
Ho
rot
sectors
'
idr,.'
f
b:,
vc
be-
:
having
been
sub-ivy
rain
of
Nail
steel
landing
of
strong
torcemenU.
are
In
t
.on
it
u
officially
an-
"n
the
Trondhetm
ribed
as
"stabilized"
military
source
who
natml
had
taken
Tnis
source
said:
r-erainlv
not
at
bad
I
:gV
they
might
be"j
e
said
the
StetnkJar
nriiui.
t
wr-hanged.
i'j
.
nabas
railway
Hue
particularly
heavy
a
dmrnt
from
the
t
effecUve
British
f
t-
ameni.
uus
had
ies
are
being
iBIK
rnuurcciuuiew.
according
to
another
i
a
Norwegian
bat-
'
out
of
commission
1
prisoners
taken.
"
iisig
has
been
Issued
'
of
Narvik
to
evacuate
Hi
bombardment
of
the
i
B.
MUh
quarters
scoff
at
!
'a'cments
as
to
the
Al-
in.
Norway
being
a
"dis-
1
'
d.
column
lntn
vnnlrrtav
Wui
R3ros
on
the
Trond-'Kw
vuiger
railway
line
In
.".
"
ay.
tho
corrMnnnrtont
"
S'oKkholm
newspaper
Dag-
'
"'.'CI'
'(
r
Mnn,I.J
1
ri
n:u.
1
a
Reuters
correspond-:'t
the
British
expedl-"
might
have
to
retire
-
Kince
German
troops
powerfullv
relnfnrrrrt.
i
that
n
hlm
rep0rts
t0day
""'"an
columns
were
(,
,
;
central
Norway
from
d
storen
as
welt
as
on
ng
in
strlklngjdUtahcelliclm.
TALE
OF
HEROISM
Submarine
Crew
Brought
Underea
Craft
Home
After
Losing
Fourteen
Feet
Of
Now
1
results
from
a
unaersea
cran
saieiy
imck
to
pori
zen
lake
the
bow
had
been
blown
away
"iiry
Uh!
rught
reMh
of
strtklng
a
mine.
;
line
tion
n
the
relief
of
Trend
-fT(ed
but
it
wa
:
,.
rrtnforcemenU
are
c
been
landed
In
Vw
Itsttle
Area
"wn
a
abort
dls-Bergen.
appeared
as
'
heavy
flhUng
to-'
cunflicUng
report
-
of
a
battle
in
that
'
'
mans
claimed
suc-
aid
today,
that
they
point
one
hundred
T
;
.dheim
alter
having
'
;i.iie
from
Oslo.
''"0
prisoners,
lnclud-'-r.
had
been
taken
(
lalmed,
and
fight-
'
raptured,
nosseaalon
it'
ll
of
fighting
orders)
aid,
had
been
left
be
TO
DAY'S
WEATHER
that
this
report
'
prince
Rupert
Overcast,
north-the
contr
.ry.
the
east
wind,
four
miles
per
hour:
bar-
vicressful
in
mak-
i-e.
taking
some
oraeter.
3037
(falling
rapidly
i;
tern
perature,
45;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Showery,
east
southeast
wind,
twelve
miles
per
hour;
light
chop.
Lanaara
Island
Overcast,
wast
southwest
wind,
three
miles
per
hour:
barometer,
28.99;
temperature.
42;
sea
smooth.
'i
Dead
Tree
Point
Raining,
calm:
barometer.
29.70;
temperature,
45;
light
swell
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
southwest
wind,
five
miles
pet
hour;
bar
ometer.
2942
(falling)
;
tempera-
tnr
47!
llsht
swell.
age.
Essential.
14.060,
9.4c
and
6.5c,
Bdmuads
St
Walker.
Ingrid
II..
lljOOO.
fUe
and
AtUn.
i
SJc.'
Sequoia,
200,
9.2c
and
63c.
Edmunds
&
Walker.
(
Asurtte,
2,200
salmon
142c
and
6c.
Storage;
1500
halfbut.
92c
andi
C
5c,
Storage.
K
Mi.,
1J09.
9c
and
Storage.
International
Danube
Control
BUDAPEST.
April
27:
CP-
Alert
Bay-Overcast,
calm;
bar-
'
The
Hungarian
government
ometer.
297:
temperature.
44;
sea!T
announced
toaay
mat
u
naa
r
p'""
-
Brtevan
Cloudy,
westerly
ina,
five
miles
per
hoar;
barometer.
29.-9fl.
Victoria
Cloudy,
westerly
wind,
fifteen
miles
per
hour,
barometer.
29.94.
Vancouver-
Raining,
northeast
.'wind,
ten
miles
per
nour;
oaroni-
eter.
393.
Prince
George-Cloudy,
northarljr
wind,
two
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.81.
ITALIAN
SOBLC
AVON
DASSETT.
Eng
.
April
27:
vn
Mt
(CPJ-uaron
iroiumu.
-.
at
his
Yarwickshlre
home
here,
aged
61.
His
heir
is
J.
D.
Pro-j
tacks.
A
battle-
Is
expected
at
Dom-
K
Mllrhrt'nnrt
llltthWay
June-
miles
south
of
Trond-
proposed
to
Jugoslavia
Bui-
garla
and
Roumanla
Interna-
ttonal
control
of
a
75-mlle
stretch
of
the
Danube
River
near
the
Iron
Gate
which
Ger-
many
accused
the
Allies
of
try-
Ing
to
dynamite.
WHEAT
PRICKS
WINNIPEG.
April
27:
(CP)
Win
nipeg
wheat
prices
were
1
Vic
to
lic
lower
yesterday.
New.
York
whea)
prices
were
off
Yc
to
ic
with
September.
at
$1.06.
NKW
YORK
STOCKS
fumo.
25,
youngest
member
or
the
NEW
YORK,
April
27:
The
in-
.
.1.1-
I
-
.
.
a
.
.
1.
House
of
Commons.
Tne
hwc
ausinai
average
on
vne
new
seattock
Exchange
early
today
was
Italian
and
the
family
has
no
in
the
House
of
Lords.
Hon
100
-
was
down
.05
at
30.63.
ot
nudn
Allien
Pl
"j
rapt.
Rrs.-onm
,.,m
lhe
Ar
the
Allies
were
giving
W0"
y-.ww
Uu.
..v
.
fore
relentless
Gcnnan
aerial
at-
port
tonight
from
Sunnyside
whre
they
have
been
for
the
past
ter
days
putting
In
a
small
dock
fcf
Home
Oil
Distributors.
t
LIBRARY
Canadian
sergeants
and
corporals
are
on
parade
with
their
rifles
at
Weimgton
barracks
under
the
watchful
eye
of
a
drill
sergeant
ol
the
in.sn
Guards
A
second
squad
o.
Canadian
N.C-U.
selected
from
every
Canadian
detachment
now
stationed
in
E-igland,
are
completing
a
fecial
course
of
training
at
Wellington
barrack,
with
men.of
the
famous
British
Guards
regiments.
Halibut
Sales
GOOD
TIME
Summary
American
70.000
pounds.
9c
and,
7c
and
93c
and
7c.
'
Canadian
116.300
pounds,
9c
and
BEING
MADE
6JC
lO
ana
OX.
rrorrtM
on
Canadian
Warshln
lAn.rf
-
-
-
w
U
U.
American
Ituilding
is
Satisfactory
O
visit,
wjumi.
ve
ana
jc.
storsfe.
Arctic,
Mm.
93t
and
7c.
Royal.
Canadian
TODAY'S
STOCKS
OauTU1
6.
D
Jotinmtoa
Oo.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.09.
Bralorne,
10.10.
Cariboo
Quartz,
20.
Dentonla,
JOIV.
Falrvlew,
.01?i.
Gold
Belt,
.24.
Hedley
Mascot,
.41.
Mlnto.
.02U.
Noble
Five.
.00H-Pacific
Nickel.
.08.
Pend
Oreille,
1.85.
Pioneer,
220.
Premier.
151.
Premier.
1.21.
Privateer,
.58.
Reeves
McDonald,
20.
Reno,
25.
Relief
Arlington,
.06.
Salmon
Gold,
.03.
Sheep
Creek,
1.07.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.0314.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.15.
Calmont,
.40.
C.
it
E.,
2.00.
Freehold.
.02.
Home,
2.52.
Pacalta,
.04.
Royal
Can.,
.18.
Okalta,
1.10.
Mercury,
.07.
Prairie
Royalties,
.17.
'
x
Toronto
Aldermac.
25.
Beattle,
1.07.
Central
Pat,,
2.20.
Con.
Smelters,
41.50,
East
Malartlc.
3.60.
Fernland,
.03.
'
Francoeur,
.44.
Gods
Lake,
.42
V2.
Hardrock,
1.03.
Int.
Nickel.
38.50.
Kerr
Addison,
2.47.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.55.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.90.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.44.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.27.
Moneta,
.67.
Noranda,
70.00.
Pickle
Crow,
3.05.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.07.
San
Antonio,
2.25.
Sherrltt
Gordon',
.90.
Uchl,
.67.
Bouscadlllac,
.03ta.
.
Mosher,
,07.
TomorrowsTid.es
p
i
pert
and
Queen
(
ids
-Moderate
to
fresh
High
5:35
ajn.
17.5
ft.
minds,
part
cloudy
with
19:09
p.m.
16.8
ft.
hange
in
temperature.
Low
12:15
pjn.
6.0
ft.
NORTIlEItN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
.
i
no
..
.
.
j
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
APRIL
27,
1940.
PRICE:
t
CENTS
erely
Counter
-Invasion
Berli
n
ft
I
HIS
Si
few
'
d-A
!
v
m
(B-UIe
Appears
o
be
lurn,-Tcsia
After
Iteversei
of
CANADIANS
IN
TRAINING
LN
RANKS
OF
GUARDSMEN
TV
ARE
MOVING
More
Nazi
Ful
minations
10
0B
VIA
It
f-t,
w
r
i
OIL
FAMINE
Jnerza
by
Uermanyln
Independent
Company
Comes
Into
Picture
Following
Ketail
Embargo
Teilord
and
Wismer
Confer
j
VANCOUVER,
April
27:
CP
C.
(E.
Thompson,
manager
of
the
Independent
Gasoline
Corporation,
servic
station
organisation,
said
j
today
he
had
obtained
a
Supreme
Court
order
instructing
the
Br'tish
Columbia
Fuel
Co.
to
supcly
cor-,poration
membe-
nrlth
2500
gallons
of
gasoline
dally,
j
The
B.
C.
Fuel
Co.
is
one
of
nine
oil
firms
which
yesterca"
-wi-nounced
suspension
of
gasoline
'
deliveries
to
retailers.
The
order
is
to
be
served
on
head
office
in
Victoria.
tirom
an
.company.
Attorney
General
Oor-
jdon
Wlsmer
flew
over
from
Victoria
yesterday
to
confer
with
the
.mayor
on
th
gasoline
situation.
Following
the
stoppage
of
supply
by
the
oil
companies,
many
Vancouver
pums
were
dry
last
night
and
a
serious
situation
was
de-
Cniiekshank.
M.
P.
tor
Fraser
Vattrv.
has
asked
the
.
OTTAWA.
April
27:
CP
D.
B.
1
wrut
tn
Invoke
the
I
ranwn
HlrMtnr
nt
vr
chin.
War
UmnrM
Art
tnr
tVi
nmiu.
a'
',l!nV;9
sift
!
building,
expresses
himself
as
well
Mon
of
the
farmers
against
the
mvnov
UJNLXJN,
Apru
a
mil
T
S7.
iUP
.CP.
A,
Delift
III..
17.060.
9Jc
and
&5e.'
.um.
.
..r
.
I..
...
.
.
.rr.
...
-
BdLMIlCU
Willi
nnHrrii
miUC
''!
un
'
k
n-inv
inui
All
irom
'
Zrv
hLl
h1St?l
.jwtth
the
construction
of
mine-
o"
suv
whtch
s-rWnlv
.w
M
HI-
T
,annn
19m'
nJ
94C
andl
d
'T!!
eight
damatad
iSLnd
"ndtr
Jit
great
lurulw
dUflevlty
b
Mi!?!ZZ
jiJe,
pettk.
sweepers
or
mlnUtule
destroyers
d-liv-ry
of
their
producU
l0
faet
in
lenatrd
The
first
n
market
1
'
rwmm
In
Tislv
th
mm
if
fh
voi.
Uke
Bewm.
HAM.
95c
and
6A:.
--Tri.
.
T
.
"IT...
Ilf
A
T"i
nTTPPTP
ne
after
fourteen
and
a
half
feet
of
'AUin.
n,
rrcc
...
nuSuSfc.
,
WU
K
1
I
I
H
X
V
wmwii
a
ww
v.-wv
vi
own-.
IN
HALIFAX
!
HALIFAX,
April
27:
CP
When'
thousands
of
army,
air
force
and
.naval
men
British.
French
and
Canadian
had
to
find
their
only
recreation
In
a
city
of
80.000
people,
it
shaped
up
as
no
picnic
for
any
tof
those
Involved.
;
It's
a
fact,
however,
that
this
situation
has
proven
a
very
enjoyable
excursion
into
hospitality
for
ev-
jcrybody
Involved
In
Halifax.
The
city
has
thrown
open
its
doors
to
the
service
men,
asking
nothing
In
return
except
the
thrill
of
being
In
the
midst
of
the
wartime
bustle
From
London,
Paris
and
Algiers,
j
Sydney,
N.S.W.,
and
Auckland
NX
Victoria
B.C.
and
Halifax
Itself
these
men
have
answered
the
call.'
Most
of
the
army
and
air
force
men
are
Canadians,
stationed
here
on
active
service.
The
majority
of
the
naval
men
are
"in
again,
out
again."
All
have
one
thing
in
commonthey
want
to
relax,
If
only
i
for
a
few
hours.
city
of
fighting
men.
The
chief
reason
for
this
may
be
found
In
the
fact
that
Halifax
has
become
a
city
of
service
hostels.
Excuse
for
Norse
Coup
'i
Von
Ribbcntrop
Says
His
Country
Took
Action
to
Forestall
Conspiracy
of
Great
Britain
and
France-London
to
Make
Reply
Later
LONDON,
April
27:
(CP)
Official
Great
Britain
:iad
no
comment
to
make
today
in
regard
to
the
German
charge
that
the
Allies
had
planned
an
invasion
of
Norway.
It
was
said
that
a
"reasonable
and
reasoned"
reply
would
be
issued
shortly.
Private
comment
spoke
of
"more
German
BERLIN,
April
27:
(CP)
Germany,
proclaiming
existence
of
a
state
of
war
between
the
Reich
and
Nonvav.
i
Yesterday
Mayor
Lyie
Telford
charged
in
a
white
book,
made
public
today
by
Foreign
,announced
that
he
could
arrange
Minister
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop
at
a
meeting
of
foreign
i
for
exclusive
deliveries
of
gasoline
diplomats
and
other
officials,
that
the
Allies
had
nlannpd
fsAv
n
M
,4
1.11I
t
'
1
"VT
1
i.
1
11
t
-
.
X
.i.uccj.uc.jfc
wujornia
:o
mvacie
iNorway
Dut
naa
Deen
ionea
Dy
a
lew
hours
bv
:
-
uennan
intervention.
Bulletins
ITALY
KEEPING
OUT?
KO.ML
iniurmed
Rome
quarters
still
believe
the
Fascist
government
does
not
actually
wish
or
intend
to
enter
the
war
but
Is
desirous
of
keeping
the
people
aware
of
the
possibility
of
be-comming
involved.
REPORT
IS
DENIED
OTTAWA
It
Is
denied
in
official
quarters
that
Corp.
Wilson
of
the
Princess
Patricia
Canadian
Light
Infantry
has
been
killed
in
action
in
Norway.
Corp.
Wilson
is
still
on
duty
in
England.
Harry
B.
Wilson
of
Albuquerque,
New
Mexico,
was
purported
to
have
ed.
FAVORS
WESTERN
ROUTE
WASHINGTON,
D.O
The
United
States
section
of
the
international
Alaska
Highway
Commission
favors
a
route
which
will
tap
the
Alaska
Panhandle
and
will
recommend
It,
Representative
Warren
G.
Magnuson,
chairman
of
the
American
section;
announces.
There
are
no
serious
engineering
route,
it
is
Highway
was
one
of
the
matters
which
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
discussed
at
their
recent
meeting."
ARMSTRONG
WINNER
BOSTON
Henry
Armstrong
successfully
defended
his
welterweight
title
last
night
with
a
technical
knock-out
over
Paul
Junior
in
the
seventh
of
fifteen
scheduled
rounds.
Armstrong
had
dropped
his
opponent
five
Brawls,
and
the
dives
that
foster
times
before
the
referee
called
them,
are
singularly
scarce
in
this
It
off.
Weather
Forecast
Many
Hotels
"
With
the
Red
Cross
as
the
chief
General
Synopsis
A
shallow
de-moving
spirit,
hostels
mushroomed
presslon
approaching
the
Queen
throughout
the
city
at
the
start
of,
Charlotte
Islands
from
westwards
the
war.
These
now
have
been
con-i
w
causing
ram
on
me
normern
Bri
solldated
Into
a
unit
of
hospitality
for
the
boys
who
now
know
no
other
home.
There
are
three
major
hostels,
and
In
addition
almost
tish
Columbia
coast.
The
weather
has
been
mild
and
showery
in
the
Interior.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
every
Halifax
church
and
parish
Southwest
winds,
becoming
fresh,
hall
has
Its
canteen
for
army,
navy
I
Part
cloudy
and
mild
with
some
t
and
air
force
men.
In
addition,
Halifax
entertainers,
professional
and
otherwise,
have
;been
banded
together
In
a
semi-of
ficial
concert
group.
They
are
divided
Into
units
and
hardly
a
night
passes
without
a
show
of
some
kind
at
every
hostel
and
even
at
Isolated
coastal
defence
outposts.
The
three
main
centres
are
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on
Page
Three)
light
rain
tonight.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
south
winds,
unsettled
and
showery.
BAR
UOU)
LONDON,
tCPlThe
Montreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
market'
was
unchanged
today
at
$37.54
per
fine
ounce.
According
to
the
white
book
Great
Britain
and
France,
with
the
co-operation
of
Norway,
planned
a
lightning
invasion,
existence
of
the
conspiracy
being
learned
of
py
Germany
only
three
days
before
the
i
Reich
entered
the
country.
Von
Ribbentrop
said
that
Sweden
had
given
proof
that
It
honestly
desired
to
maintain
its
present
neutrality.
There
had
been
evidence,
however,
of
Allied
machinations
to
!
use
Sweden
for
their
own
ends.
jGAS
STILL
"
AVAILABLE
jScme
Pumps
Dry
Last
Night
With
Others
Still
Having
Supplies
Some
local
easoline
mimni
van
.
Housing
and
Recreation
for
Soldier,
stated
that
his
son
had
been
kill-
dry
by
last
.evening
following
the
Sailor
and
Airman
Feature
.stoppage
of
supply
by
oil
com-
tiMiues
io
reianers
as
a
result
of
the
government
order
requiring
a
f&ur
cent
per
gallon
drop
in
prices.
Others,
however,
had
supplies
still
on
hand
although
they
were
being
quickly
run
down.
There
was
a
tendency
on
the
part
of
retailers
to
conserve
stocks
for
regular
customers.
Up
to
last
night
no
cars
had
been
tied
up
through
Inability
to
problems
for
the
.
obtain
gas
and
traffic
was
still
said.
The
Alaska
I
normal
In
Prince
Rupert.
It
will
not
be
long,
however,
if
present
conditions
continue,
until
a
shortage
develops,
possibly
Involving
the
tying
up
of
cars.
Local
oil
companies
received
word
today
from
their
head
offices
to
sell
gas
at
the
new
price
to
doctors,
delivery
clerks,
police,
firemen
and
military
services.
WOMEN
FAIL
IN
FREEDOM
Canadian-Born
M.r.
In
England
Says
They
Don't
Trust
Own
Sex
'
LONDON.
April
27:
(CP)-Return
of
only
one
woman
In
the
Canadian
election
surprised
many
in
the
United
Kingdom
but
only
one
man
was
brave
enough
to
offer
a
theory
as
to
the
reason.
The
lone
Canadian
woman
MJ.
is
Mrs.
D.
W.
Neilsen,
"Unity"
candidate
In
North
Battleford,
Sask.
Writing
in
The
Dally
Sketch,
Canadlan-bom
Bexerley
Baxter,
Conservative
M.P.
for
Wood
Green
in
the
British
House
says:
"Presumably
women
voters
outnumbered
the
men
In
most
Canadian
constituencies
Just
as
In
Britain.
The
proportion
would
not
be
so
large
as
here
but,
broadly
speaking,
the
women's
vote
could
be
the
dominating
factor.
And
one
woman
Is
returned!
"There
may
be
some
explanation
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Two!