YEAR'S
BOMBINGS
LEAVES
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POWER
OF
HFRMANV
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uroppeu
on
German
-
territory.
It
fell
on
the
seaplane
base
on
V,;
luarcn
i,
48
hours
m
after
the
first
German
bombing
attack
on
British
soil.
Nazi
bombs
were
dropped
on
the
Orkneys,
causing
a
number
of
civilian
casualties.
Many
Planes
Turned
Over
LONDON,
April
23
(Cana-
dlan
Press)
Lord
Beaver-
brook,
minister
of
aircraft
production,
told
the
House
of
Lords
today
that
nearly
one
thousand
arscm-
bled
American
and
Canadian
aircraf?
had
been
handed
over
to
the
Royal
Air
Force.
The
second
stage
in
Britain's
coun-ter-bombJng
of
Germany
consisted
of
at-'
tacks
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
milirn
v.
hunter
""x,a
Ui
w"unicauon
in
western
Germany.
These
attacks,
beeun
Mar
n
'
19
10,
closely
followed
the
German
bombing
of
Calais
BRACKEN
RETURNED
Q!j
Two
Opposition
Ssctrssfiil
So
Far
In
Manitoba
Provincial
Election
WINNIPEG,
April
23:
The
fMlllkm
ttjTemmcnt
of-
Premier
John
Bracken
of
Manitoba
has
Hn
returned
to
office
with
a
rplng
majority
as
a
result
of
jeterdy's
general
election.
Of
the
55
seats,
the
government
has
already
won
38
and
is
leading
in
fourteen,
The
Opposition
has
won
nly
two
Seats.
The
only
Opposition
candidates
conceded
elected
fit
LcwIn
St.
George
Slubbs
In
Winnipeg
and
I).
A.
Best
In
Halibut
Sales
Summary
AmcrV
nn
74.CC0
pounds.
0.4c.
uiid
7c
to
9.8c.
and
7c.
Canadian
61,000
pounds,
9.2c.
and
7c
to
9.5c.
and
7.11c.
American
Sentinel,
23,000,
Atlln,
9.4c
7c,
Lois
N..
3!Onn
Nimt.h.
03,-
nnd
ftio
Rita,
7,500,
Storage,
9.2c
and
7.1c.
SMITHERS
DID
WELL
Subscribes
$700
to
Canadian
Services
Fund
SMITHERS.
Anrll
23The
can
I?88
for
Canadian
War
Services
Fund
U
about
nearing
Its
close
and
?
exPected
that
the
final
amount
"U1
in
the
vicinity
of
$700
when
jew
remaining
contributions
are
The
appeal
has
met
with
a
fine
"sponso,
many
people
being
anx
Ut
PrOVldlnOT
xnmfnrt
Pnlfrt.filn
"?c"t
and
educational
facilities
for
young
mcn
who
have
voluntecr-ca
'or
active
service.
wuc.c
many
civilians
were
killed
and
Injured
and
which
heralded
the
German
offensive
In
the
west.
Since
those
first
attacks,
which
resembled
the
preliminary
sparring
of
a
pair
of
boxers,
the
weight
and
tempo
of
bombing
on
both
sides
have
grown.
Air
Parity
;
Handicapped
at
the
outset
with
a
numerical
inferiority
the
R.A.P.
has
had
to
adopt
a
bombing
policy
which
ensured
that
its
necessarily
lighter
punches
landed
where
they
would
hurt
the
most.
In
a
fight
between
a
crulserwelght
and
a
heavyweight,
It
Is
the
heavier
who
can
do
the
slogging.
"Tit-for-tat''
Is
no
good
for
the
lighter
man.
To
win,
he
must
fight
with
his
brains.
But
all
the
time
things
have
been
changing,
The
four-year
lead
in
air
re-armament
which
the
Nazis
held
has
been
reduced
gradually.
Faster
and
bigger
bombers,
and
crews
to
man
them,
have
been
pouring
from
Britain's
factories
and
training
schools,
augmented
by
the
Candidates
growing
resources
of
the
Empire.
The
rising
Hood
now
Is
being
lur-ther
swollen
by
supplies
of
aircraft
from
the
United
States.
Recently
Prime
Minister
Church-Ill
was
able
to
promise
that
the
adverse
balance
of
bombing
nridcr
which.
Britain
fought
would"
be
a-'
tcred
to
the
nation's
advantage,
nnd
for
some
time
past
the
R.A.F.'s
attacks
on
Germany
have
been
growing
In
weight.
In
the-
raids
on
Germany,'
Erltaln
now
Is
using
some
of
the
biggest
and
fastest
bombers
in
the
world.
High
explosive
bombs
of
a
size
and
weight
equal
to
anything
dropped
by
the
Nazis
will
find
targets
In
the
German
capital
and
elsewhere,
j
l
Little
Information
Exact
Information
about
the
damage
caused
by
Britain's
bomb-,
lng
of
German
targets
is,
not
easy
to
obtain.
The
network
of
the
"S3,"
a
rigid
censorship
and
fast-working
demolition
and
salvage
squad
sec
to
that.
But
It
Is
known
defin
itely
that
already
the
R.A.F.
has
succeeded
In
Inflicting
tremendous
and
damage
to
Germany's
war
effort,!
particularly
In
her
transportation)
Hoover.
117,000,
Royal,
9.6c
and
system.
Ono
raid
on
Berlin
caused
a
scr-i
Ardcn,
14,000,
raclflc,
9.4c
and
0us
holdun
on
the
subway
system,'
wlilln
lhi
hnmhlntr
nf
the
WestDhal-
Emma,
11,000,
Storage,
9.5c
and
lan
arrnament
and
Industrial
city'
Lake
Blwa,
11,500,
'
Pacific,
0.5c
aim
7.1c.
nf
Mannhrim
romn.irable
In
scale
Helga,
-7,000,
Royal,
9.8c
and
7c.
and
weight
to
that
on
Covcntiy,
.ii,
dislocated
dock
installations,
pass-,
Annabclle,
7,000,
Booth,
8.0c
and
Miser
and
freight
stations
engirt-
ecrlng
and
chemical
factories
and,
to
4
omc
extent,
the
Industrial
life
of
the
city.
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair,
Air
Secretary,
recently
spoke
of
the
rapier
thrusts
of
the
R.A.F..
cutting
deep
into
the
flesh
of
the
enemy.
As
the
R.A.F.
crows
yet
more
power
ful,
with
more
and
faster
bombers,
.
.
.
....
uu.n..iri,r
VinmKc
!
Digger
ana
more
ucuumu.
those
thrusts
may
more
resemble
blows
with
a
broadsword.
Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
moderate
north
wind
mostly
cloudy
and
mild.
Armed
Merchant
Cruiser
Is
Lost
TENDON.
April
23
(Cana-
armed
mer-
dlan
Press)
'Z
-The
a
io
ma
make
thelr
contribution,
all
J
"putana
hai
8"mln?
.to
recognize
the
great
need
I
uif
'5U,unk.
the
Admiralty
announced
tonight.
r
LIBRA
r
VICTORIA.
B.C.
She
1
IJritain
is
Overcoming
lu,
-Year
Lead
Nazis
Held
When'
War
Opcncd-R.A.F.
Thrusts
to
be
Heavier
,
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THE
GREEK
SITUATION
ATHENS
King
George
of
Greece
said
todiy
that
the
Greek
army
of
Epirus
had
"signed
an
armistice
with)
the,
enemy
without
our
knowing
it"
and
announced
he
was
Withdrawing
with
the
government
to
Crete.
The
monarch
dfdared,
however,
thai
the
armistice
"in
no
way
binds
the
freewill
of
the
nation,
King
and
government
which
insists
on
continuation
of
the
struggle
with
all
remaining
forces
with
a
view
to
securing
national
interests."
The
capitulation
renrfere$
precarious
the
position
of
remaining
Greek
army
and
British
forces
last
reported
battling
Nazi
divisions
seeking
to
force
through
Thcrmopalae
Pass
on
the
eastern
end
of
the
front
but
a
Cairo
communique
this
morning
simply
said
"Empire
forces
are
consolidating
new
positions
in
Greece."
Later
tonight
it
was
reliably
reported
from
Cairo
that
the
temporary
easing
of
German
pressure
in
Greece
had
enabled
British
forces
to
consolidate
new4
positions.
PLYMOUTH
BOMBED
AGAIN
LONDON
The
southwest
coast
port
of
riymouth
was
subjected
to
another
long
and
damaging
raid
by
German
bombers
last
night.
Two
Welsh
towns
were
attacked
early
this
morning.
There
were
two
alarms
in
London
during
the
night
but
little
In
the
way
of
bombing.
R.A.F.
AT
BREST
LONDON
The
Iloyal
Air
Force
struck
again
last
night
at
Brest
with
the
German
battleships
Scharnhorst
and
Gncls-cnau
again
as
their
obpectlve.
TRIPOLI
HEAVILY
HIT
LONDON
The
largest
and
most
spectacular
bombard
mcnt
in
naval
history
has
been
made
on
the
Italian
Mediterranean
port
of
Tripoli,
it
was
announced
today.
Much
damage
.was
done.
FRANCO
SNUBS
HITLER
VICIIY
It
is
reliably
reported
here
tha
General
Fran-cixcojl'tanco
has,
again
vetoed
a
proposal
by
Chancellor'
Adolf
Hitler
to
move
troops
through
Spain
for
an
attack
on
Gibraltar.
FRENCH
CO-OPERATE
LONDON
There
arc
reports
here
that
the
Vichy
government
has
permitted
large
quantities
of
fuel
to
pass
through
Tunisia
for
the
German
and
Italian
forces
In
North
Africa.
REINFORCEMENTS
TO
NORWAY
STOCKHOLM
Heavy
reinforcements
of
German
mechanized
troops
arc
being
sent
to
northern
Norway,
it
is
reported
here,
cither
in
fear
of
a
British
invasion
or
to
put
down
mounting
revolt
in
Norway
against
the
occupation.
1!)
12
TO
BE
BRITAIN'S
YEAR
WASHINGTON,
D.C
Rumors
of
a
possible
negotiated
peace
between
Great
Britain
and
Germany
arc
ridiculed
here.
Neither
Great
Britain
or
United
States
would
agree
to
a
negotiated
peace
in
view
of
past
experiences
with
Adolf
Hitler.
It
is
felt
here
that
the
war
will
last
into
1912
with
Great
Britain
fi;hling
against
great
odds
until
mass
production
here
and
at
home
gives
her
air
supremacy
over
Germany
when
she
will
assume
the
ascendency.
It
is
now
considered
unlikely
that
It
will
be
necessary
for
United
Stales
to
institute
a
convoy
service
or
send
an
expeditionary
force
abroad.
There
is
no
idea
of
United
States
declaring
war
on
Germany.
MALTA
REPORTED
BOMBED
ltl
ltLIN
The
German
High
Command
announces
that
Na?.i
dive
bombers
attacked
Valetta,
Malta,
and
severely
damaged
the
naval
shipyard
and
a
destroyer
and
sea
fuel
tanks
afire.
JUST
LIKE
CLOSE
TO
1
MIDSUMMER!
HAZELT0N
Unusually
Warm
Weather
in
InteriorBush
Fires
Already
SMITIILKS,
April
23.
Warm
.dry
weather
for
the
past
two
weeks
has
brought
midsummer
conditions
to
the
Bulklcy
Valley.
Ed
Borders
Has
Practically
Com
pleted
His
Mushing
Trip
Over
Alaska
Highway
Route
"
i
HAZELTON,
April
23
Ed
Borders,
University
of
Alaska
student,"
who
has
been
on
a
mushing
trip
from
Fairbanks
south
over
the.
Bush
fires
arc
burning
in
many
,
Alaska
Highway
route,
places
and
already
some
damage
,arrlTCd
safely
at
Qtgrge
Banes'
nas
Dcen
uunc.
A
fire
a
mile
east
of
town
on
the
west
side
of
the
Bulkley
River
Jumped
across
the
river
on
Sunday
afternoon
and
set
fire
to
a
chicken
house
on
the
Gyger
farm.
The
building
was
destroyed.
The
bar
also
caught
fire
put
was
saved
by
the
efforts
of
help
that
went
out
from
town.
This
is
the
second
fire
loss
sustained
by
the
Gyger
family
since
they
located
in
Smlthers
four
years
ago
after
coming
direct
from
Switzerland.
They
had
only
been
here
a
few
months
when
their
dwelling
and
most
of
their
belongings
went
up
In
smoke.
The
roads
are
all
dry
throughout
the
district
and
travellers
re-
J
ranch
at
Klsplox
yesterday
and
Is
coming
on
In
to
Hazelton
today.
He
did
32
miles
on
the
last
day
Into
the
Belrnes
xarjeh.
On
the
J
way
south
Borders
met
P.
M.
Monckton,
who
Is
carrying
out
a
special
reconnaissance
of
the
high
way
route,
at
Klappen
Creek.
CITY
COUNCIL
TONIGHT
The
meeting
of
the
city
council
will
be
held
tonight
at
8
for
the
consideration
of
the
estimates
and
i.
.
i
omer
Dusiness.
port
that
they
art
In
first
class
condition
all
the
way
to
Vancouver,
although
a
little
dusty
In
places.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITI9
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
CO.,
WEDNESDAY,
APR1L"23,
1WT
The
well
known
Riverside
mine
on
Salmon
River
in
Alaska
alongside
the
Stewart-Premier
road
ju&l
across
the
border
from
British
Columbia
will
soon
start
shipping
$60,000
worth
of
tungsten
ore
monthly
through
Prince
Rupert
to
the
United
States,
J.
II.
Scott,
San
Francisco,
managing
director
of
Riverside,
announced
today.
Mr.
Scott
is
in
the
city
on
his
way
to
Stewart
and
will
be
on
the
property
in
connection
with
the
starting
of
operation
on
Monday
next
of
a
100-ton
mill
which
has
recently
been
undergoing
rebuilding.
The
first
of
the
monthly
carload
shipments
will
be
made
early
in
June,
it
is
planned.
The
c
will
be
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
by
the
Hydcr-Ketchikan
mail
boat
and
dlspa
):hed
from
Prince
Rupert
east-byraii.
Tungsten
plays
an
Important
part
as
an
alloy
in
steel
manufacturing
and
is
particularly
important
in
war
time
for
the
making
of
machine
tools
and
such
equipment
vital
to
the
munitions
and
aircraft
industries.
Mr.
Scott
expects
to
spend
two
weeks
at
the
mine.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Cuuruay
a.
O.
JonnaUii
Ui.)
Vancouver
Mines
Big
Missouri,
.0414.
Bralorne,
9.90.
Cariboo
uartz,
2.50.
Dcntonlo,
,014A.
Falrview,
.01.
Gold
Belt,
.25.
Hedley
Mascot,
.50XD.
Mlnto,
.02A.
Noble
Five,
.00'2.
Pacific
Nickel,
.04.
Pcnd
Oreille,
1.22.
Pioneer,
1.90.
Premier,
.91.
Privateer,
.49.
Reeves
Macdonald,
.11.
Reno,
.10.
'
Relief
Arlington,
XI2A.
'
;
Sheep
Creek,
.75.
Oils
ap.
con.,
.07
y2.
-:
Calmont,
.17
'4.
"
:!
C.
Sc.
E.,
1.10.
Home,
1.62.
Pacalta,
.04A.
Royal
Canadian,
X)7.
Okalta,
.50A.
:
Mercury,
.03
V2.
Prairie
Royalties,
.05.
Toronto
Aldcrmac,
.09.
'
'
Beatfcle,
1.07.
Central
Pat.,
1.70.
Cons.
Smelters,
34.00,
East
Malartlc,
2.42.
Fernland,
.02.
Francoeur,
.38.
Gods
Lake,
.26
Vi.
Hardrock,
.75A.
Int.
Nickel,
32.00.
Kerr
Addison,
3.70.
Little
Long
Lac,
1.73.
,-
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.70,
Madsen
Red
Lake,
1.02.
'
Moneta,
.46.
"
Noranda,
53.00.
Pickle
Crow,
2.43.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.98,
San
Antonio,
2.20.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.66.
Uchl,
.14.
Bouscadlllac,
.02.
Mosher,
.04V4.
Oklend,
.04.
Smelters
Gold,
.01.
Dominion
Bridge,
22.00.
Tomorrows
Tides
High
,
0:02
ajn.
20D
It.
".."
12:25
pjn.
19j0
ft.
'Low
6:26
am
5.1
It.
18:32
pm.
6.1
It.
PRICE:
5
CENTS.
Kin3
Abandons
Athens
Greece
To
Continue
Fight
Against
Nazis;
Situation
Of
British
Seemingly
Obscure
SHIPPING
TUNGSTEN
Portland
Canal
Mine
to
Ship
5Gi,000
Worth
of
Ore
Per
Month
Through
Here
Outlook
For
Expeditionary
Force
Not
Very
Bright
Appears
to
be
Alternative
of
Evacuation
or
Hopeless
Defence
ATHENS,
April
23.
King
George
II.
and
his
government
abandoned
Athens
today
following
capitulation
of
the
Greek
armies
of
Epirus
and
Macedonia
without
his
knowledge.
The
Germans
were
reported
to
be
already
entering
mnens.
ine
xving
nea
to
me
island
oi
(Jrete
in
i
the
Mediterranean,
resolved
to
carry
on
the
fight
against
STRAFING
BY
NAVY
Most
Spectacular
Bombardment
in
History
of
Sea
Warfare
Carried
Out
Against
Italians
CAIRO.
April
23:
(CP)
Red
hot
guns
of
Great
Britain's
Mediterranean
fleet
set
Tripoli
Harbor
aflame
Monday
in
what
officers
said
was
the
biggest
and
most
spectacular
bombardment
In
naval
history..
They
pumped
more
than
a
thousand
tons
of
high
explosives
into
the
base
with
fifteen-inch
and
smaller
projectiles
from
battleships
rumbling
over
the
high
Moorish
walls
to
start
great
fires
and
crush
enemy
striking
bases
like
egg
shells.
The
scorching
fire
continued
steadily
for
forty-two
minutes,
repeatedly
scoring
direct
hits.
Royal
Air
Force
headquarters
here
announced
new
raids
on
Bengasi
and
Barce.
Brest
Raided
By
Air
Force
German
Battleships
Scharnhorst
and
Gncisenau
Are
Again
Objectives
of
British
Flyers
FINLAND
IN
BAD
SHAPE
tne
enemy
irom
mere.
The
King's
flight
followed
the
capture
by
the
Nazis
of
the
Important
city
of
Ion-nona
and
other
important
points.
Berlin
claimed
today
to.
have
entered
Thermopalae
Pass
where
the
British
have
been
making
a
new
Stand.
There
was
no
immediate
word
of
the
fate
of
the
British
expeditionary
force
which
was
faced
with
the
alternative
of
a
difficult
evacuation
or
a
seemingly
hopeless
continuation
of
the
defence.
A
communique
from
Cairo
said
that
Empire
forces
had
consolidated
new
defence
positions
In
Greece.
There
are
estimated
to
be
between
50,000
and
80,000
British
forces,
consisting
to
large
extent
of
Australian,
to
Greece
together
with
considerable
tanks
and
equipment.
There
-Jias
plUf
uUenfusioa
to
Athens
and
other
Greek
cities.
Air
raids
by
German
stuka
dive
bombers
were
so
frequent
that
it
was
impossible
to
keep
up
a.
systematic
alarm
system.
The
Nazis
planes
were
also
slashing
at
troop
movements
and
refugees
on
open
roads
as
well
as
at
shipping.
It
has
ome
to
light
now
how
members
of
the
German
legation
staff
in
Athens
circulated
among
tropp,-
of
the
British
Expeditionary
Force
and
obtained
advance
information
as
to
their
movements.
NO
CHANGE
TAX
RATE
City
Affairs
Carrying
on
torily
Except
for
Sewer
System
1
.
f
LONDON,
April
23
(Canadian
,
be
no
in
J
Wssl-The
x
F
a"d-
as
th
Royal
Air
Force
last
night
bombed
Brest
where'
the
has
ff
m"
W
thc
,Nazl
battleships
Gnelsenau
and
f5
valu,ers
?
Properties,
there
Scharnhorst
are
still
sheltering.
?
Practllly
no
change
in
uic
city
uiAca
over
jast
year.
B.
C.
Bracewell,
city
commissioner,
commenting
on
the
condition
of
the
city
this
moping,
said
the
tax
rate
should
be
higher
as
the
cq
ts
of
carrying
on
work
Increased
with
the
activity
around
the
'city.
However,
he
did
not
plan
any
Food
Conditions
in
That
Country
changes
this
year.
Are
Desperate,
Says
Assqciated
.
it
seems
tha;6
the
matter
of
Press
News
Correspondent
(sewering
the
city
is
causing
un-1
easiness.
Some
of
the
old
sewers
NEW
YORK,
April
23.
Food
con-
have
glVen
way
as
a
result
of
the
dltlons
In
Finland
have
become
sinking
of
the
filled
streets
and
desperate,
according
to
an
Assocl-
other
parts
need
sewers.
The
whole
ated
Press
correspondent
wno
re-
astern
win
need
careful
turned
yesterday
by
clipper
plane
tion.
after
a
visit
to
that
part
of
Europe.
Working
people
are
receiving
only
seventy
per
cent
of
the
calories
they
cellulose
wood
treated
with
PLYMOUTH
;
HITJlGAIN
Large
Fire
Started
and'
Considerable
Damage
Done
at
Southwestern
British
Port
LONDON,
April
23
(Canadian
Press)
Plymouth
was
the
target
of
Nazi
raids
lor
the
second
(successive
night
Tuesday,
a
violent
assault
leaving
many
fires
blazing
and
causing
considerable
damage
and
casualties.
OFFICIAL
IS
DEAD
John
S.
McKay,
Tow
usi
tc
Manager
at
Ocean
Fails,
Passes
Away
John,
S.
McKay,
lownslte
manager
of
the
Pacific
Mills
at
Ocean
Falls
and
former
accountant
there,
died
at
the
paper
town
on
Monday.
He
was
one
of
the
best
known
officials
at
Ocean
Falls
where
he
had
been
located
for
many
years.
A
widow
and
21-year-old
son,
John,
survive.
The
remains
will
be
taken
from
Ocean
Falls
to
Vancouver
for
burial,
leaving
Ocean
Falls
on
the
steamer
Prince
George
Friday.